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Local Degar tribesmen call the mountain Ap Bia, "the mountain of the crouching beast."Official histories of the engagement refer to it as Hill 937 after the elevation displayed on US Army maps, but the US soldiers who fought there dubbed it "Hamburger Hill," suggesting that those who fought on the hill were "ground up like hamburger meat."
Hamburger Hill is a 1987 American war film set during the Battle of Hamburger Hill, a May 1969 assault during the Vietnam War by the U.S. Army's 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division, on a ridge of Dong Ap Bia near the Laotian border in central Vietnam.
The inauguration of Richard Nixon in January led to a reevaluation of the U.S. role in the war. U.S. forces peaked at 543,000 in April. U.S. military strategy remained relatively unchanged from the offensive strategy of 1968 until the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May which led to a change a more reactive approach.
During this time, in one particularly deadly incident, the U.N. blamed Aidid’s forces for attacking Pakistani peacekeepers who were conducting a radio and arms storage inspection.
Pete Hegseth, 'Fox & Friends Weekend' co-host, previews a Veterans Day Fox Nation special.
"When I think about what happened, my head starts hurting. It left me with a grudge and painful memories." The Mogadishu residents who witnessed the battle are also still dealing with the loss and ...
Meanwhile, the PAVN 324B Division, having encountered soldiers of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division several times, especially the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969, had become aware of the layered superiority of US firepower - air and artillery. Their plan to destroy FSB Ripcord, a key part of Operation Texas Star, took this superiority into ...
In addition, during the preceding decades, the religion had undergone a period of intense persecution in the American Midwest. In particular, they were officially expelled from, and an Extermination Order was issued by Governor Boggs , the state of Missouri during the 1838 Mormon War , during which prominent Mormon apostle David W. Patten was ...