When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail

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

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

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

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?

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

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.