The World’s Most Dangerous Men
In the movie Heartbreak Ridge, many who have never served or been near any front line, will not recognize the world’s most dangerous men.?
The superficial will see GySgt. Highway, played by Clint Eastwood, Medal of Honor winner, as the hero.?
Plot: In a plot that parallels actual occurrences U.S. Marines are trained and then deployed on a mission to rescue students attending medical school on the "nutmeg island" of Grenada, There, the Marines encounter violent opposition from a contingent of Cubans. It is the modest platoon leader who under intense fire, uses his Amex credit card to call the base operator at Camp Lejeune, NC and asks to be patched in to Anglico, the naval gunfire net. Once connected, the Lieutenant calls in a fire mission which is relayed to the ships offshore of Grenada. The ships then fire a barrage based on the 6-digit grid coordinates provided by the Lieutenant. The Cubans are obliterated by the fire mission and the grateful students are soon evacuated to the ships waiting offshore.?
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