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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 1996

General Note: 8 Personality: Brave but not foolhardy, Army Captain Lee Morrow knew how to get results in combat.
10 Arsenal: Defoliation was designed to save lives by denying cover to the enemy. But for some, the 'cure' was worse than the problem.
14 Fighting Forces: Resolving the issue of U.S. military personnel still unaccounted for in Southeast Asia is a top priority mater.
54 Review: SEAL Team One hunted VC guerrillas and NVA troops in the swamps of the Rung Sat Special Zone
62 Perspectives: The Vietnamese people are pressuring Hanoi to account for their 300,000 MIAs
22 Controlling the Rung Sat Special Zone: To keep open the crucial shipping channel between Saigon and the South China Sea, control of this dense mangrove swamp was essential.
30 Harvest Moon Medal of Honor Winner: In-country for just two weeks, artillery forward observer Harvey Barnum assumed command of Hotel Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, during a Viet Cong ambush.
38 America's Courageous Canine Corps: First deployed to Vietnam in 1966, Army and Marine scout dogs helped save thousands of lives by altering soldiers to dangers that lay ahead.
46 Ambushed! Gun Trucks in Action: Ambushes were all too common along Route 19, but U.S. Army truckers soon learned how to protect themselves.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140200. October 1996, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140200, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140200, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive