FEATURES
TET: What Really Happened at Hue
by James Willbanks
After the bloody fight to free the imperial capital, the grisly reality of the civilian massacre emerged slowly—and was met with skepticism
The ‘Suicide’ Mission That Wasn’t
by Don North
Interrogation transcripts of three surviving sappers reveal long-obscured facts about the U.S. Embassy attackers at Tet
TET: Embassy Rescuers Flying Blind
by Wilburn Meador
A rifle company’s close call amid the chaos and confusion of Tet
Still Desperately Seeking Sean
by Richard Linnett
Iconoclastic photographer Tim Page continues his quest to find the remains
of his colleague Sean Flynn, lost in Cambodia in 1970
Portfolio: The Donut Dollies Are Here!
by Cheryl Fries
How 627 Red Cross “Donut Dollies” brought smiles to a million GIs
ONLINE EXTRA!!
DONUT DOLLIES PICTURE GALLERY
Death Dance in the Dark
by James Gillam
Army Sergeant James Gillam’s most terrifying moments in Vietnam came
in the pitch-black darkness of an enemy tunnel
Tribute: Sgt. Richard Etchberger, Who Received the Medal of Honor
Posthumously for Heroics at Secret Site in 1968
by Fred Borch
Sergeant Richard Etchberger lost his life while saving others in the defense of a
top-secret radar site atop a Laotian mountain, and received the Medal of Honor
in September 2010.
ONLINE EXTRA!!
NORMAN BROOKMAN’S LETTER
DEPARTMENTS
News
Arsenal
The Patton tank goes to war
Online Extended Interview
Sydney Schanberg: Pulitzer Prize–winning reporter, POW truth seeker
Homefront
What was happening back in the States, January/February 1967
My War
Marine Corporal Larry Miller
Letter From Vietnam magazine
Reviews
Apocalypse Now in Blu-Ray, directed by Francis Ford Coppola
Search and Destroy: The Story of an Armored Cavalry Squadron in Viet Nam,
1/1 Cav, 1967-1968, by Keith W. Nolan
Noble Warrior: The Story of Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.),
Medal of Honor, by James E. Livingston
Offerings Left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Norman Brookman’s Letter
