10 Top biography books like 12, 20 & 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam by John A. Parrish

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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…

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1. Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

By: Donald L. Miller

4.18

Format: 671 pages, Hardcover

Masters of the Air is the deeply personal story of the American bomber boys in World War II who bro… read more

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  • history
  • historical
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
"With the Allies on the advance nearly everywhere and invasion talk in the air, London was a welcoming place for young airmen who were taking the fight to Hitler’s doorstep. The first stop for America…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

"In an equally fought battle of attrition both sides sometimes believe they are losing. With Overlord planned for the spring of 1944, Allied leaders became increasingly worried that their air forces w…"

-Donald L. Miller, Masters of the Air: America's Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany

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2. West of Hue: Down the Yellow Brick Road

By: None

1.50

Format: None pages,

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3. 365 Days

By: Ronald J. Glasser

4.32

Format: 285 pages, Paperback

In this gripping account of the human cost of the Vietnam War, Ron Glasser offers an unparalleled d… read more

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  • history
  • memoir
  • medicine
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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4. The Last Madam: A Life in the New Orleans Underworld

By: Christine Wiltz

4.02

Format: 424 pages, Paperback

In 1916, at age fifteen, Norma Wallace arrived in New Orleans. Sexy and shrewd, she quickly went fr… read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir

5. Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines' Finest Hour in Vietnam

By: Gregg Jones

4.25

Format: None pages, Hardcover

In a remote mountain stronghold in 1968, six thousand US Marines awoke one January morning to find … read more

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6. The Next Patient: The Incredible World of Emergency Medicine

By: J. Thomas Grant

4.54

Format: 363 pages, Paperback

Extraordinary encounters. Life-threatening diseases. Heroic actions. Instantaneous decisions. Unima… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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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. Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctor

By: Ben MacFarlane

4.48

Format: 255 pages, Kindle Edition

Who are you going to call if it all goes wrong on holiday?Meet Doctor Ben MacFarlane. His job is to… read more

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  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • nonfiction
"Laughter isn't the best medicine. Feeling that you're in safe hands is."

-Ben MacFarlane, Holiday SOS: The life-saving adventures of a travelling doctor

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12. 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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13. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • historical
  • medicine
  • military fiction
  • war
  • 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.

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14. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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15. 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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  • military fiction
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16. The Chef (Caleb Rooney #1)

By: James Patterson

3.64

Format: 383 pages, Hardcover

A New Orleans police detective by day and celebrity food truck chef by night, Caleb Rooney has a ne… read more

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17. 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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18. 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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  • 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

19. 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
  • biography
  • memoir
  • medical
  • medicine
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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20. 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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21. 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

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  • history
  • biography
  • memoir
  • military fiction
  • war
  • nonfiction
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22. 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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23. Feherty: The Remarkably Funny and Tragic Journey of Golf's David Feherty

By: John Feinstein

4.07

Format: 272 pages, Hardcover

The definitive biography of enigmatic golfer, commentator, and performer David Feherty—one of the m… read more

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

24. 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
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25. 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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26. My Senior Trip: Memories of Vietnam

By: John Reeg

4.80

Format: 460 pages, Kindle Edition

Vietnam, 1968. There are recounts of the Vietnam War that span lifetimes. There are countless stori… read more

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

27. 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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28. Two Years to Serve: Recollections of a Drafted Marine: Half a Century after the Vietnam War

By: Thomas Elliott

4.52

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

In 1966, at the age of 20, Thomas Elliott was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps. The transformatio… read more

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Cover of High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier by Hal Borland

29. High, Wide and Lonesome: Growing Up on the Colorado Frontier

By: Hal Borland

4.31

Format: 285 pages, Kindle Edition

In this memoir of a lost America, Hal Borland tells the story of his family’s migration to eastern … read more

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  • history
  • nonfiction
  • biography
  • memoir
Cover of MASH Doctor in Vietnam: A Memoir of the War and After by Reuel S. Long

30. MASH Doctor in Vietnam: A Memoir of the War and After

By: Reuel S. Long

4.20

Format: 315 pages, Kindle Edition

Reuel Long's experiences as an MD in the emergency rooms of Flint, Michigan, prepared him for only … read more

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

31. 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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  • memoir
  • medical
  • historical
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  • military fiction
  • war
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