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

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

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"War is fear cloaked in courage."

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"The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else."

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"I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy."

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

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"As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it."

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

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

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