As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.

In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .

The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news.