If you are the publisher or author of this book and feel. Moore retired and upi reporter joe galloway played in. Sep 28, 2016 welcome to the official website of we were soldiers too we were soldiers too is an award winning documentary style series on the history of the cold war. Almost as soon as they arrived, american forces were engaged in a series of constant contact. And young is the story of how close moore and his men came to being slaughtered like custers troops. Army and the nva in ia drang valley we were soldiers onceand young. We were soldiers is a 2002 american war film directed by randall wallace and starring mel gibson.
The new york times bestseller, hailed as a powerful and epic story. Is there a message in your book series that you want readers to grasp. For those n to aware, hal moore commanded the american troops at lz xray, and his care and love for his mean shines through in the most. But if we were soldiers treats war as a nightmare, it also insists on the. Gen hal moore, the battle in the ia drang valley, and the hardships that the americans went through in an exciting dramatization. Rather than being a characterdriven narrative that reads almost like a novel, like stephen ambroses books, we were soldiers is a painstaking, minutebyminute, personbyperson account of the battle. Hal moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the ia drang valley. May 16, 2008 the story behind we were soldiers once. The lead author, hal moore, was a lieutenant colonel in the 1st calvary division, one of the units at the front of the battle about which we were soldiers once and young is written. Moore was a battalion commander in vietnam, and galloway was a journalist. We were soldiers once contains a wonderful summary of this british leaders influence on the.
His efforts were later reflected in the 2002 movie we were soldiers, in which mel gibson portrayed moore. But when i finished this book, i looked at my wife and said, if this man were to walk. Moore, a devout catholic who is as devoted a commander as he is a father. The real story of mel gibsons we were soldiers, the battle of ia drang. Hal moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing each year, the commandant of the u. The savage, fiveday melee that erupted at two separate locations in central south vietnam in november, 1965, was the. The 2002 film we were soldiers brought this story to the screen. We were soldiers once and young ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam, shake hands with the devil and fingerprints through time a history of the guelph police are three books that were written from the popular history perspective. A journey back to the battlefields of vietnam and moore and galloway gave an interview on the book at the pritzker military library on september 17, 2008. Feb 24, 2012 we were soldiers is based on the book we were soldiers once. We were soldiers starts out with a french unit on patrol during the final year of the first indochina war in the year 1954. When the snap of gunfire and the thump of artillery momentarily fall silent, the.
Be the first to ask a question about we were soldiers once. The unit gets ambushed by north vietnamese army forces who kill the commanding officers and the unit is overrun. The real story of mel gibsons we were soldiers, the. Though just 24, joe galloway was no greenhorn when he hitched a chopper ride to.
Set in the beginning of the vietnam war, we were soldiers tells the story of lt. Plot summary for we were soldiers we were soldiers. His first book in the series was about his time in the military and was a finalist for nonfiction autobiography book of the year in 2015 with the independent authors network. This film marks the return of john wayne style battle movies to americas post september 11 culture, and contains nothing we havent already seen before in dozens of hollywood war movies.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. We were soldiers too is intended to remind everyone that even though veterans of the cold war never fought in a war, we were soldiers too. During the 80s and early 90s, he researched and wrote a book, we were soldiers once. Jul 11, 2014 well stop supporting this browser soon. After we were soldiers was released, some claimed that it was a waste to make a film about a war that simply was a waste of lives. Then, nguyen huu an orders the execution of all surviving french soldiers to discourage any further french involvement. Marine corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless. Welcome to the official website of we were soldiers too we were soldiers too is an award winning documentary style series on the history of the cold war. In november 1965, some 450 men of the 1st battalion, 7th cavalry, under the command of lt. Following publication of their bestselling account of 1965s horrific clash between the u.
The second author, joe galloway, was a upi the book opens with five pages listing those killed in the pleiku campaign in october and november 1965 when the war in. They have an obligation, a sacred duty, to remember those who fell in battle beside them all their days and to bear witness to the insanity that is war. We were soldiers 59 movie clip arriving in north vietnam. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 north vietnamese soldiers. Moore, 9780345472649, available at book depository with. Based on the book we were soldiers once and young 1992 by lieutenant general ret. This book is shallow when it should be deep, diplomatic when it should be honest. We were soldiers too, is a series of books recognizing those veterans who served during the cold war. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam by harold g. It details the insertion of the air cavalry hueys into vietnam in 1967 its the book that the movie, we were soldiers was written from and its a first hand account by a man that wa actually there. Together, these actions at the landing zones xray and albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the vietnam war.
The book tells what happened to virtually every trooper involved in the 34day campaign. Galloway who was present at the battle published the book we were soldiers onceand young about the battle. The film shows the 400 american soldiers going up against over 3,000 vietnamese troops and its gruesome results. In we were soldiers, a 2002 film based on his 1992 book, galloway is portrayed by actor barry pepper. Marine corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all marines. Moore retired and upi reporter joe galloway played in the film by barry pepper. Based on the bestselling book, we were soldiers once. The commandants choice for 1993 was we were soldiers once. We were soldiers 49 movie clip moving into the valley. Based on the book we were soldiers once and young 1992 by.
We were soldiers too award winning series on history of. Galloway, it dramatizes the battle of ia drang on november 14, 1965. Ia drangthe battle that changed the war in vietnam, 1992, moore, the battalion commander, and galloway, the only. Apr 10, 2017 we were soldiers too is intended to remind everyone that even though veterans of the cold war never fought in a war, we were soldiers too. Galloway and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. The book covers the first major battle of the vietnam war, the ia drang battle, in which both men participated. We were soldiers too award winning series on history of the. We were soldiers is a 2002 film about the battle of ia drang in vietnam in november, 1965 the first clash between a force of us troops and the peoples army of vietnam and the start of americas commitment to the vietnam war.
We were soldiers is based on the book we were soldiers once. It focuses on the role of the first and second battalions of the 7th cavalry regiment in the battle of the ia drang valley, the united states first largeunit battle of the vietnam war. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam. Harold moore, were dropped into a small clearing in the ia drang valley. The film also portrays the sense of brotherhood the soldiers felt that the real lieutenant colonel hal moore writes extensively about in his book that the film is based off of. One of the firefighters on the scene said, we thought we were looking at the bowels of hell. We were soldiers deleted scene back from battle 2002 mel gibson war movie hd duration. And young, the film tells the story of the first battle of the vietnam war from the perspective of two participants, a u. Its been called the battle that changed the war in vietnam.
At the end, we were soldiers has colonel moore walking along the vietnam memorial in washington and reaching conclusions similar to those of old kaspars in robert southeys poem after blenheim. Oct 20, 1991 the commandants choice for 1993 was we were soldiers once. Acclaimed for its vivid, poignant, and honest recreation of sixteen brutal months of nearly continuous battle in the deadly hindu kesh, outlaw platoon is a band of brothers or we were soldiers once and young for the early 21st centuryan actionpacked, highly emotional true. Hal moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the ia drang.
Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was brutally slaughtered. Ia drangthe battle that changed the war in vietnam, 1992, moore, the battalion commander, and galloway, the only journalist covering the battle, made a halfdozen trips to vietnam looking to walk the old battlefields and put some of our ghosts to rest. During midnovember 1965, moore then a lieutenant colonel led 450 officers and men from the us armys 1st cavalry division into the ia drang valley, a trackless waste near vietnams border with cambodia that served as a communist sanctuary and infiltration route into vietnams central highlands. The real story of mel gibsons we were soldiers, the battle. A friend sent me a veterans report on the 10th anniversary of 911 focusing on the role that rescoria played in saving all but 6 of 2700 staff under his hse care you can see his youthful picture on the front of version of the book carrying the m16. When the army begins to use yellow cab drivers to deliver telegrams notifying the next of kin of soldiers deaths in combat, julia personally assumes that. Like the book on which it is based written by the reallife moore and. When he passed away i got all the books back i had given him. He led the americans into their first major engagement in viet nam. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam harold g. It serves the army brass more than the men who paid the price. Bob is an award winning author for his we were soldiers too series. Besides telling the story of the historic library and its destruction, the author recounts the intense arson investigation and provides an indepth biography of the troubled young man who. We were soldiers once and young is a 1992 book by lt.
But hollywood isnt sure in which war by maurice isserman, professor of history, hamilton college. Inscribed and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. The title also reflects the importance of every job in the military as important to the success of the mission. Aug 19, 2008 to honor fallen comrades, a journalist and a soldier return to vietnam battlefields more than 30 years later. Fabarication applies particulary to a false but carefully invented statement or a series of statements, in which some truth is sometimes interwoven, the whole usually intended to deceive. Galloway the random house publishing group, 1992 steve heiser u. In march 2002, paramount pictures released the film we were soldiers once. We were soldiers too cold war book series home facebook. In november 1965, some 450 men of the first battalion, seventh cavalry, under the command of lt.
Jun, 2003 fiction we were soldiers once and young xray part. The battle that changed the war in vietnam new ed by l. Introduction in november 1965, the 7th cavalry regiment of the u. The series offers a unique perspective of the cold war by telling the history through the careers of the veterans who served during this critical time in history. And young is a nonfiction book about the vietnam war by joseph l. Moore was asked to develop the air cavalry, a system for using helicopters in combat.