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During the battle, he flew 22 missions in a Bell Huey helicopter into enemy fire to evacuate more than 70 wounded and bring ammunition and supplies to United States forces. His actions in the battle of the Ia Drang valley were portrayed by actor Greg Kinnear in the Mel Gibson film, We Were Soldiers .
We Were Soldiers is a 2002 American war film written and directed by Randall Wallace and starring Mel Gibson. Based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young (1992) by Lieutenant General (Ret.) Hal Moore and reporter Joseph L. Galloway , it dramatizes the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14, 1965.
The UH-1 is a central part of the 2002 Vietnam war film We Were Soldiers. The helicopter is shown ferrying troops into the Ia Drang valley as part of the then-new concept of air cavalry . The film particularly focused on the flights of Major Bruce Crandall , who was later awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions while piloting his UH-1 during ...
The 2002 film We Were Soldiers, depicted the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965. The battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Hal Moore was played by actor Mel Gibson. The battle is notable for being the first large scale helicopter air assault of the Vietnam War.
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Joseph Lee Galloway (November 13, 1941 – August 18, 2021) was an American newspaper correspondent and columnist. During the Vietnam War, he often worked alongside the American troops he covered and was awarded a Bronze Star Medal in 1998 for having carried a badly wounded man to safety while he was under very heavy enemy fire in 1965. [2]
Ukraine’s military has released a video of the burning wreckage of a Russian Mi-8 helicopter on the war’s southern frontline, saying the aircraft was shot down by paratroopers. “The Russian ...
A military helicopter caught fire during a training mission and was forced to make an emergency landing at California’s Camp Pendleton, authorities said. The aircraft — a CH53-E Super Stallion...