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Atom To Give New Twist to Legion Debate
CHICAGO AP Peacetime military training for youths is debated at the American Legion national convention as atom bombs and robot planes reshape warfare. The defense committee will study training forms plus unified command, bases, stockpiles, and research. Distinguished guests and a mass initiation mark the four day session. Eisenhower will address the guests dinner. John Steele is favored for national commander.
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Chicago
American Legion
Legion's
National Defense Committee
United States
Illinois
G.i.’S
Legion
Admiral King
Arnold
Vandegrift
Doolittle
Groves and
Hershey
Pescueat Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Ernie Pyle
Eisenhower
Nimitz
Donald G. Glascoff
The
War Department
Palmer House
John Steele
McLeansboro
France