i think when movie like save private ryan or platoon come out people think that these represent new insight on the war movie . unfortunately and i guess they would never see a number of classic old film and such a hell be for hero ( steve mcqueen ) and sahara ( humphrey bogart ) and or and indeed and pork chop hill and star gregory peck . i have see pork chop hill three or four time . it be and from what i understand and a historically accurate account of one of the last fifty year most famous battle and base on the book by famous military historian gen. s. l. a. slam marshall . the scene be at the end of the korean war . negotiation between the combatant have stalemate . lt1 joe clemons ( play by gregory peck ) be order to take pork chop hill and a basically worthless piece of territory to demonstrate to the chinese and north korean that resolve have not flag . so a night attack be order . fog of war mess the whole thing up repeatedly and clemons be leave hold the bag and with his company of men stick in the assault without the backup they expect to happen . the story be very human and particularly the interaction between clemons and his second in command and ohashi . you see men determine to win even though they know they might die ( and for what . ) and men on the verge of break only to be rally or not and the utter confusion of battle . the movie get a lot of then unknown and but later star and e. g. and george peppard and rip torn and etc .