[ALOHA RONNIE]

I have indeed been so very blessed.

Last minute opportunity to go to D.C.

Last minute saving of a Dinner Ticket to a Dinner that's the Hottest ticket in Washington, D.C. that week, thanks to JOE GALLOWAY.

Near Last Ticket on Plane Trip going to D.C.

Last Ticket on Plane Trip going home.

Near Last Room at the Hotel of the IA DRANG Alumni Conference.

Last IA DRANG Dinner Seat assigned to a Table surrounded by a table containing JOE GALLOWAY and Gen. & Mrs. General of the Army SHINSEKI on one side, JACK SMITH on another side and IA DRANG Congressional Medal of Honor recipient JOE MARM on another.

Last IA DRANG Dinner Seat at a table containing hero Doctors and Nurses of the 85th Medical Evacuation Team of Qui Nhon who were being loudly thanked profusely all night long by those whose lives they had saved after the Battle of IA DRANG-1965.

T'was all in GOD's Plan 4-Sure.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

.."I don't look at myself as a Hero. I'm just a survivor"..

...stated Pfc. JESSICA LYNCH on tonight's 'Prime Time with Diane Sawyer' ABC TV News Show.

...Blessed was I also to see NBC TV's "Saving JESSICA LYNCH" Movie on my plane trip back home and again on the West Coast when I got there.

...This understated TV Movie of Excellence was almost as good as "WE WERE SOLDIERS" was about our Battle of IA DRANG.

...Heroism is as Heroism does.

[oldironsides]

I was supposed to be there. Some very good chums were there at the dinner and for a reunion.