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Fun and games in the A Shau valley..Razor, Vandegrift, Currahee, Pike, Spear, Rakkasan, Cunningham, Dallas, Tun Tavern, Hatchet, Ax, Blaze.
The word 'hill' is a misnomer when it comes to RVN. We in the US, generally think of a hill as a slight to moderate rise culminating in a single rounded top.
Rarely the case over there. A series of 'mini hills and valleys' that made up the main hill.

quote Originally posted by maryjane: Fun and games in the A Shau valley..Razor, Vandegrift, Currahee, Pike, Spear, Rakkasan, Cunningham, Dallas, Tun Tavern, Hatchet, Ax, Blaze. The word 'hill' is a misnomer when it comes to RVN. We in the US, generally think of a hill as a slight to moderate rise culminating in a single rounded top. Rarely the case over there. A series of 'mini hills and valleys' that made up the main hill.

I was reminded of this when I thought about trying to figure-out where the toughest battlefield terrain was.

Was it the trenches of WWI?
The Chosin winter in Korea?
The beaches of Normandy?
The jungles of Vietnam?
The deserts of Iraq?

That vague rabbit hole got way-deep way-quick...

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Without doubt, imo, it would be ww1.
The trenches of WW1 were considered relative safe havens. It was the No Man's land they had to cross that were the real killing fields.
Thousands would die in a matter of just a few hours facing horrendous artillery and machine gun fire.
Then, they were also fighting cholera and influenza.

https://www.historyhit.com/...ttles-world-war-one/

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach...es%20of%20territory.

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quote Originally posted by maryjane: Without doubt, imo, it would be ww1. The trenches of WW1 were considered relative safe havens. It was the No Man's land they had to cross that were the real killing fields. Thousands would die in a matter of just a few hours facing horrendous artillery and machine gun fire. Then, they were also fighting cholera and influenza.

Lest we forget... the chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas used on the troops.

quote Originally posted by Patrick: Lest we forget... the chlorine, phosgene and mustard gas used on the troops.

I believe the % of military deaths in WW1 from gas was 1/1000 of the total deaths.
Of course, the total military death figure in that war was so high, that the gas deaths alone= about 90,000.