Grunt: A Pictorial Report on the US Infantry's Gear and Life During the Vietnam War- 1965-1975 by Arques, Antonio (2014) Hardcover Hardcover – January 1, 1700

"Grunt" is an outstanding reference book. The author has gone to exhaustive lengths to create a comprehensive catalog of the uniforms, equipment, weapons, and daily life of the U.S. Infantry during the Vietnam War. This book is packed with excellent close-up photographs of nearly every item used by American foot soldiers during the conflict, no matter how small or seemingly insignificant. The text and photo captions are extremely informative. As an infantry veteran (1970-72), I found myself looking at the photos and remembering having used many of these items myself. "Grunt" is a must-have for veterans, historians, re-enactors, and militaria collectors of that conflict. The book is rather expensive, but I consider it worth every penny!

This is an amazing compilation! One fantastic reference work! Its covers literally everything, just as it says it does. I suppose that my one criticism is the fact that it deals almost entirely with the US Army and all of its gear, equipment and life of an Army grunt in Nam. Solidly, about 99.5% of everything in this book is US Army. There are a small handfull of USAF items, and a couple of Navy knives, as well as some in country produced items. I think the author, while doing an incredible job of properly identifying and cataloging it all with proper descriptions, nomenclature, and wonderful full color photos, should have included the US Marine Corps counterparts, to show the differences between Army and Marine grunts. While most gear and uniforms were shared, there were a good number of USMC items that differed either somewhat or a great deal from their Army items. That being said, the book is a wonderful addition to the library. Buy this is you are into studying history, the military, Vietnam, re-enacting, or military scale modeling. Its a great book!!

Grunt A to Z told me alot about Vietnam .

This is a very scholarly and quality work on what was used in the Vietnam War by the majority US personnel. The only suggestion I have is that a few more pictures of these items in action would have made this the perfect work on the subject. Very well-done.

Awesome reference book on the fieldgear, helmets, uniforms, weapons etc. during the Vietnam war.

A very complete analysis of the uniforms and equipment used by the US during this conflict. A must for historians of this period.

If you were in the military during Vietnam, this will bring back a lot of memories, good and bad. If you were not around then, you may be surprised by what was common to our military then.

Very thorough book. I think they have every piece of equipment issued during Viet Nam War

The best book on the US military in Viet Nam.

Very good as a catalogue of infantry gear in Viet Nam, not much of a pictorial history of the life of an infantry soldier in Viet Nam. Excellent reference for anyone modelling figures from the Viet Nam War Era.

Its like an Argos catalog on Vietnam militaria for the collector!! Large book very well illustrated and full of photo's detailed text reference. A great book

DAS Nachschlagewerk für Sammler und Interessierte!Eine Bereicherung meiner Bibliothek!

A "must have" for any vietnam militaria collector. Large and detailed pictures of everything concerns Us infantry during that conflict.