Ms Maureen Collins Baker shared memories of her late brother, Assemblyman B.T.Collins, who died of a heart attack in 1993. B.T. Collins served as a Special Forces (Green Berets) Captain in Vietnam. He lost an arm and a leg in the war in 1967. Collins later served as Gov. Jerry Brown's chief of staff and as the Director, California Conservation Corps under Gov. Pete Wilson. Collins reinvigorated the Conservation Corps, coining the motto, "Hard work, low pay, miserable conditions." Collins was often the feature speaker at California Military Academy Officer Candidate School graduations.

Paramount Pictures released the movie, We Were Soldiers, in 2002 based on Mr. Galloway's and co-author's LTG (Ret.) Hal Moore's account of the Vietnam Battle of Ia Drang in November 1965. The movie received accolades for properly portraying the Vietnam Soldier's courage and professionalism. Mr. Galloway and LTG Moore recently released, We Are Soldiers Still, a sequel to their first book where the authors and Ia Drang veterans' journey back to the battlefield to honor the soldiers who fought and died on it.