William Westmoreland Quotes

American - Soldier | March 26, 1914 - July 18, 2005

I was participating in my own lynching, but the problem was I didn't know what I was being lynched for.

William Westmoreland

ProblemKnowMy OwnOwnBeing

It became very clear that Hanoi was in effect strategically running the Viet Cong operation.

William Westmoreland

ClearEffectRunningVeryOperation

The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.

William Westmoreland

PeopleMilitaryLeadLikeEverybody

I don't think I have been loved by my troops, but I think I have been respected.

William Westmoreland

ThinkLovedBeenI ThinkRespected

When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail.

William Westmoreland

GreatFoodMedicalCareMailTook

We had the best food any battlefield ever had.

William Westmoreland

FoodBestBattlefieldEverAnyHad

President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.

William Westmoreland

AloneWarWantVietnam WarPresident

The last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.

William Westmoreland

ManMeWorldAmericanSoldierLast

I don't take criticism lying down.

William Westmoreland

CriticismDownLyingTake

I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student.

William Westmoreland

StudentCaptainFirstOutBecause

My wife was my greatest asset. I didn't marry her until after World War II, but she has complemented me in every job I've ever had.

William Westmoreland

JobWifeWarMeWorldShe

By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?

William Westmoreland

SurviveImpossibleThoughtEndHow

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