Chu Lai
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Search complete. 4 mentions across 4 episodes found for "Chu Lai".
Nov 1, 2026
Jack KornfieldGUEST
And I'm sort of reading along like, okay, the Brahma Vihara is the divine states of love and compassion, blah, blah, blah.
Jack KornfieldGUEST
And then I turned to chapter two and it begins with a line that says something like, she was 18 years old when I first saw her walk down the steps in the monastery in Chu Lai and fell in love with her.
Jack KornfieldGUEST
And I go, oh, this is a more interesting book than I thought it would be.
Jack KornfieldGUEST
And he was teaching this series.
Martin SheenHOST
It appeared fate had intervened and declared me otherwise occupied somewhere at sea aboard the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz.
Martin SheenHOST
By the time I returned, a huge groundswell of interest and support had developed around the film, particularly among Vietnam veterans, including my younger brother, John Esteves, who had served four years in the U.S. Navy as a third-class hospital corpsman, including a heroic tour of duty in Vietnam from 1965 through 1966, much of it with the 3rd Marine Regiment in Chu Lai.
Martin SheenHOST
If anyone wants to know what it was like over there, they should see Apocalypse Now, he told me.
Martin SheenHOST
By mid-October, when the film was about to open nationwide, I was approached once again to do a press tour promoting the film in New York.
Tara BrachHOST
Dear sir, for 22 years I've carried your picture in my wallet.
Tara BrachHOST
I was only 18 years old that day that we faced one another on the trail in Chu Lai, Vietnam.
Tara BrachHOST
Why you did not take my life, I'll never know.
Tara BrachHOST
Forgive me for taking yours.
Bob SwickGUEST
Then I rotated over to the 2nd Battalion and 5th Marines.
Bob SwickGUEST
In the 1st Recon Battalion, we were stationed at Chu Lai, quite an interesting location, a beautiful bay.
Bob SwickGUEST
But you get out into the boondocks and it's not so friendly.
Bob SwickGUEST
From there, as I said, I went up to An Moab, which is west of Da Nang.