The Firing Line: facts for fighting communism [51 issues]

  • Newsletter
  • Indianapolis: National Americanism Commission, American Legion, 1966
Indianapolis: National Americanism Commission, American Legion, 1966. Newsletter. Fifty-one issues of the 8.5x11 inch newsletter, generally 4 pages each, but some longer issues. Generally very good, but a few with penciled notes. Issues present are: Vol. 1, Nos. 1-5, 7-19; Vol. 2, Nos. 1, 4, 6, 8, 11, 13, 22-24; Vol. 3, Nos. [1]-3; Vol. 4, Nos. 1, 14-15, 17, 20; Vol. 6, Nos. 8-10; Vol. 10, Nos. 1, 4, 7-8, 10; Vol. 14, Nos. 5-12; and Vol. 15, No. 1. Note: Vol. 3, No. 1 is misnumbered 25 (apparently originally intended to be vol. 2 no. 25). The date shows that it belongs at the beginning of Volume 3. Also included are a “Special Edition” dated June 16th, 1961, and three supplementary mimeographed sheets. McCarthyist newsletter exposing real or imagined Communist Party efforts within the US, beginning during the Korean War. Later issues lament the student protest movement against the Vietnam War.

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The Firing Line: facts for fighting communism [51 issues]

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National Americanism Commission, American Legion: Indianapolis

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1966


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