Army Redditor receives gift from a wildly unexpected secret Santa

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One anonymous NCO who frequents Reddit’s Army forum received quite a shock when he opened his secret Santa gift Monday morning.

Inside the box was a copy of “We Were Soldiers Once … and Young,” a Vietnam War memoir by Lt. Gen. Hal Moore and Joe Galloway that recounts the 1965 Battle of Ia Drang. The book was accompanied by a challenge coin and a short note.

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