Harold Gregory Moore was born on February 13, 1922 in Bardstown, Kentucky. He attended the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, New York shortly after the United States entered World War II. He was a qualified expert on the M-1 Garand Rifle. Now because of the war, Moore’s class instead of graduating the normal 4 years, they graduated in 3. On the last year everyone in the class needed to pick a branch that they wanted to serve in. Moore graduated from West Point on June 5, 1945 and he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the infantry branch. In 1954, Moore returned to West Point and did three years as an instructor in infantry tactics. Moore was sent to attend the year-long student course at the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas in 1956. After he graduated from the school, he was sent to the pentagon. In 1964, now a lieutenant colonel, he completed the course at the Naval War College. Moore was transferred to Fort Benning in Georgia and commanded 2nd Battalion, 23rd Infantry later to become a part of 11th Air Assault Division undergoing air assault and air mobility training and tests.
Beginning on November 14, 1965, Lt. Col. Moore led the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division …show more content…
Col. Moore was that his battle position was being overrun. Him and his men were ambushed and were getting overrun by all perimeters. He then noticed that they weren’t going to leave out of their alive with just using their rifles and machine guns. So he called in “Broken Arrow” which is a distressed signal and was used to call in every available air support to help a unit that was being overrun. He called this in on Day 2 on November 15th. He and his men witnessed napalm spreading all around them. Only a certain amount of United States soldiers survived this horrific airstrike, including Lt.Col.
Beginning on November 14, 1965, Lt. Col. Moore led the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry of the 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division …show more content…
Col. Moore was that his battle position was being overrun. Him and his men were ambushed and were getting overrun by all perimeters. He then noticed that they weren’t going to leave out of their alive with just using their rifles and machine guns. So he called in “Broken Arrow” which is a distressed signal and was used to call in every available air support to help a unit that was being overrun. He called this in on Day 2 on November 15th. He and his men witnessed napalm spreading all around them. Only a certain amount of United States soldiers survived this horrific airstrike, including Lt.Col.