The Army aviator made 22 flights into Landing Zone X-Ray at Ia Drang in 1965, evacuating the wounded and resupplying the ...

Retired Army Col. Bruce Perry Crandall, the legendary helicopter pilot who was awarded the U.S. military’s highest decoration ...

He received the medal for his daring at the Battle of Ia Drang.

Fourteen times he flew into what they called the valley of death,” President George W. Bush said in awarding him the Medal of ...

Ret. Col. Bruce Crandall received the Medal of Honor for repeatedly flying his helicopter into intense enemy fire to evacuate ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (July 15, 2015) --Bud Alley, a Vietnam veteran of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, recently wrote a book titled The Ghosts of the Green Grass, which tells the story of the ...

FORT BENNING, Ga., (Dec. 2, 2015) -- The Maneuver Center of Excellence, or MCoE hosted nine Vietnam veterans recalling their parts in the Battle of Ia Drang, which marks its 50th anniversary this year ...

Soldiers of the 1st “GarryOwen” Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, commemorated the 47th anniversary of the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley on Nov. 16. Teams ...

The Battle of Ia Drang, America's first major combat operation in Vietnam, began on this day in 1965. Retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore, who now lives in Auburn, was a lieutenant colonel and led 450 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Born and raised in Corpus Christi, United States Veteran Jesus 'Jesse' Hernandez will be laid to rest at the place he called home after passing away Sept. 12 from a stroke at ...

Fifty years ago, Joe Galloway was covering – and participating in – the first major battle involving U.S. forces in the Vietnam War. Remembering The Battle Of Ia Drang On November 14, 1965, the ...

On November 14, 1965, the opening shots were fired in the first major battle involving American forces in the Vietnam War. The U.S. soldiers landed by helicopter in the central highlands of South ...