Biographical Books on Vietnam War

WALKING DEAD A Marine's Story of Vietnam Craig roberts and Charles W. Sasser @1989 In constant danger, they flushed the enemy from tunnels and rat traps; defused lethal mines, punji pits and trip wires; and scored countless hits in ambushes, sweeps and all-out firefights... description from book

WAR STORY Jim Morris @1985 To the CIA, the Montagnards were a vital asset on the jungle battlefields of Southeast Asia. To the Vietnamese, these primitive tribesmen of the Central Highlands were Barbarians -- more feared than the Vietcong. No Index. No Picture

WAR WITHOUT WINDOWS A True Account of a Young Army Officer Trapped in an Intelligence Cover-Up in Vietnam Bruce E. Jones 1990 "Our field commanders were lied to by generals and politicians on their own side." indexed.

WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE... AND YOUNG IA DRANG - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, USA (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway 2002 In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped into a small clearing inthe Ia Drang Valley. indexed. Pictures. Maps

WELCOME TO VIETNAM, MACHO MAN
Reflections of a Khe Sanh Vet
Ernest Spencer
@ 1989

It was the autumn of 1967. The Marines barricaded at Khe Sanh were surrounded by four divisions of NVA. Rockets and long-range artillery pounded them for seventy-seven days. This is the story of one commanding officer's experience of that siege... description from the back of book

No Index. Book has illustrations and maps. Has a list of Bantam War books.

WHEN HELL WAS IN SESSION Jeremiah A. Denton, Jr., Rear Admiral U.S. Navy, with Ed Brandt 1990 "Our field commanders were lied to by generals and politicians on their own side." indexed.

WHERE THE ORANGE BLOOMS
One Man's War and Escape in Vietnam
Ernest Spencer
@ 1989

Biography of Ben Cai Lam, South Vietnamese Army officer, who served with the 101st Airborne from 1965-1971, fighting on the bloody frontlines of Hamburger Hill, the 1968 TET Offensive, Ashau Valley, Dak To and countless other strategic battles. description from back of book

No Index. Photographs and Glossary

WHITE HOT AND RED A Vietnam Diary Vincent Carmack 2008 "Carmack kept a diary of his time in Vietnam ... covers Hill 881 and the events on Mutters Ridge" No index

WHY A SOLDIER? A Signal Corpsman's Tour from Vietnam to the Moscow Hot Line Col. David g. Fitz-Enz, US Army (Ret.) 2000 "Read his book and learn what it was like to be in the army of the '60s." indexed. Pictures. Maps

WHY ARE WE IN VIETNAM? Norman Mailer @1967 Its a Novel... the kid has one last adventure before reporting for induction. A purist could object to this book being included in this list...but, hey, Mailer admits it's fiction...

WHY DIDN'T YOU GET ME OUT? A POW's Nightmare in Vietnam Frank Anton with Tommy Denton @1997 For five hellish years, American soldier Frank Anton was held as a POW in Vietnam. Freed in 1973. He learns that the government knew where he was. This is his story. No index. Pictures

WINGS OF THE EAGLE
A Kingsmen's Story
W. T. Grant
@ 1994

The harrowing true story of a helicopter pilot who routinely risked his life getting LRPs out of hot LZs...

No Index. Glossary. Map.

WOUNDED
Vietnam - Iraq
Ronald J. Glasser, M.D.
@2006

In Wounded Ronald J. Glasser, M.S., who served as an Army hospital physician during the Vietnam War, offers an unparelleled description of the horrors endured daily by our troops on the ground focussing on our wounded soldiers from the initial case of injury to the long road of recovery.

No index. List of recommended reading.