Articles Related to Vietnam War
Vietnam 1967-68 by David R. Higgins
September 1, 2015
Vietnam 1967-68: U.S. Marine Versus NVA Soldier (Osprey, 80 pp., $18.95, paper; $15, .95 e book) is an excellent book for readers unfamiliar with the Vietnam War. In it, author David R. Higgins, a veteran…
Eating With Veterans by Michael Lund
August 31, 2015
Michael Lund served in the U. S. Army as a correspondent in Vietnam, 1970-71. He is the author of a memoir, Route 66 to Vietnam: A Draftee’s Story, and a book of short stories,…
There and Back by Lisa A. Lark
August 30, 2015
Lisa A. Lark, the author of There and Back: The Vietnam War Through the Eyes of Those Who Lived It (M.T. Publishing Company, Inc., 136 pp., $39.95), also has written All They Left Behind: Legacies…
Good for One Ride by Gary McGinnis
August 28, 2015
Gary McGinnis served with the Army in Vietnam in 1968 as a Water Purification Specialist attached to an infantry unit. His novel, Good for One Ride (Editions Dedicaces, 120 pp., $16.50, paper; $8.25, Kindle), book…
Now I Lay Me Down to Weep in the Valleys of My Mind by Richard Kraft
August 25, 2015
The Vietnam War veterans I admire most served as corpsmen and helicopter crewmen. I rate their duties as the riskiest. Therefore, Richard (Doc) Kraft's Now I Lay Me Down to Weep in the Valleys of My…
The Longest Rescue by Glenn Robins
August 24, 2015
The Longest Rescue: The Life and Legacy of Vietnam POW William A. Robinson, which came out in 2013, is now available in paperback (University Press of Kentucky, 296 pp., $19.95). In it, the historian Glenn Robins…
Kontum by Thomas P. McKenna
August 21, 2015
Retired Army Lt. Col. Thomas P. McKenna’s Kontum: The Battle to Save South Vietnam, which was published in 2011, is now out in paperback (University of Kentucky, 378 pp., $28). As we noted in our…
D.A.S.P.O. by Ronald B. Fenster and Jerold A. Greenfield
August 20, 2015
Ronald B. Fenster and Jerold A. Greenfield's D.A.S.P.O.: An Unhinged Novel of Vietnam (Creative Book Publishers International, 360 pp., $14.95, paper), we are told, is "the M*A*S*H* if the Vietnam War.” We also are told that…
Darker Than Dark by John Admire
August 19, 2015
Retired Marine Corps Major Gen. John Admire in his novel, Darker Than Dark (Yorkshire Publishing, 412 pp., $19.95, paper; $7.99, Kindle), wanted to pay special tribute to the men with whom he served in Vietnam in…
Windfalling by Paul J. Nyerick
August 18, 2015
Paul Nyerick served in Vietnam as a Marine Corps forward observer. He began writing poetry with his multiple sclerosis support group. Windfalling (Outskirts Press, 302 pp., $17.95, paper; $2.99, Kindle) is an action adventure novel…