The late retired Lieutenant General Hal Moore was one helluva an officer and he embodied the spirit of leading from the front.
Posted on 11/11/2017 4:46:08 PM PST by Twotone
One of those lost would have been a relative, had he not been KIA
Yes they do. They can lose a warn after sacraficing 50K+ lives for no reason but political expedience. Remember that!
Great movie. Hits you right in the feels.
Joseph Galloway: I’m a non-combatant.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Ain’t no such thing today.
I was just thinking about him too when I saw this thread. He was n that battle
Wasn’t he Col Moore’s radio operator or something like that? I remember his excitement over the movie, long before it came out. I was thinking of him as soon as I saw the title. Could not remember his name. Wow. No posts for a long time.
click on the link, scroll down a bit and you will find Jack Smith's memoir of the battle that is the basis of We Were Soldiers Once and Young
an account of the battle of Ia Drang Valley by Joseph Galloway, the author of We Were Soldiers
This whole concept of civilian control of the military is highly overrated.
We are all friendly these days with most of the countries hundreds of thousands of US troops died and millions wounded fighting over the last 100 years.
Trump has Kelly all tuned up and ready to go when the MOVE happens.
Bruce Crandall, Medal of Honor, Vietnam War, Ia Drang Valley
‘Aloha Ronnie’ Guyer was radio operator at Ia Drang Valley for both Hal Moore and Basil Plumley
http://www.lzxray.com/articles/ronnie-guyer-ia-drang-photo-collection
Thanks. Hubby was Vietnam but has never talked about it. He still dreams about it. He speaks Vietnamese in his sleep sometimes. Don’t know if you’ve read it but here’s a link for another good red. Hubby was in this battle.
https://history.army.mil/books/Vietnam/7-ff/Ch6.htm
The late retired Lieutenant General Hal Moore was one helluva an officer and he embodied the spirit of leading from the front.
And also Jack Goeghegan. I knew him when he was a cadet commander at military college, and he was a very fine individual. He died there trying to save another man.
Oops nope. Don’t think that’s the one he was in. He’s in a book but I don’t think it’s online.
Well, that’s not too long ago! I hope he is well wherever he is.
For those interested in a first hand account of the Vietnam realities of American soldiers, i highly recommend this book.
JoMa
when is was in the army i bought “Street without Joy”. if i recall the battle was on Route 15 in and around where we had a base camp at ccamp Bear Cat near a South Vietnamese special forces post. after i rotated back to the U.S. i heard it was over run.
Gibson was great but I loved Sam Elliot in this flick. Great movie.
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/plumley.html
Custer was a pussy, you ain’t. The quotes attributable to plumley are hilarious. The pussies of this generation couldn’t lick the boots of this man.
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