
Guns Up!
A Firsthand Account of the Vietnam War
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Narrated by:
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John Fehskens
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By:
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Johnnie Clark
About this listen
THIS GUT-WRENCHING FIRSTHAND ACCOUNT OF THE WAR IS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF VIETNAM LITERATURE.
"Guns up!" was the battle cry that sent machine gunners racing forward with their M60s to mow down the enemy, hoping that this wasn't the day they would meet their deaths. Marine Johnnie Clark heard that the life expectancy of a machine gunner in Vietnam was seven to ten seconds after a firefight began. Johnnie was only eighteen when he got there, at the height of the bloody Tet Offensive at Hue, and he quickly realized the grim statistic held a chilling truth.
The Marines who fought and bled and died were ordinary men, many still teenagers, but the selfless bravery they showed day after day in a nightmarish jungle war made them true heroes. This new edition of Guns Up!, filled with photographs and updated information about those harrowing battles, also contains the real names of these extraordinary warriors and details of their lives after the war. The book's continuing success is a tribute to the raw courage and sacrifice of the United States Marines.
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Operation Tailwind
- Memoirs of a Secret Battle in a Secret War
- By: Barry Pencek
- Narrated by: Dan Nachtrab
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
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The Studies and Observations Group was a covert American military unit in Vietnam that specialized in clandestine cross-border operations in Laos and Cambodia. In September 1970, sixteen Green Berets and one-hundred-twenty Montagnard mercenaries departed on Operation Tailwind, the largest and deepest raid in SOG history.
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Excellent! Immersive!
- By AudioBookReviewer on 07-15-24
By: Barry Pencek
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Time in the Barrel
- A Marine’s Account of the Battle for Con Thien
- By: James P. Coan
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
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Con Thien was a United States Marine Corps firebase that was the scene of fierce combat for months on end during 1967. Staving off attacks and ambushes while suffering from ineffectual leadership from Washington as well as media onslaughts, courageous American Marines protected this crucial piece of land at all costs. They would hold Con Thien, but many paid the ultimate price. By the end of the war, more than 1,400 Marines had died and more than 9,000 sustained injuries.
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Marine fortitude
- By Amazon Customer on 04-17-25
By: James P. Coan
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SOG
- The Secret Wars of America's Commandos in Vietnam
- By: John L. Plaster
- Narrated by: Arthur Morey
- Length: 14 hrs and 17 mins
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John Plaster’s riveting account of his covert activities as a member of a special operations team during the Vietnam War is “a true insider’s account...this eye-opening report will leave readers feeling as if they’ve been given a hot scoop on a highly classified project” (Publishers Weekly). Code-named the Studies and Observations Group, SOG was the most secret elite US military unit to serve in the Vietnam War - so secret that its very existence was denied by the government.
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More, give me more.
- By LEE on 03-06-19
By: John L. Plaster
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Escape from the Deep
- A True Story of Courage and Survival During World War II
- By: Alex Kershaw
- Narrated by: Fred Sanders
- Length: 5 hrs and 36 mins
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In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine Tang was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges. As the air ran out, some of the crew made a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived. But the survivors were beginning a far greater ordeal.
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Fascinating story or survival
- By J. vanDijk on 04-18-25
By: Alex Kershaw
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Death in the Highlands
- The Siege of Special Forces Camp Plei Me
- By: J. Keith Saliba
- Narrated by: Jim Seybert
- Length: 10 hrs and 49 mins
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In fall 1965, North Vietnam's high command smelled blood in the water. The South Vietnamese republic was on the verge of collapse, and Hanoi resolved to crush it once and for all. The communists set their sights on South Vietnam's strategically vital West-Central Highlands. Their first target was the American Special Forces camp at Plei Me, remote and isolated along the Cambodian border.
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Boting
- By William R. Todd-Mancillas (Name includes hyphen and capitalized M). on 06-05-23
By: J. Keith Saliba
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...And a Hard Rain Fell
- A GI's True Story of the War in Vietnam
- By: John Ketwig
- Narrated by: Danny Campbell
- Length: 15 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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The classic Vietnam war memoir, ...and a hard rain fell is the unforgettable story of a veteran's rage and the unflinching portrait of a young soldier's odyssey from the roads of upstate New York to the jungles of Vietnam. Updated for its twentieth anniversary with a new afterword on the Iraq War and its parallels to Vietnam, John Ketwig's message is as relevant today as it was twenty years ago.
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Sobering account of how lives are changed by war and the politics and greed that escalated the conflict to obscene human costs.
- By Amazon Customer on 04-27-25
By: John Ketwig
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Section 8
- By: Johnnie M. Clark
- Narrated by: John H Fehskens
- Length: 11 hrs and 54 mins
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It is 1946 and President Truman is trying to get re-elected with the help of Standard Oil but Standard Oil is demanding that a mysterious deal be struck with Chiang Kai Shek. Truman hates the Marine Corps and is working hard to disband Uncle Sam's Misguided Children. He almost has congress convinced that the Corps is obsolete now that we have the A-bomb. He has sent what is left of the Corps to China to aid Shek in fighting the Communists.
By: Johnnie M. Clark
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Vietnam Combat
- Firefights and Writing History
- By: Robin Bartlett
- Narrated by: Chris Monteiro
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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1st Lieutenant Robin Bartlett suddenly found himself at the "repo-depo" in Bien Hoa reassigned to the 1st Cavalry Division. The unit had more helicopter support than any other unit in Vietnam. Immediate support from artillery, helicopter gunships, and ARA was only minutes away to support a firefight. Wounded troops could be medevaced even in dense jungle using "jungle penetrators." It also meant that Bartlett's platoon could deploy through helicopter combat assaults into hot LZs (landing zones) at a moment's notice if an enemy force had been spotted. And they did.
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financial disaster
- By peter brumlik on 02-10-25
By: Robin Bartlett
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SOG Kontum
- Secret Missions in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia 1968-1969
- By: Joe Parnar, Robert Dumont
- Narrated by: Corey M. Snow
- Length: 9 hrs and 33 mins
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This book tells the story of the Teams operating out of FOB2 Kontum, near the tri-border area, in 1968-69. From recon missions over the fence to the heroic, and sometimes fatal efforts undertaken to try and rescue missing SOG members, the events are told through the words of the men themselves, supported by previously unreleased official documents.
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Great story telling, gripping stories.
- By Derek Catalan on 03-23-25
By: Joe Parnar, and others
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Whispers in the Tall Grass
- By: Nick Brokhausen
- Narrated by: George Spelvin
- Length: 9 hrs and 39 mins
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On his second combat tour, Nick Brokhausen served in Recon Team Habu, CCN. This unit was part of MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command Vietnam Studies and Observations Group), or Studies and Observations Group as it was innocuously called. The small recon companies that were the center of its activities conducted some of the most dangerous missions of the war, infiltrating areas controlled by the North Vietnamese in Laos, Vietnam, and Cambodia. The companies never exceeded more than 30 Americans, yet they were the best source for the enemy's disposition.
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OUTSTANDING
- By James on 12-21-19
By: Nick Brokhausen
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A Filthy Way to Die
- Collected Memories of the Vietnam War
- By: Ed Linz
- Narrated by: Virtual Voice
- Length: 15 hrs and 16 mins
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The author, a retired Navy Commander, presents a unique view of the Vietnam War while providing an understanding of the horror, brutality, chaos, and insanity of war. His interviews with 61 members of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 1965 who served during the war in Vietnam include candid, first-hand accounts of American action on the ground, in the air, on the rivers, and offshore. Their stories involve Marines fighting bloody battles for hills soon abandoned after being captured; Naval aviators watching their wingman being shot down on missions targeting meaningless targets while Hanoi ...
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Mispronunciation of towns, regions, some terms
- By Michael D. Stuart on 04-05-24
By: Ed Linz
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Sign Here for Sacrifice
- The Untold Story of the Third Battalion, 506th Airborne, Vietnam 1968
- By: Ian Gardner
- Narrated by: Ian Porter
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
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Drawing on interviews with veterans, many of whom have never gone on the record before, Ian Gardner follows up his epic trilogy about the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in World War II with the story of the unit's reactivation at the height of the Vietnam War. This is the dramatic history of a band of brothers who served together in Vietnam and who against the odds lived up to the reputation of their World War II forefathers.
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Great story
- By E Clapp on 02-28-23
By: Ian Gardner
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- Ralph Bartley
- 03-15-25
Nothing can separate us from the Love of God
very well written and exciting. it explains some of the questions many had at the time. it show cases the fighting spirit and innocence of our Vietnam Vets. He and other Vets understood that although they were in a terrible war God was there too still loving them.
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- PowerRN
- 04-03-25
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Johnnie telling you, without having to say it, God shows up. Every single time.
The Truth is, God never left. But sometimes, God has to shake you awake sometimes. God did that for these Marines, just as he does for everyone. Whether or not we’ll acknowledge it when God does it, is up to us. I’m a Marine. I experienced nothing, not one second in my time in service in Iraq like Johnnie or any other combat troop in Vietnam did. But, I bet I’ve spent more time feeling sorry for myself than these men did. This book struck a cord with me. While reading it, I consciously decided to change my life. Wake up and listen. God is speaking to us all the time. I’m just not listening. And instead of feeling sad over losses, I’m going to start feeling grateful for what I have. Start being grateful for my life. It’s a gift. Squandering it with endless days feeling sorry for myself is pathetic and a total waste. That ends right now.
Semper Fi Marines.
Thank you LCPL Clark.
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- Sabrina Blaich
- 05-05-25
Saddle Up!
Great book. Couldn’t recommend enough. Heard about this book on the Jocko Podcast, did not disappoint.
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- Amazon Customer
- 02-21-25
Some of the bravest men
Excellent book written about brave Marines in Vietnam. God bless them. Stories of fighting for the man next to you.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-26-25
Absolutely Phenomenal.
I noticed another used did the same as another reviewer has. Set the playback speed to. +1.2x and it will instantly bring the Ai's reading voice to a real life like narration. The slower speed seems to leave out the emotion from each characters descriptions that are actually there. Not a negative word to say, this book was absolutely flawless. These men did not get the credit they fully deserved upon their arrival back to "The World". Thank you all for your service. If anything, more people should read these legends and possibly a chance of helping it repeating itself. Thank you all for your service.
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- Susan
- 01-02-25
The War
I’m 76. My first boyfriend was stationed in DaNang as a medic in the 60s, while I was in high school. My brother, in the same Navy medic program, was assigned to the rehab hospital in Yokosuka Japan. Both young men came home damaged by the war. They adjusted & healed some. My brother became a career Naval Officer, retired after 30 years, I think. My first boyfriend married someone else and he was an OR nurse as a civilian. Sadly, he passed away. Needless to say, reading this book was like listening to an old friend. Thx, Johnnie Clark. PS - My brother & boyfriend never discussed the war with me.
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- Rob DePietro
- 12-13-24
Authentic and gripping
Great story of a man’s journey through hell to find heaven’s loving hand through Vietnam. Worth a listen for sure!
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- Todd
- 01-10-25
The people
My father served in the Marines in Vietnam at the same time as this story. I have a little better understanding of his experience, thank you for writing this book.
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- CC
- 12-19-24
Genuine, raw, and Christian
The reader talked too slow, put it on 1.2x for a better experience. The story is amazing.
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- matt martin
- 02-19-25
Engaging
Wonderful listen, It was engaging from the beginning and had a hard time putting it down,
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