To The Limit: An Air Cav Huey Pilot in Vietnam – Tom Johnson, 2006 A balls-to-the-wall Huey pilot’s recollection of his Vietnam missions, this work is unadulterated action. There are thrills and shocks but also fascinating operational details on how the choppers ruled Vietnam. In a memoir running in a similar vein to the magnificent [...]

Xin Loi, Viet Nam: Thirty-one Months of War – Al Sever, 2005 The operational account of a Vietnam War crew chief/door gunner, this is tough stuff written by a tough man. In Xin Loi, Viet Nam (affl) former crew chief Al Sever delivers his version of the Vietnam war from the perspective of a helicopter gunship [...]

A Lonely Kind of War -Marshall Harrison, 1997 From retired airforce pilot Marshall Harrison, this tension-racked story details one terrifying aspect of airborne warfare in the Vietnam conflict. Harrison describes his experiences as a pilot of the strange looking, lightly armoured prop plane the OV-10 Bronco. It amazes me just how many different stories and [...]

Nam Sense: Surviving Vietnam with 101st Airborne Division – Arthur Wiknik, 2005 This is the terrific battle memoir of a young NCO who was plunged into the thick of fighting in 1968. A veteran of Hamburger Hill, Wiknik describes his battle for survival in an outlandish and cruel conflict. Nam Sense (affl) is the combat [...]

Acceptable Loss – Kregg PJ Jorgenson, 1991 A highly personal and descriptive account of a Ranger’s airwar in Vietnam. This book is an award-winner and best-seller in the Vietnam non-fiction genre. Acceptable Loss (affl) is a highly-rated Ranger’s story which garnered the Bernal Diaz Award for Best Military non-fiction in 1996, some 4 years after [...]

When Thunder Rolled: An F-105 Pilot Over North Vietnam – Ed Rasimus, 2003 Get inside the cockpit of a US fighter-bomber running raids against North Vietnamese targets in the early days of the war. Rolling Thunder was the name the American forces gave to the massive and sustained aerial bombardment undertaken against enemy targets in [...]

Blood on the Risers: An Airborne Soldier’s Thirty-five Months in Vietnam – John Leppelman, 1991 In three tours of duty, John Leppelman saw more frontline action than most entire platoons. Action-packed and bloody, this is highly readable stuff. John Leppelman served three tours of duty on Vietnam, 35 months in all, and witnessed groundbreaking events [...]

Chickenhawk – Robert Mason, 1983 Veteran of over 1000 assault missions, helicopter pilot Robert Mason wrote “one of the best books to come out Vietnam” (John Del Vecchio) with Chickenhawk, a vivid and terrifying account of the dangers and moral quagmire facing chopper pilots in ‘Nam. Anyone interested in the iconic Huey chopper and the [...]