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  • Surviving Hell

    A POWs Journey

    by Leo Thorsness ...
    On April 19, 1967, Air Force Colonel Leo Thorsness was on a mission over North Vietnam when his wingman was shot down by an enemy MiG, which then lined up for a gunnery pass on the two American pilots who had bailed out. Although his F 105 was not designed for aerial combat, Thorsness engaged the MiG and destroyed it. Spotting four more MiGs, he fought his way through a barrage of North Vietnamese ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • Storm Flight

    WINGS OF WAR, #5

    by Mark Berent ...
    Series Book 5 - WINGS OF WAR
    In Storm Flight, the intense conclusion to Berent's Wings of War saga, the action is touched off by a daring raid on the Son Tay prisoner-of-war camp that reveals some startling information. With American prisoners in terrible jeopardy and crucial national secrets in danger of being discovered, the characters we have met in Berent's earlier books are put to the ultimate test. They must call upon ... Read more

    $4.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Vietnam: Reflections of an Interrogator

    by Donald H Sullivan ...
    The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a GI who served as a translator/interrogator with Psychological Operations while in Vietnam during the war. The book tells of his experiences and his thoughts on the war. ... Read more

    $1.49 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Whispers in the Tall Grass

    Back Behind Enemy Lines with Macv–Sog

    by Nick Brokhausen ...
    "[A n] exceptionally raw look at the Vietnam War . . . an excellent tribute to the generation that fought, laughed, and died in Southeast Asia." — New York Journal of BooksThis is the second volume of a Green Beret's riveting memoir of his time serving in Recon Teams Habu and Crusader, CNN, part of Military Assistance Command, Vietnam—Studies and Observations Group (MACV-SOG).Picking up where ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Not Your Ordinary Vietnam War Stories

    by Jim Pepper ...
    After graduating from the University of Missouri in 1969 I was commissioned as an officer in the Marines. I served an interesting tour of duty in Southeast Asia in 1972, during which time I was in and out of six different countriesincluding Vietnam. A greenhorn lieutenant when I landed, I was eventually promoted to captain. Because of my God given take charge personality and a few very junior ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Rupert Red Two: A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

    A Fighter Pilot's Life From Thunderbolts to Thunderchiefs

    by Jack Broughton,Richard P. Hallion ...
    In 1945 Second Lieutenant Jack Broughton graduated from West Point with the silver pilot wings of a newly commissioned member of the Army Air Corps. Nearly thirty years later, he retired as a full colonel in the United States Air Force, an entity that didn't even exist when he first learned to fly. Along the way Colonel Broughton saw duty in virtually every fighter aircraft the Air Corps and then ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Letters from Vietnam

    Voices of War

    by Bill Adler ...
    “No heroes, everyone did their part, and everyone was scared to death.”They are the words of soldier Mark W. Harms in 1968, summing up his combat experience during the Vietnam War. His stunning letter home is just one of hundreds featured in this unforgettable collection, Letters from Vietnam. In these affecting pages are the unadorned voices of men and women who fought–and, in some cases, fell–in ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Twenty One Months

    by Ron L. Carter ...
    Five months after being drafted into the United States Army, I found myself in the middle of South Vietnam and wondering if I was ever going to go home again. This book will give the reader a view of what the Vietnam War was like for me. It has over 50 true stories and events that show different obstacles the soldiers faced and bizarre ways they died while in Vietnam. ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Operation Thunderhead

    The True Story of Vietnam's Final POW Rescue Mission--and the last NAVY Seal Killed in Country

    by Kevin Dockery ...
    The incredible true story of a top secret mission to resuce POWs in Vietnam.In the last year of the Vietnam conflict, even as American troops were leaving for home, there were still those fighting for their lives: prisoners of war being held in the Communist north. There were two operations launched to rescue the POWs. One—the legendary Son Tay Raid—was revealed to the public. The other was ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • All About Drawing Cool Cars, Fast Planes & Military Machines

    Learn how to draw more than 40 high-powered vehicles step by step

    by Tom LaPadula, Jeff Shelly ...
    Series series All About Drawing
    From a squad car and fire truck to a supersonic airliner and stealth ship, All About Drawing Cool Cars, Fast Planes & Military Machines is filled with all things fueled for action. Kids will spend hours completing the easy-to-follow step-by-step drawing projects in this 80-page lesson-packed book. Each drawing project begins with simple shapes and then slowly develops into a true-to-life picture ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Six Years in the Hanoi Hilton

    An Extraordinary Story of Courage and Survival in Vietnam

    by Amy Shively Hawk ...
    With a foreword by Senator John McCain.In 1967, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot James Shively was shot down over North Vietnam. After ejecting from his F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, he landed in a rice paddy and was captured by the North Vietnamese Army. For the next six years, Shively endured brutal treatment at the hands of the enemy in Hanoi prison camps. Back home his girlfriend moved on and ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • War Torn

    Stories of War from the Women Reporters Who Covered Vietnam

    by Tad Bartimus, Denby Fawcett, Jurate Kazickas, Edith Lederer, Ann Mariano ...
    For the first time, nine women who made journalism history talk candidly about their professional and deeply personal experiences as young reporters who lived, worked, and loved surrounded by war. Their stories span a decade of America’s involvement in Vietnam, from the earliest days of the conflict until the last U.S. helicopters left Saigon in 1975.They were gutsy risk-takers who saw firsthand ... Read more

    $13.99 USD