Re: the 'NAM!
Posted: Sat Jul 23, 2016 11:59 pm
the 'NAM #73 (October 1992)
by Don Lomax & Wayne Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Tex-Mex, Rocketman, enemy soldiers (bts)
SYNOPSIS:
April 5, 1972: After sending a story to his editor in New York, Ed Marks accompanies Tex-Mex ad Rocketman to An Loc, but a North Vietnamese attack ends up crashing their helicopter. They start making their way to An Loc on foot and join up with a group of refugees, forced out of their village by the North Vietnamese, who are also heading for An Loc. They sleep at night, but whej they wake up they see North Vietnamese tanks have come through and they realize An Loc is under attack, and that they’re now behind enemy lines.
2nd Story:
by Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Dennis Lawrence, Jan Silverman, other reporters
SYNOPSIS:
After filing a new story by Ed Marks, associated press editor Dennis Lawrence leaves for the day. He tries to take a lady reporter out to dinner, but they end up talking about Ed Marks instead. Jealous, Lawrence tells himself to leave Ed in Vietnam for as long as possible. Meanwhile, she writes a letter to Ed Marks.
NOTE:
Jan Silverman is named in NAM 77 when her letter gets to Ed.
the 'NAM #74 (November 1992)
by Don Lomax & Wayne Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Tex-Mex, Rocketman, South Vietnam resistance fighters, enemy soldiers
SYNOPSIS:
April 6, 1972: Ed Marks and the gang help some South Vietnam resistance fighters defeat some North Vietnam tanks.
2nd Story:
by Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Polkow, Dennis Lerner (also in fb), Mr. Klitzner, other social workers
FLASHBACK:
1969: Dennis Lerner was a forward observer in Vietnam; he called in an artillery strike on a village but was dismayed to see several women and children killed as a result. Later, he stepped on a landmine.
SYNOPSIS:
April 6, 1972: Sgt. Polkow, now a police Sgt., is called to a VA hospital to deal with a hostage situation. He quickly learns the “hostage taker” is a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair that the VA administrator just doesn’t like.
the 'NAM #75 (December 1992)
by Doug Murray, Scott Lobdell, Alex Trimpe & Herb Trimpe
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Lou Martini, Lt. William J. Calley Jr. (in fb), Robert L. Haebrle (bts in fb), other US soldiers (in fb)
FLASHBACK:
March 16, 1968: Lt. William Calley oversees the slaughter of the village of My Lai.
SYNOPSIS:
1971: Lou Martini chats with another soldier about the slaughter of My Lai, then watches as a monk sets himself on fire in protest of the war.
2nd Story:
By Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Paul Thomas, Russell
SYNOSIS:
Thomas, now a talk radio host in Chicago, fields caller question about the recently made public slaughter in My Lai.
3rd Story:
By Don Lomax & Wayne Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Robert L. Haebrle
FLASHBACK:
Repeats first story’s flashback, no new information.
SYNOPSIS:
Robert L. Haeberle is interviewed about the photographs he took during the My Lai massacre.
4th Story:
By Don Lomax & Herb Trimpe
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Polkow, Lt. William J. Calley Jr.
SYNOPSIS:
At William Calley’s trial, Sgt. Polkow keeps reporters and bystanders calm, then helps Military Police escort Calley away after he’s found guilty.
the 'NAM #76 (January 1993)
by Don Lomax, Mike Harris & Wane Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Rob Little (also in fb), Ed Marks (in fb), Sgt. Jim Tarver (in fb), Lt. Wilcox (in fb), Eugene Little (in fb), Rob’s parents (in fb), various US soldiers (in fb), Eugene’s killer (in fb, see NOTE)
FLASHBACK:
Tarver’s upset with Polkow for promoting Little, so he assigns Little and Marks to some crappy assignments to leave Polkow shorthanded. Little and Marks meets with Lt. Wilcox and accompany him on his mission to pay backpay to various soldiers (pages 3 - 18). After being sent home, Little tries to talk his brother out of joining the Army once he graduates high school. He won’t listen and volunteers, but is declared 4-F. Upset, Little’s brother eventually falls in with a bad crowd and becomes a drug dealer, and is killed in a drive by shooting.
SYNOPSIS:
June 1972: Rob Little visits his brother’s grave.
NOTE:
A footnote says the Vietnam flashback happens sometime during NAM 2-5. That’s nice, because going off of clues, I would have said sometime during NAM 5, but the timing of that issue leaves nowhere for this flashback to go. I guess Little was promoted by Polkow earlier than NAM 5, and we just didn’t know about it. Also, Ed is a Cpl. here, and he made a big deal of pointing out his promotion in NAM 5, so I guess this is between NAM 4-5.
NAM 78/2 posits that Tarver might have been Eugene’s killer.
the 'NAM #77 (February 1993)
by Don Lomax & Wane Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Tex-Mex, Ens. Percy Frank, “Pigeon” Hawkins (also in fb), “Munchkin” Stevenson (in fb)
FLASHBACK:
Pigeon and Munchkin spot for fighter jets, and they destroy a North Vietnam SAM station.
SYNOPSIS:
April 15, 1972: Ed Marks learns that Rocketman was killed recently, and is then dropped off with the Navy for his next story. Marks reads a letter sent to him from Jan Silverman then interviews a pilot.
2nd Story:
By Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Leonard Polkow, Dennis Lerner, Rob Little
SYNOPSIS:
April 15, 1972: Lerner protests the war at the White House and gets arrested. When he’s eventually released he goes home to Sgt. Polkow’s place. They’re visited by Rob Little.
NOTE:
This happens after NAM 76, but that's dated June 1972 while this is dated April 15, 1972. I think the June in NAM 76 is what's wrong.
the 'NAM #78 (March 1993)
by Don Lomax & Wane Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Ens. Percy Frank, Sgt. Lester “Bulldog” Briscoe
SYNOSIS:
May 1, 1972: Ed Marks accompanies some Navy to rescue some Army from Quang Tri, which has pretty much been destroyed by North Vietnam. Some are rescued, but Ed and Sgt. Briscoe are left behind because Briscoe was too busy burning paperwork. They eventually make their way out and Ed decides he needs to report from here, and not from an aircraft carrier.
2nd Story:
By Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Leonard Polkow, Dennis Lerner, Rob Little, Dennis Lawrence (vo), Jan Silverman, Ed Marks
SYNOPSIS:
Rob explains that he thinks Tarver shot his brother and wants to know if Polkow can help him find out. They all go to New York try to get ahold of Ed Marks through Dennis Lawrence, but he’s no help. Jan Silverman helps instead, and Ed says he’ll look into Tarver’s history for them. Ed gets a date with Jan whenever he ends up returning to the States.
NOTE:
Ed says he thinks Tarver's first name is Julius. He's wrong; it's James (as shown in the all-Tarver NAM 45).
by Don Lomax & Wayne Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Tex-Mex, Rocketman, enemy soldiers (bts)
SYNOPSIS:
April 5, 1972: After sending a story to his editor in New York, Ed Marks accompanies Tex-Mex ad Rocketman to An Loc, but a North Vietnamese attack ends up crashing their helicopter. They start making their way to An Loc on foot and join up with a group of refugees, forced out of their village by the North Vietnamese, who are also heading for An Loc. They sleep at night, but whej they wake up they see North Vietnamese tanks have come through and they realize An Loc is under attack, and that they’re now behind enemy lines.
2nd Story:
by Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Dennis Lawrence, Jan Silverman, other reporters
SYNOPSIS:
After filing a new story by Ed Marks, associated press editor Dennis Lawrence leaves for the day. He tries to take a lady reporter out to dinner, but they end up talking about Ed Marks instead. Jealous, Lawrence tells himself to leave Ed in Vietnam for as long as possible. Meanwhile, she writes a letter to Ed Marks.
NOTE:
Jan Silverman is named in NAM 77 when her letter gets to Ed.
the 'NAM #74 (November 1992)
by Don Lomax & Wayne Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Tex-Mex, Rocketman, South Vietnam resistance fighters, enemy soldiers
SYNOPSIS:
April 6, 1972: Ed Marks and the gang help some South Vietnam resistance fighters defeat some North Vietnam tanks.
2nd Story:
by Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Polkow, Dennis Lerner (also in fb), Mr. Klitzner, other social workers
FLASHBACK:
1969: Dennis Lerner was a forward observer in Vietnam; he called in an artillery strike on a village but was dismayed to see several women and children killed as a result. Later, he stepped on a landmine.
SYNOPSIS:
April 6, 1972: Sgt. Polkow, now a police Sgt., is called to a VA hospital to deal with a hostage situation. He quickly learns the “hostage taker” is a Vietnam vet in a wheelchair that the VA administrator just doesn’t like.
the 'NAM #75 (December 1992)
by Doug Murray, Scott Lobdell, Alex Trimpe & Herb Trimpe
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Lou Martini, Lt. William J. Calley Jr. (in fb), Robert L. Haebrle (bts in fb), other US soldiers (in fb)
FLASHBACK:
March 16, 1968: Lt. William Calley oversees the slaughter of the village of My Lai.
SYNOPSIS:
1971: Lou Martini chats with another soldier about the slaughter of My Lai, then watches as a monk sets himself on fire in protest of the war.
2nd Story:
By Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Paul Thomas, Russell
SYNOSIS:
Thomas, now a talk radio host in Chicago, fields caller question about the recently made public slaughter in My Lai.
3rd Story:
By Don Lomax & Wayne Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Robert L. Haebrle
FLASHBACK:
Repeats first story’s flashback, no new information.
SYNOPSIS:
Robert L. Haeberle is interviewed about the photographs he took during the My Lai massacre.
4th Story:
By Don Lomax & Herb Trimpe
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Polkow, Lt. William J. Calley Jr.
SYNOPSIS:
At William Calley’s trial, Sgt. Polkow keeps reporters and bystanders calm, then helps Military Police escort Calley away after he’s found guilty.
the 'NAM #76 (January 1993)
by Don Lomax, Mike Harris & Wane Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Rob Little (also in fb), Ed Marks (in fb), Sgt. Jim Tarver (in fb), Lt. Wilcox (in fb), Eugene Little (in fb), Rob’s parents (in fb), various US soldiers (in fb), Eugene’s killer (in fb, see NOTE)
FLASHBACK:
Tarver’s upset with Polkow for promoting Little, so he assigns Little and Marks to some crappy assignments to leave Polkow shorthanded. Little and Marks meets with Lt. Wilcox and accompany him on his mission to pay backpay to various soldiers (pages 3 - 18). After being sent home, Little tries to talk his brother out of joining the Army once he graduates high school. He won’t listen and volunteers, but is declared 4-F. Upset, Little’s brother eventually falls in with a bad crowd and becomes a drug dealer, and is killed in a drive by shooting.
SYNOPSIS:
June 1972: Rob Little visits his brother’s grave.
NOTE:
A footnote says the Vietnam flashback happens sometime during NAM 2-5. That’s nice, because going off of clues, I would have said sometime during NAM 5, but the timing of that issue leaves nowhere for this flashback to go. I guess Little was promoted by Polkow earlier than NAM 5, and we just didn’t know about it. Also, Ed is a Cpl. here, and he made a big deal of pointing out his promotion in NAM 5, so I guess this is between NAM 4-5.
NAM 78/2 posits that Tarver might have been Eugene’s killer.
the 'NAM #77 (February 1993)
by Don Lomax & Wane Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Tex-Mex, Ens. Percy Frank, “Pigeon” Hawkins (also in fb), “Munchkin” Stevenson (in fb)
FLASHBACK:
Pigeon and Munchkin spot for fighter jets, and they destroy a North Vietnam SAM station.
SYNOPSIS:
April 15, 1972: Ed Marks learns that Rocketman was killed recently, and is then dropped off with the Navy for his next story. Marks reads a letter sent to him from Jan Silverman then interviews a pilot.
2nd Story:
By Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Leonard Polkow, Dennis Lerner, Rob Little
SYNOPSIS:
April 15, 1972: Lerner protests the war at the White House and gets arrested. When he’s eventually released he goes home to Sgt. Polkow’s place. They’re visited by Rob Little.
NOTE:
This happens after NAM 76, but that's dated June 1972 while this is dated April 15, 1972. I think the June in NAM 76 is what's wrong.
the 'NAM #78 (March 1993)
by Don Lomax & Wane Vansant
APPEARANCES:
Ed Marks, Ens. Percy Frank, Sgt. Lester “Bulldog” Briscoe
SYNOSIS:
May 1, 1972: Ed Marks accompanies some Navy to rescue some Army from Quang Tri, which has pretty much been destroyed by North Vietnam. Some are rescued, but Ed and Sgt. Briscoe are left behind because Briscoe was too busy burning paperwork. They eventually make their way out and Ed decides he needs to report from here, and not from an aircraft carrier.
2nd Story:
By Don Lomax & Mike Harris
APPEARANCES:
Sgt. Leonard Polkow, Dennis Lerner, Rob Little, Dennis Lawrence (vo), Jan Silverman, Ed Marks
SYNOPSIS:
Rob explains that he thinks Tarver shot his brother and wants to know if Polkow can help him find out. They all go to New York try to get ahold of Ed Marks through Dennis Lawrence, but he’s no help. Jan Silverman helps instead, and Ed says he’ll look into Tarver’s history for them. Ed gets a date with Jan whenever he ends up returning to the States.
NOTE:
Ed says he thinks Tarver's first name is Julius. He's wrong; it's James (as shown in the all-Tarver NAM 45).