a 'Nam vet

Hamburger Hill (1987), written by a 'Nam vet, is a very intense but matter of fact soldier's point of view story of Vietnam.

by Vietnam War vet Jim Carabatsos

Scripted by Vietnam War vet Jim Carabatsos, Hamburger Hill not only underlines the futility of the war but also the pressures brought to bear upon the troops by an insensitive, often hostile media.

Samuel Zaffiri

In A Shau's book Hamburger Hill, Samuel Zaffiri wrote that General William C. Westmoreland, commander of U.S. Forces in South Vietnam, was angry that the press had widely portrayed Tet as a victory for the Communists, even though the Viet Cong had been decimated as a fighting force.