Talk:Frederick C. Weyand

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I have changed and added to information regarding today's editorial in the New York Times. I tried improving a paragraph that was already in place which I found very badly written and with not citation. I would like feedback. I actually think that perhaps the article on General Weyand should be longer than it is currently. --Ber06122 15:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)----Ber06122 15:14, 11 December 2006 (UTC)67.100.207.90 15:10, 11 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Additional Info

I've tried pumping this article up from being a stub. Most of the article is copied directly from www.army.mil. It is extremely dry and I'll try to work on it. But General Weyand is an interesting enough figure to deserve a full article. --Ber06122 16:02, 13 December 2006 (UTC)

I've smoothed some of the language and transitions so that it doesn't just read like a list of postings. I'd like to get some more content and photos in here.--Ber06122 20:12, 14 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tet Offensive

I read in Lewis Sorley's "A Better War" about how Weyand recognized NVA/VC activity in the hinterlands as diversionary as a precursor to the Tet Offensive. If I recall correctly, he withdrew several battalions into reserve in areas around Saigon (his AO at the time), which was responsible for significantly blunting the offensive and limiting success in that area.

I don't have my copy of "A Better War" with me and cannot speak with confidence, so someone who has better information may be in a better position to contribute more accurately to the article. But I believe it is very significant to this article, and speaks to the man's foresight and recognition of the enemy which Westmoreland failed to see. There is some info on Weyand in the Tet Offensive article that could be good to add to this page.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.238.59.36 (talk) 09:11, 27 November 2007 (UTC)