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We Were Soldiers Once … and Young Ia Drang—the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway Contents Maps Prologue GOING TO WAR 1. Heat of Battle 2. The Roots of Conflict 3. Boots and Saddles 4. The Land and the Enemy X-RAY 5. Into the Valley 6. The Battle Begins 7. Closing with the Enemy 8. The Storm of Battle 9. Brave Aviators 10. Fix Bayonets! 11. Night Falls 12. A Dawn Attack 13. Friendly Fire 14. Rescuing the Lost Platoon 15. Night Fighters 16. Policing the Battlefield 17. It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over ALBANY 18. A Walk in the Sun 19. Hell in a Very Small Place 20. Death in the Tall Grass 21. Escape and Evade 22. Night Without End 23. The Sergeant and the Ghost AFTERMATH 24. Mentioned in Dispatches 25. “The Secretary of the Army Regrets …” 26. Reflections and Perceptions Epilogue Image Gallery Appendix: Where Have All the Young Men Gone? Acknowledgments Interviews and Statements Chapter Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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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

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We Were Soldiers Once … and Young Ia Drang—the Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway Contents Maps Prologue GOING TO WAR 1. Heat of Battle 2. The Roots of Conflict 3. Boots and Saddles 4. The Land and the Enemy X-RAY 5. Into the Valley 6. The Battle Begins 7. Closing with the Enemy 8. The Storm of Battle 9. Brave Aviators 10. Fix Bayonets! 11. Night Falls 12. A Dawn Attack 13. Friendly Fire 14. Rescuing the Lost Platoon 15. Night Fighters 16. Policing the Battlefield 17. It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over ALBANY 18. A Walk in the Sun 19. Hell in a Very Small Place 20. Death in the Tall Grass 21. Escape and Evade 22. Night Without End 23. The Sergeant and the Ghost AFTERMATH 24. Mentioned in Dispatches 25. “The Secretary of the Army Regrets …” 26. Reflections and Perceptions Epilogue Image Gallery Appendix: Where Have All the Young Men Gone? Acknowledgments Interviews and Statements Chapter Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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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

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