Magazine Archives:Vietnam

Vietnam magazine’s firsthand accounts put you in the thick of the fight with grunts on the ground, in the pilot’s seat on dangerous missions over North Vietnam, and aboard gunboats speeding through the Mekong Delta. Insightful articles by military historians help you understand a hard-to-understand war, and we tackle the war’s most controversial questions. And each issue is packed with stunning photos that transport you back to the war years like nothing else can.

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Photo of Infantrymen of the U.S. 4th Division move across clearing passing poncho-wrapped body of a buddy at the spot where he fell in Vietnam on March 23, 1967. Action took place 20 miles northwest of Pleiku in the central highlands of Vietnam, near the Cambodian border.

How A Search for Missing Comrades in Vietnam Led Two Infantry Companies Straight Into an Enemy Inferno

by Warren Wilkins6/19/20235/15/2023

Photo of HALO parachutists of SOG link up beneath a Huey helicopter above Camp Long Thanh.

Their Existence Was Denied by the US Government. Their Mission Photos Proved Otherwise

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/16/20236/16/2023

Nixon’s Vietnam War Sabotage — A Secret Until 1994

by Zita Ballinger Fletcher6/14/20236/20/2023

Photo of a O-2A Super Skymaster, used as a FAC aircraft, fires a smoke rocket at an enemy stronghold. The smoke rocket will mark the area for strike aircraft. Fast reaction time and increased time over target, plus the safety factor of its two engines make the O-2 ideal for both psychological warfare and FAC missions.

This Plane Made all the Difference in Vietnam — So Did its Aviators

by Barry Levine6/12/20235/15/2023

Photo of Marine commando forces of the French Expeditionary Corps wading ashore from a landing craft, in the Annam region in central Vietnam, as war operations against the Communist Viet Minh continue, on July 27, 1950.

How France’s “Black Tigers” Used WWII Resistance Tactics in Vietnam

by Andrew McGregor5/31/20239/11/2023

Photo of, author Paul Ingevaldson working on an M18 Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer (FADAC) used for gun targeting in Vietnam.

The FADAC Was Used to Calculate Artillery Firing Data. Was it One of the First Personal Computers?

by Paul Ingevaldson5/22/20235/15/2023

Photo of author Jerry Dallape (right) and his buddy Gordon “Gus” Gustafson had an unusual adventure in Vietnam.

This Marine Used a Gunny Outhouse Without Permission. Then He Accidentally Burned It Down.

by Jerry Dallape5/22/20235/23/2023

Read Henry Kissinger’s Secret Message on the Fall of Saigon

by HistoryNet Staff5/17/202311/29/2023

Photo of Warrant Officer Class II, (WO2), Kevin (Dasher) Arthur Wheatley VC, a member of the Australian Army Training Team, Vietnam, (AATTV) standing on the roadside near Saigon. WO2 Wheatley was awarded a Victoria Cross (VC) posthumously for action against the Viet Cong. He moved a wounded soldier, WO2 R. J. Swanton, from the open paddy fields into a wooded area and remained with him knowing the Viet Cong were moving in on their position.

He Went AWOL to Save a Stray Dog and Refused to Leave His Comrades. Meet Australia’s First VC Recipient in Vietnam

by David T. Zabecki5/15/20235/16/2023

Illustration of a KC-135A Stratotanker refueling a plane.

The Flying Gas Station: How the KC-135 Stratotanker Saved Planes When They Were in a Pinch

by Carl O. Schuster5/15/20235/16/2023