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Harold Gregory Moore Jr. (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second-highest decoration for valor, and was the first of his West Point class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general .
Feb 16, 2017 · WASHINGTON (Army News Service) -- Retired Army Lt. Gen. Harold "Hal" Gregory Moore, co-author of the book "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young," died Friday at his home in Auburn, Alabama. He...
May 11, 2023 · Fort Benning, a massive US Army training base near Columbus, Georgia, was renamed Fort Moore on Thursday to honor the late Lt. Gen. Harold “Hal” Moore and his wife Julia, who both made...
Feb 13, 2017 · On Nov. 14, 1965, Hal Moore, at the time a lieutenant colonel and battalion commander, and about 450 troops from his First Battalion were ferried by helicopters to Landing Zone X-Ray, a field...
Feb 11, 2017 · Retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. “Hal” Moore, the American hero known for saving most of his men in the first major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnamese armies, has died. He was 94.
Feb 10, 2017 · Hal is best known for his leadership in the first major battle of the Vietnam War in the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965. Within 20 minutes of landing at LZ X-RAY, the 7 th Cavalry, vastly outnumbered, was assaulted by hundreds of enemy furiously determined to over-run the LZ.
Retired LTG Harold G. “Hal” Moore, the leader known for saving most of his men in the first major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnamese armies, died Feb. 10. He was 94, two days short of...
