46 Movie Quotes about Vietnam War (+ Sound Clips) - page 5

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.

41 We are here to help the Vietnamese because inside every gook there is an American trying to get out.

Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket

42 I don't even know what I'm doing. A gook could be standing three feet in front of me, and I wouldn't know it.

Charlie Sheen as Private Chris Taylor in Platoon

43 I volunteered. I dropped out of college, and told them I wanted the infantry, combat, and Vietnam.

Charlie Sheen as Private Chris Taylor in Platoon

44 Some people attribute his eccentric behavior to post-traumatic stress syndrome from his service as a pilot in Vietnam.

Jeff Goldblum as David Levinson in Independence Day (1996)

45 Anybody else care to give away our position to Charlie?

Steve Coogan as Damien Cockburn in Tropic Thunder (2008)

46 There'll be ambushes, enemy fire, your own little personal slice of 'Nam.

Steve Coogan as Damien Cockburn in Tropic Thunder (2008)