#vietnam

This is the voice of Vietnam Broadcasting from Hanoi, capitol of the Democratic republic of Vietnam. ↗

— Hanoi Hannah

#capitol #democratic #democratic republic #hanoi #republic

Johnson had been the most powerful man in the world, yet the North Vietnamese and the Vietcong had resisted, overcome his power, broken his will. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#broken #had #his #johnson #man

I was too young for Korea and too old for Vietnam. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#korea #old #too #vietnam #young

Neither Johnson nor his party nor the government as a whole were willing to raise, train, equip, and then send Vietnam sufficient manpower to do the job. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#government #his #job #johnson #manpower

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon. ↗

— William Colby

#faces #soon #south #south vietnam #total

Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America. ↗

— R. Lee Ermey

#everybody #respects #veterans #vietnam #vietnam veterans

The crusades of Vietnam and Watergate seemed like a good idea at the time, even a noble one, not only to the press but perhaps to a majority of Americans. ↗

— Howard Fineman

#even #good #good idea #idea #like

I wanted to have the opportunity to travel to Vietnam and Sydney, and have the chance to work there. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#i #opportunity #sydney #travel #vietnam

If you run an Internet search on Vietnam and the war, most of the information you get begins at about 1962. I think this is telling. It is missing the whole period that led up to the reasons the war happened in the first place. ↗

— Brendan Fraser

#begins #first #get #happened #i

The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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