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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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