Catalog number: VIS 201.0530
In this interview Joseph L. Galloway describes his experiences as a journalist in Vietnam and in the first Gulf War. He describes his childhood in Texas while his father and uncles were away fighting in World War II and living in a household full of frightened women waiting for the telegraph boy. He recalls collecting scrap metal and bacon grease for the war effort and how shoes were rationed. He tells of his father’s return from the war and his subsequent work in the oil industry in Texas. After high school, Mr. Galloway entered college as a campus stringer with the Victoria Daily Advertiser using a 1912 Remington typewriter with carbon paper. He describes meeting Harry Truman. In 1964, he was sent to the Tokyo Aisan Desk. Mr. Truman asked him to visit Hiroshima and Mr. Galloway describes the visit, including speaking with the Mayor of Hiroshima. He describes his days in Vietnam, dictating stories during a mortar attack. He relates how he became embedded with a unit in country for the Battle of Ia Drang. He lists the other places in which he served as a journalist including Jakarta, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Portuguese Timor, Papua New Guinea, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. and Mosul. He tells of his retirement and his philosophy of war.