<P> We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore ( Ret . ) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War . It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley , the United States ' first large - unit battle of the Vietnam War ; previous engagements involved small units and patrols ( squad , platoon , and company sized units ) . It was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers . </P>
<P> We Were Soldiers Once ... and Young is a 1992 book by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore ( Ret . ) and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway about the Vietnam War . It focuses on the role of the First and Second Battalions of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley , the United States ' first large - unit battle of the Vietnam War ; previous engagements involved small units and patrols ( squad , platoon , and company sized units ) . It was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers . </P>
who wrote we were soldiers once and young
who wrote we were soldiers once and young
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore ( Ret . ) war journalist Joseph L. Galloway
Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore ( Ret . ) war journalist Joseph L. Galloway