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...letter from the fatherless son of a Viet Nam casualty, Carol Lawrence recited The Story of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, and erstwhile Starlet Chris Noel recreated the Armed Forces Radio show she had broadcast to U.S. servicemen in Indochina during the 1960s. During intermission, retired General William Westmoreland, commander of U.S. forces in Viet Nam from 1964 to 1968, signed autographs. The hardest working star was Wayne Newton, who flew in from Las Vegas and performed gratis. For 90 minutes, he played the banjo and trumpet, sang soul songs and Danke Schön, danced and winked. Said...
...also hit by a potentially more costly problem last week: a $ 120 million libel suit filed by General William Westmoreland. The suit is the latest upshot of a controversial Jan. 23 documentary titled The Uncounted Enemy: A Viet Nam Deception. The 90-min. program charged that Westmoreland, while commander of U.S. forces in Viet Nam, joined in "a conspiracy at the highest levels of American military intelligence" to misrepresent enemy troop strength during the year leading up to the January 1968 Tet offensive. In July, CBS News President Van Gordon Sauter, responding to criticism, admitted that the documentary, produced...
...suing, win or lose, Westmoreland will probably force CBS to hand over the internal probe of the documentary ordered by Sauter. But he may also open himself to tough questions about his years in Viet Nam. Observes renowned First Amendment Lawyer James Goodale: "The proceedings will probably be long, difficult and expensive for both sides...
...appreciate CBS for charging in its program The Uncounted Enemy: A Viet Nam Deception that Pentagon Hero William Westmoreland knowingly underestimated the strength of enemy forces. Prior to the 1968 Tet offensive, I could not go on a patrol without seeing numerous North Vietnamese troops. As those who were on the scene can attest, the number of encounters with skilled North Vietnamese fighting men increased greatly between mid-1966 and Tet. But what does a foot soldier know...
...there is a problem with this lively museum piece, it may lie in the sheer busyness of the place. Over a long weekend, Roberta Flack sings, the U.S. Army Field Band plays The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Presidential Aide Edwin Meese and General William Westmoreland defend embattled political positions, young musicians keep dates with Tchaikovsky under the stars. The resort's daily newspaper warns culture vultures to prepare for Victor Borge, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, discussions of abortion and contraception, and an address by the president of the National Council of Churches. It is not a great surprise...