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Retired Army Lt. Gen.Harold "Hal" Moore Jr. attends the U.S. Military Academy at West Point spring scrimmage at Doughboy Stadium on Fort Benning, Ga., March 9, 2012. Moore, the author of "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young," is known for his leadership as a lieutenant colonal in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of la Drang in Vietnam in 1965.

Retired Army Lt. Gen.Harold "Hal" Moore Jr. attends the U.S. Military Academy at West Point spring scrimmage at Doughboy Stadium on Fort Benning, Ga., March 9, 2012. Moore, the author of "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young," is known for his leadership as a lieutenant colonal in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of la Drang in Vietnam in 1965.

Retired Army Lt. Gen.Harold "Hal" Moore Jr. attends the U.S. Military Academy at West Point spring scrimmage at Doughboy Stadium on Fort Benning, Ga., March 9, 2012. Moore, the author of "We Were Soldiers Once ... And Young," is known for his leadership as a lieutenant colonal in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of la Drang in Vietnam in 1965.

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