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Journal Times
March 7, 2018
General Creighton Abrams, after succeeding General William Westmoreland as Vietnam commander, redirected U.S. forces away from massive search-and-destroy operations to small unit actions, reflecting the strategy successfully employed in Malaya. The war strengthened ties between Australia and theÃÂ ...
Chicago Tribune
March 1, 2018
General Creighton Abrams, after succeeding General William Westmoreland as Vietnam commander, redirected U.S. forces away from massive search-and-destroy operations to small unit actions, reflecting the strategy successfully employed in Malaya. The war strengthened ties between Australia and theÃÂ ...
Napa Valley Register
February 24, 2018
Creighton Abrams, an old World War II buddy and source, and even from LBJ, who would call Cronkite directly to unload. But as 1967 flipped toward 1968, CBS reporters in the field were starting to tell a different story. "The American public was getting a televised version of the truth on CBS News, though itÃÂ ...
Consortium News
December 31, 1999
But a test soon confronted Maj. Powell. A letter had been written by a young specialist fourth class named Tom Glen, who had served in an Americal mortar platoon and was nearing the end of his Army tour. In a letter to Gen. Creighton Abrams, the commander of all U.S. forces in Vietnam, Glen accused theÃÂ ...
Shelter Island Reporter
December 31, 1999
President Lyndon Johnson appointed General William Westmoreland as Army Chief of Staff, bringing him back from Vietnam where the general had commanded U.S. military forces for four years and the president appointed General Creighton Abrams to take over duties in Vietnam. Royals was the nameÃÂ ...
The Nation.
December 31, 1999
Creighton Abrams replaced Westmoreland as Army chief of staff in June 1972, before Westmoreland could recommend Peers as new commander of the Eighth Army. And as legal adviser Walsh told this writer, Abrams was extremely hostile to the entire Peers investigation. So in the summer of 1973 PeersÃÂ ...
Shelter Island Reporter
December 31, 1999
President Lyndon Johnson appointed General William Westmoreland as Army Chief of Staff, bringing him back from Vietnam where the general had commanded U.S. military forces for four years and the president appointed General Creighton Abrams to take over duties in Vietnam. Royals was the nameÃÂ ...
Military Modelling
December 15, 2017
The Abrams, named after former Army Chief of Staff General Creighton Abrams, first saw combat during the First Gulf War in 1991, again during the second in 2003 and in Afghanistan from 2010. It is currently deployed in South Korea and recently returned to Europe as the threat of a second 'Cold War'ÃÂ ...
Brooklyn Rail
December 14, 2017
The American army in Vietnam in 1965, when troop levels were drastically increased, was a different army from that in 1971, when, with morale at an all-time low and drug use at an all-time high, General Creighton Abrams said that he had to “get this army home in order to save it.” This is an important andÃÂ ...
Theredstonerocket
December 6, 2017
Despite his own wounds, he ensured the survival of his injured comrades from Military Assistance Command Studies and Observation Group, 5th Special Forces Group. He originally received the Distinguished Service Cross in early 1971 from Gen. Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations inÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
November 30, 2017
Creighton Abrams, hearing of the intense discussions, asked, “What the hell happened out there at Leavenworth?” What happened was one of the greatest transformations the college had made in the past century. Cushman had been a CGSC instructor as a Major in 1955. He was described as brilliant,ÃÂ ...
War on the Rocks
November 13, 2017
Creighton Abrams, head of the U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, consistently warned against redeploying American soldiers for fear ...
Guns.com
November 12, 2017
It is named after General Creighton Abrams. Despite weighting 62 tons, making it one of the heaviest main battle tanks in service, it is highly ...
SCNow
November 11, 2017
Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations in Vietnam before he became chief of staff for the Army, with studying five years of ...
The American Interest
November 9, 2017
Entering office with a commitment to end the war, Nixon empowered the new American commander in Vietnam, Creighton Abrams, to carry out ...
Workers World
November 7, 2017
Creighton Abrams, who in 1968 replaced Gen. William Westmoreland as war-criminal-in-chief in Vietnam. The younger Abrams most recently ...
National Geographic Australia
November 6, 2017
Creighton Abrams [a U.S. commander during the Vietnam War]. I was asking him about this battle, and he said, “It's not us—it's the families.
WND.com
November 1, 2017
Creighton Abrams “drank a lot” disturbed me. What was the point? That he was a drunk? I knew Abrams, and he was unquestionably one of the ...
Chapman University: Happenings (blog)
October 29, 2017
Creighton Abrams, brought a new strategy and the possibility of a 'better war,'” the professor says. “There's this sense among some historians ...
Salon
October 16, 2017
Lewis Sorley, who's a big defender of the war, thinks it should have been fought and could have been won, if only Creighton Abrams had been ...
War on the Rocks
October 13, 2017
Ewell was subsequently promoted and given a higher command by Westmoreland's successor, Creighton Abrams. More recent historical work ...
We Are The Mighty (blog)
October 12, 2017
Creighton Abrams, that established a separate Training & Doctrine Command to oversee all training, write all doctrinal manuals, and develop requirements.
Breaking Defense
October 10, 2017
Creighton Abrams, that established a separate Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC) to oversee all training, write all doctrinal manuals, ...
NWAOnline
October 9, 2017
Creighton Abrams, commander of U.S. military operations from 1968 to 1972, "the ARVN killed more enemy than all other allied forces ...
The Enterprisers Project
October 3, 2017
There's a semi-famous quote, often attributed to former U.S. Army General Creighton Abrams (though you can find earlier versions of the ...
OUPblog (blog)
September 28, 2017
By 1972, Richard Nixon's relations with Creighton Abrams had reached the nadir of Vietnam era civil-military affairs. But that wasn't how it was ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
September 26, 2017
... but wiser heads here harbored doubts it could work. Privately, they suspected General Creighton Abrams was given an impossible mission.
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
September 21, 2017
Creighton Abrams Jr. commented, management of the human resources is the Army's single most important function,” Bennett said. “I take this ...
Stars and Stripes
September 20, 2017
Gary Michael Rose receives the Distinguished Service Cross from Gen. Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Vietnam, for heroism during ...
War on the Rocks
August 31, 2017
Creighton Abrams, Jr., and what it says about the hopes societies at war invest in their military leadership. In the late 1990s, the historian Lewis Sorley wrote a book, A Better War, highlighting the progress the U.S. military in Vietnam, under Abrams, made after the Tet Offensive. The “better war” is Sorley'sÃÂ ...
PennLive.com
July 21, 2017
Change did come that summer, as Creighton Abrams replaced William C. Westmoreland as head of the U.S. military command, and many ...
The Fort Campbell Courier
December 31, 1999
Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. An effort began in 1998 to upgrade his award to ...
The Fort Campbell Courier
October 6, 2017
Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1972. An effort began in 1998 to upgrade his award toÃÂ ...
The Enterprisers Project
October 3, 2017
There's a semi-famous quote, often attributed to former U.S. Army General Creighton Abrams (though you can find earlier versions of theÃÂ ...
OUPblog (blog)
September 28, 2017
By 1972, Richard Nixon's relations with Creighton Abrams had reached the nadir of Vietnam era civil-military affairs. But that wasn't how it wasÃÂ ...
Theredstonerocket
September 27, 2017
Creighton Abrams, who commanded military operations in the Vietnam War from 1968-72. An effort began in 1998 to upgrade his award to theÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
September 26, 2017
... but wiser heads here harbored doubts it could work. Privately, they suspected General Creighton Abrams was given an impossible mission.
Elizabethtown News Enterprise
September 21, 2017
Creighton Abrams Jr. commented, management of the human resources is the Army's single most important function,” Bennett said. “I take thisÃÂ ...
Green Valley News
September 20, 2017
Creighton Abrams: "Despite great weapons … in the end, the thing that makes the difference in war is the man himself." PFC Sammy Davis hadÃÂ ...
Stars and Stripes
September 20, 2017
Gary Michael Rose receives the Distinguished Service Cross from Gen. Creighton Abrams, the U.S. commander in Vietnam, for heroism duringÃÂ ...
Red Bluff Daily News
September 19, 2017
Creighton) Abrams, because the results of the operation were on the radio every hour and on television every night.” Indeed, Haig, KissingerÃÂ ...
Chapman University: Happenings (blog)
September 16, 2017
Creighton Abrams, brought a new strategy and the possibility of a 'better war,'” the professor says. “There's this sense among some historiansÃÂ ...
Stabroek News
September 9, 2017
Creighton Abrams (a tank commander in the jungles of S.E.Asia) ordered us to stand down and watch 'em fight after over 10 years of training.
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer
September 6, 2017
It is called Abrams Hall in honor of the late Gen. Creighton Abrams, a tank commander during World War II who later became chief of staff of theÃÂ ...
Consortium News
August 20, 2017
Creighton Abrams, were lying about their “success” in fighting the Vietnamese Communists. I live with regret that I did not blow the whistle onÃÂ ...
Antiwar.com
August 20, 2017
Creighton Abrams, were lying about their “success” in fighting the Vietnamese Communists. I live with regret that I did not blow the whistle onÃÂ ...
Foreign Policy (blog)
August 18, 2017
These same words easily could have been spoken by General Creighton Abrams at any point between 1968 and 1972 while in charge of theÃÂ ...
POLITICO Magazine
August 7, 2017
Johnson had summoned the U.S. commander in Vietnam, General Creighton Abrams, back to Washington and obtained the general's personalÃÂ ...
NEWS.com.au
August 6, 2017
Named after former Army Chief of Staff General Creighton Abrams, the M1 Abrams tank has been a go-to for the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine CorpsÃÂ ...
New York Times
August 5, 2017
Creighton Abrams, who recognized that both large-unit operations and counterinsurgency techniques were required at different times and inÃÂ ...
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