Circling the Wagons in Saigon
In the early hours of Tet, MPs—alongside a diverse collection of “cooks, bakers and candlestick makers”—thwarted a catastrophic military defeat in Saigon
By Rod Paschall
Tet In the Mind’s Eye
Combat vets, photographers and journalists and the images that mean “Tet” to them
War for Peace
Peace talks, interrupted by ferocious Yuletide bombing, epitomized the byzantine and often bizarre maneuverings that allowed the United States to find a way out of Vietnam
By Lien-Hang T. Nguyen
When Pigs Fly
Five unlikely passengers add a surprising, and nearly fatal, twist to a mundane chopper flight
By Odon L. Bacque Jr.
Lightning Bug War Over North Vietnam
A top-secret, highly successful and still unheralded program in Vietnam presaged today’s drone victories in the war on terror
By Carl O. Schuster
DEPARTMENTS
Letters From Readers
News Unfinished business:UXO and Agent Orange; Hagel to advise 50th
Interview Jim Willbanks on Tet truths and myths
My War Army Nurse Capt. Elizabeth Allen
Arsenal North Vietnam’s Mi-6 “Hook”
Homefront January-February 1968
Letter From Vietnam Magazine
Reviews
Agent Orange: History, Science, and the Politics of Uncertainty
Republic F-105
Offerings Left at The Wall