In June of 1966, Hildreth's unit was stationed on Hill 488 in the jungles of Vietnam. Before the week was over, they would fight the battle that would make them the most highly decorated small ...

Ray landed in Vietnam on March 25 ... 18 men climbed a hill that the Vietnamese called "Nui Vu." This hill was 488 meters high, or around 1,600 feet high. So, the Marines called it Hill 488.

Howard, a Marine gunnery sergeant who received a Congressional Medal of Honor for his June 16, 1966, "gallantry and intrepidity" in Vietnam ... 18 men deposited on Hill 488 west of Chu Lai ...