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Westmoreland

American  
[west-mawr-luhnd, -mohr-] / ˈwɛstˌmɔr lənd, -ˌmoʊr- /

noun

  1. William Childs 1914–2005, U.S. army officer: commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam and Thailand 1964–68.


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In the third quarter, Bailey made two threes and Rodney Westmoreland made another for an eight-point Santa Margarita lead.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2026

In Jamaica, devastation was rampant in western parishes including Westmoreland and Saint Elizabeth.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2025

A long stretch of road headed west into Westmoreland Parish winds through a graveyard of trees – stacks of branches and limbs, cracked and twisted, blanketing the landscape for miles.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2025

Over the last year, buzzy restaurants like Chez Fifi, Lucia Pizza and Westmoreland, the cafe inside the newly renovated Frick Collection, have all landed on the Upper East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2025

Westmoreland wanted to increase American troops in Vietnam to 200,000 in 1965, and that was just to prevent catastrophe.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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