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8 Personality: Training dogs to detect land mines in Vietnam, Charles Fasanaro discovered he was neither a man of peace nor a man of war.
12 Fighting Forces: The Special Forces camp at Tong Le Chon was under siege, and the Nha Trang Mike Forces came flying to the rescue.
16 Arsenal: With 'torpedoes,' ladders, and then the rope, Marine aviators came up with ways of getting recon scouts out of harm's way.
54 Reviews: Is Robert McNamara's In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam historical fact- or revisionist history?
62 Perspectives: Disney's Operation Dumbo Drop dramatized a real-life compassionate mission.
22 Night of the Coffin Search: There was more to being a CIA operative in Vietnam than being a spy. Sometimes you had to be a funeral director, too.
30 Twilight of the Troopship: Four air transports and 40 airmen could have done in a week's time what USNS General William Wiegel took seven weeks and 125 men to do.
38 Interview: Assault Helicopter Pilot: When the LRPs of the 101st Airborne Division heard the call sign 'Kingsmen,' they knew that help would not be long in arriving.
46 NVA Surprise at Fire Support Base Mary Ann: By 1971, almost half the Army had withdrawn from Vietnam. But as the soldiers at Fire Support Base Mary Ann found out, the war was not yet over.
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
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8 Personality: Training dogs to detect land mines in Vietnam, Charles Fasanaro discovered he was neither a man of peace nor a man of war.
12 Fighting Forces: The Special Forces camp at Tong Le Chon was under siege, and the Nha Trang Mike Forces came flying to the rescue.
16 Arsenal: With 'torpedoes,' ladders, and then the rope, Marine aviators came up with ways of getting recon scouts out of harm's way.
54 Reviews: Is Robert McNamara's In Retrospect: The Tragedy and Lessons of Vietnam historical fact- or revisionist history?
62 Perspectives: Disney's Operation Dumbo Drop dramatized a real-life compassionate mission.
22 Night of the Coffin Search: There was more to being a CIA operative in Vietnam than being a spy. Sometimes you had to be a funeral director, too.
30 Twilight of the Troopship: Four air transports and 40 airmen could have done in a week's time what USNS General William Wiegel took seven weeks and 125 men to do.
38 Interview: Assault Helicopter Pilot: When the LRPs of the 101st Airborne Division heard the call sign 'Kingsmen,' they knew that help would not be long in arriving.
46 NVA Surprise at Fire Support Base Mary Ann: By 1971, almost half the Army had withdrawn from Vietnam. But as the soldiers at Fire Support Base Mary Ann found out, the war was not yet over.
Volume: 8
Issue: 4
Item Creation Date: December 1995
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8 Personality: His back broken in a helicopter crash, Medal of Honor winner Fred Zabitosky risked his life to rescue the crew.
10 Arsenal: Republic Aircraft's F-105 Thunderbird, better known as the 'Thud,' was the Air Force's warhorse in Vietnam.
12 Fighting Forces: The U.S. Navy patrol vessels of Task Forces 115, 116 and 117 played a key role in the war.
50 Reviews: After 30 years of propaganda about the 'heroic people's army,' two NVA soldiers tell what it was really like in the Communist ranks.
58 Perspectives: Lessons learned in the savage battles of the 1972 Eastertide Offensive were to pay off at the Battle of Khafji almost two decades later.
18 The Story Behind the McNamara Line: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara deluded himself in thinking that North Vietnamese infiltration could be stopped with electronic wizardry.
26 An Engineer's Mekong Delta Memoir: What with mines and mortars and booby traps, war was still hell, even at a Mekong Delta 'rear-echelon' construction site.
34 Swift Boats in Operation Market Time: Before 1965, 70 percent of enemy supplies were being infiltrated by sea. But Operation Market Time cut that flow to a trickle.
42 Flying the Sea Knight: 'You came swooping out of the sky like an angel of death.... You could see the enemy...you could even make out their faces.'
Volume: 8
Issue: 5
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8 Personality: His back broken in a helicopter crash, Medal of Honor winner Fred Zabitosky risked his life to rescue the crew.
10 Arsenal: Republic Aircraft's F-105 Thunderbird, better known as the 'Thud,' was the Air Force's warhorse in Vietnam.
12 Fighting Forces: The U.S. Navy patrol vessels of Task Forces 115, 116 and 117 played a key role in the war.
50 Reviews: After 30 years of propaganda about the 'heroic people's army,' two NVA soldiers tell what it was really like in the Communist ranks.
58 Perspectives: Lessons learned in the savage battles of the 1972 Eastertide Offensive were to pay off at the Battle of Khafji almost two decades later.
18 The Story Behind the McNamara Line: Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara deluded himself in thinking that North Vietnamese infiltration could be stopped with electronic wizardry.
26 An Engineer's Mekong Delta Memoir: What with mines and mortars and booby traps, war was still hell, even at a Mekong Delta 'rear-echelon' construction site.
34 Swift Boats in Operation Market Time: Before 1965, 70 percent of enemy supplies were being infiltrated by sea. But Operation Market Time cut that flow to a trickle.
42 Flying the Sea Knight: 'You came swooping out of the sky like an angel of death.... You could see the enemy...you could even make out their faces.'
Volume: 8
Issue: 5
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8 Personality: Wounded four times in VIetnam and now a chronicler of that war, retired Special Forces Major Jim Morris is still proud of his service.
10 Arsenal: Designated for WWII service, the propeller-driven 'Spad' was a lifesaver for ground soldiers and downed pilots.
12 Fighting Forces: The Rolling Thunder strategic air campaign was intended to break North Vietna's back.
50 Reviews: Conceived during his convalescent leave in 1965 and revised several times, Jim Morris's War Story has become a Vietnam War classic.
58 Perspectives: A WWII naval officer turned professor found the attitudes of his Vietnam vet students to be similar to his own.
18 Hanoi Hannah Speaks Again: She called herself Thu Houng, 'Fragrance of Autumn,' but as an announcer for Radio Hanoi her job was to chill and frighten, not to charm and seduce.
26 Taking Aim at the B-52s: American B-52 bombers were protected by a wall of electronic jamming. A North Vietnamese general tells how his surface-to-air missiles finally broke through.
34 The War Makers: While the military is responsible for fighting a war, its civilian superiors not only wage war but also determine how it will be fought.
42 Assessing the War's Costs: By any standard the Vietnam War was one of the costliest in the history of the United States, and it cost more than lives and money.
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
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8 Personality: Wounded four times in VIetnam and now a chronicler of that war, retired Special Forces Major Jim Morris is still proud of his service.
10 Arsenal: Designated for WWII service, the propeller-driven 'Spad' was a lifesaver for ground soldiers and downed pilots.
12 Fighting Forces: The Rolling Thunder strategic air campaign was intended to break North Vietna's back.
50 Reviews: Conceived during his convalescent leave in 1965 and revised several times, Jim Morris's War Story has become a Vietnam War classic.
58 Perspectives: A WWII naval officer turned professor found the attitudes of his Vietnam vet students to be similar to his own.
18 Hanoi Hannah Speaks Again: She called herself Thu Houng, 'Fragrance of Autumn,' but as an announcer for Radio Hanoi her job was to chill and frighten, not to charm and seduce.
26 Taking Aim at the B-52s: American B-52 bombers were protected by a wall of electronic jamming. A North Vietnamese general tells how his surface-to-air missiles finally broke through.
34 The War Makers: While the military is responsible for fighting a war, its civilian superiors not only wage war but also determine how it will be fought.
42 Assessing the War's Costs: By any standard the Vietnam War was one of the costliest in the history of the United States, and it cost more than lives and money.
Volume: 8
Issue: 6
Item Creation Date: April 1996
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8 Personality: Brave but not foolhardy, Army Captain Lee Morrow knew how to get results in combat.
10 Arsenal: Defoliation was designed to save lives by denying cover to the enemy. But for some, the 'cure' was worse than the problem.
14 Fighting Forces: Resolving the issue of U.S. military personnel still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia is a top priority mater.
54 Review: SEAL Team One hunted VC guerrillas and NVA troops in the swamps of the Rung Sat Special Zone
62 Perspectives: The Vietnamese people are pressuring Hanoi to account for their 300,000 MIAs
22 Controlling the Rung Sat Special Zone: To keep open the crucial shipping channel between Saigon and the South China Sea, control of this dense mangrove swamp was essential.
30 Harvest Moon Medal of Honor Winner: In-country for just two weeks, artillery forward observer Harvey Barnum assumed command of Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a Viet Cong ambush.
38 America's Courageous Canine Corps: First deployed to Vietnam in 1966, Army and Marine scout dogs helped save thousands of lives by altering soldiers to dangers that lay ahead.
46 Ambushed! Gun Trucks in Action: Ambushes were all too common along Route 19, but U.S. Army truckers soon learned how to protect themselves.
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Item Creation Date: October 1996
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8 Personality: Brave but not foolhardy, Army Captain Lee Morrow knew how to get results in combat.
10 Arsenal: Defoliation was designed to save lives by denying cover to the enemy. But for some, the 'cure' was worse than the problem.
14 Fighting Forces: Resolving the issue of U.S. military personnel still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia is a top priority mater.
54 Review: SEAL Team One hunted VC guerrillas and NVA troops in the swamps of the Rung Sat Special Zone
62 Perspectives: The Vietnamese people are pressuring Hanoi to account for their 300,000 MIAs
22 Controlling the Rung Sat Special Zone: To keep open the crucial shipping channel between Saigon and the South China Sea, control of this dense mangrove swamp was essential.
30 Harvest Moon Medal of Honor Winner: In-country for just two weeks, artillery forward observer Harvey Barnum assumed command of Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a Viet Cong ambush.
38 America's Courageous Canine Corps: First deployed to Vietnam in 1966, Army and Marine scout dogs helped save thousands of lives by altering soldiers to dangers that lay ahead.
46 Ambushed! Gun Trucks in Action: Ambushes were all too common along Route 19, but U.S. Army truckers soon learned how to protect themselves.
Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Item Creation Date: October 1996
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8 Personality: After a battle compared to Custer's Last Stand, Staff Sgt. Franklin D. Miller was awarded the Medal of Honor.
10 Arsenal: The de Havillard C-7 Caribou became one of the war's most popular air transports.
12 Fighing Forces: Two Hughes OH-6A 'LOHs' were shot down close to enemy positions, but both crews survived to tell the tale.
52 Reviews: Flawed from the outset, Vietnamese commando raids on North Vietnam were disasters.
58 Perspectives: Does Hollywood's version of Vietnam War music in reality reflect the tastes of those who dodged the war?
18 Fourteen Days at Nhi Ha: Sent north to help Marines who were trying to contain an NVA offensive, the Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry, fought a nightmarish battle in the shadow of the DMZ.
26 Telling It Like It Is: The lies and distortions of 'Vietnam War phonies' dishonor all who served honorably and faithfully there. It's time to set the record straight.
36 The War's 'Constructive Component': Counterinsurgency was the name of the game, but only the Marines made a serious effort to put that theory into practice, creating Combined Action Platoons to 'clear and hold' Vietnamese hamlets.
42 A Civilian in Tet '68: The New Year's celebrations in Saigon had suddenly ended. 'The situation is not good,' wrote Brenda Rosen, one of the American civilians trapped in a city under siege.
Volume: 9
Issue: 5
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8 Personality: After a battle compared to Custer's Last Stand, Staff Sgt. Franklin D. Miller was awarded the Medal of Honor.
10 Arsenal: The de Havillard C-7 Caribou became one of the war's most popular air transports.
12 Fighing Forces: Two Hughes OH-6A 'LOHs' were shot down close to enemy positions, but both crews survived to tell the tale.
52 Reviews: Flawed from the outset, Vietnamese commando raids on North Vietnam were disasters.
58 Perspectives: Does Hollywood's version of Vietnam War music in reality reflect the tastes of those who dodged the war?
18 Fourteen Days at Nhi Ha: Sent north to help Marines who were trying to contain an NVA offensive, the Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry, fought a nightmarish battle in the shadow of the DMZ.
26 Telling It Like It Is: The lies and distortions of 'Vietnam War phonies' dishonor all who served honorably and faithfully there. It's time to set the record straight.
36 The War's 'Constructive Component': Counterinsurgency was the name of the game, but only the Marines made a serious effort to put that theory into practice, creating Combined Action Platoons to 'clear and hold' Vietnamese hamlets.
42 A Civilian in Tet '68: The New Year's celebrations in Saigon had suddenly ended. 'The situation is not good,' wrote Brenda Rosen, one of the American civilians trapped in a city under siege.
Volume: 9
Issue: 5
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8 Personality: Nguyen Van Dong's premonition that 'nobody escapes the Dong' proved to be correct.
10 Fighting Forces: Organized as a Cold War strike force, the 'Sky Soldiers' were instead committed to the hot war in Vietnam.
12 Arsenal: The Combat Development and Test Center had to find out if American technology worked in the jungle.
50 Reviews: Winning over the South Vietnamese people was the pacification program's goal.
56 Perspectives: U.S. complicity in South Vietnam's 1963 coup made it impossible to stay uninvolved in the war.
18 'Sixtys Up!': Mortar men do one thing in the infantry better than anyone else. They hump equipment- carrying heavy loads everywhere riflemen go.
26 Americal Pointman: Henry Miller had to be up front of the platoon, despite the dangers involved. 'If I can see it coming,' he thought to himself, 'then I'll know what I have to do to deal with it.'
36 Fighting the Black Death: Disease was the main battlefield killer until World War II. Researchers and medical teams prevented that from happening in Vietnam.
42 Submarine Special Operations: Although it is not widely known, U.S. Navy submarines conducted a series of special warfare operations along the coast of Vietnam.
Volume: 9
Issue: 6
Item Creation Date: April 1997
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8 Personality: Nguyen Van Dong's premonition that 'nobody escapes the Dong' proved to be correct.
10 Fighting Forces: Organized as a Cold War strike force, the 'Sky Soldiers' were instead committed to the hot war in Vietnam.
12 Arsenal: The Combat Development and Test Center had to find out if American technology worked in the jungle.
50 Reviews: Winning over the South Vietnamese people was the pacification program's goal.
56 Perspectives: U.S. complicity in South Vietnam's 1963 coup made it impossible to stay uninvolved in the war.
18 'Sixtys Up!': Mortar men do one thing in the infantry better than anyone else. They hump equipment- carrying heavy loads everywhere riflemen go.
26 Americal Pointman: Henry Miller had to be up front of the platoon, despite the dangers involved. 'If I can see it coming,' he thought to himself, 'then I'll know what I have to do to deal with it.'
36 Fighting the Black Death: Disease was the main battlefield killer until World War II. Researchers and medical teams prevented that from happening in Vietnam.
42 Submarine Special Operations: Although it is not widely known, U.S. Navy submarines conducted a series of special warfare operations along the coast of Vietnam.
Volume: 9
Issue: 6
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8 Fighting Forces: The elite VC and NVA sapper units were among the most feared and effective enemy forces of the war.
12 Arsenal: The RA-5C Vigilante was a potent reconnaissance aircraft.
16 Personality: 'We have to die bravely in the battlefield in front of the enemy,' said Major Chau Minh Kien, who did just that.
54 Reviews: Americans who went to war in Vietnam were affected by 'wars' at home- between races, classes, sexes and generations.
62 Perspectives: It took more than a quarter century for a Navy corpsman's battlefield bravery to be officially recognized.
22 Operation Kingpin Raid: Almost flawless in execution, the daring rescue raid at the Son Tay prison camp deep within North Vietnam lacked only one essential ingredient- POWs.
30 AC-130 Spectre Gunship: With their tremendous firepower, the Lockheed AC-130 Spectre fixed-wing gunships were effective truck killers in the sky.
38 Huey Rescue Mission: Blueghost 39 went into action to help rescue a crewman from Bat-21, a downed Douglas EB-66C- but the Huey's crew soon needed a search team of its own.
46 Rapid Fire Recon Team in Trouble: Two Special Forces recon teams were pinned down by the Viet Cong, but only one could be extracted. A terrible decision had to be made.
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: June 1997
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8 Fighting Forces: The elite VC and NVA sapper units were among the most feared and effective enemy forces of the war.
12 Arsenal: The RA-5C Vigilante was a potent reconnaissance aircraft.
16 Personality: 'We have to die bravely in the battlefield in front of the enemy,' said Major Chau Minh Kien, who did just that.
54 Reviews: Americans who went to war in Vietnam were affected by 'wars' at home- between races, classes, sexes and generations.
62 Perspectives: It took more than a quarter century for a Navy corpsman's battlefield bravery to be officially recognized.
22 Operation Kingpin Raid: Almost flawless in execution, the daring rescue raid at the Son Tay prison camp deep within North Vietnam lacked only one essential ingredient- POWs.
30 AC-130 Spectre Gunship: With their tremendous firepower, the Lockheed AC-130 Spectre fixed-wing gunships were effective truck killers in the sky.
38 Huey Rescue Mission: Blueghost 39 went into action to help rescue a crewman from Bat-21, a downed Douglas EB-66C- but the Huey's crew soon needed a search team of its own.
46 Rapid Fire Recon Team in Trouble: Two Special Forces recon teams were pinned down by the Viet Cong, but only one could be extracted. A terrible decision had to be made.
Volume: 10
Issue: 1
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8 Personality: Known as the 'Black Lion,' reitred Major Wilbur Greene was an African-American CIA operative in Laos.
10 Arsenal: Navy pilot Kent Vandervelde took part in the first sea-based overland rescue efforts.
16 Fighting Forces: 'Tracers were coming at me from all over the place; most of them looked like they would hit me right between the eyes.'
54 Reviews: A proud veteran who simply did his duty gives an account refreshingly free of cynicism and self-pity.
62 Perspectives: There was a whole theoretical framework behind the 1960s anti-war movement.
22 Zulu Platoon's Final Flight: The SEAL platoon wanted revenge for a wounded comrade. What they almost got was their own annihilation.
30 Man-Made Monsoons: The Weather War: The Popeye project sought to extend the rainy season in the Laotion panhandle- to cause flooding and dny the enemy use of infiltration routes to South Vietnam.
38 Marines Under Fire at Con Thien: By midsummer 1967, the battle near the DMZ had taken on a life of its own. It would not end until the Tet Offensive changed the complexion of the war.
46 Testing the Rules of Engagement: Everyone in Vietnam knew that the restrictions imposed by the rules of engagement were insane, but only two Air Force officers fell on their swords in protest.
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
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8 Personality: Known as the 'Black Lion,' reitred Major Wilbur Greene was an African-American CIA operative in Laos.
10 Arsenal: Navy pilot Kent Vandervelde took part in the first sea-based overland rescue efforts.
16 Fighting Forces: 'Tracers were coming at me from all over the place; most of them looked like they would hit me right between the eyes.'
54 Reviews: A proud veteran who simply did his duty gives an account refreshingly free of cynicism and self-pity.
62 Perspectives: There was a whole theoretical framework behind the 1960s anti-war movement.
22 Zulu Platoon's Final Flight: The SEAL platoon wanted revenge for a wounded comrade. What they almost got was their own annihilation.
30 Man-Made Monsoons: The Weather War: The Popeye project sought to extend the rainy season in the Laotion panhandle- to cause flooding and dny the enemy use of infiltration routes to South Vietnam.
38 Marines Under Fire at Con Thien: By midsummer 1967, the battle near the DMZ had taken on a life of its own. It would not end until the Tet Offensive changed the complexion of the war.
46 Testing the Rules of Engagement: Everyone in Vietnam knew that the restrictions imposed by the rules of engagement were insane, but only two Air Force officers fell on their swords in protest.
Volume: 10
Issue: 4
Item Creation Date: December 1997
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8 Personality: The Viet Cong counted on surprise for their seizure of Saigon, but General Fred C. Weyand saw them coming.
10 Arsenal: The AK-47 assault rifle was crude but efficient.
14 Fighting Forces: Although the 273rd Regiment was bloodied trying to take Saigon, it survived to fight another day.
54 Book Reviews: In the histories of the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive plays a key part.
62 Perspectives: Were the North Vietnamese after the cities, or did they have bigger fish to fry?
73 Vietnam Marketplace: New Reader's service page
22 Turning Point of the War: Lyndon Johnson was psychologically defeated by the Tet Offensive. But he was betrayed as well by his top national security advisers.
30 Airlifters to the Rescue: The NVA thought they could turn Khe Sanh into another Dien Bien Phu. But they hand't figured on the critical difference U.S. air power would make.
38 Faking MACV Out of Position: By provoking remote area border fights at Loc Ninh, Dak To and Khe Sanh, the NVA sought to draw U.S. forces away from the cities of South Vietnam.
46 Blocking The NVA Retreat: While the Marines battled for control of Hue, the Army's 1st Cavalry Division moved in the air to cut the enemy's lines of supply and communication.
Volume: 5
Issue: 5
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8 Personality: The Viet Cong counted on surprise for their seizure of Saigon, but General Fred C. Weyand saw them coming.
10 Arsenal: The AK-47 assault rifle was crude but efficient.
14 Fighting Forces: Although the 273rd Regiment was bloodied trying to take Saigon, it survived to fight another day.
54 Book Reviews: In the histories of the Vietnam War, the Tet Offensive plays a key part.
62 Perspectives: Were the North Vietnamese after the cities, or did they have bigger fish to fry?
73 Vietnam Marketplace: New Reader's service page
22 Turning Point of the War: Lyndon Johnson was psychologically defeated by the Tet Offensive. But he was betrayed as well by his top national security advisers.
30 Airlifters to the Rescue: The NVA thought they could turn Khe Sanh into another Dien Bien Phu. But they hand't figured on the critical difference U.S. air power would make.
38 Faking MACV Out of Position: By provoking remote area border fights at Loc Ninh, Dak To and Khe Sanh, the NVA sought to draw U.S. forces away from the cities of South Vietnam.
46 Blocking The NVA Retreat: While the Marines battled for control of Hue, the Army's 1st Cavalry Division moved in the air to cut the enemy's lines of supply and communication.
Volume: 5
Issue: 5
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6 Editorial
8 Personality: Mild-mannered Joe Marm became known as the war's 'Sergeant York'
10 Fighting Forces: At Kham Duc one afternoon, the big C-130s showed there was more to airlift than carrying cargo
12 Bases and Installations: Tan Song Nhut on the edge of Saigon was America's 'Pentagon East,' but that didn't stop the Viet Cong
52 Arsenal: The Claymore mine became a ubiquitous weapon.
58 Book Reviews: It's a very special memorial on the Virginia banks of the Potomac, and a special book captures its spirit.
20 Troops to Equal Any: One of the saddest legacies of the Vietnam War is the misperception that its American fighting man failed to somehow measure up. As former Vietnam Commanding General Fred C. Weyand says, nothing could be further from the truth.
26 Supply Lines Engaged: Blazing firefights punctuated routine boredom for the sailors, aircrews and Coast Guardsmen of Operation Market Time- the blockade of South Vietnam's coast from supply by the North.
34 The MiGs popping through the overcast expected to meet heavily burdened F-105 'Thuds,' but they instead found a flock of F-4 Phantoms loaded for bear.
42 Guerillas in the Mess Hall: The newly arrived Green Berets didn't like the looks of the American compound at Song Be, a 'safe' provincial capital. Before they could dig in properly, however, the Viet Cong struck...
Volume: 1
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6 Editorial
8 Personality: Mild-mannered Joe Marm became known as the war's 'Sergeant York'
10 Fighting Forces: At Kham Duc one afternoon, the big C-130s showed there was more to airlift than carrying cargo
12 Bases and Installations: Tan Song Nhut on the edge of Saigon was America's 'Pentagon East,' but that didn't stop the Viet Cong
52 Arsenal: The Claymore mine became a ubiquitous weapon.
58 Book Reviews: It's a very special memorial on the Virginia banks of the Potomac, and a special book captures its spirit.
20 Troops to Equal Any: One of the saddest legacies of the Vietnam War is the misperception that its American fighting man failed to somehow measure up. As former Vietnam Commanding General Fred C. Weyand says, nothing could be further from the truth.
26 Supply Lines Engaged: Blazing firefights punctuated routine boredom for the sailors, aircrews and Coast Guardsmen of Operation Market Time- the blockade of South Vietnam's coast from supply by the North.
34 The MiGs popping through the overcast expected to meet heavily burdened F-105 'Thuds,' but they instead found a flock of F-4 Phantoms loaded for bear.
42 Guerillas in the Mess Hall: The newly arrived Green Berets didn't like the looks of the American compound at Song Be, a 'safe' provincial capital. Before they could dig in properly, however, the Viet Cong struck...
Volume: 1
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Item Creation Date: No Date
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
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Added: 14 Aug 2003 [Updated: 14 Nov 2004]
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