#vietnam

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

Although I wasn't able to get a visa for Vietnam, I was able to talk with swift boat veterans to get a feel for the time and place, and I visited a tropical prison in the Philippines to get a sense of what a Vietnamese prison might have been like. ↗

— Tony Hillerman

#although #been #boat #feel #get

You don't attack the grunts of Vietnam; you blame the theory behind the war. Nobody who fought in that war was at fault. It was the war itself that was at fault. It's the same thing with psychotherapy. ↗

— James Hillman

#behind #blame #fault #fought #grunts

But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these brave pilots and medics. ↗

— Tim Holden

#america #badge #brave #combat #continued

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#broken #had #his #johnson #man

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#korea #old #too #vietnam #young

Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#government #his #job #johnson #manpower

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon. ↗

— William Colby

#faces #soon #south #south vietnam #total

I only follow one party: the Vietnamese party. ↗

— Ho Chi Minh

#i #only #party #vietnamese

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war. ↗

— Neil Sheehan

#away #could #first #get #i