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Joe Galloway, journalist and chronicler of Vietnam War, dies at 79
Chicago Sun-Times ^ | August 18, 2021 | Michael Biesecker

Posted on 08/18/2021 6:23:00 PM PDT by Towed_Jumper

Longtime American foreign correspondent Joseph L. Galloway, best known for his book recounting a pivotal battle in the Vietnam War that was made into a Hollywood movie, has died. He was 79.

(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...


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KEYWORDS: galloway; iadrangvalley; oe; vietnam; weweresoldiers
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To: Towed_Jumper

Yeah... well... he can join my Cousin and Uncle. But here’s the thing! If my cousin and my Uncle were told that they’d lose their lives so that bruce jenner could prance around in a dress and pretend to be a woman... would they die for that? I know better!


21 posted on 08/19/2021 1:31:13 AM PDT by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: Towed_Jumper

A journalist’s journalist. Honest, brave, a fighter with our forces, and a nice guy. I consider it a privilege to have talked to him, esp. as a fellow journalist re Nam.

They literally don’t make them like him any more. Closest I can think of is Michael Yon (Iraq, etc), and as for reporting in general Michael Kelly (RIP, killed in a road accident after filing his last story which featured my son’s Engineering unit’s success on the Euphrates River Objective Peach Operation.

An honest, hardworking journalist, just like Joe and Michael Yon.


22 posted on 08/19/2021 1:59:02 AM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: Towed_Jumper

Good movie- better book


23 posted on 08/19/2021 5:32:43 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: 21twelve

Didn’t Crandall win the CMH?


24 posted on 08/19/2021 5:33:25 AM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: God luvs America

Yes - see the link in my post for the description.


25 posted on 08/19/2021 5:57:53 AM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
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To: 21twelve
Aloha Ronnie, Ronnie Guyer isn't dead, he's over on FB, unless it's not the same guy.

https://www.facebook.com/ronnie.guyer

26 posted on 08/19/2021 9:30:16 AM PDT by PROCON (Our rights do not come from government, therefore they cannot take them away.)
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I'll admit, I've only seen the movie, but it is a very rare movie indeed. When I'm "channel surfing" and see it, I'll say, "Oh, I can put this on for 15 minutes until something better comes on."

I watch it through to the end every single time.

27 posted on 08/19/2021 6:22:38 PM PDT by cincinnati65
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