Vietnam veteran Quotes

26 quotes from 23 authors

When the Vietnam era still echoes, these 26 voices give raw snapshots of service, loss, and the lingering ache of memory. One veteran sees the memorial as a polished cut in the earth; another confronts battlefield pain he caused. For deeper context, explore war trauma, military history, and veteran support pages.

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I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.

Robert Jay Lifton

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Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.

R. Lee Ermey

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Some useful advice for all of my Asian-American brothers and sisters - never go paint-balling with a Vietnam veteran.

Ali Wong

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But despite their heroic acts, the Vietnam Veterans of America continued to struggle to establish a combat badge in honor of these…

Tim Holden

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I have a band that I started with a buddy of mine, a Vietnam veteran pal named Kimo Williams from Chicago.

Gary Sinise

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“The cowboy/soldier is a poem a Vietnam veteran, Lenard Cohan, shares with Mary Devstena, a veteran of Iraq, in the novel Army…

J.S. McInroy

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I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that…

Maya Lin

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Emmy Lou Harris introduced me to the work of the Vietnam Veterans of America foundation and the Campaign for a Land Mine…

Mary Chapin Carpenter

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Within the soul of each Vietnam veteran there is probably something that says "Bad war, good soldier." Only now are Americans beginning…

Max Cleland

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I'm a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the…

Michael Mullen

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The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional…

George Washington

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John Williams was a Vietnam veteran and I'm a Vietnam veteran, I did two tours in Vietnam. So knowing that, that he…

Paul Raci

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John Kerry was a thorn in our flesh. He was very articulate, a credible leader of the opposition. He forced us to…

Anonymous

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I was counsel on the full veterans committee, the first Vietnam veteran to serve as a full-committee counsel in Congress. It stunned…

Jim Webb

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I would like to say something, not just to Vietnam veterans in New England, but to men who were in Vietnam, who…

Jane Fonda

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I took every chance I could to meet with U.S. soldiers. I talked with them and read the books they gave me…

Jane Fonda

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I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that…

Maya Lin

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“In the 1980s, research on post traumatic stress disorder in Vietnam veterans was regarded as important, noble, and useful. When the same…

Patrick J. Carnes

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“Apart from, of course, the fact that the world was an amazing interesting place which they both wanted to enjoy for as…

Terry Pratchett

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“Learning to meditate helped too. When the Beatles visited India in 1968 to study Transcendental Meditation at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh…

Ray Dalio

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“On July 5 in the late 1980s, a man walked into a convenience store at 6:30 in the morning. Holding his finger…

Peter A. Levine

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“There are two types of memory frequently experienced by individuals who have had overwhelming trauma that has been suppressed psychologically or chemically.…

Cheryl Hersha