All William Westmoreland Quotes
The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.
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War
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It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.
William Westmoreland
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Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
William Westmoreland
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In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.
William Westmoreland
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It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.
William Westmoreland
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Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
William Westmoreland
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As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
William Westmoreland
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The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.
William Westmoreland
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I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
William Westmoreland
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I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.
William Westmoreland
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I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.
William Westmoreland
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When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
William Westmoreland
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I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.
William Westmoreland in
War
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