WWII veterans; Generals Harkins, Westmoreland, Abrams.
General Westmoreland was in command of all United States military operations in the Vietnam War from 1964 to 1968. After 1968 a number of generals held that post.
Westmoreland
General Westmoreland was the commander of all U.S. forces during Vietnam.
The President is the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.
In the US the president is the commander-in-chief of all military forces.
The technicality is in the title within your question. The US President is the civilian "commander in Chief" of the US Armed Forces as stated in the US Constitution, however, during NATO supported conflicts, in the past, there has been a military position of Supreme Commander of NATO forces, which reports to the US President and NATO.
President Eisenhower sent US advisers to Vietnam in 1955. President Kennedy sent US Special Forces (Green Beret) to Vietnam in 1961. President Johnson sent US regular forces to Vietnam in 1965.
General William Westmoreland
William Childs Westmoreland
General Westmoreland was the commander of all U.S. forces during Vietnam.
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Gen. WestMoreland ~W.A.R
Abrams, along with a host of other men, was a WWII veteran; and commander of US Forces in Vietnam...he replaced Westmoreland, who was also a WWII veteran.
Gen Dwight Eisenhower was Supreme Commander of US Forces in Europe.He was Supreme Commander of NATO after that.
As explicitly stated in the US Constitution, the president is Commander in Chief of the US armed forces.
The President is the Commander In Chief of the Armed Forces.
Abrams was the last.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.
Whoever the president is of the US. Right now Barack Obama is commander in chief of the armed forces.