At the time of the Vietnam War, our country was looking for a leader to help release the threat that the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong posed to our country. And at that time the United States was looking for someone to lead our country into battle. Thus the United States had chosen William Westmorland, a West Point graduate who had won the Pershing Sword for his great scholastic achievement. William C. Westmoreland was born on March 26, 1914, the son of a cotton manufacturer. His father was the son and grandson of men who had fought in many other wars such as the Revolutionary War and the Civil War. So it wasn't a big surprise when he went to The Citadel, a private military school. However, after a year at Citadel he had decided that Citadel was not for him and had transferred to another military school at West Point. According to him he had proved to be an "ok", but when it came time for graduation he was given the Pershing sword, a sword that is given only to the best students in the class. (Vietnam War: General William Westmoreland)After his time at West Point h...