The Story Behind 'We Were Soldiers Once...and Young'

Song For My Son / Sons away at war

This is just some input from a seasoned song writer musician .

I think song writing should be paying attention to world community in regard to

womens struggle with life experience . Example ( Song For My Son ) is a song about children weapons or a son away at war . It is culturally diverse because of it's performance .This song has over 51.000 views and growing on You Tube . I invite you to view it and hope you enjoy

Song For My Son -Preformed by Jackie Jones & Mickey Carroll

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Song For My Son - Preformed by FF Bascombe written by Mickey Carroll

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Love & Music

Mickey

Mickey Carroll

Grammy nominee

Gold Record recipient

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Thank You

As a son of a Desert Storm vet. I would like to thank all military men and women that fight and have fought for the freedom we all hold dear. My dad served twenty some odd years in the Army and can say that I am proud of his decision to serve. I just wish that more people would come to realize that we the people should stand behind our troops and give them the support they need after they come home from war. Again, thank you all that serve or have served in the armed forces. May God bless you all.

What's changed since then?

A few years ago, a Viet Nam veteran friend of mine was one of 10 former sildiers picked by Congress to return to Viet Nam for a re-union of sorts. They returned to the actual places where they fought so bravely....and where many of their fellow soldiers gave their lives.

They had lunch and dinner with many of the enemy soldiers of whom they fought against. Once warriors fighting for their cause, and for their beloved countries.

We fought for freedom and to help those who sought to ward off oppression by communism.

My friend saw many brutal battles in Viet Nam. He will seldom talk of them now. But his eyes often tell a different tale. One in which, he is and may always be...still there in his thoughts and in his soul.

When he returned I asked him how it was to shake hands and eat alongside those who he had fought with and against.

He seeemd so relieved at having gone. He said that talking with the other soldiers from both sides was not only meaningful, but a way that they all seemed to draw inner peace from.

I asked how it looked there and how things ghad changed since he was there.

He said that for the most part, aside from most things such as cars etc. being newer, every thing still pretty much looked the same. The people were still very friendly.

Then he paused and said "you know the only thing thats really changed since we fought there is that 58,000 of my "F'ng" friends aren't ever coming home again...and their Momma's still cry".

I thank ALL of those who have served this country to preserve freedom! I love my country and will fight to defend her to my death.

But those wordst that Danny said will forever haunt me.

Freedom isn't free...But it would sure seem that a lot of good men lost their lives in Viet Nam and the only thing people remember is that we lost the war.

And that many old women still morn for their sons who died so that thankless Viet Namese people could carry on as they always have. Nothing changed!

Soldiers Our Heroes

I have just finished watching WE WERE SOLDIERS again. It is a great movie. I just want to say THANK YOU to all of our fighting soldiers both past and present. In this day where we look for heroes in our lives we should look no further than our military. You are the greatest. I thank GOD for all of you every day. I am the father of a soldier who just returned home from Iraq. Without you soldiers we would be nothing. So I really want to thank any of you that read this who have served, are serving, or are going to serve in the future. This American really does appreciate what you have done for me and this country. Thank you from the bottom of my heart. Whenever I see someone in uniform I try and shake their hand and thank them personally for the job they are doing. May GOD bless our military, our soldiers, my HEROES, past, present, and future. THANK YOU and may GOD BLESS YOU.

"Soldiers"

my name is samantha,i am 16 years old and my dad is a soldier. to me a soldier is part of my culture and i have a very high respect for them be they Vets or curently active. i thank every person who has foght,is fighting, and will fight...for these people are the bakcbone of our contry.

Vietnam Aftermath, Thirty Years Later

Today, I saw some Vietnam War Vets and they were raising funds for a local Chapter. They had an old "Huey" helicopter on exhibition, one that had flown during the war and still with several bullet and shrapnel wounds evident in the air frame. One of the vets there had been with the Ist Air Cavalry. We spoke about the Ia Drang engangement. I have read Galloway's book and also saw the movie adaptation, both were excellent and captured both the futility of war and the courage of the combatants.

I thanked the vet for his service and told him that as an Asian American who grew up and served in my home country of SIngapore during the Vietnam War, it is important for Americans to realize and understand that America won the Vietnam War. Despite popular sentiment that argues otherwise, Asia would not be what it is today if America had not been engaged both in Vietnam and Korea.

So, in fact, America won both wars. By stopping the spread of Soviet and Communist hegemony, Asia is prosperous and stable today, something that would not have happened otherwise.

Joe Galloway: A Journalist

I am an extremely fortunate man; I know Joe personally. He a kind, gentle man, and an ethical, courageous journalist. He is the kind of man Edward R. Murrow would have chosen to work with. Joe would have not hesitated a moment to do what Murrow did when he exposed Senator Joseph McCarthy for what he was and informed the American people. That is exactly the kind of courage you will see in everyone of Joe's columns and works: the courage to speak the truth, even when people would rather stick their heads in the sand. If you want your news from spin doctors and talking heads, don't read Joe's work. If you want your news unfiltered, complete with the kind of hard hitting questions most TV News Stars don't have the fortitude to ask, Google Joe Galloway. Then ask the people We The People hired to represent us the same questions. Maybe then they will remember who they work for; the majority seem to have forgotten.