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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 2000

General Note: 22 Operation Phoenix: One Very Bad Day: In February 1966, VC in III Corps intoduced the 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry, to their new way of avoiding U.S. firepower- the 'hugging tactic.'
30 In Order to Die: The outnumbered French Legionnaires were determined to hold the Tuyen Quang fort in the face of hard-fighting Chinese Black Flag attackers.
38 VC Assault on the U.S. Embassy: An American reporter witnessed the Tet Offensive attack on the embassy in Saigon- and experienced firsthand the strain between the press and the military.
48 Chargin' Charlie at Bien Hoa: Lieutenant Colonel Charles A. Beckwith's leadership may have helped to turn the tide for the 101st Airborne Division at Bien Hoa during the Tet Offensive.
10 Arsenal: V-100 Commando armored cars rode with supply convoys and patrolled air base perimeters throughout South Vietnam.
12 Personality: For a civilian logistics specialist working at Long Binh, the harsh realities of war were difficult to accept.
16 Fighting Forces: A member of the 219th Military Intelligence Detachment had his baptism of fire during the Tet Offensive.
54 Reviews: For Mike Novosel, being too short for the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941 and too old to fly helicopters in Vietnam were minor obstacles.
62 Perspectives: Rear-echelon personnel stationed at Bien Hoa came under enemy fire when the VC opened up with a rocket and mortar barrage.

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Citation: Vietnam, 1452Serial216375. February 2000, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216375, Accessed 05 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1452Serial216375, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive