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050 00 $aDS557.8.I18$bM66 1992
082 00 $a959.704/342$220
100 1 $aMoore, Harold G.,$d1922-
245 10 $aWe were soldiers once -and young :$bIa Drang, the battle that changed the war in Vietnam /$cHarold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bRandom House,$cc1992.
300 $axx, 412 p., [20] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [398]-402) and index.
505 0 $aHeat of battle -- The roots of conflict -- Boots and saddles -- The land and the enemy -- Into the valley -- The battle begins -- Closing with the enemy -- The storm of battle -- Brave aviators -- Fix bayonets! -- Night falls -- A dawn attack -- Friendly fire -- Rescuing the lost platoon -- Night fighters -- Policing the battlefield -- It ain't over till it's over -- A walk in the sun -- Hell in a very small place -- Death in the tall grass -- Escape and evade -- Night without end -- The sergeant and the ghost -- Mentioned in dispatches -- "The secretary of the army regrets ..." -- Reflections and perceptions.
520 $aIn 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. How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--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 devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge, dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier.
650 0 $aIa Drang Valley, Battle of, Vietnam, 1965.
700 1 $aGalloway, Joseph L.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aMoore, Harold G., 1922-$tWe were soldiers once -and young.$b1st ed.$dNew York : Random House, ©1992$w(OCoLC)645849922
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