The Hill Fights (also known as the First Battle of Khe Sanh) took place during the Vietnam War between the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 325C Division and ... Battle · Hill 861 · Hill 881S · Hill 881N

881S had been garrisoned since, but 881N was abandoned because the shape of the hill and the nature of the terrain around it made it a poor defensive position.

Hills 861, 881 North, and 881 South were the site of intense United States Marine Corps combat with the People's Army of Vietnam throughout 1967.

Marines in the Vietnam War Commemorative Series. 48 |. Final Conquest of Hill 881 North. On 5 May, 2d Battalion finally completed its conquest of. Hill 881N.

The hill fights of early 1967 left Hill 881 South treeless. Dabney's outpost was the farthest west and north of any command in South Vietnam. To his west, Laos ...

On 29 April 1967, the Marines opened an engagement against PAVN and Viet Cong (VC) forces on Hill 881 South. The engagement lasted until 1 May. Marine losses on ...

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Marines make their way up the bombed out slopes of Hill 881 N in May of 1967. The Hill was one of several strategically imporant hills surrounding Khe Sahn in ...

The Battle of Khe Sanh (21 January – 9 July 1968) was conducted in the Khe Sanh area of northwestern Quảng Trị Province, Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) ... McNamara Line · Khe Sanh Combat Base · Rathvon M. Tompkins · David E. Lownds

27 янв. 2023 г. · “There was two 881s, one 881 South and 881 North, we maintained those hills because we wanted to keep the high ground away from the North ...