Joseph Galloway was a civilian reporter at the Battle of Ia Drang. He co- authored the book We Were Soldiers Once… And Young with Hal Moore. The book was later adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers. Although he was a civilian, Galloway was awarded the Bronze Star medal for helping to rescue wounded soldiers during the battle. He is most recently the co- author of the 2020 book They Were Soldiers: The Sacrifices and Contributions of Our Vietnam Veterans with Marvin J. Wolf.

This interview was recorded in November 2015.

Poster Comment:

I worked with a guy that was a Marine at Khe Sahn. He told me their position was nearly over run and they called in Napalm strikes on their own positions. He showed me a scar on his lower back where Napalm had burned thru his flack jacket. ;)