James E. Westheider wrote that "At the height of American involvement in 1968, for example, there were 543,000 American military personnel in Vietnam, but only 80,000 were considered combat troops."
James E. Westheider je napisao: "Na vrhuncu američke upletenosti u sukob 1968. godine, u Vijetnamu se nalazilo 543 tisuće američkog vojnog osoblja, ali samo 80 tisuća njih smatralo se borbenim trupama."