We Were Soldiers
*We Were Soldiers* is a 2002 American war film depicting the Battle of Ia Drang, one of the first major engagements between U.S. and North Vietnamese forces in 1965.
Based on the book *We Were Soldiers Once... and Young* by Lt.
Col.
Hal Moore and journalist Joseph Galloway, the film stars Mel Gibson as Moore.
The title emphasizes the humanity of combatants on both sides—not heroes or villains, just soldiers.
- VietnamSoutheast Asian coastal nation
- battleArmed military engagement
- cavalryMounted military force
- air cavalryHelicopter-borne combat units
- helicopterRotary-wing aircraft
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