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> [Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander or Gen. William Westmoreland or President Lyndon Johnson. If you are a squad leader, answer questions about what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/tell-the-truth-and-speak-from-your-pay-grade-don-t-try-to-answer/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

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## More by Hal Moore

> [ Ignore their heathen prayers and help us blow those little bastards \[the Viet Cong\] straight to Hell. Amen. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/ignore-their-heathen-prayers-and-help-us-blow-those-little-bastards/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [When we step on the battlefield, I will be The First Boots On and the Last Boots Off.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/when-we-step-on-the-battlefield-i-will-be-the-first-boots-on-and-the/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [Tell the Truth, and speak from your pay-grade. Don't try to answer questions that would better be directed to the battalion commander or Gen.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/tell-the-truth-and-speak-from-your-pay-grade-don-t-try-to-answer/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [Ignore their heathen prayers and help us blow those little bastards straight to Hell. Amen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/ignore-their-heathen-prayers-and-help-us-blow-those-little-bastards-2/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [Hate war, but love the American Warrior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/hate-war-but-love-the-american-warrior/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag...they fight…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/american-soldiers-in-battle-don-t-fight-for-what-some-president-says/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [There is always one more thing you can do to increase your odds of success.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/there-is-always-one-more-thing-you-can-do-to-increase-your-odds-of/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

> [For a sailor to sail around the world, the thought is just, sometimes, too much. Thus, one simply goes from port to port in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hal-moore/for-a-sailor-to-sail-around-the-world-the-thought-is-just-sometimes/)

[Hal Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hal-moore/)

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