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The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.

William Westmoreland

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William Westmoreland
Age: 91 †
Born: 1914
Born: March 26
Died: 2005
Died: July 19
Military Commander
Military Officer
Politician
Spartanburg
South Carolina
William Childs Westmoreland
William C. Westmoreland
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Vietnam
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Washington
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We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
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I have no apologies, no regrets. I gave my very best efforts.... I've been hung in effigy. I've been spat upon. You just have to let those things bounce off .
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President Johnson did not want the Vietnam War to broaden. He wanted the North Vietnamese to leave their brothers in the South alone.
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