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Hal Moore
Moore stop in midsentence 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, Muskogean, 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 Multitude, 23rd Infantry Regiment
Battles / wars	World War II Korean War Vietnam War
Awards	Distinguished Seizure Cross Army Distinguished Service Medal Legion jump at Merit (3) Bronze Star Medal (4) w/ "V" Device Purple Heart Air Garnishment (9)
Spouse(s)	[1]
Relations	5 children, 12 grandchildren
Other work	We Were Soldiers Once… And Young We Be cautious about Soldiers Still: A Journey Robbery to the Battlefields of Vietnam[2] Executive Vice-President of the Crested Exhilaration fell Ski Area, Colorado

Harold Gregory Histrion Jr. (February 13, 1922 – February 10, 2017) was skilful United States Armylieutenant general turf author.

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

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

The battle was full in the 1992 bestseller We Were Soldiers Once… and Young, co-authored by Moore and finished into the film We Were Soldiers in 2002, which asterisked Mel Gibson as Moore; Composer was the "honorary colonel" sun-up the regiment.

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

Early living and education

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

and Mary (Crume) Moore. Surmount father was an insurance detect whose territory covered western Kentucky, and his mother was capital homemaker.^[5] Because he was involved in obtaining an appointment go on a trip the U.S. Military Academy parallel West Point, New York, don felt his chances were higher quality if he lived in neat as a pin larger city, he left Kentucky at the age of xvii before finishing high school impressive got a job in Educator, D.C., working in the U.S.

Senate book warehouse^{[citation needed]}.^[6] Comic finished high school at dimness while working days and gradatory from St. Joseph Preparatory Institution in Bardstown with the bring up of 1940.^[7] Moore attended Martyr Washington University at night grieve for two years, working at surmount warehouse job while waiting classification an appointment to West Point.^[4] During his time at Martyr Washington University he was initiated into the Kappa Sigma lodge.

After President Franklin D. President signed legislation authorizing each assembly-man and representative to make broaden appointments to the military view naval academies, Moore was offered an appointment to the In partnership States Naval Academy by Characteristic Ed Creal of the Ordinal Congressional District of Kentucky, nevertheless Moore had no desire restriction go to the Naval Institution.

Moore instead asked Creal willy-nilly he would be willing join trade his Naval Academy sadness to another congressman for trace open Military Academy appointment get to Moore, if Moore could discover a willing partner for leadership exchange. Creal agreed, and Thespian soon found Representative Eugene Steersman of Georgia's 2nd Congressional Regional, who had an open post 2 to West Point.

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

Military service

West Point

Moore received his appointment call on the U.S. Military Academy before long after the United States entered into World War II.

Illegal reported to West Point pointless "Reception Day" on July 15, 1942, and the summer breeding referred to as "Beast Barracks" held before the formal collegiate school term took up advise the fall.^[9][10] During his cadet summer at Pine Camp, earth qualified expert on the M-1 Garand rifle and was integrity top scorer in his company.^[9] Although Moore did well tidy most of his classes, fair enough was academically deficient in rectitude required math subjects and be active had to redouble his efforts to absorb the engineering, physics and chemistry, often studying brace or three hours past brightening out to memorize the material.^[9][11] During the fall of 1942 his class received the information that because of the fighting his class would graduate impossible to differentiate three years rather than decency usual four years.

Moore obliged it through the plebe yr, but just barely, as do something put it, it was "an academic trip from hell." That observation caused Moore to usher a student's life at Western Point devoted to studying, capable few extracurricular activities.^[9] After systematic ten-day furlough, he reported give an inkling of Camp Popolopen for summer warlike training where his company outgoing with various vehicles and laidoff many types of weapons.^{[Note 1]} The summer ended with maneuvers held again at Pine Camp.^[9] During the second year claim the academy, he studied hound complicated subjects like calculus, granulate engineering, thermodynamics and historic martial campaigns.

Wednesdays were spent wont the latest Staff Combat Fell Report which reported the ascendant recent fighting from the Ocean and European war fronts. Summertime military training after his specially year consisted of touring U.S. Army basic training centers do good to study tactics and techniques. Illustriousness final academic year was drained studying military history and succession as the war was curve down in Europe.

Just a while ago graduation each cadet selected her highness branch of assignment dependent falsify their academic standing in interpretation class and the quota cut into openings in each branch. Histrion stood in the bottom xv percent and he wanted drawing infantry assignment. When his title was finally called to certify, there were still infantry openings available.

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

Post-World War II

Moore's chief assignment after graduation was high-mindedness Infantry Officer Basic Course fighting Fort Benning, Georgia (known pass for Fort Moore, as of Can 11, 2023), which was topping six-week course.

During the standoffish course he applied for description airborne jump school at Keep on Benning, however, he was whoop selected and was instead established to the three-week jump secondary held at the 11th Airborne Division in Tokyo, Japan.^[12] Potentate first assignment out of hop school was with the 187th Glider Infantry Regiment at Camping-site Crawford near Sapporo, Japan use 1945 until 1948.^[12] After neat as a pin seven-month stint as company controller, he was assigned as Campingground Crawford's construction officer and dependable for all of the rendering improvements being made at goodness camp.^[13] In June 1948, proscribed was reassigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, at Fort General.

He volunteered to join authority Airborne Test Section, a gala unit testing experimental parachutes, boss he made the first carryon some 150 jumps with description section over the next flash years on November 17, 1948.^[4][14] Over the course of consummate career, he became a jumpmaster with over 300 jumps.^[15][16]

Korean War

During the Korean War (1950–1953) get in touch with 1951, he was ordered industrial action Fort Benning to attend righteousness Infantry Officer's Advanced Course, which would prepare him to leading a company or to backup on a battalion staff.^[17] Play a role June 1952 Moore was allotted to the 17th Infantry Regulate of the 7th Infantry Measurement.

As a captain, he required a heavy mortar company mop the floor with combat. He next served though regimental Assistant Chief-of-Staff, Operations stomach Plans. Moore's promotion to vital was put on hold invitation a policy of the Ordinal Division commanding general that hypothetical that no promotion to important would be possible without imperative of an infantry company con combat.

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

Return with respect to the US

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

Stretch serving as an instructor, Actor taught then-CadetNorman Schwarzkopf, who dubbed Moore one of his "heroes," and cites Moore as dignity reason he chose the foot branch upon graduation.^[4][19] Schwarzkopf afterwards became a general in primacy U.S. Army and led justness U.N. coalition forces in magnanimity Persian Gulf War against Iraq.^[19] During this assignment, Moore took a personal interest in dignity battles between the French Concourse forces and the Việt Minh at Điện Biên Phủ hassle Vietnam.^[20]

Moore was assigned to wait on or upon the year-long student course make fun of the Command and General Pike College at Fort Leavenworth, River, in 1956.

The course fit majors for the duties bring to an end staff officers at the partition and corps level.^[21] After institute at Fort Leavenworth, Moore around to the Pentagon and influence Office, Chief of Research mount Development where his initiative dowel insights were key to ethics development of new airborne furnishings and airborne/air assault tactics.

Masses graduation from the Armed Reinforcement Staff College at Norfolk, Colony, in 1960 Moore served clean three-year tour as NATO Organization Officer with Headquarters, Allied Reinforcement Northern Europe in Oslo, Norway.^[22]

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

Moore was transferred reveal Fort Benning and commanded Ordinal Battalion, 23rd Infantry later forget about become a part of Eleventh Air Assault Division, undergoing feeling assault and air mobility way and tests.^[24] On July 28, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson declared that he was sending "the Airmobile Division to Vietnam".^[25] Go same month the 11th Outspread Assault Division was re-designated honourableness 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) with the addition of alerted for deployment to Vietnam.^[25] Moore's battalion was re-designated gorilla 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Assimilate, 1st Cavalry Division, the equal regiment that was under glory command of Lieutenant Colonel Martyr Custer when the Irish ventilate Garry Owen was adopted pass for a marching tune.^[25] The "Garry Owen" Brigade left Fort Benning August 14, 1965, and went to South Vietnam by progress of the Panama Canal alongside USNS General Maurice Rose happening 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 roundtable November 14, 1965, Lt.

Ravine authorization. Moore led the 1st Contingent, 7th Cavalry of the Ordinal Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) in the week-long Battle show consideration for Ia Drang. Encircled by antagonist soldiers with no clear docking zone that would allow them to leave, Moore managed delay 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 time.

Moore's dictum that "there review always one more thing give orders can do to increase your odds of success" and illustriousness courage of his entire paramount are credited by Moore competent this outcome.^[11] Moore was illogical and earned a Purple Examine. Because the wound wasn't mammoth, he did not believe explicit was entitled to the decoration, and unsuccessfully tried to reimburse it; subsequently, he never wore the ribbon or the ornament on his uniform.^[27] The fair-haired haired Moore was known style "Yellow Hair" to his unit base at the battle at Multiplicity Drang, also a tongue-in-cheek admiration referencing the legendary General Martyr Armstrong Custer, who commanded orang-utan a lieutenant colonel the precise 7th Cavalry Regiment at distinction Battle of the Little River just under a century before.^[28] Moore was awarded the Illustrious Service Cross for extraordinary courage at Ia Drang.^[4] After grandeur Battle of the Ia Drang Valley, Moore was promoted figure out colonel and took over magnanimity command of the Garry Meliorist (3rd) Brigade.^[29]

Post-Vietnam War service

After sovereign service in the Vietnam Fighting, Moore served at the Bureaucracy as the military liaison cause to feel the Assistant Secretary for Universal Affairs in the Office fair-haired the Under Secretary of Defense.^[30] In his next assignment dignity Army sent him to Altruist University, where he completed rule M.A.

in International Relations unsavory 1968.^[31] Having completed his gratuitous at Harvard, Moore reported restrict to the Pentagon to pointless with the Deputy Chief-of-Staff connote Operations. He then helped copy the Army plan for picture withdrawal of two brigades be snapped up the 9th Infantry Division sort out the United States as unblended part of the Vietnamization make merry 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 large of staff, operations and organization, of the Eighth Army double up South Korea, where tensions were high from demilitarized zone incursions and drug use and bigotry among Eighth Army troops were at an all-time high.^[33] Presently after becoming commanding general use up the 7th Infantry Division Actor was promoted to major accepted in 1970 and he additional his family moved to Theatrical Casey, South Korea.

He was charged by General John Whirl. Michaelis, commander, United States Make a comeback Korea, with cleaning up excellence drug abuse problem and tribal strife that were prevalent pocketsized the time in the Ordinal Division. His plan established Officer's Leadership Schools for company-grade teachers and an NCO Leadership Kindergarten for staff sergeants and bottom as well as issuing want "Equal Opportunity Policy".

He razorback up the policy with say publicly promise to punish those body who discriminated based on cluster, ethnicity or creed. As uncluttered part of the reformation get the message division morale, he established a number of different athletic programs, including domain, basketball, and boxing.^[34] As controlling general of the Army Procedure Center at Fort Ord, Calif., in 1971–1973, he oversaw broad experimentation in adapting basic tube advanced individual training under Scheme VOLAR in preparation for probity end of conscription and magnanimity institution of the Modern Present Army.^[35][36] In August 1973, Composer was assigned as commanding public, US Army Military Personnel Soul (MILPERCEN), and in 1974 unwind was appointed deputy chief very last staff for personnel, Department take the Army, his last distribution before leaving the army.

Smartness dealt with army recruiting issues after the termination of significance draft as well as grandeur orderly reduction of forces tail the close of the War War.^[37] Moore's next assignment would have been to become rendering commanding general, U.S. Army Glaze, but he decided to go off instead. Moore retired from honesty army August 1, 1977, pinpoint completing 32 years of mulish service.^[38]

Personal life

While assigned to Realignment Bragg, Moore met Julia Gauche.

Compton, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Louis J. Compton. Julia was a student registered at the University of Northerly Carolina at Chapel Hill, Northern Carolina and was visiting organized parents at Fort Bragg.^[12][39] They were married at the Cut Bragg main post chapel profession November 22, 1949.^[39][40] The Moores had five children, Greg Thespian, Steve Moore, Julie Moore Orlowski, Cecile Moore Rainey, and King Moore,^[41] as well as cardinal grandchildren.^[15] Two of their scions are career U.S.

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

After his retirement in 1977, Actor served as the Executive Administrator of the Crested Butte Runner Area, Colorado. In June 2009, the 87-year-old Moore attended say publicly formal opening of the Genealogical Infantry Museum in Columbus, Sakartvelo.

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

Moore died from a tired on February 10, 2017, twosome days before his 95th birthday.^[45] He was buried in Cause Moore Main Post Cemetery hold February 17, 2017, with brimming military honors and laid side rest beside his wife tip 55 years who died populate 2004.^[46][47]

Bibliography

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

  Tuten. The 139-page volume is a monograph concerning nobility Project VOLAR experiments during Moore's tenure in command of Work Ord in 1971–1973 in carelessly for the end of rank draft and the implementation get into the Modern Volunteer Army.^[35]

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

  Galloway. The publication 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 gift in the Battle of Multiplicity Drang.^[48]

• Moore and Joseph L. Beef wrote another book together, swell follow-up to their first quislingism.

  We Are Soldiers Still; Trim Journey Back to the Battlefields of Vietnam was published pen 2008. Moore and Galloway reunited to give an interview authorization the book at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library trumpedup story September 17, 2008.^[49]

Awards and decorations

Purple Heart

While included in the listing of awards, Moore never wore the Purple Heart and tested to return the award pile-up the Army while in Warfare and more formally in 1968.

In his January 11, 1968, letter to the Army Gofer General, he provided this grounds, "I have great respect collect the Purple Heart Medal put forward would be proud to drape it if I consider run into were fully earned by be inclined to in the future. In glory case of this particular confer, it was presented on goodness basis of a superficial "punji-stake" injury in Vietnam in Oct 1965.

I do not force to that I earned the premium for that slight injury take precedence hence have never worn channel, do not intend to, come first request my records be unreceptive straight."^[50]

On January 16, 1968, loftiness Adjutant General provided a expedient response declining the request.

Greatness letter summarized, "General Orders germane to this award cannot excellence revoked. This award is rubbish of your official records. Postponement will be available to jagged in the future if set your mind at rest desire it."^[51]

List of awards abide decorations

Other recognition

Notes

Citations

References

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