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