Download or read book Vietnam a Collection of War Stories from Nashua Veterans written by Ronald Dube and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-12-21 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the last installment in a trilogy about my hometowns involvement in our countrys mid-twentieth-century wars. I researched the pages of the Nashua Telegraph from 1060 through 1973, looking for names, leads, and stories about local men and women who participated in Americas most contentious war. The paper published news and features from Derry/Salem, east of Nashua, west to Jaffrey/Rindge, and north to New Boston. The Nashua Telegraph also covered Tyngsboro, Pepperell, and Dunstable, Massachusetts. Sadly, times for newspapers have changed, and the Telegraph has a much-reduced coverage area.
Download or read book Vietnam written by Ronald Dube and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the last installment in a trilogy about my hometown's involvement in our country's mid-twentieth-century wars. I researched the pages of the Nashua Telegraph from 1060 through 1973, looking for names, leads, and stories about local men and women who participated in America's most contentious war. The paper published news and features from Derry/Salem, east of Nashua, west to Jaffrey/Rindge, and north to New Boston. The Nashua Telegraph also covered Tyngsboro, Pepperell, and Dunstable, Massachusetts. Sadly, times for newspapers have changed, and the Telegraph has a much-reduced coverage area.
Download or read book Tours of Duty written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2019-10-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These are the stories Vietnam vets tell over beers at Legion halls and VFW posts—stories of young men tangled up in the chaos of landing zones and nameless jungle hills, in the boredom of base camps, in the confusion of a controversial war. Raw, often gut-wrenching, sometimes funny, these war stories describe slices of individual tours of duty, from the firefights to the friendships, and capture the kaleidoscope of the American experience in Vietnam.
Download or read book Everything We Had written by Al Santoli and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 1985-03-12 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is an oral history of the Vietnam War by thirty-three American soldiers who fought it. A 1983 American Book Award nominee.
Download or read book Leading the Way written by Al Santoli and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Required reading for anyone seeking a valid perspective on America's military over the past three decades." Kirkus Reviews Fifty-six combat veterans, from senior sergeants to generals, reveal in their own words how a small group of courageous, determined men and women brought the U.S. military from the wounds of Vietnam back to high standards of excellence and made possible the victory of Desert Storm . . .
Download or read book Our Vietnam Wars as Told by 100 Veterans who Served written by William F Brown and published by Our Vietnam Wars. This book was released on 2022-01-04 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know what Vietnam was really like?Real stories told by real people, in their own words, 100 veterans, men and women, caught up in an all too real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and you will, because they're like Doritos. Try a few and you won't be able to stop. The Vietnam War dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some became war heroes, intentional or not, but most of us were just trying to survive. As we all knew, Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. And there were hundreds of different wars depending on where you were, the year you were there, your service, branch, unit, rank, job, and race. Whether we were truck drivers, helicopter pilots, infantryman, clerk typists, medics, engineers, MPs, sailors out on Yankee station, artillerymen, or cooks, from 1956 to 1976 from the Delta to the DMZ, these stories tell who we were, the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place, how it changed us, and what we did after we came home.Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some became war heroes, intentional or not, but most of us were just trying to survive. As we all knew, Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. And there were hundreds of different wars depending on where you were, the year you were there, your service, branch, unit, rank, job, and race. Whether we were truck drivers, helicopter pilots, infantryman, clerk typists, medics, engineers, MPs, sailors out on Yankee station, artillerymen, or cooks, from 1956 to 1976 from the Delta to the DMZ, these stories tell who we were, the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place, how it changed us, and what we did after we came home. Unfortunately, what little our kids and grandkids know of the war comes from books that only focus on one soldier, one unit, and one year, or movies like Oliver Stone's Platoon and Hamburger Hill, leaving people to think that all we did was crawl through the jungle on the Cambodian border smoking dope. But that wasn't how most of us spent our year. Hopefully, these books will help correct that narrative. William F Brown is the author of ten action adventure and suspense novels on Kindle, including the highly successful Bob Burke action-adventure series, and Our Vietnam Wars, Volumes 1 thru 4, personal stories of the veterans who served there. His ministry and suspense novels include 'The Undertaker, ' 'Amongst My Enemies, ' 'Thursday at Noon, ' 'Aim True, My Brothers, ' 'Winner Lose All, ' and 'The Cold War Trilogy, ' as well as Burke's War, Burke's Gamble, Burke's Revenge, Burke's Samovar, and the new Burke's Mandarin . You can them out on my web site and enjoy!
Download or read book Stories of Faith and Courage from the Vietnam War written by Larkin Spivey and published by Battlefields & Blessings. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This addition to the Battlefields & Blessings(R) series brings America's most controversial war into sharp focus. In a new collection of true stories from the Vietnam War, respected military historian and writer Larkin Spivey reveals the violence and danger faced by a generation of young Americans that answered their nation's call and rose to the challenge. Many stories show the power of faith under the stress of combat and separation from loved ones, while others show the complex spiritual journey of men forced to confront the dark side of human nature for the first time. Ultimately, the power of God to redeem every human life and event shines forth in this amazing collection.
Download or read book Vietnam Revisited written by Skip Vaughn and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-11-06 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vietnam Revisited shares the personal stories of America’s sons and daughters who fought the most unpopular war in our nation’s history. They answered America’s call to arms to fight the spread of communism in Southeast Asia. While antiwar sentiment and protests raged at home, many Americans volunteered to serve in the Vietnam War. Many were drafted. But the Vietnam veterans and Vietnam-era veterans put their lives on the line to do their nation’s bidding.
Download or read book Vietnam War Stories Collection written by Melva Studer and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-01-06 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fifty years after the fact, the Vietnam War remains part of our collective national consciousness. The public was lied to, soldiers were thrown into chaos, and politicians scrambled to twist the truth. It's no surprise then that these Vietnam War facts still stun today. For the veterans who served during this era, this conflict has a particular meaning. Each of these veterans experienced the war in a unique, individual way; no two stories are the same. According to readers, these are the most popular Vietnam War stories. Though some names have been changed so that the fast action described could be written with some dialog and more details, all of these events are true. This is what Vietnam warfare was about. These stories are purposely written to move the reader through the action as though they themselves are experiencing the events. Thankfully, all readers will survive these stories though some hearts might be beating faster than usual. Just, be careful! These simple but tightly written tales put you right up front in a firefight where there's lots of flying hot lead, so just in case you better wear your flak jacket!
Download or read book Hard Men Humble written by Jonathan Stevenson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2002 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: B & T County 04-30-2002 $25.00.
Download or read book Home to War written by Gerald Nicosia and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 2001 with total page 732 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic narrative history that chronicles, for the first time, the experience of America's Vietnam veterans who returned home to fight a different kind of war.
Download or read book Our Vietnam Wars Volume 1 written by William F Brown and published by Our Vietnam Wars. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book I m Ready To Talk Two written by Robert O. Babcock and published by . This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I'm Ready to Talk Two continues with the personal stories about Vietnam experiences that were started in our first book, I'm Ready to Talk. As with our previous book, members of the Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association share even more experiences about serving during the Vietnam War. Stories come from all branches of our military, all ranks, and from throughout the period between 1959 and 1975. Over 140 stories from 70+ Vietnam veterans are included. Some stories will make you laugh, others will make you cry, and all tell the deeply personal experiences that our veterans lived through. As our first book did, this book will open your eyes to the kaleidoscope of their experiences and let you feel why over 90% of our veterans would do it again if our country needed us to. "Bob Babcock has helped advance the understanding of the Vietnam War by compiling a significant sequel of experiences and stories by veterans of one of our deadliest and longest wars. Vietnam will always have its place in the history of this Nation. Consider well these emotional, life-affirming stories; from them there is much to learn and appreciate." LTC (Ret) Norman E. Zoller, JAG Two tours in Vietnam, Field Artillery Special Forces (1964-1965); 82nd Abn Div (1968-1969)
Download or read book Bringing It All Back Home written by Philip F. Napoli and published by Hill and Wang. This book was released on 2013-06-11 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featured in the NY Emmy-nominated documentary New York City's Vietnam Veterans (CUNY-TV) A collection of heartrending oral histories that topples assumptions about the people who served in Vietnam The Vietnam War was a defining event for a generation of Americans. But for years, misguided and sometimes demeaning clichés about its veterans have proliferated widely. Philip F. Napoli's Bringing It All Back Home strips away the myths and reveals the complex individuals who served in Southeast Asia. Napoli was one of the chief researchers for Tom Brokaw's The Greatest Generation, and in the spirit of that enterprise, his oral histories recast our understanding of a war and its legacy. Napoli introduces a remarkable group of young New Yorkers who went abroad with high hopes only to find a bewildering conflict. We meet a nurse who staged a hunger strike to promote peace while working at a field hospital; a paratrooper whose experiences on the battlefield left him with emotional scars that led to violence and homelessness; a black soldier who achieved an unexpected camaraderie with his fellow servicemen in racially tense times; and a university administrator who helped to create New York City's Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Some of Napoli's soldiers became active opponents of the war; others did not. But all returned with a powerful urge to understand the death and destruction they had seen. Overcoming adversity, a great many would go on to lead ambitious lives of public service. Tracing their journeys from the streets of Brooklyn and Queens to the banks of the Mekong, and back to the most glamorous corporations and meanest homeless shelters of New York City, Napoli reveals the variety and surprising vibrancy of the ex-soldiers' experiences. "For almost everyone the time in Vietnam was the most exciting and the most alive time of your life," one veteran recalls. He adds: "I still have this little trick . . . When I lie down and go to sleep, if there's something bothering me, I say, 'You're warm, you're dry, and there is no one shooting at you.'"
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Download or read book They Were Soldiers written by Joseph L. Galloway and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They Were Soldiers showcases the inspiring true stories of 49 Vietnam veterans who returned home from the "lost war" to enrich America's present and future. In this groundbreaking new book, Joseph L. Galloway, distinguished war correspondent and New York Times bestselling author of We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young, and Marvin J. Wolf, Vietnam veteran and award-winning author, reveal the private lives of those who returned from Vietnam to make astonishing contributions in science, medicine, business, and other arenas, and change America for the better. For decades, the soldiers who served in Vietnam were shunned by the American public and ignored by their government. Many were vilified or had their struggles to reintegrate into society magnified by distorted depictions of veterans as dangerous or demented. Even today, Vietnam veterans have not received their due. Until now. These profiles are touching and courageous, and often startling. They include veterans both known and unknown, including: Frederick Wallace (“Fred”) Smith, CEO and founder of FedEx Marshall Carter, chairman of the New York Stock Exchange Justice Eileen Moore, appellate judge who also serves as a mentor in California's Combat Veterans Court Richard Armitage, former deputy secretary of state under Colin Powell Guion “Guy” Bluford Jr., first African American in space Engrossing, moving, and eye-opening, They Were Soldiers is a magnificent tribute that gives long overdue honor and recognition to the soldiers of this "forgotten generation."
Download or read book Our Vietnam Wars written by William F. Brown and published by . This book was released on 2020-04-17 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to know what Vietnam was really like? Real stories told by real people, in their own words, 100 veterans, men and women, caught up in an all too real war. From the Delta to the DMZ, come walk in their boots. If you were there, you understand. If you weren't, grab a copy and you will, because they're like Doritos. Try a few and you won't be able to stop. The Vietnam War dominated my generation and affected so many lives in so many different ways. Some of us were drafted. Some enlisted. Some became war heroes, intentional or not, but most of us were just trying to survive. Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy, or Coast Guard, American, Australian, or New Zealanders, Vietnam was all about luck, good or bad. And there were hundreds of different wars depending on where you were, the year you were there, your service, branch, unit, rank, job, and race. Whether we were nurses, helicopter pilots, infantryman, Rangers, clerk typists, combat medics, engineers, MPs, Platoon Leaders, sailors on riverine patrols up the rivers, artillerymen, or cooks, from 1956 to 1976 from the Delta to the DMZ, these stories tell who we were, the jobs we did, our memories of that time and place, how it changed us, and what we did after we came home. Unfortunately, what little our kids and grandkids know of the war comes from books that only focus on one soldier, one unit, and one year, or movies like Oliver Stone's Platoon and Hamburger Hill, leaving people to think that all we did was crawl through the jungle on the Cambodian border smoking dope. But that wasn't how most of us spent our year. Hopefully, these books will help correct that narrative. William F Brown is the author of nine action adventure and suspense novels on Kindle, including the highly successful Bob Burke series, and Our Vietnam Wars, Volumes 1 thru 4, personal stories of the veterans who served there. His ministry and suspense novels include 'The Undertaker,' 'Amongst My Enemies,' 'Thursday at Noon,' 'Aim True, My Brothers,' 'Winner Lose All,' and 'The Cold War Trilogy,' as well as Burke's War, Burke's Gamble, and Burke's Revenge. You can them out on my web site and enjoy!
