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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: June 1992

General Note: 8 Arsenal: SLAR and UGS pierced the darkness to keep the Ho Chi Minh Trail under allied surveillance.
10 Personality: Marine pilot Stephen W. Pless wasn't going to let a captured helicopter crew stay captured for long.
12 Fighting Forces: 'Reardon's Raiders' had to hold on until the rest of the 'Blackhorse' Regiment could pile on.
50 Book Reviews: Before it was Nixon's, Johnson's or even Kennedy's war, Vietnam was Eisenhower's war.
58 Perspectives: What do the Battle of Shiloh and the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley have in common?
18 Great Spring Victory: With a 5.5-to-1 edge in men, 2.1-to1 in artillery and 1.2-to-1 in tanks, in March 1975 the NVA finally succeeded in cutting South Vietnam in two.
26 Armor Holds the Line: Beating back the enemy attack, the 'Lancers' proved that shock action, mobility and firepower could be decisive on a jungle battlefield.
34 Holding Death At Bay: It was nothing short of spectacular- of the Americans wounded in Veitnam who reached medical facilities, 97.5 percent survived.
42 Chenla II: Prelude to Disaster: The greatest catastrophe of Cambodia's war, Lon Nol's 1971 Chenla II campaign decimated his army and paved the way for the rise of the Khmer Rouge.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140070. June 1992, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140070, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140070, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive