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    HIDDEN HEROISM OF THE 101ST AIRBORNE AT AN OBSCURE BATTLE

    Aug 31, 2021 2 minutes
    —Warren Wilkins

    Courage Under Fire: The 101st Airborne’s Hidden Battle at Tam Ky By Ed Sherwood Casemate, 2021

    Appalled by the loss of American life on “Hamburger Hill,” a remote mountain near the Laotian border in northern South Vietnam, Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts took the floor of the U.S. Senate in May 1969 to condemn the 101st Airborne Division’s bloody 10-day battle. Kennedy was apparently unaware that

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