Westmoreland Addresses Congress

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Vietnam War Ken Burns Vietnam WETA Southeast Asia South Vietnam General Westmoreland William Westmoreland joint session Congress foreign policy military strategy crossover point troop levels troop buildup DMZ demilitarized zone escalation expansion Laos Cambodia Ho Chi Minh Trail bombing raids Hanoi Robert McNamara Leslie Gelb casualties civilian casualties 20th parallel Gulf of Tonkin
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History-Social Science
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Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Westmoreland Addresses Congress

In April 1967, General Westmoreland addressed a joint session of Congress — the first general ever to be called home from a battlefield by his president to do so. In his address, Westmoreland confidently asserted that the United States would prevail in Vietnam, but behind the scenes, neither he nor the administration were confident.

NOTE: This video is part of lesson plans titled Reassessing the Crossover Point and 1967 General Westmoreland Promises to End the War.
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