Quoth The Raven
By Jim Roper
Retired USAF Colonel Jim Roper logged nearly 1000 combat hours in small, unarmed spotter planes. Acting as a Covey Forward Air Controller (FAC), he directed airstrikes on North Vietnamese trucks and guns on the Ho Chi Mihn Trail. Moving into the Steve Canyon Program, he becomes a Raven FAC, wearing civilian clothes and flying unmarked planes in close support of Laotian forces around the capital of Luang Prabang.
His memoir of the secret air war over Laos is mixed with humor and danger as his primary mission becomes one of survival. Quoth the Raven is a no-nonsense memoir of wild missions flown in spotter planes over the Ho Chi Minh Trail in 1970 and in the secret war in Barrel Roll (northern Laos).
ISBN: 1-59129-051-1,
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Recovering From The War
A Guide for All Veterans, Family Members, Friends, and Therapists
By Patience H.C. Mason
Introduction by Robert Mason, author of the bestselling, Vietnam-War memoir, "Chickenhawk"
"Recovering From The War" was first published by Viking Penguin in 1990. We are happy to announce a new, quality-trade, paperback edition.
This classic, self-help book investigates the costs of war for soldiers and their families through interviews with 60 Vietnam Veterans. Learn what Veterans faced, the normal effects of war, how PTSD affects families, and how Vets and their families can get better.
Patience Mason is the wife of Vietnam Veteran Robert Mason (author of the bestselling Vietnam memoir, "Chickenhawk"). Her writing has a unique appeal to Veterans and their family members because she has experienced what they are experiencing, has felt what they feel -- and is recovering from the war.
This is a "must have" book for the spouse/family/friend of every Vietnam Veteran. It puts the war and the effect it had on our Veterans into a plain-language perspective that families and friends can understand. It provides helpful suggestions, advice, and resources for Veterans and families, who are dealing with the effects of PTSD.
To order "Recovering From The War," please make out your check or money order payable to:
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The Post-Traumatic Gazette will be Volume 7, Number 6. All 42 back issues of the Gazette are available and will be
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Reflections Of My Past
By Jack T. Hartzel
Jack quit high school and joined the Marine Corps in February of 1966. He volunteered for Vietnam six months later. In the beginning of his tour in Nam, Jack was with a security unit.
Jack comments, "I was a 'Shitbird' Marine -- bored and always in trouble. Little did I know I was about to be in the real shit when I transferred into Echo 2/9, an infantry company that's Area of Operation was in Northern I-Corps!"
Jack was at "Con Thien (Hill of the Angels)" where the NVA unleased an unmerciful attack of over 1200 rds. of artillery of such ferocity never seen before in Vietnam.
Jack's book is to honor the dead and wounded of Second Battalion, Ninth Marine Regiment.
ISBN: 1-58898-079-0
To order, send a Postal Money Order for $15.00 + $1.50 shipping to:
Jack T. Hartzel
RD-1 674 Brickhouse Rd.
Warren Center, PA 18851
Rejoice or Cry
By John R. Rhodes
In 1967, Pvt. John R. Rhodes was a Marine serving with 3rd Recon Battalion in Vietnam. In this memoir, he documents through his personal diary, the story of one individual's tour of duty. Rhodes's vivid description of what it was like to be part of the Marine Corps Elite is an engrossing portrait.
ISBN: 0-9655655-0-5
Price: $10.00 Total each -- ($7.95 per copy, plus $2.05 S&H)
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Reluctant Warrior
By Michael C. Hodgins
A Marine's true story of duty and heroism in Vietnam.
ISBN: 0449910598
COST: $24.00
Resources for Teaching the Vietnam War:
An Annotated Guide
By Ann L. Kelsey,
With the assistance of Anthony O. Edmonds
ISBN: 0-945919-17-4
PRICE: $13.15 Total each ($11.95 per copy, plus $1.20 S&H)
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Rice And Cotton: South Vietnam And South Alabama
By John B. Givhan
The never-to-be-regained "innocence lost" by America's youth during the Vietnam War lies strewn across America's landscape in the form of shattered live and minds. We were sent there by U.S. government officials who played recklessly with our young lives; however, we did not know to what extent at the time. Maybe we still don't. But, we do know that for them, politics came first, and our welfare - our very lives - came second. We also know that very little was reported about that war during the period November 22, 1963, to August 5, 1964.
John B. Givhan was there during that time, and he details early helicopter assault missions flown by courageous U.S. Army helicopter pilots, crew chiefs and gunners. RICE AND COTTON is also about April 12, 1964, in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, a day that is and will be forever etched in the minds and souls of the men of the 120th Aviation Company, the "Deans", when valor and devotion to duty reigned supreme.
John B. Givhan is a soldier, rancher and lawyer. He was awarded the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with Nine Oak Leaf Clusters and the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for his helicopter pilot combat service in the Vietnam War.
ISBN: 0738820911
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Sailors to the End
by Gregory A. Freeman
On July 29, 1967, tragedy struck one of the mightiest aircraft carriers in the U.S. fleet, the USS Forrestal.
Filled with never-before-disclosed information, this riveting, meticulously documented book pieces together the events of the tragedy -- correcting the official U.S. view. For 35 years, the government has allowed the Forrestal crew to carry an undeserved share of the blame for the tragedy, never acknowledging that it sent the carrier faulty bombs that exploded before the crew even had a chance to contain the initial fire.
Told through the stories of a dozen of the ship's sailors, including its former captain, it follows the Forrestal from its home in Norfolk, Virginia, to the fateful fire and its aftermath. Written with the intensity and excitement of a thriller, here is the first full minute-by-minute account of the disaster.
The Secret Vietnam War--
The United States Air Force in Thailand, 1961-1975
By Jeff Glasser
Jeff's well-done Home Page has details about his book, plus maps and images of original and exceptional quality:
http://users1.ee.net/jbigfoot
You can email Jeff at: jbigfoot@ee.net.
Sparring With Charlie
Motorbiking Down the Ho Chi Minh Trail
By Christopher Hunt
What happens when an American, too young to have fought in Vietnam, goes looking for the notorious Ho Chi Minh Trail? Follow Christopher Hunt's insightful, often-comical journey through a country with one foot mired in the past and the other foot groping for the future.
ISBN: 0-385-48128-4
Known Retail Price: $12.95 (paperback)
Immediate Orders: 1-800-233-5780
Available in the Travel Essay sections of major book stores and independent booksellers.
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A Step From Heaven
By K.L. Bye
Illustrations by Frank Schaffer, 1st Av. Brigade, 1973
Poems on Vietnam from a combat soldier's point of view.
"With unerring accuracy, Bye understands and writes the feelings of America's warriors."
- --Chris Noel, actress, AFRV 1966-1971.
- ". . .tuning fork for the soul. . ."
- --Rev. Ray Stubbe, Chaplain at Khe Sanh.
- ISBN: 0-9641975-0-3
- PRICE: $10.00 (MN residents add $0.65 state tax)
- AVAILABLE ONLY FROM:
- Turtle Run Publishing
PO Box 267
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The Story of Ray Davis
By General Raymond G. Davis, USMC (Ret.)
General Davis has earned the Medal of Honor, the Navy Cross, two Distinguished Service Medals, two Silver Stars, two Legion of Merit, a Bronze Star, a Purple Heart, five Presidential Unit Citations, five Navy Unit Citations, fourteen Campaigns, and fourteen Foreign Awards.
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Tears of Blood
The Betrayal of America's Veterans
By Chuck Lawrence
"This is the first book of its kind that addresses the problems with the VA and the impact of Budget cuts to our Veteran programs."
- --Chuck Lawrence, Author
- "'Tears of Blood' is WELL WORTH the read; I JUST COULD NOT PUT IT DOWN!"
- --Yvonne Garrison, RN, USAF, VIETNAM VET, '67-'69
- Editor's NOTE: The following are comments from people that have read the book and taken the time to land mail or email the author. The "VVHP" does not have permission to use their names at this time, but we want to place this book now for our viewers.
- "Thanks for doing this. Finally someone has told my story. I know I am not alone. Thank you my Brother."
- "IF, I mean 'if' I kept a dairy, which I didn't, I would swear you stole it and told my story. Thanks for stepping up and exposing the truth."
- "The new book, 'Tears of Blood' by Chuck Lawrence, should be required reading for all veterans, all active forces, and friends and relatives that have veterans that are sick or being treated by the VA hospitals. If you are processing a claim through the VA, you should read this book immediately. The book covers Chuck's 10-year-plus ordeal getting his claim approved by the VA."
- "I received your book and couldn't put it down. I hope every veteran, family member or friend reads this book."
- "The frustrations echoed throughout your book comes through loud and clear."
- "This book is must reading!!! Thank you very much, Chuck. I have never been so inspired in my life by anyone's story than I have been by yours."
- "That was a helluva Book! Sad commentary on VA Policy, but the truth must be told. VA was and still is a primarily self-serving bureaucracy."
- "I just read 'Tears of Blood!' It is compelling and a sad indictment of how our nation treats warriors who protect its freedoms."
- Price: $19.95, plus
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Thrones of the Arrogant
By Patrick J. McGarvey
Pat McGarvey served in Vietnam with the U.S. Air Force and later with the CIA. His novel is a heady mix of fact and fiction. Be sure to read this excellent review:
Book Review
Pat can be reached at: McGoo@worldnet.att.net
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Tim O'Brien
If you're not a Tim O'Brien fan, you may be soon. Check out the O'Brien Home Page for details on his many "Best Sellers."
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To Have and To Hold --
By John-Michael Hendrix
The beautiful story of how the author met and fell in love with an Army nurse and all the problems they encountered to be together and get married during war time. John was a helicoptor pilot shot down SEVEN times during his tour of Viet Nam and received several decorations.
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20th Century Anthology
By Brian Wizard
Five novels, a video documentary, and an eleven-song music CD, accompanied by a signed and numbered Certificate of Authenticity.
Includes the "Will He Make It" Saga -- three of the novels and the amazing "Thunderhawk" video documentary, which is composed of actual combat footage found in the first novel, "Permission to Kill." This Saga was an official contender for the 1999 Pultizer Prize in Letters and is now a Nobel contender in Literature.
To order, access: http://www.brianwizard.com/
E-mail: books@brianwizard.com
Under a Flare-lit Sky: Vietnam Poems
By John Musgrave
Delta Co
lst Bn, 9th Marine Reg
3rd Marine Div
A must read! To preview some of John's work, access his Gallery right on this site in the "Remembrance" main section: "The Poems of John Musgrave."
COST: $7.00 Total, each copy
($6.00 per copy, plus $1.00 for postage and handling)
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Coal City Review
English Department
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS 66045
ISSN: 1062-5011
Copyright: August 1996
Unfriendly Fire
By Peg Mullen
A mother's story of her son's death in Vietnam and her rural Iowa family's fight to learn the truth. Her fight started with a phone call about her son's death over 25 years ago, and it's not over yet.
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VIETNAMERICA:
The War Comes Home
By Thomas Bass
Find out what it is like to be a child of the Vietnam War through the eyes of that generation, now coming of age. Visit the Vietnamerica Home Page for an excellent presentation, and don't forget to come "Back."
ISBN: 1-56947-050-2
Known Retail Price: $25 (hardback)
Immediate Orders: 1-800-631-8571
Internet Orders: Can be ordered on-line from a variety of sites, including www.amazon.com/
You can contact Thomas Bass via e-mail.
Vietnam Generation, Inc.
A not-for-profit corporation that publishes more Vietnam War Veterans than just about anybody. Also, lots of interesting materials on the "Sixties."
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ISSN: 1042-7597
Individual Subscriptions: $40.00 (outside US, add $15 mail or $30 air mail)
Institutional Subscriptions: $75.00 (outside US, add $115 air mail)
Further Information: E-mail Kali Tal
Vietnam Military Lore
Legends, Shadows, and Heroes
By
Master Sergeant Ray Bows,
U.S. Army (retired)
The never-before-told, true stories of camps and compounds from the DMZ to the Mekong Delta...the lives and deeds of the men those now-forgotten places were named for...over 100 heroes...52 Chapters...1200 pages. Superbly written and documented.
Here is the story of Vietnam from the DMZ to the Delta -- From the Ho Chi Minh Trail to the South China Sea - From the death of the first American to lose his life in combat to the American buildup and escalation of the war - as told through the eyes, the words, and the deeds of those who did not return.
Book Reviews and other information
Ordering Information:
- 1200 Pages
- Hard-bound
- ISBN: 0-8158-0527-b
- Price per copy: $39.95, plus $4.50 postage and handling --
TOTAL of your check or money order per book: $44.45 - (Massachusetts residents add 5% sales tax)
- Payable and Mail Order to:
Bows and Sons Publishing
2055 Washington Street
Dept vv
Hanover, MA 02339
Vietnam War Literature: an annotated bibliography
By John Newman, et al.
ISBN: 0810831848
COST:
Scarecrow Press, 1996
Voices From Vietnam
By Charlene Edwards
Through powerful personal narratives and photographs, Voices From Vietnam revisits the emotions and experiences that have defined the lives of the men, women and children affected by this war—American and Vietnamese—on the battlefront and at home. It relays how extraordinary men and women who still carry with them the visible—and more often invisible—scars of war have sought to overcome the horrors of this experience and how it has transformed their lives.
Experience the personal reflections of yesterday's war with today's perspective in the words of General Westmoreland, Kim Phuc (the napalm girl), Cardinal O'Connor, Ambassador Le Van Bang, David Dellinger (the Chicago Seven) and many others in this unique, 264 page, beautifully designed 10 x10 coffee-table book. Voices From Vietnam not only includes 70 inspiring stories and over 170 captivating photographs taken during the war and some thirty years later, a chronology, map and index, but also an extensive resource guide of agencies providing support services to those American veterans, Vietnamese and Amerasians needing assistance in healing the wounds of war.
THE WALKING DEAD
By R. Dalton Buster
The first leg of a trilogy about Vietnam - a Marine's experience
ISBN: 0-9676532-0-7
COST: $20 PLUS $2 shipping/handling
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R. Dalton Buster
165 P. Dunham Road
Edmonton, KY 42129
270-432-5530
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WALL OF BLOOD
By Fred Leo Brown
A soldier's story of his experiences in Vietnam.
ISBN: 0-94551-00-1
COST: $13.95 Total each ($10.95 per copy, plus $3.00 postage)
ORDER:
Lansing Veterans Memorial
PO Box 39
Palos Height, IL 60463
Phone: 708-361-1488
Fax: 708-361-9584
Email contact
WALL SOUTH
By Art Giberson
A beautiful story....a beautiful book! The photographic documentation of the construction and outcome of the only permanent, Vietnam Veteran's Memorial "Wall" outside the nation's capital -- a replica of the black granite Wall, listing 58,217 American KIA and MIA -- located in Pensacola, FL.
Not one dime of taxpayer money is used for maintianing Veterans Park and WALL SOUTH. Every penny comes from donations and fund raising projects such as this book.
COST: $26.95 Total each ($24.95 per copy, plus $2.00 shipping and handling)
ORDERING INFO:
EMAIL contact with Art Giberson
THE WAR IS OVER
But The Battle Rages On
(front cover / back cover)
By Ken Southworth
Ken Southworth was born and brought up in North Brookfield, Massachusetts. He enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1963, served one tour of duty in Korea from 1964 to 1965, and volunteered for Vietnam from 1965 to 1966. He served with B Co, 2nd Bn, 28th Infantry Div, as "A" Team automatic weapons team leader.
Ken was wounded three times: slightly wounded on 27 November, 1965; slightly wounded 15 January, 1966; and severely wounded 16 January, 1966. He spent more than six months in hospitals and was honorably discharged in September of 1966 due to the wounds received in Vietnam, ending what had been the hopes of a career in the military.
Ken graduated from the Cross Academy as a Hydaulics Engineer and worked for area companies until worsening health made it necessary for him to retire from the workforce in November of 1994. Ken is married to Susan; and they have two children -- daughter Christy and son Kevin.
Says Ken, "Reluctantly, I have decided to publish these works for others to read, analyze, experience, and maybe in some way get a better sense of the aftermath of combat, while at the same time benefit from them as I feel I have."
Price per book: $16.45 Total
($14.95 per book, plus $1.50 S&H)
Please make out your check or money order to: Ken Southworth
And, mail it to:
Ken Southworth
c/o C.O.S.
P.O.Box 265
Whitinsville, MA 01588
E-mail Ken in c/o: John Hayes
WELCOME TO VIETNAM, MACHO MAN
By Ernie Spencer
Limited stock of first edition copies are now available!
REVIEW:
This is the book that LEATHERNECK magazine (June 1987) said is: "a joy to read...for those who served in Vietnam and have difficulty putting into words what it was like over there, Spencer replies for most....For those who recall only a handful of good books about Vietnam, here is another to add to the list."
ISBN 0-9618529-0-9
Cost: $28.00 Total each -- ($25 per copy, plus $3.00 S&H)
For an autographed copy, send check or money order payable to:
Ernie Spencer
458 Holiday Hills Dr.
Martinez, CA 94553
Or email Ernie using this automatic email form.
Where We Were In Vietnam
By Michael "M-60" Kelley
This book is THE Comprehensive, Definitive Guide to the Firebases, Military Installations and Naval Vessels of the Vietnam War - 1945-1975
The culmination of over seven years of research, it is the ultimate guide to the military geography of the American War in Vietnam and includes references to numerous battle sites and forts of the French War.
Its over 10,000 entries cover the entire Indochina theater, including Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and both North Vietnam and South Vietnam.
Each entry attempts to provide as much of the following as could be identified: name, grid coordinate, relative location, a.k.a. names, origin of name, dates built and dismantled, who constructed the base, major units occupying the base, dates of major attacks, unique features, alternate grids, province and military region.
Identified within the text are some 6,000 named firebases and LZs, over 2,000 airfields, and the names of over 700 US and ANZAC warships and contract vessels that served within the Vietnam Combat Zone.
Cover Price: $39.95 (call 1-800-228-2275)
May, 2002 release - ($29.95 if pre-ordered through 800-number)
Author contact at www.wherewewere.com
Why Didn't You Get Me Out?
By Frank Anton
Frank Anton was a POW in Vietnam for FIVE years, three of which were in the jungles in South Vietnam. For more information about Anton's book, please contact me by email at jallen@summitbooks.com
Thank you,
Jennifer Allen
The World, War, Freedom And More
By Del "Abe" Jones
A compilation of poetry put together during Desert Storm dedicated to Gulf War, Vietnam War, and all other Veterans. Includes several about Patriotic and Environmental issues as well as a couple about Native Americans. Available as e-book ($4.00) as well as paperback ($9.95 includes s&h) 50% of all profits from books sold from this site will be donated to The Military Order of the Purple Heart Association Service Foundation.
Del "Abe" Jones served in the United States Air Force, 1958-1961, 92nd Combat Defense Squadron, K-9 Corps, Fairchild Air Force Base, Washington. Although he did not serve during the war in Vietnam, he strongly identifies with those who did.
Jones has published three poetry books. He donated the profits from The World, War, Freedom, and More to the families of Tennessee National Guardsmen during Desert Storm. Visit his webpage for more of his poetry. A second printing of his second book, Moontides And Other Changes, is scheduled for release in the near future as well as being available in e-book format. In addition to having his work featured in newspapers, on radio, and tv Jones' poetry, POW/MIA and And, They Were There, Too, is carved in the Ellis County Veteran's Memorial in Waxahachie, Texas. See info and pictures of this wonderful monument HERE Jones also recited The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Monument dedication in Orlando.
Today, Jones is a father of four and grandfather to eight who reside in Spokane, Washington. He continues to write poetry and tries to be successful as a song lyricist in White Bluff, (Nashville area) Tennessee.
Contact the author for ordering information.
Xin Loi, Vietnam
By Al Sever
Written from the viewpoint of a helicopter crewmember who served in 11 out of the 16 campaigns of the Vietnam War during his 31-month tour, Sever's historical document tells how his experiences melded together to produce some lessons on living and dying. Sever was in-country from the heavy combat days of 1968 to the days of moral and physical disintegration of our forces in 1972, serving from the Delta to the DMZ.
This is the book that Col. David Hackworth calls, "A must read by today's soldiers."
ISBN: 0-971429-62-6
Zero Dark Thirty
by Samuel Brantley
Unlike other branches of the military, the Marine Corps required some of its combat aviators in Vietnam to spend time doing forward air control duty on the ground, with the frontline troops. For Captain Sam Brantley, it was a harsh and horrific lesson in the realities of jungle warfare. The battle had always seemed somewhat distant to him, flying well-armed A4s hundreds of feet above the trees and paddies. But during the spring of the Tet Offensive, Brantley's war changed. What he would see and do in those seven months on the ground would change his life forever.
In the tradition of Michael Herr's award-winning Dispatches, Samuel Brantley breaks new ground in this edgy, irreverent memoir of a young man's evolution from a wide-eyed Marine aviation cadet dedicated to flying and serving his country, to a battle-weary veteran struggling to re-enter civilian life in post-Vietnam America. Along the way, Brantley treats his readers to a parallax view of war and the military-from the air, the ground, and the inside-out.
Price $15.95, 270 pages
ISBN: 1-55571-624-5
From Hellgate Press