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First Woman to Die
Tragic Death of CIA’s Barbara Robbins
HOMEFRONT
Zonk! The dawn of
the Super Bowl era
LINEBACKER II
AMERICA’S LAST SHOT
AT THE ENEMY
50
th
A N N I V ER SA RY
It might not be the
one you think
The Day the
War Was Lost
Security Breach
Intercepts of U.S.
radio chatter
threatened lives
WINTER 2023
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WINTER
2023
ON THE COVER
An Air Force B-52 drops
bombs on North Vietnam.
The plane was shot down by
a missile during Operation
Linebacker II. A crew of six
ejected. Five were rescued.
U.S. AIR FORCE; INSET: DOLPHINS’ LARRY
CSONKA, FOCUS ON SPORT/GETTY IMAGES
22
The U.S. Air Force, Navy
and Marines attacked
North Vietnam almost
daily over an 11-night
period in December 1972.
By Carl O. Schuster
LINEBACKER II
After an American
bomb drop on Dec.
27, 1972, Hanoi’s
Kham Thien Street
lies in ruins.
SOVFOTO/UNIVERSAL IMAGES GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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Richard E. Cavazos
—See story, page 30
Several dates are candidates for the distinction of being
the point when defeat became inevitable and the war was
irretrievably lost.
By Jerry Morelock
THE DAY AMERICA LOST THE WAR
Communist forces were able to tap into
American radio communications and
learn about battle plans of U.S. units.
By David M. Fiedler
THE ENEMY LISTENED IN
30
52
ENEMY FIRE
38
The North Vietnamese Army brought
an array of weapons—from the simple
By Jon Guttman
46
Barbara Robbins was killed in Saigon
in 1965. The government said she
worked for the State Department.
She didn’t.
By Cathryn J. Prince
CIA’S FIRST FALLEN
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