We Were Soldiers Once and Young

This book is written by Retired General Harold Moore about the war they fought in Vietnam . The book particularly focuses the happenings at IL Drang valley in Vietnam . The battle that broke out at IL Drang valley was the biggest of all and it took lives of hundreds of U .S soldiers General retired Moore gives a record of all those terrible moments that his battalion experienced in the battle . This battle was also one of the first U .S military operations which were carried out with the help of helicopter . There seems

a realistic approach in the book because the author himself experienced the war and its aftermath . The author is conducting an in-depth analysis of the war and its effects on the lives of the ordinary soldiers

General Moore was commanding the battalion of 1 /7 Calvary in the LA Drang battle . In the book General gives a clear picture of the preparations that were made to cope up the situation which eventually gave rise to the conflict . This book is dealing with one of the bloodiest events of the 20th century which occurred in Vietnam War Vietnam War is always associated with the sufferings of the U .S army when ever it is mentioned in the history . The author tells us about the war that many soldiers were unwilling to fight because of not knowing the cause of fighting

General Moore wants the readers to understand the complications of the war and the circumstances that affect the...