Episode 24: Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You're Sorry

Manifesto!

Jake and Phil are joined by novelist, essayist, and Penthouse Magazine national security columnist Matt Gallagher to discuss Gustav Hasford’s June 1987 article in Penthouse Magazine, Vietnam Means Never Having to Say Your Sorry. Due to coronavirus-related time constraints (we all have children who need minding), we are departing from our usual format and will just be discussing the manifesto.

The Manifesto:
Gustaf Hasford, Vietnam Means Never Having to Say You’re Sorry
http://gustavhasford.blogspot.com/2013/01/vietnam-means-never-having-to-say-youre.html

The Art:
Rambo, I guess?

Works mentioned:

Matt Gallagher and Roy Scranton, Fire and Forget
https://www.dacapopress.com/titles/matt-gallagher/fire-and-forget/9780306821776/

Matt Gallagher, Empire City
https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781501177798

Gustav Hasford, The Short Timers
https://www.amazon.com/Short-Timers-Gustav-Hasford/dp/0553267396

Full Metal Jacket
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093058/

Rambo: First Blood Part II
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089880/

Grover Lewis The Several Battles of Gustav Hasford
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-06-28-tm-430-story.html

Matt Gallagher, Welcome to the Age of the Commando
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/31/opinion/sunday/welcome-to-the-age-of-the-commando.html?ref=opinion

Favorite War Films:
Gallagher: Kelly’s Heroes.
Jake: The Great Escape. Paths of Glory. The Big Red One.
Phil: Come and See. The Battle of Algiers.