In the first significant battle between American troops and the North Vietnamese, the momentous Ia Drang Valley Battle served as a catalyst to furthering U.S. involvement in Vietnam. We Were Soldiers Once…and Young gives the reader a rough and raw look at the realities of war, Vietnam, and the poignant battle between October 23 and November 26, 1965 of the Ia Drang Valley. With choppy sentences and lacking artful literature, men who were actually there could …showed first 75 words of 1563 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1563 total…by interpretating the blood tearing words of war depictions like Moore's, historian's destiny well rest. I am haunted by war. Work Cited Hearing, George C. "The 1st Cavalry and the Ia Drang Valley, 18 October-24 November 1965," in Charles E. Heller and William A. Stofft, eds., American First Battles, 1776-1965 (1986), 300-26. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway, We Were Solders Once…and Young: Ia Drang, The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam . (NY 1992). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**