fight for Hill 875 information
for 2/503 ABN
4/503 ABN
battle of Dak To
For date 671120
2/503 ABN was a US Army unit
4/503 ABN was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation MACARTHUR
South Vietnam
Description: The 4/503d ABN, 173d ABN also moved against Hill 875 to help their sister battalion, the 2/503d ABN. They passed so many dead paratroopers that they wondered if there would be anyone left alive to link up with. There was no resistance and at 1000 they linked up.
The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:166
Rise & Fall = The Rise and Fall of an American Army: U.S. Ground Forces in Vietnam, 1963 - 1973 by Shelby Stanton.
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Date posted on this site:
05/13/2023