ˌɔn sɛptˈɛmbɚ twˈɛnti, nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd fˈoːɹɾi fˈoːɹ, kˈæptɪn pˈoʊp ænd hɪz kˈʌmpəni sˈɛt ˈaʊt tə stˈoːɹm hˈɪl wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd, ðə stˈiːp ænd bˈæɹən kˈɔːɹəl sˈʌðɚn slˈoʊp əvə lˈɔŋ ɹˈɪdʒ ðætðə dʒˌæpənˈiːz dˈʌbd "ˈiːst mˈaʊntɪn" æz ɪt sˈæt tə ðɪ ˈiːst ʌvðə sˈɛntɚɹ ʌv blˈʌdɪnˌoʊz ɹˈɪdʒ.
On September 20, 1944, Captain Pope and his company set out to storm Hill 100, the steep and barren coral southern slope of a long ridge that the Japanese dubbed "East Mountain" as it sat to the east of the center of Bloodynose ridge.