FEATURES
COVER STORY
Mini-Tet Madness
By Tim Page
A photojournalist’s firsthand account of Tet’s “second-wave” guerrilla onslaught of May 1968 that left much of Saigon devastated
Rise and Fall of the Dragon Lady
By Peter Brush
Through intrigue and ruthlessness, Madame Nhu became South Vietnam’s most powerful woman—and ultimately its most hated
Weapons of Mass Persuasion
By Herbert Friedman
The most effective psychological warfare program of the war, “Chieu Hoi” was responsible for a quarter-million enemy defections
Duty and Honor
By William McCormick
A 20-year-old Pfc’s most difficult days of the war came with the duty of “military escort of a deceased soldier”—his best friend
Ripley’s Believe It or Not
By Fred Borch
Marine Captain John Ripley had to stop 20,000 NVA troops and 200 tanks from crossing the bridge at Dong Ha, or die trying
Advisers Targeted for Destruction
By Ben Crosby
Success at winning hearts and minds in an enemy stronghold put a team of American advisers on the NVA’s “must kill” list
DEPARTMENTS
Letters
News
Interview: Duery Felton, curator of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection
Keeping watch over a generation’s treasures left at the Wall
Homefront
What was happening back in the States in July/August 1965
Arsenal
The Claymore Mine: The small package with a big bang
My War
Owen Mike
Letter From Vietnam
Reviews
Was there mutiny on Kitty Hawk?; POWs, MIAs and politics; Enemies no more
