Blood Quote by Doug Rice

The U.S. has strategic and economic interests in Southeast Asia that must be secured. Holding Indochina is essential to securing these interests. Therefore, we…

— Noam Chomsky

Until we go through it ourselves, until our people cower in the shelters of New York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles and elsewhere while the…

— William L. Shirer

“Some call you the lost brothers. Look at you. Living in America has lightened your skin, made you forget your language. You have tasted…

— Andrew X. Pham

I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese.

— Duong Van Minh

If America's soul becomes totally poisoned, part of the autopsy must read Vietnam. It can never be saved so long as it destroys the…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

In the longer term, I hope that as Vietnam evolves into a more prosperous society with active ties to the international marketplace, it will…

— William J. Duiker

In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.

— William Westmoreland

“One never thinks of China, but it is there all the time on the tips of your fingers and it makes your nose itchy;…

— Henry Miller

You really had to learn to protect yourself from all Gooks in Vietnam, or else you would end up dead.

— Peter P. Mahoney

“Mothers weep and Sons be dumb your brothers and children murder the beautiful yellow bodies of Indochina in dreams invented for your eyes by…

— Allen Ginsberg

I was largely drinking to forget where I was. When you’re in a place like Vietnam, you get to a point where you don’t…

— Si Robertson

I get very sad when I think about Vietnam where there seems to be no choice but violence. This violence goes on for centuries…

— Yoko Ono