12 best-selling history books like River City: A Nurse's Year in Vietnam by Patricia L. Walsh

Cover of River City: A Nurse's Year in Vietnam by Patricia L. Walsh

River City: A Nurse's Year in Vietnam

By: Patricia L. Walsh

4.68

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

Patricia L. Walsh grew up the eighth of fifteen children in a poor Minnesota farm family, working h…

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Cover of Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir by Larry Gwin

1. Baptism: A Vietnam Memoir

By: Larry Gwin

3.80

Format: None pages, Paperback

"The 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry had the dubious distinction of being the unit that had fought… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction

2. Yellow Crocus

By: Laila Ibrahim

3.69

Format: 384 pages,

Mattie was never truly mine. That knowledge must have filled me as quickly and surely as the milk f… read more

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Cover of Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman by Ed Wells

3. Hey Doc!: The Battle of Okinawa As Remembered by a Marine Corpsman

By: Ed Wells

4.36

Format: 80 pages, Kindle Edition

An amazing story of perseverance and everyday courage. This is the wartime memories of a Marine Cor… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of The FNG: A Prequel to the Iron Triangle by Douglas L Edwards

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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Cover of NO BAD TROOPS (MILES TO VIETNAM Book 6) by William Peter Grasso

5. NO BAD TROOPS (MILES TO VIETNAM Book 6)

By: William Peter Grasso

4.52

Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition

January 1969: A treasonous ARVN colonel threatens the success of a joint US/South Vietnamese operat… read more

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

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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Cover of 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

7. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
"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.

Cover of The Midwife of Berlin (Women of War #2) by Anna Stuart

8. The Midwife of Berlin (Women of War #2)

By: Anna Stuart

4.39

Format: 444 pages, Kindle Edition

Auschwitz, 1943: I stroke my beautiful baby’s hair. It’s a miracle it’s blonde because it will keep… 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

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

10. 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
  • nonfiction
"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

11. 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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  • history
  • nonfiction
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12. Seven Perfect Things

By: Catherine Ryan Hyde

4.35

Format: 318 pages, Kindle Edition

Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her fat… read more

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Cover of Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice by Lizzy Hershberger

13. Behind Blue Curtains: A True Crime Memoir of an Amish Woman's Survival, Escape, and Pursuit of Justice

By: Lizzy Hershberger

4.27

Format: 174 pages, Kindle Edition

When Lizzy Hershberger turns fourteen, her schooling ends at eighth grade, and she has no choice bu… read more

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

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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Cover of Di Di Mau: A True Story About Tigers, Rock Apes, the Jungle, and War by Darren Walton

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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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

16. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of Bitter Medicine, A Doctor's Year in Vietnam by Eugene Eisman

17. 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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Cover of Goodbye, My Darling; Hello, Vietnam! by MICHAEL Lazares

18. 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 River City: A Nurse's Year in Vietnam by Patricia L. Walsh

19. River City: A Nurse's Year in Vietnam

By: Patricia L. Walsh

4.68

Format: 405 pages, Kindle Edition

Patricia L. Walsh grew up the eighth of fifteen children in a poor Minnesota farm family, working h… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Vietnam Nurse by Lou Eisenbrandt

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

21. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of Jumping from Helicopters: A Vietnam Memoir by John Stillman

22. Jumping from Helicopters: A Vietnam Memoir

By: John Stillman

4.43

Format: 218 pages, Kindle Edition

In 1967, at age nineteen, John Stillman—refusing to wait for the draft—voluntarily enlisted in the … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Fort Chastity, Vietnam, 1969: A Nurse’S Story of the Vietnam War by Bernadette J. Harrod

23. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of Round Eyes: An American Nurse in Vietnam: New Illustrated Edition by Diane Klutz

24. 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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Cover of Forged In Fire (THE MOUNTAINTOP SERIES) by David Ferrier

25. Forged In Fire (THE MOUNTAINTOP SERIES)

By: David Ferrier

4.66

Format: 244 pages, Kindle Edition

An amazing account of a true American Hero who went into harm's way to rescue fellow soldiers in Vi… read more

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Cover of Long Range Patrol (Jim Hollister, #1) by Dennis Foley

26. Long Range Patrol (Jim Hollister, #1)

By: Dennis Foley

4.41

Format: 611 pages, Kindle Edition

A searing novel of the war in Vietnam as seen through the eyes of a daring Long Range Patrol platoo… read more

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Cover of Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 4: As Told by More Veterans Who Served (Our Vietnam Wars, #4) by William F.    Brown

27. Our Vietnam Wars, Volume 4: As Told by More Veterans Who Served (Our Vietnam Wars, #4)

By: William F. Brown

4.53

Format: 288 pages, Kindle Edition

Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Real stories told by real people, in their own words, 1… read more

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Cover of Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew by Bob Ford

28. 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
  • nonfiction
Cover of 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam by John A. Parrish

29. 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam

By: John A. Parrish

4.22

Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition

The wry and heart-wrenching memoir of a young doctor's year behind the frontlines in Vietnam. Assi… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
Cover of Off the Record: A Vietnam War Nurse's Journal by Fay Ferington

30. 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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Cover of In Just a Year: Coming of Age in Vietnam by Susan Hunt Babinski

31. In Just a Year: Coming of Age in Vietnam

By: Susan Hunt Babinski

4.72

Format: 147 pages, Kindle Edition

When Susan Hunt boarded a plane to Saigon in the summer of 1967, she was twenty-two years old. Afte… read more

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3.80

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4.36

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Diane Carlson Evans

4.48

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

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4.56

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