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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: Summer 1989

General Note: 'Editorial: Remembering Vietnam. Contrary to some critics, it's not a sin.'
- David T. Zabecki, 'Battle for Saigon' Inside the Saigon Circle, the Viet Cong's carefully planned 1968 Tet Offensive erupted into a plethora of battles - and battles within battles.
- Albert Hemingway, 'With the Walking Dead' For a young Marine, a 'patrol' along the 'Street Without Joy' was more like a metamorphosis.
- Sam McGowan, 'Bridge at Dragon's Jaw' Lying well outside of Hanoi City limits, the Than Hoa bridge seemed an easy target in 1965. The costly and obsessive effort to destroy it amounted to a veritable aerial seige.
- Michael D. Harkins, 'Magnificent Pressure Exerted' At little-known Dai Do,an outnumbered Marine battalion defended a river supply line against an NVA division.
- Wilfred P. Deac, 'Personality: His nickname came from a comic strip, but Earthquake McGoon was more the stuff of legend.'
- Edward Rasen, 'Fighting Forces: An irregular war fostered the evolution of 'lurps' and

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Citation: Vietnam, 1452Serial216290. Summer 1989, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216290, Accessed 14 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1452Serial216290, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive