We came to fear something more complicated than death, an annihilation less final but more complete, and we got out. Becausewe all knew that if you stayed too long you became one of those poor bastards who had to have a war on all the time, and where was that?
Talk about impersonating an identity, about locking into a role, about irony; I went to cover the war and the war covered me; an old story, unless of… - Michael Herr
Talk about impersonating an identity, about locking into a role, about irony; I went to cover the war and the war covered me; an old story, unless of…
- Michael Herr
All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it. - Michael Herr
All the wrong people remember Vietnam. I think all the people who remember it should forget it, and all the people who forgot it should remember it.
Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays. - Michael Herr
Some people just wanted to blow it all to hell, animal, vegetable and mineral. They wanted a Vietnam they could fit into their car ashtrays.
If war was hell and only hell and there were no other colors in the palate I don't think people would continue to make war. - Michael Herr
If war was hell and only hell and there were no other colors in the palate I don't think people would continue to make war.
You can still see the shadow from when the Zeppelin floated over America; it took like Islam in the desert . . . - Michael Herr
You can still see the shadow from when the Zeppelin floated over America; it took like Islam in the desert . . .
How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice? - Michael Herr
How many times did someone have to run in front of a machine gun before it became an act of cowardice?
What is the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts? The Boy Scouts have adult leadership. - Michael Herr
What is the difference between the Marine Corps and the Boy Scouts? The Boy Scouts have adult leadership.
Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods. - Michael Herr
Vietnam was what we had instead of happy childhoods.
Maybe nothing's so unfunny as an omen read wrong. - Michael Herr
Maybe nothing's so unfunny as an omen read wrong.
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