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As soldiers from Battery A, 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division rested in their bunkers after participating in one of the largest offensives of the Vietnam War, the force of North troops Vietnamese women who attacked them woke them up.
The men were protecting a hill known as the Peanuts Landing Zone in support of troops who had just regained control of the nearby Khe Sanh base.
As dozens of American cavalrymen and their respective artillery units rushed for shelter amidst incessant fire from all flanks, the battle quickly turned vicious.
The confrontation between the outnumbered American force and the specialized North Vietnamese unit known as the Sappers ultimately resulted in some of the most brutal fighting air cavalry troops had ever seen…
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