patchtrader864 Posted June 9, 2011 Share #251 Posted June 9, 2011 Rumor of war by Philip Caputo Book is about a Marine lt in Vietnam 1965 his year in Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted June 9, 2011 Share #252 Posted June 9, 2011 Karl Marlantes 'Matterhorn'. Reminds me alot of Del Vechios' '13th Valley' The same war, 30 years apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPage Posted June 12, 2011 Share #253 Posted June 12, 2011 I'm currently reading Operation Iceberg by Gerald Astor, about the battle of Okinawa, on land as well as sea. It's largely a collection of oral histories, and is an easy read, although the narrative is somewhat disconnected. There are no maps, which is a common problem with these works. I recommend it however. The thing about Okinawa is, every time I read about it, I don't apprehend the enormity of the human loss or the epic battle that it was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macvsog Posted June 12, 2011 Share #254 Posted June 12, 2011 Rumor of war by Philip Caputo Book is about a Marine lt in Vietnam 1965 his year in Vietnam. My Lt. at the Sheriff's Office was in Caputo's company. In the movie he is shown giving some pipe tobacco to Caputo. He can you stories about Mr. Caputo that have never been told. Mark MACVSOG "Living Historian" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1Marksman Posted June 14, 2011 Share #255 Posted June 14, 2011 "Helmet For My Pillow" by Robert Leckie. I'm about 3/4 of the way through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
12thengr Posted June 16, 2011 Share #256 Posted June 16, 2011 Karl Marlantes 'Matterhorn'. Reminds me alot of Del Vechios' '13th Valley' The same war, 30 years apart.By the By; for all of you 'poges' and 'remfs' out there, Marlantes' Matterhorn has a great Marine Corps glossary at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABrangerjoe Posted June 23, 2011 Share #257 Posted June 23, 2011 Sole Survivor by George Gay. Signed copy birthday present I got last week. Great story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croix de Guerre Posted June 26, 2011 Share #258 Posted June 26, 2011 "The Hard White Road, A Chronicle of the Reserve Mallet" by Alden Rogers of Section "M", T.M.U. 184 of the American Field Service, later Provisional Companies "B" and "H" of Motor Transport Company 844, Reserve Mallet, A.E.F. World War One. Privatley printed in 1923; #2 of 300 copies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canteenman Posted June 29, 2011 Share #259 Posted June 29, 2011 I'm almost finished with "With the Old Breed" by E.B. Sledge. I highly recommend it. I'd be finished with it except I make myself put it down. Before that I scored on ebay "Brave Men" by Ernie Pyle. I got it for just a couple of bucks. If anyone here happened to be the seller, thank you. I recommend it too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenCross Posted June 30, 2011 Share #260 Posted June 30, 2011 "Without Hesitation" - General Hugh Shelton Nothing short of fantastic. The man's been through everything. G.C. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patchtrader864 Posted July 6, 2011 Share #261 Posted July 6, 2011 RIPCORD by Keith Nolan book is 1970 Vietnam about the 101st and the battle for firebase ripcord and hills around it, the book is at the individual level and very hard hitting . Patchtrader864 :thumbsup: :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted July 7, 2011 Share #262 Posted July 7, 2011 Patriot Battles, How the War of Independence was Fought by Michael Stephenson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bones Posted July 7, 2011 Share #263 Posted July 7, 2011 The unit history of the 166th Infantry. Which was an Ohio guard unit before WW1. They were part of the rainbow division. Good read, not at all boring like most unit histories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted July 8, 2011 Share #264 Posted July 8, 2011 Out of The Blue. A Pilot With The Chindits by Terence O'Brien William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd, Glasgow 1984 ISBN 0-00-217198-8 I recommend. The 1st Air Commando Group mentioned, Jackie Coogan, CG-4A flight technique, CBI conditions and many other interesting things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregory Posted July 14, 2011 Share #265 Posted July 14, 2011 Gliders and Gliding by Lt. Ralph Stanton Barnaby The Ronald Press Company New York, 1930 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjones5452 Posted July 14, 2011 Share #266 Posted July 14, 2011 SOLDIER-Anthony Herbert, for the second time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHolly Posted July 16, 2011 Share #267 Posted July 16, 2011 Naval Miscellany by Angus Konstam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriegsmodell Posted July 16, 2011 Share #268 Posted July 16, 2011 Lions of Kandahar: The Story of a Fight Against All Odds by Major Rusty Bradley and Kevin Maurer. First person narrative of 3rd SFG(A) operations (including Operation Medusa) in South Eastern Afghanistan circa 2006. It is excellent and highly recommended! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USAFnav Posted August 1, 2011 Share #269 Posted August 1, 2011 Just finished: A Youth in the Meuse-Argonne: A Memoir, 1917-1919, by William S. Triplet, Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2000. First Edition. Cloth, 326pp. Robert H. Ferrell, editor. Triplet enlisted underage (17) in the 140th Infantry Regiment, 35th Division, in 1917. He became a platoon sergeant -- and apparently his platoon never had an officer leader. The 35th received mixed reviews (mostly negative) for its performance in the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and Triplet gives a blow-by-blow account of his experiences. This is a great book to learn how a platoon sergeant would organize his platoon and deploy his men in combat. Tiplet's memoir is a humorous and well-written account, reading like a novel. He recounts coversations which cannot possibly have been recorded verbatim, as noted by Ferrell, the editor, but one will definitely get the sense of what he went through. Triplet did not care much for officers (althoug he later became a career Army officer), and they make only the occasional appearance in a good light; also, he despised religion and chaplains, so beware if that would offend you. I consulted the official history of the 140th on-line (try google books), and some names mentioned by Triplet are not to be found in the 140th history; he mentions giving at least two men pseudonyms, and perhaps he did this with others, too. Ferrell does a good job of as editor, although I might have some minor disagreements with one or two of his statements in the introduction. All in all, I think this is a good read for people interested in platoon-level action in WWI, and anyone interested in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive. Pete Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommymonkey192 Posted August 14, 2011 Share #270 Posted August 14, 2011 The Tank Killers: A History of America's World War II Tank Destroyer Force by Harry Yeide (Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers, 2007) I also want to get Mr. Yeide's Steel Victory: The Heroic Story of America's Independent Tank Battalions at War in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dschneck Posted August 14, 2011 Share #271 Posted August 14, 2011 I just finished "Decision Points" by George W. Bush. Now reading "The Mighty 8th Air Force War Manual" by Roger Freeman. I know its a reference book...but I am REALLY reading it. Don.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommymonkey192 Posted August 17, 2011 Share #272 Posted August 17, 2011 Okinawa: Victory in the Pacific (1955) by Maj. Charles S. Nichols, Jr, USMC & Henry I. Shaw, Jr. (Rutland, VT & Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, 1966) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FriscoHare Posted September 3, 2011 Share #273 Posted September 3, 2011 Surrender and Survival: The Experience of American POW's in the Pacific 1941-1945 by E. Bartlett Kerr and It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to Be by Paul Arden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bummer Posted September 3, 2011 Share #274 Posted September 3, 2011 Just finished ALAMO in the ARDENNES by J.C.McManus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heelhand Posted September 3, 2011 Share #275 Posted September 3, 2011 just finished Hellcats by Peter Sasgen. A very interesting story of a daring mission close to the end of WWII. focuses on the commander of a doomed sub the USS Bonefish and his person relationship with his wife at home while also discussing the tactics & events leading up to the mission. A great read. i recommend it. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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