书目

We Were Soldiers Once & Young

内容简介

InNovember1965,450menofthe1stBattalion,7thCavalry,underthecommandofLt.Col.HalMoore,weredroppedbyhelicopterintoasmallclearingintheIaDrangValley.Theywereimmediatelysurroundedby2,000NorthVietnamesesoldiers.Threedayslater,onlytwoandahalfmilesaway,asisterbattalionwaschoppedtopieces.Together,theseactionsatthelandingzonesX-RayandAlbanyconstitutedoneofthemostsavageandsignificantbattlesoftheVietnamWar.Howthesemenpersevered-sacrificedthemselvesfortheircomradesandnevergaveup-makesavividportraitofwaratitsmostinspiringanddevastating.GeneralMooreandJosephGalloway,theonlyjournalistonthegroundthroughoutthefighting,haveinterviewedhundredsofmenwhofoughtthere,includingtheNorthVietnamesecommanders.Thisdevastatingaccountrisesabovethespecificordealitchroniclestopresentapictureofmenfacingtheultimatechallenge,dealingwithitinwaystheywouldhavefoundunimaginableonlyafewhoursearlier.Itrevealstous,asrarelybefore,man'smostheroicandhorrendousendeavour.

作者简介

HaroldG.MoorewasborninKentuckyandisaWestPointgraduate,amasterparachutist,andanArmyaviator.HecommandedtwoinfantrycompaniesintheKoreanWarandwasabattalionandbrigadecommanderinVietnam.HeretiredfromtheArmyin1977withthirty-twoyears'serviceandthenwasexecutivevicepresidentofaColoradoskiresortforfouryearsbeforefoundingacomputersoftwarecompany.Anavidoutdoorsman,Mooreandhiswife,Julie,dividetheirtimebetweenhomesinAuburn,Alabama,andCrestedButte,Colorado.--Thistextreferstoanoutofprintorunavailableeditionofthistitle.

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