Biographical Books on Vietnam War
I am not a student of the Vietnam War. I have not researched it. I have only read 2 of the books I'm listing here. But the Vietnam War has become an every day part of my life. Very few days go by that I'm not working on my website... Faces From the Wall... or answering emails in regards to it. I've created this list and the index database as possible resource information for family, friends, and researchers.
These aren't all the books written on the Vietnam War... these are just a few that I found moving through the bookstore or that were specially given to me.
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HEADHUNTERS Stories from the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, in Vietnam 1965-1971
Matthew Brennan
@1998
Stores of twenty-seven Headhunters, members of the recon squadron of the 9th Cavalry.
Index and pictures with named individuals
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Heart of a Soldier
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THE HEROES WHO FELL FROM GRACE
The Powerful True Story of Operation Lazarus -- The Attempt to Free American POWs Still Held in Southeast Asia!
Charles J. Patterson & G. Lee Tippin Index
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HILL 488
Ray Hildreth, former U.S. marine, and Charles W. Sasser, co-author of One Shot-One Kill
@2003
The harrowing true story of the most highly decorated small unit in the history of the U.S. military - as told by one of its survivors.
1st Plt, Charlie Company, 1st Recon Battalion, 1st Marine Division: Cpl Jerrald R Thompson, Navy Cross; LCpl John T Adams, Navy Cross; LCpl Alcadio N Mascarenas, Silver Star;
PFC Ignatius Carlisi, Silver Star; PFC James O McKinney, Silver Star; PFC Thomas D Glawe, Silver Star
Marine Observation Squadrons 2 and 6 (VMO-2, VMO-6): Major William J Goodsell, VMO-6, Navy Cross: PFC Leo B Buckholdt, VMO-2
Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines: 2nd Lt Ronald W Meyer, Silver Star; LCpl Terry P Redic
Named in book: Joseph Kosoglow, Daniel Mulvihill, Robert Martinez, Ralph G. Victor, Thomas G. Powles, William C. Norman, raymond S. Hildreth, Richard J. Fitzpatrick, Charles W. Bosley, Billy D. Holmes, Ricardo C. Binns, Jimmie Earl Howard.
No Index
THE HILL FIGHTSThe first Battle of Khe Sanh
Edward F. Murphy
@2004
1968. Highly researched. Picture of Francis A. Benoit, Navy Cross Recipient, who was KIA on Hill 861
Index and pictures with named individuals
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HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR
Douglas Welsh
@ 1981
Oversized-picture format. Features over 400 pictures plus maps and a text history.
Index and Pictures - This book's index has NOT been included in the extracted online index because for the most part... this is technical historical material mentioning the policy makers
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HOME BEFORE MORNING The True Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam
Lynda Van Devanter with Christopher Morgan
1986
On June 8, 1969, a patriotic, happy-go-lucky young nurse fresh out of basic training arrived in Vietnam to serve a year's tour of duty as a second lieutenant in the Army. It was a year that was to rob Lynda Van Devanter of her youth, her patriotism, her innocense -- and her future. Description from the back of the books
No Index and No pictures. Glossary
 
HUNTER-KILLER SQUADRON Aero-Weapons, Aero-Scouts, Aero-Rifles, Vietnam 1965-1972
Matthew Brennan, Editor Hunter-Killer Squadron. The 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, was the legendary recon force that by itself killed more than one-half of the enemy soldiers claimed by the entire 1st Air Cav Division.... Here are the stories of twenty-nine soldiers in their own words: White Platoon OH-13 helicopter scout pilots who skimmed the treetops to expose buners and hidden trails; Red Platoon gunship pilots and their door gunners who rained down heavy-caliber death; and Blue Platoon riflemen, following up with daring, lightning-fast strikes on the ground. Description from the back of the books
No Index, pictures or graphics. Individual chapters written by the different soldiers.
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HUNTER & SHOOTERS The Oral History of the U.S. Navy SEALS in Vietnam
Bill Fawcett, Editor
1996
... fifteen former SEALS share their vivid, first-person remembrances of action in Vietnam -- brutal, honest and thrilling stories of covert missions and ferocious firefights, of red-hot chopper insertions and extractions... Description from the back of the books
Index, no pictures or graphics. Individual chapters written by the different soldiers.
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