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Reds Leave Wounded to Fight to the Death on Hilltop
Alpha Company of the 2nd Battalion 8th Cavalry led a frontal assault on Hospital Hills held by Viet Cong diehards near Bong Son, Viet Nam. The Hilltop defense included Viet Cong bunkers with wounded fighters, and intense fighting with grenades, rocket fire, napalm, and tear gas as U S soldiers advanced under heavy shelling and machine gun fire.
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Viet Nam
Pahind
Sen
Alpha Company
8Th Cavalry
U.S. 1Si Air Cavalry
Bong Son
Igliton
Uit Pd
Zit
Alpa
Jhill
Thomas
Forman