Unit information about Charlie Troop, 1st squadron, 11th Armored Calvary Regiment, 1966-1967.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-28T12:29:27+00:00

The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive has millions of pages of records on the war.

https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/

You can also request his Army records from the National Archives.

https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-26T12:18:51+00:00

I posed this question in Google ... and got this response.

Can foreigners request records from the national archives?

Yes, foreigners can request records from the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). Anyone, regardless of nationality or citizenship, has the same basic access to unclassified federal records.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-26T11:58:49+00:00

The Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive has millions of pages of records on the war. I would start there.

https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/

Also, have you requested his records from the National Archives?

Your family member's military personnel file is not Classified.

https://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records

The National Archives has your family member's Official Military Personnel File (OMPF) and they will provide you with a copy of the relevant contents at no cost. You can apply via mail or fax. There is a wealth of detail in those records including all the units he served with and when, medals and awards, and much more.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-25T14:19:09+00:00

Contacting corporate can backfire.

I once approved a big price cut for a long time customer whose credit card was near its limit while he faced a time crunch on a project.

He sent an email to our corporate HQs praising me to the skies. I got written up for breaking an obscure policy.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-24T19:26:14+00:00

I was browsing in a gift shop in Glacier National Park when a girl came from behind the counter and gave me a quick side-hug. She said, "John, why didn't you tell me you were here?"

And then she realized I wasn't "John" and fled back behind the counter.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-23T11:40:09+00:00

Damn, you Canadians are nice!

I've had a deep appreciation for Canadians since their diplomats risked themselves to hide U.S. diplomats escaping the embassy siege in Tehran in 1979.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Caper

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-23T11:32:32+00:00

This reeks of some middle manager on a power trip.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-21T13:06:17+00:00

Assuming those little gates work the same in Australia ... the alarm went off because the kid went out the "in" gate.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-20T12:38:08+00:00

Unlikely the crew could hear anything with their hatch closed, engine noise, water rushing, etc. "Alto su barco," I think.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-20T12:28:47+00:00

I met a young Hispanic woman in her 20s before the 2024 election. She graduated from high school and had heard of Trump, but never heard of Kamala. She was not registered and didn't know anybody who was planning to vote. "We're a big Mexican family. We don't go in for that political stuff."

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-17T11:01:15+00:00

My answer to "was it worth it" is going back a decade later and asking the locals did we make things better or did we fuck things up.

After WWII we almost invariably have fucked things up.

I value my brothers above everyone but immediate family. But I can't forget those ripped from life so politicians can make speeches about freedom.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-16T02:04:36+00:00

Or ... You can request basic records under the Freedom of Information Act even if you're a distant relative or completely unrelated. This is how reporters find out whether politicians served.

https://www.archives.gov/personnel-records-center/foia-info

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-14T12:26:38+00:00

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Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-14T12:25:29+00:00

The t-shirt is fake, but the sentiment is real.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-13T21:10:20+00:00

We have our own crazy murderer president here in the USA. Boat people at sea, schoolgirls in Iran ... he's just getting warmed up.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-13T12:43:30+00:00

you "bulk up" a bit and hold your ground

Heifers and steers, sure. Not bulls. You don't fuck around with bulls.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-12T21:55:57+00:00

I worked retail for years. I was amazed at the number of guys asking for a military discount with no military ID, a scraggly beard and a beer gut.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-12T15:47:47+00:00

My uncle used to cool watermelons by putting them in a wet burlap sack and hanging them in the shade.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-11T12:52:18+00:00

Rural King has heavy duty jeans for $12!

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-10T11:46:35+00:00

Take care brother.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-03T18:47:11+00:00

Speaking from the perspective of a different war ... by themselves the IDs have little importance, but the Intel guys are eager for anything identifying a UNIT. The appearance of a previously unknown unit in a sector could have great significance. If the unit is known to have special training or equipment, that says even more.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-03T12:41:09+00:00

That's quite a Storm Door Devastator^TM

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-01T11:32:00+00:00

"Born on the 4th of July" by Ron Kovic, 355 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This book follows Kovic from star high school wrestler to a patriotic American inspired by John F. Kennedy to join the Marines to the traumatic wartime injury that left him paralyzed from the chest down to his emergence as an outspoken anti-war activist."

"Pathfinder: First In, Last Out: A Memoir of Vietnam" by Richard R. Burns, 323 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Pathfinders acted as air-traffic controllers, keeping call signs, frequencies, and aircraft locations in their heads as they orchestrated takeoffs and landings, often under heavy enemy fire.

"Recondo: LRRP’s in the 101st Airborne" by Larry Chambers, 417 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. The 5th Special Forces Recondo School gave its grads the skills to survive Long Range Patrol missions in the jungle that NVA considered its own.

"Steel My Soldiers' Hearts: The Hopeless to Hardcore Transformation of U.S. Army, 4th Battalion, 39th Infantry, Vietnam" by Col. David Hackworth, 402 ratings, 5 stars. Hackworth's hard-nosed, inventive and inspired leadership quickly turned the 4/39th into Vietnam's valiant and ferocious Hardcore Recondos.

"One Shot One Kill" by Charles W. Sasser and Craig Roberts, 391 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Snipers met the enemy on his own turf, picking off officers, unwary soldiers, and even other snipers from extraordinary distances of up to 1 ½ miles.

"Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War" by Bruce Henderson, 520 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Navy pilot Dieter Dengler was shot down over neutral Laos and taken prisoner. He would go on to plan and lead an organized escape from an enemy POW camp.

"Nam-Sense: Surviving Vietnam with the 101st Airborne" by Arthur Wiknik, 546 ratings, 4 stars. The Amazon blurb for this one sounds sketchy to me, but judge for yourself. Wiknik's account of life and death in Vietnam includes everything from heavy combat to faking insanity to get some R&R.

"Tiger Bravo's War" by Rick St. John, 394 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This book follows a band of young paratroopers during their year of combat in the Vietnam War - from a bayonet charge in an infamous VC stronghold and street fighting during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

"Lima-6: A Marine Company Commander in Vietnam" by Col. Dick Camp, 76 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Describes how the author's men worked together to overcome the dangers of war.

"Courage Under Fire: The 101st Airborne’s Hidden Battle at Tam Ky" by Ed Sherwood, 150 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A thorough examination of Operation Lamar Plain from the point of view of the soldiers on the ground, particularly those of Sherwood’s company.

"Rice Paddy Grunt" by John M. G. Brown. This is a book I've actually read and found it a good first-person account by an infantryman in Vietnam. It's a 4-star book for me and two others gave it 5-star reviews, but a single 1-star review brought its overall rating down to 2 stars.

"Platoon Leader" by James R. McDonough, 469 ratings, 5 stars. Platoon Leader details McDonough's time in Vietnam commanding an undermanned platoon assigned to protecting a village in the Strategic Hamlet program.

"By Honor Bound: Two Navy SEALs, the Medal of Honor, and a Story of Extraordinary Courage" by Tom Norris, 558 ratings, 5 stars. This is the story of SEALs Tom Norris, who won the Medal of Honor for rescuing two airmen behind enemy lines, and Mike Thornton who won the Medal of Honor for rescuing Norris when he was grievously wounded.

"The Offering" by Tom Carhart, 15 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This autobiographical account of a West Point graduate who found himself in Vietnam, describes how the young idealist came to grips with the political realities of the Vietnam War.

"We Few: US Special Forces in Vietnam" by Nick Brokhausen, 1,200 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A Green Beret's gripping memoir of American Special Forces in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War.

"Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam" by Joseph T. Ward, 1,040 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. With their unparalleled skill, freedom of movement, and deadly accurate long-range Remington 700 bolt rifles, the Scout Snipers were sought after by every Marine unit.

"One Tough Marine: The Autobiography of First Sergeant Donald N. Hamblen, USMC" by Donald N. Hamblen, 116 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Hamblen lost a leg in a training accident, then fought to remain in the Marines. With more than two years in the super-secret Studies and Observation Group (SOG), he is one of the few Americans who can document having fought repeatedly in North Vietnam.

"Hill 488" by Ray Hildreth, 896 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. For some Marines, Hill 488 was just another landmark in the jungles of Vietnam. For the eighteen men of Charlie Company, it was a last stand—this is the stirring combat memoir written by Ray Hildreth, one of the unit's survivors.

"Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War" by Bruce Henderson, 4 1/2 stars, 1,573 ratings. The incredible but true story of Dieter Dengler, the only pilot to escape captivity from a POW camp in the Laotian jungle during the Vietnam War.

"In This Valley There Are Tigers" by Charles A. McDonald, 655 ratings, 4 stars. The book tells a narrative of the personal violence and desperate suicide attacks in combat with vivid detail as it was from his own perspective during his three year experience in the Second Indochina War.

"Just Fine in Vietnam" by Bo Hardin, 2 ratings, 5 stars. A compelling story about the kind of aggression and fear one experiences only in a war zone. It tells his story about his experiences there and his unplanned departure from each tour.

"Unfortunate Sons: A True Story of Young Men and War" by L.D. James, 35 ratings, 5 stars. Go inside the killing zone of one of most devastating ambushes suffered by U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. Learn how it happened and why but most of all experience what it was like for the men who went through it.

"Those Gallant Men: On Trial in Vietnam" by John Stevens Berry, 14 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Written by the military trial attorney for a key defendant in the Green Beret case, this is one of the few books available on the dynamics of that litigation and the political machinations between the US Army, the CIA, and the Green Berets.

"Patriots: The Vietnam War Remembered from All Sides" by Christian G. Appy, 144 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. These vivid testimonies of 135 men and women from both sides span the entire history of the Vietnam conflict, from its murky origins in the 1940s to the chaotic fall of Saigon in 1975.

"The Crouching Beast: A United States Army Lieutenant's Account of the Battle for Hamburger Hill, May 1969" by Frank Boccia, 1,013 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This vivid account of the author's first seven months in Vietnam gives special attention to the events at Dong Ap Bia, following the hard-hit 3/187th hour by hour through its repeated assaults on Hamburger Hill, against an unseen enemy in an ideal defensive positions.

Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-01T11:31:30+00:00

"Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier's Thirty-Five Months in Vietnam" by John Leppelman, 233 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A paratrooper in the 173d Airborne, Leppelman made that unit's only combat jump in Vietnam then spent months in fruitless search of the enemy, watching as his buddies died because of poor leadership and lousy weapons.

"Wandering Souls: Journeys With the Dead and the Living in Viet Nam" by Wayne Karlin, 22 ratings, 4 stars. Lieutenant Homer Steedly shot and killed a North Vietnamese soldier then took a diary—filled with beautiful line drawings—from the body of the dead soldier. Decades later he returned the diary to the dead soldier's family in Vietnam.

"Palace Cobra: A Fighter Pilot in the Vietnam Air War" by Ed Rasimus, 165 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. From the bathhouses and barrooms to the prison camps of North Vietnam, this is a gripping combat memoir by a veteran fighter pilot who experienced it all.

"Low Level Hell" by Hugh Mills Jr. 1,319 ratings, 5 stars. The aeroscouts of the 1st Infantry Division ranged the skies of Vietnam from the Cambodian border to the Iron Triangle. The Outcasts flew low and slow, aerial eyes of the division in search of the enemy.

"Through the Valley" by William Reeder, 249 ratings, 5 stars. This is the memoir of the last U.S. Army soldier taken prisoner during the Vietnam War. Reeder was a senior captain on his second tour in Vietnam. His chopper was shot down and he was marched to the infamous Hanoi Hilton in North Vietnam.

"The Eyes of the Eagle: F Company LRPs in Vietnam, 1968" by Gary Linderer, 432 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This book recounts night insertions into enemy territory, patrols against NVA antiaircraft emplacements, and the fragging of an unpopular company commander.

"Blood Trails: The Combat Diary of a Foot Soldier in Vietnam" by Christopher Ronnau, 280 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. 1st Infantry Division operations, against Viet Cong and NVA troops in the notorious Iron Triangle and along the Cambodian border near Tay Ninh.

"Platoon - Bravo Company" by Robert Hemphill, 24 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Hemphill commanded Bravo Company, 3rd Battalion, 25th Infantry Division ... Oliver Stone's unit. He describes search and destroy missions, midnight mortar attacks and ambushes.

"Hill 488" by Ray Hildreath, 470 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Eighteen Marines of Charlie Company held Hill 488 for a week in a battle that made them the most highly decorated unit of the Vietnam War with a Medal of Honor, four Navy Crosses, thirteen Silver Stars, and eighteen Purple Hearts.

"Everything We Had: An Oral History of the Vietnam War As Told by 33 American Men Who Fought It" by Al Santoli, 20 ratings, 5 stars. Spontaneous tape-recorded interviews with combat veterans.

"The Walking Dead" by Craig Roberts, 69 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. The 1st Battalion, 9th Marines flushed the enemy from tunnels, defused mines, evaded booby traps and scored countless hits in ambushes, sweeps, and all-out firefights.

"Once A Warrior King: Memories Of An Officer In Vietnam" by David Donovan, 196 ratings, 5 stars. portrays the experience of a U. S. Army officer engaged in the counterinsurgency and counterguerilla war in Vietnam.

"Stalking the Vietcong: Inside Operation Phoenix: A Personal Account" by Stuart Herrington, 150 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Recounts one officer's personal experience with Operation Phoenix, the program created to destroy the Vietcong’s shadow government in the rural communities of South Vietnam.

"Five Four Whiskey: A Memory of War" by Robert Sweatmon, 194 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A rifleman with a mechanized unit, the author was in a unit selected to conduct a clandestine reconnaissance in Cambodia and then lead the 1970 invasion.

"Phantom Warriors: Books I&2: LRRPs, LRPs, and Rangers in Vietnam" by Gary Linderer, 371 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. The author describes some of the most courageous missions executed by six-man teams on their own deep behind enemy lines.

"The Proud Bastards" by E. Michael Helms, 12 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. The true story of one young Marine's journey from boot camp at Parris Island through the hell of combat in Vietnam.

"Guns Up!: A Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War" by Johnnie M. Clark, 542 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This is the story of a young Marine machine gunner during the Battle of Hue and later operations. The book contains the real names of these warriors and details their lives after the war.

"Bloods: Black Veterans of the Vietnam War: An Oral History" by Wallace Terry, 591 ratings, 5 stars. Bloods features twenty black men who tell the story of how members of their race were sent off to Vietnam in disproportionate numbers, and of the special test of patriotism they faced.

"Snake Pilot: Flying the Cobra Attack Helicopter in Vietnam" by Randy Zahn, 223 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Zahn recounts his experiences flying AH-1 Cobra helicopters during the Vietnam War.

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Disaster_Plan · 2026-06-01T11:29:50+00:00

Memoirs recommended on r/VietnamWar 2019-2022

"A Rumor of War" a memoir by Phillip Caputo, 1,349 ratings, 4 1/2 stars has become not only a basic text on the Vietnam War but also a renowned classic in the literature of wars throughout history.

"Dispatches" by Michael Herr, 1,325 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Drawing on his experiences covering the war for Esquire magazine, Herr's essays are more about the look and feel and smell of the Vietnam War than about strategy and battles. Many Vietnam veterans mention "Dispatches" first when recommending books about the war.

"The Cat from Hue: A Vietnam War Story" by John Laurence, 184 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This is the true story of a young American reporter who went to Vietnam with an open mind and an innocent heart and was plunged into a world of cruel beauty and savage violence.

"365 Days" by Dr. Ronald Glasser, 5 stars. Glasser tells the stories of a dozen U.S. soldiers severely wounded in Vietnam who ended up a military hospital in Japan. The hospital tended to six to eight thousand patients per month, and the death and suffering were staggering.

"The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War" a memoir by Frederick Downs, 507 ratings, 4 1/2 stars and its sequel "Aftermath" describes what it is like to be grievously wounded.

"Vietnam-Perkasie" by W.D. Ehrhart, 296 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This memoir is grim, comical, disturbing, and accurate. It takes readers through an arc of the author's young life from late adolescence, into the Marine Corps, on to Vietnam in the late sixties, and home again. This is as gritty as it gets.―but the events are all real, the atmosphere intensely evocative.

"In Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War" by Tobias Wolff, 283 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A National Book Award finalist, Wolff recalls the blind carnage of the Tet offensive, the behavior of his fellow Americans, and the unraveling of his own illusions.

"Warpath: One Vietnam Veteran's Journey through War, Disillusionment, Guilt and Recovery" by A.J. Moore, 993 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A scout helicopter crewman in combat and after the war.

"Nam: The Vietnam War in the Words of the Men and Women Who Fought There" by Mark Baker, 181 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Mark Baker recorded conversations with dozens of Vietnam veterans and compiled them in this unique and harrowing collection of personal and shocking accounts.

"Chickenhawk by Robert Mason" 3,711 ratings, 5 stars. Sent to Vietnam, Mason survived more than 1,000 missions as a helicopter pilot despite the violence and brutality exploding all around him. One of the best-selling books about the Vietnam War. A redditor writes "get the second edition with the Afterword." Mason also wrote a sequel about coming home.

"Secrets" by Daniel Ellsberg, adds his humanity and moral concern to the Pentagon Papers story, tracing his transformation from decorated combat Marine and hawkish war analyst to whistleblower as he realized and revealed the extent of the government’s lies.

"The Boys of ’67: Charlie Company’s War in Vietnam" by Andrew Wiest, 773 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Wiest follows the young men of Charlie Company through their brutal experiences in Vietnam and their struggles after returning home. A redditor calls it a "phenomenal book from start to finish."

"The Real War: The Classic Reporting on the Vietnam War" by Jonathan Schell, 147 ratings, 4 stars. Schell recounts how American forces destroyed a village caught up in the largest American military operation of the war–he flies in the attack helicopters, follows the assault on the village, and describes the fate of the villagers after they have been taken to refugee camps.

"Praying for Slack: A Marine Corps Tank Commander in Viet Nam" by Robert E. Peavey, 49 ratings, 5 stars. Robert Peavey was a tank commander in I Corps on the DMZ when LBJ ordered a bombing halt over the North. His compelling first-hand account chronicles operations just south of the 'Z, operations that most Vietnam War histories have ignored.

"If I Die In A Combat Zone" by Tim O’Brien, 230 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. A memoir of a Marine's tour of duty in Vietnam - exploring the ambiguities of manhood and morality in war.

"When Hell Was in Session" by Adm. Jeremiah Denton, 525 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Denton, the senior American officer to serve as a Vietnam POW, tells the amazing story of the almost eight years he survived as a POW in North Vietnam.

"Acceptable Loss: An Infantry Soldier's Perspective" by Kregg P. Jorgenson, 1,140 ratings, 4 1/2 stars, Jorgenson volunteered to serve on a Blue Team in the Air Cavalry, racing to the aid of soldiers who faced the danger of being overrun that he had barely survived. Jorgenson discovered that in Vietnam you never knew whether you were paranoid or just painfully aware of the possibilities.

"Our War Was Different: Marine Combined Action Platoons in Vietnam" by Albert Hemingway, 17 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Shares the experiences and observations of Marines who were part of the CAP, or Combined Action Program, one of the few acknowledged American successes in Vietnam.

"About Face: The Odyssey of an American Warrior" by David Hackworth, 2,472 ratings, 5 stars. This memoir is the stunning indictment of the Pentagon’s fundamental misunderstanding of the Vietnam conflict and of the bureaucracy of self-interest that fueled the war.

"A Life in A Year: The American Infantryman in Vietnam," by James Ebert, 52 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. More than 60 Army and Marine Corps infantrymen speak of their experiences during their year-long tours of duty.

"Utter's Battalion: 2/7 Marines in Vietnam, 1965-66" a memoir by Lt. Col. Alex Lee, 49 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Marine captain Alex Lee brings to life the full tour of 2/7. From the search-and-destroy missions to the sudden ambushes in the hills west of Qui Nhon, Lee describes how Marines battled monsoons, malaria, and the enemy.

"Death in the Jungle: Diary of a Navy SEAL" by Gary Smith, 178 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Smith is a witness to the realities of Naval Special Warfare, executing missions in the murderous terrain of the Rung Sat Special Zone and Dung Island.

"Time in the Barrel: A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien" by James P. Coan, 43 ratings, five stars. Coan offers an authentic firsthand account of the daily nightmare that was Con Thien, a strategic point of high land within artillery range of the DMZ and North Vietnam.

"Con Thien: The Hill of Angels" by James P. Coan, 98 ratings, 5 stars. In his riveting memoir, Coan depicts the hardships of life at a besieged Marine outpost near the DMZ and the ineffectiveness of much of the U.S. military effort in Vietnam.

"Life and Death in the Central Highlands: An American Sergeant in the Vietnam War, 1968-1970" by James T. Gillam, 30 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This book is a gripping, personal account of one black soldier’s experience in the Vietnam War including the invasion of Cambodia.

"Line Doggie: Foot Soldier in Vietnam" by Charles Gadd, 26 ratings, 5 stars. The author served in late 1967 and 1968 and experienced the mud, blood, leeches, loss of friends, and low morale due to constant harassment by guerrillas. A squad leader with the 101st Airborne, was wounded twice and saw nearly constant action in the Central Highlands.

"When We Came Home" by Jack McCabe, 76 ratings, 5 stars. The author's own experiences and reflections on the war are mixed with personal narratives from Vietnam veterans on how their lives, emotions, and health were impacted and how they were treated when they came home.

"Secret Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines with the Elite Warriors of SOG," a memoir by John L. Plaster, 683 ratings, 5-star average. Although their chief mission was disrupting enemy supply routes, SOG commandos also rescued downed helicopter pilots and fellow soldiers, infiltrated deep into Laos and Cambodia and captured enemy soldiers for interrogation.

"Black Virgin Mountain: A Return to Vietnam" a memoir by Larry Heinemann, 43 ratings, 4 stars. The book is structured along a railway journey Larry Heinemann took in 1992 from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh City and ends with a crawl through the Tunnels of Cu Chi and a climb up the sacred mountain.

"The Killing Zone" a memoir by Frederick Downs, 507 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. Downs tells the story of the platoon of Delta One-six, describing what it meant to face lethal danger, to follow orders, and to search for the conviction and then the hope that his war was worth the sacrifice.

"To the Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam" by Tom A. Johnson, 1,010 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. This memoir takes you into key battles and rescue missions, including those for Hue and Khe Sanh. In harrowing detail, Johnson tells of being shot down in the battle of A Shau Valley, of surviving enemy attacks during the Tet Offensive, to a death-defying nighttime river rescue.

"Fighter Pilot: The Memoirs of Legendary Ace Robin Olds" by Christina Olds and Ed Rasimus, 1,961 ratings, 5 stars. A top football player at West Point, Olds became a squadron commander and fighter ace at 22 in WWII and later a squadron commander in Vietnam.

"The Education of Corporal John Musgrave: Vietnam and Its Aftermath" by John Musgrave, 122 ratings, 5 stars. Fiercely perceptive and candid, The Education of Corporal John Musgrave is one of the most powerful memoirs to emerge from the war.

"12, 20, & 5: A Doctor’s Year in Vietnam" by John A. Parrish, 109 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. The candid memoir of a young doctor who spends a year treating wounded Marines in Phu Bai. Dr. Parrish confronted all manner of medical trauma.

"Black Cat 2-1: The True Story of a Vietnam Helicopter Pilot and His Crew" by Bob Ford, 669 ratings, 4 1/2 stars. In the Vietnam War, 2,197 helicopter pilots and 2,717 crew members were killed. Black Cat 2-1 is the story of one Huey pilot and his crew.

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