![]() It reveals to us, as rarely before, man's most heroic and horrendous endeavor. 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. 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. 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. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway return to Vietnam and reflect on how the war changed them, their men, their enemies, and both countriesoften with surprising results. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. In their stunning follow-up to the classic bestseller We Were Soldiers Once. ![]() They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. He retired from the Army in 1977 with thirty-two years’ service. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. Moore (Ret.) (19222017) was a master parachutist and Army aviator who commanded two infantry companies in the Korean War and was a battalion and brigade commander in Vietnam. ![]() ![]() ![]() In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. ![]()
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