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Hamburger Hill (1987)

Author: John Irvin
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Extended: CAPT, LT, WO2, SGT
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Director, John Irvin. (110min)
The film deals with the US assaults on Ap Bia mountain (or Hill 937) in May 1969 in which US forces made successive costly assaults and seized the feature only to abandon it soon after. The focus is on a single platoon in a single, specific operation, which allows consideration of the tensions within the sub-unit between veterans and replacements, across racial and rank lines, and between Americans and the local people. Not a great film, but a very good one.

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