We Were Soldiers Once… and Young : Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam

Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese soldiers. Three days later, only two and a half miles away, a sister battalion was chopped to pieces. Together, these actions at the landing zones X-Ray and albany constituted one of the most savage and significant battles of the Vietnam War.