My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.

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

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

I haven’t yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.

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

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

We’ll blast them back into the stone ages!

I don’t take criticism lying down.

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn’t marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I’ve ever had.

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.