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There is only one thing that does not change, and that is everything always changes.        Diane

I have two questions about the first major battle between the USA Armed Forces and the NVA....

I asked a question several days ago about the first major battle between the USA and NVA Regulars which ocurred in Nov. of 1965 in an area called LZ Xray.  I came across the movie with Mel Gibson called "We Were Soldiers", based on the book "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young".  This film is based on a real life event. Lt. Coronel Hal Moore leads into battle the First Reg. of the 7th Cavalry Mobile Division.  My question was how many NVA men where there on Nov. 14, 1965 fighting in LZ Xray and how many casualties were there of our Soldiers?     Thanks, Diane from Arizona


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Hello Diane; I have written a book about my career: http:/jimlittlebooks.com/  my ship was in the Gulf of Tonkin during this battle. I contacted Joe Galloway the correspondent who was there, and received information about the battle. During the battle in Ia Drang valley (it's Ia Drang not Ia Trang), 234 troops were killed, during the entire Pleiku campaign a total of 305 were killed. I'm not sure that the total enemy forces were known? You might ask joe at: Jlgalloway2@cs.com 
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Yes, in an area simply call in lz xray. I guess that calling lz xray's just reality
Posted 2009-11-10T01:41:58Z
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Working as Soldiers is an admired calling
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