The West Point Society of Atlanta
invites you to
THE 2006 WEST POINT FOUNDERS DAY
SATURDAY, MARCH 11, 2006
6:00 p.m. Benny Havens (Cash Bar)/Registration
6:45 p.m. First Call for Dinner
7:00 p.m. Dinner/Program
Dancing until 12:00 Midnight
at The Commons, Fort McPherson, Georgia
Host: Major General Gary D. Speer ‘72
Acting Deputy Commanding General/Chief of Staff, U.S. Army Forces Command
Guest of Honor: Joseph Galloway, Author
“We Were Soldiers Once. . .And Young”
(Signed, hardcover books will be available for $20 each.)
Dress: Army Blue or Blue Mess/Business Suit/Cocktail Dress (Tuxedo Optional)
$45.00 per person for non dues-paying members and their guests
$35.00 per person for current dues-paying members and their guests
See below for payment options—there will be no refunds.
A reservation made is a reservation paid!
Early RSVPs and payment are strongly requested. To guarantee class seating, RSVP NLT March 3, 2006.
Late changes - Call Jan Heath, (404) 464-5351 or WPSA Voice Mail (404) 881-8081.
(Please retain and show at gate as your temporary pass to Fort McPherson.
Be prepared to show identification with photograph and proof of insurance.)
RSVP NLT March 3, 2006 -- Use the printable RSVP form online or pay securely online via your credit card.
Please mark your calendars for Founders' Day on Saturday, March 11th. Our guest speaker will be Joseph Galloway, the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers, nationally syndicated columnist, and one of the most capable military writers today. The location will be our traditional venue - The Commons at Ft. McPherson. Information on price and times will be forthcoming at a later date.
Galloway has more than four decades as a military reporter, and he recently concluded an assignment as a special consultant to GEN Colin Powell at the State Department.
He also was co-author of "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young" with LTG Harold Moore, '45, which covered the significant battle of Ia Drang in 1965, in which he participated as a journalist. Hardbound copies of the book will be made available for sale at a significant discount, and Galloway has agreed to pre-sign copies of the book. More recently, he wrote a special piece - "Echo Company" - which follows a company-sized Marine Unit in Iraq.
We hope to see you at Founders' Day!
His biography follows:
Joseph L. Galloway is the senior military correspondent for Knight Ridder Newspapers and a nationally syndicated columnist. One of America's preeminent war correspondents, with more than four decades as a reporter and writer, he recently concluded an assignment as a special consultant to Gen. Colin Powell at the State Department.
Galloway, a native of Refugio, Texas, spent 22 years as a foreign and war correspondent and bureau chief for United Press International, and nearly 20 years as a senior editor and senior writer for U.S. News & World Report magazine. His overseas postings include tours in Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Singapore and three years as UPI bureau chief in Moscow in the former Soviet Union. During the course of 15 years of foreign postings Galloway served four tours as a war correspondent in Vietnam and also covered the 1971 India-Pakistan War and half a dozen other combat operations.
In 1990-1991 Galloway covered Desert Shield/Desert Storm, riding with the 24th Infantry Division (Mech) in the assault into Iraq. General H. Norman Schwarzkopf has called Galloway "The finest combat correspondent of our generation -- a soldier's reporter and a soldier's friend."
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