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William Westmoreland Quotes: It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.
         

It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.


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It's the first war we've ever fought on the television screen and the first war that our country ever fought where the media had full reign.
         



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