Referring Clues

• Former service site
• Vet's memory, perhaps
• Danielle Steel's "Message From ___"
• "Coming Home" subject, briefly
• Site of 60's tour of duty
• Where many vets served
• "Platoon" setting
• "Miss Saigon" setting
• Ho Chi Minh Trail locale
• "Miss Saigon" setting, briefly
• Vet's memory, maybe
• 60's conflict zone, familiarly
• "China Beach" setting
• Vet's service spot
• "Apocalypse Now" setting
• 60's war zone, briefly
• 60's war zone
• Vet's old locale
• "Apocalypse Now" locale
• 60's tour site
• Sen. John Kerry served there
• 60's hot spot
• '60s war site
• '60s hot spot
• '60s-'70s war zone, for short
• '60s conflict site
• Where G.I.'s fought Charlie
• Where Forrest Gump did a tour
• '60s theater
• '60s service site
• 1986-93 war-themed Marvel Comics series, with "The"
• "We Were Soldiers" setting
• Saigon's site, informally
• "Apocalypse Now" setting, briefly
• Setting of "Miss Saigon," briefly
• '60s war zone
• "Platoon" war zone
• "Platoon" war zone, informally
• Saigon's site, for short
• "Platoon" setting, briefly
• Controversial war zone, familiarly
• 25-Across locale, informally
• "Casualties of War" setting
• Swift boat setting
• Asian conflict site, informally
• "China Beach" locale
• "Platoon" setting, for short
• "Apocalypse Now " setting, familiarly
• '60s tour site
• "Platoon" setting, familiarly
• Setting for "Miss Saigon" or "Platoon"
• "The Deer Hunter" setting
• LBJ albatross
• Where many war vets fought
• War site during LBJ's presidency
• '60s-'70s service site
• Setting in the film "Tropic Thunder"
• Site of many '60s tours
• See 14-Across
• Site of some dangerous tours, once
• "Hamburger Hill" setting
• Where Forrest Gump met Lieutenant Dan
• Swift boat veterans' war setting, familiarly
• Hanoi Hilton setting
• Punching-in time, for many
• Locale for some war pix
• '60s-'70s hot spot
• '60s-'70s theater, briefly
• '60s theater, briefly
• '60s-'70s debating point
• '60s conflict setting
• "Apocalpyse Now" setting
• "Apocalpyse Now" setting, briefly
• '60s conflict site, for short
• '70s war zone
• '60s battleground
• '60s war zone, briefly
• '60s war zone, slangily
• 1960s war zone, for short
• "Platoon" setting, briefly
• Certain war site, informally
• Southeast Asian country, familiarly
• L.B.J. war zone, informally
• "Miss Saigon" locale, familiarly
• '60s warzone, briefly
• Former war zone, familiarly
• L.B.J. bane, briefly
• Asian theater, briefly
• 27-Across site, briefly
• '60s-'70s war site, briefly
• "Coming Home" subject
• '60s-'70s 114-Across locale
• Site of some '60s tours
• Hanoi's home, for short
• "The Deer Hunter" war zone, for short
• '60s-'70s service site, briefly
• Where some vets served
• "Full Metal Jacket" setting, informally
• Ho Chi Minh Trail locale, for short
• "platoon" site, for short
• Where some VFW's served
• 1960s war zone
• War area, to GIs
• Hanoi Hilton locale
• Hanoi Hilton setting, casually
• "Full Metal Jacket" setting
• "China Beach" setting, casually
• Swift-boat setting
• Nickname for an infamous war
• Origin of some GIs' flashbacks
• What Lin's D.C. wall commemorates
• "Born on the Fourth of July" setting, familiarly
• '60s war zone, informally
• Where Gump served, for short
• 'Platoon' site, for short
• 1970s war zone, for short
• 'Platoon' setting
• Saigon setting
• 'Platoon' locale
• 'Platoon' setting, for short
• 'Miss Saigon' locale
• Historic war zone, for short
• 'Platoon' site
• War zone, for short
• 'Platoon' venue
• 'Full Metal Jacket' site
• Danielle Steel's 'Message From ___'
• 'Rambo' site
• 'Full Metal Jacket' war zone
• 'Miss Saigon war zone'
• 'Platoon' war zone
• Hanoi locale, for short
• War zone of the '60s
• 'Rambo' setting
• Hanoi site, for short
• 'Miss Saigon' setting, briefly
• "Platoon" setting, informally
• Where Joan's husband is serving on "Mad Men," for short
• Cause of flashbacks, for short
• Setting in "Call of Duty: Black Ops," informally
• '60s war locale
• 1960s-70s war site, for short
• Where some vets served, informally
• "Universal Soldier" setting
• "The Quiet American" setting, briefly
• Subject of three Oliver Stone films, informally
• Problem for LBJ
• Many vets recall it
• 'Rambo' site, briefly
• Post for a '60s GI
• "Apocalypse Now" setting, casually
• A "Forrest Gump" setting
• Where some vets fought
• Subject of the Pentagon Papers, informally
• Site of '60s action
• 'The Hanoi Hilton' locale
• SE Asian war
• "Apocalypse Now" setting, informally
• Viet ____
• 'Platoon' zone, briefly
• '60s combat venue, briefly
• Hanoi's home, briefly
• Where GIs fought Charlie [LAST WEEK: "Lady X" was Ingrid Bergman, whose first name is revealed in the circled squares (IN GRID). Seven of her one-word movie titles can be seen "straddling" black squares: Indiscreet, Stromboli, Gaslight, Spellbound, Ana
• "The Deer Hunter" locale, briefly
• Charlie's land
• '60s-'70s arena, briefly
• 60's-70's arena, briefly
• 'Platoon' locale, for short
• Asian land informally
• War area to some vets
• '60s arena
• Pentagon Papers subject, for short
• Old service site, informally
• Where many vets served, briefly
• '60s war zone, for short
• Controversial area under LBJ
• '60s war site, informally
• Theater for some vets, briefly
• '60s war setting, informally
• '60s-'70s news focus, informally
• Problem spot for LBJ, informally
• Problem spot for LBJ
• '60s war spot, briefly
• "Platoon" locale, for short
• Where Gump served
• Saigon's place, for short
• "Hamburger Hill" setting, briefly
• War zone during LBJ's presidency
• "Platoon" war, briefly
• "China Beach" war zone, for short
• Where the VC fought
• Controversial war zone, briefly
• 1960s war site, for short
• Where 25-Across served in the late '60s
• Where Forrest Gump fought, for short
• 'Platoon' setting, briefly
• "Full Metal Jacket" setting, for short
• Site of Gump heroics
• "Forrest Gump" setting, for short
• LBJ theater
• "China Beach" setting, briefly
• Swift boat setting, for short
• Combat setting for an air cav, once
• Place of service for John McCain, briefly
• "Smokey, this is not ___. This is bowling. There are rules" ("The Big Lebowski" quote)
• "Apocalypse Now" setting, familiarly
• '60s-'70s protest subject
• What several characters in "Coming Home" came home from, informally
• Old war zone, briefly
• Subject of Noam Chomsky's "American Power and the New Mandarins," briefly
• Subject of a 10-part 2017 Ken Burns documentary on PBS, for short
• 1960s war zone, informally
• 'Rambo' site, in brief
• Where Ali wouldn't fight
• "Platoon" site, shortly
• Viet ___
• Where Forrest Gump served
• Former war zone, in slang
• Vet's war zone
• 1960s war theater, for short
• "Apocalypse Now" setting, for short
• "Born on the Fourth of July" locale, briefly
• 1960s war zone, to vets
• Site of some 1960s tours
• Second Indochina War, casually
• "Tropic Thunder" setting, for short
• Deployment for a '60s GI
• Subject of a 2017 Ken Burns-Lynn Novick documentary, briefly
• '60s battle zone
• Neighbor of 7 Down, briefly
• '60s war setting
• Marvel series depicting the Tet Offensive, with "The"
• 'Platoon' site, in brief
• Where many VFW members served
• Subject for Ken Burns, briefly
• Setting of many 1960s tours
• Tet Offensive land
• '60s war setting, briefly
• Setting for part of "Forrest Gump," for short
• Setting for many G.I. stories
• Where G.I.s fought in the '60s
• '70s war site, briefly
• Tet Offensive locale, for short
• Where swift boats were deployed, for short
• Where Rambo served, for short
• Hanoi's country, familiarly
• Subject of the 1977 best-selling memoir "A Rumor of War," for short
• 1960s-70s arena, briefly
• Service site for many a vet
• “Hamburger Hill” setting
• Vet’s memory, maybe
• Origin of many refugees once in 26-Across, for short
• “The Deer Hunter” setting, for short
• Where many draftees were sent in the '60s
• War zone for Rambo, informally
• Setting for some war movies, familiarly
• Setting for war flicks set in the ’70s
• ___ pla (Asian fish sauce)
• "Westworld" actor Leonardo
• "Full Metal Jacket" setting, in brief
• Founder of video art Paik ___ June
• Kim ___-joon aka RM
• Korean surname meaning "south"
• ___ pla (Thai fish sauce)
• Where some vets were based
• ___ khao (Lao crispy rice salad)
• "South," in Hanoi
• "Da 5 Bloods" setting, for short
• Artist ___ June Paik
• Where 38-Down served, for short
• Video art pioneer ___ June Paik
• "Fortunate Son" subject, informally
• ___ khao: Laotian crispy rice salad
• "Platoon" setting, in brief