I wouldn't recommend "We Were Soldiers...and Young." I liked both the movie and the book, but General Moore is a little too anti-war for my tastes. I think he has grown more pacifist with age. His co-writer Joe Galloway, a newsman, is probably as bad.
He shows entirely too much personal(not professional) respect for the NVA officer's he fought against at Na Drang. He takes an almost, "we are old enemies who can now be friends" attitude that is not warranted. The NVA was brutal and vicious to the point of being evil. They deserve NO respect except the respect of recognizing they were a determined foe. In my opinion, I would like to round up every senior NVA and Cong officer and put them to the sword. We should not have abandoned South Vietnam - it was the Cronkhite's and Kerry's at home that caused this.
Also, the movie only depicts the first half of the battle where Moore's battalion (1rst of the 7th) was holding off an NVA attack. When they left Na Drang, they were relieved by the 2nd of the 7th which was slaughtered by the NVA moving from LZ X-ray - the attrocities committed on our troops by the NVA are unforgiveable.. Moore documents this in his book.
A good book to read, but don't fall was General Moore's later in life pacifism (as I perceived it). The movie is entertaining, but not exactly historically correct - at least it truncated history.
Actually, it's "Ia Drang".