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Vietnam. Battle of Ia Drang. The real battle that inspired the movie We Were Soldiers.
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Posted on 05/29/2016 6:32:21 PM PDT by Pelham
These are the people we should remember on Memorial Day. Hard fighting. Up close and personal, at a big cost.
TOPICS: History; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: iadrang; lzxray; memorialday; vietnam; weweresoldiers
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05/29/2016 6:32:21 PM PDT
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Pelham
To: Pelham
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posted on
05/29/2016 6:33:04 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: Pelham
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posted on
05/29/2016 6:35:10 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: wardaddy; Salamander; Travis McGee
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05/29/2016 6:38:19 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: Pelham
The movie was based on the book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young, a true story well worth reading.
Growing up, I had wondered why LTC Lefebvre, the father of some of my schoolmates, had a gimpy arm. After reading the book, I wondered no longer.
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posted on
05/29/2016 6:42:07 PM PDT
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FreedomPoster
(Islam delenda est)
To: Pelham; ALOHA RONNIE
One of our Freepers was there, haven’t seen him in a while. Ping?
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posted on
05/29/2016 6:45:22 PM PDT
by
Riley
(The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
To: Pelham
I had the privilege of meeting both LTG (Ret) Moore and Mr. Galloway at a book signing at the Pentagon in 1992. I was too young to have been there, but I went with an office mate who’d been there, also in th First Team, and the ties really do bind. RIP CSM Plumley, and all the others gone too soon.
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posted on
05/29/2016 6:49:42 PM PDT
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22202NOVA
(Baseball: it's all about the fun. Duh. Mentals.)
To: FreedomPoster
The movie was based on the book We Were Soldiers Once, and Young, a true story well worth reading.I agree. Better than the movie.
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posted on
05/29/2016 6:49:54 PM PDT
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llevrok
(Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
To: 22202NOVA
I had the pleasure of meeting Mr Gallowway at My D Troop 1/10 Air Cav reunion..He was our guest speaker in DC....we took over duties in the same AO shortly after...
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posted on
05/29/2016 7:01:21 PM PDT
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M-cubed
To: 22202NOVA
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posted on
05/29/2016 7:03:38 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: llevrok
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posted on
05/29/2016 7:09:40 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: Pelham
My ex BIL was with the 2/5 in the battle.
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posted on
05/29/2016 7:42:51 PM PDT
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MCF
(If my home can't be my Castle, then it will be my Alamo.)
To: Pelham
Joe Galloway used to participate on a Compuserve military forum I frequented a lot years (many) ago.
To: doorgunner69
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05/29/2016 7:59:51 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: 22202NOVA
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posted on
05/29/2016 8:02:34 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: 22202NOVA
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posted on
05/29/2016 8:09:24 PM PDT
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Pelham
(Barack Obama. When being bad is not enough and only evil will do)
To: ALOHA RONNIE
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posted on
05/29/2016 8:31:52 PM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
(JFK Wanted To Send Man To Moon - Obama Wants To Send Man To Ladies Room)
To: Pelham
Col. Rick Rescorla. Ia Drang and the WTC.
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posted on
05/29/2016 8:48:20 PM PDT
by
Timocrat
(Ingnorantia non excusat)
To: Pelham
I live in the town where Lt. Col Crandall grew up, Olympia WA.
He would be shocked, and I suspect mad as hell, if he saw the today cesspool of anarchists, communists,and punk sh^ts that live here amidst outright drug riddled streets. This is one of the most liberal cities on the West Coast, if not country.
Other than that, I don’t have much of an opinion of the town.
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posted on
05/29/2016 8:52:55 PM PDT
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llevrok
(Lies are born the moment someone thinks the truth is dangerous.)
To: Pelham
Thanks for posting this. Incredible.
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posted on
05/29/2016 9:00:53 PM PDT
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Girlene
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