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Title:Trackers
Author:Peter
Haran
Publisher:New
Holland - 2000
Link:Website
Comments:Trackers
is a gritty and moving story that reveals the Australian Army’s
little
known use of combat tracker dogs during the Vietnam War.
A
war veteran tells his story with vivid and compelling immediacy,
blending the terror
of
hunting and encountering the elusive Viet Cong with the tender
relationship between
a
naive young Australian soldier and his larrikin labrador-kelpie
cross, Caesar..
Title:Flashback
Author:Peter
Haran & Robert Kearney
Publisher:New
Holland - 2003
Link:Website
Comments:Follows
7 Australians to Vietnam and back,1 doesnt return home.
It
is written as they take a camping trip into the Australian hills
many years
after
their time in Vietnam with "Flashbacks"to time in south
east asia.
A
good read with a different style to most in this field,good Aussie
humour features.
Covers
their return to Australia and how each has delt with the after
affects of war.
Title:Shockwave
Author:Peter
Haran
Publisher:New
Holland - 2004
Link:Website
Comments:The
Vietnam War in the 1960’s and 1970’s was characterised by
the
mobility provided by Iroquois UH-1H helicopters.
They
were used as commuter taxis to carry troops in and out of operations areas,
to
back up troops with supplies and ammunition, and to evacuate the
wounded and ill.
This
is the graphic story of the pilots and crews of Australia’s
fleet of Iroquois helicopters during that time, the Dustoffs and the
Bushrangers, their triumphs and losses.
Title:Crossfire
Author:Peter
Haran & Robert Kearney
Publisher:New
Holland - 2001
Link:Website
Comments:In
October 1966, 28 soldiers were chosen to form Australia’s
first
specialist Reconnaissance Platoon in the Vietnam War.
One
of this platoon’s section commanders was a 20-year old regular
soldier called
Bob
Kearney,who led a series of deadly patrols,operating in isolation and
extreme
danger ahead of the main Australian forces.
This
is the story of Bob and his unit a tale of courage,terror,and survival,
told
by fellow Vietnam veteran Peter Haran.
Title:Australia's
Battlefields In Viet Nam - A Traveller's Guide
Author:Gary
McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
Comments:Gary
presents an essential guide to the battlefields in Viet Nam for
today's traveller.He provides practical tips on how to get to each
site, what to look for and how to avoid the pitfalls of journeying in
Viet Nam.Along the way,he chronicles the major battles fought by the
1st Australian Task Force,accompanied by gripping narratives of the actions.
Title:The
Men Who Persevered
Author:Bruce
Davies & Gary McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin - 2005
Link:Website
Comments:The
first Australians committed to serve in Viet Nam were a group of
military instructors known as the Australian Army Training Team Vietnam.
Their
initial role:to assist in the training of the ground forces of South
Viet Nam.
But
battalion battles and artillery duels, the relief of besieged camps,
and mobile
strike
forces became part of the mosaic that saw this curiously named unit forge
a
distinct chapter in Australia's military history.
Title:Jungle
Tracks
Author:Gary
McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
Comments:Jungle
Tracks tells the stories of the men who went to war in South Viet Nam
in
the armoured personnel carriers and tanks of the Royal Australian
Armoured Corps,
and
of those of the Royal Australian Electrical and Mechanical engineers
and Royal Australian Engineer mini-teams who supported them. It is
very readable and is
brought
to life through a collection of comments from veterans on events that
typify
the operations in which those men were involved.The authors have
provided good general information that will enable any reader to
readily understand the armoured fighting vehicles, weapons and
military organisations used. Consequently,I have no hesitation in
recommending the book to non-military readers,military professionals
or veterans&ldots;
Title:Vietnam
Shots
Author:Gary
McKay and Elizabeth Stewart
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
Comments:Photographic
coverage of Australia's involvement in the Viet Nam war,on the
battlefield and on the home front, backed up by explanatory text and captions.
Title:In
Good Company: One Man's War In Vietnam
Author:Gary
McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
Comments:This
is a grass roots account of what infantry soldiering is all about and
includes
all of the highs and lows that men in combat will experience at some time.
A
straightforward story of the fears and the camaraderie which
soldiers experience in combat.
Anyone
who wants to understand what service in South Viet Nam meant to
those
who were there,should read this book.
Title:Delta
Four: Australian Riflemen in Viet Nam
Author:Gary
McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
Comments:Delta
Four exposes the inner workings of a rifle company – how its
soldiers trained for war, and how they operated and fought in the war
zone. It examines the basic qualities of infantry soldiering, of
leadership and battlecraft. Above all else, it gives the
soldier’s viewpoints of those aspects of war-fighting not found
in training pamphlets.
Title:Sleeping
With Your Ears Open
On
Patrol With The Australian SAS
Author:Gary
McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
Comments:The
reader will be with the SAS soldiers on patrol where on occasions
they were unable to move even six metres for fear of being caught.
The nerve-wracking drama of living on the edge is conveyed through
the experiences of the men who often thought that ‘this patrol
might well be their last’. The five-man patrols were always
outnumbered but never defeated: this book shows why these elite
soldiers were able to survive.
Title:Australias
Battlefields in Vietnam
Author:Gary
McKay
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
In
2002 Gary McKay returned to Viet Nam and retraced the steps of those
who had gone before and after him.Gary presents an essential guide to
the battlefields in Viet Nam for today's traveller.He provides
practical tips on how to get to each site, what to look for and how
to avoid the pitfalls of journeying in Viet Nam.Along the way, he
chronicles the major battles fought by the 1st Australian Task
Force,accompanied by gripping narratives of the actions.
Title:My
Vietnam
Author:Steve
Lewis
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Link:Website
A
pictorial journey through the Vietnam War as seen through
the
cameras of over 80 Australian veterans.
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Title:Chicken
Hawk
Author:Robert
Mason
Publisher:First
British
Comments:US
Helo pilots in Vietnam |
Title:Khe
Sanh - Siege in the Clouds
Author:Eric
Hammel
Publisher:iBooks
Comments:Accounts
of the Siege
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Title:One
Crouded Hour
Author:Tim
Bowden
Publisher:Flamingo |
Title:Possums
& Bird Dogs
Author:Peter
Nolan
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Comments:Australian
Army Aviation's
161
Recon Flight in South Vietnam
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Title:Shadows
on the Wall
Author:Stan
Krasnoff
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
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Title:Krazy
Hor
Author:Stan
Krasnoff
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin |
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Title:The
Fighting First
Author:Lex
McAuley
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin |
Title:Well
Done Those Men
Author:Barry
Heard
Publisher:Scribe
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Title:Surgery,Sand
& Saigon Tea
Author:Marshall
Barr
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin |
Title:Vietnam
- A Reporters War
Author:Hugh
Lunn
Publisher:UQP
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Title:A
Green Baggy Skin
Author:Vincent
P Neale
Publisher:AMHP
Comments:Aussie
"Ginger Beer"
in
Vietnam,Good read,Top Book
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Title:Australias
War in Vietnam
Author:Frank
Frost
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
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Title:Through
Enemy Eyes
Author:Dave
Sabban
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin |
Title:Tears
on my Pillow
Author:Narelle
Biedermann
Publisher:Random
House
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Title:The
Battle of Long Tan
Author:Bob
Grandin
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Comments:Australian
Soldiers
recall
the Famous Long Tan Battle
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Title:The
Cage
Author:Tom
Abraham
Publisher:Bantam
Press
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Title:Write
Home for Me
Author:Jean
Lamensdorf
Publisher:Bantam
Press |
Title:When
the Scorpian Stings
Author:Paul
Anderson
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
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Title:The
Village
Author:Bing
West
Publisher:Pocket
Books
Comments:US
Special Forces
defend,live
& patrol a village area.
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Title:The
Team
Author:Ian
McNeill
Publisher:AWM
Comments:Australian
Army
Training
Team in Vietnam
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Title:Women
in Vietnam
Author:Ron
Steinman
Publisher:TV
Books
Comments:US
nurse's and others
recall
their time in Vietnam helping wounded.
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Title:Long
Tan & Beyond
Author:Charles
S Mollison
Publisher:Cobbs
Crossing
Comments:Australian
Soldiers
recall
the Famous Long Tan Battle
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Title:View
from a Low Bough
Author:Barry
Crowley
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Comments:Australian
Soldiers Humour
&
Memoirs in Vietnam - Very Good Read
Funny
Digger Humour only Aussies can give.
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Title:Sock
it to Em Baby
Author:Robert
Hillier
Publisher:Allen
& Unwin
Comments:Australian
Forward
Air
Controller flying for the US Airforce.
A
very good read from a different angle. |
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Title:The
Gunners Doctor
Author:David
Bradford
Publisher:
Random House
Comments:Australian
Doctor spends
his
year at Nui Dat with 4th Field Reg RAA
Its
his letters home to family,printed in a book.
Good
read for his feeling at the time. |
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