Battle of Ia Drang Valley
At a glance:
- Series: Magill’s Guide to Military History
- Categories: Military History
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles, Communism, Communists, Vietnam War
- Curriculum: American History 1951-present, Asian History
- Geographical Location: Southeast Asia, Vietnam, Indochina
- Date: November 14-16, 1965
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Vietnam Conflict. Result: American disruption of planned North Vietnamese offensive.
In November, 1965, North Vietnamese forces gathered in the Ia Drang Valley in Pleiku province in the central highlands of South Vietnam with the intention of dividing the country in two. On November 14, 1965, Harold G. Moore’s First Battalion, Seventh Cavalry, landed by helicopter at landing zone X-Ray, where the North Vietnamese were assembled, and was assaulted by portions of three North Vietnamese army regiments....
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