CNN The Sixties June 29, 2014 02:48:00
>> alpha company reached 0943. [ gunshots ]. >> coming this way. >> after sweeping the area around 943, 943 is taken. there is nothing to take. and now that the enemy is gone, there is no reason for the americans to stay. >> when we abandoned the hill, it was crushing because your friends died. what was all that about? >> there is a hill in vietnam, which was assaulted twice, taken twice, and abandoned twice by americans. and today, 943 is again controlled by the north vietnamese. >> progress was not being made. there was no end in sight. how would you measure progress? though, it was a kind o...