“We Were Soldiers Once...and Young,” was named one of the top 10 war books of all time in Military History Magazine. The book is co-authored by native son Joseph Galloway and Lt. Gen Harold Moore.

The magazine asked 50 top military historians to choose the 10 best war books ever written. Comments about Galloway and Lt. Gen. Harold Moore’s co-authored book drew the following comments from the historians who were called upon to rank the books:

“Moore and Galloway have written by far and away the best piece of military history on one of the early battles of the Vietnam War. It is a story of effective and ineffective military leadership. It also should put to rest the claims of some commentators that the U.S. military lost none of the battles in the war. Landing Zone Albany was nothing other than a defeat that came close to being the 20th century’s Battle of the Little Bighorn. This is a great book.”

“As participant and latter-year commentators, Moore and Galloway somehow found a way to distance themselves from their own experience in the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang, even as they brought the fighting to life in shocking human terms.”

Galloway has been on tour with their latest book, “We are Soldiers Still,” and will be in Bayside Saturday for a special book signing at the Wood Mansion hosted by the Bayside Historical Society.

As with many of Galloway’s tour stops, the soldiers in the battle of Ia Drang Valley, the subject of his book, are expected to be on hand to sign books as well.

Joe Moore of Laguna Vista, one of the Ia Drang Valley soldiers commended the author during a previous book signing, saying he didn’t know of any correspondent, author and historian who has the courage of Galloway.

“He’s got nerves of steel,” Joe Moore said. “We tolerated the heat of battle for a couple of days and he did it for 40 years. His thing was to be in the middle of heat. He tried to get in; he’s one of a kind. He should be commended by everyone. I don’t know of a person connected with the service who doesn’t know Joe Galloway.”

Capt. Don Foxhall of the Bayside Historical Society said Galloway’s latest honor from historians is a testament to the regard military men and citizens have for Galloway’s work.

“I can’t think of a better time to have Joe Galloway than the day before Pearl Harbor Day,” said Capt. Don Foxhall, of the Bayside Historical Society. “We welcome everyone to come out but especially all the soldiers who fought in Vietnam as well as all the veterans in the county. It is truly an honor to have Joe, who lives in Bayside, with us on Saturday and it’s also wonderful that his book has won such high acclaim by historians.”

Galloway’s and Moore’s top 10 ranked book quickly hit the best seller list after publication and was subsequently made into a movie.

Books that made the cut in chronological order are “The Iliad,” 8th century BC, by Homer; “History of the Peloponnesian War,” 423-411 B.C., by Thucydides; “On War,” 1832, by Carl von Clausewitz; “War and Peace,” 1868, by Leo Tolstoy; The Red Badge of Courage, 1895, by Stephen Crane; “The Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant,” 1895 by Ulyses S. Grant; “The Face of Battle,” 1976, by John Keegan; “With the Old Breed,” 1981, by E.B. Sledge; “Battle Cry of Freedom,” 1988, by James McPherson; and “We Were Soldiers Once...and Young,” 1992, by Lt. Gen. Harold Moore and Joseph Galloway.