We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam (20 page)
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Authors: Harold G. Moore;Joseph L. Galloway
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View from the back of our hotel in Dien Bien Phu. This one was without rats!
Moore and Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap in Hanoi.
Moore and Gen. Chu Huy Man, senior North Vietnamese commander in the Ia Drang battles.
Moore and Maj. Gen. Hoang Phuong, the historian who wrote the Ia Drang after-action report.
Moore with Gen. Nguyen Huu An on the return visit to LZ X-Ray. At end of trip, An gave his helmet to Moore.
Approaching LZ X-Ray on the return visit.
Chartered Hind helicopter landing at LZ X-Ray on the return visit.
Moore and Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley at X-Ray during the return trip.
General Moore and General An, with Sergeant Major Plumley in the foreground, at LZ X-Ray. Colonel Hao shielded the ailing An from the sun with this umbrella.
Moore and Galloway take a break in the shade on the memorable day in LZ X-Ray. The headbands kept the sweat out of their eyes.
Muddy streets of Pleiku.
In the Vietnamese provinces, bicycles are still an important mode of transportation.
At the end of the visit to LZ X-Ray, the traveling party gathers for a group photo.
Moore boards a chopper leaving LZ X-Ray at end of the memorable visit.
