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Devil's Guard Counterattack    by Eric Meyer
Price: $4.99 USD. 66140 words. Published by Swordworks & Miro Books  on March 9, 2011. .

A former Waffen-SS officer, veteran of Russia and Indochina. He runs a small civilian airline with former soldiers of the Waffen-SS. During Tet the communists launch their attacks. With the airline in ruins and his wife kidnapped, the former warriors of the brutal Das Reich and Totenkopf Divisions pick up their weapons again. Once more, the Viet Cong are about to meet the Devil's Guard.
The Next Buddha    by J. E. Murphy
Price: $2.99 USD. 101080 words. Published on March 9, 2011. .

Can a single act of love save the world from destruction? A peasant born in pre-war Vietnam has memories of a life he will live in the future. These memories offer clues as to why he must now face the horrors of slavery and war in his current life. Is karma a punishment, or is it simply a choice we make?
America's Diplomats, The Road to Attleboro    by John W. Huffman
Price: $4.99 USD. 142550 words. Published on March 10, 2011. .

America’s Diplomats powerfully portrays the Vietnam conflict’s initial phase when patriotism still reigned supreme. All wars spawn simple heroes from youthful naivety as boy-soldiers evolve into weathered combat veterans. Young Jay Sharpe is no exception. Born into a long lineage of patriots, he never questions his generation’s call to arms.
Hardly a Hero    by Michael Young
Price: $0.99 USD. 50790 words. Published on March 21, 2011. .

A young man leaving home to join the military struggles to adjust to his new life. The reader follows him as he enters the Air Focrce and then to his first base in Cheynne Wyoming and then over seas to a foreign war in Vietnam. He is torn between duty and what he believes to be the right thing to do.
Here Comes Charlie    by RW Holmen
Price: $2.99 USD. 2550 words. Published on March 26, 2011. .

A short story. LRRPs were the cavalry scouts of Vietnam, riding helicopters instead of mustangs to remote and unfriendly territory. The LRRPs had little firepower and relied on wits and subterfuge to trespass into Charlie's domain. "Here comes Charlie" is the first of a series of Viet Nam vignettes by author RW Holmen.
SitRep Negative: A Year In Vietnam    by G. J. Lau
Price: $0.99 USD. 24330 words. Published on March 27, 2011. .

In April 1968, we were a country at war with ourselves and increasingly with a small country halfway around the world: Vietnam. I don’t recall ever thinking about Vietnam when I started college in 1963. By 1968, it was all any of us could think about. This memoir was written for my grandchildren, but it will give anyone some sense of what it was like to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam.
The Heart is Deceitful    by Jack Vivace
Price: $0.99 USD. 12650 words. Published on March 29, 2011. .

It's 1972, and Dan McCarthy is trying his damnedest to dodge the draft, the Department of Superhuman Affairs, and his ex-girlfriend, but all three keep coming back to haunt him. Can Dan handle other metahumans, the government, and Misty's new boyfriend in time to avoid hitting rock bottom?
Ramrod the Combat Snake    by Mark Berent
Price: Free! 2680 words. Published on March 31, 2011. .

Until the day a friendly FAC presented us combat pilots with a mascot, all any of us knew about snakes was that they were slimy creatures that could poison you, eat you, twist your bones, or crush you at their leisure. But that was before we came to know and love our squadron's resident reptile, whose name was ... RAMROD
Dragon Lady    by Gary Alexander
Price: $2.99 USD. 80380 words. Published by Istoria Books  on April 2, 2011. .

An evocative tale of the early days of the Vietnam War, reminiscent of Catch 22… Funny and heartbreaking, Dragon Lady seamlessly shifts from Saigon in 1965 to the present day and beyond as the narrator tells the story of his obsession with a Vietnamese girl named Mai, his increasing unease with the U.S's involvement in Vietnam, and his reflections on his own life since his tour in Saigon.
I Visited Heaven, But Lived In Hell    by Nelson Peregoy
Price: $2.99 USD. 102160 words. Published by Red Willow Digital Press  on April 2, 2011. .

This book makes the perfect gift to send to any soldier, whether in active duty or retired. Follow the surprising life of Nelson Peregoy as he goes from very successful salesman to highly decorated Army combat pilot in Vietnam, to two-star general, to multimillionaire jet setter—to a drunk, broke, and homeless derelict who ends up spending three years in a federal psychiatric prison hospital