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Limits of Firepower:
An Interview with Gen. Robert Scales
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A CIT Y UND ER SI E GE — S PR ING 1972
HEROES WHO GAVE THEIR ALL TO SAVE SOUTH VIETNAM
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AUTUMN
2023
ON THE COVER
South Vietnamese
soldiers of the 5th Airborne
Brigade face NVA fire
along Highway 13 south of
An Loc on April 10, 1972.
DIRCK HALSTEAD/GETTY IMAGES,
COLORIZATION: BRIAN WALKER;
INSET: SILVER SCREEN COLLECTION/
GETTY IMAGES
22
American advisers rallied South
Vietnamese troops in a valiant
UNCOMMON
VALOR AT AN LOC
2
VIETNAM
6 Feedback
8 Intel
A Long-Overdue Welcome Home
Chow Line Invasion, Water Buffalo
14 Tactics
Mobile Riverine Force
56 Media Digest
64 Hall of Valor
Highest-Scoring American Sniper
16 Arsenal
The U.S. Navy’s River Monitors
“The Vietnamese
giant forest
scorpion can
grow up to
12 inches long.”
—See story, page 50
Did Nixon’s Vietnamization policy ever
stand a chance? A former signal sergeant who
experienced the U.S. drawdown weighs in.
By David L. Anderson
EYEWITNESS TO WITHDRAWAL
38
30
What if an allied soldier was critically wounded
but U.S. policy dictated you should not help him?
Two American soldiers faced a fateful choice.
By John B. Haseman and John M. Harris
DARING TO SAVE A LIFE
Every soldier who fought in Vietnam
seems to have a wildlife story (or two).
Here’s a look at some critters and
crawlies that could be found in the bush.
By Zita Ballinger Fletcher
WILDLIFE OF VIETNAM
46
Drawing both on experience and expertise,
Gen. Robert Scales weighs the blessings and
curses of artillery in relation to the Vietnam War
in this exclusive interview.
By Warren Wilkins
THE LIMITS OF FIREPOWER
50

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