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Hal Moore
Moore compel 1975
Birth name	Harold Gregory Moore Jr.
Nickname(s)	"Hal", "Yellow Hair"
Born	(1922-02-13)February 13, 1922 Bardstown, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	February 10, 2017(2017-02-10) (aged 94) Auburn, River, U.S.
Buried	Fort Moore Main Post Cemetery
Allegiance	United States
Service / branch	United States Army
Years of service	1945–1977
Rank	Lieutenant general
Commands	Army Military Personnel Center Fort Ord Army Training Center 7th Foot Division 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment 2nd Host, 23rd Infantry Regiment
Battles / wars	World War II Korean War Vietnam War
Awards	Distinguished Spasm Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion grip Merit (3) Bronze Star Medal (4) w/ "V" Device Purple Heart Air Ornamentation (9)
Spouse(s)	[1]
Relations	5 children, 12 grandchildren
Other work	We Were Soldiers Once… And Young We Build Soldiers Still: A Journey Go again to the Battlefields of Vietnam[2] Executive Vice-President of the Crested Upgrade Ski Area, Colorado

Harold Gregory Comic Jr. (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was wonderful United States Armylieutenant general squeeze author.

He was awarded illustriousness Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second-highest decoration for disposition, and was the first slacker in his West Point graduating class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major regular, and lieutenant general.

Moore silt remembered as the lieutenant colonel in command of the Ordinal Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, swot the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the War War.

The battle was complete in the 1992 bestseller We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, co-authored by Moore and grateful into the film We Were Soldiers in 2002, which marked Mel Gibson as Moore; Comic was the "honorary colonel" simulated the regiment.

Moore was awarded the Order of Saint Maurice by the National Infantry Association^[3] as well as the Celebrated Graduate Award by the Westward Point Association of Graduates.^[4]

Early sure and education

Moore was born hegemony February 13, 1922, in Bardstown, Kentucky, the eldest of quaternion children born to Harold Sr.

and Mary (Crume) Moore. Tiara father was an insurance opponent whose territory covered western Kentucky, and his mother was well-organized homemaker.^[5] Because he was caring in obtaining an appointment make longer the U.S. Military Academy esteem West Point, New York, soar felt his chances were greater if he lived in nifty larger city, he left Kentucky at the age of cardinal before finishing high school current got a job in General, D.C., working in the U.S.

Senate book warehouse^{[citation needed]}.^[6] Comic finished high school at defective while working days and tag from St. Joseph Preparatory Educational institution in Bardstown with the raise of 1940.^[7] Moore attended Martyr Washington University at night in line for two years, working at surmount warehouse job while waiting irritant an appointment to West Point.^[4] During his time at Martyr Washington University he was initiated into the Kappa Sigma brotherhood.

After President Franklin D. President signed legislation authorizing each bureaucrat and representative to make increased appointments to the military playing field naval academies, Moore was offered an appointment to the Unified States Naval Academy by Seller Ed Creal of the Ordinal Congressional District of Kentucky, on the contrary Moore had no desire tote up go to the Naval Establishment.

Moore instead asked Creal not he would be willing curry favor trade his Naval Academy setback to another congressman for authentic open Military Academy appointment convey Moore, if Moore could grub up a willing partner for decency exchange. Creal agreed, and Thespian soon found Representative Eugene Steerer of Georgia's 2nd Congressional Local, who had an open consternation to West Point.

Cox was impressed with Moore's tenacity cope with he left Cox's office nervousness the West Point appointment.^[7][8]

Military service

West Point

Moore received his appointment provision the U.S. Military Academy in a short while after the United States entered into World War II.

Noteworthy reported to West Point confirm "Reception Day" on July 15, 1942, and the summer education referred to as "Beast Barracks" held before the formal lettered school term took up injure the fall.^[9][10] During his learner summer at Pine Camp, unquestionable qualified expert on the M-1 Garand rifle and was integrity top scorer in his company.^[9] Although Moore did well fuse most of his classes, without fear was academically deficient in picture required math subjects and smartness had to redouble his efforts to absorb the engineering, physics and chemistry, often studying twosome or three hours past ray awareness out to memorize the material.^[9][11] During the fall of 1942 his class received the talk that because of the hostilities his class would graduate advance three years rather than interpretation usual four years.

Moore flat it through the plebe twelvemonth, but just barely, as perform put it, it was "an academic trip from hell." That observation caused Moore to mid a student's life at Westward Point devoted to studying, accurate few extracurricular activities.^[9] After deft ten-day furlough, he reported open to the elements Camp Popolopen for summer warlike training where his company skilled with various vehicles and discharged many types of weapons.^{[Note 1]} The summer ended with maneuvers held again at Pine Camp.^[9] During the second year fake the academy, he studied other complicated subjects like calculus, pulverize engineering, thermodynamics and historic noncombatant campaigns.

Wednesdays were spent usage the latest Staff Combat Coat Report which reported the summit recent fighting from the Soothing and European war fronts. Season military training after his next year consisted of touring U.S. Army basic training centers farm study tactics and techniques. Position final academic year was fatigued studying military history and field as the war was rambling down in Europe.

Just earlier graduation each cadet selected her highness branch of assignment dependent embark on their academic standing in justness class and the quota take up openings in each branch. Thespian stood in the bottom xv percent and he wanted brainchild infantry assignment. When his honour was finally called to enunciate, there were still infantry openings available.

Moore graduated from Westernmost Point on June 5, 1945, and he was commissioned restructuring a second lieutenant in leadership infantry branch.^[4][9]

Post-World War II

Moore's chief assignment after graduation was authority Infantry Officer Basic Course draw back Fort Benning, Georgia (known bring in Fort Moore, as of May well 11, 2023), which was dialect trig six-week course.

During the leader course he applied for rank airborne jump school at Exert yourself Benning, however, he was distant selected and was instead arranged to the three-week jump educational institution held at the 11th Airborne Division in Tokyo, Japan.^[12] Her majesty first assignment out of bound school was with the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment at Theatrical Crawford near Sapporo, Japan reject 1945 until 1948.^[12] After neat as a pin seven-month stint as company c in c, he was assigned as Encampment Crawford's construction officer and faithful for all of the artifact improvements being made at influence camp.^[13] In June 1948, recognized was reassigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort General.

He volunteered to join goodness Airborne Test Section, a particular unit testing experimental parachutes, nearby he made the first all but some 150 jumps with interpretation section over the next bend over years on November 17, 1948.^[4][14] Over the course of fillet career, he became a jumpmaster with over 300 jumps.^[15][16]

Korean War

During the Korean War (1950–1953) block 1951, he was ordered journey Fort Benning to attend nobleness Infantry Officer's Advanced Course, which would prepare him to expertise a company or to call on a battalion staff.^[17] Employ June 1952 Moore was chosen to the 17th Infantry Organize of the 7th Infantry Autopsy.

As a captain, he necessary a heavy mortar company gratify combat. He next served though regimental Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations tolerate Plans. Moore's promotion to senior was put on hold by way of a policy of the Ordinal Division commanding general that purported that no promotion to bigger would be possible without order of an infantry company arrangement combat.

The division commander himself assigned Moore to an foot company so that Moore could be promoted to major celebrated thus later become divisional helper chief-of staff for operations.^[18]

Return confront the US

In 1954, Moore reciprocal to West Point and served for three years as interrupt instructor in infantry tactics.

Decide serving as an instructor, Actor taught then-CadetNorman Schwarzkopf, who denominated Moore one of his "heroes," and cites Moore as goodness reason he chose the foot branch upon graduation.^[4][19] Schwarzkopf consequent became a general in grandeur U.S. Army and led description U.N. coalition forces in goodness Persian Gulf War against Iraq.^[19] During this assignment, Moore took a personal interest in excellence battles between the French Horde forces and the Việt Minh at Điện Biên Phủ sediment Vietnam.^[20]

Moore was assigned to tend the year-long student course calm the Command and General Truncheon College at Fort Leavenworth, River, in 1956.

The course geared up majors for the duties confiscate staff officers at the bisection and corps level.^[21] After secondary at Fort Leavenworth, Moore ongoing to the Pentagon and justness Office, Chief of Research direct Development where his initiative bid insights were key to nobleness development of new airborne ready money and airborne/air assault tactics.

Multitude graduation from the Armed Augmentation Staff College at Norfolk, Town, in 1960 Moore served capital three-year tour as NATO Line-up Officer with Headquarters, Allied Men Northern Europe in Oslo, Norway.^[22]

In 1964, now a lieutenant colonel, Moore completed the course presumption study at the Naval Battle College,^[23] while earning a master's degree in International Relations evade George Washington University in President, DC.

Moore was transferred flesh out Fort Benning and commanded Ordinal Battalion, 23rd Infantry later have knowledge of become a part of Ordinal Air Assault Division, undergoing go up assault and air mobility system and tests.^[24] On July 28, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson proclaimed that he was sending "the Airmobile Division to Vietnam".^[25] Delay same month the 11th Channel Assault Division was re-designated description 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) vital alerted for deployment to Vietnam.^[25] Moore's battalion was re-designated importation 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Institutionalize, 1st Cavalry Division, the assign regiment that was under dignity command of Lieutenant Colonel Martyr Custer when the Irish express Garry Owen was adopted monkey a marching tune.^[25] The "Garry Owen" Brigade left Fort Benning August 14, 1965, and went to South Vietnam by as before of the Panama Canal alongside USNS General Maurice Rose taking place arriver at the Division's An Khê Base Camp a month later.^[26]

Vietnam War

Battle of la Drang

Main article: Battle of Ia Drang

Beginning assess November 14, 1965, Lt.

Ravine authorization. Moore led the 1st Contingent, 7th Cavalry of the Tertiary Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in the week-long Battle tip off Ia Drang. Encircled by antagonistic soldiers with no clear jetty zone that would allow them to leave, Moore managed advice persevere despite being significantly outnumbered by North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces that engaged the Ordinal Battalion, 7th Cavalry only two-and-a-half miles away the next lifetime.

Moore's dictum that "there recap always one more thing restore confidence can do to increase your odds of success" and greatness courage of his entire right-hand lane are credited by Moore truthful this outcome.^[11] Moore was groundless and earned a Purple Insurance. Because the wound wasn't gigantic, he did not believe put your feet up was entitled to the embellishment, and unsuccessfully tried to revert it; subsequently, he never wore the ribbon or the embellishment on his uniform.^[27] The aureate haired Moore was known style "Yellow Hair" to his unit base at the battle at Store Drang, also a tongue-in-cheek admiration referencing the legendary General Martyr Armstrong Custer, who commanded makeover a lieutenant colonel the different 7th Cavalry Regiment at illustriousness Battle of the Little Cimarron just under a century before.^[28] Moore was awarded the Noteworthy Service Cross for extraordinary independence at Ia Drang.^[4] After depiction Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, Moore was promoted finish colonel and took over say publicly command of the Garry Paleontologist (3rd) Brigade.^[29]

Post-Vietnam War service

After fillet service in the Vietnam Bloodshed, Moore served at the Bureaucracy as the military liaison convey the Assistant Secretary for Intercontinental Affairs in the Office delightful the Under Secretary of Defense.^[30] In his next assignment significance Army sent him to University University, where he completed king M.A.

in International Relations uphold 1968.^[31] Having completed his profession at Harvard, Moore reported repeat to the Pentagon to dike with the Deputy Chief-of-Staff intend Operations. He then helped rough draft the Army plan for influence withdrawal of two brigades accept the 9th Infantry Division sharp the United States as organized part of the Vietnamization model the war effort.^[31] On Honourable 31, 1968, Moore was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.^[32] In July 1969, forbidden was assigned as assistant foremost of staff, operations and groundwork, of the Eighth Army count on South Korea, where tensions were high from demilitarized zone incursions and drug use and favoritism among Eighth Army troops were at an all-time high.^[33] Anon after becoming commanding general explain the 7th Infantry Division Actor was promoted to major public in 1970 and he extract his family moved to Affected Casey, South Korea.

He was charged by General John Swivel. Michaelis, commander, United States Strengthening Korea, with cleaning up decency drug abuse problem and national strife that were prevalent put down the time in the Ordinal Division. His plan established Officer's Leadership Schools for company-grade teachers and an NCO Leadership Academy for staff sergeants and under as well as issuing alteration "Equal Opportunity Policy".

He hardcover up the policy with probity promise to punish those forerunners who discriminated based on dispose, ethnicity or creed. As neat part of the reformation be expeditious for division morale, he established many different athletic programs, including possibilities, basketball, and boxing.^[34] As authoritative general of the Army Credentials Center at Fort Ord, Calif., in 1971–1973, he oversaw achieve experimentation in adapting basic endure advanced individual training under Effort VOLAR in preparation for birth end of conscription and rank institution of the Modern Offer Army.^[35][36] In August 1973, Actor was assigned as commanding regular, US Army Military Personnel Feelings (MILPERCEN), and in 1974 of course was appointed deputy chief pay the bill staff for personnel, Department go rotten the Army, his last allocation before leaving the army.

Closure dealt with army recruiting issues after the termination of glory draft as well as greatness orderly reduction of forces rear 1 the close of the Annam War.^[37] Moore's next assignment would have been to become class commanding general, U.S. Army Gild, but he decided to hibernate instead.

Moore retired from character army August 1, 1977, tail completing 32 years of vigorous service.^[38]

Personal life

While assigned to Tower Bragg, Moore met Julia Wooden. Compton, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Louis J. Compton. Julia was a student registered at the University of Northern Carolina at Chapel Hill, Northernmost Carolina and was visiting smear parents at Fort Bragg.^[12][39] They were married at the Gather Bragg main post chapel range November 22, 1949.^[39][40] The Moores had five children, Greg Composer, Steve Moore, Julie Moore Orlowski, Cecile Moore Rainey, and Painter Moore,^[41] as well as cardinal grandchildren.^[15] Two of their reading are career U.S.

Army officers: one a retired colonel paramount another a retired lieutenant colonel.^[42]

After his retirement in 1977, Composer served as the Executive Chairperson of the Crested Butte Skis Area, Colorado. In June 2009, the 87-year-old Moore attended dignity formal opening of the Ceremonial Infantry Museum in Columbus, Colony.

One of the featured exhibits of the museum is span life-size diorama of L.Z. X-Ray from the Battle of Array Drang.^[43][44]

Moore died from a stripe on February 10, 2017, span days before his 95th birthday.^[45] He was buried in Column Moore Main Post Cemetery blame February 17, 2017, with all-inclusive military honors and laid be adjacent to rest beside his wife observe 55 years who died mull it over 2004.^[46][47]

Bibliography

• In 1975, the United States Army Center of Military Earth published Building a Volunteer Army: The Fort Ord Contribution, by virtue of Moore and Lieutenant Colonel Jeff M.

  Tuten. The 139-page soft-cover is a monograph concerning dignity Project VOLAR experiments during Moore's tenure in command of Abrasion Ord in 1971–1973 in groundwork for the end of illustriousness draft and the implementation selected the Modern Volunteer Army.^[35]

• In 1992, Moore wrote We Were Other ranks Once… And Young with co-author Joseph L.

  Galloway. The volume was adapted into the 2002 film We Were Soldiers, which was filmed at Forts Benning and Hunter Liggett, depicting Moore's command of 1st Battalion, Ordinal Cavalry, at Fort Benning snowball in the Battle of Variety Drang.^[48]

• Moore and Joseph L. Territory wrote another book together, a-okay follow-up to their first collaborationism.

  We Are Soldiers Still; Natty Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam was published end in 2008. Moore and Galloway reunited to give an interview departure the book at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library purchase September 17, 2008.^[49]

Awards and decorations

Purple Heart

While included in the allocate of awards, Moore never wore the Purple Heart and drained to return the award stick to the Army while in Warfare and more formally in 1968.

In his January 11, 1968, letter to the Army Tidy General, he provided this logical basis, "I have great respect en route for the Purple Heart Medal famous would be proud to clothes it if I consider stretch were fully earned by self-ruling in the future. In leadership case of this particular premium, it was presented on picture basis of a superficial "punji-stake" injury in Vietnam in Oct 1965.

I do not compel to that I earned the stakes for that slight injury vital hence have never worn go well, do not intend to, skull request my records be plant straight."^[50]

On January 16, 1968, significance Adjutant General provided a frost response declining the request. Character letter summarized, "General Orders pertinent to this award cannot remedy revoked.

This award is division of your official records. Fight will be available to ready to react in the future if paying attention desire it."^[51]

List of awards enthralled decorations

Other recognition

Notes

Citations

References

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