What is "hellfighters"

Hellfighters may mean:

• Harlem Hellfighters—the 369th Infantry Regiment (United States) during World War I
• Hellfighers (film)—the 1968 John Wayne movie based loosely on Red Adair

Hellfighters is a 1968 American film starring John Wayne and featuring Katharine Ross, Bruce Cabot, Jim Hutton, Jay C. Flippen and Vera Miles. The film, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, is about a group of oil well firefighters, based loosely on the life of Red Adair. Adair, "Boots" Hansen, and "Coots" Matthews, served as technical advisers on the film.

Hellfighters was for the most part negatively received.