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  Pursley, Robert, [>]

  Pyle, Ernie, on 9th Infantry Division, [>]

  Quartermaster Corps School for Bakers and Cooks, Westmoreland attends, [>], 315n8

  Quiet American, The (Greene), [>]

  Racial discrimination, at West Point, [>]

  "Rakkasans" (nickname for 187th), [>], [>]

  Rangers, LBJ suggests greater use of, [>]

  Raughter, John, [>]

  Ravenel, Charles "Pug," [>]

  Reader's Digest, [>], [>]

  Reagan, Ronald, and Westmoreland gubernatorial campaign, [>]

  Recondo School, [>]

  Red Cross Donut Girls, [>]–[>]

  Reel, Jerry, [>]

  Refugees

  search and destroy operations create, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland as caretaker for, [>]

  Report of the Chief of Staff (Westmoreland), [>], [>]

  Report on the War in Vietnam (Westmoreland), [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces. See South Vietnamese

  Request for [>],000 additional troops after Tet, [>]–[>]

  and Westmoreland's plan for offensive in north, [>]

  and Westmoreland's Report..., [>]

  Westmoreland-Wheeler relation in, [>], [>]

  Reserves

  refusal to call up in face of increased demands, [>], [>]–[>]

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

  rejection of, [>]

  Wheeler for mobilization of, [>]

  Resor, Stanley, [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  Reynolds, Russel B., [>]

  Rhodes, John, [>]

  Richardson, Stewart, [>]

  Ridgway, Matthew, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Riley, Jack, and daughter Mary Beth, [>]

  "Ritz" study, [>]–[>], [>]

  Rivers, L. Mendel, [>]

  Roberts, Elvy, [>]–[>]

  Rockefeller, Nelson, as Westmoreland campaign contributor, [>]

  Rohrer, D. H., [>]

  Rosson, William, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Rostow, Walt, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Roth, Patricia, [>]

  Rusk, Dean, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Russ, J. R. "Bud," [>]

  Russians, Westmoreland meets at end of WWII, [>]

  RVN. See South Vietnamese

  Salvage operation, under Westmoreland incident to Korean armistice, [>]

  SAMVA (Special Assistant for the Modern Volunteer Army), [>]

  Sauter, Van Gordon, [>]

  Schandler, Herbert, [>], [>]

  Schell, Jonathan, [>]

  Schmidt, Carl, [>]

  Schober, Frank, [>]

  Schoomaker, Fred, [>], [>]

  Schwarzkopf, Norman, [>], [>]–[>], [>] (n7)

  Scott, George C., as Patton, [>]

  Seaman, Jonathan, [>], [>]

  Search and destroy, as Westmoreland approach, [>], [>], [>]

  and battle in War Zone C, [>]–[>]

  body count as measure of, [>]

  criticism of

  by DePuy, [>]

  and failure of senior officials to force change, [>]

  in Kinnard's survey, [>]

  by Marines, [>]–[>]

  by Murphy, [>]

  by Sharp, [>]

  by Stone, [>]–[>]

  by Taylor, [>]–[>]

  by Thompson, [>]

  by Washington officials, [>]

  by Weyand, [>]–[>]

  by Williamson, [>]–[>]

  DePuy as architect of, [>]

  focused on border regions, not population centers, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]

  Ia Drang Valley as deceptive support for, [>]

  vs. PROVN, [>]–[>]

  Tet Offensive as condemnation of, [>]

  Westmoreland aims to label as "Offensive operations," [>]

  Westmoreland's defense of, [>]

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

  and Westmoreland's Report..., [>]

  2nd Armored Division, Westmoreland inspects as Chief of Staff, [>]–[>]

  2nd ARVN Division, Westmoreland visits, [>]

  Secret Self-Defense Forces, [>] (n23)

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

  in interview on CBS, [>]

  in libel suit, [>]

  Self-Defense Forces, 352n23

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

  and interview on CBS, [>]–[>], [>]

  in libel suit, [>]

  Sell, Ted, [>]

  Setelin, John, [>]

  71st Infantry Division, Westmoreland as nominal commander of, [>]

  Sewell, John, [>]

  Sharp, U. S. Grant, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Shaw, Cary, Jr., [>]

  Shearer, Lloyd, [>]

  Sheheen, Fred, [>]

  Sherburne, Thomas L., Jr., [>]

  Sheridan, Mark, [>]

  Sheridan M551 vehicle, [>]–[>]

  Sidle, Winant, [>]–[>], [>]

  Simmons, Charles, [>], [>]

  Simmons, Edwin, [>]

  Simpson, Charles, [>]

  Singlaub, John, [>], [>]

  Sink, Robert, [>]

  Smith, K. Wayne, [>]

  Smith, Kelly, [>]

  Smith, Ronald, [>], [>]

  Smith, Wayne, [>]

  SNIE (Special National Intelligence Estimate), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Soldier Reports, A (Westmoreland memoir), [>], [>], [>]. See also Memoirs of Westmoreland

  South America, Westmoreland on importance of, [>]

  Southeast Asia, map of, [>]

  South Vietnam

  map of, [>]

  Westmoreland addresses National Assembly of, [>]–[>]

  South Vietnamese (ARVN; RVN; Republic of Vietnam Armed Forces)

  armored vehicles employed by, [>]

  Enthoven for greater support of, [>]

  and Galvin's question about mission, [>]

  inadequacy of (Murphy), [>]

  judged incapable of pacification, [>]

  loss of confidence in, [>]

  post-Tet support of, [>]–347n4

  second priority accorded to, [>], [>]

  strengthening of as objective, [>]

  territorial security left to, [>]

  as underarmed, [>], [>]–[>]

  given U.S. arms from WWII period, [>], [>]

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

  and Westmoreland's abilities, [>]

  and Westmoreland on American media, [>]

  Westmoreland's slighting of, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]

  ammunition stocks low, [>]

  Hoopes on, [>]

  and Vietnamization, [>]–[>]

  and Westmoreland's Report..., [>], [>]

  Special Forces

  LBJ suggests greater use of, [>]

  Marines fail to aid at Lang Vei, [>]

  Special National Intelligence Estimate (SNIE), [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Special Warfare Center, Yarborough advice from, [>]

  Starry, Donn, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]

  Statistical indicators

  McNamara lays down, [>], 330n8

  as sole yardstick, [>]

  Westmoreland's belief in, [>]

  in Westmoreland's report to Congress, [>]

  See also Body count

  Stennis, John, [>]

  Stevens, Robert, [>]

  Stilwell, Joe, Jr., [>]

  Stilwell, Richard, [>], [>], [>]

  Stone, Charles, [>]

  "Strategic Guidelines for Vietnam" (draft NSAM by JCS), [>]

  Strategic reserve, troop-level increase in reconstitution of, [>]

  Sunday Times (London) on Vietnam War, [>]

  Surut, Lee, [>]

  Sutland, Ed, [>]

  Sylvester, Arthur, [>]

  Tan Son Nhut Air Base, as Tet target, [>]

  Taylor, Maxwell

  as Ambassador, [>], [>], [>]
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  opposes increased deployment into Vietnam, [>]

  on slighting of South Vietnamese, [>]

  and Westmoreland appeals for troops, [>]

  as Army Chief of Staff, [>]–[>], [>]

  as Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, [>]

  as 101st Airborne commander, [>]

  and Pentomic division concept, [>]–[>], [>]

  and request for additional troops, [>]

  in Sicily, [>], [>]

  and Westmoreland, [>], [>]–[>], [>], 316n4, 322n4

  and doctrine of fighting small wars, [>]

  gives advice to Westmoreland as Chief of Staff, [>]

  in memoirs of Westmoreland, [>]

  on taking Westmoreland from West Point, [>]

  and Westmoreland's assignment to Vietnam, [>]

  and Westmoreland's gubernatorial campaign, [>], [>]

  as West Point commencement speaker, [>]–[>]

  on White House attitude toward Vietnam, [>]

  on working group considering course of Vietnam War, [>]

  Tennis, as Westmoreland sport, [>], [>], [>]–[>]

  injury from, [>], [>]

  Tet offensive (196:), [>]–[>], 339n13

  in CBS documentary, [>]

  and Westmoreland's libel suit, [>]

  map of attack points in, [>]

  and North-South disparity in weaponry, [>]

  and M-16 rifle, [>]

  and order of battle, [>]–[>]

  and pre-Tet troop dispositions, [>]–[>]

  and request for [>],000 additional troops, [>]

  South Vietnamese view of, [>]

  and strengthening of South Vietnamese forces, [>]

  Washington's view of, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland blames civilians hit by counterfire in, [>]

  and Westmoreland on media, [>]

  and Westmoreland's defense of deception policy, [>]

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

  and Westmoreland's estimates of enemy strength, [>], [>]

  vs. Westmoreland's optimism, [>]

  and Westmoreland's removal from command, [>]

  and Westmoreland's reputation, [>], [>]

  Westmoreland's view of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Thayer, Thomas, [>]

  Thieu, Nguyen Van, [>], [>]

  Thompson, Sir Robert, [>], [>], [>], [>]

  Throckmorton, John, [>]

  Thurman, Maxwell, [>]

  Thurmond, Strom, [>], [>], [>]

  Time magazine

  on Khe Sanh battle, [>]

  on M-16 production, [>]

  on Westmoreland looking for fight, [>]

  Westmoreland as Man of the Year in, [>]–[>]

  Tolson, John, [>]

  Tompkins, Rathvon, [>], [>]

  Torres, Esequiel, [>]–[>]

  Torture of prisoners held by South Vietnamese, Westmoreland directive against photos of, [>]

  Trapnell, Thomas, [>]

  Troop request. See Request for [>],000 additional troops

  Truman, Harry, and MacArthur, [>], [>]–[>]

  Tucker, John H., [>]

  Tunnels of Cu Chi, The, [>]

  TV Guide, [>]–[>]

  23rd Infantry (Americal) Division, and My Lai massacre, [>], [>]

  Ulmer, Walter, [>], [>], [>]

  Ulsaker, Carl, [>]

  Uncounted Enemy, The: A Vietnam Deception, [>]–[>]

  criticism of and commentary on, [>]–[>], [>]

  libel suit over, [>]–[>], [>] (see also Libel suit against CBS)

  settlement of, [>]–[>]

  Westmoreland requests honorarium, [>]

  University of South Carolina, and Westmoreland's papers, [>]

  Utermahlen (infantry officer pictured in Life), [>]–[>]

  Van Atta, Dale, [>]

  Van Autreve, Leon, [>]

  Vance, Cyrus, [>], [>]

  VanDerBruegge, John, [>]

  Van Deusen, Edwin (brother of Kitsy), [>]

  Van Deusen, Edwin (father of Kitsy), [>], [>]

  Van Deusen, Frederick (brother of Kitsy), [>]–[>]

  death and funeral of, [>], [>], [>]

  Van Deusen, Katherine "Kitsy," [>], [>]. See also Westmoreland, Katherine "Kitsy"

  Vann, John Paul, [>]

  Vaughn, Sam, [>]

  Vestecka, Dick, [>]–[>]

  Viet Cong, [>]–[>], [>]

  Brink Hotel attacked by, [>]

  infrastructure of (VCI), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  modern weaponry provided for, [>]

  shelling of cities by, [>], 343n7

  and Washington on Tet Offensive, [>] (see also Tet Offensive)

  Westmoreland for firepower against, [>], [>], [>]

  See also Communist forces in South Vietnam; Secret Self-Defense Forces; Self-Defense Forces

  Vietnam, communist, Westmoreland on relations with, [>]

  "Vietnam Blunders" (Westmoreland), [>]

  "Vietnamese Communists' Will to Persist, The" (CIA memorandum), [>]

  Vietnamization, [>]–[>]

  Vietnam veterans, Westmoreland works on behalf of, [>]

  Vietnam Veterans Memorial, [>]

  Vietnam War

  Abrams replaces Westmoreland, [>], [>]–[>]

  American takeover of, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  and Bunker on South Vietnamese initiative, [>]

  Laird on, [>]

  maximum deployment in, [>], [>]–[>]

  and McNamara's consultations in Saigon (July 1965), [>]

  Palmer's critique of, [>]

  battles of

  Ia Drang Valley, [>]–[>], [>], [>]

  Khe Sanh, [>]–[>], 338n9

  Operation Cedar Falls, [>]

  Operation Junction City, [>]–[>]

  of Tet Offensive, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], 339n13 (see also Tet Offensive)

  in War Zone C, [>]–[>]

  commanders allowed discretion inside Vietnam, [>], [>]

  communists increasingly taking initiative (1967), [>]–[>]

  cost accounting ignored in, [>]

  cost of to America, [>]

  deteriorating condition of U.S. forces in, [>]–[>]

  and early turnover of South Vietnamese governments, [>]

  ending of, [>]

  Westmoreland condemns, [>]

 

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