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That Should Be A Movie: The Real Heartbreak Ridge

By on Monday, November 4, 2024

It is a war drama

In the vein of Hamburger Hill

It is like Hacksaw Ridge meets 12 Strong

It follows brilliant maverick Col. James Y. Adams

And battle-loving veteran Maj. Virgil E. “Gene” Craven

As they fight for three hills atop Heartbreak Ridge

Problems arise when the well-dug-in Communists refuse to give ground and American commanders continue to send men to their deaths using the same ineffective tactics over and over.

Together, Adam and Craven’s love for their men and personal courage will create a strategy that captures the ridge line.

The idea came to me when I read Heartbreak Ridge by Arned L. Hinshaw to find out more information about the real battle mentioned in the Clint Eastwood movie of the same name.

My unique approach would be the brutality of battle contrasted with the bravery of the men fighting it and the courage of their officers who stand up for them at headquarters.

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That Should Be A Movie: A Christmas Far From Home by Stanley Weintraub

By on Saturday, December 10, 2022

A set piece would be when the 5th and 7th Marines, including 600 wounded walking with the help of ice-glazed tree limbs, march into Hagaru. They had fought their way there over fourteen miles for four days and three sleepless nights. Their comrades gather on the surrounding hills to greet the arrival of their comrades who were covered with ice and stubble. At 600 yards from the perimeter, the column stops. The wounded and frost bitten who could walk, crawled out of their trucks and fell in line with their comrades, their boots stomping the snow in perfect cadence.  In the snow. As the column enters the perimeter, some grunts join them, marching along side the column “From the Halls of Montezuma…”They began singing “…To the shores of Tripoli…” It is the Marines Hymn. “…We will fight our nation’s battles…” Rugged veterans were brought to tears. “Look at those bastards,” they say. “Those magnificent bastards.”

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That Should Be A Movie: The Last Stand of Fox Company

By on Monday, July 27, 2020

It’s called The Last Stand of Fox Company
It is a War Action Drama
It the vein of Blackhawk Down
It is like Fury meets Hacksaw Ridge
It follows spit-and-polished but tough disciplined Marine officer Captain William Barber
And fatalist Patton-like Chinese American Marine Lieutenant Kurk Chew-Een Lee
As they battle overwhelming Chinese Communist forces and the sub-freezing conditions of the North Korean mountains in their fight to save 30,000 UN forces from 120,000 Communists
Problems arise as nearly every man in Barber’s Fox Company is wounded, the artic conditions ruin their equipment, and a wounded Lieutenant Lee has to go AWOL after slapping in the hospital a soldier with PTSD
Together their determination, resilience, comradery, skill and cunning hold a vital mountain pass for five nights and six days and help evacuate UN forces while inflicting heavy damage upon the enemies of freedom.
The idea came to me when I was listening to an audiobook version of The Last Stand of Fox Company by Tom Clavin and Bob Drury and heard Korea referred to as “The Forgotten War.”
My unique approached would be the multitude of conflicts the soldiers fight, from the Communists to the weather, to each other, and in the case of Lee, racism.
A set piece would be when Lt. Lee is leading the relief column for Fox Company throw the frozen mountains in the dark of night. He is wearing a pink sully-drop air panel so his men will not lose him in the dark or, worse, mistake him for the enemy, since he looks, well, Chinese, and accidently shoot him. He holds up a hand. The column stops. He advances through the dark, approaching a Chinese position. He knows a few words in pidgin Chinese, so he fools the commies into letting him come into their lines. Then he pulls out a grenade, throws it. After the blast, he mows the place with gunfire. Then he motions for the column to continue.
Target audiences would be military historians, history buffs, war movie fans, military servicemen and women, veterans, Korean War veterans and their families, Chinese Americans, Korean Americans, South Koreans, fans of video games like Call of Duty and Medal of Honor, fans of Top Gun: Maverick, and men and women (teens-50s)
Audiences would want to see the movie due to its themes of bravery, courage, comradery, fighting for freedom, resilience in the face of adversity, overcoming harsh conditions, Lieutenant Lee’s triumph over racism, the thrills, excitement and suspense of battling and defeating overwhelming odds, the heroic ordeal of saving tens of thousands of lives, and remembering America’s forgotten heroes of the Korean War.

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