Moore (Ret.) and war journalist Joseph L. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor. We Were Soldiers Once.and Young: la Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam is a 1992 book by Lt. Their poignant account rises above the ordeal it chronicles to depict men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have once found unimaginable. Galloway-the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting-interviewed hundreds of men who fought in the battle, including the North Vietnamese commanders. How these Americans persevered-sacrificing themselves for their comrades and never giving up-creates a vivid portrait of war at its most devastating and inspiring. They were the first major engagements between the US Army and the People's Army of Vietnam. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was brutally slaughtered. They were immediately surrounded by 2, 000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Harold Moore, were dropped into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. experiences in the best-selling book, We Were Soldiers Once.and Young. In November 1965, some 450 men of the First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Hal Moore, one of the most admired American combat leaders of the last 50 years. the best account of infantry combat I have ever read" (Col. New York Times Bestseller: A "powerful and epic story.
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