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A 14 page paper. Lieutenant General Harold (Hal) G. Moore led the first major American battle in Vietnam. He was a Lieutenant Colonel at the time. Moore’s 450 troops fought against 2,000 well-trained North Vietnamese troops for three days with constant artillery being fired. This essay provides brief biography of Moore, his military career, and how he led his men in Ia Drang. It also discusses some of Moore’s personal traits that were essential for his success. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
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Vietnamese troops for three solid days with constant artillery being fired. They were very close to each other. Moore had already been in combat a number of times. He served
at Pork Chop Hill, for instance. He was a seasoned combat leader and his military skills, his leadership skills, and his own personal traits led his unit to success at
LZ X-Ray in Ia Drang. This essay provides a brief biography of Moore, his military career, and how he led his men in Ia Drang. It also discusses some
of Moores personal traits that were essential for his success. Earlier Life Harold G. Moore was born on February 13, 1922 in Bardstown, Kentucky. He wanted to go
to West Point but he could not secure the appointment before he graduated from high school so he left home and traveled to Washington, D.C. hoping he would have a
better chance of a Congressional appointment if he went there in person (Kingseed, 2002). He finished his high school education at night while he also took evening classes at George
Washington University (Kingseed, 2002). He attended George Washington for two years. In 1942, Congress doubled the number of cadets for West Point. Moore secured his appointment from a congressman
from Georgia (Kingseed, 2002). From this painstaking experience, Moore says he learned that a person must first learn to lead themselves and to do that by setting high, even lofty
goals, and persist until those goals are achieved (Kingseed, 2002). Moore was not very adept in mathematical sciences so he took refuge in religious activities to strengthen his character.
He also became an expert rifleman with the M-1 rifle (Kingseed, 2002). He scored the highest in his class. He had such academic problems that he sat for hours in
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