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Da Nang to Memphis
by Linda Moreau
The devastating dread of recognizing that a loved one's whereabouts are uncertain is captured in
Linda Moreau's tribute to her brother Mickey, a U.S. Army helicopter pilot declared missing in action
during the Vietnam War. Da Nang to Memphis is an earnest and gripping chronology of her family's
return to the crash site and search for their brother's Vietnamese wife and her children confirms
for one family that miracles do come true.
Price: $15.00
Format: Hardcover, 106pp.
ISBN: 0805947949
Linda G Moreau
Deadly Presents
By K.L. Bye
Illustrations by Michael T. Sargent, USMC, 1973
Poems on Vietnam from a combat soldier's point of view.
"Bye has stared into the pit of hell. . .[you will] shiver with what she saw."
--Laura Palmer, author of "Shrapnel in the Heart."
"Very readable, easily understandable, and moving."
--Nelson DeMille, Nam vet/best selling author, "Plum Island."
ISBN: 0-9641945-3-8
PRICE: $10.00 (MN residents add $0.65 state tax)
AVAILABLE ONLY FROM:
Turtle Run Publishing
PO Box 267
Circle Pines, MN 55014
CONTACT:
EMAIL
FAX - 612-784-4536
DEAR DADDY
Poetry by Linh Duy Vo
Linh Duy Vo was a young boy growing up in Vietnam during the War. When the Viet Cong were
advancing toward Saigon in 1975, Vo was a nineteen-year-old university student there.
After reading that his home town in the central province had already been conquered and that
there would be no way to reach his family, he made the hurried decision to leave his
homeland. He was one of the first to arrive at Camp Pendleton Marine Base, Oceanside, California,
on May 2, 1975, one day after the fall of Saigon. He arrived with only his shirt and pants and a
few pictures.
In his heart, over the years, Vo has carried a passionate gratitude to the United States.
This passion has inspired countless verses, especially one dedicated to the wartime experience
with American soldiers. He titled it "Dear Daddy" to honor the American pilot who befriended
him and was later killed and to all the others who came to help the Vietnamese people.
Vo says, "Every Vietnam vet is my daddy. They went there to save a child like myself, and I am
the child they saved."
"....If we cannot shed a tear of Love and Gratitude for America's
58,000 dead children, for others in the Vietnam War, then I should pack
and go back to where I came from."
- --Linh Duy Vo's letter to Dith Pran of the "Killing Fields," June 1997.
"Dear Daddy" was considered for the Pulitzer Prize.
To preview some of Vo's poetry in the VVHP's "Remembrance" section, please access:
"TO AMERICA, LOVE AND GRATITUDE."
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Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
Long Beach Chapter #756
Proudly Presents
"Dear Daddy"
A book of poetry by Linh D. Vo
(The Boy in the Poem)
Dedicated to America and our beloved Vietnam Veterans
Your $25.00 purchase price per book will help make the
Long Beach Vietnam Memorial a reality.
(Include $3.75 for postage, handling, and insurance)
Total Cost: $28.75
PLEASE MAKE OUT CHECKS OR MONEY ORDERS TO AND MAIL TO:
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.
Long Beach Chapter #756
4132 Ransom Street
Long Beach, CA 90804
(Please note on your check: For "Dear Daddy," VVHP Bookshelf)
ISBN: 0-9654498-0-7
Dear Donna, It's Only 45 Hours from Bien Hoa
By Doug Neralich
This book is available in electronic format for immediate download from
1st Books Library as well as
in paper format from bookstores.
What is it about the Vietnam War that haunts America and the veterans of that conflict decades after the fighting was declared officially over?
Was the experience of Vietnam veterans different from veterans of other wars? Former Army medic with the 36th Engineer Battalion (Vinh Long, 70-71)
Doug Neralich poses these controversial questions and attempts to bare the answers while revealing untold Vietnam War stories.
Drawing on an impressive array of sources and actual combat and rescue experiences, Neralich weaves a collection of short stories based on high points and low moments in his personal Vietnam War experience. Neralich was only 22 years old when he was sent to Vietnam for a year-long tour of duty. Neralich was part of the perilous mission that built roads and bridges through the hostile swamps of the Mekong River Delta. It was there where Neralich and other young men serving with him faced the toughest battles of their lives.
Dear Donna,It's Only 45 Hours from Bien Hoa covers everything from tragic incidents, bloody encounters, personal conflicts, heartwarming tales, to memoirs. However, underneath the grisly details and harrowing accounts of war are awe-inspiring layers of anecdotes and personal revelations from unsung heroes like sergeants Covelli and Costal.
The book is a "must read" for anyone interested in a story of love, war, and the resiliency of the human spirit. Douglas Neralich is a decorated war veteran and respected teacher. He collects Vietnam War related books, movies and songs. The Vietnam War is not an all-consuming
passion, but "Once a Vietnam Vet, always a Vietnam Vet," Neralich proudly declares.
Neralich and his wife Donna currently reside in Wyckoff, New Jersey.
EMAIL CONTACT with Doug Neralich
Desertion In the Time of Vietnam
By Jack Todd
In 1969, Jack Todd was twenty-three and happy beyond his dreams. He had left behind a hardscrabble youth in a small Nebraska town, had
an exciting and enviable job as a reporter on the Miami Herald, and was wildly in love with his beautiful Cuban-American girlfriend. As the war
in Vietnam drew closer, he assumed that he would fight, as the men in his family had always fought, though he was increasingly troubled by
America's role there. His oldest friend had just returned from Vietnam and was already showing signs of the war-caused trauma that would
destroy him; he had seen and done things too terrible to describe. He begged Jack to dodge the draft, to go to Canada. Nevertheless Jack
entered the army and completed basic training when, on Christmas leave, he made an agonizing decision. By now deeply opposed to the
war, he crossed the border into Canada, leaving behind his family, the girl he loved -- and his beloved homeland.
Now one of Canada's most successful journalists, Jack Todd is a remarkable writer of great power and vibrancy. It has taken him thirty
years to come to terms with the guilt and shame of desertion, to break the silence, to tell this controversial, important, profoundly
American story. In a dark century, when many "only obeyed orders," he chose not to. This is an intensely moving personal story told with
passion and literary verve, as well as an eloquent account of a tortured time in American history. It is hard to put down, and impossible to
forget.
Published by Houghton Mifflin
April 2001
$25.00US
0-6180-9155-6
Doc Randall's Revenge
Russell E. Savage Jr.
William Ranger Randall seems to have the idyllic life. He is a scientist
with a sound research career in a prestigious medical school. He has a
beautiful family comprised of an intelligent, attractive and highly
successful wife and two wonderful children. He seems to have put his days in
Vietnam and the Marine Corps far in his past.
But there is that one haunting
and perpetual memory - the woman who abandoned him for financial security
just when he was about to make his way back to safety and her embrace. She
realized her mistake, but couldn't quite rectify it. Instead she chose to
periodically enter Will's life, seeking assurances of his love and loyalty
for her and always promising a life together - soon.
In spite of all he had
and all he knew about her, he couldn't say no. He was always there for her,
but she was never there for him. Instead she subjected him to one brutal
mistreatment after another. He learned to live with them, but could never
quite believe that they wouldn't one day be together. After three decades,
it seemed not to be, but when her daughter entered Will's life, events were
set in motion that not one of the three could alter.
Available at major bookstores or direct on-line from Protea Publishing
Contact The Author
Early Praise for Doc Randall's Revenge
"She was his high school sweetheart and then his fiance, but that was before the Marines, Vietnam and
the 'Dear John' letter. Russell E. Savage, Jr. weaves a somber and disturbing novel of love and the
destructive nature of obsession within an affair gone awry. Savage's talent as storyteller is genuine."
--- Dr. Richard L. Allen, Policy Analyst, Cherokee Nation and former United States Marine.
"For anybody who's had their heart ripped out, Doc Randall's Revenge delivers the perfect thirty-year
journey to payback. Brilliant plot twists and turns will rivet you through the final shocking conclusion."
--- Michael W. Woolson, The Michael Woolson Studio.
"Doc Randall's Revenge grabs your attention and doesn't let go for thirty tortuous years.
The climax will shock, stun and surprise. Three cheers for Savage.
It's a keeper."
--- Dr. Steven I. Baskin, Associate Editor, Taylor and Francis.
"The author was a Marine in Vietnam and his tour of duty included the horrific siege of Khe Sanh. He's put the experience to good use in this book,
an absorbing and complex tale of war, love and revenge. I couldn't put it down."
--- Richard Hyer, author of Riceburner.
A Dozen Things I Learned About Life
As a Marine Sniper in Vietnam
By Ed Kugler
Former Sergeant, Scout-Sniper, Fourth Marines
A wonderful book of short stories along with the Lessons they taught. A great
inspiration for dealing with Life's problems and concerns.
Cost: $4.25 Total each -- ($3.00 per copy, plus $1.25 S&H)
Available from:
The Dozen Group
PO Box 11470
Spring, TX 77379
10% of all profits are donated to Homeless Veteran Projects
Contact the Author at Tkugler459@aol.com
The Endless Tour: Vietnam, PTSD, and the Spiritual Void
by Rev. Amy L. Snow, M.A.
The war in Vietnam ended in 1973, but in the bodies, minds, and spirits of thousands of Vietnam combat veterans,
the war relentlessly rages on. The on-going war they face daily isknown as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD.
By definition, PTSD in combat veterans is a delayed response to the trauma of war. It is estimated that as many as
30 to 35% of Vietnam veterans have significant PTSD. According to Veterans Administration authorities, approximately
1.5 million Vietnam veterans eventually will need psychiatric help based on delayed symptoms of PTSD. The greater,
yet often unrecognized tragedy of PTSD, however, is that it also affects the wives, partners, children, and other
loved ones of combat veterans. It is estimated that 900,000 wives and partners of Vietnam veterans and approximately
1.1 million children may also be affected, not to mention the approximately 4.7 million members of veterans' extended families.
THE MISSION OF THIS BOOK: to share hope and healing with families, friends, and care-givers who witness daily the challenges facing a combat veteran whose wounds ofwar extend far deeper than meets the eye.
Rev. Amy L. Snow, M.A., is the sixth and last wife of
Vietnam combat veteran Dwight N. Snow, who is 100% permanently and totally disabled with PTSD. Through twenty
years of observing her veteran husband's rarely verbalized but intensely felt memories of war and those of his
veteran friends, she has learned much about the realities of PTSD. She has grown greatly in her appreciation and
understanding of its manifestations.
ISBN 1-55369-570-4
Trafford Publishing
Contact The Author
Farewell, Darkness
A Veteran's Triumph Over Combat Trauma
By Ron Zaczek
Crewchief, Marine Observation Squadron 3,
Phu Bai, Dong Ha, Khe Sanh
1966-1968
"I had a friend--Ron Phelps. He was the best, and he died."
I face the vets facing me, trying
to reach them to know that twenty years and more past his death, the word is no longer hard.
I have found the tears to soften it.
Farewell, Darkness is used to promote healing in the nation's 200+ Veterans Outreach
Centers and is a probing, personal look at war's psychological toll. The reader lives Zaczek's
brutal, honest journey through war as well as his successful treatment for Post-Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD). For many, the Vietnam story ends in unresolved pain. Intensely and
eloquently written, this ground-breaking book is the first to bring closure and victory to the
combat veteran's personal struggle.
"I miss him differently, now. Do you know which feeling is gone? Emptiness. Anything that
touched the emptiness is gone as well. I've brought the memories forward. They define a piece
of who I am, not all of what I was. When I think of him and all the men I knew, I feel full;
and I feel proud of them...and me."
"Zaczek examines the depths of his psyche...in a style that is blunt, articulate, intelligent,
and, at times, poetic." Marc Leepson: Chicago Tribune, Vietnam Veterans of America Veteran, and
Vietnam magazine.
"This is a book about healing, understanding, and recognition, not pity. Ron's courage and
persistence shine." Senator Bob Kerrey, USN SEAL Team Leader, Medal of Honor.
ISBN: 1-55750-989-1
Price: $34.95 Total each ($32.95 per copy, plus $2.00 S&H)
Order an autographed copy from:
Zaczek Enterprises
PO Box 1206
Elkton, MD 21922
Contact the author by EMAIL
Father, Soldier, Son
By Nathaniel Tripp
"Some of the best prose this side of Tim O'Brien or Tobias Wolff."
--Military History Quarterly
"Not since Michael Herr's 'Dispatches' has there been anything quite as vivid, gripping,
and soul-searching."
--Washington Post
"The discriptions of combat in the jungles of Vietnam are authentic and terrifying, as good as
any I have read in fact or fiction."
--Chicago Tribune
"'Father, Soldier, Son' will stand as one of the finest soldier memoirs of the Vietnam War."
--Boston Globe
Available in bookstores.
To order by Visa or Mastercard, please call: 1-800-639-7140
Steer Forth Press
Fields of Fire
By Michael Shapiro
If you can find a little humor in war, this account tells of a bunch of guys beginning in the states, and then sent to Vietnam. It shares the things that have probably happened to all of us one time or another during our tours -things that you can relate to, but no one wanted to put in print. There is humor, misfortune, and a lot of personal feelings and experiences.
This fiction novel is based on Mike Shapiro's experiences of serving from October 1967 to October 1968 in the weapons platoon of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division.
ISBN: 09579528-6-4
Mike's web site
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The Firebirds
By Chuck Carlock
Chuck Carlock's tour as a helicopter pilot in Vietnam is recounted here with
brutal frankness and graphic clarity. Even seasoned combat veterans will be
astonished by the ferocity of the deadly new form of combat encountered by
Carlock and his fellow pilots and crewmen - the Firebirds.
Early in his tour, Carlock concluded that he had no chance of returning from
Vietnam alive - and with good reason. Of the twelve pilots in his gunship
platoon, eleven were wounded and one was captured.
More than a collection of war stories, Carlock reveals his entire Vietnam
experience, similar to that endured by thousands of young men and women -
the humor, the frustration, the fear, and the loss of innocence. Hop into
the copilot's seat and let Carlock take you back to the end of an era and
put you in the middle of the action.
ISBN: 1-56530-197-8
Published by The Summit Publishing Group 1995
Autographed book is available for $15.00 plus $3.50 shipping from:
Co. A 501st Aviation Bn./ 1st AHC Association
6410 Fallbrook Drive
Garland, TX 75043-5921
Association Web Site: http://www.rattlers.bitshop.com
The Forgotten HERO of My Lai
By Trent Angers
Acadian House Publishing of Lafayette, Louisiana, has announced a Web Site dedicated
to "The Forgotten HERO of My Lai - Hugh Thompson."
The Site features stories and articles on Mr. Thompson, who saved innocent
Vietnamese civilians in the now-infamous My Lai Massacre in March of 1968.
Acadian House Publishing has also announced an upcoming book entitled "The Forgotten HERO of
My Lai--The Hugh Thompson Story," which can be pre-ordered online.
Web Site:
http://www.acadianhouse.com/hughthompson/index.htm
Brent Leger, B-C/UNITY MEDIA
1-(800)-466-9222, ext.1512
E-Mail:
bleger@iname.com
Free Fire Zone
Airborne Press is pleased to announce that John Henry Lee's book, Free Fire
Zone will appear in serial form on our website, http://www.airbornepress.com/. The first three Chapters are now on line. Mr. Lee, a two tour Vietnam Vet
has written a fictionalized account of the Vietnam experience. This is the
first in a trilogy according to Mr. Lee.
Free Fire Zone was originally sold to Manor Books over twenty years ago but
was never published as Manor, like many publishing houses, disappeared from
the radar screen in a merger. The book is free and a new part of it will
appear every week or so.
The book's audience is not the Vietnam vet as he/she knows how it was. The
audience are non vets or interested persons who wants to learn and know more
about the Vietnam war.
Airborne Press is dedicated to promoting the welfare of the Vietnam vet and
his family and this is another attempt. We think if individuals can read a
novel which conveys the horrors of war and the transformation of young
Americans into a "kill or be killed" mentality, all at the behest of their
country, then the Nation will understand the unusual debt owed to valiant
warriors. We hope you'll visit our site and see our offerings. Free Fire Zone
will be available soon in PDF format for downloading from Amazon and will be
a POD (print on demand) book after the serialization. Please help us get the
Vietnam story out by telling your friends, family, and acquaintances. Thank
you and God bless you.
Brooke Jackson
Operations Officer and Webmaster
EMAIL CONTACT
Frenchy's Whore
By Vernon E. Brewer II
Book Review
ISBN: 1-55787-121-3
Known Retail Price: $12.00, includes S&H
Book Orders:
NAM VET-BOOK
PO Box 735
Seneca Falls, NY 13148-0735
or email the author
"The grueling march through the jungle to reach and climb Hill 522 will leave
you drained as if you had climbed the hill yourself. But then, perhaps some
of you did. What the men of A CO, 4/503 Infantry experienced on that day in
November, 1968, is what the author has so vividly recounted in his book and
with the credence that only a 'Herd' member who was there could provide...
"Vernon Brewer has provided (us) with a book that reveals how the men in the
173rd Abn. Infantry Battalions lived their lives in a war they did not
understand but were willing to die trying.
"FRENCHY'S WHORE is not a
misnomer--it is the best book written to date that epitomizes what the 173rd
Abn. Brigade was and still is. If you have not read it, I suggest that you
do."
Tim Stout,
Editor,
Sky Soldier Magazine,
and
Contributing Editor,
Static Line Magazine
