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.

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

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

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I don't take criticism lying down.

I don't take criticism lying down.

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

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

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care...

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care...

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II,...

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II,...

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese...

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese...

We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.

We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.

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

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

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

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

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what...

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what...

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

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

War is fear cloaked in courage.

War is fear cloaked in courage.

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been...

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been...

It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war...

It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war...

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion...

As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion...

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for...

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for...