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William Westmoreland

"I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student."

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"I haven't yet figured out how I was made first captain, because I was not an outstanding student. I was an adequate student."

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"To become a better you, keep asking curious questions about yourself. If you lose, ask "why?"; if you win, ask "why not?"

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"By the end of the summer of 1973 I thought it was virtually impossible for South Vietnam to survive. How in the heck could they?"
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"Militarily, we succeeded in Vietnam. We won every engagement we were involved in out there."
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