Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Yes, you're quite right. He went straight to serve as Chief of Staff of the United States Army, though still a promotion. For some reason I keep thinking he was at the Southern Command. I gladly stand corrected. sd On Jan 4, 2009, at 12:47 PM, Marc James Small wrote: > > > Second, I can find no reference to Westmoreland ever serving as the > Commander of Southern Command. He returned from Viet-Nam to > immediately serve as the US Army Chief of Staff. Or, at least, the > US Army Center for Military History seems to have no record of > Westmoreland ever serving as commander of Southern Command. Was he > carried from Saigon to Miami in a black helicopter? <he grins> > > Marc > > > msmall@aya.yale.edu > Cha robh b?s fir gun ghr?s fir! > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information