We Were Soldiers Once. and Young : Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Moore, Harold G.; Galloway, Joseph L - 1993

New York, NY, U.S.A.: HarperPerennial, 1993. Book. Near-Fine. Trade Paperback. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Near-fine condition. NO remainder marks or clippings. Tight spine, clean pages. Illustrated. 485 pages. 6 pages have very-light highlighting. Does NOT interfere with reading. NO other writing or marks inside book. NO tears inside book. Covers are clean (NO tears). In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped 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 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..