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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: 'Stephen B. Young, '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.
- Cmdr. Wynn A. Goldsmith, USNR, 'River Rats to the Rescue at Ben Tre' 'It became necessary to destroy the town in order to save,' one American officer said. But nothing might have been saved at Ben Tre if not for the intervention of Navy PBRs.
- John 'Doc' McNiff, 'Operation Hastings Offensive' The NVA's 324B Division crossed the DMZ to 'liberate' Quang Tri province in July 1966. But the US 4th Marine Regiment h ad a different plan.
- Brig. Gen. Zeb B. Bradford, USA (ret.), '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.
- Timothy J. Kutta, 'Known as the 'eyes of the fleet,' the Chance Vought RF-8 Crusader was the backbone of Navy combat reconnaissance.'<

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Citation: Vietnam, 1452Serial216353. February 1998, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216353, Accessed 08 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1452Serial216353, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive