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National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Morrocco, John, The Vietnam Experience: Rain of Fire - Air War, 1969-1973 (Copy 2)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961 -1975 Cambodian Border Catpain Gerald J. ...Catpain Gerald J. Greven was sitting outside his hootch at the Special Forces camp outside An Loc on night early in May 1969, when he saw three rotating beacons pass by overhead heading west toward the Cambodian border, only a few miles away. Minutes later, large flashes appeared on the horizon.Catpain Gerald J. Greven was sitting outside his hootch at the Special Forces camp outside An Loc on night early in May 1969, when he saw three rotating beacons pass by overhead heading west toward the Cambodian border, only a few miles away. Minutes later, large flashes appeared on the horizon. vietnam war, 1961 -1975, cambodian border, catpain gerald j. greven -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, The Battle of Coral: Vietnam Fire Support Bases Coral and Balmoral May 1968 (hardcover) (Copy 2)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Australia. Army. Australian Task Force (Vietnam) 1st Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Participation Australian Battle of Coral-Balmoral Fire Support Base ANZAC An accurate, absorbing account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian forces in Vietnam. ...An accurate, absorbing account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian forces in Vietnam. This saga in the histor of the modern da ANZACs exemplifies their spirit and indomitable corage, which has made the Australian "Digger" famous the world over.An accurate, absorbing account of the biggest unit level battle involving Australian forces in Vietnam. This saga in the histor of the modern da ANZACs exemplifies their spirit and indomitable corage, which has made the Australian "Digger" famous the world over.australia. army. australian task force (vietnam), 1st, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - participation, australian, battle of coral-balmoral, fire support base, anzac -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Mason, Robert, Chickenhawk. The Best Book to Come out of Vietnam(Copy 2)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast United States. Army - Warrant officers - biography Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Helicopters As a child, Robert Mason dreamed of levitating. ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Meditations in Green. (Copy 2)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Fiction Of all the books spawned by Vietnam, this must rank among the best. ...Of all the books spawned by Vietnam, this must rank among the best.Of all the books spawned by Vietnam, this must rank among the best.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Roser, Iris Mary, Ba Rose: My Years in Vietnam, 1968-1971, 1991
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Women -- Personal narratives Dam Pao Hospital Vung Tau Highway The Unknown Soldier Iris Roser The enigma of the Vietnam conflict...where truth was elusive and confusion rampant. ...The enigma of the Vietnam conflict...where truth was elusive and confusion rampant. For me separating fact from fiction became an art, knowing it could mean the difference between my life and death.The enigma of the Vietnam conflict...where truth was elusive and confusion rampant. For me separating fact from fiction became an art, knowing it could mean the difference between my life and death. 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- women -- personal narratives, dam pao hospital, vung tau highway, the unknown soldier, iris roser -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Sheehan, Neil, Two Cities: Hanoi and Saigon, 1992
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975. ...This is a grimly honest book, providing vivid glimpses of ordinary people trying to make a non-existent system work.This is a grimly honest book, providing vivid glimpses of ordinary people trying to make a non-existent system work.vietnam war, 1961-1975., vietnam -- ho chi minh city, hanoi, saigon -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Pierce, Peter ed., Doyle, Jeff ed. and Grey, Jeffrey ed, Vietnam Days: Australia and the impact of Vietnam
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnamese Conflict 1961 - 1975 - Influence Nearly twenty years after Australia left Vietnam, there is still no consensus on its conduct or consequences. A new war ...Nearly twenty years after Australia left Vietnam, there is still no consensus on its conduct or consequences. A new war in the Middle East has raised old ghosts, and the world was assured that it would no be 'another Vietnam'.Nearly twenty years after Australia left Vietnam, there is still no consensus on its conduct or consequences. A new war in the Middle East has raised old ghosts, and the world was assured that it would no be 'another Vietnam'.vietnamese conflict, 1961 - 1975 - influence -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Nguyen, Huy Thiep, The General Retires and Other Stories, 1992
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam -- Social life and customs -- Fiction Hanoi This is the first collection of Vietnamese short stories to appear in English since the Vietnam War Translated from the Vietnamese with an introduction by Greg Lockhart. ...This is the first collection of Vietnamese short stories to appear in English since the Vietnam WarTranslated from the Vietnamese with an introduction by Greg Lockhart.fictionThis is the first collection of Vietnamese short stories to appear in English since the Vietnam Warvietnam -- social life and customs -- fiction, hanoi -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Wolff, Tobias, In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of a Lost War (Copy 2), 1994
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives American Vietnam War (1961-1975) An outstanding addition to the library on the Vietnam War. ...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, Grandin, Robert, The Battle of Long Tan: As Told by the Commanders to Bob Grandin. (Copy 1)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Soldiers - Australia - Biography Vietnam War 1961-1975- Participation Australian 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. ...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, Santoli, Al, To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and its Aftermath - In the powerful and haunting tradition of NAM (Copy 3) ), 1985
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975- Personal narratives Southeast Asians 25th Infantry Division Purple Heart Bronze Star Al Santoli was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and served in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division, Receiving three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for valour To Bear Any Burden: The Vietnam War and its Aftermath - In the powerful and haunting tradition of NAM (Copy 3) ) Book Santoli, Al ...Al Santoli was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and served in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division, Receiving three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for valourAl Santoli was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and served in Vietnam with the 25th Infantry Division, Receiving three Purple Hearts and a Bronze Star for valourvietnam war, 1961-1975- personal narratives, southeast asians, 25th infantry division, purple heart, bronze star -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Griffin, W.E.B, The Berets: Brotherhood Of War
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - Fiction They were the chosen ones - and the ones who chose to be the best. The Berets: Brotherhood Of War ...They were the chosen ones - and the ones who chose to be the best.They were the chosen ones - and the ones who chose to be the best.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - fiction -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, The Living and the Dead: Robert McNamara and Five Lives of a Lost War. (Copy 2), 1996
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - United States The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. ...The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally tumultruous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation.The Living and the Dead reveals the Vietnam War as it has never been seen before - through the prism of the crucial, tangled decisions made by one man, US secretary of defense Robert McNamara. It illuminates those decisionby revealing the man; by turns cold and emotionally tumultruous; the numbers-worshipper who came to believe that the war tearing America apart was wrong, but continued to support its escalation. vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Schlesinger, Arthur, The bitter heritage: Vietnam and American democracy
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - United States United States - Foreign relations - Vietnam Arthur Schlesinger has interrupted his long-term work in order to write a brilliant short analysis of the situation in Vietnam. ...Arthur Schlesinger has interrupted his long-term work in order to write a brilliant short analysis of the situation in Vietnam.Arthur Schlesinger has interrupted his long-term work in order to write a brilliant short analysis of the situation in Vietnam.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states, united states - foreign relations - vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)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)
... Nam: The Vietnam War in the words of dozens of its veterans - easily stands with the best descriptive accounts. and Women Who Fought There. ...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 -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Chanoff, David and Toai, Doan Van, Vietnam: A Portrait of its People at War (Copy 1), 2009
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 -- Personal narratives Viet Cong. ..."Vietnam" A Portrait of its people at War stands out as one of the most penetrating and valuable studies of the conflict."Vietnam" A Portrait of its people at War stands out as one of the most penetrating and valuable studies of the conflict.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, viet cong., vietnam -- politics and government -- 1945-1975. -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Abraham, Tom, The cage (Copy 1)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Prisoners of war - Vietnam - Biography Vietnam War 1961 - 1975 - Prisoners and prisons Tom "Bud" Abraham was one of the very few Englishmen to serve in Vietnam. ...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, Snepp, Frank, Decent Interval: The American Debacle in Vietnam and the Fall of Saigon (Copy 2)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast United States. Central Intelligence Agency Vietnam War 1961-1975 Fall of Saigon CIA Saigon This is the book that provoked the U.S. government to bring against the author an unprecendented lawsuit which put the basic principles of American democracy in jeopardy. ...This is the book that provoked the U.S. government to bring against the author an unprecendented lawsuit which put the basic principles of American democracy in jeopardy.This is the book that provoked the U.S. government to bring against the author an unprecendented lawsuit which put the basic principles of American democracy in jeopardy.united states. central intelligence agency, vietnam war, 1961-1975, fall of saigon, cia, saigon -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, O'Brien, Tim, If I die in a combat zone (Copy 3), 1973
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American A work of passion and protest. ...A work of passion and protest. One of the few good things to come out of the Vietnam WarA work of passion and protest. One of the few good things to come out of the Vietnam Warvietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Welsh, Douglas, The Complete Military History Of The Vietnam War (Copy 1)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 Vietnam - History Tet Offensive Fall of South Vietnam That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts. ...That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts.That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts.vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - history, tet offensive, fall of south vietnam -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Emerson, Gloria, Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses and Ruins from the Vietnam War, 1986
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnamese Conflict 1961-1975 - United States Sensitive, moral, compelling...a book of genuine greatness and largeness of spirit. Winners and Losers: Battles, Retreats, Gains, Losses and Ruins from the Vietnam War ...Sensitive, moral, compelling...a book of genuine greatness and largeness of spirit.Sensitive, moral, compelling...a book of genuine greatness and largeness of spirit.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - united states -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Weller, Stuart, The Cream Of Her Youth (Copy 1)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives Australian Soldiers - Australia - Biography To my children, wo asked he question that started the writing. ...To my children, wo asked he question that started the writing.To my children, wo asked he question that started the writing.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Hayslip, Le Ly, Child of War, Woman of Peace: Heaven and Earth, Part 2. Heaven and Earth (Now a major motion picture from Warner Bros.), 1993
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast South Vietnamese Soldier Viet Cong Le Ly Hayslip Tortured Rescued prisoners Imprisioned and tortured by the South Vietnamese soldiers, sentenced to death by the Viet Cong, Le Ly Hayslip quickly learnt how to survive in wartorn Vietnam. Escaping to the United States, she thought whe was swapping hell for heaven. Child of War ...Imprisioned and tortured by the South Vietnamese soldiers, sentenced to death by the Viet Cong, Le Ly Hayslip quickly learnt how to survive in wartorn Vietnam. Escaping to the United States, she thought whe was swapping hell for heaven.Imprisioned and tortured by the South Vietnamese soldiers, sentenced to death by the Viet Cong, Le Ly Hayslip quickly learnt how to survive in wartorn Vietnam. Escaping to the United States, she thought whe was swapping hell for heaven.south vietnamese soldier, viet cong, le ly hayslip, tortured, rescued prisoners -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Weller, Stuart, The Cream Of Her Youth (Copy 2)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives Australian Soldiers - Australia - Biography To my children, who asked the question that started the writing. ...To my children, who asked the question that started the writing.To my children, who asked the question that started the writing.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, soldiers - australia - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Nicosia, Gerald, Home To War: A history of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement
... Home To War: A history of the Vietnam Veterans' Movement. Book Book Nicosia, Gerald ...Home to War is a superbly researched book that needed to be written. It sets forth in compelling detail a whole other dimension of America's tragic war in vietnam, which, until now, has never been completely captured.Home to War is a superbly researched book that needed to be written. It sets forth in compelling detail a whole other dimension of America's tragic war in vietnam, which, until now, has never been completely captured.vietnam veterans against the war - history, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - protest movements - united states, south east asia, agent orange -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Truong, Hoa Minh, The Dark Journey: Inside The Reeducation Camps of Viet Cong
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Biography Soldiers - Vietnam - Biography 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. ...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, Caputo, Philip, A Rumor of War (Copy 3)
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast United States. Marine Corps - Biography Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives American Philip Caputo was in Vietnam as a young marine for sixteen months. ...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, Live from the battlefield: from Vietnam to Baghdad: 35 Years in the world's war zones (Copy 2), 1994
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast War correspondents - New Zealand - Biography Journalists - New Zealand - Biography Live from the battlefield: from Vietnam to Baghdad: 35 Years in the world's war zones (Copy 2). ...non-fictionwar correspondents - new zealand - biography, journalists - new zealand - biography -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Green, Geoff, Weekend Warrior At War: Experiences of an Australian volunteer in the Vietnam War, (Copy 2), 2005
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Vietnam War 1961-1975 - Personal narratives Australian Weekend Warrier at War - suddenly an American Sergeant flung himself past me, to dive down into the cammand post, yelling out "Incoming" as he did so Signed by the author, 2/2/06. ...Weekend Warrier at War - suddenly an American Sergeant flung himself past me, to dive down into the cammand post, yelling out "Incoming" as he did soWeekend Warrier at War - suddenly an American Sergeant flung himself past me, to dive down into the cammand post, yelling out "Incoming" as he did sovietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian -
National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM)Book, Oberdorfer, Don, Tet! The Turning Point In The Vietnam War, 1971
... National Vietnam Veterans Museum (NVVM) 25 Veterans Drive Newhaven phillip-island-and-the-bass-coast Tet Offensive 1968 Viet Cong The Tet Offensive of 1968 was the turning point in the Vietnam War. ...The Tet Offensive of 1968 was the turning point in the Vietnam War. The battle that catalyzed American public opinion against escalation.The Tet Offensive of 1968 was the turning point in the Vietnam War. The battle that catalyzed American public opinion against escalation.tet offensive, 1968, viet cong
