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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: August 1991

General Note: 8 Personality: French General Jean Joseph Marie de Lattre de Tassigny was the man who beat Giap
10 Arsenal: The Air Force's 460th Tactical Reconnaissance Wing was America's eyes over Vietnam
12 Fighting Forces: The 273rd VC 'Loc Ninh' Regiment fought the Year of the Big Battles against the best America had to offer.
50 Book Reviews: American intelligence was too late in building data banks on the enemy
58 Perspectives: A Medal of Honor winner and a combat photographer are among the thousands of Canadians who served with the U.S. military on the battlefields of Vietnam.
18 Corpsmen First In Aid: For Marines under enemy fire, Navy corpsmen were a special breed. They routinely risked their live to save their wounded comrades.
26 Sapper Attack in the A Shau: Fire Support Base Cunningham dominted the A Shau Valley. They sappers of the North Vietnamese Army's 812th Regiment were ordered to destroy it.
34 Lifeline Up in the Sky: The VC could interdict the roads, but they could not stop the Air Force's fixed-wing airlift that flew over the ambushes to keep the troops supplied.
42 Massacre at My Lai: It was the worst attrocity in the Army's history, and General Westmoreland ordered his inspector general to find out exactly what happened there.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140051. August 1991, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140051, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140051, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive