We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam

by Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
We Are Soldiers Still: A Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam
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24 ratings, 3.83 average rating, 11 reviews (more data...)
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August 1st 2008 by Harper

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Hardcover, 304 pages

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0061147761    (isbn13: 9780061147760)

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In their stunning follow-up to the classic bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young, Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway return to Vietnam an...more




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Kim
06/13/09
Kim rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2009
I was really impressed with the first book these two co-authored and was interested in seeing what they would add. It was sort of repetitive in places, but overall an interesting tale of finally meeting up with their North Vietnamese equals and hearing some of the planning that went into this conflict from their side. Two points that stick with me, perhaps because they were stressed and repeated, were the N. Vietnamese's conviction that if we had studied what happened to the French, we never w...more
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Dave
11/05/08
Dave rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
LTG Hal Moore and reporter Joe Galloway return to the Ia Drang Valley,(or as the Vietnamese call it "The Valley of Screaming Souls"), 30 years after the first great battle of the US Vietnamese experience left 305 Americans and approximately 2,200 North Vietnamese soldiers dead over a 72 hour period.

Moore reflects on the nature of war and what we do to ourselves through it's execution. He states "Long after the war was over, one president, Ronald Reagan, called it a "...more
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Tom
02/23/09
Tom rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2009
Reading about the return of members of the 1st Calvary to Viet Nam, I can't help but think of the decisions we all make in life. If I hadn't joned the Navy when I did, in time to see Viet Nam from afar and instead enlisted or was drafted into another branch, I wonder if I would be here today reading about those who were "in country."

The 2nd Battalion of the 1st US Calvary suffered 93% combat loss at LZ-Albany; the French lost over 3000 at Diem Ben Phu. Would I have come bac...more
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Anna
08/27/08
Anna rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Half a retelling of the story from "We Were Soldiers Once, and Young" and half filling in the gaps (the story before and after), I found Soldiers Still an easy and interesting read. Having met General Moore, I have a huge military crush on the man -- he is a legend.

Moore is predominantly the voice within this text and in parts, he provides a considerable amount of political commentary. There is also an interesting chapter on leadership which is applicable outside of the m...more
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Duane Schmidt
01/09/09
Duane Schmidt rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2009
Incredible book - from the author's battles in Korea and Vietnam to his thoughts on the Iraq war.
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Jwhitley
01/02/09
Jwhitley rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in December, 2008
Great section on leadership principles; excellent followup to the original book.
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Timothy
08/28/08
Timothy rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in September, 2008
This is a spectacular follow up to the original, we were soldiers once & young that the movie was made from. If you enjoyed the 1st book this will interest you as it goes back in the soldiers feelings & nightmares as they return to that fateful place from history to lay to rest those ghosts as well as make friends from prior enemies~
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David
12/23/08
David rated it: 3 of 5 stars

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Read in January, 2009
Good follow up to We Were Soldiers Once....and Young
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Joy
08/17/08
Joy marked it as to-read

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Again, I'm adding this book, and the one that lead to it, strictly because of one of the authors....Joseph L. Galloway. I'm such a journalism nerd!
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Lee
10/17/08
Lee rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Great sequel to a great battlefield history.
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William
09/23/08
William rated it: 1 of 5 stars

Read in September, 2008
Could not forge a connection.
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05/24/09
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04/28/09
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Chris Wright
04/18/09
Chris Wright rated it: 4 of 5 stars

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