<Tr> <Th> Dewey Decimal </Th> <Td> 959.704 / 342 20 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> LC Class </Th> <Td> DS557. 8. I18 M66 1992 </Td> </Tr> <P> We Were Soldiers Once...and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (Ret .) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War . It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, the United States' first large - unit battle of the Vietnam War; previous engagements involved small units and patrols (squad, platoon, and company sized units). It was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers . </P> <P> The book was a New York Times best - seller . David Halberstam called it "A stunning achievement--paper and words with the permanence of marble . I read it and thought of The Red Badge of Courage, the highest compliment I can think of ." General H. Norman Schwarzkopf said "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young is a great book of military history, written the way military history should be written ." </P>

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