They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath.

The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.

We'll blast them back into the stone ages!

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

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 .

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

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