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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 .
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...
Jun 12, 2006 · 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.
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 ...
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.
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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.
Feb 14, 2009 · Gen. William Westmoreland, in his last interview, expressed surprising regrets and perspectives on U.S. military strategy and the controversy surrounding the Vietnam War.
