Vietnam vets Quote by Craig Johnson

“Wait a second,” Andy said, snapping his fingers. “You're Vietnamese.” “Don't say it,” Sun warned. But Andy, a grin stretched across his face, couldn't…

— Lee Goldberg

“Then it came across the radio: Bravo Company had found one other survivor from our 2nd Platoon. He had been badly wounded in the…

— Harold G. Moore

“One morning in Saigon she'd asked what it was all about 'This whole war,' she said, 'why was everybody so mad at everybody else?'…

— Tim O'Brien

“Was your old man in the war?" "He was in the air force. He built runways." "The fucking air farce. He ever tell you…

— Anthony Swofford

“Get in, get out, and nobody gets hurt, as Uncle Harlan always said, something he picked up in Vietnam.”

— Christopher Moore

“As I got closer to him, I could see that he was right. The years had not been kind to him. He was heavier…

— Jamie Schoffman

“The most important lesson that came out of Vietnam for me was that Marines take care of Marines.”

— Tom Clancy

“I have to keep my mouth shut about Nam though. All of these guys want to believe they were fighting an honorable war, and…

— Bud Rudesill

“I cast my lot in with a soldier, and where he was, was home to me.”

— Martha Summerhayes

“I said we aren’t here to fucking like Vietnamese things, we’re here to kill or be killed by them, and telling me to wander…

— David James Duncan

“He kissed me gently. 'Lieutenant Malachi Sokol, reporting for duty, Captain.' 'What?' 'I've been assigned to your field unit,' he whispered as he nuzzled…

— Sarah Fine

“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