Colonel Summers served in the U.S. Army in both Korea and Vietnam, where he was twice wounded and decorated for valor.
Until 2024 the editor was David T. Zabecki, he served as major general, until his retirement in 2007, in the U.S. Army Reserve and as Deputy Chief of Staff for Mobilization and Reserve Affairs for U.S. Army Europe.
Contributors to Vietnam include journalists, military historians, political analysts and the commanders and men who served.
Many articles were first-person accounts of combat operations, including personal interviews with enlisted men and officers, and specs on units and weaponry.
Some notable contributors to Vietnam include: Vietnam was published in Leesburg, Virginia, by the Weider History Group, along with the publications America's Civil War and Civil War Times.