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Never overpromise and under deliver. General William Westmoreland should have followed that advice when he addressed the National Press Club fifty years ago today. Instead, the commanding general ...
William Westmoreland was a U.S. Army general who made a name for himself as commander of American troops in Vietnam. Synopsis Born in South Carolina in 1914, General William Westmoreland was commander of the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam.
General William Childs Westmoreland was commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (COMUSMACV), 1964-1968, and U.S. Army chief of staff, 1968-1972. Born March 26, 1914, near Spartanburg, S.C., he attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was first captain of his class.
July 19, 2005. Gen. William C. Westmoreland, who commanded the United States forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, overseeing the vast troop buildup and the height of the fighting, died last night ...
As head of U.S. forces in Vietnam, William Westmoreland pursued a war of attrition: the number of dead enemy fighters was the key measure of merit. In response to Westmoreland’s requests for more forces, the American presence in Vietnam grew to well over 500,000 troops.
Week 18: May 5, 1967. As tensions over the War in Vietnam escalated, U.S. military brass made an unprecedented move: Gen. William C. Westmoreland became the first military commander in American ...
General William Westmoreland was commander of all American forces in the Vietnam War (1954–75) from 1964 until 1968. Westmoreland was born on March 26, 1914, near Spartanburg, South Carolina . After attending the Citadel, a military college in South Carolina , for one year, Westmoreland entered the United States Military Academy at West Point ...
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William Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army general, most notably commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 196... Wikipedia
- March 26, 1914, Saxon, South Carolina, U.S.
- July 18, 2005, Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.
- Natural causes
- Katherine Stevens van Deusen(m 1947 - 2005), Katherine Van Deusen(m 1947 - 2005)
- James Ripley II, Margaret Childs, Katherine Stevens
- Eugenia Talley Childs, James Ripley Westmoreland
- Harvard University, Spartanburg High School, United States Army War College, Harvard Business School, United States Military Academy, United States Army Command and General Staff College
- From Hollywood to Hanoi, No Substitute for Victory, This Is Your Life, What's My Line?
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