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ABC's JACK SMITH

I remember reading an opinion piece by him maybe 10 years ago.
It was a very "down" piece about war, so pessimistic and just a bit of a mention that
he'd served in Vietnam.

Then, sometime in the past year, someone posted a copy of his article that he wrote
for The Saturday Evening Post soon after his battle experience.

I'd only seen Moore and Galloway's book...never had read it. But Smith's article, in the
Saturday Evening Post(!), was SIMPLY HORRIFIC.
To consider that such an article wasn't censored AND was published while the conflict
was on-going is simply amazing (and a testimony to this country).

I've often thought about Mr. Smith when the up-coming movie is discussed in this forum.
I'm very happy to hear that he does attend the reunions...and I hope they
are a comfort to him and perhaps some consolation for the sacrifices he made many years ago.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...I was further Blessed to personally thank JACK SMITH for .."Getting our IA DRANG-1965 Message out" over the years to the American People and to bring him up to date on a fellow Charlie Company SkyTrooper at Landing Zone Albany who I ended up working with professionally years later.

...Again, a very grateful response from a very nice man.