Battle of Ap Bia Mountain information
for 3 BDE 101 ABN
1/187 INF
For date 690518
3 BDE 101 ABN was a US Army unit
1/187 INF was a US Army unit
Primary service involved, US Army
Operation APACHE SNOW
South Vietnam
Location, A Shau Valley
Description: By D+7 of the Battle for Ap Bia Mountain, the 1/187th Inf had been reinforced with the 1/506th and 2/501st Inf Bns and an ARVN Bn from the 3rd ARVN Regt. These forces were posted around Hill 937 to seal it off. The Hill had been pounded for 36 straight hours by artillery and air strikes that followed all the other bombardments since the battle began. Two Bns, the 187th and 501st, attacked the NVA and by mid-afternoon some platoons had reached the summit but a thunderstorm drenched the hill. Visibility dropped to zero and the mud made for difficult going so the fourth withdrawal was ordered.
The source for this information was Rise & Fall P:285+
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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05/13/2023