Fiction
Take a Rifle from a Dead Man by Larry Matthews
March 4, 2015
Paul Brite---the hero of Larry Matthews's novel Take a Rifle from a Dead Man (Argus Enterprises International, 264 pp., $17.99, paper)---survives the Depression as a cowboy, brothel bouncer, and railroad hobo and then, on March…
Tales from the Teamhouse, Vol. III by Jim Kelley
March 2, 2015
Tales from the Teamhouse Vol. III (Old Mountain Press, 263 pp., $4.99, Kindle) is third collection of stories edited by Jim Kelley and written by members of the Special Forces, all of whom also are members…
An American Atrocity by Mike McCarey
February 26, 2015
Mike McCarey served as the First Marine Division's chief prosecutor for most of 1968 when that unit was in Vietnam. McCarey’s office prosecuted all felony cases in the division. Captain Conners is the main character in…
Run Between the Raindrops by Dale Dye
February 19, 2015
Dale Dye served multiple tours in the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1970 as a Marine Corps combat correspondent. He rose through the ranks and retired as a Captain after putting in twenty-one years. In Vietnam, Dye survived…
Secrets Brought Home by James Milton Smith
February 9, 2015
James Milton Smith, the author of Secrets Brought Home (Amazon Digital Services, 425 pp., $14.99, paper; $9.99, Kindle), is a former Marine and a graduate of CalPoly. His novel is about Owen O’Brien, a newly…
Flying Into the Storm by Bill Norris
February 7, 2015
Bill Norris is a decorated veteran of the Vietnam War. The cover of his book, Flying Into the Storm (Nekko Books, 272 pp., $24, hardcover; $12.99, paper; $4.99, Kindle), makes it look as though it…
First Light by S. Elliot Lawrence
January 27, 2015
h S. Elliott Lawrence's First Light: A Novel of Close Combat (CreateSpace, 444 pp., $19.99, paper; $9.99, Kindle) closely follows the 1968-69 Vietnam War tour of Lieutenant Kenneth McKenzie. The lieutenant serves with the First…
Going to See the Elephant by H.R. McCoy
January 22, 2015
H.R. McCoy served in Vietnam with the 3rd of the 39th Infantry in the Army's 9th Infantry Division. “I needed to tell our story, the story of the combat soldier in Viet Nam, the man that did…
Don’t Mean Nothin’ by Ron Lealos
January 21, 2015
Ron Lealos did not serve in the military, although he is of the right age to have been a Vietnam veteran. He is the author of a well-reviewed military thriller, Pashtun , which I am…
Edge of Civilization by Jennifer Ott
January 16, 2015
Edge of Civilization By Jennifer Ott, ND. When I started reading the unusual novel, Edge of Civilization (lulu.com, 184 pp., $20.50, paper), I assumed that the main character, Earl Hollsopple, was a Vietnam veteran. That because…