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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: February 1997

General Note: 8 Personality: After a battle compared to Custer's Last Stand, Staff Sgt. Franklin D. Miller was awarded the Medal of Honor.
10 Arsenal: The de Havillard C-7 Caribou became one of the war's most popular air transports.
12 Fighing Forces: Two Hughes OH-6A 'LOHs' were shot down close to enemy positions, but both crews survived to tell the tale.
52 Reviews: Flawed from the outset, Vietnamese commando raids on North Vietnam were disasters.
58 Perspectives: Does Hollywood's version of Vietnam War music in reality reflect the tastes of those who dodged the war?
18 Fourteen Days at Nhi Ha: Sent north to help Marines who were trying to contain an NVA offensive, the Army's 3rd Battalion, 21st Infantry, fought a nightmarish battle in the shadow of the DMZ.
26 Telling It Like It Is: The lies and distortions of 'Vietnam War phonies' dishonor all who served honorably and faithfully there. It's time to set the record straight.
36 The War's 'Constructive Component': Counterinsurgency was the name of the game, but only the Marines made a serious effort to put that theory into practice, creating Combined Action Platoons to 'clear and hold' Vietnamese hamlets.
42 A Civilian in Tet '68: The New Year's celebrations in Saigon had suddenly ended. 'The situation is not good,' wrote Brenda Rosen, one of the American civilians trapped in a city under siege.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140208. February 1997, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140208, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140208, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive