Keywords: austin texas Army Lt. Colonel Bruce P. Crandall (Ret.), Medal of Honor recipient, and DeLisa D. Russell, program manager for Veterans One Stop, peruse the book, "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam," on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the LBJ Presidential Library. Crandall flew a helicopter under intense fire during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, the first major battle involving U.S. troops in the Vietnam War—and the bloodiest. He participated in a panel discussion with fellow veterans of that battle as part of the LBJ Library's three-day Vietnam War Summit. The Vietnam War Summit is from April 26-28. LBJ Library photo by Marsha Miller 04/26/2016. Army Lt. Colonel Bruce P. Crandall (Ret.), Medal of Honor recipient, and DeLisa D. Russell, program manager for Veterans One Stop, peruse the book, "We Were Soldiers Once...and Young: Ia Drang—The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam," on Tuesday, April 26, 2016, at the LBJ Presidential Library. Crandall flew a helicopter under intense fire during the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, the first major battle involving U.S. troops in the Vietnam War—and the bloodiest. He participated in a panel discussion with fellow veterans of that battle as part of the LBJ Library's three-day Vietnam War Summit. The Vietnam War Summit is from April 26-28. LBJ Library photo by Marsha Miller 04/26/2016. |