[VOA]

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".., the 1st Oscar contending Motion Picture of the Year 2002.
is now out in a great new DVD. Buy it NOW.

Great reminder...I've got to buy a couple of copies.
My dad is now reading the book.

Oh, I will give a notice about a book I stumbled across after finding a website for the 25th
Infantry "Tropic Lightning" unit that my dad "stood watch" with in Hawaii during the
Cold War:

Platoon: Bravo Company
by Robert Hemphill

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0312976577/qid=1041461753/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/104-8383200-6292730

I haven't read it...but seeing it has a forward by one Joseph L. Galloway
and lots of good reader recommendations has pushed me to invest times in typing this notice.

Oh, and I've listened to today's (New Years Day) pre-recorded show by Medved on
the history of the Jewish people/religion...he sure knows how to make history
interesting and cuts to the chase...

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Thank for your sharing about the 25th.

...Our very first 7th Cavalry Casualty upon our arrival in Vietnam was a young Lieutenant attached to us from Hawaii's 25th Infantry Division, which was still in Hawaii at the time.

...He was a victim of a Helicopter Collision in the air outside the village of AN KHE just before our 1st Offensive Operation.

...His best friend, our Battalion Chaplain, was crushed upon hearing the news.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Happy Birthday, MEL GIBSON...