The American Legion Magazine [Volume 74, No. 5 (May 1963)]

A Definition of Americanism for 1963: Legion Americanism Has Been Challenged as Being Out of Date. Is It? by National Commander James E. Powers -- Memorial Day: A Striking Photo Feature in Remembrance of Departed Comrades by Russell Thomas -- A Preview of New Orleans: A Mouth-Watering Image of the City Where the Legion's 1963 National Convention Will Be Held in September by Pete Martin -- Who Wants the Soviet Economy?: A Brilliant Frenchwoman Exposes the Sad Record of How the Soviet Union Has Failed to Care for Its Own by Mme. Suzanne LaFin -- The Big Issue -Pro and Con Arguments on the Question: "Mass Transportation -a Federal Problem?" Pro: Sen. Clifford P. Case (R-N.J.) Con: Sen. Frank J. Lausche (D-Ohio) -- How Your Body Changes with Time: A Timetable of the Normal Physical Changes You May Expect as You Reach Different Milestones of Life by Lester David -- Ordeal at Sea: A Saga of 83 Days on a Raft Following a WWII Torpedoing, as Recalled by a Massachusetts Legionnaire by Kenneth Crotty -- Five Days In Washington, D.C.: What Happened When More than 500 Legion Representatives Met With Federal Officials in March -- Letters to the Editor -- Dateline Washington -- Editor's Corner -- Books -- Rod & Gun Club -- Legion Shopper -- Personal -- Parting Shots