Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The battle was for control over the key strategic height Hill 609 and its surrounding area between the American forces of the U.S. II Corps and German units of the Afrika Korps. [1] The battle proved a formative experience for the American forces - in their first clear-cut victory of the campaign, and has been called "the American Army's coming ...
Georgia Ann Robinson (née Hill; May 12, 1879 – September 21, 1961) was an American police officer and community worker who was the first African American woman to be appointed a police officer at the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD); she was also one of the first Black policewomen to be hired in the country. She joined the force in 1916 ...
LaMonica Garrett (born May 23, 1975) is an American actor [1] [2] and former professional Slamball player. [3] He is best known for Deputy Sheriff Cane in the FX series Sons of Anarchy (2011–2014), Mike Ritter in the ABC/Netflix series Designated Survivor (2016–2018), John in Primal (2019), Mar Novu / Monitor and Anti-Monitor in the Arrowverse (2018–2020), Thomas in the Paramount+ series ...
Go Tell the Spartans is a 1978 American war film directed by Ted Post and starring Burt Lancaster.The film is based on Daniel Ford's 1967 novel Incident at Muc Wa [1] about U.S. Army military advisors during the early part of the Vietnam War in 1964, when Ford was a correspondent in Vietnam for The Nation.
Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe (Majuba: Hill of Doves), is a 1968 South African War drama film directed by David Millin and co-produced by Roscoe C. Behrmann and Hyman Kirstein. [1] The film stars Roland Robinson, Reinet Maasdorp, and Patrick Mynhardt in lead roles along with Siegfried Mynhardt, Anna Neethling-Pohl and Morné Coetzer in supportive roles.
The Hills is an American reality television series that originally aired on MTV from May 31, 2006 until July 13, 2010. [1] [2] Developed as the spin-off of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, the series aired six seasons and focused on the personal and professional lives of several young women residing in Los Angeles, California.
On 16 May Associated Press correspondent Jay Sharbutt learned of the ongoing battle on Hill 937, traveled to the area and interviewed MG Zais, in particular asking why infantry, rather than firepower, was used as the primary offensive tool on Hill 937. More reporters followed to cover the battle, and the term "Hamburger Hill" became widely used.
Previous character of Dennis Franz, the corrupt Detective from Midtown Vice is famous for three events: blindsiding Renko with a sap during a brawl behind a bar, being severely beaten by Hill in revenge, and committing suicide in a bank's safe-deposit area when his corruption is discovered (after one of his schemes nearly gets Washington killed).