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...Westmoreland on Viet Nam." Correspondents Charles Collingwood and Morley Safer interview U.S. General William C. Westmoreland at his headquarters in Saigon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Listings: Dec. 23, 1966 | 12/23/1966 | See Source »

...buildup in Viet Nam that now totals 350,000 men, there has been remarkably little disagreement between the American command in Saigon and Commander in Chief Lyndon Johnson and his officials in Washington. One excellent reason for this is that all along Johnson has promised General William Westmoreland that whatever manpower reinforcements the general needed in the field, he would get. So far, the promise has been fulfilled: some 200,000 men will have disembarked in South Viet Nam in 1966 alone, bringing the year-end total of American troop strength in the field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: WANTED: MORE MEN IN VIET | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

...Soctrang from a withering battle several miles away, and Martha, who was at the base to do a show, immediately donated a pint of blood, then spent the next 18 hours making herself genuinely useful as a nurse. "She was terrific," said a sergeant, and last week General William Westmoreland, U.S. commander in Viet Nam, honored her with a rare Certificate of Achievement for patriotic civilian service for her "unselfish, humanitarian actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 18, 1966 | 11/18/1966 | See Source »

...partitioned tray, protested, "I'm watching my waistline" as it was heaped. with baked ham, macaroni, cole slaw, salad, mashed potatoes and apple pie. For a moment he sat alone at a special long table laid out for him with a white tablecloth and yellow roses. Then Westmoreland shouted to his subordinates...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Protecting the Flank | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

...with." A number of soldiers, many of them wearing helmets and toting M-16 rifles, were steered to the President's table. "Y'all come back safe and sound, y' hear?" he told the men as he left. At the Officers' Club, Westmoreland had assembled his combat commanders. There the President said: "General Westmoreland told me that you were the best Army ever. If this is the best Army, you are the best leaders. I thank you. I salute you. Come home with that coonskin on the wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: Protecting the Flank | 11/4/1966 | See Source »

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