We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young
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| Author | Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway |
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| Country | United States of America |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Vietnam, War, Historical Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Released | October 20, 1992 |
| Media type | Hardcover and Trade Paperback |
| Pages | 432 |
| ISBN | 0679411585 |
We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War. It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of Ia Drang. This battle was the first large-unit battle of the Vietnam War; previous conflicts involved small units and patrols (squad, platoon, and company sized units).
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[edit] Publisher's Summary
In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Harold G. Moore, were dropped into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immdediately 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 events constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. Told by the commander of the battalion and the only journalist on the ground through the fighting, this is the devastating, yet inspiring, story of those soldiers who sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up.
[edit] Editions
- ISBN 0679411585; Published: October 20, 1992, Random House Publishing Group, 432 pages (Hardcover)
- ISBN 0060013257; Published: April 15, 2002, Harper Perennial, 528 pages (Trade Paperback)
- ISBN 078624495X; Published: August 1, 2002, Thorndike Press, 688 pages (Hardcover)
- ISBN 0345472640; Published: June 29, 2004, Random House, 535 pages (Mass Market Paperbound)
- ISBN 034547581X; Published: November 23, 2004, Presidio Press, 432 pages (Trade Paperback)
[edit] Film adaptation
The book was adapted into the movie We Were Soldiers, directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson as Moore. In the book, Moore complains that "Every damn Hollywood movie got it wrong"; Wallace has said he was inspired by this comment and became "determined to get it right this time."
[edit] References
- Moore, Harold G.; and Galloway, Joseph L. (1992) We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam (1st ed.). Random House. ISBN 0-679-41158-5.
