We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam

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 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. It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor. more

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-27-2009; Demonstrates the heroism of the lower ranks despite the failure of leadership in the upper ranks; This is a difficult book to rate and I'd prefer not to assign a star rating for that reason. It's a good, although confusing, recitation of individual recollections of the minute by minute events of intense fighting, As a book on "what...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-21-2009; A Fitting Tribute to Moore's Men; General Hal Moore and Joe Galloway combined to write one of the most memorable books on the Vietnam War. In 1965, early in the war, then-Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore's battalion air assaulted into the Ia Drang Valley and became involved...; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-12-2009; We were Soldiers Once...And Young:; Best Viet-Nam book written. Details of events give accurate account of the time and what we did as a nation to work into the position we put ourselves in.; read full review | report as inappropriate

5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-07-2009; WE WERE SOLDIERS.....ONCE; A BRUTAL AND HARROWING TRUTHFUL PORTRAYAL OF HEROES UNDER FIRE. YOUNG MEN WHO HAD NO IDEA OF WHAT TO EXPECT IN A FOREIGN LAND FIGHTING IN CONDITIONS NEVER ENCOUNTERED BEFORE. FIGHTING AN ENEMY DETERMINED TO WIN AND THAT KNEW NO...; read full review | report as inappropriate

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4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jul-27-2009; Demonstrates the heroism of the lower ranks despite the failure of leadership in the upper ranks; This is a difficult book to rate and I'd prefer not to assign a star rating for that reason. It's a good, although confusing, recitation of individual recollections of the minute by minute events of intense fighting, As a book on "what...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Dec-05-2003; Definitive account of Ia Drang, albeit heart wrenching; I read the book twice and saw the movie twice. The movie does not do justice to the book. It is the best historical record of a brutal battle in Vietnam in 1965. However, the book does not flow easily. Nonetheless, it is painful to...; read full review | report as inappropriate

1/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Sep-02-2004; Amazing Topic, Poorly Written; When I think of this book and the movie made from it, I wonder how they did that. Trying to gather comprehensible, story-telling scenes for a motion picture from this jumble of poorly written hodgepodge would have been very...; read full review | report as inappropriate