[VOA]

Whatta maroon!

Maybe you should NOT see "We Were Soldiers Once".
I don't know if the movie will show it, but journalist Joe Galloway, co-author of
the book that inspires the movie, probably packed heat...at least
I've seen a photo of him holding a sub-machine gun.

And it maybe apocryphal, but I've heard that Hemingway was threatened by military
authorities with rescinding of his journalist credentials in WWII after he'd
picked up a gun during a fierce engagement and wiped out a nest of German soldiers.
(Probably for self-preservation!).
I hear the "authorities" never said another word to him and gave him a Bronze Star for his troubles.
I invite better informed parties to correct me, if I've been mis-informed.

[MAWG]

I read the book when it first came out a long time ago but if memory serves, Joe not only carried a weapon into the IA Drang but had to use it to stay alive. It was fight or die for any one who was there.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...WHORALDO RIVERA = War Coorespondant = NOT

...MachineGun-Carrying JOE GALLOWAY who fought at Landing Zone X-Ray/Battle of IA DRANG-1965 =

... War Coorespondant =

...YES