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the start of the summer sea-
son with pools open, peo-
ple picnicking and attending
sports events, there was a
crowd at Patriots Park to hear
the challenge of retired war
correspondent Joe Galloway
to “cherish the gift of life’’
and Mayor Rick Murphrey to
declare*“we are the caretakers
- of what they fought for.”
This year marked the
50th anniversary of the start
of the Vietnam War and the
city used the occasion to
honor those veterans. There
wasn’t a dry eye in the crowd
when dozens of Vietnam
veterans from the area were
called to stand in front of the
memorials as the mayor and
Galloway placed a red, white
and blue wreath in front of
the memorial and Bugler
Paul Fulton played taps as
soldiers saluted.
“We wanted to give them
the welcome home they de-
served,’ ‘said both the mayor
and Main Street Director Jan
Harris.
Galloway didn’t talk
about his experiences Mon-
day. Instead he shared a story
he read recently about an
African American man from
Dallas and a white man from
Charlotte. The two served
in the same platoon during
the war and even with racial
tension ended up becoming
friends.
“There are no atheists in
foxholes, we all cover each
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special consultant to the
Vietnam War 50th Anniver-
sary Commemoration proj-
ect run by the Office of the
Secretary of Defense. He is
also permanent consultant to
Ken Burns' Florentine Films
project to make a documen-
tary history of the Vietnam
War for broadcast in 2016
on PBS.
During the course of 15
years of foreign postings
— including assignments
in Japan, Indonesia, India,
Singapore and thee years as
UPI bureau chief in Moscow
in the former Soviet Union —
Galloway served four tours
as a war correspondent in
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red,” he said, adding, “each
death in the war is huge and
personal.”
He said that “every day is :
a day to thank those veterans
who died for their sacrifices
made that we survived. You
live every day with those
sacrifices,”’ said Galloway,
a decorated journalist and
author who covered and
photographed wars for 43
years and served on combat
duty in Vietnam in 2005-
2006. As American Legion
Post 155 Commander Curtis
Thrift read the final roll call,
the names of the war dead on
four memorial plaques, local
veterans placed white roses at
the four monuments to World
War I, World War II, Korea
and Vietnam.
Galloway stood with the
local survivors of the Viet-
nam war as Bugler Paul
Fulton played “Taps” and
the Kings Mountain Police
Department Honor Guard re-
tired the colors.
“Kings Mountain has al-
ways answered the call to de-
fend and secure our freedom
at all cost,”” said the mayor
in his welcome. “Today we
honor that same spirit and
hope that led to the found-
ing of this great nation. They
fought for freedom, secured
and defended with honor,
loyalty and personal courage.
Freedom does not come with-
out a price, some have given
the ultimate sacrifice.”
The mayor added,“The
Vietnam and also covered
the 1971 India-Pakistan War
and a half a dozen other
combat operations.
The highly touted 2002
war movie “We Were Sol-
diers” starring Mel Gibson
was based off the book “We
Were Soldiers Once ... and
Young” co-written by Gal-
loway and a Lt. Gen. (Ret.)
Hal Moore.
Galloway talked about
working as a consultant on
the film.
“It was an interesting ex-
perience and I enjoyed hav-
ing a hand in it, working as
a consultant for the film. But
a lot of people don’t realize
that it takes a lot of time (on
set) to get three minutes of
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Wednesday, May 27, 2015
A group of Vietnam veterans from Kings Mountain, Soi. are pictures in front of the four memorials to Kings Mountain
area men who died in World War I, World War II, Korea and Vietnam. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the start of
the Vietnam War and the city in a “welcome home” ceremony honored them at Memorial Day services.
Kings Mountain men we
honor today put on their
country’s uniform and placed
service to their country above
all, we are a grateful commu-
nity.”
Vietnam veteran Jim
Medlin presented the impres-
sive “Toast to the Red, White
and Blue,” emphasizing the
blood shed by brave heroes,
and KMPD Chief Melvin
Proctor prayed the invoca-
tion. “ Margaret Woodard,
her daughter Molora and
Molora’s daughter Sophia
Kellstrom sang “The Na-
tional Anthem.” Piper Jane
Gulden played “Amazing
Grace” and a prelude and
postlude of patriotic num-
bers. Assistant Fire Chief
Jamie Black led the Pledge
of Allegiance.
film,” said Galloway, who
attended Kings Mountain’s
service with his wife Dr.
Gracie Liem Lim Suan Tzu,
a nurse practitioner. “There’s
so many angles that have to.
be shot from and so many
retakes -- a very laborious
process.”
Galloway spent a ca-
reer covering the war zones
America sent its young men
and women to, mostly work-
ing for the Knight-Ridder
newspaper chain.
He retired in 2006 from
covering wars full time after
several stints reporting on
the second Iraq war.
“Out of all the wars I’ve
covered that was the scariest
ne,” Galloway said, refer-
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Vietnam veterans Abraham Ruff, left, and Richard Bolin salute the soldiers from Kings
Mountain who died in the Vietnam War after placing white roses at the Vietnam War Vet-
erans Memorial at Patriots Park Monday morning.
ring to the overall instability
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nearby Concord about three
years, is in high demand as a
public speaker who can talk
about the war experience of
America’s fighting troops
better than most.
work harder in retirement
than I did before I retired,”
he half-joked in an interview
before his talk Monday at
Patriots Park.
young,”
who’s 73 and about to em-
bark on a busy summer
helping to commemorate the
50th anniversary of the start
of the Vietnam War.
Galloway, who moved to
“l sometimes think I
“Actually, it keeps me
said. Galloway,
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the singing of “Joyful, Joy-
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any and Symphonic Cho-
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scripture passages and the
congregation will join in
singing “Be Thou My Vi-
sion” and “Step by Step”
after the sermon. Shawn
Adams will give the bene-
dictional prayer.
“Pomp and Circurn
stance” will be played by
Cathy Holland to usher the
seniors into and from the
auditorium. Sarah E. Ful-
ton is directing the music
for the service.
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