General William Westmoreland, 91
Posted: Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 6:18 am
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Retired Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded U.S. forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968 and advocated a strong military buildup at a time when American casualties were mounting, has died.
Westmoreland died Monday of natural causes at Bishop Gadsden retirement home, where he had lived with his wife, said his son, James Ripley Westmoreland. He was 91. …
The silver-haired, jut-jawed officer, who rose through the ranks quickly during World War II and later became superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y., contended the United States did not lose the conflict in Southeast Asia. …
In 1982, he filed a $120 million lawsuit against CBS over a documentary “The Uncounted Enemy: A Vietnam Deception,” which implied he had deceived President Johnson and the public about enemy troop strength in Vietnam. … Read full obituary
