President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

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

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

I don't take criticism lying down.

The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.

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.