The involvement of the United States in the Vietnam War began in the 1950s and greatly escalated in 1965 until its withdrawal in 1973. The U.S. military presence in Vietnam peaked in April 1969, with
U.S. soldiers disembark from a UH-1D helicopter at the Battle of Ia Drang in South Vietnam, November 1965
U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters airlift members of a U.S. infantry regiment, 1966
U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land in Vietnam during its herbicidal warfare campaign
Commandant of the Marine Corps Wallace Greene (left), III MAF commander General Robert Cushman (center), and General Westmoreland (right).
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
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