’Nam Raw: Excerpts from 24 Vietnam War Combat Memoirs

'Nam Raw is a collection of excerpts from 24 full-length Vietnam War combat memoirs and interviews, all published by McFarland. The selections present first-person accounts from men and women who served in the war, including Army infantry, forward observers, a journalist, a combat bandsman, Marines, pilots, and nurses. The excerpts are drawn from memoirs including The Hump, Lullabies for Lieutenants, Mad Minutes and Vietnam Months, Alone, Unarmed and Unafraid, Killer Kane, Stained with the Mud of Khe Sanh, Scrappy, Cammie Up!, Pucker Factor 10, Crucible Vietnam, Ghosts and Shadows, Eye of the Tiger, Vietnam-Perkasie, Rice Paddy Recon, Quang Tri Cadence, Vietnam War Nurses, Runway Visions, The Crouching Beast, Combat Bandsman, Tail End Charlie, The Ghosts of Thua Thien, Hornet 33, War Stories, and Fighting Shadows in Vietnam. These stories reflect the perspectives and experiences of those who were changed by their time in the war.