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Desolate Hilltop Fights Highlight Marine Losses in Vietnam
North Vietnamese artillery and air strikes pound the ridge as Marines assault a jungle hillside. Lt. Col. Wilder reports heavy casualties and booby traps, with two regiments involved and fierce enemy bunkers on the hill above Hut. Marines retrieve dead and wounded amid napalm, rockets, and mortars, while tightening their grip on the summit through brutal combat.
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Gary Wikier
Cincinnati
Ohio
3Nd Martine Regiment
Wilder
Wilders