5 Best nonfiction books like Blood on Red Dirt by Gary Cowart

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Blood on Red Dirt

By: Gary Cowart

4.32

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

Blood on Red Dirt is the true story of Marine Corporal Gary Cowart. The book encompasses the time b…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Blood on Red Dirt by Gary Cowart , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. West of Hue: Down the Yellow Brick Road

By: None

1.50

Format: None pages,

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2. Seal Pointman

By: Dennis J. Cummings

3.00

Format: None pages,

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3. 21 Months, 24 Days: A blue-collar kid's journey to the Vietnam War and back

By: None

3.75

Format: 289 pages,

21 Months, 24 Daysis an engaging memoir of a blue-collar kid turned soldier. Threatened by the draf… read more

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4. A Pink Mist

By: None

3.74

Format: 70 pages, Paperback

John Bercaw's journey to Vietnam started at the beginning of the Korean War when, as a young boy, h… read more

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5. The FNG: A Prequel to the Iron Triangle

By: Douglas L Edwards

4.72

Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition

This is a prequel to my first novel, 'The Iron Triangle'. In reading my reviews, I realized many re… read more

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6. Holt's Ward: A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Douglas L. Edwards

4.57

Format: 398 pages, Kindle Edition

This book is a continuation of my first two books, The Iron Triangle and The Hobo Woods. It is mean… read more

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7. Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam

By: Morgan Miller

4.56

Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition

2024 IBPA Gold Ben Franklin Award Winner • 2024 Foreword Review INDIES FinalistMorgan and I both se… read more

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8. Hill 29 Vietnam 1968: 8th Cav/Blue Ghost

By: Gareth Style

4.19

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

It has been almost two years since this book has been published. It has sold over 2,000 copies and… read more

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9. Blood on Red Dirt

By: Gary Cowart

4.32

Format: 275 pages, Kindle Edition

Blood on Red Dirt is the true story of Marine Corporal Gary Cowart. The book encompasses the time b… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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10. HUEY WAR: VIIETNAM FROM THE BACKSEAT

By: Bruce Nesmith

4.40

Format: 229 pages, Kindle Edition

HUEY WARA UH-1H Huey helicopter is a flimsy machine. It’s the 1960s equivalent of a World War I bip… read more

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11. On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

By: William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Vietnam 1967-68 Eighteen-year-old Marine recruit William V. Taylor Jr. and his brother Marines a… read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
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12. Keeping Each Other Alive: A Vietnam War Memoir

By: Norman Hile

4.35

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

At the height of the Vietnam war, the U.S. Army drafted Norman Hile out of law school, trained him … read more

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13. Memoir of a Hard Time: Memories from my Time at War

By: C. V. (Chad) Spawr

4.29

Format: 101 pages, Kindle Edition

The Viet-Nam War for America began in 1964, and finally ended in 1975. Nearly 59,000 Americans died… read more

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14. Project Omega: Eye of the Beast: SOG: My Tour

By: James Acre

4.49

Format: 312 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the Kindle edition of my book, published in 1999, and now out of print. It is my memoir of … read more

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15. Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

By: Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

A candid memoir of being sent to Vietnam at age nineteen, witnessing the carnage of Hamburger Hill,… read more

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  • nonfiction
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16. Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam

By: James M. Dixon

4.39

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Things I’ll never forget is the story of a young high school graduate in 1965 who faces being draft… read more

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  • nonfiction
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17. Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin

By: Alan S. Levin

4.53

Format: 305 pages, Kindle Edition

"Why do I need a gun? I'm a doctor!" Over fifty years ago, I was a Harvard-trained pediatrician … read more

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18. Infantry Life: Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1966 - 1967

By: Dennis M Witt

4.31

Format: 325 pages, Kindle Edition

Firefights, mortar attacks, and friendly fire were all part of the experiences of an infantryman in… read more

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19. LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67

By: Frank Camper

4.45

Format: 351 pages, Kindle Edition

True story of the 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division's small, ragtag "provisional" long range patro… read more

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  • military fiction
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20. One Soldier: Vietnam In 1968

By: John Shook

4.00

Format: 355 pages, Kindle Edition

Who, or what, was the real enemy in Vietnam? The ever-elusive, jungle-wise Viet Cong and their NVA … read more

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21. Silent Heroes: A Recon Marine's Vietnam War Experiences

By: Rick Greenberg

4.51

Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition

Silent Heroes is an action-packed, skillfully told, emotional and gripping Vietnam War story by ret… read more

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  • military fiction
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22. Courage on the Mountain

By: George Reischling

4.22

Format: 422 pages, Kindle Edition

Projecting skyward ominously 3200 feet above the surrounding flat jungle terrain towered a solitary… read more

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23. I'm Just a Supply Sgt.: My Life and Vietnam War Experience

By: Donald M Stout

4.36

Format: 328 pages, Kindle Edition

I’m Just a Supply Sgt. is a compelling narrative of the Vietnam War with a very personal, psycholog… read more

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24. Goodbye, My Darling; Hello, Vietnam!

By: MICHAEL Lazares

4.32

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

This is the true story of a young kid who became a man while serving two tours of duty as a combat … read more

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25. My 365 Days with the Wolfhounds in Vietnam, 1968-1969: A Combat Veteran’s Journey

By: John Quintrell

4.63

Format: 458 pages, Kindle Edition

When you read My 365 Days with the Wolfhounds in Vietnam, you will be amazed by the stories as told… read more

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26. Silent Valor: One Man's Vietnam War

By: Rick Greenberg

4.68

Format: 241 pages, Kindle Edition

A young Marine deployed to Vietnam finds terror, danger, and death, but also courage, loyalty, and … read more

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Cover of Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne by Ted G. Arthurs

27. Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne

By: Ted G. Arthurs

4.34

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

A no-holds-barred, straight-in-your-face account of combat in VietnamYou know it's going to be hot … read more

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  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
Cover of Echoes of a Distant Past: Screaming Eagles: A Vietnam War Memoir by Eraldo Lucero

28. Echoes of a Distant Past: Screaming Eagles: A Vietnam War Memoir

By: Eraldo Lucero

4.28

Format: 225 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1970, in the deadly A Shau Valley and the adjacent eastern mountainous jungles of South Vietnam,… read more

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29. A Simple Soldier

By: Steve Fehrenbach

4.55

Format: 445 pages, Kindle Edition

The United States Army drafted Steve in 1969. Like many young men, he was unaware of the consequenc… read more

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Cover of I Came Home, But It Wasn't Me: The memoirs of a Vietnam Combat Veteran as a Recon Scout "LRRP" by Bruce Taneski

30. I Came Home, But It Wasn't Me: The memoirs of a Vietnam Combat Veteran as a Recon Scout "LRRP"

By: Bruce Taneski

4.32

Format: 354 pages, Kindle Edition

Bruce Wm. Taneski’s memoir comes full circle when he sits on his pack and eats a can of C-Ration sp… read more

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31. Mighty Men of Valor: With Charlie Company on Hill 714-Vietnam, 1970

By: John G. Roberts

4.29

Format: 342 pages, Kindle Edition

THE SCREAMING EAGLES IN VIETNAM 1970 : the Screaming Eagles of the 101st Airborne have been in comb… read more

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7 must-read military fiction books like Blood on Red Dirt by Gary Cowart

Transform Your Habits

Blood on Red Dirt

Gary Cowart

4.32

Transform Your Habits

On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

Transform Your Habits

Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam

James M. Dixon

4.39

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7 Top war books like Hill 29 Vietnam 1968: 8th Cav/Blue Ghost by Gareth Style

Transform Your Habits

Hill 29 Vietnam 1968: 8th Cav/Blue Ghost

Gareth Style

4.19

Transform Your Habits

On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin

Alan S. Levin

4.53

Transform Your Habits

LRRP (Provisional) 2nd Bde 4th Infantry Division Vietnam 1966-67

Frank Camper

4.45

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