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

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

I don't take criticism lying down.

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

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

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