Adequate Quote by William Westmoreland

“I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.” quote by William Westmoreland — Download Open image

“I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.”

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.

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

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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…

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I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult…

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When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail

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Television is an instrument which can paralyze this country.

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We had the best food any battlefield ever had.

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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?

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When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.

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