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I served in all commissioned ranks from a second Lieutenant to a Major General. And during that time, I spent most of my time being a high-class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street, and for the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer for capitalism.

I remember the first time I put on the Army uniform. I just felt like a totally different person - I felt proud.

If I had another life, that's what I'd be - a regimental sergeant major or a similar rank. That's where the spirit of the armed forces is.

I am very proud of my service, and by law, I am defined as a combat veteran.

You know, I was a regular on the Friday afternoon drill squad. Um, which... The year after I left school, I went back and thanked the sergeant major because I was so fit.

I was a lieutenant in World War II.

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

'm a general, I do something. I go out and fight wars and win them.

I'd learned a lot in the Army. I knew that above all things in the world I had to become so big, so strong that people and their hatred could never touch me.