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A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam by Neil Sheehan, published by Vintage Books, 1988

A Father's Love by Steven Manchester, Publish America, 2003

**A Piece of My Heart by Keith Walker, Foreword by Martha Raye, Presidio Press, 1986

**A Rooster at Tet by Berneice Lanier, University Editions, 1998

A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo, Ballantine, 1977

A Soldier Reports by General William C Westmoreland, Doubleday & Company, 1976

A Soldier's Best Friend: Scout Dogs and Their Handlers in the Vietnam War by John C Burnam, Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2003

**A Time Remembered: American Women in the Vietnam War by Olga Gruhzit-Hoyt, Presidio Press, 1999

**A Woman at War by Molly Moore, Scribners, 1993

**A World of Hurt: Between Innocence and Arrogance in Vietnam by Mary Reynolds Powell, Greenleaf Enterprises Inc, 2000

Accidental Love by BL Miller, Justice House Publishing, 1999

**All the Daring of the Soldier by Elizabeth D. Leonard, WW Norton, 1999

Almost Back: The Brenda Cavanaugh Story by Jami James, New Century Books, 2002

**Amelia Earhart's Daughters by Leslie Haynsworth and David Toomey, William Morrow & Company, 1998

America After Vietnam by Edward F. Dolan, Franklin Watts, 1989

**America's Youngest Warriors: Stories about Young Men and Women Who Served in the Armed Forces of the United States of America before attaining Legal Age by Ray and Susan Jackson, Veterans of Underage Military Service, 1996

**American Daughter Gone to War: On the Front Lines with an Army Nurse in Vietnam by Winnie Smith, William Morrow, 1992

**American Patriots: The Story of Blacks in the Military from the Revolution to Desert Storm by Gail Buckley and Tonya Bolden, Crown, 2003

**American Women in World War One by Lettie Gavin, University Press of Colorado, 1997

**An Uncommon Soldier: The Civil War Letters of Sarah Rosetta Wakeman, alias Pvt. Lyons Wakeman, 153rd Regiment, New York State Volunteers, 1862-1864 by Lauren Cook Burgess, Oxford University Press, 1994

**And the Flag was Still There by Lois Shawver, Haworth Press, 1995

Angel on Trial by Mary Ann Kerl and Jay d'Queue, LangMarc Publishing, 1996

**Another Silenced Trauma: Twelve Feminist Therapists and Activists Respond to One Woman's Recovery from War by Esther Rothblum and Ellen Cole, Harrington Park Press, 1986

**Arms and the Woman by Kate Muir, Sinclair-Stevenson Ltd, 1994

B

**Ba Rose: My Years in Vietnam 1968-1971 by Iris Mary Roser, Pan Books, 1991

Background to Vietnam by Bernard Newman, Signet, 1965

Bat-21 by William C. Anderson, Bantam, 1980

**Battle Cries and Lullabies: Women in War from Prehistory to the Present by Linda Grant DePauw, University of Oklahoma Press, 1998

Battle for Hue by Keith William Nolan, Presidio Press, 1983

Betrayed by Joseph Douglass Jr, 1st Books, 2002

Bloods by Wallace Terry, Ballantine, 1984

Blue’s Bastards by Randy Herrod, Regnery Gateway, 1989

Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic, Pocket Books, 1976

C

**Call Sign Revlon: The Life and Death of Navy Fighter Pilot LT Kara Hultgreen by Sally Spears, Naval Institute Press, 1998

**Camouflage Isn't Only for Combat: Gender, Sexuality, and Women in the Military by Melissa Herbert, NYU Press, 1998

Casualties by Heather Brandon, St Martin’s Press, 1984

Casualties of War by Daniel Lang, Pocket Books, 1969

Cayman Gold by Richard Trout, LangMarc Publishing, 1999

**Celebration of Patriotism and Courage: Dedication of the Vietnam Women's Memorial November 10-12, 1993 by Vietnam Women's Memorial Project, 1993

Charlie Company by Peter Goldman and Tony Fuller, Ballantine, 1983

Conduct Unbecoming by Randy Shilts, St Martin’s Press, 1993

D

**Dad Wears Combat Boots by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 2000

**Dear America edited by Bernard Edelman, Pocket Books, 1985

Dictionary of the Vietnam War by James Olson, Greenwood Press, 1988

Dien Bien Phu by Howard Simpson, Brassey's Inc, 1994

DOC: Heroic Stories of Medics, Corpsmen, and Surgeons in Combat by Mark Littleton and Charles "Chuck" Wright, Zenith Press, 2005--coming soon

**Does Khaki Become You? by Cynthia Enloe, Pandora Press, 1983

Dog Tags of Courage: The Turmoil of War and the Rewards of Companionship by John C Burnam, Lost Coast Press, 2000

**Don't Mean Nothing: Short Stories of Vietnam by Susan O'Neill, Ballantine, 2001

**Dreams that Blister Sleep: A Nurse in Vietnam by Sharon Grant Wildwind, River Books, 1999

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Elephant Tears by Richard Trout, LangMarc Publishing, 2000

Even the Women Must Fight: Memories of War from North Vietnam by Karen Gottschang Turner and Phan Thanh Hao, John Wiley & Sons, 1998

Everything We Had by Al Santoli, Ballantine Books, 1981

Expendable Elite: One Soldier's Journey into Covert Warfare by Daniel Marvin, TrineDay, 2003

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Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers, Scholastic Inc, 1988

**Fields of Fire by Carol Ogg, Xlibris, 2007

**Fire in the Wind: The Life of Dickey Chapelle by Roberta Ostroff, Ballantine Books, 1992

Five Women I Love by Bob Hope, Doubleday & Co, 1966

Flashbacks by Morley Safer, St Martin’s Paperbacks, 1991

**For the Troops: Civilian Women in Vietnam by Sharon Lewis-Dickerson and Ann Kelsey, The VVA Veteran, Oct 15-18 1993

Fortunate Son by Lewis Puller Jr., Bantam Books, 1991

**Four Jills in a Jeep by Carole Landis, The World Publishing Company, 1944

Fried Green Tomatoes at The Whistlestop Cafe by Flannie Flagg, Ballantine Books

**From Japan with Love by Mary Ruggieri, Portsmouth Publishing, 2007--coming soon

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**Gender Camouflage: Women and the US Military by Francine D'Amico and Laurie Weinstein, New York University Press, 1999

**Generally Speaking: A Memoir by the First Woman Promoted to Three-Star General in the US Army by Claudia Kennedy, Warner Books, 2001

Get the Facts on Anyone by Dennis King, Prentice Hall, 1992

GI ("Guvmint" Issue) by LTC George M. Massey, Hillsboro Press, 1997

Grief Denied: A Vietnam Widow's Story by Pauline Laurent, Catalyst For Change, 1999

**Ground Zero: The Gender Wars in the Military by Linda Bird Francke, Simon & Schuster, 1997

Guide-Lines and God-Lines for Facing Cancer by Marvyl Patton, LangMarc Publishing, 1994

H

Hamburger Hill by William Pelfrey, Avon, 1987

**Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter and Christopher Morgan, Warner Books, 1983

**Home Front: Women and Vietnam by Barthy Byrd, Shameless Hussy Press, 1986

Honor Bound by Joseph Steffan, Avon, 1992

**Hornet's Nest: The Experiences of One of the Navy's First Female Fighter Pilots by Missy Cummings, iUniverse, 2000

**Hostile Fire: The Life & Death of First Lieutenant Sharon Lane  by Philip Bigler, Vandamere Press, 1996

How To Appreciate A Vietnam Vet: Dealing With The Myth Of The Unwinnable War by Steven Cain, Five Ships Ltd. 2005, this is an Adobe e-book!

How to Locate Anyone Who is or Has Been in the Military by LTC Richard S Johnson, MIE Publishing, 1991

I

**I Am a Soldier, Too: The Jessica Lynch Story by Rick Bragg, Alfred Knopf, 2003--coming soon

**I Knew Your Soldier: An intimate picture of our boys overseas, by the Red Cross girls who know the GI best by Eleanor "Bumpy" Stevenson and Pete Martin, Infantry Journal--Penguin Books, 1945

I Served by Don and Annette Hall, A D Hall Publishing, 2001

I’m a Lucky One by S/SGT Barry Sadler and Tom Mahoney, MacMillan Ltd, 1967

**In Defense of a Nation edited by Major General Jeanne M. Holm, Vandamere Press, 1998

In Retrospect by Robert S. McNamara, Times Books, 1995

**In the Combat Zone: An Oral History of American Women in Vietnam by Kathryn Marshall, Little, Brown, 1987

In the Eye of the Storm by Roger Cohen and Claudio Gatti, Berkley, 1991

In the Line of Duty: A Tribute to New York's Finest and Bravest by Thomas Van Essen, Harper Collins, 2001

**In the Men's House: An inside account of life in the Army by One of West Point's first female graduates by CPT Carol Barkalow with Andrea Raab, Berkley Publishing Group, 1990

Inspirations for Educators by Jan Kilby, LangMarc Publishing, 1998

Iron Bravo by Carsten Stroud, Bantam Book, 1995

J

Jacob Evans by Steven Manchester, Twilight Books, 2002

K

L

Last Man Out by James E. Parker Jr., Ballantine Books, 1996

**Laugh, Cry and Remember by Clarice Pollard, Journeys Press, 1991

Leave No Man Behind by Garnett "Bill" Bell and George Veith, Goblin Fern Press, 2004

**Letters Home by Katherine Chance, Writers Showcase Press, 2000

**Life after Vietnam by Delores A. Kuenning, Paragon House, 1990

**Lipstick and a Smile: One Name Nurse Story by Helen White, Bell Books, 2003

**Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton, Simon & Schuster, 2003

Lonely Girls with Burning Eyes: A Wife Recalls her Husband's Journey Home from Vietnam by Marian Fage Novak, Ballantine Books, 1992

**Lottie’s Legacy by Hilda Orleans, Edisto Press, 1991

**Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the US Army by Kayla Williams, WW Norton & Company, 2005

**Lucky-Lucky: A Nurse's Story of Life at a Hospital in Vietnam by Marva Hasselblad and Dorothy Brandon, M Evans, 1966

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Masters of the Art by Ronald Winter, Carlton Press, 1989

**Matter of Survival: The War Jane Never Saw by Chris Noel and Bill Treadwell, Branden Publishing Company, 1987

Medal of Honor: A Vietnam Warrior's Story by MSgt Roy P. Benavidez with John R. Craig, Brassey, 1995

Medal of Honor: One Man's Journey from Poverty and Prejudice by Roy Perez Benavidez and John Craig, Batsford Brassey, 1999

Medal of Honor: Portraits of Valor Beyond the Call of Duty with text by Peter Collier, Artisan, 2003--coming soon

**Memories of Maggie--Martha Raye: A Legend Spanning Three Wars by Noonie Fortin, LangMarc Publishing, 1995

Men in Green Faces by Gene Wentz, St. Martin's, 1992

Messages from Babylon by Michael Whitehead, ebook/paperback, 2005

**Mildred Harrison: First Black American Imprisoned in Vietnam by Mildred Harrison O'Neill, Vantage Press, 2002

**Minefields and Miniskirts: Australian Women and the Vietnam War by Siobhan McHugh, Doubleday, 1993

**Mom Wears Combat Boots by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 1999

**My Navy Too: A Political Novel Based on Real Life Experiences by Beth Coye, Cedar Hollow Press, 1998--coming soon

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Nam by Mark Baker, Berkley Publishing, 1981

Nam: The Vietnam Experience 1965-75, Tim Page and John Pimlott, Barnes & Noble Limited, 1995

Nixon by Stephen E. Ambrose, Simon and Schuster, 1989

No One Left Behind: The Lt. Comdr. Michael Scott Speicher Story by Amy Waters Yarsinske, Dutton, 2002

**No Time For Fear: Voices of American Military Nurses in WWII by Diane Burke Fessler, Michigan State University Press, 1997 

**No Time For Tears: Vietnam: The Women Who Served motion picture by Mitch Wood, West End Films, 1993

**Nurses Who Served--And Did Not Return by Doreen Spelts, American Journal of Nursing, 1986

O

O'Mann's War by Mac H. O'Mann, University Editions Inc, 1996

One More Mission by Oliver L. North and David Roth, Zondervan Publishing House, 1993

**One Woman's Army by Charity Adams Earley, Texas A&M University Press, 1989

**Orphan's of War: Work with the Abandoned Children of Vietnam 1967-1975 by Rosemary Taylor and Wende Grant, Collins, 1988

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**Patriots in Disguise: Women Warriors of the Civil War by Richard Hall, Marlowe & Co, 1993

Pearl Harbor Child: A Child's View of Pearl Harbor from Attack to Peace by Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson, Woodson House Publishing, 2003

Pearl Harbor Warriors--The Bugler, The Pilot, The Friendship: The story of SGT Richard Fiske and LT Zenji Abe by Dorinda Makanaonalani Nicholson, Woodson House Publishing, 2001

**Pioneer Lady of Flight: A Biography in Letters by Regina Hawkins, Mercer University Press, 1996

Platoon by Dale A. Dye, Berkley, 1986

Platoon: Bravo Company by Robert Hemphill, Sergeant Kirkland's, 1998

Poems In The Keys Of Life: Reflections Of A Combat Medic by Kerry "Doc" Pardue, Publish America, 2005--coming soon

**Potpourri Of War: Labors of Love Remembered by Noonie Fortin, LangMarc Publishing, 1998

**Prisoners of Hope by Susan Katz Keating, Random House, 1994

**Profiles in Gay & Lesbian Courage by Reverend Troy Perry and Thomas Swicegood, St. Martins, 1991

**Proud to Be by Kelly Flinn, Random House, 1997

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**Quiet Heroes: Navy Nurses of the Korean War 1950-1953 by Frances Omori, Smith House, 2001

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**Recovering from the War: A Guide for all Veterans, Family Members, Friends and Therapists by Patience H. C. Mason, Patience Press, 1998

**Reflections Between the Lines by Jan Goff-LaFontaine, Turner Publishing, 2000

Remember the Alamo: A Sentry Dog Handler's View of Vietnam from the Perimeter of Phan Rang Air Base by Carl Adams, Lost Coast Press, 2002

**Requiem by the photographers who died in Vietnam and Indochina, edited by Horst Faas and Tim Page, Random House, 1997

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Sacred Shadow, Sacred Ground: A Vietnam War Widow's Journey Through Unresolved Grief by Glenda M Carter, Two Rainbows Publishing, 2004

**Saigon for a Song: The True Story of a Vietnam Gig to Remember by Reuben and Nancy Noel, UCS Press, 1987

Scars & Stripes by Eugene B. McDaniel with James L Johnson, Harvest House, 1975

Secret of the Viking Dagger by Scarlett Ryan Foster, LangMarc Publishing, 1996

**Secret Weapons: Two Sisters' Terrifying True Story of Sex, Spies and Sabotage by Cheryl and Lynn Hersha, New Horizon Press, 2001

**Serving in Silence by Margarethe Cammermeyer with Chris Fisher, Viking, 1994

Shadows of a Vietnam Veteran by Alicia J Boyd, Truman Publishing Company, 2000

**She Went To War by Rhonda Cornum with Peter Copeland, Presidio Press, 1992

**Shrapnel in the Heart: Letters and Remembrances from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Laura Palmer, Random House, 1987

**Side-by-Side: A Photographic History of American Women in War by Vickie Lewis; Stewart, Tabori & Chang, 1999

**Sisterhood of Spies by Elizabeth P McIntosh, Dell, 1998

Snake's Daughter: The Roads In and Out of War by Gail Hosking Gilberg, University of Iowa Press, 1997

**Soaring Above Setbacks: The Autobiography of Janet Harmon Bragg African American Aviator by Marjorie Kriz, Smithsonian Institute Press, 1996

SOG by John L. Plaster, Penguin Putnam Inc, 1997

Somalia Diary by CPT William Sims, USAF (Ret), Burke Publishing Company, 1999

Somebody Up There Likes Me by Rocky Graziano with Rowland Barber, Cardinal, 1994

St Murphy's Commandants by Ron Birk, LangMarc Publishing, 1997

**Stateside Soldier: Life in the Women's Army Corps 1944-1945 by Aileen Kilgore Henderson, University of South Carolina Press, 2001

**Station Hospital Saigon: A Navy Nurse in Vietnam, 1963-1964 by LCDR Bobbi Hovis, NC, USN (Ret), Naval Institute Press, 1991

**Stolen Valor by BG Burkett and Glenna Whitley, Verity Press, 1998

**Stolen Years: In My Little Corner of the World by Maita Floyd, Eskualdun Publishers, 1996

Strong At The Broken Places by Max Cleland, Cherokee Publishing, 1980

Strong Men Armed by Robert Leckie, Bantam, 1962

T

36 Years and a Wake-up: An American Returns To Vietnam by Carey Spearman, Truman Publishing, 2005 and this book has been translated into Vietnamese!

The Circuit Riding Combat Chaplain by Frank Griepp, self-published

The Complete Guide to Over Protective Parenting by David Espurvoa, LangMarc Publishing, 1998

**The Enclyclopedia of Amazons by Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Paragon House, 1991

The Eyewitness History of the Vietnam War 1961-1975 by George Esper and the Associated Press, Ballantine Books, 1983

**The First, The Few, The Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I by Jean Ebbert and Marie Beth Hall, Naval Institute Press, 2002

The Green Berets by Robin Moore, Crown Publishers, 1965

The Last Firebase by Lydia Fish, White Mane Publishing, 1987

The Last Medal of Honor by Pete Billac, Swan Publishing Company, 1990

The Leapin' Deacon by Conrad Walker and J Walker Winslow, Langmarc Publishing, 2004

The Lion of Babylon by Michael Whitehead, coming in 2007

The Long Gray Line by Rick Atkinson, Houghton Mifflin, 1989

**The Originals:The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II by Sarah Byrn Rickman, Disc-Us Books, 2001--coming soon

**The Other Side of War: On the Hospital Transports with the Army of the Potomac by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, Corner House Historical Publications, 1998

**The Rockin' Chair by Steven Manchester, 2003

**The Sarge's Thoughts: Volume I by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 1999

**The Sarge's Thoughts: Volume II by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 2000

**The Sarge's Thoughts: Volume III by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 2001

**The Sarge's Thoughts: Volume IV by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 2002

**The Sarge's Thoughts: Volume V by Noonie Fortin, Tales and Whales Publishing, 2004

The Three Wars of Roy Benavidez by Roy Benavidez, Corona Press, 1983

The Unexpected Storm by Steven Manchester, Hellgate Press, 2000

**The US Army in World War Two: Special Studies--The Women's Army Corps by Mattie Treadwell, 1954

The Vietnam Experience Introduction by David J. Bowman, Gallery Books, 1989

The Vietnam Experience by Nick Mills, Boston Publishing Co, 1983

The Vietnam War edited by Ray Bonds, Crown Publishers, 1979

**The Vietnam Wars 1945-1990 by Marilyn B. Young, Harper Perennial, 1991

The Wall conceived by Sal Lopes, Collins Publishers, 1987

The Wall That Heals by Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1992

The War Within by Tom Wells, Henry Holt & Co, 1994

**The Women's Army Corps, 1945-1978 by Bettie J Morden, Center of Military History, US Army, 1990

The Wounded Generation edited by A. D. Horne, Prentice-Hall, 1981

**Their Own Vietnam movie by Nancy Kates, Women Make Movies, 1995

**They Also Served: American Women in World War II by Olga Gruhzit-Hoyt, Birch Lane Press, 1995

**They Also Served: Military Biographies of Uncommon Americans by Scott Baron, MIE Publishing, 1998

**Three Came Home by Agnes Newton Keith, Little Brown & Co, 1947

Through the Valley of the Kwai by Ernest Gordon, Bantam, 1962

Time-Line Vietnam: The Tiger that ate the Firebase by Ray Bows and Pia Problemi, Bows and Sons Publishing, 2004

**Timelines of American Women's History by Sue Heinemann, Perigee Book, 1996

To Heal a Nation by Jan Scruggs and Joel L. Swerdlow, Harper & Row, 1985

To Hell and Back by Audie Murphy, TAB Books, 1949

**To Serve My Country, To Serve My Race: The Story of African American WACs Stationed Overseas during World War Two by Brenda Moore, New York University Press, 1996

Today’s Heroes: Colin Powell by David Roth, Zondervan, 1993

Touring Nam edited by Martin H. Greenburg and Augustus Richard Norton, Bantam Books, 1985

U

**Ultimate Power: Enemy Within the Ranks by Linda Fischer, Unlimited Inc, 1999

Unreconstructed: Vietnam to Iraq by Teddy Bitner, Lulu Press, 2005

V

**Valkyrie by Lindsay McKenna, Hard Shell Word Factory, 2000

Valor by Timothy S. Lowry, Berkley, 1989

**Vicki! by Vicki Lawrence with Marc Elliot, Simon and Schuster, 1995

Vietnam compiled by C Douglas Elliot and Laurence L Levin, Starwood Publishing, 1991

Vietnam edited by Marvin E. Gettleman, Fawcett Publications, 1965

Vietnam: A History by Stanley Karnow, Penguin Books, 1991

Vietnam: Decisive Battles by John Pimlott, Barnes & Noble Books, New York, 1990

Vietnam: Images from Combat Photographers compiled by C. Douglas Elliot and Laurence L. Levin, Starwood Publishing, 1991

Vietnam: Medal of Honor Heroes by Edward F. Murphy, Ballantine Books, 1987

Vietnam: Our Story--One on One compiled by Gary D. Gullickson, VV Publishing, 1991

VIETNAM: Revolution in Transition by William J. Duiker, Westview Press, 1995

Vietnam Decisive Battles by John Pimlott, Barnes & Noble Inc, 1990

Vietnam Doctor: The Story of Project Concern by Dr. James W. Turpin, McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1966

Vietnam Military Lore: Legends, Shadows and Heroes by Ray Bows, Bows and Sons Publishing, 1997

Vietnam Order of Battle by Shelby Stanton, Galahad Books, 1986

Vietnam Veterans' Homecoming: Crossing the Line by Carey Spearman, Truman Publishing Company, 1999

Vietnam Wives: Facing the Challenges of Life with Veterans Suffering Post Traumatic Stress by Aphrodite Matsakis, Sidran Press, 1996

**Vietnam Women's Memorial: A Commemorative, Turner Publishing, 1996

**Visions of War, Dreams of Peace edited by Lynda Van Devanter and Joan A. Furey, Warner Books, 1991

Voices of War: Stories of Service from the Homefront and the Front Lines by Library of Congress, 2005

**Volunteers All layout by Dolores Reed, Reed Publications, 1998

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**WAC History 1942-1978 by COL Bettie Morden, US Government Printing, 1990

**WACs: Women's Army Corps by Vera Williams, Motorbooks International, 1997

War Stories of the Green Berets: The Viet Nam Experience by Hans Halberstadt, Motorbooks International, 1994

War Story by Jim Morris, Dell, 1979

**War Torn: Stories of War from the Women Reporters who Covered Vietnam edited by Jurate Kazickas, 2002

War Without Windows by Bruce E. Jones, Vanguard Press, 1987

**Warriors Without Weapons: The Victimization of Military Women by Donna Dean, Minerva Center, 1997

**We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman, Random House, 1999--coming soon

We Were Soldiers Once and Young: IaDrang--The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway, Harper Perennial, 1993

**What's a Woman Doing Here? A Reporter's Report on Herself by Dickey Chapelle, William Morrow, 1962

When Hell was in Session by Jeremiah A. Denton Jr., Fitzhenry & Whiteside Publishing, 1982

When I was First Alone by Jan Johansen Stennes, LangMarc Publishing, 1993

Where We Were in Vietnam by Michael P Kelley, Hellgate Press, 2002

**Who Knew?: Reflections on Vietnam by J. Holley Watts, 2004

Why Didn't You Get Me Out by Frank Anton, Anton Publishing, 1997

Witness to War by Maurice Isserman, Harper Perennial, 1991

**Women At Risk: We Also Served by Noonie Fortin, Writer's Club Press, iUniverse, 2002

2005 Distinguished Honor Awards

Given to books that are distinguished examples of their genres.

Women At Risk - We Also Served

by Noonie Fortin

 

**Women At Ground Zero: Stories of Courage and Compassion by Susan Hagen and Mary Carouba, Alpha Books, 2002

Women At War: WW II to Iraqi Freedom by Scott Baron and James Wise, Naval Institute Press, 2006

**Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam by Elizabeth M. Norman, University of Pennsylvania, 1990

**Women in the Military by Jeanne Holm, Presidio Press, 1982

**Women in Vietnam by Ron Steinman, TV Books, 2000

**Women Veterans: American's Forgotten Heroines by June A Willenz, Continuum, 1983

**Women War Correspondents in the Vietnam War 1961-1975 by Virginia Elwood-Akers, Scarecrow Press, 1988

**Women's America: Refocusing the Past by Linda Kerber and Jane Sherron DeHart, Oxford University Press, 1982

Words of the Vietnam War by Gregory Clark, McFarland & Company, 1990

Writings on the Wall by Jan Scruggs, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, 1994

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Y

**Yankee Women: Gender Battles in the Civil War by Elizabeth Leonard, W W Norton & Co, 1994

Yeager by General Chuck Yeager and Leo Janos, Bantam Books, 1985

You Might be in a Country Church if by Ron Birk, LangMarc Publishing, 1998

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