Word: westmorelands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their kitchen table cluttered with correspondence, the Mullens juxtaposed letters in revealing ways. General William C. Westmoreland wrote, "In Vietnam today brave Americans are defending the rights of men to choose their own destiny and to live in dignity and freedom." One of Michael's own letters said, in reference to the antiwar protest in the United States, "Most of the grunts (infantrymen), E-6's and below, are pulling that things get wilder at home...
...corporate giants. Some 1,200 companies work small mines, but they account for only 40% of output. The other 60% comes from 15 companies, led by Peabody Coal of St. Louis and Consolidation Coal of Pittsburgh. Only three of the 15-Pittston (No. 5), North American (No. 10) and Westmoreland (No. 13)-are independent; the rest are subsidiaries of bigger companies. Six are controlled by oil companies; two are "captive" producers of metallurgical coal for U.S. Steel and Bethlehem...
...Never, never will the plant begin to be built by the summer even if they have everybody's o.k.," Barbara Westmoreland, a resident of Mission Hill who attended the Mission Hill meeting, said Saturday...
...Westmoreland said some residents are determined to check Harvard hospital expansion in the area and that they see the power plant as the center of the struggle...
GENERAL WILLIAM WESTMORELAND, 61, former commander of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam, retired in Charleston, S.C.: "It was heartbreaking, but it was not surprising. I've gone through the anguish of seeing Viet Nam deteriorate bit by bit. I must say the process has been more rapid than I thought would be the case. It was a sad day in the glorious history of our country. But elements in this country have been working for this end. We failed. We let an ally down. But it was inevitable after Congress pulled the rug out from under the President...