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The article discusses a trend of teenage girls engaging in sexual relations with members of the U.S. Armed Forces during the 1940s in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Such behavior was illegal, and the girls were sometimes tried in juvenile court and sent to reform school. Examples involving girls spending the night in hotel rooms with sailors are included. The question of why some girls were motivated to rebel against the social restrictions on female sexuality is addressed. Public health concerns regarding the spread of venereal disease are also discussed.

The article focuses on the demand for the U.S. Department of Defense to fund research on amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) by dying retired Air Force Brigadier General Tom Mikolajcik. The retired general was diagnosed with ALS in 2003. According to the findings of a study conducted by the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, veterans from World War II onward have a 60 percent higher risk of being diagnosed with the disease than others.

Reports on the residents of Cam Nghia of Vietnam who are suffering from the exposure to Agent Orange during World War. Birth defects; Case of Le The Ninh and her children; Cancer causing Dioxin in Agent Orange; Other health problems in Vietnam.