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In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together these actions constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. The story of how these men persevered paints a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joseph Galloway, the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting, interviewed hundreds of men who fought there, including the North Vietnamese commanders. This devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor. read by Johnny HellerProduct Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060082569
ISBN-139780060082567
eBay Product ID (ePID)1990661
Product Key Features
Publication Year2001
TopicMilitary / Korean War, Military / Vietnam War, World
Book TitleWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young : IA Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistory
AuthorHarold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal959.7/043373
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition