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Not many of would probably care but I'd just like to make a post about a very distinguished man who died on February 10.
You guys may know him from the movie "We were soldiers", where the actor Mel Gibson played him.
Harold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr.(February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the U.S. military's second highest decoration for valor, and was the first of his West Point class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general.
Moore is best remembered as the lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the Vietnam War. The battle was made into the movie We Were Soldiers in 2002, which starred actor Mel Gibsonas Moore; Moore was the "honorary colonel" of the regiment.
In 2007, Moore's volunteer driver wrote a book on Moore's personal religious journey titled A General's Spiritual Journey. In 2013, author Mike Guardia published the first full-length biography of Moore's life and career titled Hal Moore: A Soldier Once...and Always.
Moore was awarded the Order of Saint Maurice by the National Infantry Association[2] as well as the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point Association of Graduates.[3]
You guys may know him from the movie "We were soldiers", where the actor Mel Gibson played him.
Harold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr.(February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was a United States Army lieutenant general and author. He was a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the U.S. military's second highest decoration for valor, and was the first of his West Point class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general.
Moore is best remembered as the lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the Vietnam War. The battle was made into the movie We Were Soldiers in 2002, which starred actor Mel Gibsonas Moore; Moore was the "honorary colonel" of the regiment.
In 2007, Moore's volunteer driver wrote a book on Moore's personal religious journey titled A General's Spiritual Journey. In 2013, author Mike Guardia published the first full-length biography of Moore's life and career titled Hal Moore: A Soldier Once...and Always.
Moore was awarded the Order of Saint Maurice by the National Infantry Association[2] as well as the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point Association of Graduates.[3]
