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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 1992

General Note: 8 Personality: Montagnards helped by 'Lawrence of the Highlands' became too successful for their own good.
10 Fighting Forces: The newly formed South Vietnamese Ranger companies would prove their mettle by penetrating War Zone D.
12 Arsenal: One of the war's least-known weapons was the CIA's 9mm single-shot zip gun.
50 Book Reviews: Were American servicemen abandoned in Southeast Asia by the United States?
58 Perspecitves: With part of a tree wedged in its left wing and an explosive cargo, the C-123 appeared to be a goner.
18 Taking Fire: U.S. Army ground forces were forbidden to go when ARVN invaded Laos to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, but U.S. Army helicopters were there all the way.
26 Giap's Giant Mistake: To no appreciable gain, the NVA's 1972 Eastertide Offensive cost them more than 100,000 casualties and most of their tanks and heavy artillery.
34 Khe Sanh Battle: Overshadowed by the later siege there, the first battle for Khe Sanh less than a year earlier involved bloody fighting in the surrounding hills.
42 POW/MIA Debate: Almost two decades after North Vietnam supposedly released all U.S. POWs, the argument and the anguish continue over whether more are still being held.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140066. February 1992, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140066, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140066, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive