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

This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

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

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.

I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.

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