Blue star salute: A day to thank our troops
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Blue Star Salute will honor local members of the U.S. Armed Forces, National Guardsmen and reservists, along with their families. Blue Star Salute event-planning guides have been mailed to American Legion leadership, including department district and post commanders and the guide contains timeframes, a list of celebration activities, sponsorship opportunities, message points, sample proclamation and media materials.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2005
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Bad analogy
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The war of Iraq has been compared to the Vietnam War, which ended thirty years ago, which is in bad taste. The main differences being the Iraq war unlike Vietnam War is more about the future and changes one would like to witness in the Middle East whereas the war of Vietnam was not a war about Vietnam alone but for the future of Asia.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 2006
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Eyes in the sky
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The Cyclops Surveillance Network (Cyclops) of small, cheap and high resolution satellites will supersede the Star Wars launch-detection system. The threat posed by emerging nuclear powers means that the US still needs a defense against missile attacks, even with the collapse of the USSR.
Publication Name: The American Legion
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0886-1234
Year: 1992
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