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.."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. MEL GIBSON's new ..'Braveheart in 'Nam.. is out in DVD/Video today...
..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'.. 7th Cavalry Website ^
| 8/20/2002
| ALOHA RONNIE
Posted on 08/20/2002 5:44:58 PM PDT by ALOHA RONNIE
NEVER FORGET
.."WE WERE SOLDIERS"..
...the new RANDALL WALLACE ..'Braveheart in 'Nam.. Motion Picture starring MEL GIBSON, SAM ELLIOTT, MADELEINE STOWE, GREG KINNEAR, CHRIS KLEIN, KERI RUSSELL, BARRY PEPPER about the 1st Major Battle of the Vietnam War in the -Valley of Death- that was the IA DRANG of November 1965...
...is out today on ..DVD/Video in Super-Surround Sound that highlights the unforgettably lush Soundtrack Musical Score of NICK GLENNIE-SMITH.
...A major new plus here is the new addition of -10- previously deleted scenes on both the DVD and Video with Commentary by "WE WERE SOLDIERS" Director/Screenwriter RANDALL WALLACE, who won an Academy Award for his 1st .."BRAVEHEART".. Motion Picture Screenplay starring ..MEL GIBSON..!
...In .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. MEL GIBSON is then Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE who led his 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry (Of CUSTER fame) Skytroopers to victory, while surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese Communist Regulars, in the 7th Cav's 2nd Battle of the Little Big Horn to open the Vietnam War.
...This outstanding Motion Picture is based on the Classic Non-Fiction Bestselling Book ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'.. Co-Authored by now Lt. Gen. HAL G. MOORE (Ret.) and War Correspondant JOE GALLOWAY who was there.
...It was my distinct honor to carry Radio and drive for Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE (MEL GIBSON) and his S/MAJ BASIL L. PLUMLEY (SAM ELLIOTT) right up to this Battle, where I witnessed all from the close-in Artillery Support Landing Zone Falcon that fired up a constant Wall of Fire around the surrounded Landing Zone of IA DRANG-1965 = THE Difference.
...After my carrying our Hero Dead and Wounded Young Soldiers fresh from Landing Zone X-Ray to helicopters going back to the rear at Pleiku Airstrip ...Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE wrote out his -Letters of Condolances- to their Hero Families waiting for them their Loved Ones to come home or not. As the IA DRANG-1965 S-1 Personnel Clerk ..I typed them up for mailing home ..some directly to Mrs. JULIE MOORE's for her hand delivery to wives.
...All this I will NEVER FORGET.
Signed:..ALOHA RONNIE Guyer / Vet-Battle of IA DRANG-1965 / Landing Zone Falcon / www.lzxray.com
NEVER FORGET
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To: ALOHA RONNIE
I'm going to go out on a limb here and guess that Ronnie
really, really liked this movie.
For the record, so did I. The best Vietnam War movie of all time.
81
posted on
08/22/2002 12:54:47 PM PDT
by
Spiff
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thanks for the ping, Ronnie.
I'm probably not the first to suggest this, but if anyone from the studio stops by FR: tell your boss that Ronnie belongs on the pay roll. (^:
To: All; Ragtime Cowgirl
...For even more on .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"..
...Enter.. RONNIE GUYER ..on...
.. www.Google.com ..
GARRY OWEN, Sir
To: All; Ragtime Cowgirl
To: Joy Angela
...We look forward to seeing your keen insightful perspective brought to viewing .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. in you own home...
...something that's worth protecting.
To: Joy Angela; ALOHA RONNIE
Joy, you aren't alone...a few generations were brainwashed by the leftists in Hollywood. I saw B.G. Burkett on a talk show a few years back and he opened my eyes. If you haven't, check out his series of articles based on his well-documented book
Stolen Valor over at Newsmax (scroll down..."Rambo" link, etc.) Hollywood lied, Big Time. The more you learn about the real Vietnam War, the more you respect the troops and disrespect the lying media/press/Hollywood.
Ronnie, ping for Liberty Airport.
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thank you Ronnie. And I am finally going to Post Office tomorrow. Sorry it has taken me so long.
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Rick Rescorla would have loved that. He symbolizes liberty...something that we must never forget.
To: Lexington Green; Landru
GARRY OWEN, Sir
To: ALOHA RONNIE
A darn good movie!
To: ALOHA RONNIE
I guess the reason "We Were Soldiers" wasn't a big hit, because it portrayed Vietnam Era soldiers as heroes. Hollywood prefers the stereo-typical murderous, dope smoking, Tiger's tooth necklace wearing Vietnam soldier to the real thing!
To: All; Lexington Green; Fred Mertz; Joe Montana
NEVER FORGET
...The Scottish CLANN AN DRUMMA Group's.. singing of .."Sgt. MacKenzie"..
...as our 7th Cavalry's Helicopter Air Assault commences into the -Valley of Death- that was the IA DRANG of 1965...
...and then leaves after our Victory there...
...haunts.
...CLANN AN DRUMMA again sang .."Sgt. Mackenzie".. in person in Loving Memory of Sept. 11th Lifesaving Hero ..RICK RESCORLA.. at the State of New Jersey's Vietnam Veterans Memorial right across from our Statue of LIBERTY earilier this year in the prescence of widow ..Mrs. SUSAN RESCORLA.
...A song for our Times..?
...See..
http://www.ClannAnDrumma.com ..
NEVER FORGET
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thanks for the info, Sarge.
...-BTTT-
93
posted on
08/23/2002 6:26:12 AM PDT
by
Landru
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Garry Owen, Aloha Ronnie. Saw the movie and just finished the book, both were great. Should be required reading for all citizens. Thanks for your service. A picture to bring back some memories. You can tell we were going home, the 60's are stowed.
SCOUTS OUT!
94
posted on
08/23/2002 6:44:51 AM PDT
by
ladtx
To: Destructor
NEVER FORGET
...Actually, in our Post 9-11 World .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. did just fine. With many movies opening to less BoX Office and then disappearing from screens after just a couple of weeks...
...RANDALL WALLACE's 'Braveheart in 'Nam Film stayed 15 weeks in theaters across the America, then opened up abroad in Japan, Germany, Spain, France, etc.
...Although it's No. 1 MEL GIBSON Weekend Opening March 1st didn't pull in as high a Box Office Gross as originally hoped, $20.2 Million, this outstanding Motion Picture had very long "Legs"..!
.."Legs" so long that it was decided to move up a planned November DVD/Video Release to August 2002. Theater Gross so far has been over $80 Million.
...Come Oscar Time USA...???
NEVER FORGET
To: ALOHA RONNIE
Thanks for the ping.
I know you will be interested to know that the book about Rick Rescorla will be released in 2 weeks or so. It's called HEART OF A SOLDIER by James B. Stewart. I have read it.... predict it will be a bestseller. You're gonna love it. I also predict that Rick's story will heal alot of soldiers, as he had to heal himself. This website will direct you to places you can order the book:
http://www.calegionpost149.org/rescorla/
This is a website for the California Legion - they're raising funds to help erect a monument honoring Rick in his native Cornwall. Eventually, we will commission a statue of Rick, modeled after that famous photo on WWSOAY, and place it at Ft. Benning.
Garry Owen, Sir.
To: All; Lexington Green; Joe Montana; JMJ333; Fred Mertz; Joy Angela; Ragtime Cowgirl; Snow Bunny; ...
NEVER FORGET
...How sweet it is to hear that ..RICK RESCORLA.. is about to get his just due before the American People for his saving so many lives over the decades...
...and for hounding down and turning over to Prosecutors, in partnership with his life long Army buddy DAN HILL, the Blind Muslim Cleric from the Brooklyn Mosque who was the Mastermind of the World Trade Center Bombing of 1993.
...As ..RICK RESCORLA.. himself always used to say...
.."This is the REAL DEAL...!!"
NEVER FORGET
To: All; Lexington Green; Snow Bunny; Fred Mertz; Ragtime Cowgirl; DoughtyOne; Mercuria; ...
NEVER FORGET
...For lots more on Lifetime Lifesaving Hero...
...RICK RESCORLA...
...please see the following Bookmarked Freerepublic.com Article Threads by "Hitting" the.. ALOHA RONNIE ..on this Post:
...Tower 2 Lifesaver ..RICK RESCORLA.. Petition 2-BUSH/Medal of Freedom...
..FOLLOW ME in new -Time of War- = The Vietnam Vet/RICK RESCORLA..
..Sept 11th comes to California July 4th = For Kids of all Ages..!!!
FILM PLANNNED ABOUT TWIN TOWERS HERO - RICK RESCORLA
Morgan Stanley security chief feared dead
Morgan Stanley workers recall heroic collegague
Paying tribute to Rick Rescorla
Rick Rescorla - Hero of Vietnam War and WTC 9-11 - Featured TONIGHT on NBC's Dateline 3-20-02
The Real Heroes Are Dead: A love story. [Colonel Rick Rescorla: MUST READ]
'The bravest man I ever knew'
GARRY OWEN, Sir
NEVER FORGET
To: All
NEVER FORGET
To: Lexington Green; Snow Bunny; Republic; Registered
NEVER FORGET
...Middletown, New Jersey lost 32 of its finest at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11th.
...That's more than Middletown, New Jersey lost during World War II and the Korean War...
...COMBINED.
RICK RESCORLA was from Morristown, New Jersey.
The War has indeed COME HOME.
NEVER FORGET
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