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

The Meat Grinder: Why They Called It "Hamburger Hill" In the history of the Vietnam War, few names carry as much grim weight as . Officially known to the military as Hill 937 and to the local Degar people as Dong Ap Bia ("the mountain of the crouching beast"), this 3,000-foot-tall peak in the A Shau Valley became a symbol of both extraordinary valor and tactical futility. Origins of a Brutal Nickname A cardboard sign pinned to a tree by