DATE CHANGE: Joseph Galloway is scheduled to be interviewed on GallantFew’s The New American Veteran on December 14th, 2011. Set your calendar and be sure to tune in as we talk about Joe’s career. I will select a couple of callers to ask Joe a question after the 15 minute mark of the show. Here’s his biography:
BIOGRAPHY OF
JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY – MILITARY CORRESPONDENT
JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY – MILITARY CORRESPONDENT
Joseph L. Galloway, one of America’s
premier war and foreign correspondents for half a century, recently retired as
the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. Before that he
held an assignment as a special consultant to General Colin Powell at the State
Department.
premier war and foreign correspondents for half a century, recently retired as
the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers. Before that he
held an assignment as a special consultant to General Colin Powell at the State
Department.
Galloway, a native of Refugio,
Texas, spent 22 years as a foreign and war correspondent and bureau chief for
United Press International, and nearly 20 years as a senior editor and senior
writer for U.S. News & World Report magazine. He joined Knight Ridder in
the fall of 2002.
Texas, spent 22 years as a foreign and war correspondent and bureau chief for
United Press International, and nearly 20 years as a senior editor and senior
writer for U.S. News & World Report magazine. He joined Knight Ridder in
the fall of 2002.
During
the course of 15 years of foreign postings—including assignments in Japan, Indonesia, India, Singapore and three years as
UPI bureau chief in Moscow in the former Soviet Union–Galloway served four
tours as a war correspondent in Vietnam and also covered the 1971
India-Pakistan War and half a dozen other combat operations.
the course of 15 years of foreign postings—including assignments in Japan, Indonesia, India, Singapore and three years as
UPI bureau chief in Moscow in the former Soviet Union–Galloway served four
tours as a war correspondent in Vietnam and also covered the 1971
India-Pakistan War and half a dozen other combat operations.
In 1990-1991 Galloway covered Desert
Shield/Desert Storm, riding with the 24th Infantry Division (Mech)
in the assault into Iraq. Galloway also covered the Haiti incursion and made
trips to Iraq to cover the current war in 2003 and 2005-2006.
Shield/Desert Storm, riding with the 24th Infantry Division (Mech)
in the assault into Iraq. Galloway also covered the Haiti incursion and made
trips to Iraq to cover the current war in 2003 and 2005-2006.
Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf called
Galloway “the finest combat correspondent of our generation—a soldier’s
reporter and a soldier’s friend.”
Galloway “the finest combat correspondent of our generation—a soldier’s
reporter and a soldier’s friend.”
He is co-author, with Lt. Gen. (ret)
Hal G. Moore, of the national bestseller “We Were Soldiers Once-And Young”
which has been made into a critically acclaimed movie, “We Were Soldiers”,
starring Mel Gibson. “We Were Soldiers Once-And Young” is presently in print in
six different languages and more than 1.2 million copies have been sold.
Hal G. Moore, of the national bestseller “We Were Soldiers Once-And Young”
which has been made into a critically acclaimed movie, “We Were Soldiers”,
starring Mel Gibson. “We Were Soldiers Once-And Young” is presently in print in
six different languages and more than 1.2 million copies have been sold.
Galloway
also co-authored “Triumph Without Victory: The History of the Persian Gulf War”
for Times Books, and he and Gen. Moore in 2008 published their sequel to We
Were Soldiers, a work titled: We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of
Vietnam.
also co-authored “Triumph Without Victory: The History of the Persian Gulf War”
for Times Books, and he and Gen. Moore in 2008 published their sequel to We
Were Soldiers, a work titled: We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of
Vietnam.
Last year Military History magazine polled 50 leading
historians to choose the Ten Greatest Books Ever Written on War. We Were
Soldiers Once…and Young was among those ten books.
historians to choose the Ten Greatest Books Ever Written on War. We Were
Soldiers Once…and Young was among those ten books.
On May 1, 1998, Galloway was
decorated with a Bronze Star Medal with V for rescuing wounded soldiers under
fire in the Ia Drang Valley, in November 1965. His is the only medial of valor
the U.S. Army awarded to a civilian for actions during the Vietnam War.
decorated with a Bronze Star Medal with V for rescuing wounded soldiers under
fire in the Ia Drang Valley, in November 1965. His is the only medial of valor
the U.S. Army awarded to a civilian for actions during the Vietnam War.
Galloway received the National
Magazine Award in 1991 for a U.S. News cover article on the 25th
anniversary of the Ia Drang Battles, and the National News Media Award of the
U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1992 for coverage of the Gulf War. In 2000, he
received the President’s Award for the Arts of the Vietnam Veterans Association
of America. In 2001, he received the BG Robert L. Denig Award for Distinguished
Service presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association.
In 2005, he received the Abraham Lincoln Award of the Union League Club of
Philadelphia, and the John Reagan (Tex) McCrary Award of the Congressional
Medal of Honor Society.
Magazine Award in 1991 for a U.S. News cover article on the 25th
anniversary of the Ia Drang Battles, and the National News Media Award of the
U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars in 1992 for coverage of the Gulf War. In 2000, he
received the President’s Award for the Arts of the Vietnam Veterans Association
of America. In 2001, he received the BG Robert L. Denig Award for Distinguished
Service presented by the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association.
In 2005, he received the Abraham Lincoln Award of the Union League Club of
Philadelphia, and the John Reagan (Tex) McCrary Award of the Congressional
Medal of Honor Society.
Galloway is a member of the boards
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the nonprofit organization No Greater
Love founded to assist the victims of war, the 1st Cavalry Division
Association, the National Infantry Foundation, the School of Social Studies of
The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., the Museum of America’s Wars and the Military
Reporters and Editors Association.
of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, the nonprofit organization No Greater
Love founded to assist the victims of war, the 1st Cavalry Division
Association, the National Infantry Foundation, the School of Social Studies of
The Citadel in Charleston, S.C., the Museum of America’s Wars and the Military
Reporters and Editors Association.
Galloway is the recipient of
honorary doctorate degrees from Norwich University and Mount St. Mary’s
College.
honorary doctorate degrees from Norwich University and Mount St. Mary’s
College.
He has lived in his native South Texas
since retiring from Knight Ridder in 2006. His two sons, Lee and Joshua, live in Corpus
Christi, TX. He has two stepdaughters, Alison and Abigail Rudel, and a stepson,
Lex Rudel, from a second marriage.
since retiring from Knight Ridder in 2006. His two sons, Lee and Joshua, live in Corpus
Christi, TX. He has two stepdaughters, Alison and Abigail Rudel, and a stepson,
Lex Rudel, from a second marriage.
Hello Joe wondering if you will be at 35 th anniversary of Vietnam memorial in Washington on Veterans Day November 11th you were with Peter Arnett in 1965 at operation starlite and landed with at supply column 21 at battle of Chu Lai my uncle Corporal Rowland Joseph Adamoli was killef with that amtrac column I am attending with my Aunt who is last surviving sibling of my uncle she is 80 years old and has never been to the wall thanks Matt Primus
Hi I have a copy of We Were Soldiers Once that Hal Moore kindly signed for me a few years back. I was wondering if it would be possible for me to ask you to sign my book. If you could I could mail it to you. I was stationed at AnKhe with the army 1968 and our hooch was near where the Cav was set up. I will also provide return postage for mailing. Hope you are well.. Kenneth Hooker.
My wife and I love the movie We Were Soldiers and also your book.
You are a amazing writer and what you did in Vietnam.
I also would like to ask you if you could autograph my book.I’m a Vietnam Veteran so it will mean so much to me.
I will pay for any cost but will need your address.
Also I hope you are doing well and staying safe.
Sincerely
Johnny Liverman
In a letter to Hal G. Moore, Joe Lee Galloway wrote.
from Hal Moore A Soldier …Once and Always by MIKE GUARDIA page 171-172
BUT, JOE LEE GALLOWAY’S TRUE FEELING ABOUT THE VIETNAM VETERAN.
” Damed if I’d want to go for a walk in the sun with them.”
“Black GI’s going thru long involved black power identification rituals.”
“THE REST ARE JUST COMMITTING SUICIDE.”
Here dead we lie
Because we did not choose
To live and shame the land
from which we sprung
Life to be sure
FALSE;I pulled him up his boots crumbled and the skin over his ankle bones sloughed off. I could
feel those bones in the palms of my hands. [The soldier, Jim Nakayama, died two days
later.] For years I was haunted.
https://www.aarp.org/politics-society/history/info-2015/vietnam.html
“For years, I was haunted.”
Joe Galloway, UPI Reporter, Vietnam: The War That Changed Everything
U.S. NAVY/COURTESY JOE GALLOWAY
“A U.S. Air Force plane dropped two cans of napalm on us.
I felt the fire on my face immediately. I looked and there were two guys dancing in the fire, screaming.
FICTION: Joe Lee Galloway “I don’t know what got into me, but I ran into the fire.”
I grabbed the feet of this kid, and as I pulled him up his boots crumbled and the skin over
his ankle bones sloughed off.
I could feel those bones in the palms of my hands.
[The soldier, Jim Nakayama, died two days later.] For years I was haunted. How can I explain it to somebody who hasn’t been there? You live with it. You carry so many ghosts. I thought for a while they’d drive me crazy.”
— UPI war reporter Joe Galloway witnessed the four-day Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. Galloway was awarded a Bronze Star for valor as a civilian. He’s also the coauthor of We Were Soldiers Once … and Young.
http://www.oanow.com/news/the-battle-of-ia-drang-joe-galloway-s-first-hand/article_057448d7-57e4-5fe5-89ac-cacd37ecc574.html
The Troops who did help Jimmy D. Nakayama and James Clark, Not Joe Lee Galloway!
Arturo Villarreal · Sidney Lanier High School
Sp4 James Clark was not given any morphine by the medics. He came running towards my foxhole with
his clothes on fire. I helped putting the fire out and I just gave him some saline solution. I took him to the
CP and ask the doctor to give him something for the terrible pain, but the doctor told that they didn’t have
anything to give him and he just told me to just keep giving him the saline solution.
++After some time pass, some helicopters landed and I put him aboard one of them.
https://www.victoriaadvocate.com/counties/calhoun/ia-drang-veterans-recall-bloody-battle/article_c7f979ea-4bd8-5260-88ca-1776a88f03cb.html
Nov. 14-18, 1965< this would be LZ X-Ray's battle
Robert Saucedo should have been leaving the war. Instead, he was riding in the 16th helicopter in a formation high above the jungle on its way to the Ia Drang Valley.
Jimmy Nakayma died in flight,3 degree burns no other injuries. ie Crushed ankle.
"On the second day, they dropped a couple of napalms in the (landing zone), and a couple of guys bringing in choppers – the engineers – they got burned," he said with eyes distant.
++"They ran to our foxholes. We treated them for burns."
++"We treated him for burns. His face was on fire. His weapon was on fire," he said. "It was bad.
Jimmy D. Nakayama's casualty report no crushed ankles!