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- "We Were Soldiers" is based on a real life battle of the Viet Nam war that took place in 1965 in a remote part of Viet Nam. It is based on a book by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway who are portrayed in the film by Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper respectively.
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Oct 18, 2017 · Learn about the first major clash between U.S. and North Vietnamese troops in 1965, as portrayed by the film We Were Soldiers. Discover the heroism, casualties, and lessons of this pivotal battle in the Vietnam War.
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Feb 13, 2023 · The 2002 movie We Were Soldiers is based on a book by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway, who were present at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965. The movie's climax is a heroic final charge, but the real battle was a brutal ambush that lasted for 16 hours and killed 155 American troops.
The film dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, where US Army Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore led his men against a vastly superior North Vietnamese force. It is based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young by Moore and journalist Joseph L. Galloway, but not entirely faithful to the historical facts.
The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the U.S. Army and the PAVN in the Vietnam War, in 1965. It involved two helicopter landing zones, LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany, and was documented in a book, a documentary and a movie.
May 16, 2008 · Galloway in 1982. Though just 24, Joe Galloway was no greenhorn when he hitched a chopper ride to the remote South Vietnamese countryside in November 1965 to check on reports of a hot battle....
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Apr 2, 2019 · Learn about the bloodiest and fiercest battle of the Vietnam War, which inspired the movie We Were Soldiers. Discover how the US and North Vietnamese troops used helicopters, artillery, napalm, and human wave tactics in the jungle.
Mar 1, 2002 · The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War, and the soldiers on both sides that fought it, while their wives wait nervously and anxiously at home for the good news or the bad news.
