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Ten Days Up a Jungle Ridge: How the Fight for Hamburger Hill Changed the War Debate

Ten Days Up a Jungle Ridge: How the Fight for Hamburger Hill Changed the War Debate

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Headline Wednesday: Hamburger Hill, Vietnam War follows the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division up the rain-soaked slopes of Hill 937 in the A Shau Valley, where thick jungle, mud, and deeply dug bunkers turned one numbered ridge into a brutal ten-day ordeal. This episode walks through the moment young infantrymen step off into ankle-deep muck, the first probing firefights on the lower slopes, and the growing realization that this is no brief contact but a deliberate stand by a seasoned North Vietnamese regiment. Headline Wednesday is the Wednesday feature of Dispatch: U.S. Military History Magazine, and the series is developed by Trackpads.com to bring pivotal moments in United States military history to life for modern listeners.

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