Editing Hal Moore (section)

==Early life and education==
Moore was born on February 13, 1922, in [[Bardstown, Kentucky]], the eldest of four children born to Harold Sr. and Mary (Crume) Moore. His father was an insurance agent whose territory covered western Kentucky. His mother was a homemaker.<ref name="Guardia pg13">{{harvnb|Guardia|2013|pp=13–14}}</ref> Because he was interested in obtaining an appointment to the [[United States Military Academy|U.S. Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]], and felt his chances were better if he lived in a larger city, he left Kentucky at the age of seventeen before finishing high school and got a job in Washington, D.C., working in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] book warehouse{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}.<ref>Moore's WWII draft card lists his employer as the United States Senate with the place of employment being the Senate Office Building.</ref> 

Moore finished high school at night while working days and graduated from [[Bethlehem High School (Bardstown, Kentucky)#History|St. Joseph Preparatory School]] in Bardstown with the class of 1940.<ref name="Guardia pg15">{{harvnb|Guardia|2013|pp=15–19}}</ref> Moore attended [[George Washington University]] at night for two years, working at his warehouse job while waiting on an appointment to West Point.<ref name=WPAoG>"Harold G. Moore, Jr.", 2003 Distinguished Graduate Award, West Point Association of Graduates</ref> During his time at [[George Washington University]] he was initiated into the [[Kappa Sigma]] fraternity.

After President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signed legislation authorizing each senator and representative to make additional appointments to the military and naval academies, Moore was offered an appointment to the [[United States Naval Academy]] by Representative [[Edward W. Creal|Ed Creal]] of the 4th Congressional District of Kentucky. Moore had no desire to go to the Naval Academy. Moore instead asked Creal whether he would be willing to trade his Naval Academy appointment to another congressman for an open Military Academy appointment for Moore, if Moore could find a willing partner for the exchange. Creal agreed, and Moore soon found Representative [[Edward E. Cox|Eugene Cox]] of Georgia's 2nd Congressional District, who had an open appointment to West Point. Cox was impressed with Moore's tenacity and he left Cox's office with the West Point appointment.<ref name="Guardia pg15"/><ref name="Moore2008p160">{{Harvp|Moore|Galloway|2008|p=[https://archive.org/details/wearesoldierssti0000moor/page/160/mode/2up 160]}}</ref>