Book #11: We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam, Hal Moore, Joe Galloway
On November 14, 1965, American soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry (1/7) jumped out of helicopters as an assault force at LZ X-Ray. As the next several days unfolded, these soldiers and those of 2nd Battalion, 7th Calvary (2/7) at LX Albany, confronted the People’s Army of North Vietnam in the first major clash between these two armies in the Vietnam War. This book is the record of that battle told by Lt. Col. Hal Moore the commanding officer of 1/7 and an embedded reporter, Joe Galloway. It is a compelling story of American heroism and courage that serves as the literary source for the 2002 movie “We Were Soldiers.”
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