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.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Vietnam Actor DON DUONG is FREE at Last..
Los Angeles Times, Calendar Section | 4/8/2002 | ANITA BUSCHE

Posted on 04/08/2003 2:12:51 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE

NEVER FORGET ...and Thank GOD we NEVER did.

...Los Angeles Times Reporter ANITA BUSCH is reporting in today's Los Angeles Times Calendar Section that...

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Vietnam Actor DON DUONG (Pronounced "Dong") will be arriving in San Jose, California tomorrow with his family as a Free Man.

...After months of negotiations U.S. Government and Communist Vietnam Officials reached an agreement for DON DUONG to leave his native country and to live in the United States, permanently.

...Last September DON DUONG was proclaimed a Traitor to the Government and Peoples Army of Vietnam... for appearing as the North Vietnamese Army Commander who lost to MEL GIBSON in .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. after which long interrogations ensued to try and pressure him into signing a confession for his "Crimes." A Confession that DUONG never signed with punishment always just around the corner.

...The BUSH White House, .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Personnel and others have all been working hard on DON DUONG's behalf ...each in our own ways. Reporter ANITA BUSCH has been a Jewel thru all of this.

GOD IS GOOD.

Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Vet-Battle of the IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anitybusch; donduong; melgibson; randallwallace; vietnam; weweresoldiers
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To: Fred Mertz
...GOD is GOOD...
21 posted on 04/08/2003 4:26:41 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: VOA; Vetnet; 68-69TonkinGulfYatchClub; RonDog; diotima; abigail2; NewDestiny; rebuildus; oso13; ...
.."THIS is WONDERFUL News, Just WONDERFUL News"..

...said a most gracious HUGH HEWITT on his National Talk Radio Show when informed about it on the air today.

GOD is GOOD.
22 posted on 04/08/2003 5:32:59 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Good news bump.
23 posted on 04/08/2003 5:35:11 PM PDT by Rocko
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To: Chad Fairbanks; All
...The Real Landing Zone X-Ray & Albany NVA Commanding Lt. Col AN (DON DUONG in "WE WERE SOLDIERS")..

...died in the Mid-1990's after revisiting Landing Zone X-Ray in the IA DRANG Valley with his former opponent Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE (MEL GIBSON in "WE WERE SOLDIERS") for a ABC-TV 'Day One' Show.

...This unforgettable 'Day One' Show is available on the Home Page of our U.S. 7th Cavalry's website:

http://www.LZXRAY.com

GARRY OWEN, Sir (7th Cavalry Salute)
24 posted on 04/08/2003 5:52:40 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: katze
....NEVER FORGET, Indeed....
25 posted on 04/08/2003 5:53:58 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: Arkinsaw
...DON DUONG's .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Performance was worthy of a Golden Globe -&- OSCAR for Best Supporting Actor this year...

...not what he got instead.
26 posted on 04/08/2003 6:05:20 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Good news for Dong! The film was too painful for *me* to watch more than 20 minutes. I will give it another try.
27 posted on 04/08/2003 6:48:37 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Ronnie, that is wonderful news! Thank you for bringing Don's story to us and for working so hard on behalf of the country and people you love. (^:
28 posted on 04/08/2003 7:16:34 PM PDT by Ragtime Cowgirl ("About Chem. Ali, we remain optimistic that he is dead." - Torie Clarke, Apr. 8)
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To: Ragtime Cowgirl; Anamensis; katze; Arkinsaw; CyberCowboy777; joesnuffy; NavyCaptain; ...
Previous Sept. 12, 2002 Thread =

'Vietnamese officials considering punishment for actor in U.S. film ["WE WERE SOLDIERS"]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/753996/posts

ALOHA
29 posted on 04/08/2003 8:26:21 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Okay, how about we punish them; no trade, off limits for tourists, like Cuba. Pete Peterson and his wife could be influential in this matter--they lose money if no trade.
30 posted on 04/08/2003 8:41:17 PM PDT by katze
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To: Sabertooth; Clinton Is Scum; Landru; mr spike
......GOD is GOOD......
31 posted on 04/09/2003 1:38:44 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: TLBSHOW; Freedom'sWorthIt
.......GOD is GOOD.......
32 posted on 04/09/2003 1:53:39 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Nice to hear the unreasonable regime has decided to be reasonable, for a change.

I wonder what they want.

...-BTTT-

33 posted on 04/09/2003 5:17:14 AM PDT by Landru
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To: Landru; Joy Angela; conservogirl; goldilucky; abigail2; Carl/NewsMax; Judicial Watch; ...
...As Former Congrressman BOB DORNAN and I Co-Narrated the Fall of SADDAM's Bronzed Statue on his National Talk Radio Show on this Day of Freedom, April 9, 2003...

...I shared DON DUONG's 1st Day of Freedom as he lands today in San Jose, California from a still Communist Vietnam ..a FREE MAN.

...BOB and I Co-Narrated the 2nd Airstrike on New York City's Tower 2 on September 11, 2003.

...Not knowing then that we were both witnessing the Death of Battle of IA DRANG-1965 .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Hero RICK RESCORLA as Tower 2 so quickly came down on him after his already saving 1,000's of others...

...this Day of Freedom for Iraq is the Perfect Validation for the way RICK RESCORLA always lived his Life for US.


Sooo....

NEVER FORGET that HILLARY RODHAM, BILL CLINTON, JOHN KERRY, MICHAEL MOORE, MARTIN SHEEN and the like NEVER wanted to see this Freedom come to Iraq, just like they NEVER wanted this Freedom to live on in a once Free South Vietnam.

NEVER ever FORGET this.
34 posted on 04/09/2003 10:06:30 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: Landru; Joy Angela; conservogirl; goldilucky; abigail2; All
...and that, WALTER CRONKITE, really is the way it is...

...despite the fact that you also NEVER wanted this Freedom to come to Iraq or Vietnam as well.


WALTER CRONKITE =
Friend of HILLARY


HILLARY RODHAM =
Friend of HO CHI MINH


"FRIENDS" The Movie
35 posted on 04/09/2003 10:14:31 AM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
It would really be great to get Bob Dornan back on air again.

I remember you mentioning to Bob the second air strike on Tower No. 2. I also remember that day waking up from dreaming of this horrific event.
36 posted on 04/09/2003 11:22:49 AM PDT by goldilucky
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
I didn't know that Walter Cronkite was in so deep with the elite.
37 posted on 04/09/2003 11:24:01 AM PDT by goldilucky
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
Great News!!!!
38 posted on 04/09/2003 11:31:27 AM PDT by Joy Angela
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To: Dec31,1999
ALOHA
39 posted on 04/09/2003 10:49:19 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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To: All; Fred Mertz; Joy Angela; conservogirl; Ragtime Cowgirl; Lexington Green; VOA; Sabertooth; ...
...It's Official. It's Real.

...DON DUONG is FREE.

Los Angeles Times Photo Caption, April 9, 2003 California Section, Page B-6 reads in part:


ACTOR's FREEDOM

DON DUONG, branded a traitor in Vietnam, hugs his sister, SUSIE BUI, upon his arrival Wednesday at San Francisco Airport with his wife, left, and two sons. The Vietnamese government objected to his appearance in .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"

A grinning DON DUONG is seen embracing his sobbing for joy sister with his wife smiling broadly behind him to his left.

GOD is GOOD

ALOHA RONNIE

40 posted on 04/10/2003 4:11:21 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE (Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.LZXRAY.com ..,)
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