and Young," coauthors Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway describe the first moments of the battle of Ia Drang in 1965, which set the tone of the war in Vietnam and even changed the ...

19, 1966, for his heroic actions leading a platoon into combat against the North Vietnamese army during the battle of Ia Drang in Vietnam, UT said in a release. According to the release ...

when American and North Vietnamese troops met in their first major combat engagement at the Battle of Ia Drang and the U.S. Army first used the Air Assault tactic that would dominate much of the war.