Quote by Michael Herr Download Open image ““I think that Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.”” — Michael Herr ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“But, Vietnam is different than my war. We were fighting for freedom back then. This, this war now, I don’t know what we are… — Johan Twiss Copy Share Image
“Vietnam...war...it did something to us. Or maybe not. Maybe the bad seeds were always in me, and war gave them a dark place in… — Kristin Hannah Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“in those days nobody talked about being happy, like they do now – nobody minded whether children were happy, the really important thing was… — D.E. Stevenson Copy Share Image
“Nothing existed outside ourselves and school. For us, the world of politics, social revolution, the war in Vietnam never happened.” — Rachel Klein Copy Share Image
I wasn't happy with the outcome in Vietnam. Now, I've never said that, but, you know, I'm getting to an age where I think… — Alexander Haig Copy Share Image
“The most important lesson that came out of Vietnam for me was that Marines take care of Marines.” — Tom Clancy Copy Share Image
“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 Copy Share Image
“a lot of lives in Vietnam were wasted by the folks driving those big desks in Washington. It’s easy to make a decision when… — Ed Kugler Copy Share Image
“I met this kid from Miles City, Montana, who read the Stars and Stripes every day, checking the casualty lists to see if by… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“We took space back quickly, expensively, with total panic and close to maximum brutality. Our machine was devastating. And versatile. It could do everything… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“And they were killers. Of course they were; what would anyone expect them to be?” — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice? — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“After a year I felt so plugged in to all the stories and the images and the fear that even the dead started telling… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“Search and Destroy, more a gestalt than a tactic, brought up alive and steaming from the Command psyche. Not just a walk and a… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“Anyway, you couldn’t use standard methods to date the doom; might as well say that Vietnam was where the Trail of Tears was headed… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“I keep thinking about all the kids who got wiped out by seventeen years of war movies before coming to Vietnam to get wiped… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
“Take the glamour out of war! I mean, how the bloody hell can you do _that_? Go and take the glamour out of a… — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
You can still see the shadow from when the Zeppelin floated over America; it took like Islam in the desert . . . — Michael Herr Copy Share Image
