Hamburger Hill: The Brutal Battle for Dong Ap Bia: May 11-20, 1969

The battle for Ap Bia Mountain (Hill 937), was one of the fiercest of the entire Vietnam War. On May 10, 1969, Army, Marine Corps, and ARVN forces kicked off Operation Apache Snow. It was finally time to clean out the notorious A Shau Valley. The next day, elements of the 101st Airborne Division, the Screaming Eagles, made initial contact with NVA forces on the lower reaches of Hill 937.

The ten days of combat that followed became the human meat grinder known around the world as Hamburger H...