#Hamburger Hill

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On May 20, 1969, after enduring a brutal 10-day battle, members of the 101st Airborne Division finally get a chance to rest on top of Hamburger Hill.

During the 10-day battle, U.S. losses totaled 72 killed and 372 wounded. To take the position, the 101st Airborne Division (Airmobile) eventually committed five infantry battalions and ten batteries of artillery. In addition, the US Air Force flew 272 missions and expended more than 500 tons of ordnance.

Estimates of the losses incurred by the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) included 630 dead (bodies discovered on and around the battlefield); including many found in makeshift mortuaries within the tunnel complex. There is no count of the NVA running off the mountain, those killed by artillery and air strikes, the wounded and dead carried into Laos, or the dead buried in collapsed bunkers and tunnels. During the ten-day battle, US forces captured 89 individual weapons and 22 crew‑served weapons.

(Photo courtesy of the Associated Press)

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Hamburger Hill (1987, John Irvin)

25/03/2024

Hamburger Hill is a 1987 film directed by John Irvin, inspired by the Battle of Hamburger Hill, which occurred during the Vietnam War.

Vietnam, 1969, a group of young paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, under the command of Sergeant Frantz, is sent to the A Shau valley to try to wrest Hill 937 from the North Vietnamese, which, following the battle, will be nicknamed "Hamburger Hill" (meat grinder hill), due to the significant losses suffered by American soldiers.

Filmed between October and December 1986, Hamburger Hill is part of the Vietnam-movie genre of the period, coming out a year after Oliver Stone's Platoon and at the same time as Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

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situationship of all time. to ME

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Hamburger Hill – The Last Patrol

My friend, Jonas Thorsell, re-discovered the battlefields of Hamburger Hill with some Rakkasan warriors who fought there 54 years ago. Join them on their quest to reach the summit. As I sit down and write this, it is almost exactly 11 years since my first visit to Hamburger Hill in the A Shau Valley in the western mountainous area of Vietnam. I was on a motorbike trip with a friend, driving…

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Drinks up also for the Christines who go for a full embrace

1. Lisa Vroman (w. Brad Little, US TOUR)

2. Elizabeth Welch (w. Ted Keegan, BROADWAY)

3. Samantha Hill (w. Hugh Panaro, BROADWAY)

4. Olivia Safe (w. Ian Jon Bourg, HAMBURG)

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Views on either side of that hickory in the previous post. Spitzenberg Hill on one side and a view to the Pinnacle and Hawk Mountain on the other, even a glimpse of Pulpit Rock. That tree chose a glorious spot.

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An animated retelling of John Lennon's Being A Short Diversion On The Dubious Origins Of Beatles recited by Bernard Hill, in character as John, from the 1985 TV special John Lennon: A Journey In The Life.

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(nsfw) full version here

(blood, ghost hands, ball fondling, jacob's ladder piercing)

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On the 21st of October, while visiting friends in Hamburg and celebrating my birthday week, I followed the path Joker Out set and discovered new places

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Sir Mix-a-Lot and his posse at Dick's, Seattle, 1989.

Photo: Charles Peterson.

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On May 20, 1969, after enduring a brutal 10-day battle, members of the 101st Airborne Division finally get a chance to rest on top of Hamburger Hill.

(Photo courtesy of the Associated Press)

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They’re so besties in my head fr

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Where r my ogata has TMJ truthers

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thanks to the lovely @georgieluz and @l13bg0tt for the tags!

rules: post 7 comfort movies and tag 7 people

no pressure tags: @merryandrewsworld, @musicalfreak24601, @ariesbilly, @laceyamethyst, @dcyllom, and anyone else that wants to do it

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i wanna try actually take the n5/n4 next year but i will have to solve my main problem which is that my grammar is pretty good but my vocabulary is absolute dogshit nonexistant

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PotO Gifsets Masterpost Vol. I

A masterlist of gifsets I've made from various performances I've watched.

Ian Jon Bourg & Olivia Safe w. Kyle Gonyea (Hamburg, 2001)

Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman w. Steve Barton (Broadway, 1988)

Gary Mauer x Beth Southard (Dallas, 2006)

The First Lair

Point of no Return

Final Lair

Earl Carpenter & Rachel Barrell (West End, 2006)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

Point of no Return

Final Lair Kiss

John Owen Jones & Rachel Barrell (West End, 2005)

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

John Owen Jones & Gina Beck (West End)

Music of the Night

Anthony Crivello & Kristie Holden (Las Vegas, 2008)

Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

Tomas Ambt Kofod & Sibylle Glosted (Copenhagen, March 2019)

Little Lotte (w. Christian Lund): Part I

Little Lotte: Part II

The Mirror: Part I

The Mirror: Part II

The Phantom of the Opera: Part I

The Phantom of the Opera: Part II

Music of the Night: Part I

Music of the Night: Part II

I Remember...: Part I

I Remember...: Part II

Stranger Than You Dreamt It: Part I

Stranger Than You Dreamt It: Part II

The Rooftop: Part I

The Rooftop: Part II

All I Ask of You: Part I

All I Ask of You: Part II

All I Ask of You: Part III

All I Ask of You: Part IV

Masquerade: Part I

Masquerade: Part II

Masquerade: Part III

Why So Silent?

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Point of No Return: Part III

Point of No Return: Part IV

Point of No Return: Part V

Act II Unmasking

Final Lair: Part I

Final Lair: Part II

Final Lair: Part III

Final Lair: Part IV (The Kiss)

Final Lair: Part V

Final Lair: Part VI

Final Lair: Part VII

Michael Crawford & Dale Kristien (Broadway, 1988)

First Lair

Point of No Return

Michael Crawford & Dale Kristien (LA, 1988)

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Thomas James O'Leary & Sandra Joseph (Broadway, 1996)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

Hugh Panaro & Samantha Hill (Broadway, 2011)

The Mirror

Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss