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| Original Title: | We Were Soldiers Once... and Young |
| ISBN: | 034547581X (ISBN13: 9780345475817) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | We Soldiers #1 |
Harold G. Moore
Paperback | Pages: 480 pages Rating: 4.31 | 24691 Users | 625 Reviews
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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--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.
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| Title | : | We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam (We Soldiers #1) |
| Author | : | Harold G. Moore |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 480 pages |
| Published | : | November 23rd 2004 by Presidio Press (first published October 20th 1991) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. War. Military Fiction. Military. Military History. North American Hi.... American History. Biography |
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TC is my hometown! Glad to have seen this 9 years after being posted!I checked We Were Soldiers Once and Young by Gen Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway out of The Colony, Texas public library. There is a movie based on this book. I read the book first and was surprised when I saw the movie. They had left out the second battle. It was a battle that was just as bloody as the first, but without LTC Moore commanding. General Moore and Joseph Galloway have written a fine book. It should be must reading for every military officer and politician. I found this book
Every once in a while, a book comes along that really has an impact on me, and this is one such book. Interestingly, I didn't know the book existed until 2002, 10 years after it was published. I had heard of Ia Drang, though, from a good friend who was there and told me about the battles a couple of times when he got drunk. It is the only time I ever heard him mention it, I think he had to get drunk to talk of it and he did so with tears in his eyes. And just after I finished reading the book, I
I wanted to read a book to commemorate Memorial Day here in the U.S. I chose this book, as it was the first true battle that was fought in the Vietnam War. My Uncle was in this conflict and he never would speak about it at all. Of course no one in the family ever pressured him about this as he was left deeply traumatized over the experience and all that my mother ever said he remarked on was his loss of good friends.This book was good and is a true tale of both sides. It is a newly built force
Early on within this book with self descriptions of achievements since this battle was a little drab to me; boring in that I wanted to proceed further to the battle itself. As is normally the case this actually sort of set the tone for everything real. As I kept reading I began to become impressed with several points of interest. First, General Moore was not the arrogant person I thought he would turn out to be, and second the journalist (Joseph L. Galloway) that tagged in an embedded sense was
I never read a book about the Vietnam War before. But I don't think I could've found a better book to start. This is an amazing retelling of two of first large engagements of the American involvement in Vietnam. The descriptions of the battle and the first hand accounts do a great job of dropping you into the middle of these fights and detailing the desperate struggle these men were in. Using the maps in the book and visiting the We Were Soldiers webpage helps by keeping you aware of the
This is an amazing book, fascinating and disturbing at the same time. There is probably nothing I can add to the hundreds of reviews of this book. However, I'd just like to say what lessons I took from it. First of all, at the risk of hyperbole, I must say that I wish every American would read this book. In it you will learn about the bravery of the American service person, and the real cost of war. It is a story that transcends the conflict in Vietnam and is very applicable to our modern
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