The Hill
Picking right up from "Angel of Mercy"
this show opens with Goldman and
Nikki on a brief R&R.
When he returns to BRAVO, they
are assigned to help take Hill 1000, which they had to capture once before only
to give it back.
Making their way up the hill Johnson hears voices, its First Squad,
making their way down carrying wounded. First Squad tell Johnson they
have 3 KIA already and they haven't seen any of the enemy.
As they start to come under
small arms fire, Mitchell takes cover with Taylor. Mitchell starts
screaming and has been bitten by a snake.
Command tells Lt. Goldman that artillery is coming in "Danger Close",
After two more rounds Lt. Goldman then gives the order to advance
And again they are able to chase off the elusive enemy only to be ordered off the
hill so that it can be defoliated.
The next morning our guys receive medals for bravery .
Afterwards the guys head into Sin City , the guys
roll out a bar and Horn says he's going AWOL to stay with this "babysan",
Just then Zeke pulls up and tells them that they have to sober up as
they are moving out in the morning , Horn asks where Hill 1000 ?, Zeke's
tells them that the 'Dinks' Shot down the defoliant chopper
and their going back as they know the terrain.
The next day they are back up the hill and
come across the downed Huey,
o
As they start up the hill, they come under fire from some regular N.V.A.
In the fire-fight two of the squad are killed , Lt. Goldman yells at
Horn to get the XO on the line. He orders the two men Dudley and McNair
be put in the ferns and they will the them on the way back.
During the call they are told to move 20 meters up
and when they get there, that an
airstrike is coming in, they take shelter as best they can,
After the strike they head back up the trail , wounded soldiers start
coming back down past the. Two carrying a stretcher slip and go down
Horn looks in horror at the body, he asked what happened, the
soldier says that one of the 750 pounders blew up in a tree and debris
sliced the guys head off.
Horn finally snaps and strips off the radio and
his gear, Lt. Goldman wants to know what's going on,
Horn tells him he's not going, he can't do it anymore.
.
Anderson arrives and wants to know what's happening ,
Horn tells him "its so stupid they have taken the hill twice and abandoned it
twice, for what?" He say's he's not going to sacrifice his life for nothing.
He looks past Anderson and apologises the the guys, saying he can't do
it anymore.
Anderson asks Horn if he knows what this means, Goldman orders the men
to get moving ,
and tells Horn he doesn't want to do this and ruin the rest of his life,
Horn tells him he accepts the consequences and goes back down the Hill.
As the get near to the summit, they come under fire again.
Taylor gets hit as he moves to a
new position. Sgt. Anderson tells Taylor to go back down the hill.
But when Horn sees that Taylor has been wounded,
Taylor tells him how bad it is, Horn realises that the reason to go back and fight is to help his buddies.
.
The guys are pinned down and under heavy fire, from a
machine gun nest.
Horn arrives at the scene and
realises his friends are pinned.
He takes a different route and throws a smoke grenade and then runs
forward, he's hit but manages to reach the bunker,
he lobs in a satchel charge inside.
He turns and gets hit again as he makes his way to the guys and safety,
Johnson pulls him into cover just as the bunker explodes.
The guys call for a medic to help Horn,
Anderson asks how he is and the medic says Horn's war if over.
Anderson ask Horn why he came back, and Horn says he knew they needed his
help.
Johnson says they took the hill because of him, Horn tells them to hold
onto it this time.
Anderson calls for everyone to
get dug in Lt. Goldman tells his to forget it. The Colonel is coming up
the hill.
As they head down the Hill they come across
Colonel Dalby, Percell wants to know why they have to keep taking the
hill, only to give it back.
Director : Robert Iskov
Writer : Steve Smith
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Pamela Gidley |
Lt. Nikki Raines |
Eugene Williams |
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Rob Garrison |
Lt. Biggs |
Bruce Gray
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Lt. Col. Dalby |
Janis Forgetta |
Woman |
Andy Dupree |
G.I. |
George O'Hanlon |
Lt. Ferguson |
Tim Wagner |
Captain Lewis |
Sidney Milburn |
Jones |
Mike Ebner |
Sgt. Boyle |
Marc Bosslee |
Medic |
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