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The object of my relationship with Vietnam has been to heal the wounds that exist, particularly among our veterans, and to move forward with a positive relationship,... Apparently some in the Vietnamese government don't want to do that and that's their decision.

A country that has been through as much as Vietnam has to have some crazy music somewhere.

Having grown up as a young Army officer in the Vietnam era, I had an instinctual sort of notion that you have to look very carefully and weigh very carefully what anyone says.

What is astonishing about the social history of the Vietnam war is not how many people avoided it, but how many could not and did not.

Forty years ago this country went down a rabbit hole in Vietnam and millions died. I fear we're going down a rabbit hole once again - and if people can stop and think and reflect on some of the ideas and issues in this movie, perhaps I've done some damn good here!

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

The Vietnamese people deeply love independence, freedom and peace. But in the face of United States aggression they have risen up, united as one man.

World War II was just as dirty and brutal as Vietnam, just as confusing.

South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon.