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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 2001

General Note: 18 Operation Lorraine: Costly French Failure: The largest French operation of the First Indochina War, Lorraine was one more futile attempt to lure the Viet Minh into a set-piece battle.
26 Vanguards in the Rung Sat: Operation Lexington III took the war deep into the Rung Sat, whose mangrove swamps and perilous creeks helped make it one of the VC's safest sanctuaries.
34 Illuminating the Battlefield: The eerie, drifting yellow glow that flareships cast into the night sky was a familiar sight to troops in many areas of South Vietnam.
42 Sapper Attack at Cam Ranh Bay: No place in South Vietnam, not even the huge base at Cam Ranh Bay, was secure from surprise attack by the elite sappers.
12 Personality: POW Ed Davis brought home more than memories from his six years of imprisonment in North Vietnam.
14 Arsenal: Electronic intelligence (ELINT) helped outfox the radar of the deadly Soviet-made SA-2 SAM.
16 Fighting Forces: The South Vietnamese River Assault Groups and their American advisers kept the waterways of the Mekong Delta secure.
50 Reviews: An unusual little book first published in 1989 has been reissued and can be found on the shelves of thousands of libraries throughout the country.
58 Perspectives: A member of Vietnam's Editorial Advisory Board closely examines the recent accusations about former Senator Robert Kerrey.

Perma Link: https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216430

Citation: Vietnam, 1452Serial216430. December 2001, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=1452Serial216430, Accessed 05 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 1452Serial216430, Gary Noller Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive