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Brutal Hell on a Hilltop - LZ Peanuts Vietnam 1968
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While soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division rested in their bunkers after participating in one of the Vietnam War's largest offensives, the brunt force of North Vietnamese troops attacking them woke them up.
The men were protecting a hill known as Landing Zone Peanuts in support of troops that had just regained control of the nearby Khe Sanh base.
As dozens of American cavalrymen and their respective artillery units scrambled to find refuge amidst the relentless fire coming from all flanks, the battle quickly turned vicious.
The confrontation between the outnumbered American force and the specialized North Vietnamese unit known as sappers ultimately resulted in some of the most brutal fighting that air cavalry troops would ever see...
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