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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 1997

General Note: 8 Fighting Forces: The elite VC and NVA sapper units were among the most feared and effective enemy forces of the war.
12 Arsenal: The RA-5C Vigilante was a potent reconnaissance aircraft.
16 Personality: 'We have to die bravely in the battlefield in front of the enemy,' said Major Chau Minh Kien, who did just that.
54 Reviews: Americans who went to war in Vietnam were affected by 'wars' at home- between races, classes, sexes and generations.
62 Perspectives: It took more than a quarter century for a Navy corpsman's battlefield bravery to be officially recognized.
22 Operation Kingpin Raid: Almost flawless in execution, the daring rescue raid at the Son Tay prison camp deep within North Vietnam lacked only one essential ingredient- POWs.
30 AC-130 Spectre Gunship: With their tremendous firepower, the Lockheed AC-130 Spectre fixed-wing gunships were effective truck killers in the sky.
38 Huey Rescue Mission: Blueghost 39 went into action to help rescue a crewman from Bat-21, a downed Douglas EB-66C- but the Huey's crew soon needed a search team of its own.
46 Rapid Fire Recon Team in Trouble: Two Special Forces recon teams were pinned down by the Viet Cong, but only one could be extracted. A terrible decision had to be made.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140215. June 1997, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140215, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140215, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive