Looking for the best military and history books of 2024? Join us for this year’s 2024 Book Guide episode!

Host Dale Throneberry is joined by Marc Leepson, arts editor, senior writer and columnist for The VVA Veteran, the national magazine published by the VVA.

Dale and Marc talk about the best military and history books of 2024. Just in time for the holiday giving season!

Here are the books we discussed:

The Vietnam War: A Military History by Geoffrey Wawro

Drafted by Rick Parker

The Heart That Fed by Carl Sciacchitano

If I Don't Laugh, I'll Cry by Molly Stillman

Diplomats at War by Charles Trueheart

The Women by Kristin Hannah

Home Before Morning by Lynda Van Devanter

Healing Wounds by Diane Carlson Evans

Found by Jack McLean

Loon by Jack McLean

The Face of the Enemy by David Chung

In the Shadow of Vietnam: The Gallant Life of Fr.Phillip Salois. by Julian Ayotte, Paul Caranci, and Fr. Phillip Salois

Send Me: The True Story of a Mother at War. By Shannon Kent

Team America: Patton, MacArthur, Marshall, Eisenhower, and the World They Forged. By Robert L. O’Connell

Jeep Show by Robert B. O’Connor

Veterans Benefits for You: Get What You Deserve. By Dr. Paul Lawrence

If I Don’t Laugh, I’ll Cry by Molly Stillman

The Heart That Fed by Carl Sciacchitano

Diary of A Young Man: 1968-1969: Coming of Age at a Cultural Crossroads. By Dan Dana

Always Faithful: The Story of the War in Afghanistan, the Fall of Kabul, and the Unshakable Bond Between a Marine and an Interpreter. By Major Tom Schueman and Zainullah Zaki

I Will Tell No War Stories: What Our Fathers Left Unsaid About World War II. By Howard Mansfield

The Unlikely War Hero: A Vietnam War POW's Story of Courage and Resilience in the Hanoi Hilton. by Marc Leepson

All of these books can be found online or at your favorite bookstore. Enjoy!

This week we talk with author Robert B. O’Connor

Robert B. O’Connor is the author of “Jeep Show: A Trouper at the Battle of the Bulge.” The book follows a show business drop-out who enlists in the US Army in 1943. From the book’s website:

With its realism and emotional depth, Jeep Show is a must read for WWII buffs and lovers of historical fiction alike. The story will fascinate fans of Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Ken Burns’ The War, The Thin Red Line, With the Old Breed, The Red Badge of Courage, Slaughterhouse Five, and Catch 22. Americans whose father served in WWII will be particularly interested.

Learn more about the book here, or visit Amazon to purchase.

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Dale speaks with Annette Stevenson, US Army Veteran and member of the Board of Directors of the NVBDC. Stevenson is the President of Stevenson Consulting Group and has over 30 years’ experience in driving supplier diversity initiatives.

Listen to Army veteran and supplier diversity expert Annette Stevenson talk about veteran certification, NVBDC and the value of supplier diversity. She talks to host Jim Fausone about these issues and gives common sense explanations from North Carolina.