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The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) (referred to by US fighting units as the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) during the Vietnam War.) U.S. CIA agents had been tracking the NVA's movements since the early fall, and by November 13 U.S. forces had been moved in to attack, backed by artillery equipped with special napalm tipped shells.
The two-part battle took place between November 14 and November 18, 1965, at two landing zones (LZs) northwest of Plei Me in the Central Highlands of South Vietnam (approximately 35 miles south-west of Pleiku). 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.
Representing the American forces were elements of the 1st Battalion and 2nd Battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment, and the 5th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The North Vietnamese forces included the 66th and 1st battalion/33rd Regiments of the NVA as well National Liberation Front (NLF) (known world wide as the Viet Cong) of the H15 Battalion. The battle featured close air support by U.S. bombers. Both sides suffered heavy losses and both claimed victory. The U.S. lost 234 dead, with 242 wounded; November 17 was the deadliest ambush for Americans in the entire Vietnam War, with 155 men killed and 126 men wounded.
The battle is the subject of the critically acclaimed book We Were Soldiers Once... And Young by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In 2002, Randall Wallace depicted the first part of the battle in the film We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper as Moore and Galloway, respectively. The National Geographic Channel has also aired a program titled "Day Under Fire: Vietnam War" which focuses mainly on the battle of Ia Drang.
Second Lieutenant Walter Marm (later Colonel) received the Medal of Honor on 15 February 1967 for his actions during the 3-day battle at LZ X-Ray. His MOH citation recounts several examples of conspicuous gallantry, some despite being severely wounded.
On February 26, 2007, helicopter pilots Major Bruce Crandall (later Lieutenant Colonel) and Captain Ed Freeman (later Major) were each awarded the Medal of Honor for their numerous volunteer flights (22 and 14, respectively) into LZ X-Ray while enemy fire was so heavy that medical evacuation helicopters refused to approach. With each flight, Crandall and Freeman delivered much needed water and ammunition and extracted wounded soldiers, saving countless lives.
Sergeant Ernie Savage's precise placement of artillery throughout the siege of the "Lost Platoon" enabled the platoon to survive the long ordeal. For his "gallantry under relentless enemy fire on an otherwise insignificant knoll in the valley of the Ia Drang," Ernie Savage received the Distinguished Service Cross.
Lieutenant Colonel Harold "Hal" Moore (later Lieutenant General), Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 7/1 U.S. Cavalry (Airmobile) was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions at LZ X-Ray. His DSC citation particularly commends his "leadership by example" as well as his skill in battle against overwhelming odds and his unwavering courage.
Journalist Joseph Galloway would be the only civilian awarded the Bronze Star Medal for valor for actions in Vietnam. Taking up arms alongside the overwhelmed men he was covering, he repeatedly disregarded his own safety to rescue wounded soldiers under fire.
Although many notable decorations have been awarded to veterans of the Battle of Ia Drang, in his book "We Were Soldiers Once...And Young", LTG Moore writes: "We had problems on the awards... Too many men had died bravely and heroically, while the men who had witnessed their deeds had also been killed... Acts of valor that, on other fields, on other days, would have been rewarded with the Medal of Honor or Distinguished Service Cross or a Silver Star were recognized only with a telegram saying, 'The Secretary of the Army regrets...' The same was true of our sister battalion, the 2nd of the 7th."
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U.S. ARMY MASSACRED BY VIET CONGby JoeMagenst138,095 views
The US should of never been over there but LBJ and the Military had to make up BS to get the american people to agree to go to war because they thought it was going to be a short war but it turned into something to big that the US was not trained for If JFK was still alive at that time it never would have happend but just as fast as JFK was killed LBJ signed the papers to put america at war
79tazman 1 month ago
from 20:54 South Vietnam troops 27 000 dead, American soldiers casualties "light"...lol wat a load of propaganda nonsense
90uppin 1 month ago
@guadalupejoe1 sickness in german is krankheit, not Cronkite. Your further drivel about masons and illuminati warrants no further comments.
TheGnolla 3 months ago
No shit? Wow what a psycho
mikezamber 3 months ago
@jamieg1tube he was cronkite....means sickness in german....he was high level illuminati......mason
guadalupejoe1 3 months ago
@NOLIBERALBIAS well sometimes your government doesn't have the countries best interest in mind...
ganzer88 4 months ago
Wht's the difference between serving your country and serving your government?
NOLIBERALBIAS 4 months ago
@kassandrasduplex And don't try to talk down to me; I'll only have to get back on here and expose you for the psuedo-intellctual that you seem to be. :) Buhbye.
jamieg1tube 4 months ago
@jamieg1tube Really? Why did he kick American troops in the nuts and lie to the American people, telling them the war in Vietnam was lost during Tet, that the Communists were destroying out troops during the Tet offensive when the opposite was true? I'll tell you why. It was to BREAK THE MORALE OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE! Something that the ENEMY is supposed to do,not your own people. That is of course unless they have their own Quislingesque agenda,which KRANKENHAUSE DID! And in the end, they won.
jamieg1tube 4 months ago
@jamieg1tube Cronkite served this nation and covered WW2 and was at the liberation of one of the death camps. He was more of a man than a miscreant such as yourself can ever dream of being. As for being a communist, your ignorance is profound. You should take something for your irrational hate and sickness.
kassandrasduplex 4 months ago