Embracing Our Military
Arsenal History Minute | Battle of Hamburger Hill (1969)
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Arsenal History Minute | Battle of Hamburger Hill (1969)
Arsenal History Minutes from May 2023
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Embracing Our Military
Arsenal History Minute | Battle of Hamburger Hill (1969)
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Arsenal History Minutes from May 2023
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(intense music) - Starting on 11 May, 1969, US and South Vietnamese forces battled North Vietnamese troops for Dong Ap Bia Mountain, one mile east of the Laotian border.
Due to the vicious fighting and significant loss of life, the mountain was dubbed Hamburger Hill by American media.
The battle was part of Operation Apache Snow, a 2,800 man allied sweep of the A Shau Valley.
The purpose of the operation was to cut off North Vietnamese infiltration from Laos.
US paratroopers pushing Northeast found the communist forces entrenched on Hamburger Hill.
In fierce fighting, the mountain came under heavy allied airstrikes, artillery barrages, and 10 infantry assaults.
The communist stronghold was captured on 20 May in the 11th attack, when troops of the 101st Airborne Division and South Vietnamese soldiers captured the objective.
During the intense fighting, American losses were 56 killed and 420 wounded.
Embracing Our Military is a local public television program presented by WQPT PBS
WQPT is a public media service of Western Illinois University