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 .

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

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?

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

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

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.