“ When I took command in Vietnam, I gave great emphasis to food and medical care - and to the mail. ”
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
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.
We were succeeding. When you looked at specifics, this became a war of attrition. We were winning.
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.