Description:Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway, We Were Soldiers Once... and Young. Excerpt: Battle of Ia Drang Valley item Belligerents item North Vietnam Viet Cong: United States South Vietnam item Commanders item Nguy n H u An: Thomas W. Brown Harold G. Moore (X-Ray) Robert McDade (Albany) item Strength item 2000-4000 infantry: 400 infantry item Casualties and losses item U.S. estimate: 1,519 killed: 234 killed 242 wounded A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Bruce Perry Crandall Bruce P. Crandall (born 1933) is a retired U.S. Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang . During the battle he flew 22 missions in an unarmed helicopter into enemy fire to bring ammunition and supplies and evacuate the wounded. By the end of the Vietnam War, he had flown over 900 combat missions. After retiring from the Army he worked several jobs in different states before settling down with his wife in his home state of Washington. Early life and family Crandall was born in 1933 and raised in Olympia, Washington and during high school became an All-American baseball player. After graduating he attended the University of Washington in Seattle until being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1953. He married his wife Arlene on March 31, 1956 and they have three sons and five grandchildren. They currently reside in Washington state. Military service After commissioning and graduation from fixed-wing and helicopter training conducted by the United States Air Force and United States Army, he was assigned to an Army Aviation mapping group based out of the Presidio of San Francisco "that at the time was the largest flying military aviation unit in the world" . From there he went ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Battle of Ia Drang; Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway. To get started finding Battle of Ia Drang; Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
Pages
50
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PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition
Publisher
Books LLC
Release
2010
ISBN
1155159586
Battle of Ia Drang; Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
Description: Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway, We Were Soldiers Once... and Young. Excerpt: Battle of Ia Drang Valley item Belligerents item North Vietnam Viet Cong: United States South Vietnam item Commanders item Nguy n H u An: Thomas W. Brown Harold G. Moore (X-Ray) Robert McDade (Albany) item Strength item 2000-4000 infantry: 400 infantry item Casualties and losses item U.S. estimate: 1,519 killed: 234 killed 242 wounded A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Bruce Perry Crandall Bruce P. Crandall (born 1933) is a retired U.S. Army officer who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ia Drang . During the battle he flew 22 missions in an unarmed helicopter into enemy fire to bring ammunition and supplies and evacuate the wounded. By the end of the Vietnam War, he had flown over 900 combat missions. After retiring from the Army he worked several jobs in different states before settling down with his wife in his home state of Washington. Early life and family Crandall was born in 1933 and raised in Olympia, Washington and during high school became an All-American baseball player. After graduating he attended the University of Washington in Seattle until being drafted into the U.S. Army in 1953. He married his wife Arlene on March 31, 1956 and they have three sons and five grandchildren. They currently reside in Washington state. Military service After commissioning and graduation from fixed-wing and helicopter training conducted by the United States Air Force and United States Army, he was assigned to an Army Aviation mapping group based out of the Presidio of San Francisco "that at the time was the largest flying military aviation unit in the world" . From there he went ...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Battle of Ia Drang; Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway. To get started finding Battle of Ia Drang; Hal Moore, Battle of Ia Drang, Bruce P. Crandall, We Were Soldiers, Ed Freeman, Julia Compton Moore, Joseph L. Galloway, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.