In the Company of Soldiers. Don't remember who wrote it off the top of my head. It's an account of division level leadership with the 101st during the Invasion of Iraq.
"To Hell and Back" by Audie Murphy; a wonderful read that explains the life of an Infantryman in war better than a hollywood production could ever hope to.
Ahh I have some good ones, they are in storage and haven't read them in years. 2 were Vietnam, very emotional btw. I had 1 or 2 good ones from WWII, and one that I can name off the top of my head that wasn't necessarily infantry or Army. Was "Chesty Puller" USMC Retired LT.Col I believe that was his ending rank. But a very motivating, inspiring story of a great military leader. I would suggest it to anyone and actually lent it to my buddy when he was in South Korea, he like it too.
"The Jungle is Neutral" by F. Spencer Chapman it is not about American Infantry however the book is considered to be a primer by many on jungle warfare. He was a British officer who fought a guerrilla war against the Japanese when they occupied Malaya during WWII and lived in the jungle for most of the war.
I have a list of some that are in my librairy and some I would like to have.
I got a bunch off the shelfs the other day to put them on the list. Haven't had time or motivation yet.
I have a Hell of a lot more. Most are on strategy and politics of conflicts.
I have two duffle bags full stored somewhere I need to bring out.
In the Army BC and video games, we had time to read.
Here is a partial list:
Frank Antenori ‘Roughneck Nine-One: The Extraordinary Story of a Special Forces A-team at War’ Frank is a memeber of the forums here and a rightious guy.
Phillip Ca**** 'A Rumor of War'
John Paul Vann 'A Bright Shining Lie'
Robin Moore 'The Green Berets" I have a first edition.
Anthony Herbert 'Soldier' I still have the copy I bought in 73. There is a website he sponsored in which he allowed his lessons to be put on line. They used to cost hundreds.
James Webb ‘Fields of Fire’
Bing West ‘No True Glory: A Frontline Account of the Battle for Fallujah’
Bing West ‘The Village’
Seth A. Conner, Wesley English, and Bing West ‘Boredom by Day, Death by Night: An Iraq War Journal’
David Bellavia ‘House to House: An Epic Memoir of War’
Tim Pritchard ‘Ambush Alley: The Most Extraordinary Battle of the Iraq War’
Malcolm MacPherson ‘Roberts Ridge: A Story of Courage and Sacrifice on Takur Ghar Mountain, Afghanistan’
David Finkel ‘The Good Soldiers’
Jon Krakauer ‘Where Men Win Glory: The Odyssey of Pat Tillman’
Benjamin Tupper ‘Welcome To Afghanistan: Send More Ammo’
Jeff Courter ‘Afghan Journal: A Soldier's Year In Afghanistan’
Joe LeBleu ‘Long Rifle: A Sniper's Story in Iraq and Afghanistan’
Dan Mills ‘Sniper One: On Scope and Under Siege with a Sniper Team in Iraq’
Hans Halberstadt ‘Trigger Men: Shadow Team, Spider-Man, the Magnificent *******s, and the American Combat Sniper’
Mike Ryan ‘Battlefield Afghanistan’
Steve Call ‘Danger Close: Tactical Air Controllers in Afghanistan and Iraq’
Ret. SGM Kyle E. Lamb ‘Green Eyes and Black Rifles: Warriors Guide to the Combat Carbine’
Dwight Jon Zimmerman ‘Beyond Hell and Back: How America's Special Operations Forces Became the World's Greatest Fighting Unit’
Leigh Neville ‘Special Operations Forces in Afghanistan: Afganistan 2001-2007’
Major Chuck Larson ‘Heroes Among Us: Firsthand Accounts of Combat from America's Most Decorated Warriors in Iraq and Afghanistan’
David J. Danelo ‘Blood Stripes: The Grunt's View of the War in Iraq’
