We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam

Amazon ^ | 7/19/08

[XR7]

Required reading.

[Steely Tom]

Isn’t the author of “We Were Soldiers Once...” a Freeper?

[smoothsailing]

Thought you'd want to see this, brother.

[Dick Bachert]

My prayer at this time is that we are NOT on the verge of repeating the Vietnam experience in the Middle East.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WDrbbtaO0E

To fallen soldiers let us sing
where no rockets fly nor bullets wing
Our broken brothers let us bring
to the mansions of the Lord

No more bleeding no more fight
No prayers pleading through the night
just divine embrace, eternal light
in the mansions of the Lord

Where no mothers cry and no children weep
We will stand and guard though the angels sleep
All through the ages safely keep the mansions of the Lord

[XR7]

ping

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Isn’t the author of “We Were Soldiers Once...” a Freeper?

You mean Joe Galloway or Gen Hal Moore?

I dunno if he is (do you know, Ronnie?) but I do know that if you e-mail Joe Galloway with an intelligent question he will respond.

[smoothsailing]

THE VIETNAM ERA - ('60s-'70s music)

[Steely Tom]

No, I thought ALOHA RONNIE was the nom de freep of the author.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> No, I thought ALOHA RONNIE was the nom de freep of the author.

Aloha Ronnie was Gen Moore’s radioman. Check out his ABOUT page.

[Steely Tom]

Aloha Ronnie was Gen Moore’s radioman. Check out his ABOUT page.

Thanks for correcting me.

I've looked at Aloha Ronnie's ABOUT page many times; there's a lot there! I missed the answer to my question, though.

[marvlus]

Galloway is a strong critic of the Iraq war and of President Bush. He has weekly opinions that I pretty much ignore in the Sunday paper, since he is such a Bush hater.

[Little Bill]

Ronnie was with S-1 or S-3, I forget, he was not at the Battle, he did deal with the supply and support end of it as I recall.

I have been trying to meet him since he signed on. I was at Camp Zama, coming in country in 12/65, when a lot of Cav guy's we going home.

[XR7]

Galloway is a strong critic of the Iraq war and of President Bush.

Wisdom born of experience?

[Rebelbase]

Nicely done flash animation of the battle of LZ X Ray.
http://www.wtj.com/articles/xray/

[DieHard the Hunter]

> Galloway is a strong critic of the Iraq war and of President Bush. He has weekly opinions that I pretty much ignore in the Sunday paper, since he is such a Bush hater.

Seeing how he lived thru Ia Drang, I reckon that Joe Galloway has earned Respect, irrespective of what he thinks about George Bush and the war in Iraq.

[DieHard the Hunter]

You guys were heroes to my generation. Thankyou for your Service.

[quadrant]

Fantastic book. Its a shame that all BN commanders could not have been as great as Moore. And the movie? I’m no expert but I liked it.

[DieHard the Hunter]

> And the movie? I’m no expert but I liked it.

IMO Sam Elliot stole the show as Basil L Plumley. Unforgettable.

[Little Bill]

I think that Galloway and The Hack, David Hackworth, for that matter, were and are stuck in a 40 year old mind set, Colin Powell is an other example. As an Infantry guy, the ANZAC, Limey, and GI's now are much better than we were, hit YouTube with a critical eye. It isn't that Gi's, Diggers, and Squadies haven't done the job they are paid for it is the Bagless Pols.

[LiteKeeper]

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