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

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

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?

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

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

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