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I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

I was the guy who was constantly speaking out against the Vietnam War. I have no regrets about that.

After four or five different wars, I grew weary of that work, partly because in an open war, open to coverage, as Vietnam was, it's not that difficult, really.

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.

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

I was a war correspondent in Korea. I did a book on it: 'This is War.'

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

I was a soldier in WWII. The last couple of months of the war I was actually in combat.

I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam.