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8 Personality: In a bizarre incident, Air Force POW Ed Elias was freed through the propaganda efforst of American collaborators.
12 Arsenal: Necessity is the mother of invention, and the critical need to counter North Vietnam's SAMs brought forth the Wild Weasel.
14 Fighting Forces: The demanding task of the Army PIOs was to see that the GIs' efforts did not go unnoticed.
50 Reviews: Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr.'s latest Vietnam book provides essential reference maps and historical perspective.
58 Perspectives: While American draft dodgers were fleeing to Canada, some 40,000 Canadians came south to service in the U.S. military
18 Early Evolution of Helicopter Tactics: Although it saw service during the Korean War, the helicopter would come of age in Vietnam as a potent weapon of war.
26 One Tough Marine: Twice wounded in Korea, his left leg lost in a training accident, Donald H. Hamblen would earn two more Purple Hearts in Vietnam.
34 Top Gun in Action: 'Soldiers do in combat what they are in the habit of doing in training.' That axiom also applies to Navy fighter pilots, some of whom received advanced training at the Navy Fighter Weapons School.
42 Shifting Perceptions: A Newsman Goes to War: At first, TV news correspondent Jim Bennett could not come to grips with the fact that the powerful U.S. military machine was unable to overwhelm the enemy.

Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Item Creation Date: June 1996
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
Association: Tet '68 Association
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20 LBJ's Strategy for Disengagement: Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker's charge from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 was to de-escalate the Vietnam conflict without losing the war.
26 River Rats to the Rescue at Ben Tre: 'It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it,' one American officer said. But nothing might have been saved at Ben Tre if not for the intervention of Navy PBRs.
34 Operation Hastings Offensive: The NVA's 324B Division crossed the DMZ to 'liberate' Quang Tri province in July 1966. But the U.S. 4th Marine Regiment had a different plan.
42 With Creighton Abrams During Tet: Awakened by nearby gunfire and explosions, General Abrams was outraged to learn he couldn't leave his Saigon quarters. The Tet Offensive had begun.
10 Arsenal: Known as the 'eyes of the fleet,' the Chance Vought RF-8 Crusader was the backbone of Navy combat reconnaissance.
12 Personality: It was only 200 yards to the wounded Marine, but for Navy Corpsman Pat White, pinned down in the Citadel at Hue, it was like 200 miles.
50 Reviews: The best book on the 1968 Tet Offensive was by the Saigon bureau chief of one of America's most liberal newspapers.
56 Perspectives: Using Tet as a cloak for a surprise attack was not new. Nearly two centuries before the 1968 offensive, the Chinese were routed by just such an attack.
58 Fighting Forces: The American adviser thought he knew more than his 'Ruff-Puff' sergeant. He would learn a hard lesson at the sergeant's expense.

Volume: 10
Issue: 5
Item Creation Date: February 1998
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
Association: Tet '68 Association
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Added: 17 Aug 2003 [Updated: 17 Aug 2003]
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Item Creation Date: 10 December 1988
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
Association: Tet '68 Association
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Added: 28 Feb 2007 [Updated: 28 Feb 2007]
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Ripley at the Bridge- Newspaper
Document Item Number: 2780208004
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Author(s): Ross Mackenzie
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Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
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Author(s): Ed Crews
Item Creation Date: 20 May 1990
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
Association: Tet '68 Association
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Added: 01 Mar 2007 [Updated: 28 Feb 2019]
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Welcome Home and Thank You- Newspaper
Document Item Number: 2780203014
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Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
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Added: 01 Mar 2007 [Updated: 01 Mar 2007]
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Author(s): Steve Knopper
Item Creation Date: 02 February 1991
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
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Added: 05 Mar 2007 [Updated: 05 Mar 2007]
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1st UUA National Convention Poem
Document Item Number: 2780207003
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Author(s): Steve Maron
Item Creation Date: 01 January 1983
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
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Item Creation Date: 10 November 2005
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
Association: Tet '68 Association
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Added: 04 Mar 2007 [Updated: 04 Mar 2007]
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Author(s): Martin Romjue
Item Creation Date: 16 November 1991
Collection: William E. Kirkland Collection
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Added: 01 Mar 2007 [Updated: 01 Mar 2007]
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