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We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam Hardcover – October 20, 1992

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On Nov. 14, 1965, the 1st Battalion of the 7th Cavalry, commanded by Lt. Col. Moore and accompanied by UPI reporter Galloway, helicoptered into Vietnam's remote Ia Drang Valley and found itself surrounded by a numerically superior force of North Vietnamese regulars. Moore and Galloway here offer a detailed account, based on interviews with participants and on their own recollections, of what happened during the four-day battle. Much more than a conventional battle study, the book is a frank record of the emotional reactions of the GIs to the terror and horror of this violent and bloody encounter. Both sides claimed victory, the U.S. calling it a validation of the newly developed doctrine of airmobile warfare. Supplemented with maps, the memoir is a vivid re-creation of the first major ground battle of the Vietnam War. Photos.
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Ia Drang, in November 1965, was the first major battle fought by U.S. troops in Vietnam. It was also one of the fiercest. As a lieutenant colonel, Moore commanded the battalion that initiated the fighting. War correspondent Galloway accompanied Moore's troopers from start to finish. We Were Soldiers Once movingly depicts Ia Drang through the eyes of junior officers and enlisted men of the 1st Cavalry Division and their North Vietnamese opponents. The authors convincingly present Ia Drang as an archetype of a self-defeating U.S. strategy that emphasized wearing down a determined and skillful enemy on the battlefield. The result was an unacceptably high level of American losses for the results achieved. One of this book's most telling episodes is its depiction of an army so unprepared to deal with casualties that some telegrams notifying families of a son or husband killed at Ia Drang were delivered by Yellow Cab! Recommended for all collections.
- D.E. Showalter, U.S. Air Force Acad., Colorado Springs
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Random House; First Edition (October 20, 1992)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 432 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0679411585
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0679411581
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.4 x 1.4 x 9.5 inches
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I am a Vietnam Veteran. I served as a Navy Corpsman with the 5th Marines from September 1967 to September 1968. I have experienced much heavy combat. Imbedded in my persona are the deep memories of that war. I am a veteran of The Battle of Hue City in 1968. We were vastly outnumbered. In the first few days of that struggle we had to endure ridiculous rules of engagement. We lost many good men due to this however we persevered and won the Battle. The enemy was defeated. He fled North with us in hot pursuit. The City was freed of the infiltrators and returned to its grateful inhabitants.This book will reveal the incredible hardships and challenges the Vietnam combat veteran faced especially in the beginning of that war. It is enlightening, educational, moving yet uplifting. We must never give up. Often we have no choice but to "stand and fight". The brave men who participated in this epic battle have shown us that.I met Mr. Galloway in August of 2019 at our USMC reunion in Louisville, KY. He is a gallant gentleman. Thank you sir for what you have done for your country and for telling this story of our fight "across the pond".I have written a story of my own experiences in Vietnam entitled "Battlefield Faith" with hopes that it would provide yet another truth of that war. I also trust it would be an inspiration to the Vietnam veteran who yet suffers the wounds of battle. God Bless the Vietnam Veteran and All Combat Veterans.
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