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 ...

Retired Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded American troops in Vietnam _ the nation's longest conflict and the only war America lost _ died Monday night (July 18, 2005). He was 91.

WILLIAM WESTMORELAND: Vietnam has, by virtue of the fact that I've been in the center of the controversy — it has been an albatross around my neck for years and years and years.

William Childs Westmoreland was born near Spartanburg on March 26th 1914, into a banking and textile family. He was an Eagle Scout and attended The Citadel for a year before transferring to the U ...

William Westmoreland isn`t George Custer. What apparently moved the former American commander to drop his libel suit against CBS was not the fear that he would merely lose on the narrow legal issue.

William Childs Westmoreland was born near Spartanburg, S.C., on March 26, 1914, into a banking and textile family. He attended The Citadel for a year before transferring to West Point.

The story of General William C. Westmoreland; an Eagle Scout who earned medals for bravery in World War II and became a Four-Star General and the Military Commander of Allied Forces in Vietnam ...

Gen. William Westmoreland, who commanded American forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, died Monday night in Charleston, S.C. He was 91. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Stanley Karnow talks about ...

Gen. William Westmoreland visits Wellington Barracks in London, Sept. 15, 1969. Photo: Getty Images ...