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18. Mai 2018 · For almost 11 days in May 1969, American troops waged a deadly battle for control of a 3,000-foot-tall hill in a remote valley in South Vietnam. Famously known as “Hamburger Hill,” the...
The action caused a controversy among both the US armed services and the public back home. The battle was primarily an infantry engagement, with the US Airborne troops moving up the steeply sloped hill against well-entrenched troops. Attacks were repeatedly repelled by the PAVN defenses. Bad weather also hindered operations.
101st Airborne fight for Hamburger Hill. In May 1969 the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division battled North Vietnamese regulars for control of Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley. The soldiers renamed it Hamburger Hill. This article appears in: January 2020
Die Schlacht am Hamburger Hill war die letzte größere US-Bodenoffensive im Vietnamkrieg. Sie fand vom 10. bis 20. Mai 1969 in der Nähe der laotischen Grenze auf dem Hügel Dong Ap Bia statt, der in den US-Militärkarten als Hügel 937 verzeichnet war.
On May 11, 1969, Hamburger Hill becomes the scene of an intense and controversial battle during the Vietnam War. Known to military planners as Hill 937 (a reference to its height in meters),...
21. Mai 2019 · RCH Account: For almost 11 days in May 1969, American troops waged a deadly battle for control of a 3,000-foot-tall hill in a remote valley in South Vietnam. Famously known as “Hamburger Hill,” the bat.
10. Mai 2019 · The hill had no tactical or strategic purpose other than the NVA were on the hill,” Harkins recalled. More than 600 North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers are estimated to have died in the fight.
