Battle of la drang lost platoon book

After a north vietnamese strike against the special forces camp at plei me, american forces deployed in an effort to destroy the attackers. Rescuing the lost platoon ia drang the battle that. The significance of the battle of ia drang vietnam war books. The battle of ia drang was the first major battle between the united states army and the. It was now approaching noon on monday, november 15, and the time had come to push out again, this time with three companies, and rescue the lost platoon. Henry toro herrick, second lieutenant, united states army. The 33d north vietnamese army regiment, originally a 2,200man fighting force, had lost 890 killed, 100 missing, and 500 wounded during the plei me debacle. By this point, eight men of the platoon had been killed and wounded. By now, according to moore in his book, the snaps and cracks of the rounds. In 2016, he joined a panel of ia drang survivors at the maneuver center of. The battle of ia drang was fought november 1418, 1965, during the vietnam war 19551975 and was the first major engagement between the us army and the peoples army of vietnam pavn. A defining element of ia drang was the separation and attempted rescues of lieutenant henry herricks platoon.

Rescuing the lost platoon xray we were soldiers once. Hal moores battalion at the start of the battle of ia drang on nov. Fifty years after a vietnam war battle, the survivors look back at the friends they lost and the lives theyve shaped since. Battle of ia drang military wiki fandom military wikia.

The north vietnamese army units withdrawing from plei me had traveled all the way to the cambodian border. Listen a veteran of the lost platoon remembers vietnam galen bungum, 72, was a soldier in the vietnam war and fought in the first major battle of. John blackstone reports on how that battle shaped the lives of the survivors, and how some of them. Listen a veteran of the lost platoon remembers vietnam galen bungum, 72, was a soldier in the vietnam war and fought in the first major battle of the war, the battle of ia drang, on november 14.

Although the men of my battalion wanted to be the ones who did the job of bringing their comrades back into the perimeter, common sense dictated that lieutenant colonel bob tullys newly arrived 2nd battalion, 5th cavalry, guided by captain john. The battle of ia drang was the first major battle between the united states army and the peoples army of vietnam pavn, also referred to as the north vietnamese army nva, and was part of the pleiku campaign conducted early in the vietnam war. Fight at ia drang, lz xray after action report by ltc hal moore. One defining element of ia drang was the separation and attempted rescues of lieutenant henry herricks platoon. It was a book that a north vietnamese soldier had dropped. It comprised two main engagements, centered on two previously scouted helicopter landing zones lzs, known as lz xray and lz albany. It now began reorganizing its meager ranks into a single composite battalion in the valley between the ia drang river and hill 542, the most prominent peak of chu pang in this area. They were platoon leaders together in the 2nd battalion, 7th cavalry regiment, 3rd. Rescuing the lost platoon ia drang the battle that changed the. Ia drang the battle that changed the war in vietnam by harold g. Ia drang valley veterans attend ranger reunion article the.