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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. a1887-28a
W.C. Westmoreland
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Audio/Video Archives Collection, Photograph No. a1887-28a

W.C. Westmoreland

American, 1914 - 2005
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William Childs Westmoreland (1914-2005) was commander of all American forces in the Vietnam War, in his role as Commander of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964 to 1968. He was Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from July 1968 to June 30, 1972. Westmoreland retired from the Army in 1972, and moved to South Carolina where he ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1974.
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Additional LBJ Library holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/westmorelandw Additional National Archives holdings related to this Individual can be accessed at https://catalog.archives.gov/id/10581092Social Networks and Archival Context record: https://snaccooperative.org/view/12975686