Retired Lt. General Hal Moore from "We Were Soldiers Once and Young" Passes Away

[bobbymike]

http://www.militarytimes.com/articles/hal-moore-portrayed-by-actor-mel-gibson-in-we-were-soldiers-dies-at-age-94?utm_content=bufferbef3f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer

One of the first books I read about the Vietnam War (I was a little bit of a WWII European Theater snob) and found it riveting. Think I finished it in a weekend IIRC.

https://www.amazon.com/We-Were-Soldiers-Once-Young/dp/B00D936MP2/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1486858490&sr=1-3&keywords=we+were+soldiers+once+and+young

Movie was good IMHO

 

[NeilChapman]

Oh no...

 

[jstar]

RIP

 

[yasotay]

A good man and a superb soldier has cross the river and entered Fiddler's Green.

God's Speed General.