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Authors: Harold G. Moore;Joseph L. Galloway
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Drang (1966), 12, 124
retirement from Army, 14–15
return to Ia Drang (1993), xvii, 1–4, 17, 22, 41–69, 86–123, 147–51, 155
return to Pleiku (1993), 83–86
return to Vietnam (1990), 15–16, 20–33
return to Vietnam (1991), 22, 33–40
return to Vietnam (1999), 22, 134–45
Schwarzkopf and, xi, xii
stress and, 181
study of French in Indochina, 45, 129–30
Vietnamese visa problems, 23–24
visit to An’s widow, 142–44
visit to Dien Bien Phu (1999), 130, 134–35, 140–42
war, beliefs about, 187–201
at West Point, 68, 72–74, 132, 157–63
West Point farewell speech, 168–69, 195–96
Moore, Julia Compton “Julie,” 132, 203, 214–25
comforting families of lost soldiers, 203–4, 215–16
courage of, 222–23
death of, 222
film of
We Were Soldiers
and, 221–22
Moore, Julie, 218, 229
Moore, Steve, 217, 220, 229
Muoi, Do, 16, 27
My Lai massacre, 55–56
Nadal, Capt. Tony (later Col.), 8, 14, 42, 47, 84, 90, 227
Navarre, Gen. Henri, 47, 134–36
Newcomb, Arthur W., 157
Nightline
(TV program), 115, 117
NVA (North Vietnamese Army).
See also
PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)
33rd Regiment, 114
66th Regiment, 114
massacre of civilians after fall of Saigon, 148
troops in Chu Pong Massif, 5
U.S. helicopters and, 29
187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team, 76
173rd Airborne, 68
Page, Tim, 23, 24
PAVN (People’s Army of Vietnam)
32nd Regiment, 3
33rd Regiment, 3, 12, 114
66th Regiment, 3, 114
66th Regiment, 7th Battalion, 85
66th Regiment, 8th Battalion, 11, 12
316th Division, 34
casualties, 3
demobilization, 68
as peasant army, 37, 45
soldier’s kit, 85
studying of American tactics, 28–29
troops in Chu Pong Massif, 6
Peroddy, Sgt. Maj. Don, 178, 179
Persian Gulf War, xi, xviii, 17, 192, 195
casualties, American, 190
Phillips, WO Jesse, 87
Phuong, Gen. Hoang, 20, 22
account of Landing Zone
X-Ray battle, 29, 39–40
background of, 49
meeting with, 1990, 21, 28–30
meeting with, 1991, 22, 39–40
Piroth, Col. Charles, 136–37
Plei Me Camp, 6, 10, 35, 36, 88
Plumley, Deurice, 77, 80, 88–89
Plumley, Sgt. Maj. Basil L., 41–42, 47, 71, 72, 75–81, 102, 110, 125–26, 171, 227
Ia Drang battle, 6, 7, 77–78, 88, 95
An Khe base, 65–66
Poley, Clinton, 200
Powell, Gen. Colin, 166, 193
PRC-25 field radio, 85–86
PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), xvii
Quang, Nguyen Cong, 24, 228
Random House publishers, 17
Rather, Dan, 151
Reagan, Ronald, 108
Renwick, Bruce, 99
Rescorla, Lt. Cyril R. “Rick,” 67, 203
background of, 207–9, 212–14
as hero of 9/11, 204–5, 208–11, 214
iconic photo of, 206, 212
platoon leader, 2/7 Bravo Company, Vietnam, 205–7
Rescorla, Susan, 210–11, 213–14
Rice, Jim, 87
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 159
Roosevelt, Teddy, 148
Rowe, Nicholas, 25
Rumsfeld, Donald H., 191, 196
Saigon/Ho Chi Minh City, 56–57
changes and growth, 149–55
fall of, 4, 22, 35, 36, 58, 68
girlie bars of Tu Do, 153
thirtieth anniversary of fall of, 153–54
traffic, 152–53
Savage, Sgt. Ernie, 42, 47, 90, 91–92, 97, 227
Sawyer, Forrest, 22, 42, 84, 99, 115
Schwarzkopf, Gen. H. Norman, xi–xiii
Persian Gulf War and, xii
September 11 (9/11) terrorist attacks, 193–94
casualties, 194
Morgan Stanley offices, 204, 208–10
Rick Rescorla as hero during, 204–5, 208–11, 214
7th Cavalry, xv, 185
1st Battalion, 4, 5, 10
1st Battalion, Alpha (A) Company, 8, 14, 38, 41–42
1st Battalion, Bravo (B) Company, 7, 10, 38, 42, 96
1st Battalion, Charlie (C) Company, 78, 96, 105–6, 172–73
2nd Battalion, 9, 11–13, 39, 42, 122, 206
2nd Battalion, Alpha (A) Company, 63, 64, 113, 118
2nd Battalion, Bravo (B) Company, 9, 77–78, 90–92, 205–7
2nd Battalion, Charlie (C) Company, 86, 113, 124, 125
history of, 8
marching tune, 149
7th Infantry Division, 174–78
Sheehan, Neil, 32
Shucart, William, 211
Smith, Howard K., 48, 118
Smith, Jack, 42, 44, 47–48, 86, 113, 115, 121, 155, 227
death of, 118
speaking on Landing Zone Albany battle and effects of experience, 116–18
South Vietnamese army, xii, 35, 36, 62
18th Division, 150
Spanish-American War, 192
Special Forces A-Team Camp, Plei Me village, 6, 10, 35, 36, 88
Stancil, WO Ken, 87
Stowe, Madeleine, 221, 222
Street Without Joy
(Fall), 129
Sullivan, Stanley, 212
Sun Tzu, 137, 169
tanks, xii, xvii
at Dien Bien Phu (French M-24), 135, 140
Iraq War, 194
left in Vietnam, 61
M1A1
Abrams, xviii
Persian Gulf War, 190
Russian, 44
Thach, Nguyen Co, 16, 27
Thai, Quyen, 42
They Were Young and Brave
(TV documentary), 5, 22, 41–42, 63, 95–96, 115, 155, 228
Thompson, Hunter, 151
Thuoc, Col. Vu Dinh, 53, 85–86, 87, 122, 142, 144–45, 149, 228
Tien, Le, 31, 142
Trinh, Le Xuan, 16, 27
Tully, Lt. Col. Bob, 11
24th Infantry Division, xi, xviii
23rd Infantry
2nd Battalion, 76
Battle Group, 76