Marlantes relates his combat experiences in Vietnam and discusses the daily contradictions warriors face in the grind of war, where each battle requires them to take or spare life. He also underscores the need for returning veterans to be counseled properly.

"A classic of Vietnam war literature, The killing zone begins on September 8, 1967, when Fredrick Downs arrives in country, a green but determined twenty-three-year-old infantry lieutenant. In the months of brutal combat that follow, Downs faces near-constant lethal danger, all the while following orders, keeping his men as safe as he can, and searching for the conviction and then the hope that the war is worth the sacrifice. In a new forward, Downs...

O'Brien's searing memoir of his years as a soldier in Vietnam takes readers with him through the ghostly ambiguities of manhood and morality in a war gone terribly wrong.

"In 1967, John (Chick) Donohue was a 26-year-old U.S. Marine Corps veteran working as a merchant seaman when he was challenged one night in a New York City bar. The men gathered at this hearth had lost family and friends in the ongoing war in Vietnam. Now, they were seeing protesters turn on the troops. One neighborhood patriot proposed an idea many might deem preposterous: One of them should sneak into Vietnam, track down their buddies in combat,...

Describes the strategies and strikes that led to American victories in Vietnam as well as the bravery and valor of those who served, from Ia Drang Valley to Khe Sanh and Hamburger Hill.

Novelistic and candid, Halliday's combat memoir begins in 1970, when Halliday has just landed in the middle of the Vietnam War, primed to begin his assignment with Special Operations. But there's a catch: he's stationed in a kind of no-man's-land. No one on his base flies with ID, patches, or rank. Even as Nixon firmly denies that the United States has forces in Laos, Halliday realizes that from his base in Thailand, he will be flying top-secret,...

It takes more than one person to bring about War. This book will follow the lives of six key players during one of the most controversial wars in history. Profiles is so much more than just your typical biography. This book in our six-in-one, full-color bio series will focus on the five W's of the Vietnam War--who, what, where, when, and why. Kids will learn all of the biographical information they need to know (background, family, education, accomplishments,...

Offers the story of Kim Phuc, known as the napalm girl after being photographed fleeing naked, from the attack on her South Vietnamese village, and her struggle against war and publicity.

Presents the story of Marine Carlos Hatchcock, who was a sniper in Vietnam, and includes stories of his courage and perseverance and follows his life to his death in 1999.

""19 Minutes to Live" illustrates the incredible courage and determination of helicopter pilots and crews supporting those heroes that carried a rucksack and a rifle in Vietnam. Over 12,000 helicopters were used in the Vietnam War, which is why it became known as "The Helicopter War". Almost half of the helicopters, 5,086, were lost. Helicopter pilots and crews accounted for nearly 10 percent of all the US casualties suffered in Vietnam, with nearly...