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We Were Soldiers Once... and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle that Changed the War in Vietnam by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
5.0
This is a very good book. It is almost like it is written in real-time. Although the many names, places and battle information can be hard to follow at times, I felt compelled to follow it. Being someone who will probably never have to endure the hardship and the horrors of war, I feel not only an urge to try to understand the wars of the U.S., but a responsibility to those who gave their lives for our country as a way of honoring them.
This book is a tribute to those men. Not only the ones who fought and lost their lives, but to the ones who returned and tried to pick up the pieces of their lives in a homeland that was in many ways ignorant of the details and the politics of the war.
I appreciate how they honored each man by giving his name, rank, and hometown of those that died in Ia Drang. I admire the honesty of the author in relating the situation in Washington and within the military during this war. Especially I admire the author's dedication and honor he has shown, not only to his men, but to their families as well.
This book is a tribute to those men. Not only the ones who fought and lost their lives, but to the ones who returned and tried to pick up the pieces of their lives in a homeland that was in many ways ignorant of the details and the politics of the war.
I appreciate how they honored each man by giving his name, rank, and hometown of those that died in Ia Drang. I admire the honesty of the author in relating the situation in Washington and within the military during this war. Especially I admire the author's dedication and honor he has shown, not only to his men, but to their families as well.