8 Top history books like M*A*S*H Vietnam: What it's like to be a war nurse by Lorna Griess

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M*A*S*H Vietnam: What it's like to be a war nurse

By: Lorna Griess

4.31

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

M*A*S*H Vietnam shows how one young nurse survived the day-to-day drama in a Mobile Army Surgical H…

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1. Home Before Morning

By: Lynda Van Devanter

4.04

Format: 368 pages, Paperback

On June 8, 1969, a patriotic, happy-go-lucky young nurse fresh out of basic training arrived in Vie… read more

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  • history
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2. A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam

By: Keith Walker

4.33

Format: None pages, Paperback

A decade after America pulled out of Vietnam, the seeds of the often heart- wrenching oral history,… read more

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  • history

3. MASH: A Novel About Three Army Doctors (M*A*S*H, #1)

By: Richard Hooker

4.22

Format: None pages, Paperback

Before the movie, this is the novel that gave life to Hawkeye Pierce, Trapper John, Hot Lips Houlih… read more

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4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

By: Diane Carlson Evans

4.48

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

What is the price of honor? It took ten years for Vietnam War nurse Diane Carlson Evans to answer t… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • history
"Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Collin Powell, a Vietnam Vet, then offered one of the most beautiful tributes I've ever heard. "You went, you served, you suffered. The names of eight o…"

-Diane Carlson Evans, Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

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10. 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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Cover of Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam by Mike Guardia

11. Fire in the Hole: Tales of Combat with the 1st Engineer Battalion in Vietnam

By: Mike Guardia

4.22

Format: 193 pages, Kindle Edition

Combat Engineers. The Unsung Heroes of Vietnam.August 25, 1966. Specialist Dan Crowley was among t… read more

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Cover of Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division by Arthur Wiknik Jr.

12. 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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  • history
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13. The Iron Triangle: A Novel of the Vietnam War

By: Douglas L. Edwards

4.59

Format: 352 pages, Kindle Edition

The Iron Triangle, tells the story of a ill conceived mission that goes horribly wrong. It is a cha… read more

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14. 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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15. Di Di Mau: A True Story About Tigers, Rock Apes, the Jungle, and War

By: Darren Walton

4.21

Format: 220 pages, Kindle Edition

“A revealing, sometimes gut-wrenching war memoir that examines virtually every aspect of his tour o… read more

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16. M*A*S*H Vietnam: What it's like to be a war nurse

By: Lorna Griess

4.31

Format: 154 pages, Kindle Edition

M*A*S*H Vietnam shows how one young nurse survived the day-to-day drama in a Mobile Army Surgical H… read more

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  • biography memoir
  • history
Cover of When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent My Time in Hell: A Memoir of My Year As an Army Nurse in Vietnam by Barbara Kautz

17. When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent My Time in Hell: A Memoir of My Year As an Army Nurse in Vietnam

By: Barbara Kautz

4.13

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

When she was 18, she joined the Army to finance her nursing education. With less than six months of… read more

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  • history
Cover of Bitter Medicine, A Doctor's Year in Vietnam by Eugene Eisman

18. Bitter Medicine, A Doctor's Year in Vietnam

By: Eugene Eisman

3.91

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

These are true stories gleaned from the author's experience as a physician in Vietnam. It is a mixt… read more

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19. 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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20. Vietnam Nurse

By: Lou Eisenbrandt

4.38

Format: 108 pages, Kindle Edition

A small town girl from Illinois decided to join the Army in order to help others and see the world.… read more

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Cover of Blood on China Beach: My Story as a Brain Surgeon in Vietnam by Paul J. Pitlyk

21. Blood on China Beach: My Story as a Brain Surgeon in Vietnam

By: Paul J. Pitlyk

4.41

Format: 254 pages, Kindle Edition

More than once during his yearlong duty, thirty-two-year-old Paul J. Pitlyk wondered what had posse… read more

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22. A Surgeon's War: My Year in Vietnam

By: Henry Ward Trueblood

4.49

Format: 212 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s 1965. A young surgeon is drafted into the U.S. Navy and sent to Vietnam, where he finds himsel… read more

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Cover of A Filthy Way to Die: Collected Memories of the Vietnam War by Ed Linz

23. A Filthy Way to Die: Collected Memories of the Vietnam War

By: Ed Linz

4.39

Format: 588 pages, Kindle Edition

The author, a retired Navy Commander, presents a unique view of the Vietnam War while providing an … read more

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24. Fort Chastity, Vietnam, 1969: A Nurse’S Story of the Vietnam War

By: Bernadette J. Harrod

3.94

Format: 144 pages, Kindle Edition

It was 1969 and the war in Vietnam was at its height. At the time, author Bernadette J. Harrod was … read more

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  • history
Cover of Flying Dustoff: My Journey in Vietnam by Allan Parkhurst

25. Flying Dustoff: My Journey in Vietnam

By: Allan Parkhurst

4.48

Format: 180 pages, Kindle Edition

Flying Dustoff is a collection of actual events during the Vietnam War, where I served as a Dustoff… read more

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26. Vietnam Doc: An American Physician’S Memoir

By: William Clayton Petty MD

4.62

Format: 158 pages, Kindle Edition

Dr. William Clayton Petty believes anesthesia is a gift from God to mankind, and for many years it … read more

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27. Round Eyes: An American Nurse in Vietnam: New Illustrated Edition

By: Diane Klutz

4.21

Format: 189 pages, Kindle Edition

The year was 1969 — Woodstock, free love, peace marches and war. Life was unpredictable at best, bu… read more

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28. The Medic's Wife: A True Story of Love, Loss and Resilience Amidst the Holocaust and WWII (Historical Fiction Memoir)

By: Edmumd A. Kruszynski

4.71

Format: 417 pages, Kindle Edition

How far would you go to protect the one you love? Based on a true story.1944. During the chaos of W… read more

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29. Off the Record: A Vietnam War Nurse's Journal

By: Fay Ferington

4.04

Format: 170 pages, Kindle Edition

Off the Record is the unauthorized, unfolding, real-time account of an army nurse's year-long tour … read more

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30. Doc: Platoon Medic

By: Daniel E. Evans Jr.

4.60

Format: 334 pages, Kindle Edition

HE GAVE MEN A FIGHTING CHANCE... TO SURVIVEDan Evans arrived in Vietnam on October 7, 1968, a 21- y… read more

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  • history
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31. Hootch 8: A Combat Surgeon Remembers Vietnam

By: L. Paul Brief

4.65

Format: 194 pages, Kindle Edition

As a New York City bachelor about to complete his medical training, the last place Paul Brief thoug… read more

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8 must-read history books like M*A*S*H Vietnam: What it's like to be a war nurse by Lorna Griess

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Home Before Morning

Lynda Van Devanter

4.04

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A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of 26 American Women Who Served in Vietnam

Keith Walker

4.33

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Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

Diane Carlson Evans

4.48

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Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

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The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

J. Thomas Grant

4.54

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Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C.

Diane Carlson Evans

4.48

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When I Die I'm Going to Heaven 'Cause I've Spent My Time in Hell: A Memoir of My Year As an Army Nurse in Vietnam

Barbara Kautz

4.13

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A Surgeon's War: My Year in Vietnam

Henry Ward Trueblood

4.49

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