Felt Quote by Maya Lin

The war in vietnam threatened to tear our society apart, and the political and philosophical disagreements that separated each side continue, to some extent.…

— Ronald Reagan

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point…

— Maya Lin

No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now.

— Richard M. Nixon

“What horrifies me most about war memorials is that no anti-war sentiments are ever displayed. It's as if war is fun or noble, when…

— Billy Connolly

I thought the Vietnam war was an utter, unmitigated disaster, so it was very hard for me to say anything good about it.

— George McGovern

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

— William Westmoreland

World War II is smothered in sentimentality and nostalgia. What's interesting about Vietnam is that sentimentality is just not there, so you're given kind…

— Ken Burns

The war in Vietnam was not lost in the field, nor was it lost on the front pages of the New York Times or…

— H. R. McMaster

Vietnam affected everything in life while it went on. My time in the service made it clear to me that what we were being…

— Jim Starlin

One of the greatest injustices of the Vietnam era is the way our veterans were treated when they returned home. This compounded the pain…

— Brad Schneider

Every book that comes out, every article that comes out, talks about how - while it may have been a "mistake" or an "unwise…

— Noam Chomsky

“The Vietnam War was the boiling point of our generation. Young people of courage and commitment often chose opposite courses of action. So did…

— Mark Anthony Sullivan