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> [“Perhaps the main reason America cannot 'get over' its war with Viet Nam is that Americans cannot fit what happened into its earlier myth of itself—that we had always been 'the good guys,' conquering injustice around the world. The tens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trin-yarborough/perhaps-the-main-reason-america-cannot-get-over-its-war-with-viet-nam/)

Trin Yarborough

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## More by Trin Yarborough

> [“Perhaps the main reason America cannot 'get over' its war with Viet Nam is that Americans cannot fit what happened into its earlier myth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/trin-yarborough/perhaps-the-main-reason-america-cannot-get-over-its-war-with-viet-nam/)

Trin Yarborough

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