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Battle Of Ia Drang Where 400 Americans Fought 2,000 Vietnamese In The First Major Battle

On November 14, 1965, in Vietnam's Ia Drang Valley, Lt. Col. Hal Moore's 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry (1st Cavalry Division, Airmobile) helicoptered into tiny Landing Zone X-Ray, inadvertently atop three NVA regiments, sparking America's first major clash with North Vietnamese regulars; outnumbered 3:1, Moore's 450 men held a desperate 3-day perimeter defense amid relentless human-wave assaults, using artillery, air strikes, and close-quarters grit to rescue a cut-off "Lost Platoon" (8 of 27 survived), while a relief march to LZ Albany turned into a deadly ambush slaughtering 155 of 400 in the 2/7 Cavalry—total U.S. toll: 234 killed, 250+ wounded vs. 1,000–1,800 NVA dead; validating helicopters and firepower yet exposing jungle vulnerabilities, attrition's flaws, and NVA resilience in "hugging" tactics, Ia Drang foreshadowed Vietnam's brutal, unwinnable pattern of courage without victory.