Nonfiction
Facing the Wall by Mary S. King
July 11, 2011
Mary S. King does a very good job of describing what life has been like for her, for her husband Jim, and for their two sons as the family has faced his severe PTSD since…
Road of 10, 000 Pains by Otto J. Lehrack
July 11, 2011
Retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Otto J. Lehrack, who served two Vietnam war tours, does a first-rate job in his book, Road of 10, 000 Pains: The Destruction of the 2nd NVA Division by the U.S.…
Naked in Da Nang by Mike Jackson and Tara Dixon-Engel
July 8, 2011
Retired USAF Lt. Col. Mike Jackson's Vietnam War story, Naked in Da Nang: A Forward Air Controller In Vietnam , written with Tara Dixon-Engel and first published in 2004, is now out in paperback (Zenith,…
Point of Aim by Jay Taylor
July 7, 2011
Jay Taylor's Point of Aim , Point of Impact (AuthorHouse, 194 pp., $14.90, hardcover; $9.90, paper) is a well-done, no-frills memoir that focuses on the author's tour of duty in Vietnam as a Marine Corps…
And My Mother Danced with Chesty Puller by Bruce Hoffman
July 5, 2011
Bruce Hoffman joined the Marine Corps during his senior year in high school in 1964. That summer, after graduating, he went through boot camp at Parris Island. Then came infantry training and more training at the Marine…
Speedy by Francisco Elizalde-Castaneda
July 1, 2011
Speedy: The Story of One Mexican in the Vietnam War (Xlibris, 93 pp., $24.99, hardcover; $15.99, paper) is a short, straightforward Vietnam War memoir by Francisco Elizalde-Castaneda. Born in Mexico, the author came to the…
Winning the War Within by Brenton MacKinnon
July 1, 2011
With the draft breathing down his neck, Brenton MacKinnon joined the U.S. Navy Reserve in California in 1965. After getting into a bit of mischief in Berkeley (involving going AWOL and taking part in an…
A Vietnamese Fighter Pilot in an American War by Hoi B. Tran
July 1, 2011
You can get a good idea about the what Hoi B. Tran's memoir, A Vietnamese Fighter Pilot in an American War (Xlibris, 440 pp., $34.99, hardcover; $23.99, paper) from its title and by its dedication:…
The Brutality of War by Gene R. Dark
June 25, 2011
Gene R. Dark's The Brutality of War: A Memoir of Vietnam (Pelican, 192 pp., $24.95) is a short but powerful memoir by the son of baseball great Alvin Dark. It’s a Fifth Marines memoir and…
Noble Warrior by James F. Livingston, Colin D. Heaton, and Anne-Marie Lewis
June 24, 2011
James E. Livingston received the Medal of Honor for his extreme courage and daring leadership under fire in late April of 1968 during a vicious three-day battle that raged in and around the village of…