Battle of Ia Drang
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The Battle of Ia Drang was the first major battle between the United States Army and the People's Army of Vietnam, as part of the Pleiku campaign conducted early in the Vietnam War, at the eastern foo
U.S. Army soldiers air-lifted into LZ X-Ray.
1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry troopers landing at LZ X-Ray
1st Cavalry troops engage PAVN
X-Ray perimeter, night of November 14
Nguyễn Hữu An
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Nguyễn Hữu An was a Vietnamese military officer in the People's Army of Vietnam during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War.
Battle of Ia Drang
…battlefield objectives. The PAVN learned that they could neutralize that firepower by quickly engaging American forces at very close range. PAVN Col. Nguyễn Hữu An included his lessons from the battle at X-ray in his orders for Albany, "Move inside the column, grab them by the belt, and thus avoid casualties from…
Nguyễn Hữu An with his wife
The 2nd Corps commander – Major General Nguyen Huu An and the Le Linh Military Police Commissioner inspects the 203rd Tank Brigade before the 1975 Offensive.