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Vietnam Quotes by William Westmoreland
- Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.
- 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?
- When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail
- I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war…
- As the senior commander in Vietnam, I was aware of the potency of public opinion - and I worried about it.
- President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
- The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.
- When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.
- Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.
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