Word: westmorelands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Westmoreland's working uniform used to be fatigues that were faded with wear but always had perfect, knife-edge creases. Thus it is something of a shock to notice, as he waves a guest into his small carriage house on Prices Alley in the historic old section of Charleston, that he is wearing a pair of rumpled slacks, sport shirt with tail out, and a pair of soft black moccasins that have not lately seen much spit and polish. Yet the short gray hair is still carefully combed straight back, the lean jaw still juts. Taut...
...piles of books bearing on Viet Nam: Frances FitzGerald's Fire in the Lake, David Halberstam's The Best and the Brightest, Walt Rostow's The Diffusion of Power, Daniel Ellsberg's Papers on the War. They provide context, checkpoints and sometimes hostile fire for Westmoreland as he works through his own recollections. Does he think that he can add to the work of the earlier analysts? "No one else had the vantage point I had," says Westmoreland. "Therefore I feel I can cast light on some of the situations we faced in a way that...
...Tarnish. Westmoreland's other chief enterprise is running a five-man operation known as the Governor's Task Force for Economic Growth, a $25,000-a-year post to which he was named in 1972 by Governor John West. It calls for Westmoreland to handle a wide variety of projects aimed at expanding the state's business and industry, from promoting its tourist attractions to Canadians, to seeking investment capital from visiting Japanese businessmen, to spreading the word to farmers about new agricultural methods. As usual, the general is double-timing on his new job. Driving alone...
...longer travel in the style to which he was long accustomed. Returning to Charleston after a business trip to Washington aboard a state-owned aircraft not long ago, Westmoreland found himself 18th in line for takeoff. "In the old days, I'd fly into a military airfield and they'd clear out everything a day ahead," he observed wryly. But the luster of his four stars still casts a glow. During a recent visit to a technical school in Denmark, S.C., Westmoreland found some of the students dressed in old combat jackets, their name tags still in place...
...good many South Carolinians have come to the conclusion that Westmoreland is promoting more than just economic development in his hopscotches about the state. After all, West's term as Governor expires next January, and he is prevented by law from seeking another. Furthermore, Viet Nam has not tarnished one whit the tradition of gentlemen warriors in the Palmetto State. Westmoreland returned home a genuine hero who would likely have no trouble pulling in votes. Last week an audience of 130 at the Charleston Rotary Club laughed knowingly and heartily when, in a slip, a member introduced Westy...