Posted on 03/15/2002 5:33:44 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE
GARRY OWEN
...All us 7th Cavalry Battle of IA DANG-1965 Veterans who were there came out of our Ft. Benning Special Screening on Feb 13th with Lt. Gen. HAL G. MOORE -&- Company saying .."That's the Way it Was."
...The Bible states that the Meek shall inherit the Earth, Meek meaning being "Open and Teachable."
...Some people never are open to Truth even if it is presented to them in Panavision Wide Screen and Dolby Surround Sound with the sound of AK-47 Rounds just zinging right by their own ears.
...Guess they'll just have to wait till it all comes around their corner and up their Street...????
But, sometimes, we have to lift our head from that hole in the ground, and look EVIL square in the EYE!
Congratulations on your attendence at the movies premiere! What a grand event!
...Thank you for your Good Brave Heart.
...Be sure to see Wednesday night's ..'Dateline NBC'.. Story on Battle of IA DRANG-1965, World Trade Center 1993-2001 LifeSaver Hero ..RICK RESCORLA.. that started filming at our IA DRANG Alumni Dinner and our Pre-Dawn Veterans Day 7th Cavalry Ceremony at the 3rd Panel of the Vietnam Wall in his Honor.
...NBC-TV will air it @ 8pm Pacific/Eastern Time.
...The following night I will host a one hour Call-In Radio FR ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS'.. online Radio Show @ 7pm Pacific Time Thursday night. Hope you can give us a call...?
I never met any South Koreans, but was around quite a few of those crazy Aussies in the Delta. They were a HOOT! So much so I just HAD to take my out-of-country in Sydney.
You know, as much as I hated that place (Nam), never since I was there would I give up that experience and honor. The BEST feeling I get is just being in a small part of a GREAT Brotherhood.
Take care Bro',
Nam Vet
...You know what, Nam Vet, you just reminded me of the ending scene in the Movie .."THE RIGHT STUFF".. where our first 7 American Astronauts all looked at each other as one ...rooted in a mutual experience others had not yet experienced here. I think perhaps this is the way GOD weaves His Will thru us ...forever changing us for the Better...?
...Hope you can listen in Thursday night at 7pm Pacific Time on RadioFR as I discuss .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. after watching Wednesday night's RICK RESCORLA Story on ..'Dateline NBC'.. at 8pm Pacific/Eastern Time...?
GOD SPEED.
...check out the great Threads on the Discussion Forum on...
.. www.WeWereSoldiersFILM.com ..
...OK...?
Nam Vet
The film was excellent. This is American valor powering pioneering new technique to hard-won victory over an entrenched numerically superior force familiar with the terrain and adept at guerilla technique. The resounding impression is massively inspiring.
I found a technical note or two, that the beginning fight occurred later than depicted; that the final raid did not actually occur. The source said that in other respects the authenticity was thorough.
One viewer noted Joe Galloway had no such distaste for the M-16 as depicted; rather, he was known to carry his own personal M-16. In a recent Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute interview with Galloway, he is pictured in a contemporary photo holding a Swedish K submachinegun at Danang in August 1965. (February 2002, pp. 50-52.)
As I noted elsewhere, this battle occurred the same month (November, 1965) that the Joint Chiefs were allowed fifteen minutes in a small room of the White House to urge LBJ to bomb Hanoi and mine Haiphong. ("The Day It Became The Longest War", Proceedings of the U.S. Naval Institute, May 1996) LBJ cursed and humiliated them, pursuing the target sanitation depicted in Rolling Thunder.
WE WERE SOLDIERS is a valiant battle narrated by the commanding officer and a 42-year journalist who risked his life there, filmed with an actor who wore it on his sleeve in "Braveheart" and "The Patriot".
This is the first film of the caliber our Vietnam veterans deserve.
...There you will find an online Commo Link. If it works for my very simple WebTV unit, which it does, it should work for your Computer just fine. The Thread will talk you thru it.
Nam Vet
...Co-Author JOE GALLOWAY...
will be on C-Span TV tonight, Saturday Night, @ 10:26pm PT / 1:26am ET speaking at Annapolis about the Book, the Movie based on the Book and his own early experiences in the Vietnam War.
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