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[Clifford] We'd been going
down this road for so many years,
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and I had felt so strongly before
that this was the right policy,
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that it was difficult
for me to change.
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I know now that the domino theory
was a false theory.
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I know now that we should not
have become involved.
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As far as I'm concerned today,
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I have no hesitancy
whatsoever...
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in saying I could not
have been more wrong...
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in my attitude toward Vietnam.
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...ground combat,
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Vietnamese cross of gallantry
with a silver star,
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gallantry in ground combat,
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four air medals,
an ''I was there'' ribbon.
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[Cheering, Applause]
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I got a colonel that's flying upstairs,
and he's gettin' down on me...
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and he's saying, ''Take the hill,
take the hill, take the hill.''
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So I got together
with the tank commander...
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and I said,
''Look, let's take three tanks...
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and we'll walk the A.R.V.N.
up the hill, you know?
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And we'll lay down a base of fire
as we're going.''
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He says, ''Okay.'' I got with the A.R.V.N.
and says, ''Let's fly.''
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So I popped up
behind the lead tank...
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and, uh, started to go up the hill.
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And everything was cool,
until we started taking fire.
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And, uh, the A.R.V.N. started to split.
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And that's when I got it.
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I said, ''Oh, my God. I'm hit.''
I couldn't believe it, you know?
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''I can't believe it. I'm really hit.''
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And my first, first thought...