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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: April 1993

General Note: 8 Personality: David Hatcher's spiritual strength carried him through his years as a POW.
10 Fighting Forces: The 'Jolly Green Giant' was the primary search-and-rescue helicopter, but this Jolly Green needed help, too.
12 Arsenal: The field artillery's 'bee-hive' and ICM rounds were old ideas wrapped in new technology.
50 Book Reviews: The Ia Drang was the Army's baptism by fire, presaging how the war would be fought and how it would end.
58 Perspectives: Poems were a way Vietnam veterans had of dealing with their feelings and losses.
18 Air Force's Ground Support: Involving the vast majority of in-country Air Forces personnel, ground support was the essential precondition for effective air operations.
26 The Arts: Images of Vietnam: The essential truth of America's involvement in Vietnam can perhaps best be understood through literature, movies, television, plays, music, paintings and sculptures.
34 Peace Envoy's Postscript: 'In Vietnam we won all the battles... the North lost battle after battle after battle. And look what happened. Look what happened!'
42 Phu Loi Cornered: It began as a routine road-clearing operation. Before it was over, four U.S. infantry battalions would be involved in a confusing and bitter fight.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140088. April 1993, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140088, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140088, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive