By Dixon Wecter
(Published January 1946)

Contents

Why Do Human Beings Want to Be Joiners?

• The big initiation
• Seeing the elephant
• The spirit of reunions
• We have drunk from the same canteen

Will Organization Help You Become a Civilian?

• When the big parade is over
• Veterans and jobs
• Where do we go from here?

How Can Veterans’ Organizations Serve the Nation?

• Guardians of the faith

How Can Veterans’ Organizations Serve Themselves?

• Legal redress
• Modern times
• The Legion and the bonus
• Where are the majority?

What Will Today’s Veterans Do about Organizing?

• For officers only?
• Worse errors
• Axes to grind
• Give and take
• What can the veteran give?

To the Discussion Leader

• What is the leader’s role
• What type of discussion is most effective?
• Questions for discussion

For Further Reading