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Vietnam: The Good Times, The Bad Times
The book you are about to read is a dramatic story of a Vietnam tour of duty written by a U.S. Marine veteran of South Vietnam. I am that Marine. The storyline centers on me and my particular field company, my battalion, and regiment. The writing tells, in depth, about my experiences, recollections, and feelings while in the battlefields and rear base area of northern South Vietnam. Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: B07PS5QZSY
- ASIN: B07PS5QZSY
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THERE IT IS...IT DON'T MEAN NOTHIN': A Vietnam War Memoir
There it is, and It don’t mean nothin' are two phrases the grunts used to describe their situation in Vietnam. The first covered the insanity, and the second, the result.At the request of his daughters, Charles Hensler set out to write a brief summary of his time in Vietnam. The project evolved into a cathartic journey, resulting in a compelling, heartfelt memoir. Weaving threads of the events back home throughout his personal story, Hensler skillfully sets a scene integral to understanding how he and his compatriots felt in Vietnam in 1968, a year of transition. A year many Americans turned their backs on the war, and in a way, on those who fought in it.Hensler tells his story in a relatable way, creating a memoir with broad appeal. He held several occupations, giving an opportunity to ... [Read More] Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: 1723970743
- ASIN: 1723970743
- ISBN: 1723970743
- Manufacturer: Independently published
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Vietnam: A Tale Of Two Tours
A U.S. Army helicopter pilot's candid first-hand account and photos of his Vietnam experience in the air and on the ground at the height of US troop strength and then again when he returned for a second tour of duty at the very end of the war. It is a non-political description of what life was really like for him and others who served with him in Vietnam. The author describes a first tour in the Central Highlands while assigned to the 4th Infantry Division as a pilot in an Assault Helicopter Company flying the UH-1H (Huey) and later during his first tour as an OH-6A Light Observation Helicopter (LOH) pilot assigned to an Infantry Brigade. The book includes a description of combat assaults, the Cambodian Invasion, ground an air tactics, people he met and worked with, helicopter operatio... [Read More] Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: B07B48PV26
- ASIN: B07B48PV26
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Alpha One Sixteen: A Combat Infantryman's Year in Vietnam
A Military Book Club main selectionPeter Clark's year in Vietnam began in July 1966, when he was shipped out with hundreds of other young recruits, as a replacement in the 1st Infantry Division. Clark was assigned to the Alpha Company. Clark gives a visceral, vivid and immediate account of life in the platoon, as he progresses from green recruit to seasoned soldier over the course of a year in the complexities of the Vietnamese conflict.Clark gradually learns the techniques developed by US troops to cope with the daily horrors they encountered, the technical skills needed to fight and survive, and how to deal with the awful reality of civilian casualties. Fighting aside, it rained almost every day and insect bites constantly plagued the soldiers as they moved through dense jungle, muddy ri... [Read More] Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: 1612005993
- ASIN: 1612005993
- ISBN: 1612005993
- Manufacturer: Casemate
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A Rumor of War: The Classic Vietnam Memoir (40th Anniversary Edition)
Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: B0039PH70O
- ASIN: B0039PH70O
- Manufacturer: Holt Paperbacks
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Tiger Bravo's War: An epic year with an elite airborne rifle company of the 101st Airborne Division's "Wandering Warriors", during the height of the Vietnam War
A war that defined a generation. A band of paratroopers that defied the odds. A bond that couldn’t be broken. In the bloodiest year (1968) of a decade long war, a company called “Tiger Bravo” fought across the battlefields of Vietnam, as part of an elite Strike Force nicknamed the “Wandering Warriors.” By the time the last chopper departed, Tiger Bravo had amassed a staggering 150 Purple Hearts and mourned the loss of 30 brothers in arms. In Tiger Bravo’s War, you’ll discover the trials and tribulations of life in the combat zone from soldiers’ letters and the personal stories of survivors. You’ll learn what it was like to trudge through the dark heart of the jungle, take to the streets in the Tet Offensive, launch a daring rescue mission, and dodge booby-traps deep withi... [Read More] Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: 0998854204
- ASIN: 0998854204
- ISBN: 0998854204
- Manufacturer: Currahee Press LLC
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Vietnam: There & Back: A Combat Medic's Chronicle
I n 1967, Jim Purtell left his small Midwestern town to join the U.S. Army. He did so at a time when the country was pro-Vietnam and serving seemed an honorable thing to do. Little did he know that the tide would turn a mere six months later as drastically as it did. VIETNAM--THERE & BACK: A COMBAT MEDIC'S CHRONICLE is a candid account of the time when he and several other combat vets found themselves conducting operations in the jungles of Vietnam during and after the Tet Offensive. Purtell describes in gritty detail what it was like to live and fight with an infantry company only to return to anti-Vietnam sentiment so strong that he and his fellow veterans felt nobody cared about them or the sacrifices they made. Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: B07B844YCK
- ASIN: B07B844YCK
- Manufacturer: Hellgate Press
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19 Minutes to Live - Helicopter Combat in Vietnam: A Memoir by Lew Jennings
"19 Minutes to Live" illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and crews supporting those heroes that carried a rucksack and a rifle in Vietnam. Over 12,000 helicopters were used in the Vietnam War, which is why it became known as "The Helicopter War". Almost half of the helicopters, 5,086, were lost. Helicopter pilots and crews accounted for nearly 10 percent of all the US casualties suffered in Vietnam, with nearly 5,000 killed and an untold number of wounded. Lew Jennings flew over 700 Air Cavalry Cobra Gunship Helicopter missions and received Three Distinguished Flying Crosses for Valor. This memoir describes first-hand the harrowing experiences of helicopter pilots and crews in combat operations, from the far South to the DMZ, including the infamous Ash... [Read More] Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: 1548484539
- ASIN: 1548484539
- ISBN: 1548484539
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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When I Turned Nineteen: A Vietnam War Memoir
It’s the year 1969. I was serving in the U.S. Army with my brothers of First Platoon Company A 3/1 11th Bde Americal (23rd Infantry) Division. We were average American sons, fathers, husbands, or brothers who’d enlisted or been drafted from all over the United States and who’d all come from different backgrounds. We came together and formed a brotherhood that will last through time. I share my experiences about weeks of boredom and minutes to hours of terror and surviving the heat, carrying a 60-pound rucksack, monsoons, a forest fire, a typhoon, building a firebase, fear, death and fighting the enemy while mentally, physically, and morally exhausted. Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: 0998209511
- ASIN: 0998209511
- ISBN: 0998209511
- Manufacturer: Glyn Haynie
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We Few: U.S. Special Forces in Vietnam
A Green Beret’s gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. In 1970, on his second tour to Vietnam, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. Officially, it was known as the Studies and Observations group. In fact, this Special Forces squad, which Brokhausen calls “an unwashed, profane, ribald, joyously alive fraternity,” undertook some of the most dangerous and suicidal reconnaissance missions ever in the enemy-controlled territory of Cambodia and Laos. But they didn’t infiltrate the jungles alone. They fought alongside the Montagnards—oppressed minorities from the mountain highlands, trained by the US military in guerilla tactics, armed, accustomed to the wild, and fully engaged in a war against the North Vietnamese. Together th... [Read More] Best Vietnam War Memoirs
- ASIN: B07CMHKC5Q
- ASIN: B07CMHKC5Q
- Manufacturer: Casemate Publishers
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A Rumor of War : The Classic Vietnam Memoir (40th Anniversary Edition)
"Originally published in hardcover in 1977 by Holt, Rinehart and Winston"--Title page verso Best Vietnam War Memoirs The 40th anniversary edition of the classic Vietnam memoir—featured in the PBS documentary series The Vietnam War by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick—with a new foreword by Kevin PowersIn March of 1965, Lieutenant Philip J. Caputo landed at Danang with the first ground combat unit deployed to Vietnam. Sixteen months later, having served on the line in one of modern history’s ugliest wars, he returned home—physically whole but emotionally wasted, his youthful idealism forever gone.A Rumor of War is far more than one soldier’s story. Upon its publication in 1977, it shattered America’s indifference to the fate of the men
- UPC: 55519525
- Rating: 4.833
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Vietnam Labyrinth : Allies, Enemies, and Why the U.S. Lost the War
"The memoir of Tran Ngoc Chau, one of the few Vietnamese Army officers who also saw service in Ho Chi Minh's National Liberation Army"--Provided by Best Vietnam War Memoirs One of the few Vietnamese Army officers who also saw substantial service in Ho Chi Minh s National Liberation Army against the French, Tran Ngoc Chau made a momentous and difficult decision after five years with the Viet Minh: he changed sides. Although his brother Tran Ngoc Hien remained loyal to the North, Chau s Buddhist training and his disillusionment with aspects of the communists philosophies led him to throw his support to the nationalists and assist the Americans. It was a decision that would cost him dearly when former military school colleague Nguyen Van Thieu, fearing a political rivalry,
- UPC: 21087338
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An Unending War : A Memoir of Vietnam
This story is about the war in Vietnam from April 1967 to April 1968, as seen and experienced through the eyes of a young infantry sergeant.It is a story that is punctuated with personal accounts of ambushes, booby traps, and battles that involved his unit.It is about the struggle of dealing with PTSD even before it was an official diagnosis and, after, being haunted in his sleep by dreams of ambushes and the cries of the wounded.It's a heartfelt story that's emotional and exciting, one that will most certainly give you the feeling of being on the ground with these Best Vietnam War Memoirs This story is about the war in Vietnam from April 1967 to April 1968, as seen and experienced through the eyes of a young infantry sergeant.It is a story that is punctuated with personal accounts of ambushes, booby traps, and battles that involved his unit.It is about the struggle of dealing with PTSD even before it was an official diagnosis and, after, being haunted in his sleep by dreams of ambushes and the cries of the wounded.It's a heartfelt story that's emotional and exciting, one that will most certainly give you the feeling of being on the ground with these
- UPC: 796189327
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Steinbeck in Vietnam : Dispatches from the War
Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely associated with his Depression-era works of social struggle. But from Pearl Harbor on, he often wrote passionate accounts of America's wars based on his own firsthand experience. Vietnam was no exception.Thomas E. Barden's Steinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration, Best Vietnam War Memoirs Although his career continued for almost three decades after the 1939 publication of The Grapes of Wrath, John Steinbeck is still most closely associated with his Depression-era works of social struggle. But from Pearl Harbor on, he often wrote passionate accounts of America's wars based on his own firsthand experience. Vietnam was no exception.Thomas E. Barden's Steinbeck in Vietnam offers for the first time a complete collection of the dispatches Steinbeck wrote as a war correspondent for Newsday. Rejected by the military because of his reputation as a subversive, and reticent to document the war officially for the Johnson administration,
- UPC: 22114737
- Rating: 4.0
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Means of Escape : A War Correspondent's Memoir of Life and Death in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Vietnam
The author of "A Rumor of War" recounts his harrowing tales of life as a foreign correspondent. (SEE Best Vietnam War Memoirs "A riveting memoir of years of living dangerously."—Kirkus ReviewsFor the countless readers who have admired Philip Caputo's classic memoir of Vietnam, A Rumor of War, here is his powerful recounting of his life and adventures, updated with a foreword that assesses the state of the world and the journalist's art.As a journalist, Caputo has covered many of the world's troubles, and in Means of Escape, he tells the reader in moving and clear-eyed prose how he made himself into a writer, traveler, and observer with the nerve to put himself at the center of the world's conflicts. As a young
- UPC: 56157900
- Rating: 5.0
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