Posted on 11/05/2004 5:39:27 PM PST by Libloather
We Were Soldiers (2002)
Mel Gibson, Greg Kinnear, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott
Rating: TV-14-V , CC
Friday, November 5th @ 9pm(ET)
In a place soon to be known as The Valley of Death, in a small clearing called landing zone X-Ray, Lt. Colonel Hal Moore (Mel Gibson) and 400 young fathers, husbands, brothers, and sons, all troopers from an elite American combat division, were surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. The ensuing battle was one of the most savage in U.S. history. We Were Soldiers Once...And Young is a tribute to the nobility of those men under fire, their common acts of uncommon valor, and their loyalty to and love for one another.
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Just finished watching it, and how sweet to watch a movie about Vietnam heroes a few days after John Kerry sank into deep water.
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...Mrs. JULIE MOORE passes on...
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3087
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Condolences bump.
Right now, husband and I are working our way thru Band of Brothers...
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...and as Mrs. JULIE MOORE was lovingly being buried at Ft. Benning's Post Cemetary...
...one former NFL Defensive Linebacker...
...who was trained to fight for the Freedom of others at the U.S. Army Ranger School close by...
...lost his life for Freedom in Afghanistan.
PAT TILLMAN = A Hero for the Ages..
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3169
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It was on the Leland football field where Pat Tillman earned his first headlines, developing the reputation of a fierce but fair competitor who never left the game.
Tillman's legacy grew as he went on to star at Arizona State University and in the NFL for the Arizona Cardinals.
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Tillman walked away from a $3.6 million contract to serve in the elite Army Rangers. In April he died in action in Afghanistan.
In this era of high-paid, pampered athletes, Tillman's sense of duty set him apart and he became an American legend.
Friday night the Almaden Valley community made sure that Tillman's name will never be forgotten by retiring his No. 42 jersey and naming the school's new facilities -- complete with a FieldTurf artificial surface -- Pat Tillman Stadium.
Former 49er Ronnie Lott was the master of ceremonies, and a group of Tillman's teammates from Leland's 1993 Central Coast Section Division I championship team were on hand to remember their friend and teammate.
Portable lights were brought in for Leland's only night game of the season. U.S. Rep. Zoe Lofgren of San Jose spoke to the packed Leland bleachers.
``Pat gave up the passion for his sport for something much more important, the passion for his country,'' Lofgren said.
``Now a generation of young people will learn from him that you can't choose your time or the challenges you will face in life, but you can decide how to meet those challenges.''
Tillman's former coach at Leland, Terry Hardtke, talked about the impact Tillman had on his teammates during the 1993 championship year. Tillman scored 31 of the team's 68 touchdowns. On defense he had 110 tackles, 10 sacks and three interceptions.
``No one has ever compiled stats like that in CCS history,'' Hardtke said.
``But when Pat was asked about it after the championship game, he deflected the praise and said, `All the credit should go to the great players on the Leland team.' That's tells you all you need to know about Pat -- he was a coach's dream.''
The last speaker of the night was Tillman's father, Pat Tillman Sr.
Tillman Sr. joked that he'll miss the old muddy Leland field, but said it was a true honor to have the field named after his son.
``Terry forgot to say what a handsome man Pat was,'' Tillman Sr. said with a smile.
``And he could bring a lot to the table when you had a conversation with him. It will be nice to sit and watch the kids develop as players on the field. The character they develop there will help them in other aspects of their life.''
Paul Yllana, a teammate of Tillman's on the 1993 team and now a vice principal at Leland, said the ceremony meant a lot to the current and future residents of Almaden.
``Ten, 20 and 30 years from now when kids ask who Pat Tillman was, we can teach those students the lessons Pat taught us,'' Yllana said.
``We can tell them about what Pat believed and what he was able to accomplish in his life.''
The battle in the Ia Drang valley has a couple of names; LZ-X RAY or the one I knew years ago, the "Lost Platoon".
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NEVER FORGET
Mrs. JULIE MOORE -&- PAT TILLMAN =
Selfless American Heroes for the Ages
NEVER FORGET
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Watch it. It is outstanding and based on the truth. Our Guys did the JOB in Viet Nam. I'm not a combat veteran but I am a veteran and I hold the Guys that this story is about to be my Big brothers. These guys did the JOB and the people that say they did not can go to #$%%. HHHHOOOOORRRRAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!
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...At the IA DRANG Valley's Landing Zone X-Ray...
...t'was MEL GIBSON's Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE verses...
...Communist Vietnam actor & longtime Saigon resident DON DUONG's Lt. Col. NGUYEN HAU AN.
...After the Movie Release of "WE WERE SOLDIERS" international movie star DON DUONG was declared a traitor to the People & Peoples Army of Communist Vietnam, with his punishment pending in-country.
...Due to the selfless efforts of many behind the scenes and in public...
...on the day SADDAM's statue fell for Freedom in Bagdhad on April 9, 2003...
.."WE WERE SOLDIERS" Actor DON DUONG landed in San Francisco, California USA a free man forever.
...Here is a chronicle of that Freedom's journey:
Vietnam Brands War Film Actor 'National Traitor
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=196
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It is a great movie.
The song, Masions of the Lord , make me cry every time I hear it sung.
..me too.....Sunday Nov 14th will be the 39th anniversary of this battle.....
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RANDALL's 'MANSIONS' = RONNIE's D.C. Funeral Hymn..
http://www.TheAlamoFILM.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3520
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At dawn on Veteran's Day Sunday each year the U.S. 7th Cavalry holds its own private ceremony in front of the 3rd panel of the Vietnam Wall.
There Lt. Gen. HAL G. MOORE (Ret.) & JOE GALLOWAY alternate the reading aloud of the names of our 305 IA DRANG Battle hero soldiers killed in action whose names grace that panel. This is part of our Annual IA DRANG Alumni Conference held in Washington, D.C.
2001 IA DRANG Alumni Conference Photo:
http://www.lzxray.com/guyer_collection.htm
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In IA DRANG's real Landing Zone X-Ray the soldier picking up the NVA's French Bugle was a young Lt. RICK RESCORLA after he had saved 100's of his men's lives there.
RICK RESCORLA later went on to save many more lives during the 1993 Terrorist Bombing of the World Trade Center and the Terrorist Airstrikes of September 11, 2001 on New York's Twin Towers.
In the end RICK RESCORLA ended up giving up his own life that Day of Infamy so that 1,000's of others might live past him:
911 Remembered: RICK RESCORLA was a Soldier
http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/news/978534/posts?page=2
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Please, please...say a prayer in my name for all these fine young men.......I WILL NEVER FORGET THEIR SACRIFICE.
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Thanks Ronnie...I just sent this thread and your website to my Army Spc 4 son.....he has read so much on this and will be interested in your website.
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