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On the ridges of what would be called Hamburger Hill for the way troops were ground up in the fighting there, U.S. helicopters mistakenly hit a 101st Airborne unit on the verge of winning its battle against rough mountain terrain, dense rain forest and a well-entrenched enemy. IN ONE OF THE WAR’S BLOODIEST BATTLES, troops …
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