"Neither the new technology nor your status as officers will keep you above the danger. Sergeant Major Plumley and I c…"

"[voice-over] These are the true events of November, 1965. The Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, a place our country does no…"

"Such a tragedy. They will think this was their victory. So this will become an American war. And the end will be the …"

"Fathers, Brothers, Husbands & Sons."

"We were... young, brave, husbands, wives, sons, mothers, daughters, soldiers."

"400 U.S paratroopers. 4000 Vietnamese soldiers. 12 000 miles away from home. 1 man led them into battle."

"Mel Gibson - Lt. Col. Hal Moore"

"Madeleine Stowe - Julia Moore, Hal's wife"

"Greg Kinnear - Maj. Bruce "Snake" Crandall"

"[addressing his troops on the parade ground.] Look around you. In the Seventh Cavalry, we got a captain from the Ukra…"