The Battle of Hamburger Hill was fought by US Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces against People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) forces during Operation Apache Snow of the Vietnam War. Though the heavily-fortified Hill 937, a ridge of the mountain Dong Ap Bia in central Vietnam near its western border with Laos, had little strategic value, US command ordered its capture by a frontal assault, only to abandon it soon thereafter. The action caused a controversy among both the US armed services and the public back home.
US Army photographers climb Hill 937 at Dong Ap Bia after the battle, May 1969
American movements from 11–17 May 1969
Wounded 101st Airborne soldiers being loaded onto a UH-1 medevac helicopter
101st Airborne soldiers inspect damage in the surrounding area of Dong Ap Bia
Operation Apache Snow was a joint U.S. Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) military operation during the Vietnam War designed to keep pressure on the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) units in the A Sầu Valley and prevent them from mounting any attacks on the neighboring coastal provinces.
101st Airborne wounded are loaded on a medevac helicopter