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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I don't take criticism lying down.

I don't take criticism lying down.

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...

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...

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

We had the best food any battlefield ever had.

We had the best food any battlefield ever had.

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

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

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...

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....

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

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

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get...

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...

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

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

In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast...

In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast...

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...

War is fear cloaked in courage.

War is fear cloaked in courage.

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.

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...

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.

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....

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...