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General Note: Frequency Varies / Subtitle: Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine / Varying Title: VFW Magazine

Publication: June/July 2007

General Note: The Road Home by Shannon Hanson
Medevac Teams: Putting it All on the Line to Save Lives - War Medical Series, Part II by Janie Blankenship
Gulf War Illnesses: An Update by Randi Law
Casualty Data Analysis: At the Forefront of MIA Cases - Inside JPAC, Part II by Robert Widener
A Final Salute

'In Awesome Peril': Heroism in Defense of the USS Liberty by Richard K. Kolb - On June 8, 1967, this intelligence ship sustained the highest casualties of any U.S. Navy vessel since WWII. The crew's courage, however, has been lost amidst controversy.

Fierce Fight at Kham Duc by Tim Dyhouse - In May 1968, the Special Forces base on the Laotian border and nearby Ngok Tavak were hit by the NVA, resulting in the largest single U.S. MIA count of the Vietnam War.

Columns
Command Post
Washington Wire

Departments
Mail Call
Now Hear This
Issues Up Front
Young Vets in Focus
VFW in Action
Membership
Member Benefits
Jest a Minute
Reunions & Claims
Sound Off

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Citation: VFW, 574Serial400372. No Date, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=574Serial400372, Accessed 01 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line: 574Serial400372, James Reckner Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Vietnam Center & Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive