Joseph L. Galloway

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 [http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/news/special_packages/galloway/17331908.htm] and is presently a columnist with McClatchy Newspapers.

Personal

Galloway is a native of Refugio, Texas.

His late wife Theresa M. Galloway (May 12, 1948-January 26, 1996) died of cancer.

Their two sons are Joshua and Lee.

In 1998, Galloway married Karen Metsker, daughter of Capt. Tom Metsker, a battalion intelligence officer killed in the Vietnam War. [cite web | title = A Reporter's Journal From Hell | author = Joe Galloway| publisher = The Digital Journalist | date = April 2004 | url = http://digitaljournalist.org/issue0204/galloway4.htm | accessdate = 2008-03-14]

Career

Newspapers

Galloway started his career at the Victoria Daily 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 in Vietnam 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. [http://lzxray.com/bios1.htm]

Literature

A sequel to WWSOY will be released in Aug. 2008: [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0061147761]

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". [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0679411585/]

Film

*"We Were Soldiers" is a 2002 film based on his 1992 book. Galloway was portrayed by actor Barry Pepper. Mel Gibson portrayed Lt. Col. Moore. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1129929/bio]
* Consultant to fellow war correspondent and author Cork Graham on a film script about Vietnam. [ [http://www.corkgraham.com/2006/01/who-else-wants-more-money-from-writing.html Galloway and Graham at Fundraiser] ]

Awards

In 1991, Galloway received a National Magazine Award for a U.S. News cover article on the la Drang battles in Vietnam.

In 1998, Galloway received a Bronze Star with V for rescuing wounded soldiers under fire in the la Drang Valley of Vietnam in November, 1965.

Controversies

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

External links

* [http://www.mcclatchydc.com/101] Joseph L. Galloway columns on the McClatchy website
* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2005-10-08-frontandcenter.jsp Interview] on "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young" at the Pritzker Military Library
* [http://www.pritzkermilitarylibrary.org/events/2008-09-17-joseph-galloway-and-harold-moore.jsp Interview] on "We Are Soldiers Still"