Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir
By: Al Sever
4.03
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
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1. One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
By: Nathaniel Fick
4.19
Format: 372 pages, Paperback
If the Marines are “the few, the proud,” Recon Marines are the fewest and the proudest. Nathaniel F… read more
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"You need discipline most, when it’s hardest to muster."-Nathaniel Fick, One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
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2. Mekong Mud Dogs: Story of: Sgt. Ed Eaton
By: Ed Eaton
4.23
Format: 280 pages, Kindle Edition
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3. 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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4. If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home
By: Tim O'Brien
3.78
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found A CLASSIC FROM THE NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF… read more
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5. 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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6. To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam
By: None
4.14
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
During the Vietnam War, one out of every eighteen helicopter pilots never made it home alive. At ag… read more
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7. House to House: An Epic Memoir of War
By: John R. Bruning , David Bellavia
3.92
Format: None pages,
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8. Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
By: Robert Leckie
4.22
Format: 322 pages, Kindle Edition
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"It was a darkness without time. It was an impenetrable darkness. To the right and left of me rose those terrible formless things of my imagination, which I could not see because there was no light. I…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
"And now to that Victim whose Sign rose above the world two thousand years ago, to be menaced now by that other sign now rising, I say a prayer of contrition. I, whom you have seen as irreverent and i…"-Robert Leckie, Helmet for My Pillow: From Parris Island to the Pacific
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9. The FNG: A Prequel to the Iron Triangle
By: Douglas L Edwards
4.72
Format: 498 pages, Kindle Edition
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10. Drafted!: My Year in Vietnam
By: Morgan Miller
4.56
Format: 543 pages, Kindle Edition
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11. 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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12. Ambush!: A Seals military adventure
By: Eric Helm
4.30
Format: 172 pages, Kindle Edition
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13. Whispers of Truth Amidst the Roars of the Insane: Memoirs of a helicopter pilot’s combat tour in Tay Ninh, Vietnam 1968
By: John J. Gillen
4.13
Format: 348 pages, Kindle Edition
My book is a compilation of slightly over 100,000 very well-chosen words. But even a million words … read more
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14. 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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15. Across The Fence: The Secret War in Vietnam (Expanded Edition)
By: John Stryker Meyer
4.49
Format: 370 pages, Kindle Edition
For eight years, far beyond the battlefields of Vietnam and the glare of media distortions, America… read more
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16. Lieutenant Dangerous: A Vietnam War Memoir
By: Jeff Danziger
4.05
Format: 208 pages, Kindle Edition
"A must-read war memoir… with zero punches pulled, related by one of the most incisive observers of… read more
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17. 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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18. Mortar Gunner on the Eastern Front. Volume II: Russia, Hungary, Lithuania, and the Battle for East Prussia
By: Hans Heinz Rehfeldt
4.50
Format: 517 pages, Kindle Edition
This second volume of a Nazi soldier's WWII diary continues the chronicle of his experiences on the… read more
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19. Easy Target: The Long Strange Trip of a Scout Pilot in Vietnam
By: Tom Smith
4.45
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
From Publishers Weekly:Flying scout helicopters in Vietnam was the aerial counterpart of walking po… read more
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20. Against the Odds: Survival on the Russian Front 1944-1945
By: John Stieber
4.31
Format: 314 pages, Kindle Edition
John Stieber was twelve-year-old schoolboy in Ireland when he was sent to secondary school in Germa… read more
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21. Vietnam: No Regrets: One Soldier's Tour of Duty
By: J. Watkins
4.30
Format: 278 pages, Kindle Edition
“In the 30+ years since its conclusion, countless volumes have been crafted regarding the Vietnam W… read more
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22. Death in the Highlands: The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me
By: J. Keith Saliba
4.34
Format: 281 pages, Kindle Edition
Winner, 2021 Gold Medal in history, Military Writers Society of America -- In fall 1965, North Vie… read more
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23. That Close: a memory of combat in Vietnam
By: Robert Driskill
4.24
Format: 93 pages, Kindle Edition
“That Close” is the memory of the experiences that surrounded Private Robert Driskill’s combat tour… read more
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24. Force Recon Diary, 1969: The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam
By: Major Bruce H. Norton
4.36
Format: 272 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Elite and highly trained, the 3d Force Recon's eight-man teams were assigned to obtain vital inform… read more
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"It don't mean nothin"-Major Bruce H. Norton, Force Recon Diary, 1969: The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam
"It is the man on the ground with his rifle who ultimately wins the war."-Major Bruce H. Norton, Force Recon Diary, 1969: The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam
"Yea though I walk through the Valley of the shadow of Death, I shall fear no evil...because I am the meanest motherfucker in the Valley."-Major Bruce H. Norton, Force Recon Diary, 1969: The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam
"All they expect from you is your best effort. These Marines think that they are special. They are very well trained, very close knit, and they don't like outsiders. If you want their respect, you wil…"-Major Bruce H. Norton, Force Recon Diary, 1969: The Riveting, True-to-Life Account of Survival and Death in One of the Most Highly Skilled Units in Vietnam
25. Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War: A Soldier's Memoir
By: Al Sever
4.03
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
No one in Vietnam had to tell door gunner and gunship crew chief Al Sever that the odds didn’t look… read more
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26. Blood Trails: The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam
By: Christopher Ronnau
4.13
Format: 338 pages, Kindle Edition
BAPTISM BY FIREChris Ronnau volunteered for the Army and was sent to Vietnam in January 1967, armed… read more
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27. Vietnam Diary: A Memoir for my Posterity
By: Lanny Starr
4.38
Format: 187 pages, Kindle Edition
"Greetings from the President."I could hardly believe what I was reading. I had just been drafted i… read more
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"Not all days in the field were unhappy ones. You had to have fun sometimes or you would go crazy."-Lanny Starr, Vietnam Diary: A Memoir for my Posterity
"I looked at the two enemy prisoners. They were on their stomachs, face down and shaking like everything. I can only imagine the fear they must have felt in their hearts. Thank God we had air superior…"-Lanny Starr, Vietnam Diary: A Memoir for my Posterity
"I slowly dug a stand-up foxhole up to my neck using my helmet. I don’t think any of us slept that night. It was the first time in my tour when I wasn’t sure I would make it. I’m not ashamed to say I …"-Lanny Starr, Vietnam Diary: A Memoir for my Posterity
"I believe war should be the last result, but I do believe that when we find ourselves at war, we should unite as a people and not do anything to aid or encourage the enemy. We should stay the course …"-Lanny Starr, Vietnam Diary: A Memoir for my Posterity
28. 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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29. Klondike Playboy
By: John Boden
4.00
Format: 250 pages, Hardcover
Klondike A Marine Helicopter Pilot’s Antics and Adventures from Parris Island to Viet NamJohn Boden read more
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30. VIETNAM WARHORSE: A HUEY PILOTS MEMOIRS: TOLD BY A TWO-TOUR US ARMY IROQUOIS ('HUEY') PILOT DURING THE VIETNAM WAR. A TRIBUTE TO THE MANY WHO FLEW THIS WONDERFUL WARHORSE.
By: Richard Guay
4.27
Format: 258 pages, Kindle Edition
Have you ever wanted to pull up the curtain and look at what the US Army was really like during the… read more
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31. The Hand: A Helicopter Pilot's Story of the Vietnam War
By: W. Lewis Sain
3.90
Format: 224 pages, Kindle Edition
We were like the “Lafayette Escadrille” flying our aircraft with precision and cunning like the Wor… read more
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