Mansions of the Lord from We Were Soldiers
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- Опубликовано: 9 дек 2022
- The Battle of Ia Drang (Vietnamese: Trận Ia Đrăng) was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), as part of the Pleiku Campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foot of the Chu Pong Massif in the central highlands of Vietnam, in 1965. It is notable for being the first large scale helicopter air assault and also the first use of Boeing B-52 Stratofortress strategic bombers in a tactical support role. Ia Drang set the blueprint for the Vietnam War with the Americans relying on air mobility, artillery fire and close air support, while the PAVN neutralized that firepower by quickly engaging American forces at very close range.
Ia Drang comprised two main engagements, centered on two helicopter landing zones (LZs), the first known as LZ X-Ray, followed by LZ Albany, farther north in the Ia Drang Valley.
LZ X-Ray involved the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment and supporting units under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, and took place November 14-16, at LZ X-Ray. Surrounded and under heavy fire from a numerically superior force, the American forces were able to drive back the North Vietnamese forces over three days, largely through the support of air power and heavy artillery bombardment, which the North Vietnamese lacked. The Americans claimed LZ X-Ray as a tactical victory, citing a 10:1 kill ratio.
The second engagement involved the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment plus supporting units under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Robert McDade, and took place on November 17 at LZ Albany. When an American battalion was ambushed in close quarters, who were unable to use air and artillery support due to the close engagement of the North Vietnamese, the Americans suffered an over-50% casualty rate before being extricated. Both sides claimed victory.
The battle at LZ X-Ray was documented in the CBS special report Battle of Ia Drang Valley by Morley Safer and the critically acclaimed book We Were Soldiers Once... And Young by Hal Moore and Joseph L. Galloway. In 1994, Moore, Galloway and men who fought on both the American and North Vietnamese sides, traveled back to the remote jungle clearings where the battle took place. At the time the U.S. did not have diplomatic relations with Vietnam. The risky trip which took a year to arrange was part of an award-winning ABC News documentary, They Were Young and Brave produced by Terence Wrong. Randall Wallace depicted the battle at LZ X-Ray in the 2002 movie We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson and Barry Pepper as Moore and Galloway, respectively.
Galloway later described Ia Drang as "the battle that convinced Ho Chi Minh he could win".
Footage here is of the 7th Air Cavalry and the 1st Air Cavalry.
Music by the West Point Glee Club.
God Bless our troops 🙏 Thank you for service.
God bless the men who died for this country. May we strive to be worthy of their sacrifice.
for what?
@@sunnyaol2007 i shouldnt, but i will dignify this garbage comment with, "if you dont know, you dont"
Great shot of the real life Col. Moore being interviewed!
God bless our brothers and sisters who sacrificed their lives for our country
god bless them HEROS
My generation (The Boomers) was nearly destroyed physically and spiritually by this chosen war. No one attacked America and many rejected the calling, fleeing to Canada. We still mourn the ones killed and demand the return of the missing after all these years. The losses continued 😪 when returning soldiers with PTSD took their own lives or died from Agent Orange. The guilty need to own up to this tragedy.
Politics is violence - Leo Tolstoy. Politicians are Satan's acolytes; we don't need them; we don't need man made political governments.
Warmongers in Congress and this biden regime are not the ones who bear the cost. They only want to get rich off the blood of our young soldiers. Shame on them all.
Ok, who are the guilty that need to own up to it? Do you think Korea was a tragedy also? It was an attempt to prevent the spread of communist tyranny from N. Korea into S. Korea. Due to our efforts (and allies) and sacrifice to prevent that, S. Korea is a prosperous free democracy today. It was a huge success of the 1950's. The US intention was to do exactly the same thing in the 1960's.....prevent the spread of communist tyranny of N. Vietnam into the south and take over. It failed because of failed civilian US leadership. The US military would have prevailed, but stupid civilian leadersip imposed rules that crippled the effort. The intention was completely noble. It was mismanaged and failed. Don't blame the US military (with the exception on Wm Westmoreland). Blame the political leadership. The result was the slaughter of millions of people (counting also what happened subsequently in Cambodia because of the loss to the communists). The real blame for the failure were idiots like LBJ, Robert McNamara, Henry Kissinger, Nixon.
And yet your generation spat on them coming home, a bunch of teens that came home permanently damaged, physically and mentally. Protested them in the airports and on the streets.
They were broken boys.
A totally unnecessary war, with a terrible loss of life, I never served , but hated seeing all our boys being killed there ! One of my employees died from agent orange , another friend was a “tunnel rat”
I asked him how could you do that ? He said , none of us expected to make it home”
58,220 valiant US soldiers lost compared to over one million one hundred thousand NVA and Cong. Given the particular circumstances, I'd say our boys handled themselves well.
"In death all soldiers are brothers." 1969-1999 US Army.
The US could have won that war but the idiot civilian leadership micro-managed it into a failure.
❤Joe right on dude that’s true American 🇺🇸 we deserve better treatment for our veterans men and women who gave more than we know also first responders police officers any one who puts their personal safety at risk for us . They make America Great not politicians !!
Thank you for your service
Forever Soldier, Forever Men of Lord, True LOVE, Courageius and Honor
they died for us.
Politics is violence - Leo Tolstoy. Politicians are Satan's acolytes; we don't need them; we don't need man made political governments
Heroes are ordinary people doing extrordinary things!!! I totally support our Military --all branches in every way!!! I may not support the wars, but respect the ones' willing to give their lives so that we can live free lives!!! May God bless them all!!!
Politics is violence: Leo Tolstoy. Politicians are Satan's acolytes; we don't need them; we don't need man made political governments.
God bless my brothers and sisters
Marines gave us are freedom in 1945 over400000 gave their lives and in 1941 my relative on the SS Arizona he is entomed
Mansions of the Lord
Politics is violence c- :Leo Tolstoy. Politicians are Satan's acolytes; we don't need them; we don't need man made political governments.
About 400,000 US lives lost from all branches in all of WW2......not just Marines. The Marines didn't do it alone.
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Its sad you show one war that was a desaster for the troops and politically doubtful.
The Soldiers were sacrificed for nothing.
Yes...the biggest disaster for my generation. It didn't need to happen. Communism took over anyway.
Nice song. Random Film and moving lyrics made no sense together.
Thank you for your service