First published 2008
Harold G. Moore returns to Vietnam battlefields alongside the veterans who fought under his command and their former North Vietnamese opponents. Nearly fifteen years after documenting their original battle in the bestselling account, Moore leads this unprecedented journey back to Landing Zone XRay, where American and Vietnamese soldiers once killed each other in brutal combat. The group becomes stranded overnight on the isolated battlefield where so many died decades earlier. Under a meteor shower, the former enemies find unexpected peace together in the darkness. Moore captures what the veterans learned during their night on the blood-soaked ground and how the return changed their understanding of war, loss, and reconciliation. The book answers readers' questions about beloved figures like Ed "Too Tall to Fly" Freeman and Bruce "Old Snake" Crandall while revealing Moore's ongoing relationships with his Vietnamese counterparts.
Genres: 20th-century, non-fiction, 21st-century, military-history, american-history
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-friends
Setting: Landing Zone XRay, Vietnam
Period: Decades Ago
272 pages · Hardcover · Harper
Content warnings: violence