Time Quote by VD

“Vietnam was a noble cause imperfectly pursued”

— Ronald Regan

“The article I actually write is a masterpiece. It takes talent to convince people that war is a beautiful experience. Come one, come all…

— Gustav Hasford

“when truth has fair play, it will always prevail over falsehood.”

— Walter Isaacson

“A falsehood can run around the world while the truth is still putting its shoes on.”

— Bill Bennett

“China is traditionally Vietnam’s enemy. [Vietnam] had been kicking [invaders] out for millennia. And we were just the latest.”

— Mark Bowden

“Hell had been his Vietnam. It had stamped its mark on him for all eternity, and no amount of denial or self-imposed ignorance was…

— Joe Schreiber

“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

Now we have a problem in making our power credible, and Vietnam is the place.

— John F. Kennedy

“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

“To an amazing degree, from the Revolution in 1776 to Vietnam, belief in a quick victory pervaded the opening months of almost every war…

— Thomas Fleming

“Like any army moving from war to peace, this Army was entering a period in which it would search high and low for its…

— Rick Atkinson

“He showed the world what can be done against the odds, against a superpower. He showed -- and this is where Vietnam and Iraq…

— John Updike