Posted on 02/10/2007 12:01:28 PM PST by SandRat
Thanks. "We were soldiers..." was a great movie. My wife's in love with Sam Elliott.
My wife and daughter watch and re-watch the movie. It has Mel and Sam in it! Of course I don't mind cause it is a helluva story about real men.
Arlene and Bruce Crandall.
Major Bruce P. Crandall "Snake" was assigned as Commanding Officer of "A" Company, 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in the Republic of Vietnam in 1965-66. Bruce's heroic efforts in the Ia Drang Valley are well documented in the book and film "We Were Soldiers" by Joe Galloway
Best damn battle site of any war on the web - Landing Zone Xray - the 3 day battle for the Ia Drang Valley.
http://www.lzxray.com/
Think so but not sure.
Agreed! Thanks for all your wonderful pings!
Ping to AlohaRonnie - just in case you haven't seen this yet! :-)
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NEVER FORGET
SAM ELLIOTT =
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
(See 1st Photo)
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BRUCE CRANDALL =
http://www.lzxray.com/crandall.htm
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Army Aviator to be Awarded Medel of Honor
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1782228/posts
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NordP
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he passed up the medal the first time around so ed freeman, his wingman, could recieve the medal. there were also some integrity issues and red tape, but it all worked out ok in the end. i’m so glad he finally got it. my grandparents are such sweet people, it was nice for them to experience this together.
Like what? As a helo pilot watching the movie: If the flying depicted in that movie was accurate I always thought that actions of those two pilots was well deserving of that award based upon awards for similar actions by other helo bubbas from both the Army and the Corps. Nice to see that the recognition, while delayed, finally came. Based on his other displays of valor, it is long overdue. A guy like that either was or wasn't. Snake was.
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