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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: December 1999

General Note: 22 New Year's Surprise at FSB Burt
30 Aerial Lifeline to Khe Sanh
38 Strategic Crossroads at Khe Sanh
48 Doctor to the Montagnards
10 Arsenal: The M-109 self-propelled 155mm howitzer was the mainstay of medium artillery fire support on the Vietnam battlefield
12 Personality: 'I began writing simply because I got tired and angry with all that was written about Vietnam,' says author and combat veteran Michael Lee Lanning.
16 Fighting Forces: Designed to defend against air attacks, the Army's Dusters and Quad 50s proved deadly against enemy ground troops at Khe Sanh.
54 Reviews: With the Ho Chi Minh Trail as his stage, historian John Prados evokes a whole cast of characters to play out the tragedy that was Vietnam.
62 Perspectives: A Marine veteran sees Vietnam in a new light- while pedaling a bicycle from Hanoi to Ho Chi Min City.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216368

Citation: Vietnam, 1452Serial216368. December 1999, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216368, Accessed 13 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1452Serial216368, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive