From From Southeast Asia to Southeast USA: The War as a Constant by Joe Miller:

February 18, 1966, Subic Bay, Philippines: USS Ticonderoga (CVA-14) in port for one day before heading off to Japan for some time off-line. That is the day I was finally transferred from overseas duty after twelve months in Taiwan and twenty months on board the carrier. Even when the carrier was stateside, it counted as "overseas duty." Official photo of front gate to NAS Ellyson Field. By this time, the US now had nearly 400,000 troops in-country. Offshore naval forces had increased significantly. Where in late 1965 we had three carrier groups on station off Vietnam, we now had at least five. The 37-day bombing halt, LBJ's so-called "peace initiative," ended on January 31, 1966. The Vietnamese were being pounded day and night. It would only get worse. I was now leaving the war zone, heading for my final duty station, shore duty with Helicopter Training Squadron Eight, based at Ellyson Field, Pensacola, Florida... Read More

In This Issue:

1. Vietnamese Visit New York and DC by Susan M. Schnall
2. How A Swede Became a VVAW Member by Per Odman
3. The Importance of Vietnam and VVAW: Then and Now by Bill Branson
4. Photos From The Archives by VVAW
5. Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
6. Vietnam: My Story by Stanley Campbell
7. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
8. Agent Orange Barrels by Jim Wachtendonk
9. Take Action To Get Co-Sponsors for HR 2114: Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2015 by Susan Schnall
10. Chemical Time Bomb in Vietnam Veterans: Defoliant Agent Orange Exposed by VVAW
11. Vet Dies of Agent Orange Poisoning: Vietnam Vet Wins Disability Before Death by VVAW
12. Boots on the Ground (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
13. From Southeast Asia to Southeast USA: The War as a Constant by Joe Miller
14. Fifty Years Ago by Frank da Cruz
15. Leaving Vietnam in 1966 by Allen Meece
16. 1966 by Leon Wengrzyn
17. A Warning by John Ketwig
18. Psychedelics for PTSD: What a Long Strange Trip It's Been by Virgil Huston
19. Welcome Home by Yesenia Flores
20. Home: Stolen by Gregory Ross
21. Zak and the Grapes by Jim Wachtendonk
22. Monterey Fort Ord by Stephen B. Ward
23. One Step by Joseph Giannini
24. Standard Operating Procedures by Gregory Ross
25. The Military Solution (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
26. The Misfortunes of Mr. Fowler by Marc Levy
27. General Odierno, Commander of the Iraq Success, is Hired by Jamie Dimon (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
28. The Burn Pits by John Ketwig (reviewer)
29. We Gotta Get Out of This Place by John Ketwig (reviewer)
30. Finger Paintings by Michael Burke (reviewer)
31. We Gotta Get Out Of This Place by John Zutz (reviewer)
32. New Pentagon War Manual Reduces Us To "Level of Nazis" by Sherwood Ross (interviewer)
33. Guns and Drums (poem) by Minnie Warburton
34. The Devil's Chessboard by John Ketwig (reviewer)
35. Dave Cline Was The First To Shake My Hand And Say Welcome Home Brother (poem) by Nathan Lewis
36. American Refuge (poem) by C.F. Harrienger, Jr.
37. Meeting The Enemy: A Marine Goes Home by Aaron M. Davis (reviewer)
38. Waging Peace by Paul K. Chappell (reviewer)
39. snapshots from the edge of a war by Chris Fischer (reviewer)
40. McNamara's Band (poem) by Freddy Dolgon
41. Army Reserve Officer Against the Vietnam War by Gerald E. Mikkelson
42. Last Plane Out of Saigon by Daniel C. Lavery (reviewer)
43. Frankie and Jonny and Mommy Too by Daniel C. Lavery (reviewer)
44. An Idea, and Bullets by Jack Mallory (reviewer)
45. Oxy, the Wise Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
46. When I Was Stupid by Bill Shunas
47. From a Letter to a Hootchmate by John Crandell
48. New Year (poem) by Madeleine Mysko
49. Blood on Canvas (poem) by Judy Posusney
50. Rice Paddies (poem) by David Sandgrund
51. Inspired by Ashby Leach by James Bentley
52. Vet Battles For Better Life: Free Ashby Leach by VVAW
53. Am I the Only One Who Saw This? by Gary Hubbard
54. Epiphany (poem) by Sherwood Ross
55. Vinh Long, 1st View (poem) by David Sandgrund
56. US Admits "Mistake" in Bombing Hospital (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
57. April 24, 1971: Washington, DC by John Retallack
58. Remembering David Curry by Tom Ashby
59. Letter to Editor by Mike C. Bodine
60. RECOLLECTIONS: Ponchos and Memory by Peter Sablock
61. It's NOT the Boots on the Ground that Matter... (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
62. Shooting Flies with My M16 by Mike Paul