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Re: Vietnam Vet Plumley dies; featured in War movie
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Oct 12, 2012, 8:53:46 AM10/12/12
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"Matt Warner" <Ma...@gmail.com-spam> wrote in message...
> On 10/11/2012 10:10 AM, DhiaDuit wrote:
>> Google it.
>>
> COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Basil L. Plumley, a renowned career soldier whose
> exploits as an Army infantryman were portrayed in a book and the movie
> "We Were Soldiers," has died at 92 — an age his friends are amazed that
> he lived to see.
>
> Plumley fought in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam and was
> awarded a medal for making five parachute jumps into combat. The retired
> command sergeant major died Wednesday.
>
> Friends said Plumley, who died in hospice care in west Georgia, never
> told war stories and was known to hang up on people who called to
> interview him. Still, he was near-legendary in the Army and gained more
> widespread fame through a 1992 Vietnam War book that was the basis for
> the 2002 movie starring Mel Gibson. Actor Sam Elliott played Plumley in
> the film.
>
> Plumley didn't need a Hollywood portrayal to be revered among soldiers,
> said Greg Camp, a retired Army colonel and former chief of staff at
> neighboring Fort Benning who befriended Plumley in his later years.
>
> Read more:
> http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Vietnam-vet-Plumley-dies-featured-in-war-movie-3936630.php#ixzz291ZO6DSL
>
Thanks for posting this.
> On 10/11/2012 10:10 AM, DhiaDuit wrote:
>> Google it.
>>
> COLUMBUS, Ga. (AP) — Basil L. Plumley, a renowned career soldier whose
> exploits as an Army infantryman were portrayed in a book and the movie
> "We Were Soldiers," has died at 92 — an age his friends are amazed that
> he lived to see.
>
> Plumley fought in World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam and was
> awarded a medal for making five parachute jumps into combat. The retired
> command sergeant major died Wednesday.
>
> Friends said Plumley, who died in hospice care in west Georgia, never
> told war stories and was known to hang up on people who called to
> interview him. Still, he was near-legendary in the Army and gained more
> widespread fame through a 1992 Vietnam War book that was the basis for
> the 2002 movie starring Mel Gibson. Actor Sam Elliott played Plumley in
> the film.
>
> Plumley didn't need a Hollywood portrayal to be revered among soldiers,
> said Greg Camp, a retired Army colonel and former chief of staff at
> neighboring Fort Benning who befriended Plumley in his later years.
>
> Read more:
> http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Vietnam-vet-Plumley-dies-featured-in-war-movie-3936630.php#ixzz291ZO6DSL
>
Thanks for posting this.
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