We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
by Hal Moore
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young is a 1992 account of the Vietnam War by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore and the journalist Joseph L. Galloway, first published by Random House in October 1992. It recounts the November 1965 Battle of the Ia Drang Valley and was filmed as We Were Soldiers in 2002.
- Editions tracked
- 3
- First edition
- Random House, 1992
- First published
- Random House, 1992
The first edition of We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Hal Moore was published in New York by Random House in 1992. We track 3 editions.
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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- We Were Soldiers film, 2002
In print
- Editions recorded
- 20 on Open Library, 16 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 5 languages
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Who published the first edition of We Were Soldiers Once... and Young?
The first edition of We Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Hal Moore was published in New York by Random House in 1992.
How many editions of We Were Soldiers Once... and Young are there?
We track 3 editions of We Were Soldiers Once... and Young, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has We Were Soldiers Once... and Young been adapted?
Yes, including We Were Soldiers (film, 2002), according to Wikidata.
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- We Were Soldiers Once...and Young, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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