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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: December 1990

General Note: 8 Arsenal: North Vietnam's use of the PT-76 as a main battle tank proved disastrous.
10 Personality: A survivor of Bataan in WWII and Ulsan in Korea, Harold K. Johnson's undoing was the war in Vietnam.
12 Fighting Forces: Winning Vietnamese hearts and minds were what the 'Mindbenders' were all about.
50 Book Reviews: For Michael Norman and the men of Golf Company, friendships forged in battle were the war's lasting legacy.
58 Perspectives: Surrender was unthinkable to ARVN Maj. Gen. Le Van Hung. Better death than dishonor.
18 Combat Knows No Color: In America's first integrated war, the key issue in combat was not the color of one's skin, but like and death itself.
26 SEALs' Shadowy Resuce: It was too hot for Search and Rescue. If Bat-21 was to be saved, SOG's U.S. Navy SEALs and Vietnamese Sea Commandos would have to do it.
34 Going After COSVN: Parachute troopers weren't all the Seventh U.S. Air Force brought from the skies... so were, 11,000 tons of supplies and 12,000 tons of bombs and rockets.
42 Debacle on the Tchepone Road: Invade Laos and cut the Ho Chi Minh trail was the order. But in the end it was the South Vietnamese military that was cut to pieces.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140030. December 1990, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140030, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140030, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive