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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young : Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Joseph L. Galloway and Harold G. Moore (2002, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060975768
ISBN-139780060975760
eBay Product ID (ePID)22285
Product Key Features
Book TitleWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young : IA Drang-The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2002
TopicMilitary / Vietnam War, General
FeaturesReprint
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorJoseph L. Galloway, Harold G. Moore
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight16 Oz
Item Length8.1 in
Item Width5.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN93-015836
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal959.7/043373
Edition DescriptionReprint
SynopsisEach 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 is 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--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. 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. 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. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor., 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 is 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--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. 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. 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. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor.
LC Classification NumberDS557.8.I18M663 1993
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