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M16 Rifle
New Weapon Gives Troops Rapid-Fire Advantage
FAREWELL, GUNNY
R. Lee Ermey, iconic
Marine drill sergeant
Into the
Quagmire
Fateful memo to JFK
led LBJ to war
South Vietnam is “not
an excessively diicult or
unpleasant place to operate.”
—Gen. Maxwell Taylor,
Nov. 1, 1961
The Fighting
Canadians
Northern neighbors
join U.S. forces
‘That Terrible Day’
Bird Dog pilot aids
ambushed Marines
AUGUST 2018
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On the cover
U.S. troops in Vietnam
trudge through water
in an undated photo.
BETTMANN/GETTY IMAGES;
INSET: AF ARCHIVE/ALAMY
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OH, CANADIANS
When some Americans went to Canada
to avoid military service, thousands of
Canadians traveled south to join up.
By Bob Gordon
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VIETNAM
COURTESY ROB PURVIS, PHOTO-ILLUSTRATION BRIAN WALKER
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Feedback
Today
In the News
Voices
Arsenal
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Homefront
Battlefront
Media Digest
Hall of Valor
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GEN. MAXWELL
TAYLOR’S CABLE
The case for combat troops in Vietnam
relied on flawed arguments.
By David T. Zabecki
40
CATKILLERS OVER CON THIEN
When the North Vietnamese Army ambushed a Marine
unit, Cessna O-1 Bird Dogs hunted down the attackers
and directed airstrikes at them.
By Paul X. Rutz
46
KILLER TECH:
INFANTRY ARMS
Ground troops in Vietnam
carried an array of powerful
new weapons into combat.
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STEALING
VALOR
An Army clerk
discovered a
plot to claim
undeserved
medals—and
then saw the
true bravery of
another soldier
go unrewarded.
By Francis Hamit
AUGUST 2018
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