The American Legion Magazine [Volume 59, No. 4 (October 1955)]

Cover by Frank McCarthy -- Preamble to the Constitution of the American Legion: A Document You Will Want for Yourself or for Your Post -- Fire Fighting the Neighborly Way: A Four-Alarm Feature About Volunteers by Irving Herschbein -- How the Pledge of Allegiance Came to Be Written: The Origins Were Becoming Hazy by Harold Helfer -- Art for Whose Sake?: Some Modernists Are Peddling More Than Pictures by Esther Julia Pels -- What's New in Dentistry: It's Almost a Pleasure To Visit Your Dentist Nowadays by Tom Mahoney -- Ten Years of Aviation: Progress Is Being Made at Supersonic Speeds by James Joseph -- How to Forecast Weather: Neither Rain Nor Hail Nor Sleet Need Baffle You by George H. Waltz, Jr. -- Give Me the Shotgun: One Expert Opinion. . . . by John Alden Knight -- I'll Take the Rifle: . . . Another Point of View by Charles Elliott -- News of The Legion -- Sound Off! -- Products Parade -- Newsletter -- Editor's Corner -- Rod and Gun Club -- Parting Shots Outlook --