Hal Moore14 November 1965
1st Battalion/7th Cavalry, approximately 450-men strong under Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, began operations in the Ia Drang Valley
United States of America · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
1st Battalion/7th Cavalry, approximately 450-men strong under Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore, began operations in the Ia Drang Valley
US victory in west-central Vietnam near the Kampuchean border
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