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'We Were Soldiers' hero passes; the celebrated life story of a soldier, a leader, a father
Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore passed away late Friday night. He would have turned 95 years old on Monday, and the Army hero known for saving most of his men and surviving a fierce standoff despite being outnumbered 10-to-1 in the first major battle of the Vietnam War proved to be a ferocious fighter to the very end.
This was the man portrayed by Mel Gibson in "We Were Soldiers".
'We Were Soldiers' hero passes; the celebrated life story of a soldier, a leader, a father
Retired Lt. Gen. Hal Moore passed away late Friday night. He would have turned 95 years old on Monday, and the Army hero known for saving most of his men and surviving a fierce standoff despite being outnumbered 10-to-1 in the first major battle of the Vietnam War proved to be a ferocious fighter to the very end.
This was the man portrayed by Mel Gibson in "We Were Soldiers".