We Were Soldiers Once... and Young - wikipedia We Were Soldiers Once... and Young We Were Soldiers Once... and Young First edition cover, featuring Lt. Rick Rescorla Author Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore ( Ret. ) and Joseph L. Galloway Country United States Language English Subject Vietnam, War Genre Historical Non-fiction Publisher Random House Publication date October 20, 1992 Media type Hardcover and Trade Paperback Pages 432 ISBN 0 - 679 - 41158 - 5 OCLC 25832046 Dewey Decimal 959.704 / 342 20 LC Class DS557. 8. I18 M66 1992 We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore ( Ret. ) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War. It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the United States ' first large - unit battle of the Vietnam War ; previous engagements involved small units and patrols ( squad, platoon, and company sized units ). It was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers. Contents 1 Reception 2 Editions 3 References 4 External links Reception The book was a New York Times best - seller. David Halberstam called it `` A stunning achievement -- paper and words with the permanence of marble. I read it and thought of The Red Badge of Courage, the highest compliment I can think of. '' General H. Norman Schwarzkopf said `` We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a great book of military history, written the way military history should be written. '' Editions Moore, Harold G. & Galloway, Joseph L. ( October 20, 1992 ). We Were Soldiers Once... And Young ( Hardcover ed. ). Random House Publishing Group. p. 432. ISBN 0679411585. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Moore, Harold G. & Galloway, Joseph L. ( April 15, 2002 ). We Were Soldiers Once... And Young ( Trade Paperback ed. ). Harper Perennial. p. 528. ISBN 0060013257. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Moore, Harold G. & Galloway, Joseph L. ( August 1, 2002 ). We Were Soldiers Once... And Young ( Hardcover ed. ). Thorndike Press. p. 688. ISBN 078624495X. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Moore, Harold G. & Galloway, Joseph L. ( June 29, 2004 ). We Were Soldiers Once... And Young ( Mass Market Paperback ed. ). Random House. p. 535. ISBN 0345472640. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Moore, Harold G. & Galloway, Joseph L. ( November 23, 2004 ). We Were Soldiers Once... And Young ( Trade Paperback ed. ). Presidio Press. p. 432. ISBN 034547581X. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) References Jump up ^ `` Home Page We Were Soldiers Once... and Young ''. LZ X-Ray.com. Retrieved April 23, 2017. External links Joseph Galloway interviewed on Conversations from Penn State Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=We_Were_Soldiers_Once..._and_Young&oldid=801509591 '' Categories : 1992 books Vietnam War books Battle of Ia Drang Books adapted into films Cengage Learning books Random House books Hidden categories : Pages to import images to Wikidata CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter Talk Contents About Wikipedia עברית Nederlands Polski Edit links This page was last edited on 20 September 2017, at 02 : 44. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who wrote we were soldiers once and young
Answer: Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.)