Word: westmorelands
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leader of U.S. forces in South Viet Nam from 1964 to 1968, General William Chi Ids Westmoreland directed the American military machine here at the height of war, with some 500,000 men under his command by the time of his departure. Like many other principals in the drama of the nation's longest war, Westmoreland is now far removed from the agony and ambiguity of Indochina. Leaving the Army two years ago after a final four-year hitch as Chief of Staff, "Westy"retired to his native South Carolina, where Westmoreland has been a proud and prominent name...
...from the fuel crisis, a stubbornly incandescent optimism has begun to shine through the gloom. People who lament the expected death of a comfortably affluent, energy-intensive way of life look forward to a rebirth of some old values. "We have become literally and figuratively fat," says William C. Westmoreland, the general who commanded U.S. forces in Viet Nam and now directs economic development for South Carolina. "Perhaps the crisis will bring us back to some of the virtues that made this country great, like thrift and the belief that waste is sinful." Says Sylvia Lavietes, a Manhattan social worker...
...smasher in western Du Page County and appointing a board to map long-range goals for education in Illinois He nevertheless gained such a reputation that Lyndon Johnson appointed him to head a presidential commission on civil disorders. Among the character witnesses at his trial was retired General William Westmoreland, who described him as a man of "impeccable character...
...moved irresistably into Vietnam, he also saw the high quality officers left over from World War II retire, replaced by lesser men that had brought up the rear. Television made Vietnam the living room war, and Westmoreland and Abrams became the prop and make-up men. With a unique perspective on the Army's ills, Herbert was still sure they could be cured from within, simply by going by the book. For three tours in Indochina, he did exactly that...
...Ancient Mariner, he drifts from lecture hall to talk show, telling his ghastly tale. In a recent appearance on the Dick Cavett Show with Senator Barry Goldwater, Herbert dropped yet another bomb. He declared he had in his possession a whole series of memos (some signed by Generals Westmoreland and Sidle and Army Secretary Froehlke) that vowed to discredit and punish him. Goldwater, a member of the Armed Services Committee, promised to investigate. And so the war goes...