Showing 82 items matching " 1961 - 1975 -- veterans -- biography"
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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Colson, Geraldine, The Soldier Who Didn't Die: A Sister's Memoir. (Copy 1), 2018
Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.vietnam war, 1961-1975, war wounds -- biography, rehabilitation -- australia -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Colson, Geraldine, The Soldier Who Didn't Die: A Sister's Memoir. (Copy 2), 2018
Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.Mick Berrigan was critically wounded in Vietnam in 1967. He returned to Australia and a system which was totally unprepared to rehabilitate him of provide any support for his extensive brain injury. This is the story of his courage and persistence in his fight to be his own person. It is about his parents and affect their constant search for help on Mick's behalf had on their lives. It is also about me, his sister, and how I became his 'significant other'.vietnam war, 1961-1975, war wounds -- biography, rehabilitation -- australia -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Mason, Robert, Chickenhawk: The Best Book To Come Out Of Vietnam (Copy 3)
As a child, Robert Mason dreamed of levitating. As a young man, he dreamed of flying helicopters - and the U.S. Army gave him his chance.As a child, Robert Mason dreamed of levitating. As a young man, he dreamed of flying helicopters - and the U.S. Army gave him his chance.united states. army - warrant officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, helicopters, u.s. army -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Mann, Graeme, The Vietnam War On A Tourist Visa: An Autobiography (Copy 3)
This is a story from the Vietnam War as you've never heard it before.This is a story from the Vietnam War as you've never heard it before. computer technicians - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Maddock, Kenneth Ed, Memories of Vietnam (Copy 3)
The Vietnam War was the longest, most bitterly devisive and least successful in which Australians have ever fought. It left a legacy of suffering and rejection amoung veterans which has only recently begun to be overcome. In Memories of Vietnam some Australians who knew the was from close up look back over the years and recall their experience in their own words.The Vietnam War was the longest, most bitterly devisive and least successful in which Australians have ever fought. It left a legacy of suffering and rejection amoung veterans which has only recently begun to be overcome. In Memories of Vietnam some Australians who knew the was from close up look back over the years and recall their experience in their own words.vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Nguyen, Cao Ky, How We Lost the Vietnam War (Copy 2), 2002
A former Air Force pilot and general, Nguyen Cao Ky, born in 1930 was prime minister of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and vice president from 1967 to 1971. He elped write the constitution of Vietnam and helped oversee the first free elections in that country. Upon the fall of Saigon, Ky and family fled to the United States.The author is a former Prime Minister of South Vietnam.A former Air Force pilot and general, Nguyen Cao Ky, born in 1930 was prime minister of the Republic of South Vietnam from 1965 to 1967 and vice president from 1967 to 1971. He elped write the constitution of Vietnam and helped oversee the first free elections in that country. Upon the fall of Saigon, Ky and family fled to the United States.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- united states, prime ministers -- vietnam -- biography, vietnam -- politics and government -- 1945-1975, nguyen cao ky, fall of saigon, republic of vietna, republic of vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Document, Letter regarding Max Rhodes, 2018
... - Biographies Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives Letter sent ...Letter sent to NVVM by Doug Brown re a Nasho he worked with named Max Rhodes, who was killed in Vietnam.vietnam veterans - biographies, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (Copy 3)
Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war.Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. He returned there ten years later, as a correspondent for the Chicago Tribune, to cover the final offensive of that war. united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Heard, Barry, Well Done, Those Men: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran (Copy 5)
In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades, to look back a life before, during, and after the Vietnam War.In this intensely personal account, Barry Heard draws on his own experiences as a young conscript, along with those of his comrades, to look back a life before, during, and after the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography, conscription -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Grandin, Robert, The Battle of Long Tan: As Told by the Commanders to Bob Grandin. (Copy 2)
This is the first that those in direct command of Delta Company have shared their memories of the most significant battle fought by Australians in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan.This is the first that those in direct command of Delta Company have shared their memories of the most significant battle fought by Australians in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan.soldiers - australia - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975- participation, australian, battle of long tan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Lanning, Michael Lee ed, Tours of Duty: Vietnam War Stories, 2014
These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts - stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hill, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war.These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts - stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hill, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, soldiers - united states - biography - ancedotes -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Mann, Graeme, The Vietnam War on a Tourist Visa: An Autobiography. (Copy 1)
This is a story from the Vietnam War as you've never heard it before.This is a story from the Vietnam War as you've never heard it before. computer technicians - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - war work, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Vietnam War on a tourist visa: an autobiography (Copy 2)
computer technicians - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Blair, Anne, Ted Serong: The life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert. (Copy 2)
Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.serong, ted, australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, McDonough, James R, Platoon Leader: A Front Line Personal Report of Vietnam Battle Action
In the green hell that was Vietnam, men grew up quickly. And the young lieutenants, if they survived, grew up quicker than most.In the green hell that was Vietnam, men grew up quickly. And the young lieutenants, if they survived, grew up quicker than most.united states. army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, american, jungle combat -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock it to 'em baby: forward air controller in Vietnam (Copy 1)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - biography, soldiers - australia - biography, air pilots - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Cooper, Garry,Hillier, Robert, Sock It To 'em Baby: Forward Air Controller in Vietnam (Copy 2)
Garry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected.Book - PaperbackGarry Cooper is a natural and brilliant pilot with a determonation for perfection. He expects only perfection from himself from himself and others. Conflict arose many times through his career when he did not experience perfection from the bureaucracy to which he was subjected. vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Barr, Marshall, Surgery, Sand and Saigon Tea: An Australian Army Doctor in Viet Nam (Copy 1)
This is the story of a young Australian anaesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.This is the story of a young Australian anaesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, surgeons - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Barr, Marshall, Surgery, Sand and Saigon Tea: An Australian Army Doctor in Viet Nam (Copy 2)
This is the story of a young Australian anesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.This is the story of a young Australian anesthetist's service in the Viet Nam War - from peril to pleasure, a year filled with experiences.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, surgeons - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Haworth, Larry (Chaplain (Ret.) USA), Tales Of Thunder Run
The convoys, the noise, the ambushes ... stories of QL 13, the Route 66 of Viet NamThe convoys, the noise, the ambushes ... stories of QL 13, the Route 66 of Viet Nam 1961-1975 - personal narratives, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - chaplains - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Blair, Anne, Ted Serong: The Life of an Australian Counter-Insurgency Expert (Copy 1)
Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.Ted Serong was on of the most original and influential of the Australian Army's planners in the post-war period. He re-established the jungle training centre at Canungra in the 1950s and developed the Australian Army's doctrine of counter-insurgency warfare.serong, ted, australia. australian army - officers - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Grandin, Robert, The Battle of Long Tan: As Told by the Commanders to Bob Grandin. (Copy 1)
This is the first that those in direct command of Delta Company have shared their memories of the most significant battle fought by Australians in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan.This is the first that those in direct command of Delta Company have shared their memories of the most significant battle fought by Australians in Vietnam, the Battle of Long Tan.soldiers - australia - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975- participation, australian, battle of long tan -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Abraham, Tom, The cage (Copy 1)
Tom "Bud" Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam. As an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division during 1967/8, he saw combat in some of the fierest encounters of the war. By his gallantry earned him a chestful of medals, including the Silver Star, one of the highest decorations awarded by the American Army.Tom "Bud" Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam. As an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division during 1967/8, he saw combat in some of the fierest encounters of the war. By his gallantry earned him a chestful of medals, including the Silver Star, one of the highest decorations awarded by the American Army.prisoners of war - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - prisoners and prisons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Abraham, Tom, The Cage (Copy 3)
Tom "Bud" Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam. As an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division during 1967/8, he saw combat in some of the fierest encounters of the war. By his gallantry earned him a chest full of medals, including the Silver Star, one of the highest decorations awarded by the American ArmyTom "Bud" Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam. As an officer in the 1st Cavalry Division during 1967/8, he saw combat in some of the fierest encounters of the war. By his gallantry earned him a chest full of medals, including the Silver Star, one of the highest decorations awarded by the American Army prisoners of war - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975 - prisoners and prisons -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Truong, Hoa Minh, The Dark Journey: Inside The Reeducation Camps of Viet Cong
Two days after Saigon fell to the communists, Hao Minh Truong walked along the path leading to the Tan Xuyen village council filled with fear. He had been there many times during his army service, but it was different now. This was no long a friendly place.Two days after Saigon fell to the communists, Hao Minh Truong walked along the path leading to the Tan Xuyen village council filled with fear. He had been there many times during his army service, but it was different now. This was no long a friendly place.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - biography, soldiers - vietnam - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Berman, Larry, Perfect spy: The Incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter & Vietnamese Communist Agent (Copy 1), 2007
During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale - not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army.PaperbackDuring the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colonel Edward Lansdale - not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. 1927-2006, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- secret service -- vietnam (democratic republic), journalists -- vietnam (democratic republic) -- biography, pham xuan an -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Berman, Larry, Perfect Spy: The incredible Double Life of Pham Xuan An, Time Magazine Reporter & Vietnamese Communist Agent (Copy 2), 2007
During the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colenel Edward Lansdale - not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army.HardcoverDuring the Vietnam War, Time reporter Pham Xuan An befriended everyone who was anyone in Saigon, including American journalists such as David Halberstam and Neil Sheehan, the CIA's William Colby, and the legendary Colenel Edward Lansdale - not to mention the most influential members of the South Vietnamese government and army. pham, xuan an, 1927-2006, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- secret service -- vietnam (democratic republic), journalists -- vietnam (democratic republic) -- biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Sock it to 'em baby: forward air controller in Vietnam (Copy 3)
vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - biography, air pilots - australia - biography, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Stockdale, Jim and Stockdale, Sybil, In Love and War: The story of a family's ordeal and sacrifice during the Vietnam Years, 1984
Admiral Stockdale's account of the Tonkin Bay occurrence is exciting and revelatory history; and he has justly become a national figure for his heroic and canny leadership of the American prisoners of war in Hanoi.Admiral Stockdale's account of the Tonkin Bay occurrence is exciting and revelatory history; and he has justly become a national figure for his heroic and canny leadership of the American prisoners of war in Hanoi.air pilots, military - united states - biography, united states. navy - aviation - biography, prisoners of war - vietnam - biography, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, McKay, Gary, In Good Company: One Man's War in Vietnam (Copy 1)
Lieutnenat Gary McKay was 'medevaced' from nui le on the 22nd Seotember 1971, severely wounded by machine-gun fire. Early the next month he was returned to Australia. In July 1972 he was awarded the Military Cross for service in South Vietnam.Lieutnenat Gary McKay was 'medevaced' from nui le on the 22nd Seotember 1971, severely wounded by machine-gun fire. Early the next month he was returned to Australia. In July 1972 he was awarded the Military Cross for service in South Vietnam.australia. army - officers - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, australian
