We Were Soldiers

400 U.S paratroopers. 4,000 Vietnamese soldiers. 12,000 miles away from home. 1 man led them into battle.

The story of the first major battle of the American phase of the Vietnam War and the soldiers on both sides that fought it.

Action History War

Mel Gibson

(Lt. Col. Hal Moore)

Madeleine Stowe

Greg Kinnear

(Maj. Bruce 'Snake' Crandall)

Sam Elliott

(Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley)

Chris Klein

(2nd Lt. Jack Geoghegan)

Keri Russell

(Barbara Geoghegan)

Barry Pepper

Duong Don

(Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu An)

Ryan Hurst

(Sgt. Ernie Savage)

Robert Bagnell

(1st Lt. Charlie Hastings)

Marc Blucas

(2nd Lt. Henry Herrick)

Josh Daugherty

(Sp4 Robert Ouellette)

Jsu Garcia

(Capt. Tony Nadal)

Jon Hamm

(Capt. Matt Dillon)

Clark Gregg

(Capt. Tom Metsker)

Desmond Harrington

(Sp4 Bill Beck)

Blake Heron

(Sp4 Galen Bungum)

Erik MacArthur

(Sp4 Russell Adams)

Dylan Walsh

(Capt. Robert Edwards)

Mark McCracken

(Capt. Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman)

Edwin EdVanzd

(Pfc. Willie Godboldt)

Brian Tee

(Pfc. Jimmy Nakayama)

Sloane Momsen

Bellamy Young

(Catherine Metsker)

Simbi Khali

Jim Grimshaw

(Maj. Gen. Henry Kinnard)

Forry Smith

(Sfc. Carl Palmer)

Steven Nelson

(Sp5 Charlie 'Doc' Lose)

Vincent Angell

(Capt. Robert 'Doc' Carrera)

Michael Tomlinson

(Col. Tim Brown)

Keith Szarabajka

(Diplomatic Spook)

Tim Abell

(Army Intelligence Officer)

Patrick St. Esprit

(General in Hallway)

Mike White

(Sfc. Bob White, Mortar Sergeant)

Daniel Roebuck

Maia Lien

Dan Beene

Taylor Momsen

(Daughter Julie Moore)

Joshua McLaurin

Devon Werkheiser

Luke Benward

Billinjer C. Tran

(Viet Minh Sergeant)

Vien Hong

Joseph Tran

Joseph Hieu

Lam Nguyen

(NVA Soldier with Bayonet)

Diep Bui

Andrew Wallace

(French Bugler)

Nicholas Hosking

(French Captain)

Michael Giordani

(French Lieutenant)

Shepard Koster

Kate Lombardi

Ingrid Semler

Jason Powell

(Sgt. Robert Stokes)

Doug C. Cook

(Capt. Ray Lefebvre)

Sean Bunch

(Trooper on Fire)

F. Lee Reynolds

(Chopper Crewman)

Stephen Zapotoczny

(Edwards' Radio Operator)

Frank Kostenko Jr.

(Foxhole Trooper)

Ben Allison

(Lt. Cochran (uncredited))

Brian Carpenter

(Sec. of Defense Robert McNamara (uncredited))

Chris Cate

(Soldier (uncredited))

George Cheung

(NVA Officer (uncredited))

Greg Craft

(Soldier (uncredited))

Donald DeNoyer

(Soldier (uncredited))

Cliff Fleming

(Capt. Jon Mills (uncredited))

Brendan Ford

(Jump Coordinator (uncredited))

Kelli Franklin

(Mrs. Charlie Hastings (uncredited))

Christian Gibson

(Soldier (uncredited))

William Gibson

(Soldier (uncredited))

Anthony Gilbert

(Soldier (uncredited))

Justin Gordon

(French Officer (uncredited))

Shannon M. Hart

(Army Wife (uncredited))

Kimby Jagnandan

(Spectator (uncredited))

Lyndon B. Johnson

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

Derrell Keith Lester

(Black Private (uncredited))

Will Klipstine

(Private Davey (uncredited))

Matthew Lang

(1st Lt. John Arrington (uncredited))

Danny Le Boyer

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Blake Lena

(Soldier (uncredited))

Matt Mangum

(Pvt. Soprano (uncredited))

Johnny Nguyen

(Young NVA Lieutenant (uncredited))

Randy Oglesby

(Lt. Col. List (uncredited))

Jonathan Parks Jordan

(White Private (uncredited))

John Paul Rice

(Pvt. John Henry (uncredited))

Keni Thomas

(Sergeant (uncredited))

Phong Atwood Vo

(North Vietnamese Soldier - South Vietnamese and Villager (voice) (uncredited))