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

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.