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Publisher/Org.: Varies: Empire ; Primedia ; Cowles ; Weider ; HistoryNet-World

General Note: 1988- / Bimonthly numbering: June-1 ; August-2 ; October-3 ; December-4 ; February-5 ; April-6 / Publisher Varies: Empire, Primedia Enthusiast, Cowles, Weider, HistoryNet-World / Quarterly Summer 1988-Summer 1989

Existence: April 1990

General Note: 8 Personality: General Lewis W. Walt- 'Uncle Lew' to his Marines- was a legendary figure.
10 Fighting Forces: Their LORAN station on Con Son Island was but one U.S. Coast Guard contribution to the Vietnam War.
16 Arsenal: WIth its powerful photographic systems and its side-looking airborne radars, the OV-1 Mohawk was truly our eye in the sky.
54 Book Reviews: When the tanks crashed through the wire at the Special Forces camp at Lang Vei, a new dimension was added to the Vietnam War.
62 Perspectives: Sergeant (the Pfc) Robert L. Gerber was featured on the cover of our October 1989 edition. This is his story.
22 'Spooky': Dragon in the Sky: With their flares and their miniguns and cannon, fixed-wing gunships not only illuminated the battlefield, they dominated it as well.
30 Swamp Warriors: The SEALs were the Viet Cong's nemesis on Sea, Air and Land. Although small in number, they were a formidable force.
38 Into Indian Country: Riding boats instead of horses, the U.S. Army's riverine forces drove the Viet Cong from their sanctuaries in the Mekong Delta's watery plains.
46 Combined Action Applied: Uniting U.S. Marine squads with South Vietnamese RF and PF platoons, the Combined Action Program dove the Viet Cong from the villages.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140006. April 1990, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140006, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140006, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive