.."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

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Here's a .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Salute 2-U...

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Here's an ..ALOHA.. Salute 2-U...

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Hi! Cincinatus just remarked last night this is out. Great movie!!

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...As Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE remarked over and over again to his troops at the Battle of IA DRANG-1965...

.."That's just OUTSTANDING..!"

[scouse]

I received my copy last night from Amazon.com. I haven't viewed it yet, but I will do so this afternoon. I like to shed my tears alone.

[Beowulf]

Liverpool?

[Beowulf]

Got mine.

[leadpenny]

Did I just hear you as a caller to C-SPAN's Washington Journal? I was half listening to the program and then heard "Ia Drang" and "DVD"

[scouse]

Many, many, many moons ago. 3 months into my 41st year in the US.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

...Thanks for listening, leadpenny, as that was indeed me this morning on C-SPAN's
..'Washington Journal'.. during its 1st hour thanking the Turkish Ambassador for his country's support of Stability in the area around it and therefore the world...

...just like we were doing in S.E. Asia at the Battle of IA DRANG-1965...

...as depicted in MEL GIBSON's outstanding new Motion Picture .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. now just out in DVD and Video.

...This is the 1st time I have been able to get into C-SPAN in the morning in months.

...The Turkish Ambassador's Segment repeats on C-SPAN this morning at 7:45 AM Pacific / 10:45 AM Eastern Time and hopefully again later in the day.

...ALL IN GOD's PLAN...?

"Thank you TURKEY"

NEVER FORGET

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

ALOHA RONNIE Guyer-Vet/Battle of IA DRANG-1965
asks that we sign this Petition for Tower 2 Lifesaver ..RICK RESCORLA

RICK RESCORLA's Picture graces the Cover of ALOHA RONNIE's Commanding Officer
Lt. Col. HAL G. MOORE's Bestselling Book about the Battle of IA DRANG-1965
where RICK's heroism is highlighted on -35- different pages..!

Click Here to sign the petition.

Petition to the President of the United States to bestow America's Medal of Freedom Award on New York City's Tower 2 Lifesaver Hero ..RICK RESCORLA..
ON SEPT 11TH IN SPITE OF BEING TOLD HIS BUILDING WAS NOT IN DANGER, HE IMPLEMENTED THE EVACUATION PLAN HE HAD DEVELOPED FOR HIS FIRM, MORGAN STANLEY. AS A DIRECT RESULT OF HIS EFFORTS THAT DAY AND HIS QUICK ACTION, OVER 2,600 EMPLOYEES WERE SAVED. MR. RESCORLA WAS LAST SEEN GOING UP TO RESCUE PEOPLE WHO WERE UNABLE TO GET DOWN.
HIS ACTIONS REFLECT THE VERY BEST ABOUT AMERICA,
ITS CITIZENS AND ITS DREAMS.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

GARRY OWEN, Sir

...Please See Post # 111...

[greenhornet68]

I'm sorry but I hated this movie. It seemed like the 'touchy/feely' Hollywood garbage of Pearl Harbor all over again. The racial overtones, as in the "whites only" sign on the laundromat and one of the main characters trying to save the black soldier only to be killed himself, flashing back to the cab driver delivering notification of death telegrams and all the sobbing women detracted from the movie I had hoped it to be. I loved Braveheart and Patriot but this was just too much.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

NEVER FORGET

...Thank you very much for viewing .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. and sharing your feelings with us about it.

...The "Just Too Much" you talk about in regard to this RANDALL WALLACE ..'Braveheart in 'Nam.. Motion Picture...

...was "Just That" to US as it was all REALLY happening.

...May I suggest your reading ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'..by Lt. Gen. HAL G. MOORE (Ret.) and JOE GALLOWAY for more on how it REALLY was...?

NEVER FORGET

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...Oh, W-0-W, I just saw the replay of the Turkish Ambassador's TV Guesting on C-SPAN this morning and he seemed so pleased with my simple .."THANK YOU TURKEY".. Call-In.

...Isn't it interesting how GOD's PLAN all comes together for His Good...?

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...In a new -Time of War- in a new Century with an Enemy that is now just around the corner and up your street...

...this is how we all should take care of each other...

...4-VICTORY.

[VaBthang4]

Saw it yesterday and thought that apart from the actual reality of the combat scenes...the movie sucked. Vain and shallow...

The actual combat and its scope wasnt captured properly...it looked to a laymen as if Mel Gobson merely led a company into battle. The technology exists today to explain visually the scale & magnitude of actual engagements. The cinematrography of digitally created Hueys swooping towards the LZ was cheesy.

I was pleased that they properly displayed the absolute requirement for air support that was involved...

...overall I was let down.

The actual story required a better effort. Not at all comparable to Blackhawk down.

[greenhornet68]

I was stationed south of Danang at Marble Mountain flying cobra gunships during the 'conflict' and consequently know a little about what went on over there. I was hoping for another typical Mel Gibson movie and was sorely disappointed. Blackhawk Down was a much better movie.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

...The MEL GIBSON Freedom Trilogy of...

.."BRAVEHEART".. "THE PATRIOT".. and .."WE WERE SOLDIERS"..

...has always been far less about Special Effects and more about Human Hearts put under great pressure.

...With .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. it reaches its Message peak in accurately putting you in the shoes of those who fought and died in the -Valley of Death- that was the IA DRANG of November 1965 or those who waited for us to come home or NOT.

...For Special Effects go see...

..'BLACKHAWK DOWN'.. or ..'2001: A Space Odyssey.'

...For Hearts in the process of being perfected it's...

.."WE WERE SOLDIERS."

Because, after all, isn't that why we are all put here on this Earth ...to learn how to Love and to be Loved in return...

...and to live out our lives that way so that we may be with the LOVE itself for all Eternity...?