num_pages: 688
description: A #1 New York Times Bestseller In 1965, 450 were dropped into the Ia Drang Valley. Immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers, they faced nearly certain destruction. How these men survived is a vivid portrait of war at its most devastating and inspiring. Included in Core 6 only.
language: English
title: We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang: The Battle That Changed the War In Vietnam
titlecomplete: We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang: The Battle That Changed the War In Vietnam
genres: Historical, Biography, Memoir, Military Fiction, American History, War, Nonfiction, Leadership, History, Military History
ratings_count: 30252
publisher: Thorndike Press