8 must-read military history books like 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam by Lew Jennings

Cover of 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam by Lew Jennings

19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

By: Lew Jennings

4.42

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

19 Minutes to Live illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and cr…

If you liked the military history plot in 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam by Lew Jennings , here is a list of 8 books like this:

Cover of GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam by Mark   Garrison

1. GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

By: Mark Garrison

3.97

Format: 112 pages,

Synopsis In the summer of 1967, Mark Garrison had dropped out of college at Southern Illinois Unive… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction

2. Low Level Hell: A Scout Pilot In The Big Red One

By: Robert A. Anderson , None

3.92

Format: 368 pages, Mass Market Paperback

A Vietnam veteran describes his experiences in country, recounting his career as a scout pilot in t… read more

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Cover of Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam by Morgan  Miller

3. 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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4. 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
Cover of HUEY WAR: VIIETNAM FROM THE BACKSEAT by Bruce Nesmith

5. 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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Cover of On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam by William V. Taylor Jr.

6. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Project Omega: Eye of the Beast: SOG: My Tour by James Acre

7. 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 Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967 by Doyle D. Glass

8. Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

By: Doyle D. Glass

4.56

Format: 295 pages, Kindle Edition

Redesigned cover art and upgraded manuscript to showcase the true story of 164 Marines and Navy Cor… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
"A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. The Marines of Mike Company had walked into an ambush laid by ove…"

-Doyle D. Glass, Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

Cover of Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam by James M. Dixon

9. 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

Similar categories in James M. Dixon's Things I'll Never forget: Memories of a Marine in Viet Nam book and Lew Jennings's 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin by Alan S. Levin

10. 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

Similar categories in Alan S. Levin's Flight Quack: The true story of the Vietnam War’s most decorated flight surgeon, who became a CIA assassin book and Lew Jennings's 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

  • history
  • war
Cover of Infantry Life: Vietnam's Central Highlands, 1966 - 1967 by Dennis M Witt

11. 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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12. 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
  • history
  • war
Cover of One Soldier: Vietnam In 1968 by John Shook

13. 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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Cover of Stingers: Vietnam War - Helicopter Gunships by Fred  Allen

14. Stingers: Vietnam War - Helicopter Gunships

By: Fred Allen

4.47

Format: 235 pages, Kindle Edition

SCROLL DOWN TO SEE VIDEO OF A VIETNAM HELICOPTER GUNSHIP IN LIVE COMBAT Experience intense comba… read more

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Cover of 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam by Lew Jennings

15. 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

By: Lew Jennings

4.42

Format: 378 pages, Kindle Edition

19 Minutes to Live illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and cr… read more

Similar categories in Lew Jennings's 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam book and Lew Jennings's 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam

  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • aviation
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Goodbye, My Darling; Hello, Vietnam! by MICHAEL Lazares

16. 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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Cover of Vietnam: A Tale Of Two Tours by James C. Mooney Jr.

17. Vietnam: A Tale Of Two Tours

By: James C. Mooney Jr.

4.48

Format: 427 pages, Kindle Edition

An Army helicopter pilot's memoirs and first-hand account of what he experienced personally during … read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Land With No Sun: A Year in Vietnam with the 173rd Airborne by Ted G. Arthurs

18. 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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  • history
  • military fiction
  • nonfiction
  • war
Cover of Warpath: One Vietnam Veteran's Journey through War, Disillusionment, Guilt and Recovery by A.J.  Moore

19. Warpath: One Vietnam Veteran's Journey through War, Disillusionment, Guilt and Recovery

By: A.J. Moore

4.30

Format: 308 pages, Kindle Edition

They flew low and slow over the landing zone, trying to draw fire or detect signs of enemy activity… read more

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  • war
  • military fiction
  • history
  • military history
Cover of Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam (Undaunted Valor #1) by Matt  Jackson

20. Undaunted Valor: An Assault Helicopter Unit in Vietnam (Undaunted Valor #1)

By: Matt Jackson

4.03

Format: 435 pages, Kindle Edition

…American troops are in contact… The UH-1H helicopter swoops in to bail them out… …Tracer fire ev… read more

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  • history
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew by Bob Ford

21. Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew

By: Bob Ford

4.53

Format: 292 pages, Kindle Edition

“This moving memoir about the gritty life of a military helicopter pilot fills a gap in the genre o… read more

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  • history
  • biography
  • military fiction
  • war
  • military history
  • nonfiction

12 best-selling history books like 19 Minutes to Live: Helicopter Combat in Vietnam by Lew Jennings

Transform Your Habits

GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

Mark Garrison

3.97

Transform Your Habits

On Full Automatic: Surviving 13 Months in Vietnam

William V. Taylor Jr.

4.60

Transform Your Habits

Swift Sword: The True Story of the Marines of MIKE 3/5 in Vietnam, 4 September 1967

Doyle D. Glass

4.56

Transform Your Habits

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

James M. Dixon

4.39

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6 best-selling history books like Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew by Bob Ford

Transform Your Habits

Swift Boats at War in Vietnam

John Yeoman , Guy Gugliotta , Neva Sullaway

4.06

Transform Your Habits

GUTS 'N GUNSHIPS: What it was Really Like to Fly Combat Helicopters in Vietnam

Mark Garrison

3.97

Transform Your Habits

Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division

Arthur Wiknik Jr.

4.22

Transform Your Habits

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

Ted G. Arthurs

4.34

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