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    Historical Summary Of The Battle At Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), 10-20 May 1969
    Historical Summary Of The Battle At Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), 10-20 May 1969
    Historical Summary Of The Battle At Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), 10-20 May 1969
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    Historical Summary Of The Battle At Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), 10-20 May 1969

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    Includes 14 maps and diagrams.
    The battle at Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill) occurred during Operation APACHE SNOW, a XXIV Corps directed operation in the Northern Ashau Valley. This operation was initiated on 10 May 1969 with the specific purpose of destroying North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) forces believed to be grouping in the Ashau Valley, blocking enemy routes of egress into Laos, interdicting enemy lines of communication and locating and destroying known enemy caches. Allied forces participating in the operation consisted of elements of the 101st Airborne Division, 3d Marine Division, and the 1st ARVN Division. Table of contents includes a background, the Battle at Dong Ap Bia (fire support, enemy losses, and U.S. casualties summaries), consideration of allegations by Senator Stephen M. Young, and a draft insert for congressional record.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNormanby Press
    Release dateAug 15, 2014
    ISBN9781782893356
    Historical Summary Of The Battle At Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), 10-20 May 1969

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      Historical Summary Of The Battle At Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill), 10-20 May 1969 - Anon

       This edition is published by PICKLE PARTNERS PUBLISHING—www.picklepartnerspublishing.com

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      Text originally published in 1916 under the same title.

      © Pickle Partners Publishing 2013, all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted by any means, electrical, mechanical or otherwise without the written permission of the copyright holder.

      Publisher’s Note

      Although in most cases we have retained the Author’s original spelling and grammar to authentically reproduce the work of the Author and the original intent of such material, some additional notes and clarifications have been added for the modern reader’s benefit.

      We have also made every effort to include all maps and illustrations of the original edition the limitations of formatting do not allow of including larger maps, we will upload as many of these maps as possible.

      HISTORICAL SUMMARY OF

      THE BATTLE AT DONG AP BIA (HAMBURGER HILL).

      10- 20 MAY 1969

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      Contents

      TABLE OF CONTENTS 1

      BACKGROUND 2

      BATTLE AT DONG AP BIA 5

      10 May 5

      11 May 5

      12 May 6

      13 May 7

      14 May 8

      15 May 9

      3-187 9

      1-506 10

      16 May 10

      3-187 10

      1-506 10

      17 May 10

      3-187 10

      1-506 10

      18 Mar 11

      3-187 11

      1-506 12

      DECISION TO REINFORCE 13

      19 May 13

      3-187 13

      1-506 13

      20 May 13

      3-187 14

      1-506 14

      2-501 14

      2/3 ARVN 14

      SUMMARY 14

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 10 MAY 15

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 11 MAY 16

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 12 MAY 17

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 13 MAY 18

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 14 MAY 18

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 15 MAY 20

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 16 MAY 21

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 17 MAY 22

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 18 MAY 23

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 19 MAY 24

      DONG AP BIA — SITUATION 20 MAY 25

      FIRE SUPPORT 26

      TACTICAL AIR SUPPORT 26

      ARTILLERY 26

      ENEMY LOSSES — DONG AP BIA 28

      ENEMY KILLED 28

      WEAPONS CAPTURED 28

      US LOSSES 29

      CONSIDERATION OF ALLEGATIONS 30

      ALLEGATION 1 30

      DISCUSSION 1 30

      ALLEGATION 2 30

      DISCUSSION 2 31

      ALLEGATION 3 32

      DISCUSSION 3 32

      ALLEGATION 4 32

      DISCUSSION 4 33

      STATEMENT BY SENATOR THURMOND (R-SC) —CONCERNING THE BATTLE IN VIETNAM  KNOWN AS HAMBURGER HILL 36

      REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 42

      BACKGROUND

      The battle at Dong Ap Bia (Hamburger Hill) occurred during Operation APACHE SNOW, a XXIV Corps directed operation in the Northern Ashau Valley. This operation was initiated on 10 May 1969 with the specific purpose of destroying North Vietnamese Army (NVA) and Viet Cong (VC) forces believed to be grouping in the Ashau Valley, blocking enemy routes of egress into Laos, interdicting enemy lines of communication and locating and destroying known enemy caches. Allied forces participating in the operation consisted of elements of the 101st Airborne Division, 3d Marine Division, and the 1st ARVN Division.

      Since the battle at Dong Ap Bia, many people, both in and out of the government, have questioned the advisability of having conducted an operation deep in the mountainous jungle region and removed

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