My dad was his driver when he was in Vietnam from 68-69! It was funny how he got the job! He was driving in a convoy and he was the only truck driving almost in the ditch! When asked why, he said “where would you plant the mines in the road or the ditch”? So from that day forward he was his driver! He was from Ky, so not far from Where The general lived so I’m sure they had a lot in common!

Being a Westmorland-type officer is the supreme insult. A lot of good people from my generation died because of his lack of integrity. His stars and medals were bought in blood. The US Army and especially the NCO corps had to be rebuilt after he was done with it.

Just wanna set the record straight that a week ago I commented on an unrelated story where I said gen Westmoreland was on trial in nyc for inflated nva deaths, I stand corrected, the trial was he was suing cbs news for defamation and cbs settled out of court. I was with a veterans group and actually got to meet the general, very pleasant gentlemen, this was in 1982.

There is still a debate about William Westmoreland, and I think that is appropriate. He certainly came to Vietnam with solid credentials. What happened next, I think, was delusional, in that we were caught in a civil war with no end in sight, and yet victory for U.S. troops was always on the horizon. Westmoreland was part and parcel of that mythology. As any traveler in the desert knows, the horizon moves away from you with cruel constancy.

"If we could just get about 25,000 more troops on the ground, we could win this thing". Until we couldn't. There was never any intention of winning in Vietnam.

One of the most positive assessments of the man I have come across.

He didn't pacify the villages of Vietnam. He didn't prepare south Vietnam to defend itself. He lied about casualty ratios and he failed to do much damage to North Vietnam.

Such a shame an honorable man sent to do a politician's job.

good to know this - to know about general william westmoreland RIP

Orville Brown is correct in every way when he comments, "The book by Lewis Sorely describes him as a self-promoter, promoted above his ability, who mismanaged the war for four years, ensured the American defeat and then tried to rewrite history at Chairman of Chief of Staffs. The argument by Sorley is credible." Again, I would kindly ask anyone that disagrees to watch Lewis Sorley's presentation to the US Army War College and draw an informed conclusion. @

An amazing life indeed

Kudos to you buddy

I thinh you believe with your contry! Thanks

Thank you for posting!Great Leader!

Technically the troops at my lai Were under his command As yamashitta was in Manila Massacre

The Politicians, namely McNAMARA tied his hands behind his back

he Was Not an incompetente as a great bunch of people are trying to portrait him. He just faced a complete different model of warfare for which there was not a full readiness and strategy.

General John J. Pershing께서 환하게 웃으면서 악수하는 장면이 인상적입니다. Pershing장군은 Pershing missile에 이름을 남기신 전설적인 장군 ! 군인은 사람에 대한 好 不好가 뚜렷 ! Smart한 인물만 좋아함.

Agree with you Gral

The book by Lewis Sorely describes him as a self-promoter, promoted above his ability, who mismanaged the war for four years, ensured the American defeat and then tried to rewrite history at Chairman of Chief of Staffs. The argument by Sorley is credible

Westmoreland was a spectacular failure in Vietnam

What an awful set of lies about one of America's worst "leaders", an arrogant liar, a failure as a military commander and the architect of America's humiliation in Vietnam.

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채명신 장군(☆☆) ===> (☆☆☆)Vietnam War 전공에 따라 승진함. (처음에 주Vietnam 한국군 사령관은 ☆☆에서 출발했을 것)

We need to remember innocent veitnamese killed and who have suffered most in this horrible human tragedy. It awful hubristic miscalculation and could have been avioded wth a sound military and civilian leadership. I think Westmoreland has failed to steer a clear and a winnable military 🪖 strategy and miserably failed his soldiers and civilians (enemy population) under his command. He should not be commomerated and better be forgotten.

I should (moi) be a ambassador.

퍼싱 장군에게 인정받은 장군인 듯

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This is my great uncle I'm Jaysen Westmoreland

General Westmoreland was never the Commandent at the United States Military Academy he was the 45th Superintendent 1960-1963. Superintendent is what a President is at a University. I saw his tombstone at West Point. His senior year at West Point he was First Captain. Go Army beat Navy. 🇺🇲

If Andrew Jackson is in South Carolina's Hall of Fame, then their "hALL of fAmE" is completely meaningless lol

He brought dishonor to the United States military.

Britain had 500.000 troops in Boer war with a lesser population

Im related to this guy, hes my grandfather's cousin (technically im related just very distant)

You people are mistaken. General Westmoreland was a thoroughly decent man who lead his troops with honour and integrity. What seems to escape your bitter opinions is that his tactics had virtually won the war by 1968, and the Tet Offensive was essentially the last throw of the dice for the VC. Secondly, he was forced into fighting a limited war by MacNamara and the rest of the "best and brightest" clowns in Washington, who believed the war could be won on a budget. Unfortunately for Westmoreland, he lacked the bombastic ego of that other great warrior, MacArthur, which meant he didn't speak out (of turn), as perhaps he could have done; but then you armchair generals would probably have attacked him for being too aggressive. So in conclusion, I'll leave you with this thought: we had won the war in Vietnam under Westmoreland, just as we had won in Korea under MacArthur. But in both instances, spineless Democrat presidents removed both men for being too tough on the commies.

The Great Cale Yarborough had better be in that HOF..if not,its irrelevant...

War is never easy, this men had not a easy Job and he never could controll how the war will come out. Many soldiers and vietnamese (lot of civilians) died in this war. A good thing would be, when people around the world would have only one faith humanity. What's now going on in Afghanistan with Talibans taking over the country.. Again many Soldiers died for nothing.

One of the Great General in the world !

General Giap > General Westmoreland

I was assigned to a unit that was deployed to South Vietnam July 1968 and I returned home in 1969. In my opinion Westmoreland was not given enough authority to win in South Vietnam. To win in South Vietnam first objective would have to be to destroy the communist North Vietnamese ability to send troops and supplies into South Vietnam and destroy the enemy's ability to plan and organize the agression into South Vietnam. Thus destroying the enemy's war materials while those materials were in the enemy's ports, factories, rail yards before the supplies started down the trails and roads into South Vietnam. Follow the blueprints used against the aggressors in world war two. In reality what happened was LBJ micro managed the bombing missions into North Vietnam by selecting the targets for the air force. Many times the air force was flying over military targets and then bombing bridges and power plants completely passing over military targets. Plain and simple the President and his advisers mis managed the bombing missions. We had the finest soldiers and equipment ever used in war and we won every single battle of the war. The President messed up by not letting the military service's properly conduct the war.

Vietnam...............don;t forget.....

I am proud to be related to this man, William Childs Westmoreland.

The general westmore Land looks like ironside

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My Respects to General Westmoreland, a True Hero of the American Republic Nationalism. GOD BLESS YOU, GENERAL.

Do better research. The general that lost Vietnam. An arrogant ignorant man that was never afraid to stray from the truth to serve his own interests.

Westmorland’s destroyed any semblance of standards as he lied repeatedly about what was happening in Vietnam. He disgraced his uniform.

Give me a break. He was a liar with no ethics. He cared more about politics than winning the war or telling the truth. If you want to talk about a great and honest Vietnam General talk about General Ray Peers.

General Westmoreland said in a televised interview "The Oriental doesn’t put the same price on life as the Westerner." Those words speak for themselves....

Just Doing My Job. -I’m pretty sure Nazis said the same things during WW2…

A one sided adulation!

The military is run by civilians............Westmoreland gets a bad rap...........

A great man, a great American, and a great General that served our country with honor! General Westmoreland played the hand of cards that was given to him by LBJ and McNamara. He was under the civilian authority (LBJ) and had to fight the war the way "they" wanted him to, period! It would have been much different had Nixon been the President when LBJ was. The mindset of democrat leadership, when fighting a war, leads us to defeat every time!

thằng này thua ở Việt Nam

Lost a war to a bunch of rice farmers

Most deluded general ever.

He had no clue in Vietnam, hi lied. 56000 Americans lost their lives for no reason, and many more Vietnamese hard working people for no reason, just trying to grow rice . I’m a nam vet

WEsty?

haha lost against termits

VC give up their Communist Party policy !

Bad general. He's a lot like the British Douglas Haig from WW1.