There has never been a finer fighting force wearing the American uniform than you and the one that you are going to join...
God bless you and keep you.
We do not doubt the outcome.
The men at Khe Sanh, in I Corps, need help.
Freedom's defense could not be in better hands.
We long to see this bloodshed come to an end.
I have come to bid you Godspeed as you leave-some of you for the second time-to defend your Nation's cause.
It is never easy to ask men to leave home and happiness for duty far, far away.
Peace has been, and peace is, the great American blessing.
It is never easy for men to leave.
Does that make it clear to anybody and everybody, including all the foreign press that may want to pick it up?
I think we shouldn’t play politics with the war and try to associate it with name-calling.
You leave it surer of purpose, richer in assets, and stronger in resolve to match challenge with achievement.
I would hope that that statement could end the gossip and the rumors about General Westmoreland's future.
No recommendation has been made to me.
Lady Bird and I ask God's blessing on that.
We look for them every day.
I know the credibility problem. I cannot say to you that he will never leave.
