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by Lewis Sorley

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  Congdon, Thomas, [>]

  Congress

  fear of investigation by (Wheeler), [>]

  generals testify to, [>]

  South Vietnam abandoned by, [>]

  Westmoreland addresses, [>]–[>], [>]

  Westmoreland critical of post-WWII, [>]

  and Wheeler on Vietnam War, [>]–[>]

  Wheeler warns of hearings, [>]

  Considine, Bob, [>]

  Continental Army Command, Westmoreland presents management theories to, [>]

  Cook, Robert, [>]

  Corcoran, Charles, [>], [>]

  "Corral" study, [>]–[>], [>]

  Cosmas, Graham, [>], [>]

  Costa, James, [>]

  Council on Foreign Relations, Westmoreland on, [>]–[>]

  Counterinsurgency warfare

  Sharp's insight on, [>]

  and Westmoreland, [>], [>]

  Courson, John, [>]

  Crackel, Theodore, [>]

  Cragg, Dan, [>]

  Craig, Louis A., [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Credibility gap, Westmoreland's noninterest in, [>]. See also Media

  Creighton, Neal, [>]

  Crile, George, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Cronkite, Walter, Westmoreland on, [>]

  Cross, Colonel (staff member), [>]

  Crossover point, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], 334n22

  and Davidson, [>]

  and enemy order of battle, [>], [>]

  removal of SDF and SSDF, [>]

  McNamara on futility of, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland challenged on claims of, [>]

  Crusade in Europe (Eisenhower), as model for Westmoreland memoirs, [>]

  Cushman, John, [>]

  Cushman, Robert, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Davidson, Gar, [>], [>]

  Davidson, Phillip B., Jr., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Davis, Benjamin O., Jr., [>]

  Dawkins, Peter, [>]

  Deagle, Edwin, [>], [>].3

  Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), on enemy order of battle, [>]

  Demarcation line (DMZ), on maps, [>], [>]

  Demma, Vince, [>]

  Demobilization of Army after WWII, Westmoreland critical of, [>], [>]

  Dent, Frederick, [>]

  DePuy, William, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  "Detigerization" program of Westmoreland, [>]

  Dickinson, William, [>]

  Diem, Ngo Dinh, [>]

  Dien Bien Phu, and Khe Sanh, [>]

  Distinguished Service Medals awarded to Westmoreland, [>], [>], [>]

  Donaldson, Sam, [>]

  Dong Van Khuyen, [>]

  Dorn, William Jennings Bryan, [>]–[>], [>]

  Drafted Army

  vs. volunteer Army, [>] (see also Volunteer Army)

  Westmoreland sees better soldiers from, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland's views on, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Dunn, Michael, [>]

  Duong Van Minh, [>]

  Eddy, Manton, [>]

  Edgar, S. V., [>]–[>]

  Edwards, Dick, [>]

  Edwards, James, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  XVIII Airborne Corps, Westmoreland commander of, [>], [>]

  82nd Airborne Division, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–321n17

  Eisenhower, Dwight D.

  LBJ meeting with, [>]

  on need for Army charisma, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland compared to, [>]

  Westmoreland consults on appointment as West Point Superintendent, [>], [>]–[>]

  as Westmoreland familiar, [>]

  and Westmoreland's aim of expanding West Point Corps, [>]

  Westmoreland's annual West Point report distributed to, [>]

  and Westmoreland's vision of election as President, [>]

  Eisenhower, Mamie, [>]

  11th Armored Cavalry Regiment, [>]

  Emerson, Hank, [>]

  Enclave strategy, [>]

  Enemy. See Communist forces in South Vietnam; North Vietnam forces; Viet Cong

  Enthoven, Alain, [>], [>]

  Ewell, Julian, [>], [>], [>]

  Exercise Eagle Wing, [>]–[>], [>]

  Face the Nation, Westmoreland on, [>], [>]

  Fall, Bernard, [>]

  Fenton, Chauncey, [>]

  Fergusson, Robert, [>], [>]

  "Final Advice by General Westmoreland, COMUSMACV," [>]

  1st Air Cavalry Division, [>]–[>]

  deployment to Vietnam weakens, [>]–[>]

  in Ia Drang Valley battle, [>]

  recovery from, [>]

  1st Infantry Division, DePuy as commander of, [>]

  Flanagan, Edward "Fly," [>], [>]

  Fleming, "Bob," [>]

  Ford, Betty (wife of Gerald), [>]

  Ford, Gerald, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Ford, Hal, [>], [>]

  Forrester, Eugene, [>]

  Forsythe, George, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fort Benning, Georgia, [>], [>], 348n9

  Fort Bragg, North Carolina, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fort Campbell, Kentucky, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fort Hood, Texas, [>]–[>]

  Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, [>]

  Fort Rucker, Alabama, [>]

  Fort Sill, Oklahoma, [>]–[>], [>]

  Frank, Robert, [>]

  Friedman, Milton, [>]

  Froehlke, Robert, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Fromson, Murray, [>]

  Furgurson, Ernest, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Gage, Phil, [>], [>]

  Galloway, Joe, [>], [>], [>]

  Galvin, John, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Gavin, James, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Gelb, Leslie, [>]

  George, Rodney, [>]

  Getlein, Frank, [>]

  Giap, Vo Nguyen, [>], [>], [>]

  Gibbons, Conrad, [>]

  Glenn, Russell, [>]

  Godding, George, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Goldwater, Barry

  attempt to dissuade Westmoreland from libel suit, [>]

  and Westmoreland campaign debt, [>]

  Goodpaster, Andrew, [>], [>], [>]

  Goodwin, Sam, [>]–[>]

  Gorman, Paul, [>]–[>]

  Goulding, Phil, [>]

  Governorship campaign of Westmoreland, [>]–[>], [>]

  financial delinquency of, [>]–[>]

  and general election outcome, [>]–[>]

  Graham, Charles P., [>]

  Graham, Daniel, [>], [>]

  Greene, Graham, [>]

  Greene, Wallace, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Greynolds, William, [>]

  Gropman, Alan, [>]

  GROW (Get Rid of Westmoreland), [>]

  Grum, Allen, [>]

  Guerrilla forces

  in revised order of battle, [>], [>], [>]

  See also Secret Self-Defense Forces; Self-Defense Forces

  Gulf War, all-volunteer force in, [>]

  Haig, Alexander, [>], [>], [>], 350n12

  Haines, Ralph, [>], [>]

  Hair

  and culture of youth vs. of Army, [>]

  in Westmoreland vs. son conflict, [>]

  Halberstam, David

  editor recommended by, [>]

  on jealousy of Westmoreland toward Abrams, [>]

  on losing situation in Vietnam, [>]–[>]

  on military vs. political superiority, [>]

  on role of Kitsy Westmoreland, [>]

  on Westmoreland as 101st commander, [>]

  on Westmoreland's libel suit, [>]

  Hammond, Lester, Jr., [>]

  Hannah (family dog), [>], [>]

  Hannah, Norman, [>]

  Harassment and interdiction tactics, [>]

  General Johnson's criticism of, [>]–[>]

  Harkins, Paul, [>], [>], [>]

  Harvard Business Scho
ol Advanced Management Program, Westmoreland attends, [>]–[>], [>]

  and West Point Superintendency, [>]

  Hawaii (Schofield Barracks)

  Westmoreland family in, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland serves in, [>], [>], [>]

  See also at Honolulu

  Hawkins, Gains, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Hays, Wayne, [>]

  Hebert, F. Edward, [>], [>]

  Heintges, John, [>]–[>]

  Helms, Richard, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Hersh, Seymour, [>]

  Hewes, James, [>]

  Hinkle, Charles W., [>]

  Hoang Ngoc Lung, [>], [>]

  Ho Chi Minh Trail, [>], [>], [>]

  Hoffmann, Martin, [>]–[>]

  Holbrook, Willard, Jr., [>]

  Holbrooke, Richard, [>]

  Hollings, "Fritz," [>]

  Honeycutt, Weldon F., [>], [>]

  Honolulu conference (1964), [>]

  Honolulu conference (February 1966), [>]–[>], [>], 330n8

  Honolulu conference (July 1966), [>]

  Honolulu conference of intelligence community on enemy order of battle, [>], [>]

  Hoopes, Townsend, [>], [>]

  Hope, Bob, [>]–324n26

  as Westmoreland campaign contributor, [>]

  Horses, and Westmoreland, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Howell, Reese "Hooks," [>]

  Howitzer, The (West Point yearbook), [>]

  Howze, Hamilton, [>]

  Hue, and Tet Offensive, [>], [>]

  Huertgen Forest battles, [>]

  Huntley-Brinkley TV program, [>]

  Hutchin, Claire, [>]

  Ia Drang Valley, battle of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Infiltration routes of North Vietnamese, map of, [>]

  Inspector general system, under Westmoreland, [>]–[>]

  Intelligence community, and controversy over enemy order of battle, [>]–[>]. See also CIA

  Iron Triangle, [>]

  Irregulars. See Order of battle; Secret Self-Defense Forces; Self-Defense Forces

  Irwin, S. Leroy "Red," [>]

  Japan, Westmoreland's 187th stationed in, [>], [>], [>]

  Johnson, Alexis, [>]

  Johnson, Harold K., [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Johnson, Haynes, [>]

  Johnson, Lady Bird

  at dinner with Westmoreland, [>]

  Westmoreland sends ceramic elephants to, [>]

  Johnson, Luci (daughter), [>]

  Johnson, Lyndon B.

  conflicting and unjustified advice presented to, [>]

  disseminating deceptive reports on involvement in Vietnam, [>], [>]

  at Honolulu conference, [>]–[>]

  initially detaches self from Vietnam, [>]

  and introduction of U.S. ground forces, [>]

  Joint Chiefs ignored by, [>]–[>]

  and Khe Sanh, [>]–[>]

  at Manila summit and Vietnam visit, [>]

  and micromanagement of Vietnam War, [>]

  military understanding lacking in, [>]

  and M-16 rifle investigation, [>], [>]

  and negative article on war efforts, [>]

  on "no wider war," [>]

  and "Progress Offensive," [>]

  refuses to call up reserves, [>], [>], [>]

  and Report on the War in Vietnam, [>]

  reprisals against terrorist attacks opposed by, [>]

  and request for additional troops, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  rules out further troop increases, [>]

  and Tet Offensive, [>]

  and Thompson on Westmoreland unfitness, [>]

  on troop deployments, [>]

  and Vietnam as "bloody impasse," [>], [>]–[>]

  and Vietnamization, [>]

  visits Cam Ranh Bay (1967), [>]

  and Westmoreland

  allowing to remain in command, [>]

  and Braestrup on Westmoreland's memoirs, [>]

  as Chief of Staff, [>], [>]

  moves to block Westmoreland's presidential candidacy, [>]–[>], [>]–[>] (n31)

  praises Westmoreland, [>]

  wants end of Westmoreland as commander, [>]

  Westmoreland not asked to call on in visit to Washington, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland relieved, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland's criticism of, [>]

  Westmoreland visits after being relieved of command, [>]

  Joint Governor's Council for Oita Prefecture, Westmoreland forms to promote Japanese-American friendship, [>]

  Jordan, Amos "Joe," [>]–[>]

  Jordan, Phil, [>]

  Jordan, Robert, [>]

  Kaiser, Robert, [>]

  Kanamine, Ted, [>]

  Karnow, Stanley, [>]

  Kasserine Pass, [>]

  Keiser, Edwin C., [>]

  Kelly, Orr, [>]

  Kennedy, Bobby, [>]

  Kennedy, John F.

  and expansion of West Point Corps, [>]–[>]

  on fighting small wars, [>], [>]

  West Point graduation address delivered by, [>]–[>]

  Kennedy, Ted, [>]

  Kernan, Jim, [>]

  Kerner, Otto, [>], [>]

  Kerwin, Walter T. "Dutch," [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Khanh, Nguyen, [>]

  Khe Sanh, [>]–[>], 338n9

  battle for, [>]–[>]

  and Westmoreland's doubts about confirmation as Chief of Staff, [>]

  and Westmoreland on Tet, [>]

  and failure of Marines to aid Lang Vei camp, [>]

  and MACV Forward, [>]

  Taylor on uselessness of, [>]

  withdrawal from, [>]–[>]

  Khrushchev, Nikita, [>]

  KIA (killed in action) numbers, excluded from Westmoreland's Report..., [>]

  Kill ratios, Westmoreland's misguided reliance on, [>]

  and Hollings on American people, [>]

  See also Body count

  King, Larry, Westmoreland interviewed by, [>]

  Kinnard, Douglas, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Kinnard, Harry W. O., [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Kissinger, Henry, [>]

  Kitsy. See Westmoreland, Katherine "Kitsy"

  Knowlton, William, [>]

  Komer, Robert, [>], [>], [>]

  Korean War

  and Truman-MacArthur relationship, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland in, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  forced to carry out disputed order, [>]

  and ROK citation for 187th, [>]

  Koster, Samuel, [>]

  Kowet, Don, [>], [>]

  Krepinevich, Andrew, [>]

  Kroesen, Frederick, [>]

  Krulak, Victor H., [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Ky, Nguyen Cao, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Ladd, Jonathan, [>], [>]

  Laird, Melvin, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Lambert, Tom, [>]

  Land, Arno, [>]

  Lang Vei, [>]

  Special Forces camp at, [>]–[>]

  Laos

 

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