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 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 .

War is fear cloaked in courage.

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

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

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

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