In the mega-bestselling memoir "We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young," authors Hal Moore and Joe Galloway brought to life one of the most pivotal and heartbreaking battles of the Vietnam War. In this powerful sequel, they return to the Vietnam battlefield they immortalized to explore how the war changed them, their men, their enemies, and both countries. Mixing gritty and vivid detail with reverence and respect for their comrades, "We Are Soldiers Still" recounts an unusual homecoming in which soldiers on both sides return to the Ia Drang Valley to look back--and forward.
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Over 15 years after Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and former war correspondent Joe Galloway published their bestselling memoir WE WERE SOLDIERS ONCE...AND YOUNG, the two men have returned with another stirring account of the bloody nerve-rending and heart-breaking battles waged during the Vietnam War. WE ARE SOLDIERS STILL contains many powerful elements: anecdotes of courage from veterans, meditations on the nature of war, accounts of how war never leaves a person's blood--how one truly never stops being a soldier even as history and life move on. In one of the book's most compelling story lines, Galloway and Moore become the unlikely friends of Lt. Gen. Nguyen Hu An, the North Vietnamese commander Moore fought against in the terrible 34-day la Drang Valley battle. The men revisit the site of the carnage, where they are forced to camp overnight, spending the hours recounting their personal experiences and their powerful emotions concerning their collective understanding of warfare. This is a fascinating book--a worthy sequel to a masterpiece.
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