We Were Soldiers

Theatrical - Wide 2002-08-20

Cast Mel Gibson Madeleine Stowe Sam Elliott Greg Kinnear Chris Klein Josh Dougherty
Directed by Randall Wallace
Written by Randall Wallace

Genres: Drama War

JoBlo's Rating

7/10

Synopsis

Told from the perspective of two men who were on the scene during the first battle between U.S. and Viet Cong troops. Harold Moore, a U.S. commander, and Joseph Galloway, a reporter, describe in detail the events waiting to befall the... See more 400 American soldiers who were flown into the country via helicopter � when 2,000 Vietnamese troops were poised to surround them.

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