Subtitle Hamburger Hill -
A cardboard sign pinned to a tree by a soldier after the battle simply read: "Hamburger Hill. Was it worth it?". A Battle of Attrition
The name "Hamburger Hill" didn't come from a strategist; it came from the grunts on the ground. During the 10-day battle in May 1969, American paratroopers from the faced a literal meat grinder. subtitle Hamburger Hill
Sergeant James Spears famously asked a reporter, "Have you ever been inside a hamburger machine? We just got cut to pieces". A cardboard sign pinned to a tree by
The Meat Grinder: Why They Called It "Hamburger Hill" In the history of the Vietnam War, few names carry as much grim weight as . Officially known to the military as Hill 937 and to the local Degar people as Dong Ap Bia ("the mountain of the crouching beast"), this 3,000-foot-tall peak in the A Shau Valley became a symbol of both extraordinary valor and tactical futility. Origins of a Brutal Nickname During the 10-day battle in May 1969, American
The objective was part of , intended to clear North Vietnamese Army (NVA) forces from the valley.
Soldiers dubbed it "Hamburger Hill" because they felt they were being "ground up like hamburger meat" by intense, accurate machine-gun fire and entrenched NVA positions.
