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 military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

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

They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath.

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

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.

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