The three-day battle pitted about 450 U.S. troops against some 2,000 North Vietnamese Army soldiers.
3 Up to the fall of 1965 the fighting by U.S. troops in Vietnam had been characterized, for the most part, by hit-and-run counterinsurgency operations against … The Battle. IN NOVEMBER 1965, the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, led by Lieutenant Colonel Harold G. "Hal" Moore, dropped into the Ia Drang Valley and soon engaged the enemy. Galloway ultimately received a National Magazine Award for his coverage of the Ia Drang battle. I'm surprised to see that was broadcast. LTC Hal Moore, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, on the radio during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Basil L. Plumley (January 1, 1920 – October 10, 2012) was a career soldier and airborne combat infantryman in the United States Army who rose to the rank of command sergeant major.As a Combat veteran of World War II and the Vietnam War.He is most noted for his actions during Hal Moore regarded the battle as a draw, and I agree with that assessment.

During the night of November 14 the NVA probed the perimeter several times.

Another veteran put it, “The survivors of Landing Zone X-Ray have always had an aura of fame about them. For one, the United States learned the wrong lessons from Ia Drang. Captain Ramon "Tony" Nadal, 29, commanded Alpha Company.One of his platoons was quickly cut off by the enemy. The terrible irony of Vietnam is that from 1965 until its withdrawal in January 1973, the U. S. Army not only won this first battle, it won every battle it fought with the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese army. I was always of the understanding that things like that would not have been broadcast until public opinion really turned against the war around 67/68? Senior U.S. military leaders declared the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley an American victory. After an initial communist assault came close to overrunning the Army battalion, the Americans bounced back with a combination of extreme and heavy use of artillery and air support — in addition to sheer martial skill on the ground. Battle of Ia Drang, November 14-18, 1965. Also, as you mentioned, the interview with the battle scarred guy.

The American machine gunners were ordered not to fire so as not to reveal their positions, but the grenadiers launched 40mm grenades and artillery fire was called in frequently. BATTLES WON, WARS LOST. The North Vietnamese went into the battle better prepared than the Americans. Same with the interview with the widow. The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between regular U.S. and North Vietnamese forces; it includes two major engagements, one between North Vietnamese forces and the 1 st Battalion, 7 th Cavalry and the other between North Vietnamese forces and the 2 nd Battalion, 7 th Cavalry and 2 nd Battalion, 5 th Cavalry. Cash.
We had won the battle.

1 Fight at Ia Drang by John A.