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	From Vietnam to the World Trade Center
		It was captured during the Ia Drang Valley Battle in 1965.
		Ia Drang was the Army's first major battle in Vietnam, and one of its bloodiest.
		Rescorla left Ia Drang with a battered French bugle, seized as a trophy from the Vietnamese.
	www.tapsbugler.com /Vietnam-WTC.html (625 words)

	Ia Drang Valley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Artists rendition of the combat assault by the 1st Cavalry Division into the Ia Drang Valley in November 1965.
		During four days of intense fighting in LZ-XRAY and LZ-Albany, 234 Cavalrymen from the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 7th Cav lost their lives when they were surrounded by over 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers.
		By the end of the Pleiku Campaign a total of 305 courageous Americans had died in what became known as the Valley of Death.
	members.cox.net /atkinsonstudio/id27.htm (78 words)

	usnews.com: Once more, into the valley of death (12/6/93)
		Twenty-eight years ago, their countries sent these men to this remote valley in the central highlands of South Vietnam to hunt down and kill one another.
		The Ia Drang flowed snakelike, swollen by the late monsoon rains and dyed blood red by the runoff.
		Once more, into the valley of death: Vietnamese and American Vietnam veterans return to the Ia Drang Valley.
	www.usnews.com /usnews/news/articles/soldiers/iadrang_931206.htm (1199 words)

	Death in the Ia Drang Valley
		Jack Smith of Mill Valley, a retired ABC News correspondent widely remembered for a 1993 piece that retraced one of the bloodiest fights of the Vietnam War -- a battle he participated in as a 19-year-old infantryman -- died Wednesday.
		Smith returned to the Ia Drang Valley in 1993 and filed an ABC News report that Roberts said was "one of the most moving and affecting things you've ever seen.
		He was injured in November 1965 during the battle of Ia Drang Valley, one of the first fights between U.S. combat forces and the North Vietnamese army.
	www.mishalov.com /death_ia_drang_valley.html (10554 words)

	Ia Drang - Pribbenow (m)
		On 10 November, the 66th Regiment arrived at the Chu Pong Massif on the southwestern side of the Ia Drang Valley near the Cambodian border.
		The 9th Battalion commander, racing back from the banks of the Ia Drang, reached the 11th Company an hour later but never returned to his command post, and he never reestablished contact with all of his units.
		Ignorant of these facts, An ordered the 66th Regiment's 8th Battalion still fresh and waiting in the Ia Drang Valley to move south to finish off what he believed to be a crippled US battalion.
	www.generalhieu.com /e66pleime-2.htm (4488 words)

	Sample text for Library of Congress control number 92053642 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Ia Drang campaign was to the Vietnam War what the terrible Spanish Civil War of the 1930s was to World War II: a dress rehearsal; the place where new tactics, techniques, and weapons were tested, perfected, and validated.
		In the Ia Drang, both sides claimed victory and both sides drew lessons, some of them dangerously deceptive, which echoed and resonated throughout the decade of bloody fighting and bitter sacrifice that was to come.
		This is about what we did, what we saw, what we suffered in a thirty-four-day campaign in the Ia Drang Valley of the Central Highlands of South Vietnam in November 1965, when we were young and confident and patriotic and our countrymen knew little and cared less about our sacrifices.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/samples/random044/92053642.html (518 words)

	Former Army Aviator to Speak on Vietnam War at Embry-Riddle
		Fighting in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam's central highlands occurred between October and December 1965, with the most intense action taking place in mid-November.
		The Ia Drang Valley campaign ended with an estimated 6,000 North Vietnamese dead and 1,000 U.S. soldiers killed or missing in action.
		The successful use of the new tactic of air assault operations by the 1st Air Cavalry Division in the battle of Ia Drang Valley is depicted in Moore's 1992 book We Were Soldiers Once And Young and in the 2002 film We Were Soldiers.
	www.erau.edu /er/newsmedia/newsreleases/2003/salomone.html (498 words)

	Ia Drang Scholarship Program Background
		ELIGIBILITY: Children (including legally adopted), grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Ia Drang valley battlefield combat veterans of designated qualifying units (ground and air) which were involved in the battles of the Ia Drang valley during the period 3 through 19 November, 1965.
		Children and grandchildren/great-grandchildren of men who were assigned to a unit that fought in the Ia Drang battles but were themselves at An Khe base camp, at Pleiku/Camp Holloway, at Catecka, in a hospital, etc. and not in the Ia Drang battles are not eligible for award of scholarship grants.
		It is the responsibility of the applicant to determine whether his/her father/grandfather served in battle in at least one of the qualifying units and in at least one of the specific battle locations and provide proof thereof.
	www.1cda.org /ia_drang_background.htm (943 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Their book was about the battle of the Ia Drang Valley, in which both men participated; Moore as the battalion commander on the ground and Galloway as a UPI correspondent covering the battle.
		Before Moore led his men into the Valley of Death, he gave a speech in which he said that he could not promise to bring everyone home alive, but he swore to bring every single soldier of his home; dead or alive.
		When the 7th Cavalry arrived in the Ia Drang Valley, they were met with stiff resistance.
	www.uweb.ucsb.edu /~dcmckell/weweresoldiers.doc (1382 words)

	Medal of Honor Recipients on Film: Ed W. Freeman and Walter Joseph Marm
		As a flight leader and second in command of a 16-helicopter lift unit, he supported a heavily engaged American infantry battalion at Landing Zone X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley, Republic of Vietnam.
		The unit was almost out of ammunition after taking some of the heaviest casualties of the war, fighting off a relentless attack from a highly motivated, heavily armed enemy force.
		His company was moving through the valley to relieve a friendly unit surrounded by an enemy force of estimated regimental size.
	www.voicenet.com /~lpadilla/freemanmarm.html (1517 words)

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	Hollywood: We Were Soldiers Once -- But in Which War?
		The film, starring action hero Mel Gibson, and directed and written by "Pearl Harbor" screenwriter Randall Wallace, tells the story of the battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the first significant encounter between American and North Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War.
		The courage of the soldiers who fought in the Ia Drang Valley, he declared, would "affirm what's noble and lasting in the human spirit." That is certainly a worthwhile aspiration.
		In the Ia Drang battle, the North Vietnamese broke off the assault of their own choice.
	historynewsnetwork.org /articles/article.html?id=638 (1083 words)

	Battle of Ia Drang - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The battle derives its name from the Drang River which runs through the valley northwest of Plei Me, in which the engagement took place.
		"Ia" means "river" in the local Montagnard language.
		The Ia Drang itself was about 2 km to the northwest.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Ia_Drang_Valley (5683 words)

	SUNSET ON IA-DRANG VALLEY
		That was Ia-Drang valley, located in the westernmost part of Pleiku and drawn on a military map as a zone of light green color with far apart contour lines.
		The valley reminded many American servicemen of the battle between elements of the First Air Cavalry Division and those of the North Vietnamese Army following their seven - day unsuccessful attack on Plei Me. And it was a valley of death, probably to both sides, although The First Cav.
		When at about a hand from the horizon, when that round and crimson sun was casting its golden rays on the immense green foliage beneath, one had the impression that the valley was immersed in a rain of pink dust.
	www.vietquoc.com /SUNSET.HTM (1726 words)

	Ia Drang Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ia Drang Valley is a valley located in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
		On November 14, 1965, 450 American soldiers of the 1st Air Cavalry Division were airlifted by helicopter to this valley with the intention of locating and eliminating North Vietnamese forces.
		These American soldiers were almost immediately surrounded by over 2,000 soldiers of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN, also known as the NVA) arriving in waves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ia_Drang_Valley (140 words)

	"Ia Drang," A COMBAT SOLDIER'S Vietnam war poetry.
		The poem "Ia Drang," was taken from the writings of PFC Jack Smith, son of the famous ABC anchorman, Howard K. Smith.
		I have long wanted to do a poem about the Ia Drang, LZ Xray and Albany, from somebody's story who was there...
		You were our dawn, Ia Drang, our lives, now but your reprise.
	namtour.com /IaDrang.html (1082 words)

	The Truth on Pleime Battle (m)
		But in reality, the American troops that went in the Ia Drang Valley did not do so to rescue anybody and furthermore, the Viet Cong were caught by surprise, rather than were in a ready posture, since its battalion commander was not present with his attacked unit.
		What happened at the Ia Drang Valley was not pre-planned by either side: the Viet Cong did not antiticipate that the American troops had the capacity to pile in so swiftly their units onto the battlefield; and the American was caught by surprise in stepping inadvertently on a huge ants colony.
		The valley was about twelve miles wide at the point where the Ia Drang flowed westward into Cambodia-and somewhere in those miles of dense jungle the main body of the enemy was on the move.
	members.tripod.com /~nguyentin/pleime-history-2.htm (3852 words)

	Pleiku-Ia Drang Veterans Honored with Medallion
		The veterans of the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, one of the most devastating and dramatic battles of the Vietnam War, gathered recently in Washington, D.C. to mark a solemn occasion: the fortieth anniversary of the fight that forever changed their lives.
		An Oral History Project and a Seminar on the Battles of the Ia Drang was jointly conducted by the Vietnam Center at Texas Tech University and the Ben Franklin Global Forum.
		The Pleiku-Ia Drang 40th Anniversary Medalllion is available for purchase at www.nwtmint.com.
	www.military.com /forums/0,15240,83087,00.html (1054 words)

	The New American - The Real Hal Moore - March 25, 2002 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		And then we visited Fort Hunter Liggett in California, where the Ia Drang battles were recreated, twice, for three or four days each time.
		It’s easy for someone who’s never been in the hell of battle, sitting comfortably and safely in an easy chair, to be very critical of the actions of soldiers in the field who have just been through a horrendous meat-grinding experience with their buddies being shot and blown to pieces.
		After the Ia Drang battle, I was promoted, made commander of a brigade of 3,000 men.
	www.thenewamerican.com /tna/2002/03-25-2002/vo18no06_hal_moore.htm (2235 words)

	Amazon.com: We were Soldiers Once...And Young: Ia Drang--The Battle That Changed The War In Vietnam: Books: Harold G. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Should you ever be in Washington, D.C., the names of the soldiers killed at Ia Drang --- and there are 305 of them, in total --- can be found on the third panel to the right of the apex, Panel-3 East, of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
		Harold Moore, that were sent into the Ia Drang valley to hunt and kill enemy soldiers.
		They were left with the only option of fighting to the end trying to inflict as much casualties as possible to the enemy, therefore increasing their chances of survival or a least making sure their deaths came at a high price.
	www.amazon.com /were-Soldiers-Once-Young-Drang/dp/0679411585 (2810 words)

	PROLOGUE to We Were Soldiers Once and Young
		The Ia Drang Campaign was to the Vietnam War what the terrible Spanish Civil War of the 1930's was to World War II---a dress rehearsal.
		This is about what we did, what we saw, what we suffered in a 34-day campaign in the remote Ia Drang Valley of the Central Highlands of South Vietnam in November, 1965, when we were young and confident and patriotic and our countrymen knew little and cared less about our sacrifices.
		We who killed them pray that their bones were recovered from that wild, desolate place where we left them, and taken home for decent and honorable burial.
	www.lzxray.com /prolog.htm (1602 words)

	Ia Drang and Landing Zone X-Ray
		In the late morning of November 14, 1965, several platoons of American troops landed by helicopter at a clearing located in the Ia Drang River Valley, Vietnam.
		The heroic acts that typified simple minute to minute existence at X-Ray continue to be relived in the lives of the veterans.
		For the very man who appears on the cover of the Ia Drang campaign book We Were Soldier's Once...
	www.wtj.com /articles/xray (555 words)

	Mackubin Thomas Owens on Ia Drang Valley on National Review Online
		The battle in the Ia Drang Valley had important implications for the future conduct of the war.
		The Army favored “search and destroy” missions, such as the Ia Drang operation, designed to bring the PAVN to battle and then to destroy it.
		Victor H. Krulak, Ia Drang represented an example of fighting the enemy’s war — what North Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap predicted would be “a protracted war of attrition.” And, says Krulak, a “war of attrition it turned out to be.
	article.nationalreview.com /?q=MmZiYjYwN2Y2YTQ3ZDU5MzA1ZGM1NTJlOGIxMjA0YWM= (1131 words)

	Freeman, Ed W.
		The infantry unit was almost out of ammunition, after taking some of the heaviest casualties of the war, fighting off a relentless attack from a highly motivated, heavily armed enemy force.
		The infantry unit "was almost out of ammunition, after taking some of the heaviest casualties of the war, fighting off a relentless attack from a highly motivated, heavily armed enemy force," the citation reads.
		Congress singled out Freeman "for conspicuous acts of gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life and beyond the call of duty." The absence of publicity is a result of delay in scheduling the ceremony.
	www.mishalov.com /Freeman.html (3710 words)

	The VVA Veteran (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Moore and Galloway tell the entire Ia Drang Valley story - including the disaster that struck the men of the 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry at LZ Albany - in their remarkable book.
		It is dedicated, in fact, to the men who fought and died in the Ia Drang Valley on both sides.
		Another unique thing about the movie is that it provides historical context for the Ia Drang Battle and for the entire American military effort in the Vietnam War.
	www.vva.org /TheVeteran/2002_05/soldiers.htm (1450 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		On the 12th, the Assistant Division Commander-A,during a visit to the battalion, indicated to the Brigade Commanderthat he had no objection to the latter sending a battalion into theIA DRANG Valley.
		The air recon party had assembled and after a brief orientation on the purpose of the recon, flight route, and itemsto look for, we took off in two UH-1D's escorted by two gun ships.The flight route is shown on the Attached sketch (Tab A).
		Two air strikes were also brought in on the valley floor tothe northwest on and near the location of the suspected enemy battal-ion reported by higher headquarters the previous day.
	www.au.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/vietnam/ia_drang.doc (9182 words)

	The Vietnam War > University Without Walls Spring 2004
		When PAVN had been beaten off, the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) was ordered to pursue and destroy as many troops as possible, taking advantage of the helicopter mobility.
		The most famous action of the Ia Drang Valley campaign began on November 14, when elements of the 1/7 Cavalry were airlifted into a clearing designated Landing Zone X-Ray.
		The U.S. Command, however, was quite satisfied with the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley overall because PAVN casualties had been far higher than American casualties.
	www2.skidmore.edu /uww/vietnam/ia_drang_valley.htm (317 words)

	Amazon.ca: We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang - The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam: Books: Harold G. ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Battle of Ia Drang also highlights a technological advance that would play an enormous role in the rest of the war: this was perhaps the first place where helicopter-based, air-mobile operations demonstrated their combat potential.
		Moore and accompanied by UPI reporter Galloway, helicoptered into Vietnam's remote Ia Drang Valley and found itself surrounded by a numerically superior force of North Vietnamese regulars.
		The book expertly details the battle for the Ia Drang Valley which took place in the fall of 1965.
	www.amazon.ca /We-Were-Soldiers-Once-Young/dp/0060975768 (1209 words)

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