“I have spoken previously from this pulpit about the war in Vietnam. With your indulgence I should like again to say a few words on this, because I know that it is a subject on the minds and in the hearts of thousands of our people who have sons there. The welfare of their loved ones is the constant burden of their thoughts and prayers. Even for those of other nations, the war is a matter of deep concern.

“One cannot have been to Vietnam as I have on a number of occasions, and felt in some small measure the dreadful sorrow of the land, without making a plea for peace a part of his daily prayers. This war, like others, is fraught with terrible evil and unspeakable tragedy.”

– Gordon B. Hinckley, April 1968

(Then-Elder Hinckley goes on to speak of his hopes that some good might grow out of the evil of the war; I wanted to clip this bit that speaks of seeking peace in the midst of war, but do not want to misrepresent his fuller message.)