When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
War is fear cloaked in courage. - William Westmoreland
War is fear cloaked in courage.
- William Westmoreland
Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. - William Westmoreland
Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. - William Westmoreland
Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.
This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character. - William Westmoreland
This was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars. - William Westmoreland
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
I see battlefields that are under 24-hour real or near-real time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we ca… - William Westmoreland
I see battlefields that are under 24-hour real or near-real time surveillance of all types. I see battlefields on which we can destroy anything we ca…
The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam. - William Westmoreland
The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. - William Westmoreland
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view. - William Westmoreland
We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.
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