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Joseph Lee "Joe" Galloway (born November 13, 1941), is an American newspaper correspondent and columnist. He is the former Military Affairs consultant for the Knight-Ridder chain of newspapers[1] and is presently a columnist with McClatchy Newspapers. During the Vietnam War, he often fought alongside the troops he covered and was awarded a Bronze Star for carrying wounded men to safety.
Personal life
Galloway is a native of Refugio, Texas. His first wife Theresa M. Galloway (May 12, 1948-January 26, 1996) died of cancer. They had two sons, Joshua and Lee. In 1998, Galloway married Karen Metsker, daughter of Capt. Tom Metsker, a battalion intelligence officer killed in the Vietnam War.[2] Galloway now resides in his home county of Refugio in Bayside in a cottage overlooking Copano Bay.
Career
Newspapers
Galloway started his career at the Victoria Advocate in Texas, afterwards working for United Press International (UPI) in the Kansas City and Topeka bureaus. Later, he served overseas as bureau chief or regional manager in Tokyo, Vietnam, Jakarta, New Delhi, Singapore, Moscow, and Los Angeles.
During the Vietnam War, Galloway served three tours for UPI, beginning in early 1965. Decorated for rescuing wounded American soldiers under heavy enemy fire during the battle at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, he was the only civilian awarded the Bronze Star by the United States Army during that war.[3]
Literature
Along with Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, Galloway co-authored a detailed account of those experiences in the best-selling 1992 book, We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young.[4] A sequel was released in 2008: We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam.[5]
Fictional Portrayals
- In We Were Soldiers,a 2002 film based on his 1992 book, Galloway is portrayed by actor Barry Pepper.
Awards
In 1991, Galloway received a National Magazine Award for a U.S. News cover article on the Ia Drang battles in Vietnam.In 1992 he received the New Media Award of the National VFW for his coverage of the Persian Gulf War for U.S. News. In 2002 Galloway received the Robert Denig Award for Exceptional Service of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Assn. In 2006 he received the Tex McCrary Award of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
In 1998, Galloway received a Bronze Star with Valor "V" device for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire in the Battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam in November 1965. His was the only medal awarded to a civilian by the U.S. Army for valor during the Vietnam War.[6]
Commentaries
George W. Bush administration
In a number of columns, Galloway has spoken out against the Iraq War and George W. Bush. In a column on July 6, 2007, Galloway asked why the Bush administration "looks remarkably more like an organized crime ring than one of the arms of the American government?" He further asks what happened to the George W. Bush he voted for in 2000 and who promised to give a government "whose appointees would be honest, upright, fair and moral." On March 13, 2008 he published a commentary titled "When Will It End?" that asked, "[t]he next time that we Americans start thinking about maybe electing someone with no known talent, limited useful experience and an IQ that's barely equal to his body temperature, what say we just leave the presidency vacant and the White House shuttered for eight years or so?"
References
- ^ http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/special_packages/galloway/17331908.htm
- ^ Joe Galloway (2004). "A Reporter's Journal From Hell". The Digital Journalist. Retrieved 2008-03-14.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|month=ignored (help) - ^ Moore, Hal. "Bios". We Were Soldiers Once... And Young. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Moore, Harold (1992). We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam. Random House. ISBN 0679411585. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Moore, Harold (2008). We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam. Harper. ISBN 0061147761. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
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External links
- Joseph L. Galloway columns on the McClatchy website
- Interview on We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young at the Pritzker Military Library
- Interview on We Are Soldiers Still