User blog:ARTaylor/30 Years of Hamburger Hill

Today marks the thirtieth anniversary of the premiere of Hamburger Hill. Based on real events, the film follows the United States Army Third Battalion, One-Hundred Eighty-Seventh Infantry Regiment, part of the Third Brigade, and One-Hundred First Airborne Division during the 1969 battle as part of the Vietnam War. The film was a moderate box office success and a hit with critics. The film features the talents of Steven Weber as platoon sergeant Dennis Worcester and Courtney B. Vance as medic Abraham "Doc" Johnson.