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Hanoi Hannah Quotes

1931–2016

Trịnh Thị Ngọ (1931 - 30 September 2016) also known as Hanoi Hannah, was a Vietnamese radio personality best known for her work during the Vietnam War, when she made English-language broadcasts for North Vietnam directed at United States troops.

Random Hanoi Hannah quote

11 quotes

I thought it was time for me to do something to contribute to the revolution.

Isn't it clear that the war makers are gambling with your lives, while pocketing huge profits?

During the Vietnam War (1954)

Our program served for a cause, so we believed in that cause. So we continued to broadcast.

San Francisco has always been a dream. And the Golden Gate Bridge and Hollywood, I’d love to see them too.

Defect, G.I. It is a very good idea to leave a sinking ship. You know you cannot win this war.

During the Vietnam War (1954)

We mentioned that G.I.s should go AWOL and suggested some frigging, or that is fragging. We advised them to do what they think proper against the war.

I always preferred American movies to French films. The French talked too much. There was more action in American movies.

Let’s let bygones be bygones. Let’s move on and be friends. There will be many benefits if we can be friends together. There is no reason to be enemies.

I wanted to join the Voice of Vietnam because it was a good opportunity to help my country. I was not political. I was patriotic.

We were trying to make the Americans understand that it was not right for them to be in Vietnam, that they were an aggressor, that this was a problem for the Vietnamese to sort out.

My goal was to tell G.I.s they shouldn’t participate in a war that wasn’t theirs. I tried to be friendly and convincing. I didn’t want to be shrill or aggressive. For instance, I referred to the Americans as the adversary. I never called them the enemy.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Hanoi Hannah (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.