Today’s movie is a war film with a scene that happens on
January 29. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
THE HEROES OF DESERT STORM
Iraq invades and terrorizes Kuwait. In the USA Marine
aviator Guy Hunter has just moved with his family to Camp Pendleton,
California. American military members and reservists react to the invasion as
the American government and the United Nations try to decide how to react. Due
to the activation of American forces Ben Pennington does not get to say goodbye
to his father and brother, Lt. Phoebe Jeter does not get to see her dying
grandmother, Daniel Maldonado will miss the birth of his child and Gary
Buckholz has to get married in rushed ceremony. A large number of American forces are moved to the Middle East.
The bombing campaign begins. Ben Pennington is involved in a mission to destroy
Iraqi radar sites. Stealth bombers and battleships attack the Iraqi positions.
Capt. Steve Tate is conflicted after he shoots down an Iraqi jet. Back in
Pennsylvania, Beverly Clark is dismayed to be activated and other families
suffer through the separation. US pilot
Devon Jones is shot down over Iraq, but he is rescued by Ben Pennington.
Guy Hunter is shot down and captured, while starving Iraqi soldiers surrender
at the border. The Iraqis torture the prisoners they have captured. On January
29, 1991 [50:09 to 53:08] the Iraqis attack Khafji and Marine corp medic Crumes
goes forward to treat the wounded. After Iraq starts firing SCUD missiles, Lt.
Jeter’s battery saves Gary Budkholz’s base, but learns that her grandmother has
died. The Iraqis blow up oil wells and the invasion begins. Beverly Clark is
killed in an Iraqi SCUD strike on a base in Dhahran. Two marines prevent the
destruction of an Iraqi ammo dump. Beverly’s family learns of her death. An
Iraqi convoy of fleeing vehicles is wiped out, resulting in the “Highway of
Death.” With the war over the troops return home to cheers and hugs.
A docudrama war film. Combines
actual footage with filmed sequences. In tone it is almost a propaganda film.
Released only seven months after the events it portrays.
Desert Victory: The War for
Kuwait by Norman Friedman ( Naval Institute Press,
Annapolis, MD, 1991) at page 198
gives the date of the start of the battle.
Producer - Johanna Persons
Director - Don Ohlmeyer
Screenplay - Lionel Chetwynd
Runtime – 1 hour 32 minutes
Released – October 6, 1991
Starring –
Angela Bassett as Phoebe Jeter
Daniel Baldwin as Benjamin Pennington
Steven Williams as ‘Big John’ Alston
Laura Leigh Hughes as Beverly Clark
Michael Champion as Guy Hunter
Gary Hershberger as Steve Tate
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015.
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