“I have heard from someone who was there, that “We Were Soldiers” is fairly accurate.”
I was until the end. The 7th Cav. took a real kicking when they marched out from LZ Xray to LZ Albany.
I read the book years ago. Was disappointed when they didn't tell the complete story of the horrors that those guys went through trying to get to the next LZ. (Wasn't there a third LZ too?) I forget the reasoning they marched on rather than just flying out of LZ Xray.
There was also the story of a guy that had got separated from his group as they marched out and got ambushed. He circled around and up a hill, and could hear the NVA shooting our wounded. The guy walked out days or weeks later on his own iirc.