We just had the 46th anniversary of that fight....and it is a story that bears re-telling now and then. The LZ X-Ray fight was just part of the events that took place in the Ia Drang area.
One of the Battalions that relieved Moore's Battalion got ambushed as they walked towards LZ Albany and suffered horrendous casualties.
Jack Smith, son of NBC News Commentator Howard K. Smith, was an enlisted Soldier in that Battalion. His account of the battle is amazing to read. For those who try to compare Vietnam to Malaya need to recall just how different the two were.
Death in the Ia Drang Valley