Vietnam Magazine

"Vietnam Magazine" is a full-color history magazine published bi-monthly which covers the Vietnam War. It was founded in 1988 by the late Colonel Harry G. Summers Jr. Colonel Summers served in the U.S. Army in both Korea and Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and decorated for valor. The current editor is David T. Zabecki, a major general in the U.S. Army Reserve and presently the Deputy Chief of Staff for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs for U.S. Army Europe.

Contributors to "Vietnam " include journalists, military historians, political analysts and the commanders and men who served. Many article's are first-person accounts of combat operations, including personal interviews with enlisted men and officers, and specs on units and weaponry.

Some distinguished contributors to "Vietnam" include:

* Major General Huynh Van Cao, commander of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam 7th Division
* Colonel David H. Hackworth, Vietnam veteran and prominent military journalist
* General Nguyen Duc Huy, commander of the NVA 351st Division
* Senator John McCain, retired U.S. Navy aviator and senator from Arizona
* Oliver Stone, director of "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July"
* General William Westmoreland, Commander U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam

"Vietnam" is published in Leesburg, Va., by the Weider History Group, along with the publications America's Civil War and Civil War Times.

Vietnam has a number of recurring departments, including:

Personality - Study of an individual person in the Vietnam War

Arsenal - Profiles on the armament, artillery, armor and supplies used in the war

Fighting Forces - Study of an individual unit in the war

Perspectives - First-hand accounts of experiences in the Vietnam War

External links

* [http://www.historynet.com/magazines/vietnam Vietnam Magazine]