This filmed CBS News Report examines one of the biggest and most costly of the battles fought by U.S. troops up to 1965 — the five-week battle of La Drang Valley. Morley Safer reports, with an introduction by Walter Cronkite.
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653177Full Citation: Motion Picture 263.2408; The Battle of Ia Drang Valley; 1965; Moving Images Relating to Intelligence and International Relations, 1947 - 1984; Records of the Central Intelligence Agency, Record Group 263; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/ia-drang-valley, May 4, 2024]