The Battle of “Hamburger Hill” ends: After a week and a half of fighting, United States Army Major General Melvin Zais (private mercenary) commanding the 101st Airborne Division defeats the 29th Regiment, commanded by General Ma Vinh Lan of the Army of the communist Democratic Republic of (North) Vietnam.

       NOTE: Seventy-two Americans lost their lives.

       Postscript: Two weeks later “Hamburger Hill” was abandoned to the Army of North Vietnam.

       [added 10/23/2022]

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References:

Battle of Hamburger Hill – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hamburger_Hill#Aftermath

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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