Fifty years after leading a company of soldiers up Hamburger Hill, Gerald “Bob” Harkins sees the assault against burrowed-in North Vietnamese army forces no differently than he did then. “Our mission ...
Dong Ap Bia, Vietnam, Aug. 4, 1969: From left, Pvt. Ed Hayes, 28, and Pfc. Charles Dobard, 26, in front of a bunker fortification on top of Hill 937 of Dong Ap Bia, better known to Americans as ...
SAIGON, May 20, 1969 (UPI) - American and South Vietnamese forces today stormed up the slopes of Hamburger Hill under heavy fire from North Vietnamese dug in on the summit and captured the strategic ...
Army veteran George Layman was a radio operator during the bloody Battle of Hamburger Hill in 1969. After waiting decades, he finally received his Bronze Star.
North Vietnamese forces ambush men of the 101st Airborne Division, Third Battalion, as they flank the side of Dong Ap Bia Mountain, more commonly known as Hamburger Hill. Half a dozen men are wounded, ...