We Were Soldiers Once…and Young (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Joseph L. Galloway, Harold G. Moore
- First Published: 1992
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1965
- Setting: Vietnam
- Principal Characters: Harold Moore, Robert McDade, Thomas Brown, Richard Knowles, Harry Kinnard
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: 1960’s, Courage, Vietnam War, Military life or service, Sacrifice, Battles, Stoics
- Locales: Vietnam
We Were Soldiers Once…and Young, by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway, is a major contribution to the literature of the Vietnam War. It recounts the fighting in the Ia Drang Valley in November, 1965, that marked the first major engagement between American and North Vietnamese troops. Moore and Galloway argue that the battle of Ia Drang established a pattern for the conflict that would persist until American troops withdrew from Vietnam. These men write with authority. Moore commanded the battalion of the Seventh Cavalry that initially engaged the North Vietnamese in the...
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