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My opposition to the Vietnam War. I was the first Hollywood actor to speak out against it.

I returned to Vietnam in '94, and even then, all those decades later, walking around that place, I remained afraid. And, in some ways, rightly so.

I learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.

I wasn't for Vietnam. When I told that to the hippie newspaper, all my people got nervous.

The people who were against the Vietnam War thought I was attacking the Army. The guys in the Army thought I was representing their experiences. I was on both sides, and I survived.

I went to Vietnam; it was my first assignment as a reporter for the UPI, and I never could get away from the war.

I was so opposed to the war in Vietnam that I initially refused President Nixon's urgings for me to go there.

I simply told people what I thought about the state of the war in Vietnam, and it was that we better get out of this.

I carry the memories of the ghosts of a place called Vietnam - the people of Vietnam, my fellow soldiers.

It was my duty to shoot the enemy, and I don't regret it. My regrets are for the people I couldn't save: Marines, soldiers, buddies. I'm not naive, and I don't romanticize war. The worst moments of my life have come as a SEAL. But I can stand before God with a clear conscience about doing my job.