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for May 10 & 11, 2017
Flanigan's U.S. History Moment to Remember​​

What is the one-word term that describes turning over more of the Vietnam War efforts to the South Vietnam Army?

1987 DVD cover [image: fair use]

On this day, May 10th of 1969, the infamous, 10-day long Battle of Hamburger Hill began.  Even though, the Hill was of little strategic value, US military leaders called for and kept repeating a frontal assault directly at the entrenched enemy that resulted in a very high casualty rate for American forces.  This questionable battle was documented by Life magazine in an edition entitled “The Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam - One Week’s Toll”.  This Battle of Hamburger Hill, along with other costly battles, prompted American military leaders to start a policy of “Vietnamization” of the war - turning over primary responsibility of the conflict fighting to the South Vietnamese.​
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CLICK ON this Life magazine cover to see the full spread of the 241 Americans KIA (Killed in Action) during one week in Vietnam. [image: Fair Use]

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Why does this matter today?​​

The process of turning over the war’s primary responsibility to homeland forces, in this case South Vietnam’s, is a policy that continues today in places like Iraq - where US Armed Forces now serve as trainers and advisors to the Iraqi Army.

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