Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYGen. Westmoreland, 1967
Stars and Stripes
April 26, 2019
Gerald Forken ©Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, August, 1967: Brig. Gen. S. H. Matheson, right, commanding general of the 101st Airborne, shows captured enemy mortar rounds to Gen. William Westmoreland, the commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam. Westmoreland was visiting troops from the 101st Airborne and 196th Light Infantry Brigades during Operation Benton near Chu Lai.