In 2003, Congress authorized the construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Memorial to help provide information and educate the public about the memorial and the Vietnam War.
Our purpose in Vietnam is to prevent the success of aggression. It is not conquest, it is not empire, it is not foreign bases, it is not domination. It is, simply put, just to prevent the forceful conquest of South Vietnam by North Vietnam.
I'm a Vietnam veteran. I was here when there was no public support, not just for the effort in Vietnam, for the mission in Vietnam, but for our men and women in uniform.
Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S. defeat was to produce nothing of the kind: apart from the fact that Cambodia and Laos became embroiled, the effects were essentially confined ...
During the Cold War, America undertook serious military cuts only once: after the election of Richard Nixon, during the Vietnam War. The result: Vietnam fell to the Communists, the Russians moved into Afghanistan, and American influence around the gl...
My father is American and deserted the Vietnam War.
Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are liv...
One big, glaring difference I can think of between Iraq and Vietnam is the news coverage. During the Vietnam War era, you had TV coverage of the war saturating the airwaves every night, and that coverage wasn't put through a military filter at all.
South Vietnam faces total defeat, and soon.
The Vietnam War was happening, but Lubbock was... They put a pinch on it.
My film is not a movie; it's not about Vietnam. It is Vietnam.
We didn't lose Vietnam. We quit Vietnam.
Hollywood never knew there was a Vietnam War until they made the movie.
I was not able to stop or slow down the Vietnam War.
Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.
My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.
We now have the opportunity of giving to the USSR its Vietnam war.
Philadelphia reflected the national turmoil over race and the Vietnam War, often exploding on my watch.
When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
One of the greatest casualties of the war in Vietnam is the Great Society... shot down on the battlefield of Vietnam.
