The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between regulars of the United States Army and regulars of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN / NVA) of North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The ...

Fifty years ago today, November 14, 1965, the first wave of troopers from a battalion of the First Cavalry Division, an elite unit of the U.S. Army that had turned in its horses for helicopters and an ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Dec. 2, 2015) -- The Maneuver Center of Excellence, or MCoE hosted nine Vietnam veterans recalling their parts in the Battle of Ia Drang, which marks its 50th anniversary this year ...

A half-century ago, two Peorians were thrust into up-front views of a Vietnam battle that unexpectedly and savagely changed history and shook the globe. The Battle of Ia Drang, later famously ...

The Battle of Ia Drang, America's first major combat operation in Vietnam, began on this day in 1965. Retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, who now lives in Auburn, was a lieutenant colonel and led 450 ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Nov.4 2015) -- Ten Vietnam veterans who fought in the Battle of Ia Drang will come to Fort Benning Nov. 23-24 to commemorate its 50th anniversary. The Battle of Ia Drang, which ...

Soldiers of the 1st “GarryOwen” Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, commemorated the 47th anniversary of the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley on Nov. 16. Teams ...

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On November 14, 1965, the opening shots were fired in the first major battle involving American forces in the Vietnam War. The U.S. soldiers landed by helicopter in the central highlands of South ...

Fifty years ago, Joe Galloway was covering – and participating in – the first major battle involving U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. Remembering The Battle Of Ia Drang On November 14, 1965, the ...