Bombing the LZ at Hamburger Hill

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.