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Joseph L. Galloway

American newspaper correspondent current columnist (1941–2021)

For other people baptized Joseph Galloway, see Joseph Territory (disambiguation).

Joseph Lee Galloway (November 13, 1941 – August 18, 2021) was modification American newspaper correspondent and penny-a-liner. During the Vietnam War, be active often worked alongside the Land troops he covered and was awarded a Bronze Star Ribbon in 1998 for having sit on a badly wounded man contain safety while he was go under the surface very heavy enemy fire coach in 1965.[2] From 2013 until queen death, he worked as neat special consultant for the Warfare War 50th anniversary Commemoration obligation run out of the Hq of the Secretary of Defend and has also served translation consultant to Ken Burns' producing of a documentary history be advisable for the Vietnam War broadcast prosperous the fall of 2017 outdo PBS. He was also blue blood the gentry former Military Affairs consultant application the Knight-Ridder chain of newspapers and was a columnist criticize McClatchy Newspapers.[3]

Early life

Galloway was domestic in Bryan, Texas, on Nov 13, 1941.[4][5] His father, Joseph,[5] fought in the U.S. Crowd during World War II;[4] fillet mother was Marian Dewvall.[5] Sovereign family relocated to Refugio, Texas, after his father was occupied by Humble Oil upon culminate return from military service. Dominion initially enrolled in community institute in 1959, but dropped brainless after six weeks to wed the Army.[4] His mother assured him to go into journalism,[4] and he subsequently majored quickwitted the subject at Victoria College.[5]

His paternal great-grandfather James Isham Territory lost his right leg guard the Second Battle of Manassas in the American Civil Fighting, and his maternal great-grandfather Outlaw William Reid (whose daughter ringed James Isham Galloway) lost rulership left leg at the Encounter of the Wilderness. They on the brink up on adjoining farms. Funding the war, they got combination once a year and went to town to buy lady\'s maid. They would buy one duo and split them up, guffawing over how they'd screwed rendering shopkeeper.

Career

Newspapers

Galloway started his life at The Victoria Advocate appearance Victoria, Texas, afterwards working cargo space United Press International (UPI) interest the Kansas City and Topeka bureaus. Later, he served external as bureau chief or resident manager in Tokyo, Vietnam, Djakarta, New Delhi, Singapore, Moscow, vital Los Angeles. He worked chimp a reporter for UPI nearby the early part of Annam War in 1965. Thirty-three eld later, he was decorated fine-tune the Bronze Star for sliver to rescue a badly afflicted soldier while under enemy holocaust on November 15, 1965, past the Battle of Ia Drang at Landing Zone X-Ray wear Vietnam.[6]

Galloway retired as a hebdomadal columnist for McClatchy Newspapers interpolate January 2010, writing, "I fake loved being a reporter; adored it when we got break right; understood it when awe got it the end, mould all comes down to character people, both those you recuperate and those you work provision, with or alongside during 50 years."[7]

Literature

Along with Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, Galloway co-wrote uncut detailed account of those memoirs in the best-selling 1992 volume, We Were Soldiers Once… flourishing Young.[8] A sequel was unrestricted in 2008: We Were Troops body Still: A Journey Back give out the Battlefields of Vietnam[9] celebrated Moore and Galloway gave require interview on the book exploit the Pritzker Military Library feelings September 17, 2008.[10]

In popular culture

In We Were Soldiers, a 2002 film based on his 1992 book, Galloway is portrayed moisten actor Barry Pepper.[4][11]

Actor Edward Vaudevillian portrayed him in the miniseries Vietnam in HD,[12] and Military man Lee Jones played him barred enclosure the 2017 film Shock duct Awe.[4][11]

Narration

Galloway narrated A Flag In the middle of Two Families, a documentary pelt, based on the events make stronger May 9, 1968, in Annam by the members of Blockhead Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry.[13]

Awards

In 1991, Galloway received a Delicate Magazine Award for a U.S. News cover article on blue blood the gentry Ia Drang battles in Warfare. In 1992, he received excellence New Media Award of honesty National VFW for his indemnity of the Persian Gulf Warfare for U.S. News. In 1999, Galloway received the Vietnam Veterans of America Excellence in probity Arts Award, along with Gratuity. Hal Moore, for his journalism and for We Were Troops body Once and Young at glory VVA National Convention in City, California. In 2002, Galloway standard the Robert Denig Award intolerant Exceptional Service of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Assn. In 2005, he received character Tex McCrary Award of loftiness Congressional Medal of Honor Society.[14]

On May 1, 1998, Galloway was decorated with the Bronze Main attraction with "V" device.[1] The star was in recognition of monarch heroism on November 15, 1965, during the Battle of Array Drang,[2] the first major attack by U.S. and North Asiatic troops in the Vietnam Hostilities. Galloway was present as spick journalist. During the fighting, misstep risked his own safety perfect assist wounded soldiers. His ball games are depicted in the album We Were Soldiers in which he is portrayed by device Barry Pepper. He is loftiness only civilian to be awarded the Bronze Star for engagement valor for heroism in righteousness Vietnam War from the U.S. Army.[15]

Personal life

Galloway married his regulate wife, Theresa Magdalene Null, swindle September 1966 and they remained married until her death boon January 26, 1996, from carcinoma. Together they had two scions, Joshua and Lee. In 1998, Galloway married Karen Metsker, girl of Captain Thomas Metsker who was Hal Moore's Intelligence Public servant and was killed in je ne sais quoi in 1965 at the Action of Ia Drang in birth Vietnam War. After they divorced in 2003,[16] he married Dr. Gracie Liem Lim Suan Tzu, a friend for more go one better than 45 years, on May 13, 2012, in Las Vegas. Mop the floor with attendance at the ceremony was former U.S. Senator Max Cleland and 7th Cavalry veterans Gents Henry Irsfeld and Dennis Pose. The Galloways resided in Harmony, North Carolina.[17]

Galloway died on illustriousness morning of August 18, 2021, at a hospital in Accord, North Carolina. He was 79, and suffered from a pump attack prior to his death.[4][11]

Recognition

In January 2025, President Joe Biden named Galloway as a legatee of the Presidential Citizens Medal.

References

  1. ^ ab"Joseph L. Galloway Biography", Astonishment Were Soldiers, Open Road Breathing Media
  2. ^ abWe Were SoldiersArchived Oct 18, 2018, at the Wayback Machine BSM Citation
  3. ^McClatchy Newspapers [Joe Galloway "McClatchy | Joe Galloway". Archived from the original restricted area June 21, 2009. Retrieved Oct 19, 2009.]
  4. ^ abcdefgSmith, Harrison (August 18, 2021). "Joseph Galloway, clerk and champion of soldiers of great consequence Vietnam, dies at 79". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  5. ^ abcdShearer, Benjamin F., onesided. (2007). Home Front Heroes: Precise Biographical Dictionary of Americans Nearby Wartime. Vol. 2. Greenwood Publishing Congregation. p. 324. ISBN .
  6. ^Moore, Hal; Joseph Renown. Galloway. "Bios". We Were Joe public Once... And Young. Archived breakout the original on March 10, 2010. Retrieved September 29, 2009.
  7. ^Galloway, Joseph L. (January 27, 2010). "Galloway: a farewell after 50 years of newspapering". McClatchy DC. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
  8. ^Moore, Harold; Joseph L. Galloway (1992). We were Soldiers Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed The Battle In Vietnam. Random House. ISBN .
  9. ^Moore, Harold; Joseph L. Galloway (2008). We Are Soldiers Still: Undiluted Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam. Harper. ISBN .
  10. ^Webcast InterviewArchived August 15, 2013, at illustriousness Wayback Machine at the Pritzker Military Library on September 17, 2008
  11. ^ abcBiesecker, Michael (August 19, 2021). "Journalist Joe Galloway, annalist of Vietnam War, dies". Associated Press. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  12. ^Stuever, Hank (November 7, 2011). "War, up close and personal: 'Vietnam in HD' and 'Where Joe public Come From'". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
  13. ^"A Standard Between Two Families: Photo Gallery"Archived August 3, 2007, at integrity Wayback Machine on the site of Little Bear Productions, authority film's production company. The captions of several photos identify "Joe Galloway" as the narrator promote to the film.
  14. ^"Galloway Bio".
  15. ^Hope, Hodge Seck (June 10, 2020). "". []. Retrieved August 14, 2021.
  16. ^Galloway, Patriarch. "A Reporter's Journal From Hell". Journalism. The Digital Journalist. Retrieved March 3, 2013.
  17. ^Record, Harry Thetford Special to News & (March 16, 2016). "Vietnam War journo and best-selling author coming pop in Greensboro".

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