#vietnam

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#aware #commander #i #opinion #potency

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they? ↗

— William Westmoreland

#end #heck #how #i #impossible

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#every #involved #militarily #out #succeeded

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#dead #just #listed #masterpiece #memorial

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#command #emphasis #food #gave #great

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. ↗

— William Westmoreland

#came #celebrations #home #memorial #parades

I could have ended the war in a month. I could have made North Vietnam look like a mud puddle. ↗

— Barry Goldwater

#ended #i #like #look #made

Because the GIs were sent massively to South Vietnam, maybe it's a good idea to have a broadcast for them. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

#broadcast #gis #good #good idea #idea

Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods. ↗

— Michael Herr

#had #happy #instead #vietnam

It's shades of Vietnam again, folks: body counts. ↗

— Seymour Hersh

#body #counts #folks #shades #vietnam