During the
afternoon of 14 November 1965 a furious battle had been fought between the 1st
Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, and the 66th Regiment of the Peoples Army of
Vietnam. Mr. Galloway voluntarily boarded a helicopter which landed at night on
a hazardous resupply run into an active combat situation where he was
determined to report to the world details of the first major battle of the
Vietnam War. Early on 15 November 1965 in the fury of the action, an American
fighter bomber dropped two napalm bombs on the Battalion Command Post and Aid
Station area gravely wounding two soldiers. Mr. Galloway and a medical aid man
rose, braving enemy fire, and ran to the aid of the injured soldiers. The
medical aid man was immediately shot and killed. With assistance from another
man, Mr. Galloway carried one of the injured soldiers to the medical aid
station. He remained on the ground throughout the grueling three-day battle,
frequently under fire, until the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry was replaced by
other forces of the 1st Cavalry Division.
Mr. Galloway's valorous
actions under enemy fire and his determination to get accurate, factual reports
to the American people reflect great credit upon himself and American War
Correspondents.
