46 Movie Quotes about Vietnam War (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

Updated: Feb 24, 2026

Memorable quotes about vietnam war, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

21 I remember Vietnam like it was yesterday.

Michael Jai White as Black Dynamite in Black Dynamite

22 It's their war, let's let them handle it.

David Janssen as George Beckworth in The Green Berets (1968)

23 This would be great country if it weren't for the war. -And the damn monsoons.

John Wayne as Col. Mike Kirby in The Green Berets (1968)

24 How would you feel about that, Muhammad, being sent to the war in Vietnam? -How would I feel? I haven't even thought about it. Don't bother me at all.

Muhammad Ali in The Greatest (1977)

25 And the main reason I didn't go to Vietnam is because of my religious beliefs. My religion teaches me not to take the lives of other humans. That is the Islamic Muslim religion.

Muhammad Ali in The Greatest (1977)

26 It's like our sergeant told us before one trip into the jungle. 'Men! Fifty of you are leaving on a mission. Twenty-five of ya ain't comin' back.'

Jason London as Randall "Pink" Floyd in Dazed and Confused (1993)

27 When Charlie knows he's got a nice box to be buried in, he's just as brave as hell.

Jim Hutton as Sgt. Petersen in The Green Berets (1968)

28 During Korea, the Navy kill ratio was 12-to-1. We shot down 12 of their jets for every one of ours. During Vietnam, that ratio fell to 3-to-1.

Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun (1986)

29 In my squadron in Vietnam, we lost eight of 18 aircraft. Ten men.

Tom Cruise as Maverick in Top Gun (1986)

30 Now, they told us that Vietnam was gonna be very different from the United States of America. And except for all the beer cans and the barbecue, it was.

Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump in Forrest Gump (1994)