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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 1997

General Note: 8 Personality: Jon Cavaiani survived 18 months as a POW in Hanoi.
12 Fighting Forces: The Navy's photo interpreters were the brains behind the eyes of its carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft.
16 Arsenal: The OV-10 Bronco was a feared and hated adversary of the North Vietnamese.
54 Reviews: Military Assistance Command, Vietnam- Studies and Observations Group was one of the war's elite forces.
62 Perspectives: The Pentagon Papers give insights into the Johnson administration's thinking.
22 F-4 Mission Over Hanoi: The SAMs and AAA were formidable enough, but adding air-to-air combat with MiG-21s made raids over Hanoi especially harrowing for U.S. pilots
30 Last Days of Cambodia: As America's involvement in Indochina came to an end in the spring of 1975, the Khmer Rouge closed in on Phnom Penh for the kill.
38 Operation Attleboro: The Wolfhounds' Brave Stand: The Dau Tieng relief mission had all the makings of a tactical disaster, but leadership and courage snatched victory from the jaws of defeat.
46 Retreat From Hell: Dropped into Tu Le to stem the Viet Minh tide in 1952, the French 6th Colonial Para had to fight for their lives instead.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140225. October 1997, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140225, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140225, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive