I feel very, very badly and uh I left Saigon... with some of my... soil of the you know Vietnam you know in my hand... I left uh seeing the soldier that I always command, you know, for two decades. Uh... behind. I feel that I missed to bring peace to my people. And I feel that uh maybe the only time that we can have that peace, you know, and have dignity of South Vietnam, the sovereignty, respected by every people and I feel very badly, of course.

Interview with Nguyen Khanh (1981)