WESTMORELANDworldwide  William C. Westmoreland    26 March 1914 William Childs Westmoreland was born in Spartanburg County, South Carolina 1936:  graduated from the United States Military Academy; was commissioned a second lieutenant, June 1936 1936–1939: served with the 18th Field Artillery at Fort Sill 1939: was promoted to first lieutenant, June 1939 1939–1941;:was a battery officer and commander and a battalion staff officer of the 8th Field Artillery at Schofield Barracks 1942 was promoted to temporary major (February) and lieutenant colonel (September) 1942–1944 was operations officer of the 34th Field Artillery Battalion, 9th Infantry Division, in the United States and North Africa and a battalion commander in operations in Tunisia and Sicily 1944 was executive officer of the 9th Division Artillery in Western European operations; was promoted to temporary colonel, July 1944  1944–1945: was chief of staff of the 9th Infantry Division in the closing operations of World War II in Germany 1945–1946 commanded the 60th Infantry; was promoted to permanent captain, June 1946; was chief of staff and later commander of the 71st Infantry Division, 1946; received airborne training at the Infantry School, 1946; commanded the 504th Parachute Infantry, 82d Airborne Division, 1946–1947 1947 married Katherine S. Van Deusen 1947–1950: was chief of staff of the 82d Airborne Division at Fort Bragg, receiving his promotion to permanent major in July 1948 1950–1951: was instructor at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, , and the Army War College, 1951–1952 1952–1953: commanded the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in operations in Korea; was promoted to temporary brigadier general, November 1952, and permanent lieutenant colonel, July 1953 1953–1955: was deputy assistant chief of staff, G–1, for manpower control; attended the advanced management program at Harvard Business School, 1954 1955–1958: was secretary of the General Staff; was promoted to temporary major general, December 1956 1958–1960: was commander of the 101st Airborne Division and Fort Campbell 1960–1963: was superintendent of the United States Military Academy;  was promoted to permanent ranks of colonel, June 1961, and brigadier general, February 1963, and to temporary lieutenant general, July 1963 1963–1964: was commander of the Strategic Army Corps and XVIII Airborne Corps, was successively deputy commander and acting commander of United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, 1964; was promoted to temporary general, August 1964  August 1965;made permanent major general  1964–1968: was commander of United States Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, and United States Army, Vietnam, at the peak of the Vietnam War 3 July 1968–30 June 1972 was chief of staff of the United States Army; supervised the Army’s disengagement from Vietnam, the transition from the draft to an all-volunteer footing, and the employment of troops in a period of active civil disturbance; centered attention upon efforts to improve service life, officer professionalism, job attractiveness, and public understanding July 1972: retired from active service

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