Hamburger+Hill+JFS

===During the Vietnam War, Hamburger Hill was an attempt to take Hill 936. It was a part of Operation Apache Snow in the Shau Valley. Hamburger Hill was a deadly ten day war that took place between May 10, 1969 and May 20, 1969.=== ===The battle took place on Dong Ap Bia (Ap Bia Mountain) in the rugged, jungle-covered mountains along the Laotian border. The terrain in the area favored the NVA. The steep mountain created treacherous conditions for the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops to try and advance. The United States forces wanted to keep pressure on the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). The build up in this area by the NVA was an effort to try and recover from all the deaths during the Tet Offensive. Winning Hamburger Hill helped stop a possible attack against the city of Hue. The forces involved were the U.S. Army, U.S. Marines, South Vietnamese Army troops, and the North Vietnamese Army. If the U.S. and allied forces had lost Hill 936, the NVA could have taken Hue.=== ===Air strikes played a major role in this battle, by destroying bunkers and also clearing pathways for the U.S. and South Vietnamese troops to be able to maneuvre through. The strikes included high drag bombs, napalm, and five-hundred and one-thousand-pound bombs with delay fuses. Major General Melvin Zais was in charge of the attack on Hill 936.=== ===When it came to the end of the battle the U.S. had lost 70 soldiers and had about 372 wounded out of about 1,800 soldiers, while the NVA had lost more then 630 soldiers out of 1,500 soldiers. Hamburger Hill was said to be one of the fiercest battles of the war, and one of the last major actions of its type in the war. On May 20, 1969 after heavily bombing NVA bunkers the U.S. forces conquered Ap Bia Mountain. The controversy behind it was that in June the United States troops pulled out of that region and the NVA regained control of the mountain.===