William Westmoreland
William Westmoreland
William Childs Westmorelandwas a United States Army general, who most notably commanded U.S. forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWar Hero
Date of Birth26 March 1914
CitySaxon, SC
CountryUnited States of America
brother war military
President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
lynching problem participation
I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.
military people
The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.
regret apology best-effort
I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .
lying military criticism
I don't take criticism lying down.
military thinking troops
I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
military offensive made
I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.
military men should-have
The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.
peace fear war
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
confused silly thinking
Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
military war character
This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.
peace war age
We'll blast them back into the stone ages!
real communication surveillance
I see battlefields that are under 24-hour real or near-real time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we can locate through instant communications and almost instantaneous application of highly lethal firepower.
senior vietnam public-opinion
As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.