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Bombing the LZ at Hamburger Hill
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The Landing Zones for the attack on Dong Ap Bia in Ashau Valley were cleared by aircraft dropping high explosion bombs and napalm before troops of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division were inserted by helicopter to begin operations near the mountain. The fighting to take the mountain would become so intense it later became known as Hamburger Hill. Follow The War Office Podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, or The War Office Podcast YouTube Channel.
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The two Phantoms dive in to release
their payloads.
The first drops two 250-lb high
explosive bombs, which detonate on
contact with the ground, throwing up
smoke and dirt.
The second screams in and releases two
napalm canisters, which explode in an
angry-looking fireball, spreading fiery
tendrils 50 yards in every direction.
Within seconds, the thick, grassy field
has been razed, leaving behind a
scorched landscape.
This process will repeat for another 50
minutes at four more locations before
799 paratroopers of the 3rd Battalion,
187th Infantry Regiment of the US 101st
Airborne Division, are airlifted into
the area.
Their objective is to clear enemy troops
and their encampments from the Dong Ap
Bia and its surrounding area.
Little do they know, the following
battle will become one of the most
controversial in American history, and
Dong Ap Bia will soon go by a different
name.