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
inspiring memories military
When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
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In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.
military names memorial
The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.
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President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
military people
The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.
lying military criticism
I don't take criticism lying down.
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I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
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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.
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The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.
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.
military tv-news would-be
Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news.
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Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
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When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail.
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We had the best food any battlefield ever had.