Country Quote by Jeanne Shaheen

“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army…

— Michael G. Kramer

“On the 30th of April 1975, American helicopters flew out of Saigon in an ignominious retreat as the tanks of the People’s Liberation Army…

— Michael G. Kramer

I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime the specter…

— John McCain

In 1975, the Americans suffered a spectacular military defeat at the hands of North Vietnam and the Vietcong, with U.S. helicopters seeking to rescue…

— Martin Jacques

The pictures that were coming from Vietnam were showing us what was really happening on the ground level. It was in contradiction to what…

— James Nachtwey

The worst nightmare I ever had about Vietnam was that I had to go back. I woke up in a sweat, in total terror.

— Oliver Stone

Now you may like the images of long-haired hippies running in the streets throwing tear gas canisters, but we didn't end the war. And…

— Bill Ayers

We had much more imagery from Vietnam war. The media was not controlled. The storyline, the master narrative was not controlled. I thin it…

— Anne Waldman

I first became interested in Ho Chi Minh in 1964-1965 while I was stationed at the U.S. Embassy in South Vietnam as a foreign…

— William J. Duiker

And the Blue Angels are coming back to scare the local population. I remember seeing old Vietnamese women ducking under the benches in Washington…

— Lawrence Ferlinghetti

I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I…

— Dylan McDermott

We South Vietnamese, we are very concerned about the ah, the fact that the communists are - were very shrewd in trying to take…

— Bui Diem