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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bowman, David, The Vietnam Experience (Copy 3)
... American ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Mann, Graeme, The Vietnam War On A Tourist Visa: An Autobiography (Copy 3)
... American ...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, Wolff, Tobias, In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of a Lost War (Copy 2), 1994
... 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) -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (Copy 3)
... American ...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, Maurer, Harry, Strange Ground: An Oral History of Americans in Vietnam, 1945-1975
... American ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Carhart, Tom, The Offering: Nam "A" Company. One soldier's True Story, 1987
... American ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Harvey, Frank, Air War - Vietnam. (Copy 2), 1967
... American ...Yankee Station - where A-f Skyhawks catapult of the carriers and wing towards North Vietnam. Operation "Ranch Hand" - where planes make war against the land itself.Yankee Station - where A-f Skyhawks catapult of the carriers and wing towards North Vietnam. Operation "Ranch Hand" - where planes make war against the land itself.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, opeation ranch hand -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, One Soldier. (Copy 2)
... American ...vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Duncan, Donald, The New Legions
... 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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Page, Caroline, U.S. Official Propaganda During the Vietnam War, 1965-1973. the Limits of Persuasion
... American ...This book focuses on the effects of U.S. propaganda on America's Western allies - particularly France, West Germany and Great Britian - from the time when the Vietnam War began to escalate in 1965, to the American withdrawal and its immediate aftermath.This book focuses on the effects of U.S. propaganda on America's Western allies - particularly France, West Germany and Great Britian - from the time when the Vietnam War began to escalate in 1965, to the American withdrawal and its immediate aftermath.vietnamese conflict , 1961-1975 - propaganda, propaganda, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Bowman, David, The Vietnam Experience (Copy 1)
... American ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, The Vietnam War on a tourist visa: an autobiography (Copy 2)
... American ...computer technicians - vietnam - biography, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Ethell, Jeffrey,Price, Alfred, One Day In A Long War: May 10, 1972, Air War, North Vietnam (hardcover) (Copy 2)
... American ...Afterburner belching flame as it screams past Hanoi going faster that the speed of sound.Afterburner belching flame as it screams past Hanoi going faster that the speed of sound.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, hanoi -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, One Day In A Long War: May 10, 1972, Air War, North Vietnam (softcover) (Copy 1)
... American ...Afterburners belching flame as it screams past Hanoi going faster that the speed of sound.Afterburners belching flame as it screams past Hanoi going faster that the speed of sound.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, hanoi -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, One soldier
... American ...vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975, personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cook, John, The Advisor
... American ...the Viet Cong often made horribly murderous examples of local farmers whom they felt were not cooperative. Sometimes just the farmer died, but often for greater emphasis his wife and children were also murdered, or a bomb might be exploded in a crowded market to discourage farmers from coming to towns not under Viet Cong control.the Viet Cong often made horribly murderous examples of local farmers whom they felt were not cooperative. Sometimes just the farmer died, but often for greater emphasis his wife and children were also murdered, or a bomb might be exploded in a crowded market to discourage farmers from coming to towns not under Viet Cong control.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, viet cong -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Guard, Michael, In The Sanctity Of The Snake Pit: A Novel Based on Factual Places and Events
... American ...In the Sanctity of the Snake Pit discloses the tribulations of the Vietnam helicoper war, and provides deeply moving insight into the lives of those crewme who routinely flew combat assault missions.In the Sanctity of the Snake Pit discloses the tribulations of the Vietnam helicoper war, and provides deeply moving insight into the lives of those crewme who routinely flew combat assault missions.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, vietnam war - military helicopters - history -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Donahue, James C, No Greater Love: A Day With The Mobile Guerrilla Force In Vietnam
... American ...Authentic, down to the last insect bite...This is the way it really was.Authentic, down to the last insect bite...This is the way it really was.united states. army. special forces group, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Cyclops in the jungle: a one-eyed LRP in Vietnam (Copy 1)
... American ...vietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Estes, Jack, A Field of innocence: A ,Memoir of the Vietnam War (Copy 2)
... American ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Burgess, Richard R. and Rausa, Rosario M, US Navy A-1 Skyraider Units of the Vietnam War, 2009
... American ...The story of the US Navy A-1 Skyraider Unit serving in VietnamThe story of the US Navy A-1 Skyraider Unit serving in Vietnamskyraider (attack plane), vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- aerial operations, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Clark, Johnnie, Guns up!
... American ...This gut-wrenching firsthand account of the war is a classic in the Annals of Vietnam literature.This gut-wrenching firsthand account of the war is a classic in the Annals of Vietnam literature.unites states. marine corps. division, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Estes, Jack, A Field of innocence: A Memoir of the Vietnam War (Copy 1)
... American ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Harvey, Frank, Air War - Vietnam. (Copy 1)
... American ...Yankee Station - where A-f Skyhawks catapult of the carriers and wing towards North Vietnam. Operation "Ranch Hand" - where planes make war against the land itself.Yankee Station - where A-f Skyhawks catapult of the carriers and wing towards North Vietnam. Operation "Ranch Hand" - where planes make war against the land itself.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - aerial operations, american, operation ranch hand -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Boyle, Richard, Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the US Army in Vietnam
... American ...A valuable contribution to perhaps the greatest problem America faces today - the sober re-evaluation of our national character, ideals and goals.A valuable contribution to perhaps the greatest problem America faces today - the sober re-evaluation of our national character, ideals and goals. 1961-1975 - united states, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Peterson, Robert, Rites of Passage: Odyssey of a Grunt, 1997
... American ...The triumph, the tragedy, the courage, the madness of one soldier's VietnamThe triumph, the tragedy, the courage, the madness of one soldier's Vietnamvietnam war, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)
Book, Scotton, Frank, Uphill Battle: Reflections on Vietnam Counterinsurgency, 2014
... American ...A fascinating historical commentary on the Viet Nam war from 162 through 1975 as seen through the eys of one of the key figures in the development and implementation of Viet Nam's pacification program.A fascinating historical commentary on the Viet Nam war from 162 through 1975 as seen through the eys of one of the key figures in the development and implementation of Viet Nam's pacification program.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, counterinsurgency - vietnam -
Robin Boyd Foundation
Document, Robin Boyd, (Australia finally stopped identifying...)
Discusses Australia's attraction to America post World War Two. Boyd argues that it is important for Australians and Americans to gain a mutual understanding of each other.Typewritten, foolscap, 3 pagesPencil mark up on second pageamerica, william wentworth, dr. robin brett, second world war, britain, robin boyd -
Frankston RSL Sub Branch
Mask, Gas
A tank crew gas mask as issued by the United States of America army during World War 2. When correctly worn by the wearer there is a tube fitting at the rear of the head which was connected to a length of flexible hose to receive a fresh air supply. -
Federation University Historical Collection
Book, New General and Mining Telegraphy Code, 1907
Red hard covered book of 673 pages. Contents include vocabulary, skeleton code, English Money, American MOney, number, Assays, Letters, Cables, Points of the Compass, Electric Lighting, Bankers, Finance, Skeleton Code for Addenda, Morse Alphabet Stamped "Great Carpentaria Copper Mining Company No Liability"great carpentaria copper mining company no liability, mining, telegraph, telegraphy, morse code, morse alphabet, code, mining telegraphy code