and by general william westmoreland.the ceremonies which followed, colonel timothy gets his first look at the strife-torn shores of vietnam and for the first time the brigade unfurls the proud emblem of freedom over the land it is here to protect. to ambassador taylor, the occasion holds a special meaning as the one-time commander of the 101st talks to his son captain thomas taylor now a member of the screaming eagles. concluding the day's events, some of the airborne infantrymen stage a parachute jump for ambassador taylor and general westmoreland. it is to be one of the few jumps these paratroopers will make in vietnam. the screaming eagles descend toward the earth and the unknown hardships of jungle warfare they will face in the months ahead. within two weeks after their arrival at cameron bay, the screaming eagles are september northward on their first combat operation. as they sail 130 miles up the coast, it is mid-august and the brigade hasn't yet had time to establish its permanent home base in vietnam. while the

william westmoreland, whom many of you probably don't remember now. the general in charge of the armed forces in vietnam, he happened to fly in because they were under fire and a lot of people had died. 36 people had died. it was very bad, so he came to give a pep talk. and he came around. i just waited until he was finished talking to the soldiers. and then he came up and he saw me and he said, oh, what are you doing here? and his family had rented a house near ours in hawaii and my mother played tennis with his wife. he said, oh, how long have you been here? i said, oh, two nights. he said, oh. then he laughed. then we heard later that urate and i and the few female reporters, he wanted to close it down for women reporters. he decided then that no women could spend the night in the field and that meant that we couldn't cover things because it's not like you could call uber and say get me out of here. i have to be home for my bedtime. so, women all banded together, and we managed to get that changed. i think women matters because the women of our era