US and Allied Military Tokens of Vietnam 1962 - 1973, an 8.5" x 5", 164 page, a ground breaking paperback monograph published in 1983, which for the first time recorded slot machine tokens used during the Vietnam war. Recipient of a 1983 Token and Medal Society cataloging award.
Vietnam Military Lore 1959 - 1973...Another Way to Remember, a 720 page, 6" x 9", paperback published in 1988, listing an updated record of military monies used during the war, along with 127 stories of installations and facilities named for the fallen. Recipient of the 1989 Numismatic Literary Guild Award.
Vietnam Military Lore - In the Name of War (1996), a compiled listing of captured enemy documents and propaganda leaflets, including profiles of captured North Vietnamese infiltrators.
Vietnam Military Lore - Legends, Shadows and Heroes, a 1200 page, 6" x 9", hardback with dust jacket, published in 1998, is an on-the-ground anthology of the early years of Americas involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1965 told through the words and deeds of those recognized by their contemporaries when facilities were named in their memory.
Time-Line Vietnam: The Tiger That Ate The Firebase, a 176 page, 6" x 9", hardback with dust jacket, published in 2004 tells the story of Master Sergeant Ray Bows' experiences before and during his time in Vietnam. The book pays tribute to US Marine Corps Joel Mock, for whom Camp Mock, Dong Ha was named, and US Army SP5 Robert J. Weidemann.
FIRST ON THE WALL: The Last Word on the First American Advisors to Die in Vietnam and the Opening Attack of America's Longest War, 192 pages, 6" x 9", perfect bound softcover, published in 2012, was a project that Ray Bows assumed during the research phase of his 2015 book IN HONOR AND MEMORY. First on the Wall was an off-shoot of Bows' original research which began in 1983 and was rekindled in 2011, when he encountered the last survivor of the 1959 Bien Hoa attack, which took the lives of US Army Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sergeant Chester M. Ovnand. To purchase a copy please see FIRST ON THE WALL.
IN HONOR AND MEMORY: Installations and Facilities of the Vietnam War, 800 pages, 8.5" x 11", Hardbound, published in 2015, is the result of Bows' previous twenty-five to thirty years of research.
CAMP FRENZELL-JONES: Home of the Redcatchers in Vietnam, 192 pages, 6"x 9", perfect bound softcover, published in 2016, specifically for the fiftieth anniversary of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade Reunion. To honor members of the unit, PFC Herb Frenzell and SGT Billy C. Jones.
For more information on previous books by Bows, please contact us.
Vietnam Military Lore 1959 - 1973...Another Way to Remember, a 720 page, 6" x 9", paperback published in 1988, listing an updated record of military monies used during the war, along with 127 stories of installations and facilities named for the fallen. Recipient of the 1989 Numismatic Literary Guild Award.
Vietnam Military Lore - In the Name of War (1996), a compiled listing of captured enemy documents and propaganda leaflets, including profiles of captured North Vietnamese infiltrators.
Vietnam Military Lore - Legends, Shadows and Heroes, a 1200 page, 6" x 9", hardback with dust jacket, published in 1998, is an on-the-ground anthology of the early years of Americas involvement in Vietnam from 1945 to 1965 told through the words and deeds of those recognized by their contemporaries when facilities were named in their memory.
Time-Line Vietnam: The Tiger That Ate The Firebase, a 176 page, 6" x 9", hardback with dust jacket, published in 2004 tells the story of Master Sergeant Ray Bows' experiences before and during his time in Vietnam. The book pays tribute to US Marine Corps Joel Mock, for whom Camp Mock, Dong Ha was named, and US Army SP5 Robert J. Weidemann.
FIRST ON THE WALL: The Last Word on the First American Advisors to Die in Vietnam and the Opening Attack of America's Longest War, 192 pages, 6" x 9", perfect bound softcover, published in 2012, was a project that Ray Bows assumed during the research phase of his 2015 book IN HONOR AND MEMORY. First on the Wall was an off-shoot of Bows' original research which began in 1983 and was rekindled in 2011, when he encountered the last survivor of the 1959 Bien Hoa attack, which took the lives of US Army Major Dale R. Buis and Master Sergeant Chester M. Ovnand. To purchase a copy please see FIRST ON THE WALL.
IN HONOR AND MEMORY: Installations and Facilities of the Vietnam War, 800 pages, 8.5" x 11", Hardbound, published in 2015, is the result of Bows' previous twenty-five to thirty years of research.
CAMP FRENZELL-JONES: Home of the Redcatchers in Vietnam, 192 pages, 6"x 9", perfect bound softcover, published in 2016, specifically for the fiftieth anniversary of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade Reunion. To honor members of the unit, PFC Herb Frenzell and SGT Billy C. Jones.
For more information on previous books by Bows, please contact us.