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Every book Johnnie Clark recommended on podcasts

Key facts

  • Johnnie Clark has recommended or discussed 1 book on podcasts, as of June 29, 2026.
  • Johnnie Clark has talked about books on 1 podcast, as of June 29, 2026.
  • Those books came up in 1 episode, as of June 29, 2026.
  • The book Johnnie Clark has mentioned in the most episodes, as of June 29, 2026: Gunner's Glory.
  • The latest episode with a book mention from Johnnie Clark aired on June 29, 2026.

Updated

Guest on The Shawn Ryan Show · 1 book · 1 episode across 1 podcast

Books Johnnie Clark recommended or discussed

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  1. Gunner's Glory

    Johnnie Clark · Discussed · 1 episode

    Discussed
    “You know, you the Gunner's Glory book.”
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Books Johnnie Clark wrote

Appearances

EpisodePodcastDateBooks
#317 Johnnie Clark - Surviving One of the Deadliest Jobs During the Vietnam WarThe Shawn Ryan Show2026-06-291
Other mentions (12: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged Guns up!
“I wrote Guns Up out of anger. Uh, you know, when I came home from NAM”
Plugged Guns up!
“And uh but I had a a real purpose for writing Guns Up and I I I mean I I had an inspiration”
Plugged Guns up!
“Cuz that's how I wrote Guns Up really. I I only wrote it for my kids.”
Plugged Guns up!
“Well, uh – [clears throat] I – – when I first got there, you know, when we – we got the fooai right before we went up to to around way, – there was one guy in this big tent where we came into and – and he was coming back from the hospital.”
Plugged Guns up!
“So – and and but the army had they had the buckshot blooper rounds and they they had blooper rounds that would be like a flare and – I forgot what else they had – but – so our blooper man who was insane I called him Sam the blooper man in Guns Up and he's he's a big favorite”
Plugged Guns up!
“Zippity-d – 30 years later when people read what he did in my book in Guns Up, – a congressman and a – a good friend, a couple of good friends of his that went to – to high school with him, – caused a stir and they finally gave him the Bronze Star.”
Plugged Guns up!
“I got him – I called him Jackson in the book, but I didn't remember his real name, but he was – he always smiled and he was big white teeth boy.”
Plugged Guns up!
“I'm still hearing the Young Rascals in the midnight hour. And all of a sudden, there's – there's a guy on top of me.”
Plugged Guns up!
“He's in that – he's in Guns Up. There's a picture of him holding the flag from Weey City. – uh it'll come to me.”
Plugged Gunner's Glory
“I – I was writing a book called Gunner's Glory. This one. – It's – it's about machine gunners from World War II, Korea, Vietnam. Incredible machine gun. Some, you know, some great Marines.”
Plugged No better way to die
“Yeah, but he's in – uh No Better Way to Die. I put a lot of stuff about him.”
Plugged Guns up!
“You about Troy Bridge out of a book called Guns Up.”