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August Issue 2005
University of South Carolina in Columbia,
SC, Offers Exhibition to Honor Gen. Westmoreland
Selected materials from the General William C. Westmoreland papers
at the University of South Carolina in Columbia, SC, will be on
display in the lobby of the South Caroliniana Library through
Aug. 20, 2005.
Titled, The Sword and the Pen: An Exhibit Honoring the Life of General William C. Westmoreland (1914-2005), the exhibit chronicles Westmoreland's long and distinguished military career, which spanned an era that included both horses and helicopters.
The exhibit will feature images and letters documenting the general's early life in Spartanburg County, SC, attendance at The Citadel, a commission to the US Military Academy and decades of service to his country in World War II, Korea and Vietnam.
Among the notable items are Westmoreland's parachute jump log (1958-65), which documents his 121st jump when he accompanied Maj. Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, Vietnamese deputy prime minister and minister for defense, who was making his final qualifying jump.
A Spartanburg native and Charleston, SC, resident, Westmoreland gave his personal papers to USC's libraries in March 1999. The collection documents his impressive 36-year military career through letters from presidents and military leaders, books, scrapbooks and a variety of other documents. The scope of the collection is vast, with items dating from childhood through retirement from a highly decorated military career that began after his graduation from the US Military Academy, included leadership roles in three wars and culminated with service as Army chief of staff for President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Located on USC's historic Horseshoe, the South Caroliniana Library is a repository for manuscripts and published materials documenting South Carolina's social, political, literary and cultural heritage.
Exhibit hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday, 8:30am-5pm; Tuesday and Thursday 8:30am- 8pm; and Saturday 9am-1pm.
For more information call 803/777-3131.
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