Anecdotes

Former editor of "Newsweek"

Founding editor of "Texas Monthly"

Wrote the book Brother in Arms, an account of his return to Vietnam as a journalist/civilian 15 years after leading a platoon there as a young Lieutenant in the Marine Corps.

Attended the prestigious Rice University in Texas and was a Marshall Scholar at Oxford.

He was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in March 2002 in Austin, Texas.

Son of William Dodson Broyles, Sr. and Elizabeth Bills. Has a younger sister named Alice Elizabeth Broyles who was born in December of 1948.

Has written a Vietnam war script titled "Khe Sanh" which Tom Hanks will produce and star in. Broyles has also written a Western about cattle ranchers titled "Tom Harris" which Harrison Ford is currently rumored to star in. (septembre 2002)

Lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Wrote a screenplay adaptation of the WWII novel "Earth, Wings and Fire" for Cruise/ Wagner Productions.

While Broyles was born in Houston, he was subsequently raised in the neighboring city of Baytown Texas.