We Were Soldiers Once... and Young (La Drang) Elite Now you can rev up

Now you can rev up your reading in just a few minutes a day

personal diaries

Robert Leckie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in January 1942

Japanese-held island of Iwo Jima

So heavy were the casualties that the Secretary of Defense offered to pull the Marines out

We Were Soldiers Once... and Young (La Drang) Elite Now you can rev upEach year, the Commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps selects one book that he believes is both relevant and timeless for reading by all Marines. The Commandant's choice for 1993 was We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young. In November 1965, some 450 men of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, under the command of Lt. Col. Hal Moore, were dropped by helicopter into a small clearing in the Ia Drang Valley. They were immediately surrounded by 2,000 North