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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 1998

General Note: 20 LBJ's Strategy for Disengagement: Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker's charge from President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 was to de-escalate the Vietnam conflict without losing the war.
26 River Rats to the Rescue at Ben Tre: 'It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save it,' one American officer said. But nothing might have been saved at Ben Tre if not for the intervention of Navy PBRs.
34 Operation Hastings Offensive: The NVA's 324B Division crossed the DMZ to 'liberate' Quang Tri province in July 1966. But the U.S. 4th Marine Regiment had a different plan.
42 With Creighton Abrams During Tet: Awakened by nearby gunfire and explosions, General Abrams was outraged to learn he couldn't leave his Saigon quarters. The Tet Offensive had begun.
10 Arsenal: Known as the 'eyes of the fleet,' the Chance Vought RF-8 Crusader was the backbone of Navy combat reconnaissance.
12 Personality: It was only 200 yards to the wounded Marine, but for Navy Corpsman Pat White, pinned down in the Citadel at Hue, it was like 200 miles.
50 Reviews: The best book on the 1968 Tet Offensive was by the Saigon bureau chief of one of America's most liberal newspapers.
56 Perspectives: Using Tet as a cloak for a surprise attack was not new. Nearly two centuries before the 1968 offensive, the Chinese were routed by just such an attack.
58 Fighting Forces: The American adviser thought he knew more than his 'Ruff-Puff' sergeant. He would learn a hard lesson at the sergeant's expense.

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Citation: Vietnam, 278Serial140235. February 1998, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=278Serial140235, Accessed 24 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 278Serial140235, William E. Kirkland Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive