Viet Cong Dead

Famous quotes containing the words viet and/or dead:

“Just like the Alamo, somebody damn well needed to go to their aid. Well, by God, I’m going to Viet Nam’s aid!”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)

“Swimmer of noonday, lean for the perfect dive
To the dead Mother’s face, whose subtile down
You had not seen take amber light alive.”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)