Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

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

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

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.

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

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 .