Release Date: March 1, 2002 D: Randall Wallace Cast: Mel Gibson; Sam Elliott; Clark Gregg; Greg Kinnear; Chris Klein Plot: This is the true story of 450 U.S. soldiers, early in the Vietnam War, who found themselves surrounded by 2,000 North Vietnamese regulars in the Ia Drang Valley, in what became the first major battle of the extended conflict. The story will focus on Lt. Colonel Harold Moore, commander of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry, and Joseph Galloway, a reporter.