Major Bruce Crandall made over 20 flights into intense enemy fire during a battle in the Ia Drang Valley, South Vietnam, in November 1965, evacuating 70 wounded and delivering ammunition. Where the difference between We Were Soldiers and reality lies is that the battle didnt end with Moore and his men evacuating, nor was there a final heroic charge. It was the first major combat action between U.S. ground forces and the North Vietnamese Army. Yesteryears: For survivors, Battle of the Ia Drang Valley changed everything. He knew he had to get out of the clearing, so he started pulling himself along the ground using only his arms, when someone grabbed him and dragged him the rest of the way into the trees. Shocked and wounded U.S. troops gather at a jungle clearing of South Vietnam's Ia Drang Valley in mid-November 1965, as they wait for an ambulance helicopter. PAOLONE, Ernest E., Bob Edwardss radio operator, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, died of a massive heart attack on March 30, 1992, at the age of fifty. The ending of We Were Soldiers comes once Hal Moore makes the decision to call in Broken Arrow, a request for all available combat aircraft to attack enemy positions. Spec. He lives in Vicksburg, Mississippi. These are survivors of an ambush against U.S. 1st Cavalry Battalion three miles north of the Ia Drang Valley the previous day, with intense firefights throughout the day and night. After the Ia Drang campaign, Hastings was badly burned when the O-1E Bird Dog spotter plane he was piloting was shot down over the Mang Yang Pass and crash-landed in the old French Group Mobile 100 cemetery beside Route 19 on Christmas Eve 1965. By the end of the first day, the 1st BN, 7th Cavalry was reduced to approximately 340 men. KENNEDY, Glenn F., first sergeant, Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, was killed in action on May 6, 1966, during Operation Davy Crockett in the Bong Son plain. It was his positive decision to do something that reinforced my own will to go on.". Privacy Policy He worked an additional fifteen years as a civilian employee at Martin Army Hospital at Fort Benning, Georgia, and retired again in 1990. I couldn't grasp it.". Combat operations at Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, November 1965. Lawrence and Cornett were roommates at Infantry Officer Basic School, roommates in jump school and on the ship together that brought them to Vietnam. LZ Albany is essentially two clearings with a large copse of trees in the middle. Weve updated the security on the site. ROBINSON, Edward Charles, fifty-five, Huey pilot at LZ X-Ray, served a second combat tour in Vietnam. Orange County, Theres a lot of pain but at least I lived. Jeanette says: When I was in the hospital in 1966, I was down in the doldrums, feeling sorry, and they tried to nudge me out of that. (Photo Credit: US Army / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain) The real life Battle of Ia Drang took place between November 14-19, 1965. However, theres one part of We Were Soldiers thats different from what really happened: the ending. Thus died one of the finest officers who fought in the Ia Drang. As one writer concluded, "The Ia Drang Valley is where the U.S. truly went to war," and it "set the tone for the" many years of relentless fighting that would follow. On February 26, 2007, President George W. Bush presented Crandall with the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Ia Drang Valley. By Trevor Arendall, July 9 . There is a problem with your email/password. The vision of VVMF is to ensure a society in which all who have served and sacrificed in our nation's Armed Forces are properly honored and receive the recognition they justly deserve. If you notice a problem with the translation, please send a message to [emailprotected] and include a link to the page and details about the problem. He now lives in Stamford, Connecticut. Lt. Don Cornett along with 154 Troopers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment were killed in the Ia Drang Valley, Nov. 17, 1965, at a small clearing known as Landing Zone Albany. He lives on a farm near Rainier, Washington, and has been writing down his memories of Vietnam duty for his children and grandchildren. in history. BRAVEBOY, Toby, rifleman, Alpha Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav, recovered from his wounds and his week-long ordeal alone on the abandoned battlefield at Albany and returned safely to his family in Coward, South Carolina. I attended every one of those funerals., LEFEBVRE, L. R. (Ray), fifty-nine, commander of Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, spent eighteen months at Martin Army Hospital, Fort Benning, recovering from the wounds he suffered at X-Ray. He was evacuated, via Clark Field, to Fitzsimmons Army Hospital in Denver. In the same way, the story of his experiences at LZ Albany is a story that could be told by the nearly 400 Troopers of 2/7 Cav who fought and died at LZ Albany, or the 1/7 Cav Troopers at LZ X-ray or the more than 2.6 million US personnel who served in Vietnam. He is now an attorney in San Diego, California. When he retired, Howard moved to Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he works as a consultant in emergency-management planning. Due to a statute of limitations being lifted, Freeman was awarded the Medal of Honor on July 16, 2001. The North Vietnamese Army starts with the most flags but to combat this the 7th Cavalry Regiment has superior airpower meaning that the USA can quickly insert and extract players into and out of flags. He retired a major in 1980, after twenty years service. About 80 U.S. soldiers were killed, 124 wounded, in the first two days of the fight. He and Russell Adams are still best friends. James T. Lawrence, a first lieutenant in the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, learned a lesson in leadership the hard way 50 years ago. WALLENIUS, Jon, forty-nine, mortar observer, Bravo Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry in LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany, got out of the Army in August 1966. HASTINGS, Charlie W., fifty-three, forward air controller at LZ X-Ray, retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force on March 1, 1992, after thirty years service. The Ia Drang Scholarship Fund was founded in 1994 by LTG (Ret) Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway from earnings on their book We Were Soldiers Once-And Young. You can customize the cemeteries you volunteer for by selecting or deselecting below. His awards include the Combat Infantrymans Badge with two stars; two Silver Stars; two Bronze Stars; four Purple Hearts; a Master Parachutist Badge with five combat-jump stars; a European Theater Service ribbon with eight campaign stars and four invasion arrows; a Korean Service ribbon with three campaign stars and one invasion arrow; a Vietnam Service ribbon with one silver and three bronze campaign stars; and the Presidential Unit Citation badge. He works at Fort Benning, Georgia, evaluating Army Reserve training. He accepted, I won, but he only recently began paying offone bottle at a time. Plumley says, Scott is so tight with a dollar youd think he came out of West Point.. Although survivors had been trickling in during the morning they thought the 2/7th had been annihilated in the fighting at Albany. Rosemary Giles is a history content writer with Hive Media. He and his wife live in Sag Harbor, New York, where they operate a summer season shop that deals in contemporary original art. ROLAND, William, forty-nine, rifle-squad leader, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at X-Ray, returned to Vietnam for a second combat tour. "The fear factor, when you know someone is within yards of you and is trying to kill you desperately, the fear factor can shut you down. Basil Plumley is a grandfather now, kind and soft-spoken, but do not be deceived: He is the lion in winter. He was presented with the Medal of Honor on December 19, 1966, and three years later volunteered for a second tour of duty in Vietnam. Setelin is president of the Major General George W. Casey chapter of the 1st Cavalry Division Association and a member of the national associations board of trustees. The two-hour Ia Drang Valley program kicked off the reunion's final day. P.O. He lives in Olympia, Washington, and works for the state government. A young United Press International reporter, Joseph Galloway, became the only civilian decorated for gallantry during the war, awarded a Bronze Star with V device for valor for carrying a wounded soldier off the battlefield under intense fire. Finally, after 10 months, had some makeshift buildings. However, Americans killed an estimated 1,800 North Vietnamese, through rifles, artillery, helicopters, and jets. New York, Johns retired a brigadier general and is now dean of faculty at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in Washington, D.C. Mrs. Johns, whose two youngest children are in college, does volunteer work and writes for her own pleasure in her spare time. Contrary to popular belief, the Battle of Ia Drang started and ended after the famous landings at LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany. When someone shook me and tried to get me moving I was actually offended. Alex Kolyer for MPR News On this Veterans Day,. Unlike Viet Cong guerrillas, the northerners were prepared to stand and fight. Today he is a city bus driver in Houston, Texas. Two men - Sgt. His twelve-year-old granddaughter recently interviewed Ray about his experiences in Vietnam and wrote a school essay she titled: My Grandfather: An American Hero.. He and his wife, Pat, live in Avon Park, Florida. He left the Army in 1971 with the rank of captain, returned home to Puerto Rico, and earned a law degree. Before the Battle of la Drang was over, 305 Americans had been killed along with an estimated 2,000 North Vietnamese troops. BROWN, Thomas W. (Tim), seventy-three, the 3rd Brigade commander in the Ia Drang, retired a brigadier general in 1973, after thirty-plus years of service and a second tour in Vietnam, with two Silver Stars and two Bronze Stars from his three wars. The U.S. unit was moving through the jungle in a long column when the 8th battalion of the North Vietnamese 66th Regiment sprang in to a massive ambush. WHITESIDE, Jerry E., fifty-five, fire-support coordinator in LZ X-Ray, served a second tour in Vietnam as an adviser. They have three children, daughters Abigail and Alison and a son, Thomas Alexander. He is partly paralyzed as a result of his terrible wound. Photo Credit: Wikipedia; Henry Toro Herrick was red-haired, five foot ten, twenty-four years old, and the son of an astronomy professor at UCLA. It took multiple hours for the men to load their weapons and fallen soldiers into helicopters, but by 3 P.M., all of the survivors or fallen American soldiers who were to leave the Ia Drang Valley, left. Nonetheless, this allows a reprieve for Moore and his men to secure the area. She also worked as a teaching assistant in the History Department. November 14, 1965 marked a pivotal moment in U.S. involvement in Vietnam. (Skip), fifty-three, commander of Charlie Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cav in the Ia Drang, is still on active duty. Please check your email and click on the link to activate your account. At 4:00 AM this morning, Command Sergeant Major Basil L. Plumley of the U.S. Army's 1 st Battalion, 7 th Cavalry Regiment, died. He owns a property-management firm in Tampa, Florida. Background. 'The torture stopped': 1969 brought temporary changes to infamous Hanoi Hilton, Patriotism or protest? Moderate. His lieutenants bars were pinned on by General James Van Fleet and, at Freemans request, his first assignment was as commander of Bravo Company. Easy. Advisory Group, Pleiku. He tells his audience this to help them understand. He told me that if he didn't make it, I was to write her and tell her that he loved her. Becoming a Find a Grave member is fast, easy and FREE. The fighting continued for three hours. (U.S. Army), This strategy, as flawed as it was, had some potentiality of working, Wiest, the historian, said. It is based on the Battle for Landing Zone X-Ray, part of the Battle of Ia Drang, the first major battle of the Vietnam War. He is a consultant to industries seeking defense business. Lt. Don Cornett along with 154 Troopers from 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment were killed in the Ia Drang Valley, Nov. 17, 1965, at a small clearing known as Landing Zone Albany. 2 Ia Drang also served as a test for the U.S. military of its new air mobility tactics. He wanted to ensure the memories of those who died live on, in particular that of his best friend, Lt. Don Cornett. In January 1991, General H. Norman Schwarzkopf summoned the reporter to his headquarters in Saudi Arabia and said: Im sending you to the commander out here who is most like General Hal Moore, and the division which has the most challenging and dangerous mission in my battle plan. Galloway rode with then-Major General Barry McCaffrey and the 24th Infantry Division (Mechanized) on a hair-raising tank charge through the western Iraq desert to the Euphrates River valley. The Battle of Ia Drang Valley, fought November 14th-18th, 1965, was the first major engagement between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam (abbreviated as PAVN). Adams and his wife have a three-year-old daughter. He died . Crandall won the first Helicopter Heroism Award of the Aviation/Space Writers Association, for two daring nighttime landings under fire to rescue twelve badly wounded troopers from Captain Tony Nadals Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav in Operation Masher-White Wing in January 1966. South Carolina, 311 memorials He is senior Army adviser to the 79th Army Reserve Command in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Martha, have four children. The mission of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) is to honor and preserve the legacy of service and educate all generations about the impact of the Vietnam War. He is an executive with a major defense-contracting firm and lives in Centreville, Virginia. The 430 troops of the 1st Battalion, 1stCavalry Division loaded into helicopters and were dropped into the Ia Drang valley. There were no further attacks overnight. Death in the Ia Drang Valley, November 13-18, 1965 By Private 1st Class Jack P. Smith The 1st Battalion had been fighting continuously for three or four days, and I had never seen such filthy troops. He told me his wife's name was [Sylvia]. With a passion for historical learning and historical education, her writing interests include social history, and war history, especially researching obscure facts about the Second World War. He holds two masters degrees, is employed in the defense industry, and lives in Alexandria, Virginia. "The next morning we were told the B-52s out of Guam were going to bomb the mountains and that we were to move to LZ Albany," Jim said. This operation responded to the NVA attack on an American . I still have my leg, and I can walk on it. Alley is general manager of a box factory in Dayton, Tennessee. Photo extracted from U.S. Army motion picture footage from November 1965. He works for a consulting firm in McLean, Virginia. He completed 22 flights: Rescuing Wounded in Ia Drang Valley from 2015: https://vvmf.wordpress.com/2015/11/07/he-spent-14-hours-in-the-air-rescuing-wounded-in-the-ia-drang-valley/, Stars and Stripes Article: https://www.stripes.com/news/special-reports/vietnam-stories/1965/ia-drang-valley-where-the-us-truly-went-to-war-1.376662, Larry Gwin | VVMF: https://youtu.be/_PDBgEu4cx4, Jon Wallenius | VVMF: https://youtu.be/Qb9a1L4rc2g, Bruce Crandall | VVMF: https://youtu.be/SSNTph4QQ2g, Joe Galloway | VVMF: https://youtu.be/N6XXcDATAgE, Faces Never Forgotten with Joe Galloway: https://www.facebook.com/VietnamVeteransMemorialFund/videos/2239219906358006/, National Geographic Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLyBazkpUFQ, 1965 CBS Special News Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sx1rzDNcFmE, AARP Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKtWX9TDFYc, Military.com In Depth Look: https://www.military.com/video/operations-and-strategy/vietnam-war/the-battle-of-la-drang/2071462322001, Medal of Honor Recipient Bruce Crandall: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIAEcZ29aG4, Medal of Honor Recipient Ed Freeman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdDYNI7V0co, Medal of Honor Recipient Walter Marm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7-U0FBiYUU, Docs Teach (National Archives): https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/battle-la-drang-valley, PBS Clip (Plei Me and la Drang): https://whut.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/c27a31b7-14fc-4c5f-804e-168fbb24f5ed/plei-mei-and-the-ia-drang-valley-clip-the-vietnam-war/, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund | 3033 Wilson Blvd, Suite 300 | Arlington VA 22201 | 202.393.0090 LUND, Bill, fifty, who was Myron Diduryks artillery forward observer in LZ X-Ray and LZ Albany, left Vietnam in March 1966, upon completion of his two-year reserve officer obligation. Of the 500 men, 150 were killed and only 84 were able to return to immediate duty. Karen works part-time as a freelance designer and helps with her husbands construction and contracting business. He was chief of security at a hospital in Columbus, Georgia, until his death on April 18, 1992. They died hot, hungry and exhausted. He had just turned thirty-six years old. He died less than 100 yards from where his best friend lay wounded. North Vietnamese forces had higher casualty rates, due to the U.S. airstrike and artillery support. He is a freelance commercial artist in Harrisburg and occasionally turns his hand to fine-art drawings of his war experiences. Moore lectures at military academies and at several colleges and universities. Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Ia Drang Valley Incident. He still grows soybeans and corn on the farm in his spare time. Although each survivor's story is unique, . Battle of Ia Drang, first major clash between U.S. soldiers and North Vietnamese troops during the Vietnam War. Most of the planes touched down between midnight and six A.M., but George Nye was always there, rain or shine. Battalions would use helicopters to be transferred in and out as artillery support came in from above. After Vietnam, Hazen maintained a correspondence with the mother of the young lieutenant who died in his arms. The Battle of Ia Drang Valley was a series of engagements between the U.S 1st Cavalry Division and the B-3 front, North Vietnamese Army. As a student, she worked in a variety of research positions, including as an archivist. At approximately noon,the North Vietnamese 33rd Regiment attacked. No one pulled security. Many did a second tour and others left the service and returned home to their families. He retired in 1990. They have two sons, one an oil-industry consultant, the other an Air Force sergeant who served in the Persian Gulf War. This browser does not support getting your location. He retired from the Army as a staff sergeant in 1976, and now serves in the Alabama National Guard. He retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1985; on November 26, 1987, he was killed in the crash of a private plane in Bakersfield, California. 208-263-9534. Successful in their mission, the Americans travel back to their landing zone to be taken back to base. He is assistant principal of a public high school in the Bronx. Today he is president of a major chemical-waste management corporation in Oak Brook, Illinois. When he got back to Refugio, Texas, he called on Joe Galloways parents but mercifully concealed the true circumstances of their meeting on the battlefield in X-Ray. Resend Activation Email, Please check the I'm not a robot checkbox, If you want to be a Photo Volunteer you must enter a ZIP Code or select your location on the map. They died dirty. Hes in a unique position to want to believe these optimistic reports and hes getting a lot of them.. DUNCAN, Ken, fifty-three, executive officer of Bravo Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, left the Army in August 1966, and returned to his hometown of Thomaston, Georgia, where he works with a textile-manufacturing company. He went home to Salinas, California, where he lives with his wife and three sons. This battle took place from 11-14-1965, thru 11-18-1965. Hear Bruces story. Surprisingly, Adams, Beck's buddy who was shot in the head, was among the. Savage and the 22-year-old medic, Sp5. When I go to the wall, I see Don Cornett's name 58,000 times.'. Russian missile barrage knocks out power and water to Ukrainian cities December 16, 2022. He spent thirty-two months in the hospital recovering from the wounds he suffered in LZ X-Ray. The 2nd Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment went toward LZ Columbus, while the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment traveled to LZ Albany, capturing two NVA soldiers on the way. Please ensure you have given Find a Grave permission to access your location in your browser settings. NYE, George (China Joe), demolition-team leader, 8th Engineers, attached to the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry in Landing Zone X-Ray, died of an apparent heart attack at age fifty-one on December 8, 1991, at his home in Bangor, Maine. Bun-gum operated a 161-acre dairy farm until 1988, when he sold his cows and took a job in town. He and his wife have two college-age children. In the fall of 1965 the Vietnam War was an event most Americans saw as a series of smaller battles leaving little to remember. They have a son, who is in college, and a daughter, still in high school. They have two grown children. Young went to work for the railroad in Steelville, Missouri. This account has been disabled. The problem was it had to be applied by a country that was much more willing for it to be applied for the long haul. Westmoreland, a veteran of World War II in Europe, declared Ia Drang a victory because the North Vietnamese were driven from the field after suffering major casualties. KLUGE, Fred J., fifty-nine, platoon sergeant, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry in Albany, retired in 1973, as a first sergeant, after a total of twenty-two years service. Together, we can make sure our heroes will get the reverence they deserve and the stories and sacrifices of our heroes will never be forgotten. Somebody grabbed him under his arms and dragged him toward the trees, but dropped him in the clearing where air support was dropping napalm. On March 2, 1969, thirty-two-year-old Buse Tully was killed in action. He and his wife, Kornelia, live in Columbus, Georgia, where for several years Scott taught military subjects to Junior ROTC in the high schools. SHADDEN, James Haskell, fifty, mortarman, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry, survived half a dozen operations and one year in Army hospitals recovering from the wounds received at LZ Albany. EDWARDS, Robert, fifty-four, commander of Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cav, served a second tour in Vietnam as an adviser. NADAL, Ramon A. The Huey was the best helicopter ever made. A U.S. platoon was lured into a trap and surrounded, holding off repeated North Vietnamese attacks despite the death of the platoon leader and several noncommissioned officers. Charlie Hastings moved back home to Tucson after retiring, and he lives there with his wife and children. A high school dropout, he went back to college, earned a B.A., and was working on an M.A. Army Specialist Four (SP4) Bill Beck was an assistant machine gunner assigned to the 1 st Battalion, 7 th Cavalry Regiment (1/7 Cav), 1 st Cavalry Division on November 14, 1965, when the unit airlifted into Landing Zone (LZ) X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley in Vietnam. 'Can't you see I'm dying?' Feb 25, 2017. WALLACE, Bruce M. Jr., sixty-one, Air Force A-IE Skyraider pilot over the Ia Drang, served two more tours in Vietnam and retired a colonel in 1976. He is brutally honest, even with his actions as a leader. "The main point that I try to get across when I speak to Soldiers, and this is what saved me, is the training," he said. I pulled the muscles in that leg so badly yanking it free that I couldnt walk for three months, he said. Found more than one record for entered Email, You need to confirm this account before you can sign in. THORPE, Henry, fifty-eight, commander, Delta Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry in the Ia Drang, left the Army as a captain in September 1967, after eight years service, and went home to his native North Carolina. That headquarters type turned up and he returned my old helmet, bullet hole and all. The secondary plot follows Julia, who volunteers to deliver telegrams informing families of their loved ones deaths in Vietnam. Major Bruce Crandall made over 20 flights into intense enemy fire during a battle in the Ia Drang Valley, South Vietnam, in November 1965, evacuating 70 wounded and delivering ammunition. A North Vietnamese map, captured in 1966, accurately depicts enemy maneuvers and attacks during the Ia Drang campaign. This was the first major engagement between the United States Army and the North Vietnamese Army. Elements of the Armys 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) entered the first major land battle of the war at landing zones X-Ray and Albany, which would turn out to be proving grounds for a whole new kind of warfare. He is partly paralyzed as a result of his terrible wound. In 1946, Ho Chi Minh had warned the French, who were trying to restore control over their former protectorate, that you can kill 10 of my men for every one I kill of yours, yet even at those odds, you will lose and I will win.. The real life Battle of Ia Drang took place between November 14-19, 1965. Between the Army and the Interior Department, Freeman logged a total of seventeen thousand hours flying time in helicopters and eight thousand hours in fixed wing. A battalion of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division was ambushed while marching from the jungle clearing where the Ia Drang Valley fighting started on November 14, 1965. He didn't know that he was the one in charge at that time. He studied to be a tool-and-die machinist and worked at that job for several years until the strain of long hours standing on his bad leg severely affected his hip and back. It featured a question-and-answer session with some of the battle's key players, including retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore. They have four children and five grandchildren. WINTER, Pete, fifty-one, rifleman, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, was discharged in December 1965. This article was originally published Nov. 11, 2015, as part of the Vietnam at 50 project. Things were quiet, but in the morning, the North Vietnamese attacked. In Hanoi, the North Vietnamese leadership was prepared for huge losses. In 2016, he joined a panel of Ia Drang survivors at the Maneuver Center of Excellence, Fort Benning, Ga., to share their experiences with both young and seasoned officers and noncommissioned officers. He and his wife have two teenage children. 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