Talk:Battle of Heartbreak Ridge

npov

It seems like much of this article is not NPOV, and sounds a lot like a story and not so much an encyclopedia article. If I'm right, much of what's on the page would need to be chopped up and rewritten much more concisely. I can't, however, do this without coming to some sort of consensus with others on the problem areas. I don't want to edit what I consider to be very interesting and good without at least being given the OK by someone who agrees that the language used is very much like a narrative. (Mythos721 17:53, 28 March 2007 (UTC))

Chinese confusion about the name "Battle of Heartbreak Ridge"

I wanted to point out that a lot of Chinese sources often use the name Battle of Heartbreak Ridge to label Battle of Triangle Hill. I saw this mistake often enough that a lot of Chinese actually believe Battle of Heartbreak Ridge is Battle of Triangle Hill. I added a note in the intro.

Jim101 (talk) 01:46, 27 February 2009 (UTC)

Private Frank Carr

This is an unsourced. There are no citations. It could well be genuine, it also maybe a work of imagination. But was is clear is that it does not add anything to the battle's historiography..! And it made the section a little stupid when it contains the MoH citation. . —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.83.2.194 (talk) 14:09, 15 April 2010 (UTC)

The dialogue is most true. Your comment is critical and attempts to create doubt in a manner that is self serving. I have the letters in my possession. its likely the letters are unique in discussing the nature of this fight and few if any now survive in the usa. 2605:59CA:1263:7F00:E44B:405F:2F8F:979A (talk) 11:52, 21 June 2024 (UTC)

Eighteen year-old Frank Carr entered the battle of Heartbreak ridge on Oct. 5th with Company E, 2nd Battalion, 38th inf. reg. Here are his words to his mother from an original letter.

Dearest Mother, We have just got through digging into the side of a hill. I thought I would sit down and write you a letter. We are about 4 miles from the front. We are supposed to move up and take some hill. We moved 25 miles from the last place. We are almost on the central front. My mail caught up with me yesterday and I got 14 letters...I got a letter from fred bobblink..he will be able to get out of bed soon. He got the purple heart and the bronze star..those are very high honors for a person to get. I am going to use gum to seal this letter..I hope you don't mind it...

He continues on Oct.11th (his hand writing is very illegible)

..Sorry to have taken so long to write you ..instead of taking one hill it turned out to be six, maybe you read about in the papers. We got beat up a bit doing it. We got back yesterday. We will probably be here another week. We got our new winter sleeping bags. Boy are they warm. They have some kind of feathers on the inside. They are just like a mattress. We are waiting for replacements to come in, which should take a while I hope as it is Hell in the lines. I went to confession today for the first time in 2 years and I never felt better in my life. It really did something for me mom. I feel like a new person. You should have seen the beard I had when I came down from the front. No girl would have ever wanted me to kiss her. I sure do miss everyone. You are always my best girl and don't forget that whatever may happen

Thanks to point out. I mistanken it with triangle battle too. I am a Chinese. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.81.94.53 (talk) 01:20, 4 November 2010 (UTC)

Possible correction to In Popular Culture

The section states:

Although the character in the film is a Marine, the real battle was fought by US Army troops.

I quote from the movie:

"We were with the 23rd Infantry ... we joined The Corps later."

So the movie in fact makes it clear that the Heartbreak Ridge action was US Army, and not Marines.

Someone more comfortable with editing might want to correct that section if deemed necessary. 180.150.36.203 (talk) 07:39, 16 September 2022 (UTC)