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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: October 1993

General Note: 8 Fighting Forces: Multiplane raids gave Hanoi's defenders too much warning, but a long A-6 Intruder might succeed.
10 Personality: John McKamey's reconnaissance flight over North Vietnam in June 1965 turned out to be anything but routine.
12 Arsenal: During Linebacker II, the B-52 Stratofortresses would finally have a chance to conduct strategic bombing missions.
50 Book Reviews: Shot down near Hainan Island in September 1965, Phil Smith would spend 7 and a half years in a Chinese prison.
58 Perspectives: Twenty years later they returned to the battlefield to come to terms with their past.
18 Chinese Ordeal: The Chinese set out to teach the Vietnamese a lesson for invading Cambodia. But the Vietnamese proved to be much more difficult pupils than expected.
26 Trials Along The Trail: Spawned from mountain trails, North Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh Trail was turned into a modern, sophisticated transportation system.
34 Dropping Doumer Bridge: The bridge across the Red River in Hanoi was a key target, and John Piowaty put a 3,000-pound bomb smack in the center of the first main span.
42 Arc Light Strikes: Altough designed for strategic bombing, the B-52 Stratofortress played an important tactical close air support role in South Vietnam.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140109

Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140109. October 1993, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140109, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140109, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive