During 1986 the battalion participated in the filming of Heartbreak Ridge in Camp Pendleton, California and Hamburger Hill while deployed to the Philippines.
He was an infantryman and involved in many battles while serving his country in Vietnam, specifically the operation known as Hamburger Hill and the devastating fight at FSB Spear which was overrun by the North Vietnamese army.
The Nam (1997), is a 1,000-page book which describes the plots of six Vietnam films in their entirety: the films are Apocalypse Now, Born on the Fourth of July, The Deer Hunter, Full Metal Jacket, Hamburger Hill and Platoon.
In his 2000 installation, Hamburger Hill, at Hotel Pupik in Schrattenberg, Austria, Vu constructed a recreation of the Battle of Hamburger Hill in Vietnam.
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Richard G. Stilwell, commander of American military forces in the Battle of Hamburger Hill