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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: February 1991

General Note: 8 Forces: First to fight in Korea, the 'Gimlets' of the U.S. Army's 21st Infantry were destined to be the last American infantry unit in Vietnam.
10 Personality: Robert Mason, the author of Chickenhawk, knows of what he writes.
12 Arsenal: For years the VC used the jungle as cover. But, thanks to the Rome Plow Company, that advantage was soon cleared away.
50 Book Reviews: Like the infantrymen in the field, Marine lawyers also faces some bitter fights.
58 Perspectives: Hollywood's portrayal of Vietnam has been as mixed up and confused as the conflict itself.
18 War's Real Sneaky Petes: Secret operations in Indochine were MACV-SOG's speciality; but turning the job over to the South Vietnamese proved to be its hardest task of all.
26 A Place of Angels: In Vietnamese, Con Thien meant 'a place of angels,' but for the Marines manning that DMZ outpost it was hell on earth instead.
34 We've Got To Do This Better: In the tradition of World War II's Ernie Pyle, war correspondent Bob Pisor covered the Vietnam War at the fighting man's level.
42 Manning the Perimeter: The easiest way to knock out an aircraft is on the ground. The mission of the Air Force Security Police was to ensure it didn't happen.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140036. February 1991, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140036, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140036, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive