We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

Author: Harold G. MooreBrand: Presidio PressColor: MulticolorEdition: 5/30/04Features: Vietnam War Southeast Asia Geo-political Power-politics 20th Century Binding: Mass Market PaperbackNumber Of Pages: 480Release Date: 29-06-2004Part Number: 9780345472649Details: 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--sacrifi