William Westmoreland

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

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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 became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation. ↗

— 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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Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there. ↗

— William Westmoreland

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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

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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

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Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country. ↗

— William Westmoreland

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The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me. ↗

— William Westmoreland

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The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else. ↗

— William Westmoreland

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