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William Childs Westmoreland (26 March 1914 – 18 July 2005) was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He served as Chief of Staff of the United States Army from 1968 to 1972.
Jul 14, 2024 · William Westmoreland (born March 26, 1914, Spartanburg county, South Carolina, U.S.—died July 18, 2005, Charleston, South Carolina) was a U.S. Army officer who commanded U.S. forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968.
Aug 2, 2011 · President Lyndon Johnson chose William Westmoreland, a distinguished veteran of World War II and the Korean War, to command the U.S. Military Assistance Command in Vietnam (MACV) in June 1964.
Sep 30, 2011 · General Westmoreland had complete freedom of action in deciding how to prosecute the war within South Vietnam. He decided to conduct of a war of attrition, using search and destroy...
General William C. Westmoreland presided over the buildup of U.S. forces in Vietnam. It was the most difficult assigment in a lifetime of military combat and command. Mid-1941 found him stationed at Ft. Bragg, NC, with an artillery unit of the 9th Infantry Division.
Jul 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 in a...
Jul 20, 2005 · Gen. William C. Westmoreland, the Army artilleryman and paratrooper who failed to lead United States forces to victory in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 and then made himself the most prominent...
Jun 12, 2006 · General William C. Westmoreland—widely identified as the embodiment of the American experience in Vietnam—recounts his military career and the Vietnam war during an interview in 1990.
As commander of all U.S. forces in South Viet Nam, General William Childs Westmoreland, 51, directed the historic buildup, drew up the battle plans, and infused the 190,000 men under...
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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 .
