Hawk Hill has reopened to the public 🥳🌁🦅✨! On Wednesday we celebrated the culmination of 15 years of restoration and improvement at this iconic park site. Hawk Hill now features new hiking trails, restored habitat, and better accessibility, including: 🔭 An accessible Tunnel Loop Trail with ocean viewpoints, rest areas, and improved wayfinding. 🦋 Restored native butterfly habitat and erosion control around historic military batteries. 🚲 New amenities like vault toilets, bike racks, seating,

Hamburger Hill, May 21, 1969 – The Price of Courage 🇺🇸 #HamburgerHill #VietnamWar #USArmy #Paratroopers #AmericanHeroes #WarHistory | Lily's

The Battle of Firebase Ripcord was one of the bloodiest conflicts of the Vietnam War, and the last wide-ranging encounter between the US and the North Vietnamese Army before the war ended. Even though American involvement in the Vietnam War was generally supported by the public at first, opposition eventually emerged as President Lyndon B. Johnson passed the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution in 1964, dramatically increasing the presence of US soldiers in the area. Unrest hit a high point after the Battl