| Counter |
Scene |
Main Characters |
| 0 - 1:55 |
Credits Vietnam / Washington, DC -- The Wall |
| 1:55 - 4:40 |
A Shau Valley
 Harsh battle /
several need medical help
Soldiers are withdrawn by helicopter
Fixed wing drops Willie Pete in LZ
|
soldiers |
| 4:45 - 9:30 |
Road to base camp
Friendly harassment
Enroute to base
|
soldiers |
| 9:30 - 11:30 |
Base camp
Digging trenches in the mud
Beletsky and Langwilli get in minor fight
|
soldiers Frantz
Beletsky
Langwilli |
| 11:30 - 14:15 |
Whorehouse
Bath -- Talk of the war and home in the US
Conference over the battle between Frantz and Worcester
|
prostitutes Frantz
Worcester |
| 14:15 - 19:15 |
Base camp
New Guys fill out various forms
Rumors of going back to the A Shau
Doc teaches hygiene to the New Guys
|
Frantz Motown
Doc
New Guys |
| 19:15 - 23:00 |
Base camp by bunker
Demo on how NVA attack
NVA explained
|
Frantz Motown
Doc
Worcester
Langwilli
Beletsky
Han |
| 23:00 - 31:00 |
River by the bridge
Swimming hole
Trailer arrivers for CG
Incoming mortars
|
Squad |
| 31:00 - 32:30 |
 Cleanup
Doc finds KIA with no dog tags
|
Doc |
| 32:30 - 36:20 |
Whorehouse
Next
Discussion over why African Americans were sent to war
Doc punches Langwilli
|
Frantz Doc
Langwilli
Beletsky
Han |
| 36:20 - 40:30 |
 A Shau Valley
Insert into the valley by helicopter
Troops move out of LZ
|
All the soldiers of the 3rd squad , 1st
platoon |
| 40:30 - 45:50 |
Jungle
Moving forward -- sudden contact with NVA
Mac is hit -- KIA
Blood trail followed. Find NVA gear
|
squad |
| 45:50 - 50:35 |
Jungle
Break at the end of the day
Doc and Frantz argue
They're going to Hill 937
|
squad |
| 50:40 - 52:55 |
Hill 937 -- 11 May
Soldiers move up, come under heavy fire
Our artillery fire -- "Blow the **** out of 'em!"
|
squad |
| 52:50 - 56:55 |
Night -- raining
Casualties
Flares -- talk of home
They tune in NVA propaganda on the radio
|
squad |
| 56:55 - 1:06:00 |
15 May
 More
heavy fire -- enemy has claymores in the trees
Hand-to-hand fighting in NVA bunkers
Fixed wing drops WP and napalm -- NVA covered in bunkers
Our helicopters shoot at our own soldiers
|
squad |
| 06:00 - 10:55 |
Lull in the fight
Fixed wing drops more nape
Platoon requests resupply
Break in the action -- mail arrives
|
squad |
| 10:55 - 14:00 |
16 May
Resume the attack
Break -- soldiers eat lunch
Girlfriend won't write anymore -- the antiwar students say it's immoral
|
squad |
| 14:00 - 19:45 |
17 May
 News crew
arrives. Senator Ted Kennedy says they can't take the hill.
Talk of how they got here.
More New Guys arrive
|
squad |
| 19:45 - 23:30 |
18 May -- rain
Doc gets hit
They fight the rain, muck and mud and the NVA
|
squad |
| 23:30 - 26:30 |
LZ
 Doc
waits for a MedEvac -- take the hill (for me)
Doc dies
|
Doc Frantz |
| 26:30 - 31:00 |
Lull in the fight
Talk of the US. The antiwar people love everyone. Everyone, that is,
except soldiers.
|
Lt. Eden SSgt Worchester |
| 31:00 - 41:00 |
20 May
 Fixed
wing drops more nape -- NVA in bunkers
Lt. leads charge up the hill, gets hit and loses his arm.
More casualties, fighting is brutal hand-to-hand
|
Lt. Eden squad |
| 41:00 - 44:45 |
Top of Hill 937
Fighting quiets
 Cardboard
sign -- "Welcome to Hamburger Hill"
'Red 6' (Company CO) calls on the radio -- gets no response from 'Red
1-6' (the Platoon) and 'Red 1A' (the Squad)
|
Frantz Beletsky
Washburn |
| 44:45 - 49:00 |
End Credits |
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