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> [Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/some-people-just-wanted-to-blow-it-all-to-hell-animal-vegetable-and/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

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## More by Michael Herr

> [“I met this kid from Miles City, Montana, who read the Stars and Stripes every day, checking the casualty lists to see if by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/i-met-this-kid-from-miles-city-montana-who-read-the-stars-and-stripes/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/we-took-space-back-quickly-expensively-with-total-panic-and-close-to/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/and-they-were-killers-of-course-they-were-what-would-anyone-expect/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [Maybe nothing's so unfunny as an omen read wrong.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/maybe-nothing-s-so-unfunny-as-an-omen-read-wrong/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/how-many-times-did-someone-have-to-run-in-front-of-a-machine-gun/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“After a year I felt so plugged in to all the stories and the images and the fear that even the dead started telling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/after-a-year-i-felt-so-plugged-in-to-all-the-stories-and-the-images/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“Search and Destroy, more a gestalt than a tactic, brought up alive and steaming from the Command psyche. Not just a walk and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/search-and-destroy-more-a-gestalt-than-a-tactic-brought-up-alive-and/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“Anyway, you couldn’t use standard methods to date the doom; might as well say that Vietnam was where the Trail of Tears was headed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/anyway-you-couldn-t-use-standard-methods-to-date-the-doom-might-as/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“I keep thinking about all the kids who got wiped out by seventeen years of war movies before coming to Vietnam to get wiped…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/i-keep-thinking-about-all-the-kids-who-got-wiped-out-by-seventeen/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“Take the glamour out of war! I mean, how the bloody hell can you do \_that\_? Go and take the glamour out of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/take-the-glamour-out-of-war-i-mean-how-the-bloody-hell-can-you-do/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [You can still see the shadow from when the Zeppelin floated over America; it took like Islam in the desert . . .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/you-can-still-see-the-shadow-from-when-the-zeppelin-floated-over/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/vietnam-was-what-we-had-instead-of-happy-childhoods/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [ “Going out at night the medics gave you pills, Dexedrine breath like dead snakes kept too long in a jar. \[...\] I knew one… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/going-out-at-night-the-medics-gave-you-pills-dexedrine-breath-like/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [We never announced a scorched-earth policy; we never announced any policy at all, apart from finding and destroying the enemy, and we proceeded in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/we-never-announced-a-scorched-earth-policy-we-never-announced-any/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

> [“...you could also hear the other, some young soldier speaking in all bloody innocence, saying, 'All that's just a load, man. We're here to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-herr/you-could-also-hear-the-other-some-young-soldier-speaking-in-all/)

[Michael Herr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-herr/)

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