We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

Name: We Were Soldiers Once... and Young Ia Drang - the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam
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ISBN: 9780345475817

ISBN-10: 034547581X

ISBN-13: 9780345475817

Edition: 1992

Authors: Ha Moore, Joseph Galloway

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Each year, the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. 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…

Book details

List price: $23.00
Copyright year: 1992
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/23/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 6.22" wide x 9.09" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 1.342
Language: English