Generals of Vietnam

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Generals of Vietnam

• Westmoreland
• Creighton W. Abrams
• Mark Clark

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His life

• served as US Army Chief of Staff from 1968 to
  1972.
• William Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg
  County, South Carolina in 1914. His upper class
  family was involved in the banking and textile
  industries.

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Westmoreland

• William Childs Westmoreland (March 26, 1914
  July 18, 2005)
• was a U.S. Army General who commanded American
  military operations in the Vietnam War at its
  peak from 1964 to 1968

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More of his life

• Westmoreland was a member of a distinguished
  class at West Point his classmates included
  Creighton Abrams and Benjamin O. Davis Jr.. His
  initial motive for entering was to "see the world
  
• graduation in 1936 he became an artillery officer
  and served in several different commands.

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family

• he married Katherine (Kitsy) Stevens Van Deusen
• three children two daughters Katherine
  Westmoreland, and Margaret Westmoreland and one
  son named James Ripley Westmoreland.

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Dates of rank

• Second Lieutenant, Regular Army June 1936
• First Lieutenant, Regular Army June 1939
• Captain Not held on active duty (held as a
  permanent rank in Regular Army June 1946)
• Major, Army of the United States February 1942
  (made permanent in Regular Army July 1948)
• Lieutenant Colonel, Army of the United States
  September 1942 (made permanent in Regular Army
  July 1953)
• Colonel, Army of the United States July 1944
  (made permanent in Regular Army June 1961)
• Brigadier General (temporary), Regular Army
  November 1952 (made permanent in February 1963)
• Major General (temporary), Regular Army December
  1956 (made permanent in August 1965)
• Lieutenant General July 1963
• General August 1964

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a few pictures of him on the times magazines
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Facts about what went on with him during the war

• Many military historians have pointed out that
  Westmoreland became Chief of Staff at the worst
  time in history with regards to the Army.
• he issued many policies to try to make Army life
  better and more palatable for America's youth

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In the war

• June 1964, he became deputy commander of Military
  Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV), assuming
  command from General Paul D. Harkins. As the head
  of the MACV he was known for highly publicized,
  positive assessments of US military prospects in
  Vietnam

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Something he said

• Westmoreland said about the US involvement in
  Vietnam
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  ("It's not that we
  lost the war militarily. The fact is we as a
  nation did not make good our commitment to the
  South Vietnamese.)

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Creighton W. Abrams

• Creighton Williams Abrams Jr. (September 15, 1914
  - September 4, 1974) was a United States Army
  general who commanded military operations in the
  Vietnam War from 1968-72

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Him back then

• which saw U.S. troop strength fall from 530,000
  to 30,000. He served as Chief of Staff of the
  United States Army from 1972 until shortly before
  his death in 1974.
• In honor of Abrams, the U.S. Army named the XM1
  main battle tank after him as the M1 Abrams.

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Early career

• He graduated from West Point in 1936 and served
  with the 1st Cavalry Division from 1936 to 1940,
  being promoted to first lieutenant in 1939 and
  temporary captain in 1940.
• He became an armored officer early in the
  development of that branch and served as a tank
  company commander in the 1st Armored Division in
  1940.

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Vietnam

• He was promoted to general in 1964 and appointed
  vice Chief of Staff of the Army (he was seriously
  considered as a candidate for Chief of Staff at
  that time).

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In the war

• Due to concerns about the conduct of the Vietnam
  War, he was appointed as deputy to General
  William Westmoreland, head of the Military
  Assistance Command in Vietnam, in May 1967. He
  succeeded Westmoreland as commander on June 10,
  1968.

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Chief of Staff

• He was appointed Chief of Staff of the United
  States Army in June 1972 but was not confirmed by
  the Senate until October 1972 due to political
  repercussions involving disobedience by one of
  his subordinate commanders.
• (It has also been reported that Congress held up
  the confirmation to question the administration's
  war in Cambodia.) He served in this position
  until his death in September 1974. During this
  time he began the transition to the all-volunteer
  Army.

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Personal slide 1

• He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, in
  1914. His father was a railway mechanic and
  farmer
• He married Canadian Julia Abrams (1915 - 2003) in
  1936. She founded the "Arlington Ladies" and
  devoted a great deal of her time to humanitarian
  causes.

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Personal slide 2

• Converted to Roman Catholicism while serving in
  Vietnam
• They had three daughters and three sons. The sons
  all became Army officers, and each of the
  daughters married Army officers.
• He is buried with his wife in Arlington National
  Cemetery.

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Korean Service

• Due to his service in Europe and his War College
  tour, he joined the Korean War late in the
  conflict. He successively served as chief of
  staff of the I, X, and IX Corps in Korea
  (1953-1954).

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Staff Assignments and Division Command

• Upon return from Korea he served as Chief of
  Staff of the Armor Center, Fort Knox (1954-1956).
  He was promoted to brigadier-general and
  appointed deputy chief of staff for reserve
  components at the Pentagon (1956-1959).

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Mark Clark

• Mark Clark, was the son of an infantry colonel,
  was born in the United States on 1st May, 1896.
  He attended the West Point Military Academy and
  graduated in 1917 (110/139) and joined the United
  States Army.

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war

• In the First World War he fought on the Western
  Front in France and was seriously wounded by
  shrapnel while leading his company of the 11th
  Regiment 5th Division.

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Did you know

• Clark was a descendant of Revolutionary leader
  General George Rogers Clark and a cousin of
  General George Marshall.

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Served in these following wars

• Korean War
• World War II
• And the Vietnam

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Early life

• Between the wars, Clark served as a deputy
  commander of the Civilian Conservation Corps
  district in Omaha, Nebraska. He attended the
  Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the
  Army War College in 1937.

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After it all

• After retiring from the army, General Clark
  served (1954 to 1966) as president of The Citadel
  military academy, at Charleston, South Carolina.
  An Interstate spur (I-526) connecting North
  Charleston and Mount Pleasant bears his name. He
  wrote two volumes of memoirs Calculated Risk
  (1950) and From the Danube to the Yalu (1954).

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awards

• Among his awards and decorations are the
  Distinguished Service Cross, Distinguished
  Service Medal, Grand Croix Légion d'honneur

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This is mark Clark
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From life to death this is where he started and
where he ended up

• Clark is buried at The Citadel.
• He was born in Madison Barracks

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Where I found my information

• I found all my info at wikipedia