Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore, whose book about his experience in Vietnam was made into the movie "We Were Soldiers," died Friday, just a few days short of his 95th birthday.
Army officials from Fort Benning, Georgia, confirmed Moore's death in a statement Saturday evening.
Moore, who the Army described as a "legendary combat leader," died at his home in Auburn, Alabama, according to the statement. He is survived by three sons, two daughters, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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I just finished reading the book, which mostly focused on the battle at Ia Drang, one of the first big battles involving U.S. forces in Vietnam.
I recommend it just from a readability standpoint if you have any interest in how the U.S. ramped up, and why, or the tactics the U.S. was using the first time, employing helicopters to move troops to the battlefield. Lots of heroism reported in the book, too.
The back of the book was also fascinating, following up on the soldiers who survived Ia Drang. A lot of them went on to successful careers in a variety of fields, and plenty of the officers stayed in a reached the rank of colonel, which is up there.
Then there were the wounded. One enlisted man with severe leg wound had his knee removed and the upper and lower leg fused together. That leg was two inches shorter than the other.
Fuckers in the VA rated him as 30 percent disabled. Still pisses me off when I think about it.5 6
Army officials from Fort Benning, Georgia, confirmed Moore's death in a statement Saturday evening.
Moore, who the Army described as a "legendary combat leader," died at his home in Auburn, Alabama, according to the statement. He is survived by three sons, two daughters, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.
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I just finished reading the book, which mostly focused on the battle at Ia Drang, one of the first big battles involving U.S. forces in Vietnam.
I recommend it just from a readability standpoint if you have any interest in how the U.S. ramped up, and why, or the tactics the U.S. was using the first time, employing helicopters to move troops to the battlefield. Lots of heroism reported in the book, too.
The back of the book was also fascinating, following up on the soldiers who survived Ia Drang. A lot of them went on to successful careers in a variety of fields, and plenty of the officers stayed in a reached the rank of colonel, which is up there.
Then there were the wounded. One enlisted man with severe leg wound had his knee removed and the upper and lower leg fused together. That leg was two inches shorter than the other.
Fuckers in the VA rated him as 30 percent disabled. Still pisses me off when I think about it.5 6
