Who Won Ia Drang?
Harold Moore and the 7Th Calvary Won the Battle of Ia Drang Valley, and Subsequent Battles. Did We Win the Battle of Ia Drang? Despite These Numbers, Senior...
Harold Moore and the 7th Calvary won the battle of Ia Drang Valley, and subsequent battles.
Did we win the battle of Ia Drang?
Despite these numbers, senior American officials in Saigon declared the Battle of the Ia Drang Valley a great victory. The battle was extremely important because it was the first significant contact between U.S. troops and North Vietnamese forces.
How many died in La Drang?
In the 43-day Ia Drang campaign, 545 Americans were killed. Enemy deaths have been estimated at 3,561. It was the greatest loss of American life in the Vietnam War at that point, and a premonition of how determined the enemy was.
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