we'll hear from harold moore. over the next hour, moore ruminates on the nature of war and leadership and we'll hear his recollections of the battles he knew would reverberate in washington and hanoi. this is the second of two parts and opens with moore talking about freedom of the press during wartime. part one can be viewed at cspan.org/history. >> what i -- that commanders did welcome and understand press coverage. but after the fact, they add that when the negative reports, tried to turn the volume down a bit. starting to have a problem with the way that a war was being -- i realized every now and then -- i would -- i thought it was -- or the american people. the people who send their sons and daughters off to war, they deserve to know what's going on. they depend on -- it was unfortunate -- >> is that correct? >> that's correct. >> this is one of your principles. >> that's right. >> and what was the situation there? you all -- the assault company to get out and -- when there's nothing wrong, there's something

we'll hear from harold moore, with the first battalion seventh calvary regimen. and we'll hear his recollections of the battle that he knew that would reverberate in washington, d.c. and hanoi. >> general moore, thank you for being with us today. i am dr. richard perrone conducting this oral history interview and today is november 10th, 2005, we're in washington, d.c. at the 40th anniversary reunion of the battle for the veterans. sir, there's a lot we need to discuss. i would like to ask you something in general before we get to the events that surrounded that. can you talk to memphis about yourself and your training and what you brought with you to vietnam in 1965? and how you saw your men? what you wanted to do with them and how you trained them up for that job? >> well, this would-be will take about an hour. i'll cut it back to a few minutes. ask i was in the 82nd airborne, i jump-tested chutes. i did this for 2 1/2 years for the cia. had a few sporting events, which were life-threatening. which taught me ethe primary lesson of always keep focused when you're