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We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam by Joseph L. Galloway, Harold G. Moore

We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam audiobook runs 16 hours unabridged, narrated by Jonathan Davis (about 10.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16listening hrs
Military (History)store shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16 hours of listening.

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30 min / day32 days
1 hour / day16 days
2 hours / day8 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×11 days

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What our data says

  • At 16 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 4,743 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.

Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.

About this listen

We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam is an audiobook by Joseph L. Galloway and Harold G. Moore: a 16-hour unabridged recording, read by Jonathan Davis, released April 10, 2018, on the Military (History) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
16 hrs
Narrated by
Jonathan Davis
Released
April 10, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Military (History)
ISBN
9781977375032

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam audiobook?

We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam runs 16 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 10.7 hours.

Is the We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam audiobook free?

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Who narrates We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam?

We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam is narrated by Jonathan Davis.

Is We Were Soldiers Once… and Young: Ia Drang – The Battle That Changed the War in Vietnam worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 10.7 hours, saving 5.3 hours.