In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.

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

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

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 .

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

We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.

We'll blast them back into the stone ages!