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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: December 1993

General Note: 8 Arsenal: Nurses have served officially on the battlefield since 1861. Vietnam proved women could serve in other capacities, as well.
10 Personality: TWA stewardess Marilyn Genz cared about the soldiers she flew in and out of Vietnam. And her 'iron dress' was proof the feeling was mutual.
14 Fighting Forces: In French, 'triage' means to sort out. On the battlefields it means a charnel house, where life-and-death decisions are commonplace.
54 Book Reviews: Clad in her fatigues, signature pearl earrings, and harlequin glasses, photojournalist Dickey Chappelle fought her way to the front.
62 Perspectives: At a time when it was fashionable to revile Americans serving in Vietnam, the women of Huntington, N.Y., set out to honor and support them instead.
22 Sculpting a Vision: Thanks to the true grit of former Army nurse Diane Carlson Evans, the dream of a Vietnam Women's Memorial became a reality.
30 The Angel of Dien Bien Phu: It was called 'Hell in a Very Small Place,' but French flight nurse Genevieve de Galard-Terraube brought a bit of heaven there, too.
38 Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: 'Nostalgia' in the Civil War, 'shell shock' in World War I, 'battle fatigue' in WWII and Korea. By whatever name, PTSD is a debilitating affliction.
46 The Killing Fields of Laos: As a U.S. senator said and the Hmong discovered, 'to be a friend of the United States can be fatal.'

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140113. December 1993, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140113, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140113, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive