Table of Contents - October 2008 Vietnam

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COVER STORY
NO PEACE IN THE VALLEY
By ROBERT C. ANKONY
A long-range reconnaissance platoon's harrowing raid to take Signal Hill was key to the success of a massive air cav assault in the A Shau Valley

TORTURE: THE LESSON FROM VIETNAM
ESSAY By DAVID T. ZABECKI
What makes America different from its enemies?

DOUGLAS PIKE'S SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
By LARRY ENGLEMANN
Tough questions remained, even for this top Vietnam analyst

VUNG TAU THEN AND NOW
By JEANNE CONTE
Revisiting the hottest in-country R&R destination during the war

COLLATERAL DAMAGE
By WENDELL AFFIELD
A wounded vet's odyssey home began on an egg-splattered bus in Chicago

ADIEU AT DIEN BIEN PHU
AN INTERVIEW By JERRY V. SMITH
Until the end, Pierre Guin kept the supplies flowing to his French comrades

KOREA'S MYTH-MAKING MARINES
By LT. COL. JAMES F. DURAND, U.S. MARINE CORPS
How the Blue Dragon Brigade earned its legendary reputation

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ONLINE EXTRAS

For more photos and recollections of Vung Tau, check out this veteran site:

http://www.vungtaumikepapa.com/

Also, see the Vung Tau pages of the Vietnam Project at Texas Tech University:

http://www.vietnamproject.ttu.edu/uscgdiv13/catlovungtau.htm

And, take an entertaining trip back to 1971 with this rare short video from Vung Tau:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCp6IErgOU8