to keep america strong god against the decay of delinquen you know next i wondered how about the enemy of apathy that don't care attitude of the citizen who can't be bothered to vote who falls into the trap of figuring what's the use what can one man do foreign wars is nonpolitical its members belong to all parties but it realizes that democracy can function only when the voters make their opinion stand at the polls so what is the post's across the land turn out to see that every eligible voter is registered to vote on election day this is an asset to any community but a swimming pool like this doesn't just happen if the product of work and planning weeks and months of planning happened my answer was beginning to take shape now i could see how the v f w was making its contribution to the battle against our peacetime enemies but one of the most insidious enemies was still unaccounted for the enemy on the gleick there are men who have served their country guys are all overseas vets themselves help them understand the problems of a guy like me i figure how can a guy to be self supporting is much different than pulling a guy on the line of fire and  that we figure that anybody with an honorable discharge as earned the right to get help when every need now say a man is disabled well will help improve if it was service incurred or not and even if it wasn't service incurred we'll work with the v a to get him taken care of or maybe it's financial aid he needs for you see what a veteran's in trouble through no fault of his own our idea is to do whatever has to be done to get him and his family back on their feet the money raised by the buddy poppy sales is used by v f w post for assistance to needy or disabled veterans or their families part of the body poppy funds go to a project particularly close to the hearts of the members of the v f w the v f w national home at even rapids michigan where children whose bothers are dead or totally disabled find a education and recreation it is a real home where these children from every corner of the united states are integrated into a normal family li have given their lives on the battlefield on this the b of w creed is based on a book death by helping the living and what about the so is something as complicated as working to inform the public on the necessity of maintaining our armed forces and lifting the support for intelligence defense budgets make sure it can be something as friendly as wars in the battle against the unseen enemies of our country it's part of an unending battle begun by a handful of veterans of the spanish american war and the millions of american fighting men of world war two and of the korean it's based on the conception that men who have served under arms on foreign duty can and must band two when i saw the things that comradeship could accomplish i should have known that anything is vigorous is that was it more time certainly wouldn't die just because the guns fell silent i should've known this generation from the guys i wrote about because the v f w has its roots buried deep in the history of our wars but they're the faces of men who mean it when they say they're the government of the united states this is one reporter's opinion but i think you can bank on it the men who belong to the better and the foreign wars are going to see to it but the magic bond of comradeship that has carried america to victory on the battlefield