General William Westmoreland

William Childs Westmoreland (born March 26 is the 85th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (86th in leap years). ...March 26, 1914 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...1914, Spartanburg County is a county located in the state of South Carolina. ...Spartanburg County, State nickname: Palmetto State Other U.S. States Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Governor Mark Sanford Official languages English Area 82,965 km² (40th)  _ Land 78,051 km²  _ Water 4,915 km² (6%) Population (2000)  _ Population 4,012,012 (26th)  _ Density 51. ...South Carolina) is a retired The United States of America — also referred to as the United States, the U.S.A., the U.S., America¹, the States, or (archaically) Columbia — is a federal republic of 50 states located primarily in central North America (with the exception of two states: Alaska and Hawaii). ...United States General who commanded US military operations in the The Vietnam War was a war fought between 1957 and 1975 on the ground in South Vietnam and bordering areas of Cambodia and Laos (see Secret War) and in the strategic bombing (see Operation Rolling Thunder) of North Vietnam. ...Vietnam War from 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...1964_ 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...68 and served as US Categories: United States_related stubs | United States Army | Joint Chiefs of Staff ...Army Chief of Staff from 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...1968 to 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...1972.

Early Career

Westmoreland entered Alternate meanings: West Point (disambiguation). ...West Point in 1932 is a leap year starting on a Friday. ...1932 after one year at the Citadel. His initial motive for entering was to "see the world". Following graduation in 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...1936 he became an Historically, artillery refers to any engine used for the discharge of projectiles during war. ...artillery officer and served in several different commands, reaching the ranks of lieutenant colonel and subsequently colonel during combat operations in the European theater during German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...WW II.

During German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ...WW II, in 1943 while in Sicily, his battalion was selected to be the artillery support for the The 82nd Airborne Division of the United States Army was formed originally as the 82nd Infantry Division on August 25, 1917, at Camp Gordon, Georgia. ...82nd Airborne Division.

Regimental and Division Command

Westmoreland's WW II experience with the 82nd Airborne led to his being asked by General James M. Gavin James Maurice Gavin (March 22, 1907, New York, N.Y., U.S._d. ...James M. Gavin to join the 82nd as a regimental commander after the war, which was the beginning of his professional association with airborne and airmobile troops. He served with the 82nd Airborne for four years.

During the The Korean War (Korean: 한국전쟁), from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, was a conflict between North Korea and South Korea. ...Korean War he commanded the 187th Regimental Combat Team.

In late 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ...1953 Westmoreland was promoted brigadier general and spent the next 5 years in the This is an article about the geometrical shape. ...Pentagon. In 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...1958 he assumed command of the Shoulder sleeve patch of the United States Army 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles. ...101st Airborne Division. In 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...1960 he became Superintendent of West Point, in Events January_February January 11 _ The Whisky A Go_Go night club in Los Angeles, the first disco in the USA, is opened. ...1963 became commander of the XVIII Airborne Corps. Later that year he became deputy commander of MACV, assuming command of MACV from General Paul Harkins in 1964.

Vietnam Era

Herbert Elmer Abrams' portrait of General Westmoreland

As the head of the The Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV, pronounced as mac vee) was the United States command structure during the Vietnam War from 1962 until the wars end. ...Military Assistance Command in Vietnam he was known for highly publicized, positive assessments of US military prospects in The Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a country in Southeast Asia. ...Vietnam. However, as time went on the strengthening of North Vietnamese combat forces in the South led to regular requests for increases in US troop strength, from less than 100,000 when he arrived to over 500,000 in 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...1968.

The most notable campaign was the 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...1968 This article or section should include material from Tran Van Tra. ...Tet Offensive, in which Communism is a term that can refer to one of several things: a social and economic system, an ideology which supports that system, or a political movement that wishes to implement that system. ...Communist forces attacked cities and towns throughout National motto: ??? Official language Vietnamese Capital Saigon Last President Duong Van Minh Last Prime Minister Vu Van Mau Area  _ Total  _ % water 173,809km² N/A population  _ Total  _ Density 19,370,000 (1973 est. ...South Vietnam. Westmoreland successfully fought off the Offensive, but the ferocity of the assault shook public confidence in his previous assurances about the state of the war. Political debate and public opinion led the Johnson administration to limit further increases in troops.

Post Vietnam

Westmoreland served as US Categories: United States_related stubs | United States Army | Joint Chiefs of Staff ...Army Chief of Staff from 1968 was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ...1968 to 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ...1972, then retired from the Army. Westmoreland ran unsucessfully for Governor of State nickname: Palmetto State Other U.S. States Capital Columbia Largest city Columbia Governor Mark Sanford Official languages English Area 82,965 km² (40th)  _ Land 78,051 km²  _ Water 4,915 km² (6%) Population (2000)  _ Population 4,012,012 (26th)  _ Density 51. ...South Carolina in 1974 is a common year starting on Tuesday (click on link for calendar). ...1974. He published his autobiography A Soldier Reports the following year. Westmoreland later served on a task force to improve educational standards in the state of South Carolina.

In 1982, Mike Wallace (born May 9, 1918 as Myron Leon Wallace) is an American journalist with a long_running career. ...Mike Wallace interviewed Westmoreland for the CBSs first color logo, which debuted in the fall of 1965. ...CBS special The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception. The documentary alleged that Westmoreland and others had deliberately underestimated Vietcong troop strength in order to maintain morale and popular support for the war. The result was the disasterous This article or section should include material from Tran Van Tra. ...Tet Offensive.

Westmoreland sued Wallace and CBS for In English and American law, and systems based on them, libel and slander are two forms of defamation (or defamation of character), which is the tort or delict of making a false statement of fact that injures someones reputation. ...libel, and a long and arduous trial process began. Westmoreland surprisingly settled with CBS for an apology, about as much as they had originally offered. Research after the trial uncovered the reason _ while CBS' internal investigation revealed that they had used shoddy journalistic practices, Judge Leval's instructions to the jury over what constituted "actual malice" to prove libel were so weighted in favour of the defense that Westmoreland's lawyers knew he would lose.

Personal Data

In 1947, he married Katherine (Kitsy) S. Van Deusen. They had three children: Katherine, Margaret, and James Ripley.