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Books About the War>Non-Fiction>Autobiographies/Biographies

Medical Personnel
Personal Accounts, Biographies, Oral Histories--A Selected Bibliography

Allen, George. Ri. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, 1978.

Bartecchi, Carl E. Soc Trang: A Vietnamese Odyssey. Boulder, Colo.: Rocky Mountain Writers Guild, 1980.

Bennett, Marilyn Faye."Help! What Do I Do Now?:" The Adventures of a Young Missionary Nurse in Vietnam. Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Publishing Association, 1976.

Bigler, Philip. Hostile Fire: The Life and Death of First Lieutenant Sharon Lane. Arlington, Va.: Vandamere Press, 1996.

Briscoe, Edward G. Diary of a Short-Timer in Vietnam. New York: Vantage, 1970.

Brown, Wayne 'Sam'. Medic: Memoirs of an Australian Infantry Medic In Viet Nam 1968-69. Queensland, Australia: Queensland Complete Printing Services, 2002.

Browne, Corinne. Body Shop: Recuperating from Vietnam. New York: Stein & Day, 1973.

Byerly, Wesley Grimes. Nam Doc. New York: Vantage, 1981.

Dooley, Thomas A. Deliver Us from Evil: The Story of Viet Nam's Flight to Freedom. New York: Farrar, Straus & Cudahy, 1956.

Evans, Barbara. Caduceus in Saigon: A Medical Mission to South Viet-Nam. London: Hutchinson, 1968.

Evans, Daniel E. Doc: Platoon Medic. New York: Pocket Books, 1998.

Ford, Herbert. No Guns on Their Shoulders. Nashville, Tenn.: Southern Publishing Association, 1968.

Freedman, Dan and Jacquelin Rhoads, ed. Nurses in Vietnam: The Forgotten Veterans. Austin, Tex.: Texas Monthly, Press, 1987.

Glasser, Ronald J. 365 Days. New York: Braziller, 1971.

Glennon, Martin J. The Decisive Battle: Before, During and After the Vietnam Experience. Griffith, Ind.: Battleaxe Publications, 1986.

Gloeckner, Fred. A Civilian Doctor in Vietnam. Philadelphia: The Winchell Company, 1972.

Grauwin, Paul. Doctor at Dienbienphu. New York: John Day, 1955.

Hampton, Lynn. The Fighting Strength: Memoirs of a Combat Nurse in Vietnam. New York: Warner, 1992.

Hasselblad, Marva with Dorothy Brandon. Lucky-Lucky: A Nurse's Story of a Provincial Hospital in Vietnam. New York: M. Evans, 1966.

Hovis, Bobbi. Station Hospital Saigon: A Navy Nurse in Vietnam, 1963-1964. Annapolis. Md.: Naval Institute Press, 1991.

Kammholz, Larry P. Moc Hoa: A Vietnam Medical-Military Adventure. Oshkosh, Wis.: Starboard Publishing, 1990.

Kelsh, James Michael. Traige: The Gathering Place. New York, Carlton Press, 1977.

Lovy, Andrew. Vietnam Diary, October, 1967-July, 1968. New York: Exposition Press, 1970.

McKeown, Bonni. Peaceful Patriot: The Story of Tom Bennett. Charleston. W. Va.: Mountain State Press, 1980.

Matthews, J. W. The Wolfhounds. New York, Carlton Press, 1983.

Meshad, Shad. Captain for Dark Mornings. Playa del Rey, Calif.: Creative Image Associates, 1982.

Norman, Elizabeth M. Women at War: The Story of Fifty Military Nurses Who Served in Vietnam. Philadelphia: University of Pensylvania Press, 1990.

Norton, Bruce H. Force Recon Diary, 1969. New York: Ivy, 1991.

Parrish, John. 12, 20 and 5: A Doctor's Year in Vietnam. New York: Dutton, 1972. (Also called Journal of a Plague Year. [London: Fontana, 1979])

Roberts, Craig. Combat Medic Vietnam. New York: Pocket Books, 1991.

Schulze, Gene. The Third Face of War. Austin, Tex.: Pemberton Press, 1970.

Schynert, Mark. Women of the Vietnam War. Detroit: Lucent Books, 2005.

Smith, Winnie. American Daughter Gone To War: On the Front Lines With an Army Nurse in Vietnam. New York: Morrow, 1992.

Smolenski, Mary C. et al. A Fit, Fighting Force: The Air Force Nursing Services Chronology. Washington, D.C.: Office of the Air Force Surgeon General, 2005.

Terry, Susan. House of Love: Life in a Vietnamese Hospital. London: World Books, 1966.

Thomas, Liz. Dust of Life: Children of the Saigon Streets. New York: Dutton, 1977.

Trembly, Diane L. Petticoat Medic in Vietnam: Adventures of a Woman Doctor. New York: Vantage, 1976.

Turpin, James W., with Al Hirshberg. Vietnam Doctor: The Story of Project Concern. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.

Van Devanter, Lynda with Christopher Morgan. Home Before Morning: The Story of an Army Nurse in Vietnam. New York: Beaufort Books, 1983.

Wildwind, Sharon. Dreams That Blister Sleep: A Nurse in Vietnam. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada: River Books, 1999.

Williams, Fenton A. Just Before the Dawn: A Doctor's Experiences in Vietnam. New York: Exposition Press, 1971.

For additional information, see Wittman, Sandra. Writing About Vietnam: A Bibliography of the Literature of the Vietnam Conflict. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1989.