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I was terrified of the Vietnam War when I was 13. I thought I was going. The draft was such an ominous thing, I felt as if it was going to trickle down to me.

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

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

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

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

The Vietnam War totally turned my life around. Some people's lives were eliminated or destroyed by the experience. I was one of the fortunate few who came out better off.

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.

I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost, and trying not to get into a fight every day.

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

Frankly, I would not have made any difference in Vietnam, but much more is what difference it would have made in me.