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

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

We'll blast them back into the stone ages!

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

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.

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 .

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