We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam Mass market paperbound - 2004
by General Ha Moore; Joseph Galloway
The true story of the U.S. soldiers who fought at one of the most savage and significant battles in Vietnam. "A gut-wrenching account of what war is really all about, which should be 'must' reading for all Americans."--Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf (Ret.).
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The small bloody hole in the ground that was Captain Bob Edwards's Charlie Company command post was crowded with men.
From the jacket flap
Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young."
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 at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes 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, have 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.
"From the Hardcover edition.
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- Title We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
- Author General Ha Moore; Joseph Galloway
- Binding Mass Market Paperbound
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Pages 480
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Presidio Press, New York
- Date June 29, 2004
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9780345472649 / 0345472640
- Weight 0.53 lbs (0.24 kg)
- Dimensions 6.86 x 4.28 x 1.1 in (17.42 x 10.87 x 2.79 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1960's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Cultural Region: Southeast Asian
- Library of Congress subjects Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnam War, 1961-1975 - United States
- Dewey Decimal Code 959.704
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