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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John Sack
@ 1966
M is M Company of the 1st Advanced Infantry Training Brigade of the USA Training Center, Infantry, at Fort Dix, NJ, the training cycle of 13 Dec 1965 to 3 Feb 1966. In Vietnam M was assigned to the 1st Inf Div at Dian and to A, B, and C Co of the 2d Bn of the 2d Inf, in the 3d Brigade of the lst Inf Div, at Liakhe. Its first operation was Operation Mastiff, the week of 21 Feb 1966. description from book
No Index. Big Thank you list.
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MAD MINUTES AND VIETNAM MONTHS A Soldier's Memoir
Michael Clodfelter
1989
He went to Vietnam seeking thrills... He came back with something more.
Indexed. No pictures
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THE MAGNIFICENT BASTARDS OF CHU LAI
Lawrence Cortesi
@1986
1965. In the early morning hours of August 18, 1965, two battalions of Marince Corps leathernecks launched a surprise attack against firmly entrenched communist troops on Vietnam's Chu Lai peninsula. Code named Operation Starlite. Company H suddenly found itself on the edge of annihilation....
No Index. Maps.
THE MAKING OF A QUAGMIRE
David Halberstam
@ 1964
1962-1963. @1964. When David Halberstam - a young but already battle-seasoned correspondent for the New York Times - arrived in Vietnam in the fall of 1962, he found the place to be a reporter's dream.
No Index. Book has photographs.
MARINE SNIPER 93 Confirmed Kills
Charles Henderson
@ 1986
There has been only one Sergeant Carlos Hathcock. A legend of Marine lore. He stalked the Viet Cong behind enemy lines. His record has never been matched: 93 confirmed kills. description from the back of book
No Index. Book has photographs.
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MASTERS OF THE ART A Fighting Marine's Memoir of Vietnam
Ronald Winter
@1989
(Book) is about a group of men who joined forces in 1966 in North Carolina and stayed together for the most part until 1969...We were United States marines, assigned to what became Medium Helicopter Squadron 161 (HMM-161).
No Index. Photographs. List of men killed in action.
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MAVERICK The Personal War of a Vietnam Cobra Pilot
Dennis J. Marvicsin and Jerold A. Greenfield
@1990
Marvicsin first went to Vietnam in 1965, and he soon found himself in the front lines of battle in a lightly armed, slow-moving helicopter that turned into a shrapnel-filled flying coffin.
No Index. NO photographs.
MEKONG FIRST LIGHT An infantry platoon leader in Vietnam tells it like it was.
Joseph W. Callaway Jr.
@ 2004
Dedicated to Captain Dan Monahan. No Index. Book has photographs with captions.
MIKE FORCE
Lt. Col. L. H. "Bucky" Burruss, USA (Ret.)
@1989
1966-1970 During Bucky Burruss two years as a Mike Force officer, he and his comrades took on the enemy - from the desperate battle of the Tet Offensive, to a daring strike in the A Shau Valley with Project Delta; from the dark mountain jungles of I Corps to the canals and swamps of IV Corps. description from back of book
No Index. Map
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MOBILE GUERRILLA FORCE with the Special Forces in War Zone D
James Donahue
1997
James C Donahue, a member of Operation Blackjack-31, chronicles the treacherous trek through War Zone D by thirteen handpicked Green Berets who infiltrated the VC's "secret zone" and proved just how far determination can go description from back of book
Indexed. pictures. Large Thank you section
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A MURDER IN WARTIME The Untold Spy Story That Changed the Course of the Vietnam War
Jeff Stein
1992
1969, a suspected North Vietnamese double agent was executed by three young Green Berets. the soldiers' commander had given them the go-ahead. So had the CIA... description from the back of book
Indexed. Pictures.
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MY SECRET WAR
Richard S. Drury
@1979
USAF pilot Richard S. Drury vividly recreates his missions in a massive Douglas Skyraider, alone over the thick Laotian jungle and the infamous Ho Chi Minh Trail as described on back page No index with personal pictures
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