Subtitle Hamburger Hill -

A cardboard sign pinned to a tree by a soldier after the battle simply read: "Hamburger Hill. Was it worth it?". A Battle of Attrition

Sergeant James Spears famously asked a reporter, "Have you ever been inside a hamburger machine? We just got cut to pieces". subtitle Hamburger Hill

Soldiers dubbed it "Hamburger Hill" because they felt they were being "ground up like hamburger meat" by intense, accurate machine-gun fire and entrenched NVA positions. A cardboard sign pinned to a tree by

The name "Hamburger Hill" didn't come from a strategist; it came from the grunts on the ground. During the 10-day battle in May 1969, American paratroopers from the faced a literal meat grinder. subtitle Hamburger Hill