>>HIS words, not mine.<<
Do you have a link to the Free Press article? Because when I search it, I see a lot of DU and such but nothing to the actual article.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=nugent+pants+vietnam&form=OSDSRC
Posting from mobile right now, so can’t link. However, it was the “Sunday Magazine” section on July 15, 1990.