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U.S. blasts 5 Iranian targets
Houston Chronicle News Services
MON 04/18/1988 HOUSTON CHRONICLE
MANAMA, Bahrain - The U.S. Navy today destroyed two offshore Iranian oil platforms, sank a defending Iranian patrol boat and bombed two Iranian frigates. Iran attacked oil facilities off Sharjah and fired on at least two U.S. vessels.
The U.S. attack on the Persian Gulf oil platforms came in retaliation for a mine explosion that tore a hole in a U.S. frigate last week, injuring 10 crewmen.
"We aim to deter further Iranian aggression - not provoke it," President Reagan said. "They must know that we will protect our ships, and if they threaten us, they'll pay a price."
Official estimates of the toll from today's fighting changed through the day, but Reagan stated without elaboration that at least five Iranian vessels of various sizes - but no U.S. ones - had been damaged.
"Following the destruction of the two Iranian military platforms, whose personnel had evacuated after our warning, several Iran naval vessels and small boats attempted to engage our ships and aircraft," Reagan said.
"Three Iranian naval vessels and at least two small boats were sunk or very severely damaged," he added.
Also today, Iran said the United States had entered the Iran-Iraq war, charging U.S. helicopters supported an Iraqi land offensive in the Faw Peninsula. The Pentagon dismissed the charge, saying no U.S. military forces have been involved with Iraqi units.
The White House said three U.S. warships ships blasted each Iranian platform. No U.S. casualties were reported in the attacks, and the Iranians fled prior to the shelling, the White House said.
Iran said a number of oil workers aboard the two platforms were killed or injured. It gave no details.
Defense Secretary Frank C. Carlucci said a U.S. helicopter also was fired upon during the raid but was not hit.
One U.S. warship fired missiles at two approaching Iranian jet fighters, but the fighters reversed course; it was unclear whether they were hit, Carlucci said.
He said an Iranian patrol boat fired on the U.S. cruiser Wainwright, which took part in the attack on one of the platforms. The Wainwright was not hit.
From 8/28/1987 ( premiere US film "Hamburger Hill" & premiere US film "The Fourth Protocol" ) To 4/14/1988 ( the minefield and Soviet Union-George Bush torpedo damage to United States Navy warship USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG 58 and crew because my brother United States Navy Fleet Admiral Thomas Reagan the United States Navy SEAL was onboard that United States Navy warship USS Samuel B. Roberts FFG 58 while I US Navy FC2 Kerry Wayne Burgess was somewhere in the area on the US Navy warship USS Wainwright CG 28 ) is 230 days
230 = 115 + 115
From 11/2/1965 ( date hijacked from me:my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 2/25/1966 ( premiere US TV series episode "Mister Roberts"::"Damn the Torpedoes" ) is 115 days
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Hamburger Hill (1987)
Country Date
USA 28 August 1987
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Release dates for
The Fourth Protocol (1987)
Country Date
UK 19 March 1987 (London) (premiere)
USA 28 August 1987
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The Hunt for Red October
1:42:02
Seahawk One, this is Bravo Command.
1:42:22
She's ready.
1:42:26
Release on my command.
1:42:29
Drop now.
1:42:39
Range to target 900 yards...
800 yards...
1:42:46
700 yards... 600 yards...
1:42:56
500 yards... 400 yards...
1:43:03
300 yards.
1:43:08
The torpedo is detonated.
1:43:11
That torpedo did not self-destruct.
You heard it hit the hull.
1:43:17
And I was never here.
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The Fourth Protocol (1987)
John Preston: Have they told you anything?
Captain Lyndhurst: Just that he's a terrorist.
John Preston: Oh, he's more than just a terrorist. He is a top Soviet agent, a pro.
Captain Lyndhurst: Is he alone?
John Preston: Maybe there's a woman in there. He's armed with a bomb.
Captain Lyndhurst: How big a bomb?
John Preston: Atomic bomb.
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Hamburger Hill
FRANTZ
One of my people got killed. That's all that happened today.
DOC
You knew that man wasn't going to slack off because he was short. You knew that brother was going do his job.
FRANTZ
Then why didn't you put him on profile.
DOC
Because...he is one healthy individual. I've got people in this fucking platoon who are so sick they wouldn't be allowed in the hospital. But out here they have to ruck up, move out and press on.
MOTOWN
It don't mean nothing, man. It don't mean nothing...Come on, man...You owe it to yourself. It don't mean nothing. Not a thing man. It don't mean nothing. Not a thing. It don't mean nothing. Not a thing.
DOC
It don't mean nothing. Not a thing.
DOC&MOTOWN
It don't mean nothing. Not a thing.
WASHBURN
Right.
DOC,MOTOWN&WASHBURN
You don't mean nothing-not a thing.
