7 Quotes & Sayings By William Westmoreland

William Westmoreland (born 1940) is a former United States Army general who served as Commander, U.S. Army Forces Command, and Commander, U.S. Forces Command from February 1, 1997 to January 31, 2000. He was commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps in Europe from 1992 to 1996 while stationed in Vicenza, Italy Read more

General Westmoreland is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. He was the first graduate of the class of 1962 to be promoted to four-star general, and was the last four-star officer to be promoted during President Ronald Reagan's administration. After his retirement in 2000, he served as senior military advisor to Vice President Dick Cheney until February 2005

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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. William Westmoreland
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It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign. William Westmoreland
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We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. William Westmoreland
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I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy. William Westmoreland
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When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. William Westmoreland
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When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. William Westmoreland