Headline History

As Americans sat down to Thanksgiving dinner in 1967, the USA was being torn apart by war.  Increasingly, war protests from New York City to Washington, DC turned public opinion in many sectors against a conflict in a far off land. With that as a backdrop, the U.S. was able to celebrate a victory on Thanksgiving, as Americans captured Hill 875, in one of the fiercest battles ever fought by U.S. troops. This edition of Headline History is the story of that battle and other news from Nov. 23, 1967.