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Members of the 101st Airborne land on Hill 937, aka "Hamburger Hill." Many LZ's (landing zones) like this one were under constant fire from PAVN positions. (Je Me Souviens) On this day in 1969, American UH-1 "Huey" helicopters began landing in the A Sầu Valley, a remote, densely-jungled region of Vietnam close to the Laotian…
An illustration of the development of the Reef. Prior to 2012, much of the reef was underwater; now, it is an artificial island . (South China Sea - WordPress.com) On this day in 1988, a gunfight broke out on a small island in the South China Sea. In late 1987, Chinese troops of the People's…
An M48 tank fires over the citadel's wall at VC positions. (MC.GR) By the end of 1967, Americans had been fighting the Vietnam War for nearly three years. Joined by allies from Australia, Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries, US forces under American General Westmoreland had had some success in battling the communist Viet Cong…
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