Citation Information
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Title
Westmoreland, William Childs
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Coverage
March 26, 1914–July 18, 2005
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Author
Fritz Hamer
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Keywords
Soldier, ordered to the Ninth Infantry Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, landed in North Africa for his first combat experience, later served in the Normandy invasion (June 1944), the Huertgen Forest (fall 1944), the Battle of the Bulge (December 1944–January 1945), and at the Remagen Bridge (March 1945), appointed regimental commander in the Eighty-second Airborne Division, assigned to Vietnam as deputy to General Paul Harkins, commander of U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, supervised the establishment of the all-volunteer force and elimination of the draft,
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Website Name
South Carolina Encyclopedia
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Publisher
University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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URL
https://www.scencyclopedia.org/sce/entries/westmoreland-william-childs/view/images
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Access Date
December 27, 2024
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Original Published Date
July 7, 2016
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Date of Last Update
August 26, 2022
