He actually signed off on that letter.

At that point, the only way we knew we were going to go home was to go to war.

A buddy of mine was writing to the president, and he talked me into writing. It was just a letter of support from us. It took me five minutes, then I went on patrol and forgot about it.

I did a terrible job of writing.

No company is far preferable to bad, because we are more apt to catch the vices of others than their virtues, as disease is more contagious than health.

The profoundly wise do not declaim against superficial knowledge in others, as much as the profoundly ignorant.