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

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

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

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 .

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.