The American Legion [Volume 172, No. 6 (June 2012)]

10 Million Puzzle Pieces: An Arkansas lawyer's massive collection of military headgear is more than memorabilia by Jeff Stoffer -- Identity Crisis: The national popular vote argument amounts to a stealth encroachment on the Constitution by Alan W. Dowd -- Membership Stream: Online renewal and email registration are important to keeping Legionnaires connected -- The Wave Lawmakers say that as wars wind down, VA's services to returning veterans must ramp up by Ken Olsen -- The March of a New Time: Today's drum and bugle corps rage has roots in The American Legion by Laura Edwards -- the Ghosts of Paekakariki Beach: A survivor of the USS American Legion landing disaster remembers his drowned comrades by Rich Bergeron -- My America: Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel's "Dirty Jobs" -- Vet Voice -- Commander's Message -- Big Issues -- Living Well -- Veterans Update -- Rapid Fire -- Comrades -- Parting Shots -- Cover: One item in the Wilson Research & History Center collection stands as an illustration of a steel helmet's limitations: a German Model 1942 found with a U.S. mortar embedded in it. Steel helmets, center researchers say, usually don't deflect much more than fragments. Courtesy Wilson History & Research Center