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Westmoreland makes controversial remarks - Apr 24, 1967 - HISTORY.com
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At a news conference in Washington, Gen. William Westmoreland, senior U.S. commander in South Vietnam, causes controversy by saying that the enemy had “gained support in the United States that gives him hope that he can win politically that which he cannot win militarily.” Though he said that, “Ninety-five percent of the people were behind the United States effort in Vietnam,” he asserted that the American soldiers in Vietnam were “dismayed, and so am I, by recent unpatriotic acts at home.” This criticism of the antiwar movement was not received well by many in and out of the antiwar movement, who believed it was both their right and responsibility to speak out against the war.
Westmoreland makes controversial remarks - Apr 24, 1967 - HISTORY.com
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The entire war was one big controversy. The tragedy is that we took it out on the people who we sent over there and continued to blame them for years.
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Col Joseph Lenertz SP5 Mark Kuzinski LTC Stephen F. SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Maj Chris Nelson Maj William W. 'Bill' Price Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen COL Mikel J. Burroughs SPC Margaret Higgins Maj Marty Hogan MSgt Robert "Rock" Aldi TSgt Joe C. CPT Jack Durish CW5 Jack Cardwell SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Politicians trying to run a war, never works out well! Back then you pretty much had to rely on news on tv to see what was going on. Can you imagine that criticism and antiwar attitude in today's world of social media?
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Difference in generations and what they feel is their right. Imagine if that attitude had existed on the same scale during WWI and WWII. Sometimes speaking the truth is not good for you.
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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter SrA Christopher Wright Sgt Randy Wilber SGT Gregory Lawritson Cpl (Join to see) Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth LTC (Join to see) MSG Frederick Otero SFC Pete Kain SSG David Andrews SCPO Morris Ramsey SPC Jovani Daviu SGT Jim Arnold PO1 William "Chip" Nagel SGT Charles H. Hawes CPL Dave Hoover TSgt Joe C. MSG Dan Walther Maj Bill Smith, Ph.D. Maj William W. 'Bill' Price
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