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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 1994

General Note: 8 Fighting Forces: Explosive ordnance disposal was risky, but carrying out an operation in the middle of a firefight presented truly unique dangers.
10 Personality: Although it was one of Vietnam's most dangerous jobs, medevac helicopter pilot phil Marshall found it to be most rewarding.
12 Arsenal: MACV-SOG's Maritime Operations Group and their LDNN crews wreaked havoc along North Vietnam's coastal waters.
50 Reviews: First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen of MACV-SOG was one tough Marine, even with only one leg.
58 Perspectives: Convoy runs were also ration runs for hungry South Vietnamese children who lined the roads.
18 The Battle of Zulu-Zulu: Although it was only a small jungle landing zone in War Zone D, the battle for Zulu-Zulu proved to be a death trap for the Viet Cong's 271st Regiment.
26 The Turning Point: The long journey from the infantry in Vietnam to the priesthood began on a terrible day in the jungle near Xuan Loc in 1970.
34 Life on Hold: When Navy Lieutenant Ross Terry's F-4 Phantom fighter-bomber was downed over North Vietnam, his life went on hold for nearly seven years.
42 Operation Stay Behind: War Zone D was so tightly controlled by the Viet Cong that it was often called War Zone 'Death' until Special Forces A-Team 312 executed Operation Stay Behind.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140153. October 1994, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140153, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140153, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive