We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam - Hardcover

Moore, Harold G.; Galloway, Joseph L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1853105023 ISBN 13: 9781853105029

Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd, 1994

Synopsis

A moving account of one of Vietnam's most savage battles, this book presents a tale of endurance, self-sacrifice and friendship. It is based on hundreds of interviews of men who fought there, including North Vietnamese commanders. In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under Lt. Col. Hal Moore's command, 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 Vietnam War's most significant battles. How these men persevered 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 dramatic account presents a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge and 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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" 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"

"From the Trade Paperback edition."

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"

"From the Trade Paperback edition.""

"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

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Book Description

The defining moment of the Vietnam war when the American dream of a quick victory died - hard.

Edition details

• Publisher: Airlife Publishing Ltd
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853105023
• ISBN 13: 9781853105029
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432