THE TENSION: Combat Camera: LZ X-Ray, Nov 1965

LTC Hal Moore, Commander of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, on the radio during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

During the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, the wounded are rushed to the waiting UH-1 of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

During the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, a UH-1 of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, takes off after being unloaded of water and other supplies. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

A wounded Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, is watched over by a fellow comrade during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

A Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

A wounded Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, is assisted by two fellow comrades during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, gathered together heating rations during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, carry a wounded comrade to a waiting UH-1 of the 229th Assault Helicopter Battalion, during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

Soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

A Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

A Soldier of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, on the radio during the fight for LZ X-Ray in the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam. Photo extracted from US Army motion picture footage. (Nov 1965)

(All imagery by U.S. Army.)

NOTE: Image refresh March 17, 2008, Sept. 7, 2008. Many photos lost by ImageShack.

Multimedia:
The American Soldier at LZ X-Ray

Related:
Medal of Honor site honoring Bruce Crandall
LZ X-Ray
After Action Report, IA DRANG Valley Operation 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry
We Were Soldiers Official Film Site