Mike Roberts, U.S. Army soldier, as quoted in "The Mystery of Hanoi Hannah" in The New York Times (8 February 2018)
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Hannah comes on and she knows what guard unit was called in and what kind of weapons were used. That’s when it starts to hit home. We knew what kind of fire power and devastation that kind of weapon can do to people, and now those same weapons were turning on us, you know, our own military is killing our own people. We might as well have been Viet Cong. But Hannah picked up on it and talked about it.

— Mike Roberts

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Hannah comes on and she knows what guard unit was called in and what kind of weapons were used. That’s when it starts to hit home. We knew what kind of fire power and devastation that kind of weapon can do to people, and now those same weapons were turning on us, you know, our own military is killing our own people. We might as well have been Viet Cong. But Hannah picked up on it and talked about it." in the context of "Mike Roberts, U.S. Army soldier, as quoted in "The Mystery of Hanoi Hannah" in The New York Times (8 February 2018)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Hanoi Hannah

About Hanoi Hannah

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.