From Point Man by Richard Fleming:

Our point man died last month—we called him Bo. I remember him first entering our hootch, a swarthy fireplug of a guy nearly as broad as tall. He carried an enormous seabag as if it weighed nothing and threw it onto the empty bunk next to mine. Over time we became friends. He came from western Pennsylvania's steel country and had been working as an apprentice machinist in "the mill" when he got his draft notice. His boss told him that since steel was an "essential industry," he could get him a deferment, but Bo refused. He said that he wouldn't have felt right letting others serve in his place. The year was 1968, and at the time most of us felt the same way. After he had been on a few patrols, our Sergeant picked Bo to "run point," the most dangerous position on the team. The point man chose the path the rest of us followed, and he was often the first to engage the enemy. He also needed to be constantly watching for booby traps and other dangers... Read More

In This Issue:

1. Fight Back. Resist. Stop the Bombings. Stop the Wars. by VVAW National Office
2. Moving Forward: Building Libraries for Vietnamese Children by VVAW
3. The Veteran Info by VVAW
4. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
5. Letter to the Editor by John Lindquist
6. Mr. Hegseth at the Front (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
7. The Weight We Carry: Leadership, Truth, and the Battle for the VA by Aimee Potter
8. 30 Years of The Veteran by Jeff Machota
9. 20 Years of The Veteran by Barry Romo
10. Control of Congress May Shift, But Doug Collins Will Still Be VA Chief by Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early
11. Democracy Defined: Vietnam Veterans Against the War by Roger Barriteau
12. Recollections by Barry Romo
13. Upon Leaving the Accountant (poem) by Lynn Kennedy
14. Feeding Children Is Work (poem) by Carl Nyberg
15. Vietnam War Memorial (poem) by Ken Sauvage
16. John Ketwig: In His Own Words by John Ketwig
17. Remembering John Ketwig by Thersa Sarkissian
18. Indeed, a Hard Rain Has Fallen by W. D. Ehrhart
19. John Ketwig, Presente! by Jan Barry
20. John Ketwig: Frequent Interview Subject by Carolynn Ketwig
21. Veteran's Fast for Life by Carolynn Ketwig
22. Thank You For Your Service by John Ketwig
23. The Last Vietnam War: Who Won? by Steven Jonas
24. Outside the Perimeter (poem) by Ken Sauvage
25. The Weight of the Matter by Ray Kemble
26. Quan Loi (poem) by Marc Levy
27. Doggerel (poem) by Al Wellman
28. Rubbed Across the Body of the Text (poem) by D F Brown
29. Colonialism's Preservationist (poem) by Carl Nyberg
30. My Apology at Nagasaki by Mike Hastie
31. March 1961 by Richard Brummett
32. The GI Bill's Broken Promise to Black Veterans: A Black Veteran's Perspective by Charles Henderson
33. In the Eye of the Hurricane: Da Lat, Vietnam by Nadya Williams
34. Off to War (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
35. War Letters: August 1973 to March 1975 by Claudia Krich
36. Too Close To the Viet Nam Shore (poem) by Mushroom Montoya
37. Photos from the VVAW Archives by VVAW
38. AWOLs: The Introverted Resisters? by Mike Wittels
39. Hegseth and the Generals (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
40. They Were Not Supposed to Grow Old by Don Libby
41. Letter to the Editor by Meg Miner
42. A Forgotten Anniversary? by Joe Miller
43. Profit Knows No Accountability by Allen Meece
44. Memories of LBJ at Pope AFB by Jack Marquess
45. Oath Above Politics by Joseph Moran
46. Hegseth Says (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
47. Gunship (painting) by James Wachtendonk
48. Price of Survival (poem) by Ken Sauvage
49. The Profound Truth Is In Your Face (poem) by Mike Hastie
50. Oxy, the Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
51. Vietnam Perkasie: A Combat Marine Memoir by Lorrie Goldensohn (reviewer)
52. Getting Shot At: Essays on War, Conflict and Culture Clash by Joe Miller (reviewer)
53. The Vietnam War: A Military History by Stephen Sossaman (reviewer)
54. Babies and Poppies (poem) by Larry Kerschner
55. A Photographer's View by Ed White (reviewer)
56. Split Right Down the Middle by John Crandell (reviewer)
57. Survival Has Consequences by John Ketwig (reviewer)
58. Vietnam War: Lesson Of a Lifetime by Steve Krug (reviewer)
59. Lam Son 719 by Michael Nelson
60. Why Progressive Movements in the US Fail to Create Lasting Change by Rick Jahnkow
61. Chicago Vietnam Veterans' Welcome Home Parade by Mike Woloshin
62. Tyrant Trump's Crimes Are Not Covered by Absolute Immunity by Joseph Giannini
63. A Tribute to My Brother by Kristin Elise Lindley
64. Point Man by Richard Fleming
65. Ammo Shortage (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger