Vietnam War
topic on 6 shows · 5 statements across 5 episodes · said 15 times in 8 episodes since 2016
All-In 8 
How I Built This 3 
the a16z Podcast 2 
the MAD Podcast 1 
TBPN 1 
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Vietnam War Work Provided Nearly 20% of South Korea's 1967 Foreign Exchange
“23,000 Korean workers in total. Their earnings accounted for 10% of Korea's entire foreign exchange in 1966, And nearly 20% in 1967. After five years of work in Vietnam, more than six hundred and sixty million dollars in foreign currency had been flowed back i…”
Fred Smith Earned Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Two Purple Hearts
“Smith served two tours from 1966 to 1970, earning the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, and two Purple Hearts.”
DiRico: Operation Popeye used Vietnam War cloud seeding to cause flooding
“There was something called Operation Popeye during the Vietnam War, where the deliberate intention of cloud seeding was to cause precipitation that would Like cause flooding and then impede supply chains on the Ho Chi Minh trail.”
Sacks: Past U.S. military conflicts were initially popular but ended unpopularly
“The thing to understand about all those wars is that they were incredibly popular at the time that we entered them. And by the time that they ended, they were not.”