- Our Vietnam Wars: as told by 100 veterans who served

Excellent read highly recommend.

I thought this book was an excellent read. My Kindle "readings" tend to be a few pages at a time while on break at work or on the bus etc. This was the perfect book for that. The author has put together 100 Vietnam veterans and their stories. Each one is written by the veteran who served. Each story is maybe a thousand words or less, so it's a great book to read on the fly. The veterans themselves are from all branches of the service. Army, Navy, Airforce, Marines, from the lowly buck private to full bird colonel. Not every story is combat-related but all are very interesting and each have their own unique story to tell. I enjoyed this book thoroughly and will be looking forward to see if the author decides to put together a second volume.

I really enjoyed this book, from the combat stories to the stories of the pay masters on the Navy ships. All were veterans, all served, and they all, each and every one of them, deserve our thanks and gratitude. As a kid I was well aware of Vietnam, and my dad was a veteran of the Korean War, so we always kept up on the news. Vietnam ended before I left High School. I served in the Navy from 1977 to 1997. While not in combat, like these folks mostly were, we all served Uncle Sam in some capacity.

I have read several books in which veterans tell their stories and no one can tell your story, like you know it. Bill Brown, the author, has really out done himself on this book. He has covered the veterans early background, how they went into the service, and how they served in country using their military training. This book is truly an amazing mixture of men, women, and cultures, that are profiled. I feel so strong about this book and all it's intimate stories, that it should be required reading by all high school students in America. The fact that our country was in such turmoil over this unpopular war leaves many naive people to think that all veterans are blood thirsty maniacs. On the contrary, every single veteran profiled, came home and did their best to improve their lives and move on despite their nightmares and agent Orange disabilities. I highly recommend this book, especially for veterans, being currently discharged so they can see what is possible and attainable with their GI Bill benefits. To the " 100", welcome home!

I enjoyed reading about each experience that was detailed in this book. It also makes you aware that anyone holding political office should have been required to have some military service. To send our people to fight someone political only decisions can't be allowed to override the military leaders. How many people died because the stupid policies were put in place by people that didn't know the first thing about winning a war. If you are going to put people in harm's way let them do the job they know how to do. The other issue is to take care of them when they have completed the task you made them do. Being an Army brat I lived this issue from another point of view. We worried about the guys sent overseas. We worried and prayed our fathers wouldn't get orders to go to Vietnam but we lived with the knowledge that it could happen at any time. I became a nurse because friends died there. I was too young at the time but always felt I would have volunteered if the war was still going on by the time I finished my training. I graduated Nursing school in 1977 so you see I was close. I recommend this book to our political leaders so they can see how their political policies hurt many of the proud young men and women that they put in harm's way.

An interesting story of the lives of soldiers who were in or near Vietnam during the war there. I was in the Army from June 1959 to June 1961 during the Cold War and was stationed in Heidelberg, Germany attached to a NATO headquarter unit. My brother was in the Marine Corp and stationed on Okinawa in 1962-63. He said twice they were on ships headed towards that region but their ships turned around and went back. A buddy of mine was a Medic in a Paratrooper Unit at Okinawa also and they were training to jump somewhere in the region but the jump was called off. Neither saw combat before they left the service. The stories these soldiers told give us a good account of what life was like in Vietnam by all branches of the military. It gives us a View of how terrible this war was for everyone involved, both soldiers and civilians. May it never happen again.

As one who also served in Vietnam I loved reading about other's experience. None were anything like mine and it didn't surprise me. Mine was early in the was (1965-66) and things were more loose. I have read many books on the war. It was the adventure of my life (I am 81 now) and I want to know as much as I can about it. I have always been interested in how other dealt with it and this book is all about that. I am always amazed at the way soldiers in the field coped with such horrible conditions and were still able to function. I have always wondered if had I been put in those conditions how I would have done. About the worst inconvenience I had was that I never had hot water and the water in the tap wasn't drinkable. I also spent a lot of time at the beach and I'm sure I over exposed my skin to ultraviolet radiation. As far as I know I was never shot at. I was also surprised at how much damage was caused by Agent Orange. One of the officers who lived in the same billet as I did was involved in the spraying. He often invited me to go on the missions with him. I always declined, not because I was concerned about my health, that wasn't a concern back then, but because I didn't care to go flying when I didn't have to. I have had Type I diabetes since 1972 but it never occurred to me that it could be war related and it probably isn't since I was never out in the field.

Brief short stories by 100 who served. Amazing diversity of roles. I would buy it again....but the stories are brief and it is apparent they are told many years after their actual service as some details are missing.

Really Like this Book, basically short storys from people who served in Nam.

Mal was anderes zum Thema. Sehr interessant sind die verschiedenen sozialen Hintergründe und die daraus resultierenden Haltungen bzw. Meinungen. Auch wird gut deutlich,dass es "den" Vietnamkrieg nicht gab, sondern abhängig von Einsatzgebiet und Truppenteil sehr unterschiedlich war.

This unique format of a hundred short stories is really effective, and allows one to learn about a hugely wide array of roles in the conflict. All were interesting - after all, how else can you learn about the life of a cook, a nurse, a Donut Dolly in the Vietnam war. In addition to the more familiar tales of the warriors themselves. I also loved hearing how their various lives panned out after the war, but was horrified to learn of the long term effects of Agent Orange and PTSD. This book I recommend highly

What’s to dislike, this was real memories from real people that went through that surreal situation, they tell it as they saw it. A fascinating inside to one of the most discussed and derided parts of American history. God bless them all.

Enjoyed people from all walks of life, who served in Vietnam. They all had a chance to tell their story, no matter what they did or where they were assigned.