30 Quotes by Michael Zboray

Trouble! Now that’s one commodity we never run short of in Vietnam.

I’m only “in-country” for minutes when the rocket attack that kept the plane from landing resumes with a vengeance.

Now, you’ve never seen a rat, until you’ve seen a Vietnamese rat. That’s unless you include some o the politicians who push to keep this war going at the same time they are helping their own sons escape the draft.

It’s the moment I’ve waited for, for an entire year. My feelings are welling up inside of me as I bounce up the stairs and into the plane. As I look back I see a solid line of green uniforms going from the gate to the plane. 400+ individuals with a single thought-HOME! I’m actually going back home.

Then you fall into this area of numbness I call “I don’t care about all this stuff, I’m going to live or die, but not in fear.

The only thing war will ever do (and do well), is decrease the world’s population of young men.

As we all know, everyone feels fear. How it’s handled is what’s different between people. You look into the eyes of anyone on board the plane and see it. It’s ever-present.

I’m a young man, trained to do what is necessary, but all the training in the world can’t prepare you for the first time you have to kill another human being or see a buddy get blown apart. No, I’m not tough… I’m scared.

I’m young, strong, healthy meat for the “little conflict” that got out of hand.