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Summary: Mesmirizing, heartbreaking, unforgettable. War IS hell!
Review: I am priviledged to know personally Gen. Moore & Joe Galloway & many of those soldiers who fought in the battle of Ia Drang. I am also familiar with the lingering effects of that battle on those who were there, & their friends & family. I've been to the annual reunion in D.C. held every Nov., been to the memorial service at The Wall early on a Sun. morning as the name of each soldier who fought in that battle is read by a "brother" who is there to honor him. Tears flow freely, without embarrasment. There are never enough hugs. The love Gen. Moore has for those men, & they for each other, is unconditional. When I read the book, I felt such sadness & anger that those of us "back home" were lied to by the very gov't. that was allowing our brothers, sons, husbands, lovers, to be put through such horror - & Ia Drang was only the beginning. When I first met Gen. Moore & thanked him for writing the book, his response was "I had to. I had to. Those men must not be forgotten. America must know of their bravery." Those men will never be forgotten. And, FINALLY, we learned of their bravery. Also, to correct the synopsis, Joe Galloway did not "accompany" Gen. Moore to LZ X-Ray. He was able to "bum" a ride on a resupply helicopter the night of the first day's battle (Nov. 14th) only after getting permission from Gen. Moore. I was quite surprised by the 9/4/97 comments of Russell L. Ross,Albany 32, ref. changing the book from history to fiction. If Mr. Ross was a member of the 2nd BN who was at LZ Albany, his anger should be directed at Lt. Col. Bob McDade, whose stupidity put his battalion in a position to be ambushed & massacred! I'm also at a loss ref Ross's rambling comments about Jack Smith & the mechanics of the helicopters. I can assure Mr. Ross, there was nothing ficticious in the account of that battle!
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Summary: Absolutely Earth Shattering
Review: Since reading We Were Soldier Once...and Young not a day has gone by that I haven't thanked my lucky stars for such brave and courageous men. If only such a book existed prior to this horrible event, these extraordinary men would have received the home-coming and recognition that they so rightly deserve.
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Summary: The humanization of the American soldiers who fought in VN.
Review: I was 7 years old when the extraordinary men and boys who would soon be men or remain so eternally landed at LZ X-ray in the Ia Drang Valley. Those who are my age know that we witnessed this war daily and only through the cynical eye that resided in our living rooms. What General Moore accomplishes in this book is no small feat: He is able to humanize the American soldiers who fought in Vietnam - something that was not done while the war was moving to its cacaphonous crescendo. I was not there and will never know the horror they lived through or died experiencing but Gen. Moore's story often brought tears to my eyes. It also brought a repentence to my soul for I will never again embrace the belief that our soldiers were inhuman tools of destruction instead of people who had friendships, families and lives.
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Summary: Leadership In Combat
Review: I read this book to fulfill a OCS requirement and I read it again for enjoyment. The book teaches future leaders about the fluidity of combat and having the leadership skills to react. Col. Moore seems to show many of the qualities needed to be an effective leader. After personaly speaking with Clinton Poley who was wounded on X ray, I found Col Moore was highly regarded by his men. After reading the book, You will feel you know many of these men
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Summary: A moving account of USA air mobile force application.
Review: This was a moving account of the first large scale application of US Army air mobile force application in War using the helicopter. The bravery of the 7th Cav in battle despite tremendous losses in the face of heavy NVA troop concentrations was thoroughly and lucidly written by the authors. The leadership principles shown by the officers and enlisted men of the 7th Cav was acid tested and came through saving USA lives in a very difficult battle using new doctrine.
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Summary: Required reading for anyone who thinks wars are romantic.
Review: This is an excellent book. It will make difficult reading, I think, for anyone without some war experience. The author did a wonderful job of distinguishing for the reader what the soldiers knew at the time and what is now known about the battle.
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Summary: Now I understand...
Review: Because I am a woman, I will never see ground battle. Because I am 40, I want to know what my male peer group experienced during that drawn-out, significant, memorable period of my life now refered to as "the Vietnam era." "We Were Soldiers..." was gritty and real, immediate yet contemplative. I learned a little about the men who were drafted and those who chose military careers, then how they went to war, performed under extreme pressure, perservered under incredible situations and died under worse, and returned whole or shattered, dead or alive, to their now-distant homeland. A welcome afterword section also introduced me to some of the people who waited stateside only to have to learn to live without their soldiers. Now I understand military teamwork, hierarchy, politics, protocol. Now I am glad I was never expected to serve, yet grateful that these authors so vividly recounted their experiences, making them real for me.
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Summary: BEST BOOK I'VE ABOUT THE ARMY IN VIETNAM--NAM MARINE VET
Review: WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND YOUNG BY MOORE
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Summary: Col Moore was there and lived it, I saw it from the air
Review: The book is expertly written by one who was on the ground and lived through it. The book carries with it many stories about those brave soldiers who lived and died in the Valley. It is a very emotional book and one worth reading. I viewed the Valley from a Helicopter Gun Ship.
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Summary: should be changed from history to fiction
Review: this is not to degerade the men who followed moore they fought well not knowing he didnt know infantry or air assualt tatics the book is filled with inconsistancies he only had 16 choppers to get his battalion to x-ray 80 men 5 per chopper but could carry more as fuel tanks empted crandals tanks were full fm-57-35 page 7 paragraph 14 refuling a. the aviation unit commander is responsible for, planning aircraft refueling facilities and location of refueling points in coordiantion with the airmobile force commander b.the refueling facilities should be located in the loading area or in a ready area adjacent to the loading area this permites the aircraft to maintian the highest possible lift capability normally aircraft carry a minimum amount of fuel in addition to the reserve so that they can carry maximum payloads.so instead of 5 men the chopper could have carried 10 putting 144 men on lz.moore said his men were thirsty fm 57-35 page 12 paragraph 24 supply 6 miscellaneous. a. probable water supply points are predesingnated moore said it wasent crandals job to carry out the wounded fm 7-20 page 271 paragraph 313 returning aircraftmay be used for the evacuation of casualities there are more but you would need a copyright to list all of them galloway only took pictures of the command post and the dead and wounded peter arnett came in the last day of the battle and took pictures of the last counter attack and his pictures grace the front cover jack p smith I had allready threw away all of my equipement including my rifle I then lay down on my back took out my first aid pack opened and waited to be wounded under ucmj article 99 smith could executed if you need more information e mail m
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