Prologue : America in World war I
Beginnings : Paris, January 1919
The veterans meet in America, May 8-10
Minneapolis convention, November 10-12, 1919
"Beneficial legislation" establishing veterans' rehabilitation standards, 1919-1924
Remaining relevant : amid the roar and the crash, 1925-1933
Recovery : the move toward a bill of rights for veterans, 1934-1944
Growth and reformation in the atomic age : the post-World war II American Legion, 1944-1949
The Korean war era, 1949-1955
Between the cease-fire and the firestorm, 1955-1965
Point and counterpoint : the Vietnam era, 1966-1976
Moment of pause, moment of reflection : pardon, Panama, preference and the color orange, 1977-1984
Standing guard : reckoning with "the deficit," 1985-1989
Epilogue : "walking the point".
