joe galloway. he is one of the premier war and foreign correspondents. he is the recipient of numerous journalism awards and also the recipient of the bronze star for valor. the only civilian to receive the honor in the vietnam war and as the recipient of the doubtery award, the highest honor the u.s. infantry can present to an individual. mr. galloway has co-authored several critically acclaimed books including -- we were soldiers, once and young. and its sequel, we are soldiers still, a journey back to the battlefields of vietnam. the first back was made into the major motion picture, we were soldiers in 2002. ladies and gentlemen, your panel for the afternoon. [ applause ] . . >>> it is awful quiet out there. >> yeah, it is. >> i don't know about this being a much of a panel discussion. but it sure is a great gathering of my brother soldiers. [ applause ] >> it has been 50 years and five months since we met on a battlefield in the central highlands of vietnam on the 14th of november, 1965. it was the first major battle for american infantry to run hea

me just also acknowledges that in the audience tonight is a journalist , joe galloway. there not drafted to be at the battles that he covered, but he did that, and we also have the photographer who took the iconic photograph of the young vietnamese girl who was napalm. -- napalmed. we also have the cia operative who got to see the fall of vietnam. they are all in the audience and we want to thank them. [applause] and the one person who started the vietnam memorial is also here and i can tell you after 18 hours of this, it is really nice to get to the wall. ofk: you have seen a preview an tonight iwar," have had a good fortune of seeing a great deal more and i can tell you it is just as impressive and breathtaking as the clips you have seen. not only is the narrative breathtaking, but so is the scope and. ambition of what you've achieved 10 parts -- achieved. 10 parts, 18 plus hours, how did you do something like this? lynn: we gulped really hard. we tend to pick subjects about which we are not experts, so we did not go into this knowing what this story would be like and

galloway, mr. scruggs, and your moderator, joe klein. welcome to austin. [ applause ] >>> well, good afternoon, everybody. this is the second time that i've been privileged and honored to sit on this stage. and both times, the topic was veterans. the last time, it was veterans -- i was accompanied by three spectacular, young veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. and my most recent book is called "charlie mike" which means continue the mission in military radio jargon, was about the veterans of those wars. and to me, it's very interesting to spend time with them as i have over the last four years. i embedded in iraq and afghanistan with them. and also to spend time with veterans of my era, of the vietnam war. they have had -- it's hard to say this, since the wars were equally silly. they have had an easier time than you guys had. they were all volunteers. many of them volunteered on september 12th, 2001. they went over as units, and came back as units. vietnam veterans went offer alone and came back alone. because of the experience o

my husband, joe galloway, comes home and sees strange people in the house. he says who are these people? i said they are my homeless. they needed a place to stay the night. another time he comes home and a strange man is raking our yard. he says who is that? and it was one of my vietnam veterans who decided to pay me back by raking my yard. this is the community that we live in that i think regardless of the fact that these guys lived out in the woods and we go isn't that a terrible thing. to them that was their home. that is their home. that is their community. that is where they belong. that is where if you are invite today come to their house, this is where you would come to their tent. and they are proud of it. they keep it very neat. this is my home. >> jan, what was coming home like for you? what to you remember of it? >> i remember i came home just a few days before the kent state event. it was not good. but i remember i wanted to meet somebody to go out with and date. so this friend took me to lunch with this attractive girl and she said one thing i

i know you have joe galloway here. one of the battles i most admire and one of the greatest admirals examples of american guts and prowess. there are many examples of that. i think every vietnam vet bristles a little bit about the greatest generation references, because people feel like they fought just as passionately and valiantly and gave as much of themselves. but the outcome, obviously, was different. the structure was different. that is part of the tension that we live with. it did not invite the great victory parade. there was not some thing where you dropped a bomb and you end a war. the war in europe had already ended and hitler was dead. it was not that. that is not very satisfying for anybody, particularly the people who fight in it. that is one of the reasons there is a lingering anger by some people who have not necessarily worked through, as you have talked about and perhaps quoted that has an impact. but we are living in a period where we have to on people, unfortunately, to go into harms way, particular

moderated by joe klein. dr. galloway mr. strokes and joe klein. [applause] joe klein: good afternoon. this is the second time i've been honored to sit on this and both times the topic was veterans. time it was veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. called recent book was charlie mike which means continue the mission. about the veterans of those wars. to spendy interesting time with them as they have over the last four years. to spend time with veterans of my era. the vietnam war. the words were equally silly. time you guyssier head. they were all volunteers. ony of them volunteered september 12, 2001. units andover as quebec as units. alonenveterans went over and came back alone. because of the experience of vietnam veterans the doctors known all the posttraumatic stress disorders. it's not disorderly to respond to the experience of combat. having some troubles reintegrating into a society that knows nothing of combat. they treated each other differently. they are generation of volunteers. they've looked more recently organizations like team r

moderated by joe klein. dr. galloway mr. strokes and joe klein. [applause] joe klein: good afternoon. this is the second time i've been honored to sit on this and both times the topic was veterans.

joe: please help me welcome your panel, dr. galloway, mr. scruggs, and your moderator joe klein. welcome to austin. [applause] joe: good afternoon, everybody. time thate second i've been privileged and honored to sit on the stage. both times, the topic was veterans. time, i was accompanied by three spectacular young veterans of the iraq and afghanistan wars. called recent book is "charlie might," which means continued mission in military jargon. it was about the veterans of .hose wars to me, it's very interesting to spend time with them as i have over the last four years. i embedded in iraq and afghanistan with them and also to spend time with veterans of my era, of the vietnam war. this since theay wars were equally silly, but they have had an easier time than you guys had. .hey were all volunteers many of them volunteered on september 12, 2001. they went over as units and came back as units. vietnam veterans went over alone and came back alone. because of the experience of vietnam veterans, the doctors and many clinicians at the v.a. and elsewhere new what posttraumatic stress