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 WestmorelandBy 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 WestmorelandThis was a type of war that we'd had no experience with before. Some of our policies were kind of trial and error in character.
William WestmorelandThe last man in the world who should have been criticized was the American soldier. They should have criticized me.
William Westmoreland