Today in History – April 24, 1967 – Westmoreland announces Vietnam War can’t be won with US political support
24 April 1967 Vietnam War: American General William Westmoreland says in a news conference that US political atmosphere may give the north hope they could win a war politically that they could not win militarily. President Lyndon Johnson chose William Westmoreland, a distinguished veteran of World War II and the Korean War, to command the U.S.