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

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

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

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 .

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

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.

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had