The American Legion Magazine [Volume 101, No. 1 (July 1976)]

Cancer Campaign Nears Goal: "Quota" Of dime per member is established -- The Best is Yet to Come! Commander's Bicentennial message to The American Legion by National Commander Harry G. Wiles -- POW Fourth of July: Clock is turned back 32 years to stalag in Nazi Germany by Joe Consolmagno -- What Kind of a Man was George Washington? Jefferson letter adds insight on father of our country -- They Put it on the Line: Signers of the Declaration of Independence paid heavy price by T.R. Fehrenbach -- Sign! Sign! You Are Free! Patrick Henry's eloquent plea to Continental Congress -- Bicentennial Landmark: 1776 in California -- John Paul Jones, Rommel of the Revolution: American naval hero captured imagination of London by Gene Gleason -- Should the Railroad Industry be Federally Subsidized? Pro: Sen. Clifford P. Case (R-NJ), Con: Sen. Robert Taft, Jr. (R-OH) -- Defense Chief Speaks Out for New Weapons: U.S. still strongest nation, he maintains, but Soviets have gained by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld -- Off the Highway: Nebraska's Chimney Rock -- Cover Photo: Pulitzer Prize Cartoonist Bill Mauldin has re-created his famous World War II characters Willy and Joe in this Bicentennial American Legion Magazine cover, a salute to the veterans of all wars who helped the nation reach its 200th anniversary -- Notes on Our Desk -- Letters to Editor -- Books that Matter -- Veterans Newsletter -- News of The American Legion -- Dateline Washington -- Personal -- Life in the Outdoors -- Legion Shopper -- Parting Shots