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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 1996

General Note: 8 Personality: In a bizarre incident, Air Force POW Ed Elias was freed through the propaganda efforst of American collaborators.
12 Arsenal: Necessity is the mother of invention, and the critical need to counter North Vietnam's SAMs brought forth the Wild Weasel.
14 Fighting Forces: The demanding task of the Army PIOs was to see that the GIs' efforts did not go unnoticed.
50 Reviews: Colonel Harry G. Summers, Jr.'s latest Vietnam book provides essential reference maps and historical perspective.
58 Perspectives: While American draft dodgers were fleeing to Canada, some 40,000 Canadians came south to service in the U.S. military
18 Early Evolution of Helicopter Tactics: Although it saw service during the Korean War, the helicopter would come of age in Vietnam as a potent weapon of war.
26 One Tough Marine: Twice wounded in Korea, his left leg lost in a training accident, Donald H. Hamblen would earn two more Purple Hearts in Vietnam.
34 Top Gun in Action: 'Soldiers do in combat what they are in the habit of doing in training.' That axiom also applies to Navy fighter pilots, some of whom received advanced training at the Navy Fighter Weapons School.
42 Shifting Perceptions: A Newsman Goes to War: At first, TV news correspondent Jim Bennett could not come to grips with the fact that the powerful U.S. military machine was unable to overwhelm the enemy.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140191. June 1996, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140191, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140191, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive