We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: LA Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
Chronicles one of the most brutal and crucial confrontations between Americans and the Viet Cong, when 450 U.S. soldiers were dropped by helicopter into the Ia Drang Valley and were immediately surrounded by 2000 North Vetnamese soldiers. Tie-in to the film titled We Were Soldiers, starring Mel Gibson, Sam Elliot, and Madeleine Stowe, releasing Memorial Day 2002.
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" A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be ' must' reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game."
- GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
" Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war."
- NEIL SHEEHAN, author of "A Bright Shining Lie"
" A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War."
- COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller "About Face"
A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be must reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game.
GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war.
NEIL SHEEHAN, author of A Bright Shining Lie
A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War.
COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller About Face"
-A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be 'must' reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game.-
-GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
-Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war.-
-NEIL SHEEHAN, author of A Bright Shining Lie
-A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War.-
-COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller About Face
"A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be 'must' reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game."
-GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF "Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war."
-NEIL SHEEHAN, author of A Bright Shining Lie "A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War."
-COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller About Face
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- GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
" Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war."
- NEIL SHEEHAN, author of "A Bright Shining Lie"
" A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War."
- COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller "About Face"
A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be must reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game.
GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war.
NEIL SHEEHAN, author of A Bright Shining Lie
A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War.
COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller About Face"
-A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be 'must' reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game.-
-GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF
-Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war.-
-NEIL SHEEHAN, author of A Bright Shining Lie
-A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War.-
-COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller About Face
"A GUT-WRENCHING ACCOUNT OF WHAT WAR IS REALLY ALL ABOUT, which should be 'must' reading for all Americans, especially those who have been led to believe that war is some kind of Nintendo game."
-GENERAL H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF "Hal Moore and Joe Galloway have captured the terror and exhilaration, the comradeship and self-sacrifice, the brutality and compassion that are the dark heart of war."
-NEIL SHEEHAN, author of A Bright Shining Lie "A powerful and epic story . . . This is the best account of infantry combat I have ever read, and the most significant book to come out of the Vietnam War."
-COLONEL DAVID HACKWORTH, author of the bestseller About Face
The defining moment of the Vietnam war when the American dream of a quick victory died - hard.
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- PublisherHarperaudio
- Publication date1993
- ISBN 10 1559948671
- ISBN 13 9781559948678
- BindingAudio Cassette
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