{"product_id":"we-were-soldiers-onceand-young-ia-drang-the-battle-that-changed-the-war-in-vietnam","title":"We Were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam","description":"\u003cp\u003eEach year  the Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandants choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. In November 1965  some 450 men of the 1st Battalion  7th Cavalry  under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore  were dropped by helicopter 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 actions at the landing zones X-Ray and Albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War. How these men persevered--sacrificed themselves for their comrades and never gave up--makes a vivid portrait of war at its most inspiring and devastating. General Moore and Joseph Galloway  the only journalist on the ground throughout the fighting  have interviewed hundreds of men who fought there  including the North Vietnamese commanders. This devastating account rises above the specific ordeal it chronicles to present a picture of men facing the ultimate challenge  dealing with it in ways they would have found unimaginable only a few hours earlier. It reveals to us  as rarely before  mans most heroic and horrendous endeavor.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945302192181,"sku":"ByrdShop_0679411585","price":28.03,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780679411581.jpg?v=1769882102","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/we-were-soldiers-onceand-young-ia-drang-the-battle-that-changed-the-war-in-vietnam","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}