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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:06:51 PM EDT
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"Generation Kill" was pretty good i thought.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:10:41 PM EDT
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Read Ghost Soldiers(about Rangers liberating a Japanese prison camp in the Phillipines) and Flag of Our Fathers (tells the life stoies of the flag raisers on Iwo Jima). Both are outstanding.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:10:53 PM EDT
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Warrior Soul
XIN-LOI Vietnam Marine Sniper 93 confirmed kills Ragged Rugged Warriors To name just a few  AKASL LIVE FREE OR DIE NEW HAMPSHIRE |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:11:45 PM EDT
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+1. My first one. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:11:53 PM EDT
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Starship Troopers, it's fiction but man what a great book, I highly recomend it.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:12:27 PM EDT
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Read "Good To Go" by Harry Constance
A true story about Seal Team Two in Vietnam. Excellent Book! |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:13:11 PM EDT
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FatherSoilderSon
Great book. I've read all the others and this one was the best by far. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:16:43 PM EDT
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GUNS UP.......by Johnny Clark.
Johnny and his best friend are M60 gunners in the same platoon in Vietnam. This is a true story and is one of the best books I've ever read. I've read a lot of combat books but it's hard to top this one. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:17:58 PM EDT
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thanks guys for all the replys!
We were soliders once and young was good because they used info from the general An and his info about how he directed the battle. It jsut amazing what thsoe guys went through on both sides of the battle |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:20:21 PM EDT
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Brown Water, Black Berets
On Point Papa Bravo Romeo Generation Kill |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:27:51 PM EDT
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Now go get the DVD "We Were Solders" with Mel Gibson, based on that book you just read, it's excellent
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:29:13 PM EDT
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i own the dvd, the book is ten times better. LZ albany should have been in the movie also. alot of heros where made there in albany |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:33:15 PM EDT
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one of the few books that i have read that didn't have pictures.......................
good read |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:34:13 PM EDT
[#14]
try 'Another river, Another town' - A teenage tank driver comes of age in combat (WW2)
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:35:35 PM EDT
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"the Berkut" by Joseph Heywood.
At the end of WWII a crack SS trooper and a squad of Werewolves undertake a final mission for their Fuhrer. In close pursuit are a highly motivated Soviet Special Mission's Unit and an O.S.S. operative bent on discovering what that mission is....and stopping it. This book will keep you up for NIGHTS wanting to finish it and will leave chills running down your spine when you come to the realization that this very well COULD have happened. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:42:47 PM EDT
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AeroCav Scouts is one of my favorites
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:42:49 PM EDT
[#17]
The Battle for Mogadishu. (Written by the guys who were there.)
Stphen Ambrose books. Ghost Soldiers |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:43:44 PM EDT
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I just finished "Dear Mom", by Joe Ward, for the second time. It is a great read.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 6:45:57 PM EDT
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One of Jackson's Foot Cavalry by John Worsham - it's important to me as it is the book that got me hooked on the Late Unpleasantness (between states) or The Mother of American Family Feuds (1861-65).
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Posted: 7/9/2005 7:00:35 PM EDT
[#20]
Tag
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Posted: 7/9/2005 7:11:44 PM EDT
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If you haven't read Five Years to Freedom, by Colonel Nick Rowe, you ought to.
Colonel Rowe's Filipino communist murderer was just released from prison a week and a half ago. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:01:44 PM EDT
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Biography of Chuck Yeager
Gen. Thomas Frank's book. Name escapes me. Something like "American Soldier" William Manchester's 'American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur' - hard to get through. Painful at times. Hillarious during the WWI misadventures. Worth a read. Do you have any particular period you're interested in? Theatre? I have a few dozen books of soviet histories and holocaust survivals. Not highly recommended, just trying to get rid of boxes of books. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:10:08 PM EDT
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Ijust c/p my post from another thread.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:11:36 PM EDT
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Killer Angels
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:12:30 PM EDT
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Marine Sniper, its the story of Carlos Hathcock. Good read.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:13:33 PM EDT
[#26]
On the Border with Crook.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:17:45 PM EDT
[#27]
+1 If it were up to me, it would be required reading at every high school in the country. We sure could use more men like Colonel Rowe. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:19:14 PM EDT
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Citizen Soldiers by Stephen Ambrose...an amazing account of WW2 in Europe.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:23:23 PM EDT
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If you can find it, Commando Etraordinary A Biography of Otto Skorzeny by Charles Foley War and Warrior Series Noontide Press Skorzeny was the German officer that lead the mission to rescue Mussolini. He was also charged after the war with attempting to get Churchill. daddyDett |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:24:03 PM EDT
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"In the Company of Heroes" Micheal Durant's story.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:27:24 PM EDT
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Bat21 and the followup The real story of Bat21. (something along those lines)
The Tunnels of Chu Chi. This one gave me nightmares for some reason. Point Man And Walking Point by Patches Watson. Sea Daddy to a lot of Nam era SEALS. Fiction but a good read on Nam bombing of North VN, Phantom Leader and Thud Ridge/Termite Hill/Luckys Bridge/Tango Uniform. Chicken Hawk. Don't remember the authors name but one of the best books on the helio war in Nam I've read. Cleared Hot is another. There are two other books written by guys who were aerial forward observers that I can't recall right now. These guys flew unarmed spotter planes to call in aerial bombers and were fearless. I'll post a follow up if the rest of the crew doesn't bail me out here. While not military if you have any interest in the early space programs Thomas Wolfs The Right Stuff is a must. Those guys had a set of big brass ones to pull off what they did with the political pressure put on them at the time. Great read. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 8:53:41 PM EDT
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"An Army at Dawn" by Rick Atkinson. Excellent WWII book over the North Africa campaign.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 9:00:04 PM EDT
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SWORD POINT
TEAM YANKEE BRIGHT STAR all of them written by Maj Harold Coyle |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 9:09:32 PM EDT
[#34]
THE WAR BOOK OF WAR BOOKS:
RED STORM RISING. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 9:17:49 PM EDT
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Over half way through "Not a Good Day to Die" by Sean Naylor, goes in depth about Operation Anaconda.....
VJ |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 9:21:23 PM EDT
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Not familiar with that one. Who's the author?  Thunder Run is pretty good. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 9:44:11 PM EDT
[#37]
Good thread. I am writing all of these down.
I'll try to add some suggestions also when I get a chance to go through my collection. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 9:57:56 PM EDT
[#38]
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0440221625/qid=1120974625/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-4467980-9901615?v=glance&s=books
My Uncle(Fritz Warren) is in there. Both in picture and in story: amgrunt.com/DaiDo.htm |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 10:01:42 PM EDT
[#39]
Not a good day to die.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 10:17:46 PM EDT
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The Seven Pillars of Widom by T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia)
Lawrence's account of his experiences with the then nomadic Arab tribes during WWI. Gives some good background info into the whole situation over there and some insight as to why things are so f$%ked-up today. Not an easy read though. |
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Posted: 7/9/2005 11:51:42 PM EDT
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Give Us This Day by Sidney Stewart. Tells his story about the Bataan Death March.
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Posted: 7/9/2005 11:53:16 PM EDT
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My war gone by, I miss it so - Anthony Loyd Also, if you want some excellent books for the bathroom (and not for reading), I suggest something by Richard Marcinko. According to various sources, the man has served. That may very well be, but his books are trash and and a literary train wreck. |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 1:51:37 AM EDT
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S.O.G.
Rogue Warrior by Dick Marcinko Brennan's War by Matt Brennan Brennan's War -
My old History teacher actually met Matt Brennan at a conference one day. Said he was really cool to talk to and a really cool guy. 
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Posted: 7/10/2005 2:22:28 AM EDT
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The Tunnels of Cu Chi
by Tom Mangold ISBN # 0891418696 Vietnam Guns Up By Johnnie M. Clark ISBN # 0345450264 Vietnam Dead Center: A Marine Sniper's Two Year Odyssey in the Vietnam War by Ed Kugler ISBN # 0804118752 Vietnam Dear Mom: A Sniper's Vietnam by Joseph T. Ward ISBN # 0804108536 Vietnam Thunder Run: The Armored Strike to Capture Baghdad by David Zucchino ISBN # 080214179X Iraq Generation Kill by Evan Wright ISBN # 042520040X Iraq Colder Than Hell: A Marine Rifle Company at Chosin Reservoir by Joseph R. Owen ISBN # 0804116970 Korea Utmost Savagery: The Three Days of Tarawa by Joesph H. Alexander ISBN # 0804115591 WWII Not A Good Day To Die: The Untold Story of Operation Anaconda by Sean Naylor ISBN # 0425196097 Afghanistan The Battle of Mogadishu: Firsthand Accounts from the Men of Task Force Ranger by Mathhew Eversmann and Dan Schilling ISBN # 0345459652 Somalia McCoy's Marines: Darkside to Baghdad by John Koopman ISBN # 0760320888 Iraq Steel My Soldier's Hearts By David H. Hackworth ISBN # 0743246136 Vietnam Hill 488 by Ray Hildreth and Charles W. Sasser ISBN # 0743466438 Vietnam Reflections of a Warrior: Six Years as a Green Beret in Vietnam by Elwood J.C. Kureth ISBN # 0743464990 Vietnam The Killing Zone: My Life in the Vietnam War by Frederick Downs ISBN # 0393310892 Vietnam Dispatches by Michael Herr ISBN # 0679735259 Vietnam Red Thunder, Tropic Lightning: The World of a Combat Division in Vietnam by Eric M. Bergerud ISBN # 0140235450 Vietnam |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 2:34:05 AM EDT
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(The Fall of) Berlin 1945, by Antony Beevor
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Posted: 7/10/2005 2:36:52 AM EDT
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+1, the book Black Hawk Down is better and more factual than the movie, also, try Team Yankee by Harold Coyle, not many people have heard of that one. It's a novel from the '80's, may be somewhat hard to track down. Of course, try anything by Tom Clancy. I'm reading Sum Of All Fears right now myself (again), the movie sucked, but the book is very good. My favorite Clancy out of all of them would have to be Without Remorse. I read Starship Troopers when I was a kid, and well, I still read it from time to time. Try the book/screenplay version of Saving Private Ryan, there's some scenes and detail changes in the book that weren't in the movie. |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 3:28:05 AM EDT
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Eyes of the eagle, and eyes behind the line are two great books about LRRPS in veitnam. I loved Blood on the risers. 100 miles of bad road. Break out ,fight at the chosin resivor is very excellent and inspiring book also. Citizen Soilder Is one of my favorite ww2 book it ties in well with Band of brothers.
About Face is David Hackworths bio and is great. I agree with some others, Marine sniper is a great book. |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 4:26:29 AM EDT
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They Just Don't Get It by Colonel David Hunt is about the war on terror that we are not fighting and everyone should read it and get pissed off before we get hit again. Colonel Hunt is a retired Army special forces and tells it like it is.
The March Up by Bing West and retired Major General Ray Smith. This book is about the 1st Marine Division taking Bagdad Generation Kill by Evan Wright is about our modern day warriors. |
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Posted: 7/10/2005 4:30:20 AM EDT
[#49]
Street Without Joy by Bernard Fall - about the IndoChina war which preceeded our entrance into Vietnam
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Posted: 7/10/2005 5:00:03 AM EDT
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Non fiction: Company Commander by Charles MacDonald, Gen. Moore read it before he went to Vietnam.
Fiction: Any of the books by Harold Coyle. |
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