Quotes about Vietnam

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Mellas was transported outside himself, beyond himself. It was as if his mind watched eveything coolly while his body ra — Karl Marlantes, Matterhorn
In battle, in a war, a soldier sees only a tiny fragment of what is available to be seen. The soldier is not a photograp — Tim O'Brien, Going After Cacciato
My dad once told me that his biggest challenge after returning from Vietnam had been coming to terms with his own callou — Tucker Elliot, The Rainy Season
We obviously don’t live in a perfect world. If we did, then my dad would never have volunteered for Vietnam so he could — Tucker Elliot, The Rainy Season
You have left too much of yourself in this land for it not to be yours. I, too, will always be yours, for you have left — Nicholas Proffitt, The Embassy House
Each morning, despite the unknowns, they made their legs move. — Tim O'Brien, The Things They Carried
Of the things I had not known when I started out, I think the most important was the degree to which the legacy of the M — David Halberstam, The Best and the Brightest
'Matterhorn' is my metaphor of the Vietnam War - we built it, we abandoned it, we assaulted it, we lost, and then we aba — Karl Marlantes
There have been two popular subjects for poetry in the last few decades: the Vietnam War and AIDS, about both of which a — Thom Gunn
Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War. — Peter Jennings
A lot of vets like 'Good Morning Vietnam' - I get great letters from guys. — Robin Williams
I learned long ago on the battlefields of Vietnam that in a crisis, there is no substitute for clear-eyed leadership. — Jim Webb
I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened — Maya Lin
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign — Lyndon B. Johnson
When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for — William Westmoreland