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	Guardian Unlimited \| Obituaries \| General William Westmoreland
		Westmoreland was moved to Washington as army chief of staff, but the Nixon administration rarely consulted him, and he never made it to chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.
		Westmoreland's main flaw was that he thought that if he confronted the communist forces directly, either on the ground or with his massive airpower, he could simply win by attrition.
		Westmoreland never grasped this vital point, and continued to claim that the Vietnam war was not lost, as it kept the communists at bay for a further decade.
	www.guardian.co.uk /obituaries/story/0,3604,1532033,00.html (1245 words)

	General William Westmoreland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		On the whole, General Westmoreland pursued a conservative course militarily durng his four years of command in Vietnam, where he spent most of his time - in starched green fatigues - in the MACV headquarters in Saigon, known as Pentagon East.
		General Westmoreland's strategy was one of a "war of attrition," in which he sought to kill infiltrated and indigenous Vietnamese Communist soldiers more rapidly than they could be replaced.
		However, General Westmoreland was under constant pressure from Washington to avoid the kind of disaster that befell the French Army during the 55-day siege at Dien Bien Phu in 1954 that ended the French effort in Indochina.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Camp/7624/Generals/westmoreland.htm (325 words)

	William Westmoreland
		William Westmoreland, the son of a prosperous textile manufacturer, was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, on 26th March, 1914.
		In 1982, Westmoreland waged a long and costly libel action over a CBS documentary which claimed that he had deliberately misled the Pentagon and the public about the true strength of the communist forces in South Vietnam.
		Westmoreland failed to win his libel claim and eventually he had to accept a CBS statement that they did not mean to "impugn his honour".
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /VNwestmoreland.htm (1876 words)

	William Westmoreland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina in 1914.
		Westmoreland was convinced that the Vietnamese communists could be destroyed by fighting a war of attrition that, theoretically, would render the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese unable to fight.
		William Westmoreland died on July 18, 2005 at the age of 91 at the Bishop Gadsden retirement home in Charleston, South Carolina.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Westmoreland (1963 words)

	William Westmoreland - July 25, 2005 - The New York Sun
		Westmoreland will be remembered for having personified in his time the West Point motto, "Duty, Honor, Country." He'd proved his gallantry in World War II and again in Korea.
		One admirer, who was involved with Westmoreland in that outreach, told us of the general meeting with a band of veterans in a bar in Lower Manhattan during a break in the libel case that the general had brought here in New York against CBS News.
		Westmoreland's life bears reflection in the early years of what is going to be a long and controversial war.
	www.nysun.com /article/17475 (789 words)

	Papers of Gen. William Westmoreland (USCS Autumn 1999)
		Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg County on March 26, 1914, to Eugenia Childs and James Ripley Westmoreland.
		Westmoreland earned his parachute and glider badges at Fort Benning, Georgia, and went on to serve as chief of staff of the 82nd Airborne Division between August 1947 and July 1950.
		In 1972 the Westmorelands relocated to Charleston, South Carolina, and the General was appointed chairman of the Governor's Task Force for Economic Development by Governor John West.
	www.sc.edu /library/socar/uscs/99autm/westmor.html (1268 words)

	William Westmoreland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		General William Westmoreland William Childs Westmoreland (born March 26, 1914, Spartanburg County, South Carolina) is a retired United States General who commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964-68 and served as US Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to 1972.
		Westmoreland's WW II experience with the 82nd Airborne led to His being asked by General 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.
		Westmoreland ran unsucessfully for Governor of South Carolina in 1974.
	william-westmoreland.iqnaut.net (602 words)

	Whiskey Bar: Gone but Not Forgotten (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		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 retirement home in Charleston, S.C., his son, James...
		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 retirement home in Charleston, S.C., his son, James Ripley Westmoreland, announced.
		Westmoreland, at the outset of his command, was already taking the dual approach to policy making that would characterize his time in Vietnam.
	billmon.org /archives/002037.html (1013 words)

	Jeff Quinton - Backcountry Conservative: William Childs Westmoreland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		William C. Westmoreland was born on March 26, 1914 in Spartanburg.
		Westmoreland ran for Governor of South Carolina in 1976 but lost the Republican primary by 5,400 votes to James B. Edwards (who was elected that year as the first Republican Governor in SC since Reconstruction.)
		Westmoreland sued CBS for libel in 1982 after the airing of a controversial documentary.
	www.jquinton.com /archives/000150.html (242 words)

	Obituary: William Westmoreland / Commander of Vietnam troops, dead at 91 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		William C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, speaks at a news conference in 1967.
		Westmoreland became the superintendent of West Point in 1960 and, by 1964, was a three-star general commanding American troops in Vietnam.
		Westmoreland was married to the former Katherine "Kitzy" Van Deusen and the couple had three children.
	www.post-gazette.com /pg/05200/540211.stm (778 words)

	General William Westmoreland, at 91; commanded US forces in Vietnam - The Boston Globe
		General William C. Westmoreland, who as commander of US forces in South Vietnam from 1964 to 1968 presided over the period of greatest escalation in the Vietnam War, died Monday night.
		General Westmoreland's combat record in World War II and Korea attested to his bravery, and he was an officer of notable conscientiousness (he personally signed every letter of condolence sent to the families of US troops killed in Vietnam).
		The son of Eugenia (Childs) and James Ripley Westmoreland, William Childs Westmoreland was born on March 26, 1914, in Saxon, S.C. A military career was all but preordained for the future Eagle Scout.
	www.boston.com /news/globe/obituaries/articles/2005/07/20/general_william_westmoreland_at_91_commanded_us_forces_in_vietnam/?page=2 (1264 words)

	William Westmoreland
		Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina, on March 26, 1914, to a prosperous textile manufacturer.
		Westmoreland commanded the 187th Airborne Infantry in The Korean War, was commander of the 101st Airborne Division and, at the age of 42, became the youngest major general in the United States Army.
		Westmoreland was determined to avoid a repeat of the disaster suffered by the French Army at the Battle of Dien Bien Phu.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1864.html (1016 words)

	Gen. William Westmoreland -- led U.S. in Vietnam
		William C. Westmoreland, 91, the controversial four-star general who confidently predicted victory, leading the American military buildup in Vietnam until the 1968 Tet Offensive shattered public confidence, died Monday at a retirement home in Charleston, S.C., his son said.
		Westmoreland commanded U.S. troops in South Vietnam as the U.S. military presence grew from about 20,000 advisers in early 1964 to 500,000 troops in 1968.
		Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam in late 1963 and began urging Johnson to expand the military commitment there.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/07/19/BAGGGDQ48N1.DTL (788 words)

	William Childs Westmoreland Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		William Childs Westmoreland (born 1914) was commander of all American forces in the Vietnam War from 1964 until 1968, when he became chief of staff of the U.S. Army.
		Westmoreland's assumption of command coincided with a decisive change in the nature of the conflict.
		Although Westmoreland, with considerable reason, regarded the outcome as an allied victory, this display of enemy strength convinced much of the American public that the war was a failure.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/william-childs-westmoreland (597 words)

	Online NewsHour: Vietnam Veteran Gen. William Westmoreland Dies at 91 -- July 19, 2005
		Westmoreland was recalled to Washington as army chief of staff.
		CBS and Westmoreland settled the case before it was sent to a jury; both sides claimed victory.
		WILLIAM WESTMORELAND: Vietnam has, by virtue of the fact that I've been in the center of the controversy -- it has been an albatross around my neck for years and years and years.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/remember/july-dec05/westmoreland_7-19.html (374 words)

	1965 Man of the Year: William C. Westmoreland
		Westmoreland foresees a long war and is determined to be on hand for as much of it as possible.
		Westmoreland belongs to the age of technology--a product not only of combat but also of sophisticated command and management colleges from Fort Leavenworth to Harvard Business School.
		Fretful that the cease-fire was playing havoc with his men's discipline, Westmoreland set them a spartan regimen: reveille at 5, a two-mile run, digging fortifications all day, baths in an icy creek and, after dinner, 2 1/2 hours of intramural sports, especially boxing.
	www.sonic.net /~weasel/1966_LBJ_Westmoreland.htm (5604 words)

	Gen. William Childs Westmoreland Papers, ca. 1900-2000 (Gifts to Manuscripts Division 2001, South Caroliniana Library)
		Westmoreland wrote to her parents and in-laws describing a recent bombing-"Margaret was spending the night at a friend's house the night of the last blast.
		Westmoreland worked at a nearby hospital and organized a Vietnamese Red Cross Grey Ladies volunteer program in which she trained more than 200 Vietnamese women in the care of the injured.
		Westmoreland on 23 March 1968 about the return of her husband to the Pentagon-"I have just dictated a letter to Westy, telling him of my great happines that he is coming home to act as Army Chief of Staff and my strong right arm.
	www.sc.edu /library/socar/uscs/2001/genwcw.html (2869 words)

	Retired Gen. William Westmoreland dies
		Throughout his life, Westmoreland remained a staunch defender of the military in Vietnam, scorning the war protesters and the press he thought had contributed to the de-escalation of the war and the eventual fall of South Vietnam.
		Westmoreland said he later learned she spent most of her time at hospitals tending the wounded from Vietnam.
		Westmoreland always insisted his job was not to question military policy, but to carry out the orders of his commander-in-chief.
	www.ptsdsupport.net /william_westmoreland.html (1721 words)

	William Westmoreland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		William Westmoreland, the World War II hero who commanded U.S. troops during the Vietnam War, died Monday night at a retirement home in Charleston, S.C., his son said.
		General William Westmoreland was buried Saturday at West Point, but the search for the meaning of his life goes on right in the heart of Columbia.
		William Westmoreland led American troops in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968.
	www.boarc.com /History/William+Westmoreland.html (694 words)

	CNN.com - Vietnam-era commander Westmoreland dead - Jul 19, 2005 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		American support for the war suffered a tremendous blow near the end of Westmoreland's tenure when enemy forces attacked several cities and towns throughout South Vietnam in what is known as the Tet Offensive in 1968.
		After the event, President Lyndon Johnson limited further increases in troops; Westmoreland was recalled to Washington to serve as the U.S. Army Chief of Staff after asking for reinforcements in response to the attacks.
		William Childs Westmoreland was born near Spartanburg, South Carolina, on March 26, 1914, into a banking and textile family.
	www.cnn.com /2005/US/07/18/obit.westmoreland.ap/index.html (936 words)

	John J. Miller on William C. Westmoreland on National Review Online
		Westmoreland left Vietnam for a Pentagon post in 1968 and retired from the military in 1972.
		It accused Westmoreland of trying to manipulate military intelligence during the Vietnam War —; he coordinated a “conspiracy,” said CBS, to understate the enemy’s strength and thereby build public support for the war.
		The legacy of the Westmoreland case may not have been a courtroom victory for the general, but it educated the public in the culture and habits of the mainstream media — its penchant for sensationalism, its willingness to overlook complexity, and, most important, its antipathy for the U.S. military establishment.
	www.nationalreview.com /miller/miller200507190726.asp (674 words)

	GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORELAND LOSING VIET NAM
		Westmoreland was the better known, but working hand in mailed glove with the chief was WW2 veteran, the architect of firebombing the Japanese homeland, Air Force General, Curtis LeMay.
		With all the weapons and resources at his disposal, Westmoreland could not win the war in SouthEast Asia using the traditional tactics he had been schooled in.
		Westmoreland’s death last night has brought all the bitterness of that long ago war back into focus.
	expage.com /lukester457 (678 words)

	William C Westmoreland, the US's man in Vietnam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Westmoreland asked for reinforcements in response to the attacks but was recalled to Washington to serve as Army chief of staff, a post he held until 1972.
		Westmoreland retired from active duty in 1972 but continued to lecture and participate in veterans' activities.
		At the time, Westmoreland said the question "is not about whether the war in Vietnam was right or wrong, but whether in our land a television network can rob an honourable man of his reputation".
	www.namibian.com.na /2005/July/world/05C6D875C8.html (822 words)

	Uncounted Enemy, The
		Westmoreland sued producer George Crile III, correspondent Mike Wallace, and others for alleging that Westmoreland participated in a conspiracy to defraud the American public about progress in the Vietnam War.
		Westmoreland publicly rebuked these claims and demanded forty-five minutes of open airtime to reject The Uncounted Enemy assertions.
		The Westmoreland case went to trial two years later and was discontinued in February 1985.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/U/htmlU/uncountedene/uncountedene.htm (1060 words)

	Cosmic Baseball Association: William Westmoreland- 1996 Wonderland Warriors (Military) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		William Childs Westmoreland was born in South Carolina on March 26, 1914.
		General Westmoreland graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1936 and participated in the Allied invasion of Normandy in 1944.
		In a poll of historians published in November, 1995, Westmoreland was ranked as the second worst commander in the 20th century.
	www.cosmicbaseball.com /westmor6.html (328 words)

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