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Collison whitehead, today live from noon to 3 00 p. M. Eastern n book tv on cspan 2. Next, katherine westmoreland, wife of william westmoreland, who commanded u. S. Forces in vietnam talks about her life as a military daughter, sister and spouse. She recounts her time living in vietnam and serving as a red cross nurses aide during the war. And she recalls hosting president s and first ladies as well as her friendship with bob and delores hope. This interview is from the west point center for oral history and is a little over an hour. Good evening, maam. Today is october 1, 2016, and were in the west point center for oral history, and im here with Katherine Stevens vandusen westmoreland but you go by kitzy. Could you spell your last name for the transcriber. Westmoreland. Thank you, maam. Tell me about your childhood. I know you grew up as a daughter of an army officer. Tell me what it was like growing up as an army brat . Kathe ....
During the vietnam war. This interview is from the west point center of oral history and is a little over an hour. Today is the first day of october 2016 and we are in the west point center for all history and im here with Catherine Stevens can you please spell your last name . Tell me about your childhood. I knew you grew up as the daughter of an army officer. As an like growing up army brat. I grew as a millionaire child without any money. Wonderful had the most wonderful childhood. Brothers and my father had been in the cavalry. He was a wonderful horseman. Both my older brother and i rode from the time that i was three years old, and my older brother was the same way. I was born in princeton. For six years and when he married my mother, my mother was so bear was a very beautiful lady. My older brother was born there. Where else did you grow up . Bragg. Washington. Oklahoma. Hawaii, back to oklahoma. If the cut new york. I g ....