We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore

I came back disillusioned and angry as many did.īut when I finished this book, I looked at my wife and said, 'If THIS MAN were to walk up to our front door, drop a rucksack and a rifle on the porch and say 'Follow Me,' I would do it. I was an Infantry Officer in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam, during the 'Hamburger Hill' - Firebase Ripcord period in the area of the Ashau Valley that, like the Ia Drang Valley, ate American units whole. And Always', by Mike Guardia) was published by Casemate Publishers in November 2013. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, Army Distinguished Service Medal, Legion Of Merit (3 Awards), Bronze Star (4 Awards, including 2 for valor), Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm (3 Awards) and many other medals, decorations, and badges. After a long and distinguished career, including combat service in the Korean War prior to his service in Viet Nam, Lt. Galloway was also present during much of the battle, as a combat correspondent for UPI. And Young & We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back To The Battlefields Of Vietnam about the 1965 battle of the Ia Drang valley in Viet Nam, during most of which Moore (then a Lt. He was the co-author (with Joe Galloway) of two successful books We Were Soldiers Once. military's second-highest decoration for valor, and was the first of his West Point class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. Lieutenant General Harold Gregory Moore Jr. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor. 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. 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. 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. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War.

Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces.

They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley.

In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines.

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore