[where's_the_Outrage?]

Here's an email going around the Gulf. If the media whores were more like him, I might actually have some use for them.

And one thing I see in the soldiers, sailors, airman, and marines here, they look out for their buddy, and will/have die for them.

With soldiers like these, watch out terrorists. We're here,

[bradactor]

I did not get a chance to be in the military back when I was 18. It was 1968 and Vietnam was raging. But I wanted to. There were physical reasons behind this. I supported the soldiers but had some problems with who was running the war. Back then at 18, even I saw the problem with Lyndon Johnson and Robert McNamara. I predicted even then with what was going on we would be long if ever getting out of there. I have been pro military most of my life. Some thought I was anti American because I did not support what they were doing. I have always supported the soldier just like Col Hackworth does. David Hackworth has a lot of military biggies against him. Why? Because some of these people are career military people that do not support the soldiers but are worried only about their status. Myself, I support the soldier and was incredibly moved by that film "We are Soldiers." Every American should see it. I sat there during the credits at the end still stunned by the realistic portrayal it gave. I knew guys over there and yes it is better than any film. I am sure the Academy Award people will ignore it as Best Picture like they ignored "Saving Private Ryan," and instead voted that insipid "Shakespeare in Love" movie. But who cares? This last Academy Award show showed exactly what the political left are. Many tuned it out because of their p.c. agenda. Anyway, the movie is one of the best you will ever see. Can you imagine if the p.c. people would get ahold of this film like they have done with E.T.? anyway, this is all I had to say. Brad in Houston

[Viet Vet in Augusta GA]

One of the very, very, very few journalists from Vietnam who got it right. And the movie is great! I've been waiting 33 years, since I finished my tour in 'Nam in 1969, for a decent movie about those of us who fought there. It was worth the wait. God Bless all our troops this Easter weekend.

[McCloud-Strife]

I have been in service since late 1991 and as person in the service right now, I just want to say we could not be the best fighting force in the history of the world without the courage and sacrifice of the men and women who came before us. Your example has inspired me since childhood, and if I have my way it will inspire my children's children. Thank you Vietnam Veterens. Thank you Korean War Veterens. Thank you veterns of World War Two and those in the tiny unmentioned brushfires in between. You are my heros in a world conspicuously absent of them. God Bless you all.

[Piquaboy]

It is really good to see that someone finally got it right. I saw the movie and it is one of the best. I was in the military during the Vietnam fiasco, but never did have the privelege of making it to that part of the world and ended up in the European theatre for the cold war. This did not prevent me from getting harrassed as a baby killer, when in the states, by the long haired hippy freaks.

[DeaconRed]

THANK YOU
US ARMY
1964-1968

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

For more on .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"../ Battle of IA DRANG-1965 see:

1) ..'Ronnie Guyer Photo Collection'.. IA DRANG-1965 Photos on our 7th Cavalry website.. www.LzXray.com ...thru the Home Page's ..'Ia Drang - Interest'.. Section.

2) ..'ALOHA RONNIE'.. Bookmarked F/R .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"../ IA DRANG-1965 / RICK RESCORLA ..Articles by accessing the ..'ALOHA RONNIE'.. on this Post.

3) ..'ALOHA RONNIE'.. Forum Threads/Posts on.. www.WeWereSoldiersFILM.com .. ('The Movie' -&- 'General Discussion' Sections)

GARRY OWEN, Sir

Signed:

ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965/ Landing Zone Falcon / Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's Radioman/Driver/Orderly till IA DRANG-1965 / IA DRANG S-1 Personnel Clerk - MOORE wrote his personal Letters of Condolances to the families of our fallen, I typed them up, ie. to Mrs. JACK GEOGHEGAN (Actress Keri Russell)

NEVER FORGET

[leadpenny]

I was just beginning helicopter pilot training at Ft. Wolters, TX when this battle was raging. Ended up in the same AO (Pleiku) a little over a year later with the 4th ID as a slick driver. The 1st Cav, by that time, had moved most of their operations to the east of An Khe. By the time the NVA had gotten my cherry in the western end of the Ia Drang in Feb/Mar 67, any institutional knowledge of the 65 battle had vanished for the average soldier (me).

I saw the movie the day it opened. Liked it. However, just as anyone is critical of things they know about, I am critical of how helicopter operations were portrayed in "Soldiers." First of all, Hueys didn't sneak up on anyone. Second, gunships didn't hover around a hot landing zone firing their weaponry. They made gun runs with one aircraft covering the other on the break. However, they had to put a 3-day battle into a 2-hour movie and all are forgiven. Joe Galloway and LTG Hal Moore are still two of my heroes.

[Tom Bombadil]

Although I never got closer than about 500 miles to Vietnam, my life was profoundly affected by that war. I joined the Navy because of the draft in late 1967 and spent three years in the Phillipines watching people go TDY to thailand and Vietnam.

I will never forget the professionalism and the honor exhibited by most of the people I knew during that time. I also remember the sickness I would feel when reading about the so-called Paris peace talks, knowing all along that we were being played by the communists and the press for fools. For me, the really ugly part of the Veitnam war was played by the unprincipled apologists for marxism who as much as spat in the face of the honorable people from our armed services.

Mr. Gorbachev's recent description of the Soviet Union as all propoganda and no substance made me cheer. It is too bad that our former president who "loathed the military" and had visited Moscow in the late 60's, had the power to appoint people to run our military. In my mind there is a direct connection between his willful hatred of the military and what is protrayed in "Black Hawk Down"..... Honorable men being betrayed by weanies who trust themselves too much.

[ImpBill]

Snow Bunny! Please bring the "brothers" to this thread. PLEASE!

"We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; For he today that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother."

I had to quit here and attempt to regain some compusure. My eyes are still having a hard time adjusting to the page for the tears just won't quit.

where's_the_Outrage? do you have a link or at least the name and address of the person who wrote this?

Anyone? I really would like to contact this writer.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

[VOA]

Gen. Moore, Galloway, and ALOHA RONNIE bump

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"As I have grown older, and so have they, and first the book and now the movie have come to pass I am often asked: Doesn't this close the loop for you? Doesn't this mean you can rest easier? The answer is no, I can't. To my dying day I WILL remember and honor those who died, some in my arms. I WILL remember and honor those who lived and came home carrying memories and scars that only their brothers can share and understand. They were the best you had, America, and you turned your back on them."

Tribute To Vietnam Era Veterans....Welcome Home by Snow Bunny