Fragging
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Fragging is the deliberate killing or attempted killing of a soldier, usually a superior, by a fellow soldier. U.S. military personnel coined the word during the Vietnam War, when such killings were m
M26 "fragmentation" grenade, issued to the U.S. Army and U.S. Marines in the Vietnam War, used in many fragging incidents.
G.I. movement veterans protesting the Vietnam War.
$10,000 reward as reported in GI Says underground newspaper in South Vietnam 1969
Battle of Hamburger Hill
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The Battle of Hamburger Hill was fought by United States Army and Army of the Republic of Vietnam forces against People's Army of Vietnam forces during Operation Apache Snow of the Vietnam War. Though
Fragging
…on particular officers or non-commissioned officers to reward soldiers for fragging them. The most famous of these occurred after the controversial Battle of Hamburger Hill in 1969 when a $10,000 bounty was placed in the GI underground newspaper GI Says for the murder of the commander of the 3rd Battalion, 187th Infantry…
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