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The Vietnam memorial is a masterpiece. The names of the dead are listed there, chronologically. Just the names.

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.

Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

When the soldiers came home from Vietnam, there were no parades, no celebrations. So they built the Vietnam Memorial for themselves.

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

We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.

William Westmoreland

War

Winning

We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.

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Country

Help

War is fear cloaked in courage.

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

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People

Military

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

The military don't start wars. Politicians start wars.

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Military

Politicians

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

We had the best food any battlefield ever had.

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Food

Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there.

William Westmoreland

Vietnam

It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.