Our Khe Sanh Veterans recommend that these first two books be read back to back.  Doing so will provide an understanding of the Khe Sanh battle space from both sides of the conflict:

Michael Archer, The Gunpowder Prince, How Marine Corps Captain Mirza Munir Baig Saved Khe Sanh. (KDP Publishing, 2017)

John Edmund Delzen, Red Plateau: Memoir of a North Vietnamese Soldier. (Corps Press, 2006)

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David Douglas Duncan, War Without Heros: The war’s definitive photo journalist records the reality of combat.  Nothing before or since compares (Harper and Row, 1970)

David Douglas Duncan, I Protest!: B&W photographs taken at Khe Sanh during a period of eight days in February of 1968. It includes a textual critique of the war by the author. (New American Library, 1968)

Jack Corbett, West Dickens Avenue, Mass Market Paperback.  (Presidio Press, 2003)

Eric Hammel, Khe Sanh: Siege in the Clouds, (Pacifica Military History, 2008)

Gregg Jones, Last Stand at Khe Sanh: The U.S. Marines’ Finest Hour in Vietnam. (Da Capo Press, 2013)

Edward F. Murphy, The Hill Fights: The First Battle of Khe Sanh. (New York: Ballantine Books, 2003).

Bernard C. Nalty, Air Power and the Fight for Khe Sanh. (Office of Air Force History, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., 1986)

John Prados and Ray W. Stubbe, Valley of Decision: The Siege of Khe Sanh (Annapolis MD: Naval Institute Press, 1991)

Robert Pisor, The End of the Line: The Siege of Khe Sanh (Ballantine Books, 1983)

Moyers S. Shore III, The Battle for Khe Sanh, (History and Museums Division, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps, Washington, D.C., 1969)

Ray W. Stubbe, Battalion of Kings: A Tribute to Our Fallen Brothers Who Died Because of the Battlefield of Khe Sanh, Vietnam, 1st ed. (Wauwatosa, WI: Khe Sanh Veterans, 2005)

Government of North Vietnam, B5-T8 in 48 QXD: The Secret Official History of the North Vietnamese Army of the Siege at Khe Sanh, Vietnam, Spring, 1968. (Wauwatosa, WI: Khe Sanh Veterans, 2006) *CAUTION: This has been reported to be a highly edited version favoring the North’s version of events

Kenton Michael, 1968: The story is about twins born in 1945 growing up in the 50’s and 60’s.  Bill Dabney was invaluable in his help. (Xlibris, 2010)

Jim Finnegan, MD, In the Company of Marines– A Surgeon Remembers Vietnam:  As a Navy surgeon caring for the Marines, I was in Khe Sanh caring for casualties, in an underground bunker.  (Amazon.com, Kindle, www.lulupress.com), 2009) 

Richard Barager, MD, FACP: Altamont Augie: This is a work of historical fiction that includes combat scenes–a lot of combat scenes, all at Khe Sanh. Kenneth W. Pipes and Earnest Ross contributed. (Interloper Press, 2011)

Ray Stubbe, The Final Formation: Lists all who died at Khe Sanh from 1962 until 1972. Details on units and personal information on KIAs. (Khe Sanh Veteran Magazine, 1995)

Michael Ewing, The Illustrated History of Khe Sanh. (Bantam Books, 1987)

Ernest Spencer, Welcome to Vietnam, Macho Man: (Corps Productions, 1987)

Charles E. Patterson, The Petrified Heart: (Signal Tree Publications and Amazon, 2002)

Robert Prisor, The End Of The Line: the Siege of Khe Sanh (Norton, 1982)

Lawrence C. Vetter, Never Without Heros: Marine Third Reconnaissance Battalion in Vietnam 1965-70. (Ballantine Books, 2013).

Ronnie E. Ford, Tet 1968 Understanding the Surprise: Routledge, 1995.  We like this book because it explains why the NVA attacked Khe Sanh ten days before the Tet Offensive began. We believe Ford was a US Army intelligence officer.