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.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. MEL GIBSON's new ..'Braveheart in 'Nam.. is out in DVD/Video today...
..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'.. 7th Cavalry Website ^
| 8/20/2002
| ALOHA RONNIE
Posted on 08/20/2002 5:44:58 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
NEVER FORGET
.."WE WERE SOLDIERS"..
...the new RANDALL WALLACE ..'Braveheart in 'Nam.. Motion Picture starring MEL GIBSON, SAM ELLIOTT, MADELEINE STOWE, GREG KINNEAR, CHRIS KLEIN, KERI RUSSELL, BARRY PEPPER about the 1st Major Battle of the Vietnam War in the -Valley of Death- that was the IA DRANG of November 1965...
...is out today on ..DVD/Video in Super-Surround Sound that highlights the unforgettably lush Soundtrack Musical Score of NICK GLENNIE-SMITH.
...A major new plus here is the new addition of -10- previously deleted scenes on both the DVD and Video with Commentary by "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Director/Screenwriter RANDALL WALLACE, who won an Academy Award for his 1st .."BRAVEHEART".. Motion Picture Screenplay starring ..MEL GIBSON..!
...In .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. MEL GIBSON is then Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE who led his 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry (Of CUSTER fame) Skytroopers to victory, while surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese Communist Regulars, in the 7th Cav's 2nd Battle of the Little Big Horn to open the Vietnam War.
...This outstanding Motion Picture is based on the Classic Non-Fiction Bestselling Book ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'.. Co-Authored by now Lt. Gen. HAL G. MOORE (Ret.) and War Correspondant JOE GALLOWAY who was there.
...It was my distinct honor to carry Radio and drive for Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE (MEL GIBSON) and his S/MAJ BASIL L. PLUMLEY (SAM ELLIOTT) right up to this Battle, where I witnessed all from the close-in Artillery Support Landing Zone Falcon that fired up a constant Wall of Fire around the surrounded Landing Zone of IA DRANG-1965 = THE Difference.
...After my carrying our Hero Dead and Wounded Young Soldiers fresh from Landing Zone X-Ray to helicopters going back to the rear at Pleiku Airstrip ...Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE wrote out his -Letters of Condolances- to their Hero Families waiting for them their Loved Ones to come home or not. As the IA DRANG-1965 S-1 Personnel Clerk ..I typed them up for mailing home ..some directly to Mrs. JULIE MOORE's for her hand delivery to wives.
...All this I will NEVER FORGET.
Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 / Landing Zone Falcon / www.lzxray.com
NEVER FORGET
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; All
To: Ragtime Cowgirl
...Oh, ALOHA...
To: ALOHA RONNIE
What happened then, can &
will happen again.
So no;
we must never forget!
...-BTTT-
143
posted on
08/27/2002 7:30:01 AM PDT
by
Landru
To: Landru; Lexington Green; Joe Montana; JMJ333; Ragtime Cowgirl; Joy Angela; goldilucky; ...
NEVER FORGET
...For more on how it really was for us at the Battle of IA DRANG-1965's Landing Zone Falcon...
...check out the.. www.TheAlamoFILM.com ..Thread titled:
'JOE GALLOWAY takes us to LZ Falcon in -VIETNAM- Cover Story'
..@
http://www.thealamofilm.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43
NEVER FORGET
To: ALOHA RONNIE
"...For more on how it really was for us at the Battle of IA DRANG-1965's Landing Zone Falcon...check out the.. www.TheAlamoFILM.com ..Thread titled: 'JOE GALLOWAY takes us to LZ Falcon in -VIETNAM- Cover Story'..@ http://www.thealamofilm.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=43
Good idea, Sarge.
If more did as you asked?
They *might* just find it a lot easier to NEVER FORGET, too.
... -BTTT-
145
posted on
08/28/2002 7:37:29 AM PDT
by
Landru
To: VaBthang4
...Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's .."BROKEN ARROW".. was just as chilling when 1st heard by us at LZ Falcon in the -Valley of Death- known as the IA DRANG of November 1965...
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Great! I can't wait to see it.
To: Landru; VaBthang4
...Actually it was ..Vabthang4... who pressed me into doing it and all I had to do was FIGURE OUT how to do it.
...So I printed out the Threads and Websites I wanted to post links to ..to get the Link Address from the top of the Print Page ..then type it out by hand.
...I guess you might say I did it the "Old Fashioned Way"..?
ALOHA
To: VaBthang4
Oi...what a putz. You have no idea what I have experienced so save the noncombat condescension.
Dulce bellum inexpertis!
To: Constitution Day; Landru; Fred Mertz
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thanks. It seems like I read that back when I was a lurker.
To: Constitution Day
...Yesterday on the 1 week Anniversary of the Paramount Pictures Release of .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. on DVD/Video...
...Los Angeles TV News Programs showed us MEL GIBSON flying by Helicopter onto the grounds of the GENE AUTRY Western Museum...
...to bestow on an awaiting Widow Mrs. GENE AUTRY -15- College Scholarship Checks of $5,000 each to bestow on deserving Los Angeles students.
...The Loving Spirit of .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. lives on and on and on...
NEVER FORGET
To: N. Theknow
Wow, that's real cute...I'm sure it'll go far on the battlefield.
~grin~
To: VaBthang4
Wow, that's real cute...I'm sure it'll go far on the battlefield. ~grin~
Complaining about "chairwarming SOB's who knew nothing of combat" was always a favorite way to pass the time.
To: N. Theknow
"
Complaining about "chairwarming SOB's who knew nothing of combat" was always a favorite way to pass the time."
Really?
Must be the Army way...
We were busy training.
To: TADSLOS
Saw it this weekend, GREAT flic...
Forgive my ignorance (flame if you need) what is the significance of the name Garry Owen.
156
posted on
08/28/2002 11:24:11 AM PDT
by
john316
To: john316
...We of CUSTER's U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment say .."GARRY OWEN, Sir".. when we salute each other rather than the normal greeting because we are CUSTER's .."GARRY OWEN".. Regiment.
...THOMAS MOORE (Amazing...?) wrote the lyrics to this Irish Song .."GARRY OWEN".. that Gen. CUSTER first overheard the Irish Members of his 7th Cav Troop playing and singing, liked it and left it in.
.."GARRY OWEN".. is now the Regimetnal Song for the entire 1st Cavalry Division, a most familiar tune.
GARRY OWEN, Sir
To: john316
what is the significance of the name Garry Owen This will help explain things:
Garry Owen
158
posted on
08/28/2002 3:33:18 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: ALOHA RONNIE
RONNIE, I just finished watching the movie on DVD with my youngest son. We took our time, absorbing it over 3 nights. It's an incredible film about incredible Americans. The DVD also has deleted scenes that are just as fascinating to watch, along with behind the scenes footage from the director/actors/authors' point of view. Every American from 16 on up should see this movie and be proud to know that American men fought and died for each other, are doing so now, and will continue to do so.
159
posted on
08/28/2002 7:11:08 PM PDT
by
TADSLOS
To: TADSLOS
...By GOD,
...RANDALL WALLACE "Got It Right"
...MEL GIBSON "Got It Right"
...TADSLOS and -T- Jr "Got It Right"
...T'was ALL IN GOD's PLAN...?
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