Heartbreak Ridge
Famous Korean hilltop
Heartbreak Ridge is the name of a mountain ridge in Korea, site of a costly 1951 battle during the Korean War.
The name captured the brutal, grinding nature of the fighting and the heavy casualties suffered.
It later became the title of a 1986 Clint Eastwood film about a Marine sergeant preparing troops for the Grenada invasion.
- war movieFilm depicting armed conflict
- marinesNaval infantry soldiers
- combatArmed hostile engagement
- GrenadaCaribbean island nation
- gunnery sergeantSenior Marine noncommissioned officer
Clint Eastwood · war · military · battalion · chain of command · invasion · battlefield · Korea · veteran · drill instructor · boot camp · military drill · tough love · platoon · barracks · 1986 · tough · grizzled
- Eastwood FilmsDirty Harry, Unforgiven, Gran Torino, Million Dollar Baby, American Sniper
- Korean WarKorean War, 38th parallel, DMZ, demilitarized zone, armistice line
- Named HillsBeacon Hill, Bunker Hill, Capitol Hill, Notting Hill, Sugar Hill
Heartbreak RidgeGarden of Eden
Biblical first home
Paradise · Happy Valley · Elysian Fields · Shangri-La · Paradise Island
Heartbreak Ridgedecisive victory
Overwhelming win, clear outcome
Inchon · Operation Desert Storm · Six-Day War · walkover · cakewalk
heart, hearts, hearted, heartbreak, heartbreaks, heartbroken, heartbreaking, break, breaks