We Were Soldiers
Randall Wallace, 2002
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway, 1991
We Were Soldiers is a movie directed by Randall Wallace in 2002 and based on the book We Were Soldiers Once… and Young by Harold G. Moore and Joseph L. Galloway, first published in 1991. The movie features Mel Gibson, Madeleine Stowe, Sam Elliott, Greg Kinnear, Chris Klein, Barry Pepper, and others.
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Storyline
In 1954 a French unit on patrol during the First Indochina War is ambushed by Viet Minh forces. After arriving in Vietnam, he learns that an American base has been attacked and is ordered to take his 400 men after the enemy and eliminate the North Vietnamese attackers although intelligence has no idea of the number of enemy troops.
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
143
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Movie
We Were Soldiers
Director: Randall Wallace
Country: USA
Year: 2002
Length: 2h23m
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Year
1991
Pages
480
Book Rate
8.64
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Book
We Were Soldiers Once... and Young
Author: Harold G. Moore, Joseph L. Galloway
Country: USA
First published in: 1991
Length: 480 pages
Genre: Biography
Book series: We Soldiers
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