We were soldiers once -and young
Subtitle: Ia Drang, the battle that changed the war in Vietnam
By: Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway.
Edition: 1st HarperPerennial ed.
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: 1993
Place of publication: New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Ia Drang Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1965.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [467]-471).
Originally published: New York : Random House, 1992.