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> [I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts… I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/i-have-no-apologies-no-regrets-i-gave-my-very-best-efforts-i-ve-been/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

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## More by William Westmoreland

> [President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/president-johnson-did-not-want-the-vietnam-war-to-broaden-he-wanted/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/without-censorship-things-can-get-terribly-confused-in-the-public-mind/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/militarily-we-succeeded-in-vietnam-we-won-every-engagement-we-were/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [“the militay dont start wars, politicians start wars”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/the-militay-dont-start-wars-politicians-start-wars/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts… I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/i-have-no-apologies-no-regrets-i-gave-my-very-best-efforts-i-ve-been/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/i-do-not-believe-that-the-men-who-served-in-uniform-in-vietnam-have/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/when-i-took-command-in-vietnam-i-gave-great-emphasis-to-food-and/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/television-is-an-instrument-which-can-paralyze-this-country/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [We had the best food any battlefield ever had.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/we-had-the-best-food-any-battlefield-ever-had/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [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?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/by-the-end-of-the-summer-of-1973-i-thought-it-was-virtually/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/when-the-soldiers-came-home-from-vietnam-there-were-no-parades-no/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/my-wife-was-my-greatest-asset-i-didn-t-marry-her-until-after-world/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/the-politicians-in-washington-just-had-no-idea-about-the-complexity/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/this-was-a-type-of-war-that-we-d-had-no-experience-with-before-some/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

> [We'll blast them back into the stone ages!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-westmoreland/we-ll-blast-them-back-into-the-stone-ages/)

[William Westmoreland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-westmoreland/)

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