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William Westmoreland quotes: As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it. As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
William Westmoreland quotes: Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind. Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
William Westmoreland quotes: We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong. We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.
William Westmoreland quotes: When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail.
William Westmoreland quotes: Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news. Anytime it was advertised that I was going to be at a particular place, the radicals would be there, the cameras with TV news.
William Westmoreland quotes: In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia. In the end, we lost IndoChina to the communists. But we did not lose Southeast Asia.
William Westmoreland quotes: President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone. President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
William Westmoreland quotes: It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation. It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.
William Westmoreland quotes: Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.
William Westmoreland quotes: They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath. They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath.
William Westmoreland quotes: By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they? By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?
William Westmoreland quotes: War is fear cloaked in courage. War is fear cloaked in courage.
William Westmoreland quotes: We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning. We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
William Westmoreland quotes: 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. 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 quotes: We had the best food any battlefield ever had. We had the best food any battlefield ever had.
William Westmoreland quotes: The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me. The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.
William Westmoreland quotes: Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
William Westmoreland quotes: I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected. I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.
William Westmoreland quotes: The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names. The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.
William Westmoreland quotes: The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else. The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.
William Westmoreland quotes: When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves. When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
William Westmoreland quotes: My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had. My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.
William Westmoreland quotes: I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive. I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.
William Westmoreland quotes: We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view. We have reached an important point when the end begins to come into view.
William Westmoreland quotes: We'll blast them back into the stone ages! We'll blast them back into the stone ages!
William Westmoreland quotes: 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. 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 quotes: I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for. I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.
William Westmoreland quotes: I don't take criticism lying down. I don't take criticism lying down.
William Westmoreland quotes: I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student. I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.

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