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Book, Downs, Frederick, The Killing Zone: Vietnam. Platoon Delta One-Six. The Way It Really Was
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives American ...A story every American shoud read...it tells better than has been told before what is is like to fight in VietnamA story every American shoud read...it tells better than has been told before what is is like to fight in Vietnamvietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, american -
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Book, Estes, Jack, A Field of innocence: A ,Memoir of the Vietnam War (Copy 2)
... -1975 - Personal narratives American The tales of battle ...The tales of battle are chilling and the reader is given a sense of what it is like to fight an unseen enemy who might appear any time, anywhere and start shooting from ambush.The tales of battle are chilling and the reader is given a sense of what it is like to fight an unseen enemy who might appear any time, anywhere and start shooting from ambush.united states. marine corps - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Stockdale, Jim and Stockdale, Sybil, In Love and War: The story of a family's ordeal and sacrifice during the Vietnam Years, 1984
... - Biography Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - Personal narratives ...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 -
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Book, Duncan, Donald, The New Legions
... Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives American ...To fight you must be brutal and ruthless and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into he very fibre of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policemen on the beat, the man in the street.To fight you must be brutal and ruthless and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into he very fibre of our national life, infecting Congress, the courts, the policemen on the beat, the man in the street.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american -
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Book, Currey, Cecil Barr, Long Binh Jail: An Oral History of Vietnam's Notorious U.S. Military Prison, 1999
... Prisons - Vietnam - Long Binh (Dong Nai) 1961-1975 - Personal ...The infamous horror stories of the U.S. military prison at Long Binh made it so feared that American soldiers preferred to face the Viet Cong rather than be sent there.The infamous horror stories of the U.S. military prison at Long Binh made it so feared that American soldiers preferred to face the Viet Cong rather than be sent there.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - prisoners and prisons, prisons - vietnam - long binh (dong nai), 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Baker, Mark, Nam: The Vietnam War in the words of dozens of its veterans - easily stands with the best descriptive accounts. and Women Who Fought There. (Copy 2)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American ...The war billed on the marquee as a John Wayne shoot 'em up test of manhood turns out to be a warped version of Peter Pan. Vietnam was a brutal Neverneverland outside time and space, where little boys didn't have to grow up. They just grew old before their time.The war billed on the marquee as a John Wayne shoot 'em up test of manhood turns out to be a warped version of Peter Pan. Vietnam was a brutal Neverneverland outside time and space, where little boys didn't have to grow up. They just grew old before their time.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Wolff, Tobias, In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of a Lost War (Copy 2), 1994
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives American ...An outstanding addition to the library on the Vietnam War.non-fictionAn outstanding addition to the library on the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, american, vietnam war (1961-1975) -
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Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (Copy 3)
... -1975 - Personal narratives American Philip Caputo ...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 -
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Book, Carhart, Tom, The Offering: Nam "A" Company. One soldier's True Story, 1987
... Vietnam War (1961-1975) Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal ...A graphic account of what the war was like in terms of those who fought it ...it speaks with the voice of a true soldier.A graphic account of what the war was like in terms of those who fought it ...it speaks with the voice of a true soldier.vietnam war (1961-1975), vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Bowman, David, The Vietnam Experience (Copy 3)
... 1961-1975- Pictorial works Vietnam War 1961-1975- Personal ...This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand fact to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the way.This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand fact to face with it. It will try simply to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped its shells, were destroyed by the way. 1961-1975- pictorial works, vietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, american -
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Book, Baker, Mark, Nam: The Vietnam War in the words of the Men and Women Who Fought There. (Copy 3)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American ...The war billed on the marguee as a John Wayne shoot 'em up test of manhood turns out to be a warped version of Peter Pan. Vietnam was a brutal Neverneverland outside time and space, where little boys didn't have to grow up. They just grew old before their timeThe war billed on the marguee as a John Wayne shoot 'em up test of manhood turns out to be a warped version of Peter Pan. Vietnam was a brutal Neverneverland outside time and space, where little boys didn't have to grow up. They just grew old before their timevietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Carhart, Tom, The Offering: A Generation Offered their Lives to America in Vietnam - One Soldier's Story, 1987
... Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - Personal narratives ...The Offering is the personal saga of an American fighting man in Vietnam.The Offering is the personal saga of an American fighting man in Vietnam.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Hayes, Roger, OnPpoint: A Rifleman's Year in the Boonies: 1967 - 1968
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American ...It was the bloodiest year in Vietnam. For one man, it was the most unforgettable year of his life.It was the bloodiest year in Vietnam. For one man, it was the most unforgettable year of his life.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Mason, Robert, Chickenhawk. The Best Book to Come out of Vietnam(Copy 2)
... War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Helicopters ...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, american, helicopters -
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Book, Mason, Robert, Chickenhawk: The Best Book to Come out of Vietnam (Copy 1)
... War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Helicopters ...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, american, helicopters -
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Book, Maurer, Harry, Strange Ground: An Oral History of Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975
... Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - Personal narratives ...Every story is unique and what comes across is a book filled with pain, anger, guilt, pride in the USA, forgiveness, black and ironic humor, and above all what it means to those who went throught the national traumaEvery story is unique and what comes across is a book filled with pain, anger, guilt, pride in the USA, forgiveness, black and ironic humor, and above all what it means to those who went throught the national traumavietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vietnam -- history -- 1945-1975 -
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Book, Walker, Keith, A Piece of My Heart: The Stories of Twenty-six American Women who served in Vietnam. (Copy 2)
... 1961-1975 - Personal narratives - American...-1975 - Personal narratives - American Vietnam Entertainers ...This oral history recounts the experiences of a minority tucked away within another minority - American women who went to Vietnam in the military or as volunteers or entertainers.This oral history recounts the experiences of a minority tucked away within another minority - American women who went to Vietnam in the military or as volunteers or entertainers. 1961-1975 - women - interviews, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - personal narratives - american, vietnam entertainers, american women -
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Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, Vietnam 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal (Copy 2)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American ...Battallon and Bigade say we accomplished a great deal. I wonder. I dusted off men with wounds that will disable them the rest of their lives.Battallon and Bigade say we accomplished a great deal. I wonder. I dusted off men with wounds that will disable them the rest of their lives.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Lanning, Michael Lee ed, Tours of Duty: Vietnam War Stories, 2014
... Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives American ...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 -
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Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, Vietnam 1969-1970: A Company Commander's Journal (Copy 1)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American ...Battallon and Bigade say we accomplished a great deal. I wonder. I dusted off men with wounds that will disable them the rest of their lives.Battallon and Bigade say we accomplished a great deal. I wonder. I dusted off men with wounds that will disable them the rest of their lives.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam (Copy 2)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American 199th ...During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, 199th light infantry brigade, mekong delta, lieutenant lee lanning -
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Book, Lanning, Michael Lee, The Only War We Had: A Platoon Leader's Journal of Vietnam (Copy 1)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Mekong ...During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.During his tour in vietnam with the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, Lieutenant Lee Lanning walked the booby-trapped rice paddies of the Mekong Delta, searching for elusive Viet Cong, and later macheted his way through the triple-canopy jungle fighting North Vietnamese Army regulars.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, mekong delta, 199th light infantry brigade, lieutenant lee lanning -
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Book, Lehrack, Otto J, Road of 10,000 Pains: The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S. Marines, 1967
... . Division 1st - History Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives ...The first comprehensive oral history of the bloodiest campaign in Vietnam.The first comprehensive oral history of the bloodiest campaign in Vietnam.que son valley, battle of, 1967., united states. marine corps. division, 1st - history, vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, route 534, nva -
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Book, Leppelman, John, Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-Five Months in Vietnam, 1991
... American 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives American LRRP Charile ...In three straight years he was a paratrooper, an army seaman, and a LRRP - and he lived to tell about it.In three straight years he was a paratrooper, an army seaman, and a LRRP - and he lived to tell about it.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives, american, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, lrrp, charile company, tet offensive, 173rd airborne brigade, fng paratrooper -
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Book, McDonough, James R, Platoon Leader: A Front Line Personal Report of Vietnam Battle Action
... -1975- Personal narratives American Jungle Combat In the green ...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 -
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Book, Mailer, Norman, The Armies of the Night, 1968
... 1961 - 1975 - United States 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives ...An account of the anti-Vietnam demonstration held in Washington in October 1967 that is 'also about the nature of politics and power, about why the Americans should and should not be in Vietnam, it's about anxiety, middle age and marriage...about the art of writing...' it's about action, totalilarianism, voilence, fear, boredom and all the facets of contemporary American schizophrenia.An account of the anti-Vietnam demonstration held in Washington in October 1967 that is 'also about the nature of politics and power, about why the Americans should and should not be in Vietnam, it's about anxiety, middle age and marriage...about the art of writing...' it's about action, totalilarianism, voilence, fear, boredom and all the facets of contemporary American schizophrenia. 1961 - 1975 - united states, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - demonstrations-united states -
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Book, Mahler, Michael D, Ringed In Steel: Armored Cavalry, Vietnam 1967-68
... 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Vietnamese ...During the height of the Vietnam war, the armoured cavalry saw action in every hot spot on the map.During the height of the Vietnam war, the armoured cavalry saw action in every hot spot on the map. 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - tank warfare, tet offensive, mekong delta -
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Book, Hooper, Jim, A Hundred Feet Over Hell: Flying with the Men of the 220th Recon Airplane Company over 1 Corps and the DMZ, Vietnam 1968-1969, 2009
... 1961-1975 - Personal narratives - American... - Reconnaissance operations American 1961-1975 - Personal narratives ...A Hundred Feet Over Hell is the story of a handful of young pilots taking extraordinary risks to support those on the ground. Flying over Vietnam in two-seater Cessnas, they often made the difference between a soldier returning alive to his family or having the lonely sound of "Taps" played over his grave.A Hundred Feet Over Hell is the story of a handful of young pilots taking extraordinary risks to support those on the ground. Flying over Vietnam in two-seater Cessnas, they often made the difference between a soldier returning alive to his family or having the lonely sound of "Taps" played over his grave. 1961-1975 - aerial operations - american, 1961-1975 - reconnaissance operations, american, 1961-1975 - personal narratives - american, dmz, 20th recon airplane cpmpany, cessna 0-1 bird dogs -
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Book, Kovic, Ron, Born on the Fourth of July (Copy 2)
... Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Ron ...Ron Kovic was a natural athlete, a shy teenager who dreamed of girls, loved baseball, God, John Wayne, John F. Kennedy and, above all, his country. A boy who yearned to be an American hero and who couldn't wait to enlist in the Marines and be shipped off to Vietnam to fight.Ron Kovic was a natural athlete, a shy teenager who dreamed of girls, loved baseball, God, John Wayne, John F. Kennedy and, above all, his country. A boy who yearned to be an American hero and who couldn't wait to enlist in the Marines and be shipped off to Vietnam to fight.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
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Book, Born on the Fourth of July (Copy 3), 1976
... Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 Personal narratives American ...Ron Kovic was a natural athlete, a shy teenager who dreamed of girls, loved baseball, God, John Wayne, John F. Kennedy and, above all, his country. A boy who yearned to be an American hero and who couldn't wait to enlist in the Marines and be shipped off to Vietnam to fight.Ron Kovic was a natural athlete, a shy teenager who dreamed of girls, loved baseball, God, John Wayne, John F. Kennedy and, above all, his country. A boy who yearned to be an American hero and who couldn't wait to enlist in the Marines and be shipped off to Vietnam to fight.vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, american