Quotes from William Westmoreland

I do not believe that the men who served in uniform in Vietnam have been given the credit they deserve. It was a difficult war against an unorthodox enemy.

They're asking women to do impossible things. I don't believe women can carry a pack, live in a foxhole, or go a week without a bath.

I've made this statement many times: If I would have to do it over again, I would have made known the forthcoming Tet Offensive.

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

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

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

Vietnam was the first war ever fought without any censorship. Without censorship, things can get terribly confused in the public mind.

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

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

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

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?