“I spent about seven years during the Vietnam War flight-testing airplanes for the Air Force. And then I went in and I had a lot of fun building airplanes that people could build in their garages. And some 3,000 of those are flying. Of course, one of them is around-the-world Voyager.” PeopleWorldYearsWarCoursesFunForceAirBuildingSevenFlyingFlightAround The WorldVietnamAirplaneTestingSeven YearsVietnam WarGarageAir Force Author:Burt Rutan
“After visits to several Communist countries (USSR, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Slovenia, East Germany, Vietnam, China, Cuba), I feel strongly that most "revolutionary" types around the world don't realize the importance of freedom of the press and the air, a right to peaceably assemble and discuss anything, including the dangers of such discussions.” WorldFeelsCountryRealizingAirDangerTypeImportancePressesIncludingChinaEastAround The WorldDiscussionRevolutionaryGermanyCommunistVietnamCubaPolandFreedom Of The PressUssrCzechoslovakiaEast Germany Author:Pete Seeger
“I saw the Vietnam Veterans Memorial not as an object placed into the earth but as a cut in the earth that has then been polished, like a geode. Interest in the land and concern about how we are polluting the air and water of the planet are what make me want to travel back in geologic time-to witness the shaping of the earth before man.” MenWantEarthInterestWaterSawsCuttingAirLandObjectsPlanetsConcernWitnessVietnamVeteranMemorialPolishedWant To TravelAir And WaterVietnam VeteranGeologic Time Author:Maya Lin
“The American people today are involved in a warfare more deadly than the war in Vietnam, but few of them seem aware of it and even fewer of them are doing anything about it. This is a war that is being waged against the American environment, against our lands, air, and water, which are the basis of that environment.” PeopleWarSeemsTodayWaterEnvironmentAirLandInvolvedBasesEnvironmentalVietnamFewerPollutionWarfareAir And Water Author:Norman Cousins
“Who cares what entertainers on the air think about international affairs? Who would want to hear me about Vietnam? They can hear all they want from people with reason to be respected as knowledgeable.” PeopleThinkingWantReasonCareAirAffairInternationalVietnamWho CaresEntertainersKnowledgeableInternational Affairs Author:Johnny Carson
“Actually when I was wounded and recovering in Japan. I went to church there and I remember on the air base where their hospital was, I remember coming out of that church and feeling like I had been - at that point I just felt very, very close to God and that I'd done the right thing with my life. And I knew I wasn't going back to Vietnam. I just knew I wasn't going back.” DoneFeelingsRememberFeltChurchAirRight ThingJapanHospitalsVietnamComing OutWoundedRecovering Author:Wesley Clark
“No country can hope to beat the Yanks off with conventional weapons - they've got air, sea and land completely covered. The only recourse is chemical, biological and nuclear weapons (the Yanks used them in Vietnam, and have not ruled out using them in this war).” WarCountryUsedAirSeaLandWeaponsBeatsNuclearCoveredChemicalsVietnamNuclear WeaponsConventionalRecourse Author:Margo Kingston
“We, the people, gave the marching orders to our democratically-elected officials and instructed them. We wanted out of Vietnam and we got out of Vietnam. We wanted women's right to choose and we got women's right to choose. We got the EPA, we got the Clean Air Act, Water Act, we got rights for workers in the workplace to be protected from dangers. We accomplished pretty much all of what we wanted when we had the courage of our convictions. That is the missing ingredient.” PeopleWantedOrderWaterRightsAirMissingDangerCleanWorkersConvictionOfficialsAccomplishedIngredientsVietnamProtectedWorkplaceElected OfficialsClean AirEpa Author:Jill Stein
“The Vietnam War was in full swing, the Air Force wanted me and I wanted out of Flint, so three years in the USA and that fourth one spent here in Vietnam really flipped my life around.” YearsWarWantedThreeForceAirUsaVietnamThree YearsFourthSwingsVietnam WarAir ForceFlipped Author:Doug Rice
“What was the invasion of South Vietnam, for example, in 1962, when Kennedy sent the Air Force to bomb South Vietnam and start chemical warfare? That's aggression.” ForceAirExampleSouthBombsChemicalsVietnamAggressionWarfareInvasionAir ForceChemical Warfare Author:Noam Chomsky