It was 40 years ago today that the first battle in the Ia Drang Valley of South Vietnam began. On this morning four decades ago, LTC Harold G. Moore's 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry conducted an air assault into Landing Zone X-Ray near the Chu Pong hills. Around noon, the North Vietnamese 33rd Regiment attacked the U.S. troopers...Head over to ROFASix for the details on the Battle of Ia Drang Valley - immortalized in the book and movie, "We Were Soldiers Once, and Young."
Garry Owen!
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