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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 1993

General Note: 8 Fighting Forces: VC and NVA 'child soldiers' played a significant battle-field role.
10 Personality: Sometimes he lounged at Phu Cat; other times he flew through the flak over Hanoi.
12 Arsenal: An M-16, 300-400 rounds of 5.56mm ammo, canteens, rations, grenades, an entrenching tool- these were just for starters.
50 Book Reviews: 'No 'healing,' no apologies, no memorials...can possibly compensate for the damage....'
58 Perspectives: Overemphasis on counter-insurgency doctrines led to the misapplication of the principles of limited war.
18 Air War Fact and Fiction: Having logged more than 1,000 hours in combat, author Mark Berent turns to his own experiences for his 'historical fiction' about the air war in Vietnam.
26 Tonkin Gulf Deployment: For the crewmen of the nuclear-powered frigate USS Truxton, Yankee Station was not particularly hazardous, but it was no pleasure cruise either.
34 Names on the Wall: Mirroring American society, the men and women who died in Vietnam were mostly white, mostly middle class and mostly volunteers.
44 Dangerous Rings of Fire: With no front lines, positioning of artillery on the Vietnam battlefield posed serious problems. The fire support base was the solution.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140098. June 1993, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140098, Accessed 25 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140098, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive