As proud as I am of the book’s publishing history, I’m even prouder of how veterans of the battle have responded to it. One, Tony Bresina, wrote me that he thought the book so “moving” that it gave him “goose bumps.” Timothy Ard wrote me that he was likewise moved and thought it “incredible that what you write could effect me this way.”  My most memorable letter, however, came from James Mangiapane. He wrote that he had gotten the book as a Christmas present and that it was the best present he’d “ever received.” +

Samuel Zaffiri is also the author of a 1994 biography of General William C. Westmoreland, Westmoreland, published by William Morrow.

For more on Hamburger Hill, see James Willbanks’ article Hell on Hamburger Hill published in the June 2009 Vietnam magazine.

Click here to see TIMELINE of the Hamburger Hill battle, from the June 2009 Vietnam magazine.

Also see Colonel Harry G. Summers’ (U.S. Army, ret.) article Battle for Hamburger Hill During Vietnam War, originally published in the June 1999 issue of Vietnam magazine.

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