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To: NormsRevenge

Honor Guard members from the USMA Military Police Company carry the casket of Gen. William Westmoreland after his funeral at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York July 23, 2005. Westmoreland, best known as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, died at the age of 91 at a retirement community in South Carolina. REUTERS/Chip East


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Gen. Peter Schoomaker, U.S. Army Chief of Staff (R) presents the American flag to Katherine Westmoreland at the funeral for her husband, Gen. William Westmoreland at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, July 23, 2005. Westmoreland, best known as the Commanding General of the U.S. Army in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968, died at the age of 91 at a retirement community in South Carolina. REUTERS/Chip East


2 posted on 07/23/2005 11:48:11 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi ... "To remain silent when they should protest makes cowards of men." -- THOMAS JEFFERSON)
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To: NormsRevenge

RIP, General.


I wonder if McNamara was there?


3 posted on 07/23/2005 11:59:21 AM PDT by leadpenny
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To: NormsRevenge

What can you say about a guy who worked for the snake in the grass Johnson, kissed his ass and damn the troups.


4 posted on 07/23/2005 11:59:47 AM PDT by boomop1
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To: NormsRevenge

Thanks for posting the pictures.

May he rest in peace.

He must have loved West Point. I can think of no better ending to be laid to rest in a place that defines one's soul.


10 posted on 07/23/2005 1:12:23 PM PDT by Protect the Bill of Rights
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