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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 1996

General Note: 8 Personality: Chris Noel was America's answer to Hanoi Hannah.
10 Arsenal: The C-123 Provider cargo plane was the lifeline to small, isolated bases throughout.
16 Fighting Forces: It was payback time for the Marines and militiamen of Golf CUPP 8.
54 Reviews: Two new books shed light on the relationship between the military and the media.
62 Perspectives: At a book conference on McNamara's In Retrospect, military heavyweights lined up to 'knife the Mac.'
22 Operation Menu's Secret Bombing of Cambodia: President Richard M. Nixon had promised to end American involvement in Vietnam, but enemy sanctuaries in Cambodia threatened any such U.S. withdrawal.
30 Mystery Ambush Near Xuan Loc: What was in the two sealed conex containers that would prompt the entire 274th VC Regiment to ambush an 11th Armored Cavalry convoy?
38 Trial By Fire: All hell broke loose as the 'Slicks' approached the landing zone. But you did not break formation. You sucked it up and flew into the bowels of the Grim Reaper.
46 The Second Noel: Nearly 130,000 South Vietnamese refugees found new homes in America before Christmas 1975.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140204. December 1996, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140204, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140204, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive