Author: Neil Sheehan

Quotes

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

We had a military and political leadership at that period which was genuinely deluded.

- Neil Sheehan

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed for Vietnam.

These men were wrongfully rejected, the veterans. The fighting man should never have been blamed for Vietnam.

- Neil Sheehan

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war.

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war.

- Neil Sheehan

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans.

We thought that whatever we wanted to do was right and good, simply because we were Americans, and we would succeed at it because we were Americans.

- Neil Sheehan

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

The unthinkable occurred: two communist countries went to war with each other.

- Neil Sheehan

I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it.

I never got away from the war. Not because I was obsessed with it in those years, but because it was the event of my generation and I started out covering it so I stayed with it.

- Neil Sheehan

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