October/november 1981

American citizens held hostage by nationalist terrorists in a distant land. An aroused public calls for action. A cautious President seeks to avert violence. In 1901.

Randall B. Woods

When I Landed The War Was Over

A veteran news correspondent recalls his days as a spotter plane pilot

Hughes Rudd

Benny Goodman

An Interview With the King of Swing

Richard M. Sudhalter

Triumph At Yorktown

Everything depended on a French fleet leaving the Indies on time; two American armies meeting in Virginia on time; a French fleet beating a British fleet; a French army getting along with an American one; and a British general staying put.

Jack Rudolph

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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

NOW AND THEN

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