{"id":21093,"date":"2015-08-30T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/?p=21093"},"modified":"2015-08-30T04:04:53","modified_gmt":"2015-08-30T09:04:53","slug":"apsu-welcomes-authors-vietnam-war-veterans-bud-alley-and-jim-lawrence-to-discuss-battle-at-landing-zone-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.discoverclarksville.com\/articles\/2015\/08\/30\/apsu-welcomes-authors-vietnam-war-veterans-bud-alley-and-jim-lawrence-to-discuss-battle-at-landing-zone-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"APSU welcomes authors, Vietnam War veterans Bud Alley and Jim Lawrence to discuss battle at Landing Zone Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AustinClarksville, TN<\/strong> – On September 9th, authors Bud Alley and Jim Lawrence will visit the campus of Austin Peay State University to discuss their experiences during one of the most violent clashes in America\u2019s involvement in the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n

The talk, scheduled for 4:00pm in the Sundquist Science Center, room E106A on the University campus, titled \u201cThe Ghosts of the Green Grass and Reflections on LZ Albany,\u201d focuses on the battle at Landing Zone Albany. The engagement, which took place on November 17th, 1965, was led by the U.S. Army\u2019s Second Battalion of the Seventh Cavalry and resulted in 155 Americans killed and another 134 wounded as they made a forced march through the highland jungles of South Vietnam.<\/p>\n

Both authors participated in the battle and both were wounded and decorated as a result of their efforts. The battle resulted in the most Purple Hearts awarded to any unit for a single combat operation of the entire war.<\/p>\n

That operation was a part of the larger Battle of Ia Drang, which has been depicted in the book \u201cWe Were Soldiers Once \u2026 And Young,\u201d by Harold G. Moore and Joseph Galloway, as well as the film \u201cWe Were Soldiers,\u201d starring Mel Gibson.<\/p>\n

Alley, a South Carolina native, was a Second Lieutenant on the staff of the battalion, and was in the middle of the column. Lawrence, meanwhile, was serving as the Executive Officer of Delta Company and was at the front.<\/p>\n

Because of their separate involvement in the conflict, each book reflects the author\u2019s unique perspective. Alley\u2019s book, \u201cThe Ghosts of the Green Grass\u201d weaves the story of their formation of the Second of the Seventh around Custer\u2019s Seventh Cavalry and introduces the reader to the participants and in the words of New York Times best selling author, Joe Galloway, \u201cmarches them straight into Hell.\u201d Lawrence\u2019s book, \u201cReflections on LZ Albany\u201d is a series of thoughtful essays as men face death and includes his personal observations of the wounds of war.<\/p>\n

For more information on the event, contact APSU associate professor of history, Dr. Christos Frentzos at frentzosc@apsu.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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