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*Contact Info* Email Me MySpace: Profile & Pics AIM, YIM, MSN: icanblog ICQ: 160644326 *Links* Hyena Vince American in Taiwan Drudge Fark Digg *Popular Past Posts* Omni Financial Omni Financial Sucks American Income Life September 11th Absinthe Sapisvr.exe	Thursday, March 21, 2002 From the front page (Ephemera...) of Wired: Hero, Schmero When the first edition of We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young appeared in 1992, it bore the picture of Rick Rescorla on its cover. Rescorla was a soldier who fought heroically at Ia Drang Valley, the Vietnam War battle that was the book's subject. Rescorla played the hero once more on Sept. 11, when as chief of security for Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, he helped hundreds of people escape from the burning World Trade Center before dying in the collapse of his building. But real-life heroism doesn't trump star power, because it's Mel Gibson -- lead actor in the movie made from the book -- who graces the cover of the third edition. It's all about branding, baby Jonathan 3/21/2002 01:38:00 PM	Some parts true. Many made-up. Songs don't stay posted long. All photos are manipulated. Denver *Archives* February 2002 March 2002 April 2002 May 2002 June 2002 July 2002 August 2002 September 2002 October 2002 November 2002 December 2002 January 2003 February 2003 March 2003 April 2003 May 2003 June 2003 July 2003 February 2004 March 2004 April 2004 May 2004 June 2004 July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 February 2007 March 2007 Home