hitType: 'event', In 1998, Galloway married Karen Metsker, daughter of Capt. if(document.querySelector("#adunit")){ Both he and Lt. Gen HAL G. MOORE, Co-writer of ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE and YOUNG'.. about our Battle say it together in this 1993 Commandant of the Marine Corps' Book of the Year. Joe Galloway partnered with Moore on another book, in 2008, We Are Soldiers Still, and teamed with Marvin J. Wolf to write They Were Soldiers (2020) about the postwar lives of Vietnam veterans. From I know that when they test-screened the movie, one of the questions they asked the audience was, "Do the events of September 11th change the way you feel about this movie?" You just cant turn your back on something like that, not if youve seen it with your own eyes.. Suddenly we were face to face. And I think it will be well received, September 11th or not. Galloway: To me the word is always "unlikely." There was no BS among them. Karen Hargot, Montral, QC, H4A, (438) 796-4356, "Somatics" are the lived experiences of our bodies. (Joe Gromelski/Stars and Stripes). I traveled with Harry Truman, as a retired President. Metsker Leadership Education Fund was established to help fund leadership If there is an answer, it's not going to be simple, or it would have been found by now. Galloway: Are they two kinds of love? Galloway attended community college for six weeks before dropping out in 1959 to enlist in the Army, which he viewed as a ticket out of South Texas. 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In 2015, Galloway talked about when he arrived in Vietnam in early 1965, I knew nothing about war except what I had learned from watching John Wayne movies., He said he learned that the war would be over quickly after Marines landed in Vietnam. There was such anguish in her eyes that I couldn't face her. Remember him as he did others., An online user wrote: Joe Galloway We Were Soldiers one of the great war reporters of his generation and my close mate died today. He worked as a special consultant for the Vietnam War 50th anniversary Commemoration project run out of the Office of the Secretary of Defense since 2013. eventAction: 'view' Galloway initially enrolled in community college in 1959, but dropped out after six weeks to join the Army. and ethics to generations of Citadel men and women still to come.". RIP Bubba.. Associated persons: Debrah Craig, Chanel Jewlean Hanley, Lyle Ervan Wentling, Amanda M Williamson (928) 342-9768. If they watched closely and followed the main characters, they might have noticed a young Army Captain named Thomas C. Metsker who was Moore's battalion intelligence officer. MEAWW is an initialism for Media Entertainment Arts WorldWide. Posted on 02/01/2002 10:52:04 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen, Galloway: I read a collection of Ernie Pyle's material from World War II when I was a kid, and I thought: "If my generation has a war, this is something I want to do." They're profane, and theyas you saycarry a lot of baggage. I thought he go on for many more years. While the Army and Air Force were stiff-arming the press, and the Navy had sailed over the horizon, out of sight and out of mind, Boomer was backing deuce-and-a-halfs up to the International Hotel and saying, "Give me 50 more!" We sent our own soldiers to separate those people and keep them from killing each other. Award-winning journalist & combat correspondent Joe Galloway has passed away at age 79. And we have to hope for a better life, both for the Israelis and the Palestinians. I thought, you can run from it, and it will catch you and eat you or you can face it. Latest: Story Behind Legendary Footballer Gerd Mllers Cause of Death. They would buy one pair and split them up, giggling over how they'd screwed the shopkeeper. And it is always done trying to save someone elsetrying to save a lot of someone elses. And they can all be wiped out in one bad day. When the book that I co-authored with my friend and captain-in-battle, Lt. Gen. Col. Ben Legare, '63, served as the master of ceremonies for the evening. Proceedings: What is the problem between the military and the media? Galloway: I think it has to make a difference. Were Soldiers to benefit the Thomas C. Metsker Leadership Education }); Tom Metsker who was killed in action at Ia Drang in 1965. "I Joe married Karen Metsker in 1998. He carried an M16 rifle alongside his notebook and cameras, and in the heat of battle, he charged into the fray to pull an Army private out of the flames of a napalm blast. Metsker's act of courage exemplifies the kind of leadership and values Galloway was awarded a Bronze Star Medal with V in 1998 for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire during the la Drang battle. It may be the nature of the government's cooperation, or lack thereof. and Young, which was made into a movie starring Mel Gibson. I knew he was in Ia Drang and on the cover of "We Were Soldiers Once and Young," but I did not know the story of his whole life. This is a conflict much like the one in Northern Ireland. Joe and Theresa had two sons, Joshua and Lee. These were the most modest of men. Joseph Lee Galloway (November 13, 1941 August 18, 2021) was an American newspaper correspondent and columnist. Twenty-five years after these events, I wrote a cover article for U.S. News & World Report on a battle America had forgotten in a war it didn't really want to remember. moment to carry on, someone more desperately in need of medical attention, I am so glad he is the voice for all of these brave men who fought at this time, for as he says, Hollywood got it wrong everytime. Next month, the Ia Drang band of brothers -- Karen's honorary uncles and the kids' honorary granddads -- will come to town as they always do this time of year. Galloways wife of 29 years, the former Theresa Null, died in 1996. But my wife tells me I'm too old to do that now. By that I don't mean Geraldo Rivera and Dan Rather wearing their Gunga Din outfits. Helicopter gunships, fighter-bombers and artillery fire helped turn the tide, although a replacement battalion was ambushed and nearly wiped out while marching to another clearing, Landing Zone Albany, in what Galloway and Moore described as the most savage one-day battle of the Vietnam War.. And, thank you, too, for your service to our country. In 1992, he received the New Media Award of the National VFW for his coverage of the Persian Gulf War for U.S. News. That was what I wanted. I turned and walked out. See the ..'RICK RESCORLA Petition'.. Thread in ..'The Movie'.. -Message Board- Section of the above ..'WE WERE SOLDIERS'.. website. Army. I'm also interested in seeing what they do with Black Hawk Down. [2] From 2013 until his death, he worked as a special consultant for the Vietnam War 50th anniversary Commemoration project run out of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and has also served as consultant to Ken Burns' production of a documentary history of the Vietnam War broadcast in the fall of 2017 by PBS. I accept it, he said at the time, in memory of the 70-plus reporters and photographers who were killed covering the Vietnam War, trying to tell the truth and keep the country free.. }); My prayers and condolences go out to his family and friends. Are you ready to start work on this book? He said, I sure am. , Joe Galloway and retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore speak at an American Veterans Center conference in Washington in 2008. Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. A baby girl, Karen Doranne Metsker, who was just 17 months old and would never know her father, but like every child who has suffered such a loss in war would miss him forever. When the book that I co-authored with my friend and captain-in-battle, Lieutenant General (ret) Hal Moore, We Were Soldiers Once and Young, was turned into a movie last year, millions came to know a great deal about the Battle of Landing Zone Xray in the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965. Finally, he found that the war would take massive resources, especially with Vietnams large borders infiltrated by sea and land. Save my name and email in this browser for the next time I comment. Proceedings: In your book, a recurring theme is one of lovelove of comrades, love of service, love of country. Metsker's good friend, Lt. I thought the 'Platoon' commander's comments were amusing. That movie was going to be released in 2002, whether September 11th happened or not. ", He said: "It's a pretty good picture of what it's like to move a battalion through triple-canopy jungle. There was such anguish in her eyes that I couldn't face her. That has to be high on the agenda. [3], Galloway was born in Bryan, Texas, on November 13, 1941. The private was evacuated but died in a hospital two days later. Proceedings: I think that's a good place to end. This is vintage Joe Galloway. His second marriage to Karen Metsker, whose father was killed at Ia Drang ended in divorce, and in 2012 he married Grace Liem Lim Suan Tzu, who worked as a nurses helper during the Vietnam War. Twenty-five years after these events, I wrote a cover article for U.S. News & World Report on a battle America had forgotten in a war it didn't really want to remember. Those guys turn up for all of them. He was played by Tommy Lee Jones in director Rob Reiners movie Shock and Awe (2017), about Knight Ridders skeptical coverage of the George W. Bush administrations case for invading Iraq. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. According to his friend and former editor John Walcott, Galloway succumbed to complications from a heart attack. Comedian dead at 58, leaving spouse Anoushka behind. Twenty-five years after these events, I wrote a cover article for U.S. News & World Report on a battle America had forgotten in a war it didn't really want to remember. She called her daughter. Facebook gives. But they're getting a little closer. He worked as a special consultant for the Vietnam War 50th anniversary Commemoration project run out of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and has also served as consultant to Ken Burns ' production of a documentary history of the Vietnam War . It may be more powerful even than the bond of blood, because in a sense, you are blood brothers; you shed blood for each other. Invalid memorial. This is a story about love and war. bullet in war. During the fighting, he risked his own safety to assist wounded soldiers. So it was no wonder that sooner or later his interests drew him to American history and especially to American military history. Leadership Fund, Tom Metsker, who died young and heroically, will continue His actions are depicted in the film We Were Soldiers in which he is portrayed by actor Barry Pepper. BY JOSEPH L. GALLOWAY. Army). Karen asked: Why didn't you write this story 25 years ago? We both burst into tears. }); The soldiers accepted me as one of them, and I can think of no higher honor.. pg.acq.push(function() { Memorial ID. View Details. Proceedings: How would you rate Hollywood's recent portrayals of the military? eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), He died on 18 August 2021 in Concord, North Carolina, USA. Next month, the Ia Drang band of brothers Karen's honorary uncles and the kids' honorary granddads will come to town as they always do this time of year. Everyone there served in a different war; even if they were five miles apart, their war was different. In a way, I would think this would be his choice.to go as the hero that he washelping others in a life and death situation, and risking his life in doing so. We have done all and the father of a cadet at The Citadel, was the brainchild behind the And how they saw it and how they saw themselves, before and after, this is the stuff of literature, in the case of O'Brien and in the case of many others. He then worked for US News & World Report magazine and Knight Ridder newspapers, including reporting from the Persian Gulf War in 1991. Some of his short stories are absolutely beautiful. It was the last photo taken of Tom. He survived and reported on seven wars, three riots, and a lynching. In the movie, the first person back home to receive one of those terrible telegrams from the Army was Cathy LaPlante Metsker, Tom's sweetheart, who wore a miniature Citadel ring engraved inside with the words: To My O.A.O. (One And Only). Join Facebook to connect with Karen Metsker and others you may know. In a journalism career that spanned nearly five decades, Galloway became known for writing elegant, richly detailed stories that immersed readers in conflicts around the world, including the 1971 war between India and Pakistan and the 1991 Persian Gulf War, which he covered while embedded with a tank unit for U.S. News & World Report. However, StrictlyWeddings.com is not . who fought and died in Vietnam. [13], In 1991, Galloway received a National Magazine Award for a U.S. News cover article on the Ia Drang battles in Vietnam. Name Directory - Find people in Canada | Canada411 People Finder. Like the war stories, it is something I have lived. And most of them answered no. His mother persuaded him to go into journalism instead, reminding him that as a boy he had written a weekly newspaper for their neighborhood, banging away at a 1912 Remington typewriter. Tom Metsker was a 1961 graduate of The Citadel, a native of Indianapolis, and I met him three days before he was killed when I marched with the 1st Battalion 7th U.S. Cavalry on a long, hot walk through the tangled bamboo thickets east of Plei Me Special Forces Camp. We, Maj. Edison M. Rebuck present a gift to Joseph Galloway. After the war, they got together once a year and went to town to buy boots. He was previously married to Dr. Gracie Liem Lim Suan Tzu, Karen Metsker and Theresa Magdalene Null. That was out of sheer ignorance of the situation, the enemy, the culture, and the country. He said he ran a good company, and Oliver Stone was a good soldier who did his duty. You just have to do the best you can to try to keep peace. Proceedings: You tell stories about your Civil War ancestors. He wroteWe Were Soldiers Once And Young. Joe Galloway lived in North Carolina with his third wife until his death. By area code. If they watched closely and followed the main characters, they might have noticed a young Army captain named Thomas C. Metsker who was Moore's battalion intelligence officer. He took the last seat in the overloaded chopper, then noticed a more severely wounded officer being carried toward the Huey. The cause was. The Marines, who had 30% of the mission, got 70% of the press. I keep trying to tell my daughter and grandkids this very concept. She was tall and breathtakingly beautiful. I keep going back to the World War II movies, like Sands of Iwo Jima. Additionally, Galloway's wife, Grace Galloway, confirmed that her husband had a massive heart attack earlier this month. Additionally, Galloways wife, Grace Galloway, confirmed that her husband had a massive heart attack earlier this month. Commentdocument.getElementById("comment").setAttribute( "id", "a3e5144367e7c61b6de7e542ec152dcd" );document.getElementById("fd0a2639fa").setAttribute( "id", "comment" ); Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. let gads_event; Are they starting to get it? An American newspaper columnist, war correspondent and author Joe Galloway has passed away. I was as ignorant as most Americans were, but I had to learn very quickly, and combat is a very stiff taskmaster. Galloway, a 24-year-old reporter for United Press International, went on to witness and participate in the first major battle of the Vietnam War, in which an outmanned American battalion fought off three North Vietnamese army regiments while taking heavy casualties. Karen Galloway is 58 years old and was born on 05/31/1964. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Learn how your comment data is processed. Then his second marriage to Karen Metsker ended in 2012 when they divorced, and then he married Grace Liem Lim Suan Tzu, who was working as a nurses helper during the Vietnam War. She was tall and breathtakingly beautiful. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. Already aboard Joseph L. Galloway is the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers and co-author of the national best-seller "We Were Soldiers Once and Young." Proceedings: How has 11 September changed your life? As good a bullet as I know is to appoint [retired Marine Corps] General [Anthony] Zinni to go over there and try to make sense out of it. Both sides claimed victory: North Vietnamese leaders came away certain that they could outlast the Americans, while U.S. commander William Westmoreland was convinced that his troops could bleed the enemy to death over the long haul, as Galloway and Moore put it. The least likely guy out there may be the one who does something worthy of a Medal of Honor. media-tech companies with hubs around the world. View the profiles of people named Karen Copeland Metsker. . You can also leave a condolence message below the comment box to honor him. Copyright 2023 by arlingtoncemetery.net. I am so very saddened to hear this. And, besides that, she lost a father in one war and she's damned if she's going to lose a husband in another. Karen Lynn Metsker, age 61, Covina, CA 91724 Search . What would you have wanted to do, besides war reporting? I know that from the time line of our own movieeight years. He is the only civilian to receive the Bronze Star for combat valor for heroism in the Vietnam War from the U.S. Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. A baby girl, Karen Doranne Metsker, who was just 17 months old and would never know her father, but like every child who has suffered such a loss in war would miss him forever. But I don't fault anybody's memory of Vietnam. Completed College. ga('ads.send', { Join Facebook to connect with Karen Metsker and others you may know. Our thoughts and prayers are with great Joe Galloways family, friends, fans, and all of his loved ones on these tough days. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website. and friends honor Vietnam hero. After they divorced in 2003,[16] he married Dr. Gracie Liem Lim Suan Tzu, a friend for more than 45 years, on May 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. The upshot was: Cathy and Karen and Tom's sister Ibby Hall all came to a reunion of the Ia Drang band of brothers on Veterans Day weekend, 1990. A lot of things need to be done before you ever roll a foot of film. Galloway started his career at The Victoria Advocate in Victoria, Texas, afterwards working for United Press International (UPI) in the Kansas City and Topeka bureaus. [5] His family relocated to Refugio, Texas, after his father was employed by Humble Oil upon his return from military service. We know that Karen is single at this point. The 1948 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Toronto Maple Leafs. Proceedings: What sets the heroes apart from everyone else? They had two sons, Joshua and Lee. Cathy's brother, Steve LaPlante, read the article and called his sister. in our power to keep your memory alive and tell your story of all those Tom Metsker, a battalion intelligence officer killed in the Vietnam War. window.googletag.cmd.push(function() { }); Galloway partnered with Moore on another book, We Are Soldiers Still (2008), and teamed with Marvin J. Wolf to write They Were Soldiers (2020), about the postwar lives of Vietnam veterans. He said, "There's no reality in Platoon.". your name will be associated with the good work of teaching leadership Proceedings: You did a lot of difficult things in Vietnam. My first week on the ground with the Marines taught me that that was probably not the case. eventCategory: event.slot.getSlotElementId(), The upshot was: Cathy and Karen and Tom's sister, Ibby Hall, all came to a reunion of the Ia Drang band of brothers on Veterans Day weekend, 1990. I had lunch twice a week with [former Kansas Governor and Republican presidential candidate] Alf Landon in Topeka. He lived a full lifemore than most. But I didn't care. She called her daughter. Username. I was the guy out there asking the questions and writing the stories. His father worked in the Army during World War II, and Joe meet him after the war had ended. 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