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Arsenal | The .51-Caliber Copter Killer

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Operation Lamar Plain from May 15 to Aug. 14, 1969, a follow-up to the Battle of Hamburger Hill in the A Shau Valley, annihilated the North Vietnamese 2nd Regiment. In the end, 497 enemy soldiers were dead, including the regiment’s commander, and 21 were prisoners. The Americans reported 126 dead and 404 wounded. Added to …

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