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Oct 3, 2019 · General William Childs Westmoreland was the US Army commander who led American forces during the early years of the Vietnam War. Having entered the service in 1932, he distinguished himself during World War II and the Korean War. Appointed to lead US forces in Vietnam in 1964, he sought to defeat the Viet Cong through the large-scale use of ...
Sep 30, 2011 · Historian Lewis Sorley — author of 1999’s well-regarded A Better War: The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of American’s Last Years in Vietnam — now zeroes in on General William...
William Westmoreland. William Westmoreland (1914-2005) was a United States Army general and commander of US forces in Vietnam between 1964 and June 1968. Westmoreland was born into an affluent middle-class family in South Carolina, his father a textile plant manager.
Jul 19, 2005 · 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...
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 · Interview with General William C. Westmoreland. 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. by HistoryNet Staff 6/12/2006.
William Westmoreland. 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 .
