 
                                        "We Live to Honor Them"
This is James Dietz limited edition print - "We Live to Honor Them". Image Size: 25" x12.4875"Overall Size: 31" x 18.9875"1000 CGSC Class of 2015 Edition250 Publisher Proof Edition100 Artist Proof Edition We Live to Honor ThemCommissioned for this painting is renowned artist, James Dietz. His painting portrays the Battle of IA DRANG Valley, the first major battle between American and North Vietnamese forces. In 1965, the United States escalated their involvement in the Southeast Asia conflict, catapulting the country into one of its longest and deadliest wars. On this November morning, Lieutenant Colonel Harold G. "Hal" Moore's 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry conducted an assault by helicopter into Landing Zone X-Ray in the IA DRANG Valley, known as the Valley of Death. Using 16 Huey Helicopters, Moore and his men landed in LZ X-Ray, north of Chu Pong Mountain. They would be reinforced by elements of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry and 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry. After an hour on the ground
