Harold G. Moore

Born in Bardstown, Kentucky, Moore pursued a West Point education after working nights and days to secure an appointment, graduating in 1945 and entering the infantry. His military career peaked when he led the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry at the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, an engagement later chronicled in the bestseller We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, which he co-wrote, and subsequently dramatized… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources