We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam »

Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore (USA Ret.) graduated from West Point, commanded two infantry companies in the Korean War, and was a battalion and brigade commander in Vietnam. After thirty-two years of service, he retired from the Army in 1977.

Lt. Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway return to Vietnam's Ia Drang Valley more than four decades after the battle they recalled in their #1 New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. Renewing their relationships with ten American veterans of the fabled conflict—and with former adversaries—the authors explore how the war changed them all, as well as their two countries.

We Are Soldiers Still is an emotional journey back to hallowed ground, putting a human face on warfare as the authors reflect on war's devastating cost.

Publishers Weekly

It would be a monumental task for Moore and Galloway to top their classic 1992 memoir, We Were Soldiers Once... and Young. But they come close in this sterling sequel, which tells the backstory of two of the Vietnam War's bloodiest battles (in which Moore participated as a lieutenant colonel), their first book and a 1993 ABC-TV documentary that brought them back to the battlefield. Moore's strong first-person voice reviews the basics of the November 1965 battles, part of the 34-day Battle of the Ia Drang Valley. Among other things, Moore and Galloway (who covered the battle for UPI) offer portraits of two former enemy commanders, generals Nguyen Huu An and Chu Huy Man, whom the authors met-and bonded with-nearly three decades after the battle. This book proves again that Moore is an exceptionally thoughtful, compassionate and courageous leader (he was one of a handful of army officers who studied the history of the Vietnam wars before he arrived) and a strong voice for reconciliation and for honoring the men with whom he served. 16 pages of b&w photos. (Aug. 19)

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Foreword H. Norman Schwarzkopf Schwarzkopf, H. Norman

Ch. 1 Back to Our Battlefields 1

Ch. 2 Conversations with the Enemy 19

Ch. 3 You Killed My Battalion! 41

Ch. 4 Traveling in Time 53

Ch. 5 The Backbone of the Army 71

Ch. 6 Back to the Ia Drang! 83

Ch. 7 A Night Alone on the Battlefield 101

Ch. 8 Back to the Hell That Was Albany 113

Ch. 9 Walking the Ground at Dien Bien Phu 129

Ch. 10 The Never-Ending Story 147

Ch. 11 Lessons on Leadership 157

Ch. 12 On War 187

Epilogue 199

App Two Heroes for America 205

Acknowledgments 227

An Appeal 231

Index 233