We Were Soldiers Once… And Young
First edition cover, featuring Lt. Rick Rescorla
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| Author | Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and Joseph L. Galloway |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Vietnam, War |
| Genre | Historical Non-fiction |
| Publisher | Random House |
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Publication date
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October 20, 1992 |
| Media type | Hardcover and Trade Paperback |
| Pages | 432 |
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| OCLC | 25832046 |
| 959.704/342 20 | |
| LC Class | DS557.8.I18 M66 1992 |
We Were Soldiers Once… and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret.) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War. 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 large-unit battle of the Vietnam War; previous engagements involved small units and patrols (squad, platoon, and company sized units). It was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers.
The book was a New York Times best-seller. David Halberstam called it "A stunning achievement—paper and words with the permanence of marble. I read it and thought of The Red Badge of Courage, the highest compliment I can think of." General H. Norman Schwarzkopf said "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young is a great book of military history, written the way military history should be written."
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