Paul D. Harkins
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Paul Donal Harkins was a career officer in the United States Army and attained the rank of general. He is most notable for having served during World War II as deputy chief of staff for operations in
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Third US Army staff, Harkins right rear
William Westmoreland
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William Childs Westmoreland was a United States Army general, most notably the commander of United States forces during the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. He later served as Chief of Staff of the Unit
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…Griggs recalls the General overheard this and "did not smile". As he described in a later interview with historian Michael MacLear, when General William Westmoreland replaced Harkins in 1964, Westmoreland recalled that he got varying readings on the situation from Harkins, whose favorite poet was Kipling; when veering…
Westmoreland in 1969
Westmoreland as a West Point cadet c. 1936
Westmoreland and President Lyndon B. Johnson at Cam Ranh Air Base in Khánh Hòa province, 23 December 1967
Johnson and Westmoreland decorating a soldier at Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, in October 1966