histories, andal interview with catherine west moreland, the wife of william westmoreland, who commanded forces in vietnam. she talks about her life as a military daughter, sister, and spouse. >> i was a nurse's aide. , -- gosh, i sewed up a couple of people. and i would think, oh, my god, what they must look like. really, they were just pouring in. >> was that the most difficult time for you? >> yes. dirty.re flying in they were just getting them out. >> i imagine it was probably good to see a friendly face when they came in? >> another funny story, i was bathing -- the first thing that you did was bathe them. young, he wasthis black, young soldier. tag andd up at my name moreland -- west moreland. are you any relation to the general? i said, i am his wife. you know, ma'am, i always wondered what general's wives did when their husbands were overseas. -- [laughter] i am bathing you. [laughter] >> that must have been quite an experience for you, being over there. >> it was. it made me feel more useful. >> watch the entire interview with catherine westmoreland at 10:00 eastern on c-span3.

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. >> next, catherine west general weste of moreland, talks about her life as a military daughter, sister. she recounts her time living in vietnam and serving as the red kosice aid -- red crosses aid 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 i'm 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. oklahom