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Harold G. Moore
File:Ia Drang Col. Moore and north vietnamese casualties.jpgLt. Col. Moore and North Vietnamese casualties during the Battle of Ia Drang
Nickname(s)Hal
AllegianceUnited States of America
Service / branchUnited States Army
Years of service1945-1977
RankLieutenant General
Commands1/7th Cavalry
Battles / warsKorean War
Vietnam War
Battle of Ia Drang
AwardsDistinguished Service Cross
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Combat Infantryman Badge
Other workauthor
President of the Crested Butte Ski Area, Colorado

Harold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr. (was born November 29, 1923) is a retired United States Army Lieutenant General. Moore is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross which is the second highest military decoration of the United States Army.

He was the Lieutenant Colonel in command of the 1st battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, at the Battle of Ia Drang on November 14–16, 1965, in Vietnam. Today he is the "Honorary Colonel" of the Regiment.

Born in Bardstown, Kentucky, Moore's chances of obtaining an appointment to the United States Military Academy were reduced due to the demographics of the area. Moore therefore moved to Washington, D.C. where he completed his high school education, and attended George Washington University for two years before receiving his appointment from a Georgia congressman in 1942 (despite having never before been to Georgia).

He graduated from West Point in 1945 and attended graduate studies at George Washington and Harvard universities obtaining a Masters degree in international relations.

Moore was commissioned as a second lieutenant in 1945 and retired in 1977. Moore was the first of his class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general. After his retirement, Moore served as the Executive Vice President of the Crested Butte Ski Area, Colorado.

Hal Moore and his deceased wife, Julia Compton Moore, have five children and numerous grandchildren.

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Trivia

Moore was known as "Yellow Hair" to his troops at the battle at Ia Drang, for his blonde hair, and as a tongue-in-cheek homage referencing Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer, commander of the same unit (7th Cavalry) at the Battle of the Little Bighorn just under a century before.

One of Hal moore's most well known battles is the battle of Ia Drang, portrayed in the film We were soldiers in 2002, which invoved 395 US soldiers, seriously over run by 4000 NVA soldiers. Despite the serious presure and danger, a lt.col at the time, Hal moore managed to, push back the NVA to the cambodian border. In this battle alone, the 395 US soldiers killed over 1'000 NVA soldiers.

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Notes

  1. Galloway, Joseph L. (1990-10-29). "Vietnam story: The word was the Ia Drang would be a walk. The word was wrong". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
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