Air force Quote by Anthony Swofford

“My dad once told me that his biggest challenge after returning from Vietnam had been coming to terms with his own callousness. He’d made…

— Tucker Elliot

“The Vietnam War was definitive in the lives of those who served. But those who made it home, never fully returned. My story was…

— Joseph M. Puglia

“I often thought about him during the war; if only 1900 were here, who knows what he'd do, what he'd say. 'Fuck war' he'd…

— Alessandro Baricco

“He had not understood that we were combat photographers, and our jobs were as relevant and justifiable—or as irrelevant and unjustifiable—as anyone’s in Vietnam.”

— Nick Mills

My father lived with me the last five years of his life and passed away of Alzheimer's, and at that point he was saying…

— Bill Ayers

“I asked my dad once if his high school teachers began treating kids differently during Vietnam, when they knew some of their students would…

— Tucker Elliot

“In this way, he found answers to some of the questions he had about war. He”

— Michèle Audin

“Michael Herr, the most brilliant reporter of the Vietnam War, captures the same frenzy in the voice of one American soldier he met: “We’d…

— Adam Hochschild

“There is one great thing that you men will all be able to say after this war is over and you are home once…

— George S. Patton

“the entire rationale for fighting in Vietnam was rooted in faith. Faith that his elected leaders and military bosses knew what they were doing…

— Mark Bowden

“He showed the world what can be done against the odds, against a superpower. He showed -- and this is where Vietnam and Iraq…

— John Updike

“And I can tell you, without question, that it’s too late for any man who goes to war. Even if he lives, he’ll never…

— J. Nelle Patrick