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3. I'm still only in Saigon.
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4. Every time, I think
I'm gonna wake up back in the jungle.
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it was worse.
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7. I hardly said a word to my wife
until I said yes to a divorce.
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9. When I was there, all I could think
of was getting back into the jungle.
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10. I'm here a week now.
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11. Waiting for a mission.
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12. Getting softer.
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13. Every minute I stay in this room,
I get weaker.
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Charlie squats in the bush,
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16. Each time I looked around,
the walls moved in a little tighter.
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18. I wanted a mission.
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21. Captain Willard, are you in there?
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22. Yeah, I'm coming.
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I'd never want another.
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25. - What do you want?
- Are you all right, Captain?
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26. What does it look like?
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27. - Are you Captain Willard, 505th Battalion?
- Affirmative.
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28. - 173rd Airborne?
- Yeah.
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29. - Assigned to SOG?
- Hey, buddy, you gonna shut the door?
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30. We have orders
to escort you to the airfield.
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31. - What are the charges?
- Sir?
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32. What'd I do?
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33. There's no charges, Captain.
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34. You have orders to report
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35. - I see.
- All right?
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36. - Nha Trang for me?
- That's right.
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37. Come on, Captain. You still
have a few hours to get cleaned up.
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38. - I'm not feeling too good.
- Captain?
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39. Dave, come here and give me a hand.
We got a dead one.
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40. Come on, Captain. Let's take a shower.
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41. - Don't be an ass.
- Get hold of him good.
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42. We're gonna take a shower, Captain.
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43. - In we go.
- Now stand underneath this, Captain.
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44. I was going
to the worst place in the world
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45. and I didn't even know it yet.
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46. Weeks away
and hundreds of miles up a river
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like a main circuit cable,
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and I'll kick your ass.
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that I got to be the caretaker
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in Saigon was an accident.
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story without telling my own.
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54. And if his story is really a confession...
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57. - Captain. Good. Come on in.
- Thank you, sir.
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58. - Stand at ease.
- General.
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59. Do you want a cigarette?
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60. No, thank you, sir.
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61. Captain, have you ever seen
this gentleman before?
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62. No, sir.
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63. - Met the General or myself?
- No, sir.
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64. Not personally.
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65. You've worked a lot on your own,
haven't you, Captain?
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66. Yes, sir, I have.
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67. Your report specifies Intelligence,
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68. Counterintelligence with COMSEC, I Corps.
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69. I'm not presently disposed
to discuss those operations, sir.
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71. No, sir.
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assassinate a government tax collector,
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73. Quang Tri Province, June 18, 19687
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of any such activity or operation...
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disposed to discuss such an operation
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81. a bad hand, there. Are you wounded?
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82. I had a little fishing accident
on R&R, sir.
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83. - Fishing on R&R?
- Yes, sir.
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84. But you're feeling fit?
You're ready for duty?
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85. Yes, General. Very much so, sir.
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86. Well, let's see what we have here.
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87. Roast beef, and usually it's not bad.
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88. Try some, Jerry, and pass it around.
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89. To save a little time,
we might pass both ways.
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90. Captain, I don't know how
you feel about this shrimp,
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your courage in any other way.
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93. Right, well,
why don't I just take a piece here?
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94. Captain,
you've heard of Colonel Walter E. Kurtz?
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95. Yes, sir, I've heard the name.
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96. Jesus.
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97. Operations officer, Fifth Special Forces.
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98. Luke, would you play
that tape for the Captain, please?
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99. - Yes, sir. I'm sorry, sir.
- Listen to this carefully, Captain.
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100. October 9, 0430 hours,
sector Peter Victor King.
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101. These were monitored out of Cambodia.
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verified as Colonel Kurtz's voice.
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103. I watched a snail...
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108. Crawling, slithering...
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111. and surviving.
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112. Transmission 11, received '68,
December 30, 0500 hours.
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115. We must incinerate them,
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123. They lie, and we have to be merciful
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was one of the most outstanding officers
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He was outstanding in every way.
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131. And he was a good man, too.
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however ridiculous.
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143. Well, I have some
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149. So he took matters into his own hands.
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169. Yes, sir. Very much so, sir.
Obviously insane.
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170. Your mission is to proceed
up the Nung River in a Navy patrol boat...
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Kurtz's path at Nu Mung Ba,
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learn what you can along the way.
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without any decent restraint,
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of any acceptable human conduct.
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commanding troops.
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that this mission does not exist...
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183. How many
people had I already killed?
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that I knew about for sure.
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their last breath in my face.
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an American and an officer.
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187. That wasn't supposed to make
any difference to me, but it did.
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188. Shit, charging a man
with murder in this place
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speeding tickets at the Indy 500.
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190. I took the mission.
What the hell else was [ gonna do?
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191. But I really didn't know
what I'd do when [ found him.
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193. Yeah.
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down the coast in a Navy PBR.
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195. A type of plastic patrol boat,
a pretty common sight on the rivers.
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to pick up information and move
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198. And that was okay.
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199. I needed the air and the time.
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200. Only problem was, I wouldn't be alone.
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201. Morning, Captain.
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202. The crew were mostly just kids.
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203. Rock 'n' rollers
with one foot in their graves.
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204. - How old are you?
- Seventeen.
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the one they called Chef,
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too tight for New Orleans.
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was a famous surfer
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211. To look at him, you wouldn't believe
he'd ever fired a weapon in his life.
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212. Clean, Mr. Clean,
was from some South Bronx shithole,
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but it sure as shit was the Chief's boat.
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where we can draw enough water
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219. They're both hot, belong to Charlie.
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I've pulled a few special ops in here.
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past the bridge at Do Luong.
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226. I heard he shot himself in the head.
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227. Good morning, Vietnam.
I'm Army Specialist Zack Johnson on AFVN.
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228. It's about 82 degrees in downtown
Saigon right now, also very humid.
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important message for all Gls
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from the Mayor of Saigon.
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231. Yeah!
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232. He'd like you to hang your laundry up
indoors instead of on the windowsills.
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to keep Saigon beautiful.
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234. And now, here's another blast
from the past going out to big Sam
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the First Battalion, 35th Infantry,
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236. and dedicated by the fire team
at An Khe to their groovy CO...
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237. - The Rolling Stones, "Satisfaction.”
- Ooh! All right!
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238. Work out, Clean!
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241. Get down, Bubbal!
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249. At first, I thought
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they wanted this man dead.
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top of his class,
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et cetera, et cetera.
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and it really put the hook in me,
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he had an impressive career.
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with advisory command in Vietnam
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and Lyndon Johnson was restricted.
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what he had to tell them.
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he made three requests for transfer
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Georgia, and was finally accepted.
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270. returns Vietnam.
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271. - Hey, what's that?
- Arc light.
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- B-52 strike.
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- Arc light.
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274. I hate that. Every time
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275. Charlie don't never see them
or hear them, man.
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277. Concussion will suck
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278. - Something terrible's gonna happen.
- Smoke!
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279. Secondary burning.
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to the mouth of the Nung River.
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285. But they were supposed to be
waiting for us another 30 km ahead.
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286. Well, Airmobile,
those boys just couldn't stay put.
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was an old cavalry division
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choppers and gone tear-assing around Nam
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291. They'd given Charlie a few
surprises in their time here.
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292. What they were mopping up now
hadn't even happened yet an hour ago.
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293. Just keep running by. Run for television.
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294. Don't look at the camera.
Just keep... Go on! Keep going.
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295. This is for television.
Don't look at the camera.
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297. Just go by like you're fighting.
Like you're fighting.
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298. Don't look at the camera.
It's for television. Just go through!
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299. Go through! Just go by! Keep on going!
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300. Keep going. Don't look at the camera.
Go on. Keep going.
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I got five tanks broken down.
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303. We're all right with the tanks.
It's all right, Captain.
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Intelligence, ll Corps.
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306. I understand Nha Trang has briefed
you on the requirements of my mission.
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307. What mission?
I haven't heard from Nha Trang.
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308. Sir, your unit is supposed
to escort us into the Nung!
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309. - We'll see what we can do, but...
- Colonel.
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until this is done, Captain.
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311. All right, let's see what we have.
Let's see what we have.
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312. A two of spades, three of spades,
four of diamonds,
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313. six of clubs, eight of spades.
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314. There isn't one worth a jack
in the whole bunch. Four of diamonds.
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315. - Hey, Captain, what's that?
- Death cards!
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316. - What?
- Death cards!
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317. - Death?
- It lets Charlie know who did this.
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318. - Cheer up, son.
- We will not hurt or harm you.
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319. - Fire in the hole!
- Fire in the hole!
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- Come on. Everybody in?
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of the South Vietnamese government.
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326. This is an area that is controlled
by the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese.
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that's holding his guts in, sir,
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- Yeah?
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- Any man that's brave enough to...
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I'll kick your fucking ass!
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with his guts strapped on him
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341. Hey, Colonel, I think one of those
sailors is Lance Johnson, the surfer.
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342. - Where? Here? You sure?
- Down there.
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347. - Gunner's Mate Third Class...
- Wait. Lance Johnson, the surfer?
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348. Yes, sir.
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I've admired your nose riding for years.
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350. I like your cutback, too. I think
you have the best cutback there is.
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351. - Thank you, sir.
- You can cut out the "sir" crap, Lance.
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- Yeah.
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This is Mike from San Diego.
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- Johnny from Malibu.
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356. - John, hi. Far out.
- Pretty solid surfers.
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near your class, though.
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359. We do a lot of surfing around here, Lance.
I like to finish operations early,
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for the evening glass.
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362. No way.
I haven't surfed since I been here.
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from whom all good things come.
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in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
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365. all glory and honor is yours,
Almighty Father. Amen.
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in the words our savior gave us.
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hallowed be thy name.
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who trespass against us.
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but deliver us from evil.
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a pretty good day for himself.
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to make it just like home,
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and you felt safe with him.
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381. He was one of those guys that
had that weird light around him.
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382. You just knew he wasn't gonna
get so much as a scratch here.
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386. Sir, two places
we can get into the river...
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- ... here and here.
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are the only two spots I'm really sure of.
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389. Well, that village you're
pointing at is kind of hairy, Willard.
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- It's hairy,
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in there now and again.
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Vin Drin...
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- Dop or Lop?
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about this point at Vin Drin Dop?
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- About six foot.
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399. Yeah, it's an outstanding peak. It's got
both the long right and left slide
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It's just tube city.
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A good peak.
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402. There aren't any good peaks
in this whole shitty country.
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403. - It's all goddamn beach break.
- It's really hairy in there, sir.
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They shot the hell out of us there.
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offshore breeze in the morning.
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able to get the boat in.
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that river may be too shallow.
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410. We'll pick your boat up and put it
down like a baby, right where you want it.
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411. This is the First of the Ninth air cav,
son. Airmobile.
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412. I can take that point
and hold it just as long as I like.
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413. And you can get any place up that
river that suits you, young Captain.
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414. Hell, a six-foot peak.
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415. All right,
take a gunship back to the division.
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416. Lance, go with Mike
and let him pick out a board for you,
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417. and bring me my Yater Spoon, the 8'6".
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418. - I don't know, sir, it's...
- What is it, soldier?
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419. Well, I mean, it's pretty hairy in there.
It's Charlie's point.
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420. Charlie don't surf!
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421. Hey, Jesus, Clean,
you ain't gonna believe this. Look.
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422. Hey, man!
They're picking up the boat!
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423. - How are you feeling, Jimmy?
- Like a mean motherfucker, sir!
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424. All right, son, let her rip.
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425. Let's go!
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426. I never have
gotten used to a light board,
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427. and I can't get used to one.
I'm used to a heavy board.
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428. I know, it's a real drag.
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429. - You prefer a heavy or a light board?
- Heavier.
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430. - Really?
- Yeah!
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431. I thought all the young
guys like lighter boards.
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432. You can't ride the nose on those things.
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433. Big Duke Six, this is Eagle Thrust Seven.
We've got it spotted.
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434. Big Duke Six to Eagle Thrust,
put on heading 2-7-0.
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435. Assume attack formation.
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436. That's a roger, Big Duke.
Okay, we're going in.
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437. Lance, we'll come in low
out of the rising sun,
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438. and about a mile out,
we'll put on the music.
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439. - Music?
- Yeah, I use Wagner.
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440. Scares the hell out of the slopes.
My boys love it.
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441. Hey, they're gonna play music!
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442. How come all you guys sit on your helmet?
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443. So we don't get our balls blown off.
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444. Big Duke Six to Eagle Thrust,
put on psy war op, make it loud.
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445. This is a Romeo Foxtrot. Shall we dance?
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446. - Jimmy!
- Yes, sir!
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447. Run, Charlie!
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448. We got some...
There's more and more down there.
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449. Look out, automatic.50-cal!
.50-cal in the open!
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450. I've spotted a large weapon down below.
We're gonna go down and check it out.
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451. All right, this is Fox Five.
We're going in.
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452. - All right. What a shot.
- Outstanding, Red Team. Outstanding.
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453. Get you a case of beer for that.
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454. 6-4-1-0,
we're over the village right now.
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455. I think I see a vehicle
down in the courtyard.
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456. - I'm gonna check it out.
- Well done, hawks. Well done.
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457. I want some 20 Mike-Mike
Vulcan right along those tree lines.
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458. Ripple the shit out of them.
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459. Got a vehicle on the bridge,
50 caliber on board.
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460. He's moving across to resupply the weapon.
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461. Big Duke Six, clear the area.
I'm coming down myself.
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462. Don't these people ever give up?
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463. Nice shot, Bill.
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464. - Shit!
- All right, all right!
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465. - It's just a flare!
- It's a flare! Gotta get out of here!
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466. Un-ass that shit. Get it out of here!
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467. Get it out. It's just a flare.
It's all right. It's just a flare.
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468. - Everybody all right? Lance?
- I'm fine!
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469. Get down!
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470. I'm not going!
I'm not going! I'm not going!
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471. We just got a secondary
down there in the plaza.
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472. Blue Three, Blue Four,
hold out over position...
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473. Duke Six, Duke Six,
we've got wounded down there.
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474. My God! Oh, my God!
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475. - Get a stretcher over here!
- You're all right.
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476. Please! Help me!
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477. - Please, God! Help me!
- Stay with me, son, you're gonna be okay.
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478. - Let's give him some morphine.
- My God! My God!
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479. - 0-3-7-7-4-2.
- Where's that duster?
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480. I want my wounded out of there
and in the hospital in 15 minutes.
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481. I want my men out.
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482. Somebody stay in
there tight with Big Duke.
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483. This is 10-10. We're gonna
be in, throw them on and get out...
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484. She's got a grenade! She's got a grenade!
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485. Jesus! The whole goddamn thing just...
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486. - She blew the shit out of...
- Fucking savages.
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487. Can I get a medevac?
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488. What's going on...
Holy Christ, she's a sapper.
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489. I'm gonna get that dink bitch.
Get over there, Johnny. Go in there.
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490. Put that right skid right up her ass.
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491. We got to get some air in these trees.
It's goddamn eat up with enemy down there.
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492. I'm taking fire.
I'm taking hits all over...
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493. Three o'clock! Three o'clock, my position!
Drawing fire, drawing heavy fire!
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494. I'm hit! Mayday! Mayday! I'm going in.
My tail rotor's out. I got control.
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495. - What do you think?
- Wow, this is really exciting, man.
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496. - No, no! The waves! The waves!
- Oh, right.
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497. Look at that, breaks both ways.
Watch. Watch.
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498. Look! Good six-foot swells!
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499. Come here, Lance.
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500. Incoming!
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501. This LZ is still pretty hot, sir.
Maybe you ought to surf somewhere else.
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502. What do you know about surfing, Major?
You're from goddamn New Jersey.
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503. Come here! Come here!
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504. - Change!
- You mean right now, sir?
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505. I wanna see how rideable that stuff is.
Go change.
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506. It's still pretty hairy out there, sir.
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507. - Do you wanna surf, soldier?
- Yes, sir.
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508. That's good, son, 'cause you either
surf or fight. That clear? Now get going.
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509. I'll cover for them.
And bring a board for Lance!
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510. We can't do shit till the boat gets here.
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511. Lance,
I'll bet you can't wait to get out there.
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512. - What?
- See how they break both ways?
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513. One guy can break right, one left,
simultaneous. What do you think of that?
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514. We ought to wait for the tide to come up.
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515. - Lance, come here. Look. Look!
- Incoming!
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516. The tide doesn't come in for six hours!
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517. You wanna wait here for six hours?
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518. Yo! Hey! Chief!
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519. Okay, fellas, quit hiding. Come on!
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520. - Let's go, dickheads, take off!
- God damn it!
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521. Don't you think
it's a little risky for R&R?
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522. If I say it's safe to surf this beach,
Captain, it's safe to surf this beach!
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523. I mean, I'm not afraid to surf this place!
I'll surf this fucking place.
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524. Give me that RT, soldier.
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525. Dove Four, this is Big Duke Six.
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526. God damn it! I want that tree line bombed!
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527. Big Duke Six, roger.
Dove One-Three, stand by.
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528. Blow them into the Stone Age, son!
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529. Hawk One-Two, Dove One-Three, roger.
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530. They need some napalm
down there in the tree line.
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531. Can you guys push
ground and put it down there?
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532. Right, One-Three. We're fixing
to fuck with them. What's the target?
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533. We're trying to suppress some
mortar fire off the tree line down there.
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534. Roger. Here we come.
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535. Good, give it all you got.
Bring in all your ships.
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536. Don't worry. We'll have this place
cleaned up and ready in a jiffy, son.
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537. Don't you worry.
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538. You smell that?
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539. - Do you smell that?
- What?
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540. Napalm, son.
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541. Nothing else in the world
smells like that.
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542. Come on. Move it! Move it! Move it!
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543. I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
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544. You know, one time we had
a hill bombed for 12 hours.
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545. And when it was all over, I walked up.
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546. We didn't find one of them,
not one stinking dink body.
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547. But the smell, you know,
that gasoline smell...
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548. The whole hill,
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549. it smelled like
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550. victory.
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551. Someday this war's gonna end.
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552. - Lance.
- Chef, light up, man.
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553. Come on. Let's get high.
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554. - Want to smoke?
- Let's do it, man. Light up.
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555. Someday this war's gonna end.
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556. That would be just fine
with the boys on the boat.
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557. They weren't looking
for anything more than a way home.
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558. Captain?
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559. Trouble is, I'd been back there
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560. and I knew that it
just didn't exist anymore.
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561. Buddha time, here.
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562. All right, that's great,
you motherfuckers. Yeah.
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563. If that's how Kilgore fought the war,
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564. I began to wonder what
they really had against Kurtz.
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565. It wasn't just insanity and murder.
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566. There was enough of that
to go around for everyone.
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567. I mean, he never was hurting for pussy.
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568. I'm not here.
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569. I'm walking through the jungle
gathering mangos.
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570. I meet Raquel Welch.
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571. I make a nice mango cream pudding,
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572. kind of spread it around on us.
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573. Hey captain,
I wanna get some mangoes.
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574. Just don't go out there by yourself.
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575. You don't wanna go in there alone...
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576. not unless you really know the territory.
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577. Any poisonous snakes around here?
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578. Fuck it! I'm gonna get some mangoes.
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579. Chef?
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580. - Yes, sir?
- How come they call you that?
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581. - Call me what, sir?
- Chef.
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582. - Because you like mangos and stuff?
- No, sir, I'm a real chef.
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583. - I'm a saucier.
- Saucier?
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584. Yes, sir. See, I come from New Orleans.
I was raised to be a saucier,
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585. a great saucier.
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586. - What's a saucier?
- You specialize in sauces.
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587. Gotta be a mango tree here somewhere.
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588. Then I was supposed to go to Paris,
study at the Escoffier School.
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589. But then I got orders for my physical.
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590. Hell, I joined the Navy.
Heard they had better food.
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591. A cook school, that did it.
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592. - Oh, yeah? How's that?
- You don't want to hear about that.
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593. They lined us up in front
of 100 yards of prime rib.
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594. All of us lined up, looking at it.
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595. Magnificent meat, really.
Beautifully marbled.
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596. Magnifique.
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597. Next thing, they're throwing
the meat into these big cauldrons.
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598. All of it, boiling it.
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599. I looked inside, man. It was turning gray.
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600. I couldn't fucking believe that one.
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601. That's when I applied for radioman school,
but then they gave me the...
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602. What is it?
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603. Charlie?
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604. It's a tiger!
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605. Tiger, man! It's a tiger!
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606. Battle stations. Lance, up front!
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607. - On the.60, Clean!
- Got it, man.
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608. Holy shit.
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609. - Chef, come on!
- Fucking tiger!
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610. - Captain, come on!
- What's happening?
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611. - Let's go!
- Tiger!
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612. Chief, you were right.
Never get out of the fucking boat.
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613. - Bring that.60 forward!
- Never get out of the boat!
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614. Never get out of the boat! I got to
remember. Never get out of the boat.
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615. - What happened? How many is it?
- A fucking tiger!
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616. - What?
- A fucking tiger!
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617. - Tiger?
- Yes! I've had it!
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618. I've had the whole goddamn fucking shit,
man!
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619. You can kiss my ass on the county square,
because I'm fucking bugging out.
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620. I didn't come here for this.
I don't fucking need it! I don't want it.
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621. I didn't get out of the goddamn
eighth grade for this kind of shit!
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622. All I wanted to do was fucking cook!
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623. I just wanted
to learn to fucking cook, man!
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624. - It's all right. It's all right.
- What happened, bro?
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625. You're all right.
You're gonna be all right.
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626. - All right. It's all right.
- You're all right.
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627. It's gonna be all right.
Never get out of the fucking boat.
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628. Never get out of the fucking boat.
Hi, tiger! Bye, tiger! Good-bye!
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629. Never get out of the boat.
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630. Absolutely goddamn right.
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631. Unless you were going all the way.
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632. Kurtz got off the boat.
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633. He split from the whole fucking program.
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634. How did that happen?
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635. What did he see here that first tour?
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636. Thirty-eight fucking years old.
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637. If you joined the Green Berets, there
was no way you'd ever get above colonel.
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638. Kurtz knew what he was giving up.
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639. And the more I read and began
to understand, the more I admired him.
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640. His family and friends
couldn't understand it,
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641. and they couldn't talk him out of it.
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642. He had to apply three times
and he put up with a ton of shit.
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643. But when he threatened to resign,
they gave it to him.
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644. The next youngest guy
in his class was half his age.
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645. They must have thought
he was some far-out old man,
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646. humping it over that course.
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647. I did it when I was 19
and it damn near wasted me.
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648. A tough motherfucker.
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649. He finished it.
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650. He could have gone for General...
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651. but he went for himself instead.
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652. "Dear Eva,
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653. today was really a new one.
Almost got eaten alive by a fucking tiger.
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654. Really un-fucking-believable, you know?
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655. We're taking this guy, Captain Willard,
up the river,
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656. but he hasn't told us
yet where we're taking him."
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657. "Thought you might have heard by
now from Elwood. I'll be coming home..."
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658. October 1967,
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659. on special assignment, Kon Tum Province,
Il Corps.
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660. Kurtz staged Operation Archangel!
with combined local forces,
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661. rated a major success.
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662. He received no official clearance.
He just thought it up and did it.
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663. What balls.
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664. They were gonna nail his ass
to the floorboards for that one.
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665. But after the press got a hold of it,
they promoted him to full colonel instead.
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666. Oh, man,
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667. the bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam,
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668. you needed wings to stay above it.
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669. This sure enough is a bizarre
sight in the middle of this shit.
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670. Expecting us this time?
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671. Damned if I know.
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672. - Hello. Hello...
- Jesus.
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673. Everything goes back up into the truck.
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674. What?
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675. We got to get all that stuff up.
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676. Hau Phat.
You ever been up here before, Chef?
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677. - Let's go!
- Ibet you we can score up here.
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678. Yo, man, check out the bikes, Lance.
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679. Yamaha, Suzuki. Yeah!
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680. - That's a good one.
- Yeah, sukiyaki.
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681. Yeah, man. This is something.
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682. Please!
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683. - This must be the guy.
- Right over there.
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684. Sergeant. Sergeant?
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685. Three drums of diesel fuel, PBR 5.
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686. Come on, man! Move! We don't have time.
One hour. That's all. What do you want?
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687. Can I get some Panama Red with it?
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688. Panama Red. Yeah, I'll get you Panama Red.
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689. - Sergeant?
- Destination?
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690. - I don't have no destination.
- I can't do a goddamn thing
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691. without a destination.
You got a destination?
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692. - Sergeant.
- I need diesel fuel.
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693. All right. You got
a destination? I need a destination.
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694. I can't do a goddamn
thing without a destination.
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695. Hey, Sarge, these guys are with me.
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696. Destination's classified.
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697. I carry priority papers from
Intelligence, ll Corps.
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698. Okay, right, sir.
Hey, listen, it's a real big night.
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699. Eight bucks for that...
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700. All right. Damn.
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701. - Just give him some fuel.
- You got it.
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702. - Dog starts barking.
- Hey, listen, Captain.
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703. I'm really sorry about tonight.
It's really bad around here.
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704. Just take this over to the man
at the supply desk and you got it.
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705. Hey, listen, would you guys like some
seats, some press box seats for the show?
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706. You want those? The show, man.
The show out here.
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707. - Bunnies.
- Playboy bunnies?
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708. You got it. You gonna be here?
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709. Hey, listen, Captain,
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710. on the house. No hard feelings, huh?
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711. How you doing out there?
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712. I said, "How you doing out there?"
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713. Want to say hello to you from all of us
up here to all of you out there
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714. who worked so goddamn hard
in Operation Brute Force!
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715. Hello, all you paratroopers out there!
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716. And the Marines! And the sailors!
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717. We want to let you know
that we're proud of you!
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718. "Cause we know how tough
and how hard it's been.
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719. Yeah!
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720. And to prove it, we're gonna give you some
entertainment we know you're gonna like.
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721. Miss August, Miss Sandra Beatty.
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722. Miss May, Miss Terry Teray! Yeah!
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723. And the Playmate of the Year,
Miss Carrie Foster! Yeah!
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724. What's the matter?
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725. They've got them here tonight!
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726. Grease my gun!
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727. I'm ready to bow-wow, baby!
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728. You're cute. I like you.
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729. I'm here, baby! I'm here!
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730. Oh, my God...
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731. Yeah!
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732. - You fucking bitch!
- Take it off!
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733. Hey, lover!
You want us to come over?
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734. - I sure do!
- Sign my centerfold!
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735. Sign my centerfold!
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736. Come on, baby!
Come up here now.
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737. Get your goddamn hands off of my girl!
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738. Start her up.
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739. Come on!
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740. Will you sign these?
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741. Girls! Let's go!
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742. So long!
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743. Charlie didn't get much USO.
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744. He was dug in too deep or moving too fast.
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745. His idea of great R&R was
cold rice and a little rat meat.
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746. He had only two ways home,
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747. death or victory.
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748. No wonder Kurtz put
a weed up Command's ass.
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749. The war was being run
by a bunch of four-star clowns
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750. who were gonna end up
giving the whole circus away.
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751. - Shit.
- Holy shit.
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752. Chicken time. You ain't shitting,
bro. They're motherfucking...
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753. - Who is that?
- What's going on?
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754. Is that you, Lazzaro?
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755. - Fire on the canopy!
- I got it! Get out of there!
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756. Get out! I got it! Yeah! I got it!
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757. - Lance, get down!
- Put that fucker out, man!
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758. What the fuck they think they're doing?
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759. Late summer, autumn 1968.
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760. Kurtz's patrols in the
highlands coming under frequent ambush.
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761. The camp started falling apart.
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762. November.
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763. Kurtz orders assassination
of three Vietnamese men and one woman.
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764. Two of the men were colonels
in the South Vietnamese army.
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765. Enemy activity in his old
sector dropped off to nothing.
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766. Guess he must have hit
the right four people.
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767. He joined the Special Forces.
And after that, his...
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768. The Army tried one last
time to bring him back into the fold.
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769. methods...
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770. And if he'd pulled over,
it all would have been forgotten.
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771. unsound.
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772. But he kept going...
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773. Now he's crossed into Cambodia...
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774. and he
kept winning it his way...
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775. with this
Montagnard army of his...
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776. and they called me in.
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777. man like a god. And follow
every order, however ridiculous.
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778. They lost him.
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779. He was gone.
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780. Nothing but rumors
and random intelligence,
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781. mostly from captured VC.
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782. The VC knew his name by now,
and they were scared of him.
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783. He and his men were playing hit and run,
all the way into Cambodia.
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784. I know where I'm going.
I'm going to the White House
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785. to have dinner with the
President of the United States, baby.
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786. That's where I'm going.
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787. Hey, Chef, put the cover on that.
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788. Clean.
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789. - How long has that kid been on this boat?
- Seven months.
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790. He's really
specializing in busting my balls.
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791. Very possible, Captain,
he thinks the same of you.
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792. Oh, yeah? What do you think, Chief?
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793. I don't think.
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794. My orders say I'm not supposed to know
where I'm taking this boat, so I don't!
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795. But one look at you, and I know
it's gonna be hot, wherever it is.
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796. We're going upriver about 75
klicks above the Do Luong bridge.
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797. - That's Cambodia, Captain.
- That's classified.
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798. We're not supposed to be in Cambodia,
but that's where I'm going.
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799. You just get me close to my destination,
and I'll cut you and the crew loose.
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800. All right, Captain.
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801. "Dear Son,
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802. I'm afraid that both you
and your mother will have been worried
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803. at not hearing from me
during the past weeks.
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804. But my situation here
has become a difficult one.
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805. I have been officially
accused of murder by the Army.
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806. The alleged victims were
four Vietnamese double agents.
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807. We spent months uncovering
them and accumulating evidence.
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808. When absolute proof was completed,
we acted, we acted like soldiers.
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809. The charges are unjustified.
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810. They are, in fact,
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811. and in the circumstances
of this conflict, quite completely insane.
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812. In a war, there are many moments
for compassion and tender action.
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813. There are many moments for ruthless
action, what is often called ruthless,
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814. what may, in many circumstances,
be only clarity.
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815. Seeing clearly what there
is to be done and doing it."
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816. Medevac, come in.
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817. - "... directly, quickly, awake..."
- Alpha Tango Tango.
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818. - Echo Tango Alpha...
- "... looking at it."
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819. request dust-off.
Three, maybe four KIAs. Over.
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820. "I will trust you to tell your
mother what you choose about this letter.
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821. As for the charges against me,
I am unconcerned.”
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822. Medevac, come in.
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823. "I am beyond their timid, lying morality.
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824. - "And so I am beyond caring."
- Medevac, do you read? Over.
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825. "You have all my faith.
Your loving father.”
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826. Shove it, fuck-up!
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827. Sure sorry about that. If I had known,
I'd have taken you to New Orleans...
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828. - Man, fuck you.
- ... Introduce you to cooze, Bubba!
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829. You're a fucking dog!
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830. Come on down to New Orleans, Bubba,
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831. - and I'll get you fixed up, you prick.
- Lay off, Chef.
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832. You're the only fucking
prick I see around here.
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833. If I want to play with a prick,
I'll play with my own!
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834. - Lay off, Chef!
- What you gonna do with it, cherry boy?
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835. - Fucking cherry boy!
- Chef, I said lay off!
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836. Chef, knock it off! Give him a break!
What do you think I said?
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837. And give your jaws a rest!
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838. And this ain't the Army. You are a sailor!
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839. So get out of that frizzly Army-looking
shirt and stop smoking that dope!
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840. You hear me?
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841. Lance,
what's with all the green paint?
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842. - Camouflage.
- How's that?
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843. So they can't see you.
They're everywhere, Chief.
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844. Uh-huh. I want you to stay awake up there,
man. You got a job to do.
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845. Sampan off the port bow. Sampan
off the port bow. Let's take a look.
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846. Lance. Bring them in.
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847. Clean, on the.60. Chef, get a.16.
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848. Clean, get on that.60!
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849. What's up, Chief?
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850. A junk boat, Captain.
We're gonna take a routine check.
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851. Well,
let's forget routine now and let them go.
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852. These boats are running
supplies in this delta, Captain.
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853. I'm gonna take a look.
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854. Chief, my mission's got priority here.
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855. Hell, you wouldn't even be in this
part of the river if it wasn't for me.
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856. Until we reach your destination, Captain,
you're just on for the ride.
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857. - Stand by, Lance.
- Come on, throw the rope, asshole.
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858. All right. Come on.
Let's bring it over.
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859. Look in that forward hooch.
Bring the people out of there.
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860. Come on! Hurry up, motherfucker!
Move it!
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861. - You two, come on.
- Keep your eyes open, Clean.
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862. I got you, Chief.
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863. It's clear, Chief.
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864. Okay, that's them.
That's them. They're okay.
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865. Board and search it.
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866. It's just a fucking boat.
There ain't nothing on it, Chief.
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867. Board it and search it.
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868. Just some baskets and some ducks,
fucking bananas.
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869. Ain't nothing on it.
Don't be ashamed, Chef.
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870. What's wrong with you?
Go on and search it.
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871. There's a goat and some fish.
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872. - Chef!
- Bunch of fucking vegetables.
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873. - Get on that boat!
- There's nothing on it, man!
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874. - Get on it!
- All right!
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875. Move it, asshole! Goddamn it!
Just some pigs.
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876. Look, mangos.
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877. - What's in the rice bag?
- Fucking rice!
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878. - Look in there, Chef. Look in it.
- Some fucking fish.
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879. More coconuts. Rice. Here's rice.
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880. What's in that vegetable basket?
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881. Get out of here! Come on!
Get over there, Goddamn it.
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882. Check that vegetable basket.
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883. - All right!
- Shut up, slope!
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884. - There ain't nothing in here.
- What's in the boxes?
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885. Not a fucking thing.
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886. - Look in that tin can.
- Nothing.
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887. - That rusty can.
- Just fucking rice, that's all!
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888. - There ain't nothing on it!
- Check the yellow can.
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889. Check the yellow can!
She was sitting on it. What's in it?
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890. Chef!
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891. Motherfuckers!
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892. - Hold it!
- Come on, let's kill them all!
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893. - Fucking cocksucking mothers!
- Hold it! Hold it!
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894. Let's kill all the assholes!
Shoot the shit out of all of them.
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895. - Chef, hold it!
- Why not? Jesus Christ.
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896. Why the fuck not?
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897. - Clean?
- I'm good.
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898. - You okay, Lance?
- Shit! Fuck! Shit!
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899. - Chef!
- Look what she was hiding, huh?
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900. - You all right?
- See what she was running for?
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901. It's a fucking puppy.
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902. It's a fucking puppy.
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903. Give me that dog!
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904. - No, you're not gonna get it!
- Fucking give it to me!
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905. Give me the fucking dog, asshole!
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906. Fuck you!
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907. - Chef.
- Fucking mango, too!
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908. You want that?
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909. Chef, she's moving behind you.
She's alive. Check her out.
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910. - Chef!
- Yes!
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911. She's moving behind you. Check her out!
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912. All right. All right.
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913. Come on, Clean, Goddamn it.
Give me a hand.
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914. She's not dead, she's wounded.
Clean, give him a hand.
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915. Just take it easy. Take it easy.
Slow down and take it easy.
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916. All right, Chef,
just wait a minute. Wait a minute, Chef.
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917. - Bring her up.
- Is she breathing, Chef?
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918. - She's hurt. She's bleeding.
- Oh, man.
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919. Bring her on board.
We're taking her to an ARVN.
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920. What are you talking about?
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921. We're taking her to some friendlies,
Captain.
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922. She's wounded, she's not dead.
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923. - Get out of there, Chef.
- The book says, Captain...
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924. Fuck you. Fuck him.
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925. I told you not to stop.
Now let's go.
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926. It was the way we had
over here of living with ourselves.
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927. We'd cut them in half with a machine gun
and give them a Band-Aid.
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928. It was a lie,
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929. and the more [ saw of them,
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930. the more I hated lies.
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931. Those boys were never gonna
look at me the same way again.
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932. But ] felt like I knew one
or two things about Kurtz
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933. that weren't in the dossier.
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934. Do Luong bridge was the last
Army outpost on the Nung River.
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935. Beyond that, there was only Kurtz.
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936. Lance! Hey, Lance, what do you think?
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937. It's beautiful.
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938. Huh? I mean, what's the matter with you?
You're acting kind of weird.
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939. Hey, you know that last
tab of acid I was saving?
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940. - Yeah.
- Idropped it.
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941. You dropped acid? Far out.
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942. - Take me home!
- God damn you!
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943. God damn!
You'll get what you deserve!
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944. Is there a Captain Willard on board?
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945. - Yeah!
- Captain Willard?
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946. - Yeah, who's that?
- Lieutenant Carlsen, sir.
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947. Get that light off me.
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948. I was sent here from Nha Trang
with these three days ago, sir.
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949. Expected you here a little sooner.
This is mail for the boat.
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950. You don't know how happy
this makes me, sir.
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951. - Why?
- Now I can get out of here,
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952. if I can find a way.
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953. You're in the asshole
of the world, Captain!
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954. Captain, where you going?
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955. See if I can find some fuel,
get some information.
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956. - Pick me up the other side of the bridge.
- Somebody go with him. Chef!
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957. I'll go. I wanna go.
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958. You get your ass in gear.
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959. Come on, man.
Listen to the music, man.
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960. Where can I find the CO?
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961. You came right to it,
son of a bitch!
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962. Lance! Get down here!
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963. You still got a Commanding Officer here?
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964. - Beverly Hills.
- What?
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965. Straight up the road, there's a concrete
fucking bunker called Beverly Hills.
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966. Where the fuck else
do you think it would be?
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967. Goddamn it,
you stepped in my face!
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968. - We thought you were dead.
- Well, you thought wrong, damn it.
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969. I told you to stop fucking with me,
didn't 17?
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970. You think you're so bad, huh, nigga?
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971. What are you shooting at, soldier?
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972. Gooks.
What the fuck you think I'm shooting at?
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973. I'm sorry, sir.
There are gooks out there by the wire,
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974. - but I think I killed them all.
- You ain't shot shit, man. Listen!
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975. Oh, shit, he's trying to call his friends,
man. Send up a flare.
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976. You think you're so bad, nigga?
You think you bad, huh?
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977. They're all dead, stupid. There's
one still alive underneath them bodies.
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978. Who's the Commanding Officer here?
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979. Ain't you?
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980. You think you're so bad, huh?
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981. I got something for your ass now, nigga!
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982. I got something for you now!
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983. He's underneath the bodies, man.
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984. - Go get the roach, man.
- Go get the roach, man.
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985. - Go get the roach, nigga!
- I'm gonna go get the roach.
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986. Roach. Roach. Roach.
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987. Got slopes on the wire, man.
Do you hear them?
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988. - Lance!
- Do you hear them?
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989. Go bust them!
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990. Hey, GI, fuck you!
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991. You hear him out there on the wire, man?
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992. - Yeah.
- I'll Kill you, GI!
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993. You need a flare?
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994. No.
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995. He's close, man.
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996. He's real close.
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997. Gl, fuck you!
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998. Gl, fuck you!
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999. Motherfucker.
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1000. Hey, soldier...
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1001. do you know who's in command here?
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1002. Yeah.
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1003. Holy shit!
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1004. Yo, Chief, man,
two guys just got blown off that bridge.
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1005. You hang on, man. You're gonna be okay.
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1006. - What's that?
- Mail, man.
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1007. Later on the mail! Watch them trees.
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1008. There's no diesel fuel,
but I picked up some ammo.
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1009. Let's move out.
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1010. - Did you find the CO, Captain?
- There's no fucking CO here.
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1011. - Let's just get going.
- Which way, Captain?
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1012. You know which way, Chief.
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1013. You're on your own, Captain.
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1014. Do you wanna go on?
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1015. Like this bridge, we build it every night,
Charlie blows it right back up again
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1016. just so the generals
can say the road's open.
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1017. Think about it.
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1018. - Who cares?
- Just get us upriver!
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1019. Chef, on the bow.
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1020. - Stand by, Clean.
- Let's go.
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1021. Whose package is that?
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1022. - Shit, you got another one, Clean.
- No shit. Wait a minute, is that it?
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1023. - That's it for you.
- Lance!
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1024. Mr. I.B. Johnson, there you go.
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1025. Far out, man. All right.
I've been waiting for this one.
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1026. I got another one,
got a box from Eva.
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1027. "Lance, I'm fine. I'm fine, Lance.
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1028. Sue and I went tripping to Disneyland.
Sue skinned her knee."
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1029. - I want to get back to Antoine's.
- "I remember the time we went..."
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1030. How could I fucking forget, man?
Beautiful.
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1031. "There could never be a place
like Disneyland, or could there?
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1032. Let me know."
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1033. Jim, it's here. It really is here.
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1034. "There has been a new
development regarding your mission
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1035. which we must now communicate to you.
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1036. Months ago,
a man was ordered on a mission
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1037. which was identical to yours.
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1038. We have reason to believe that he
is now operating with Colonel Kurtz.
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1039. Saigon was carrying him
MIA for his family's sake.
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1040. They assumed he was dead.
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1041. Then they intercepted a letter
he tried to send to his wife."
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1042. Captain Richard Colby...
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1043. he was with Kurtz.
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1044. Disneyland.
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1045. Fuck, man, this is better than Disneyland.
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1046. "Charles Miller Manson
ordered the slaughter
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1047. of all in the home
anyway as a symbol of protest.”
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1048. That's really weird, ain't it?
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1049. - Purple haze, look.
- Hey, Lance, put away that smoke.
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1050. - I got a tape from my mom.
- Chief, rainbow reality, man.
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1051. Hey, Chief, get a good whiff.
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1052. Eva can't picture me in Vietnam.
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1053. She pictures me at home
having a beer and watching TV.
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1054. Hey, Lance, man.
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1055. Hot potato! Hot potato!
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1056. I'm so glad you decided to join...
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1057. Eva's not sure if she can
have a relationship with me, you know?
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1058. Here I am, 13,000 fucking miles away,
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1059. trying to keep a relationship open,
my ass.
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1060. That's much more
than I can say for some of your friends.
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1061. If this tape is any good,
I will have Dad and the family
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1062. - send you a tape of their own...
- Hey, Lance.
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1063. There! Over there!
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1064. Motherfuckers!
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1065. There! Over there!
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1066. Lance! Chef!
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1067. - Chef, Chef, check out Clean!
- Captain, he's hit, he's hit! Clean's hit!
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1068. - Lance!
- Where'd the dog go?
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1069. Lance. Lance, check out Clean!
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1070. Where's the dog?
We got to go back to get the dog!
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1071. Hey, Clean.
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1072. It's always been nice to have...
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1073. Hey, Bubba!
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1074. Bubba, you can't die, you fucker!
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1075. - And so, I'm hoping...
- Bubba!
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1076. that pretty soon, not too soon,
but pretty soon,
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1077. I'll have a lot of grandchildren
to love and spoil,
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1078. and then when your wife get them back,
she'll be mad with me.
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1079. Ha, ha, ha.
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1080. Even Aunt Jessie and Mama
will come to celebrate your coming home.
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1081. Granny and Dad are trying
to get enough money to get you a car.
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1082. But don't tell her,
because that's our secret.
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1083. Anyhow, do the right thing,
stay out of the way of the bullets,
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1084. and bring your heinie
home all in one piece
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1085. because we love you very much. Love, Mama.
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1086. Oh, man. You're so young.
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1087. Clean.
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1088. Can't see nothing. We're stopping.
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1089. You're not authorized
to stop this boat, Chief.
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1090. I said I can't see a thing,
Captain. I'm stopping this boat.
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1091. I ain't risking no more lives.
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1092. I'm in command here,
God damn it. You'll do what I say.
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1093. You see anything, Chef?
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1094. Why don't they fucking attack, man?
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1095. Watch it over here, Chief.
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1096. Got a stump.
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1097. Lance, on the.50s.
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1098. He was close.
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1099. He was real close.
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1100. I couldn't see him yet,
but I could feel him,
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1101. as if the boat were being sucked upriver
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1102. and the water was
flowing back into the jungle.
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1103. Whatever was going to happen,
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1104. it wasn't gonna be the way
they called it back in Nha Trang.
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1105. Arrows!
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1106. Fire!
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1107. Chef, open up! Fire!
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1108. Lance, fire!
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1109. Chef! Chef, it's okay. Quit firing.
They're just little toy arrows.
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1110. Cut it out! Quiet!
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1111. Chief, tell them to hold their fire!
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1112. They're just little sticks.
They're just trying to scare us.
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1113. Quiet!
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1114. You got us in this mess,
and now you can't get us out
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1115. because you don't know where
the hell you're going, do you?
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1116. Do you?
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1117. You son of a bitch! You bastard!
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1118. - Lance, get the wheel!
- Fire!
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1119. You savages!
Come and get it, you son of a bitches!
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1120. A spear.
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1121. My mission
is to make it up into Cambodia.
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1122. There's a Green Beret
colonel up there who's gone insane
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1123. and I'm supposed to kill him.
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1124. That's fucking typical! Shit!
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1125. Fucking Vietnam mission!
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1126. I'm short and we got to go up there
so you can kill one of our own guys?
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1127. That's fucking great!
That's just fucking great, man.
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1128. Shit! That's fucking crazy.
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1129. I mean, I thought you were
going in to blow up a bridge
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1130. or some fucking
railroad tracks or something.
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1131. - Sorry.
- No, no, wait, wait.
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1132. We'll go together on the boat.
We'll go with you.
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1133. We'll go up there, but on the boat. Okay?
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1134. Part of me was
afraid of what I would find
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1135. and what I would do when I got there.
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1136. I knew the risks...
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1137. or imagined I knew.
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1138. But the thing I felt the most,
much stronger than fear...
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1139. was the desire to confront him.
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1140. Just keep moving.
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1141. Lance, keep your hands away from the guns.
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1142. It's all right! It's all right!
It's all been approved!
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1143. I ain't coming in there!
Them bastards attacked us!
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1144. Zap them with your siren, man.
Zap them with your siren.
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1145. There's mines over there
and mines over there, too.
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1146. And watch out. Those goddamn
monkeys bite you, I'll tell you.
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1147. That's a pretty one.
Move it right in toward me.
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1148. I'm an American! Yeah!
An American civilian. Hi, Yanks.
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1149. Hi, American.
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1150. American civilian. It's all right.
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1151. And you got the cigarettes.
And that's what I've been dreaming about.
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1152. Chef.
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1153. - Who are you?
- Who are you?
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1154. I'm a photojournalist.
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1155. I've covered the war since 64.
I've been in Laos, Cambodia and Nam.
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1156. I'll tell you one thing,
this boat is a mess, man.
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1157. Who are all these people?
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1158. Yeah, they think you've come to...
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1159. take him away,
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1160. - and I hope that isn't true.
- Take who away?
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1161. Him!
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1162. Colonel Kurtz.
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1163. These are all his children, man,
as far as you can see.
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1164. Hell, man, out here,
we're all his children.
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1165. Could we...
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1166. talk to Colonel Kurtz?
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1167. Hey, man, you don't talk to the Colonel.
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1168. Well, you listen to him.
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1169. The man's enlarged my mind.
He's a poet warrior in the classic sense.
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1170. Sometimes you'll say hello to him, right,
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1171. and he'll just walk right by
you and he won't even notice you.
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1172. And then suddenly he'll grab you,
he'll throw you in a corner and he'll say,
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1173. "Do you know that 'if is the middle
word in 'life"? If you can keep your head
Copy !req
1174. "when all about you are losing
theirs and blaming it on you,
Copy !req
1175. if you can trust yourself
when all men doubt you..."
Copy !req
1176. I'm a little man. I'm a little man.
He's a great man.
Copy !req
1177. "I should have been
a pair of ragged claws,
Copy !req
1178. Scuttling across
the floors of silent seas."
Copy !req
1179. Stay with the boat.
Copy !req
1180. Don't go without me, okay?
I wanna get a picture.
Copy !req
1181. He can be terrible, he can be mean,
and he can be right.
Copy !req
1182. He's fighting the war. He's a great man.
Copy !req
1183. I mean...
Copy !req
1184. I wish I had words, you know?
I wish I had words.
Copy !req
1185. I can tell you something, like,
the other day he wanted to kill me.
Copy !req
1186. - Something like that.
- Why'd he want to kill you?
Copy !req
1187. Because I took his picture.
Copy !req
1188. He said, "If you take my picture again...
Copy !req
1189. I'm gonna kill you..."
Copy !req
1190. and he meant it.
Copy !req
1191. So you just lay cool.
Play it cool, laid back. Dig it.
Copy !req
1192. He gets friendly again. He really does.
Copy !req
1193. But you don't judge the Colonel.
Copy !req
1194. You don't judge the
Colonel like an ordinary man.
Copy !req
1195. Okay, watch it now.
These are Americans. Americans!
Copy !req
1196. You can feel the vibe of this place.
Copy !req
1197. Let me take your picture.
Could you hold... Hello? Hello?
Copy !req
1198. Could you hold up a minute?
Copy !req
1199. Colby.
Copy !req
1200. The heads. You're looking at the heads.
Copy !req
1201. Sometimes he goes too far.
Copy !req
1202. He's the first one to admit it.
Copy !req
1203. - He's gone crazy.
- Wrong, wrong!
Copy !req
1204. If you could have heard
the man just two days ago.
Copy !req
1205. If you could have heard him then, God...
Copy !req
1206. You're gonna call him crazy?
Copy !req
1207. Fucking A.
Copy !req
1208. I just wanna talk to him.
Copy !req
1209. Well, man, he's gone away.
Copy !req
1210. He's gone away. He disappeared
out in the jungle with his people.
Copy !req
1211. - I'll wait for him.
- He feels comfortable with his people.
Copy !req
1212. He forgets himself with his people.
Copy !req
1213. - He forgets himself.
- Captain?
Copy !req
1214. Maybe we should wait back at the boat.
Copy !req
1215. Okay, Chef.
Copy !req
1216. - We'll go back to the boat for a while.
- Yeah, stay with Lance.
Copy !req
1217. This Colonel guy, he's wacko, man.
He's worse than crazy. He's evil!
Copy !req
1218. That's what the man's got set up here!
Copy !req
1219. Man, it's fucking Pagan idolatry.
Look around you!
Copy !req
1220. - Shit, he's loco.
- Then you'll help me?
Copy !req
1221. Help you? Fucking A, I'll help you.
I'll do anything to get out of this joint.
Copy !req
1222. Good boy.
Copy !req
1223. We could blow
all them assholes away.
Copy !req
1224. They're so fucking spaced out,
they wouldn't even know it.
Copy !req
1225. I ain't afraid of all them
fucking skulls and altars and shit.
Copy !req
1226. I used to think
if I died in an evil place,
Copy !req
1227. then my soul wouldn't be
able to make it to heaven.
Copy !req
1228. But now, fuck.
Copy !req
1229. I don't care where it goes,
as long as it ain't here.
Copy !req
1230. So what do you wanna do?
I'll kill the fuck.
Copy !req
1231. - No, no.
- Get out of here.
Copy !req
1232. I'm gonna need you to wait here, Chef.
Copy !req
1233. I'll go up with Lance and scrounge around,
check the place out,
Copy !req
1234. see if I can find the Colonel, okay?
Copy !req
1235. - What do you want me to do?
- Damn it.
Copy !req
1236. Here, you take the radio,
and if I don't get back by 2200 hours...
Copy !req
1237. you call in the air strike.
Copy !req
1238. Air strike?
Copy !req
1239. The code is "Almighty,”
coordinates 0-9-2-6-4-7-1-2.
Copy !req
1240. It's all in there.
Copy !req
1241. 0-9-2-6-4-7-1-2.
Copy !req
1242. Everything I saw told me
that Kurtz had gone insane.
Copy !req
1243. The place was full of bodies.
North Vietnamese, Viet Cong, Cambodians.
Copy !req
1244. If I was still alive,
it was because he wanted me that way.
Copy !req
1245. Hey!
Copy !req
1246. It smelled like slow death in there.
Copy !req
1247. Malaria, nightmares.
Copy !req
1248. This was the end of the river, all right.
Copy !req
1249. Where are you from, Willard?
Copy !req
1250. I'm from Ohio, sir.
Copy !req
1251. - Were you born there?
- Yes, sir.
Copy !req
1252. - Whereabouts?
- Toledo, sir.
Copy !req
1253. How far are you from the river?
Copy !req
1254. The Ohio River, sir?
Copy !req
1255. - Uh-huh.
- About 200 miles.
Copy !req
1256. I went down that river
once when I was a kid.
Copy !req
1257. There's a place in the river,
I can't remember.
Copy !req
1258. It must've been a gardenia plantation
or a flower plantation at one time.
Copy !req
1259. It's all wild and overgrown now,
Copy !req
1260. but for about five miles, you'd think
that heaven just fell on the Earth...
Copy !req
1261. in the form of gardenias.
Copy !req
1262. Have you ever
considered any real freedoms?
Copy !req
1263. Freedoms from the opinion of others?
Copy !req
1264. Even the opinions of yourself?
Copy !req
1265. Did they say why, Willard?
Copy !req
1266. Why they wanted to terminate my command?
Copy !req
1267. I was sent on a classified mission, sir.
Copy !req
1268. No longer classified...
Copy !req
1269. is it?
Copy !req
1270. What did they tell you?
Copy !req
1271. They told me
Copy !req
1272. that you had gone...
Copy !req
1273. totally insane...
Copy !req
1274. and that your methods were
Copy !req
1275. unsound.
Copy !req
1276. Are my methods unsound?
Copy !req
1277. I don't see any method at all, sir.
Copy !req
1278. I expected someone like you.
Copy !req
1279. What did you expect?
Copy !req
1280. Are you an assassin?
Copy !req
1281. I'm a soldier.
Copy !req
1282. You're neither.
Copy !req
1283. You're an errand boy...
Copy !req
1284. sent by grocery clerks...
Copy !req
1285. to collect a bill.
Copy !req
1286. Why, huh? Why would a nice guy
like you wanna kill a genius?
Copy !req
1287. Going down pretty good, huh?
Copy !req
1288. Why?
Copy !req
1289. You know?
Copy !req
1290. Do you know that the man...
Copy !req
1291. the man really likes you?
Copy !req
1292. He likes you. He really likes you...
Copy !req
1293. but he's got something in mind for you.
Copy !req
1294. Aren't you curious about that?
Copy !req
1295. I'm curious. I'm very curious.
Copy !req
1296. Are you curious?
Copy !req
1297. There's something happening out here, man.
Copy !req
1298. You know something, man?
I know something that you don't know.
Copy !req
1299. That's right, jack.
Copy !req
1300. The man is clear in his mind...
Copy !req
1301. but his soul is mad.
Copy !req
1302. Oh, yeah.
Copy !req
1303. He's dying, I think.
He hates all this. He hates it.
Copy !req
1304. But the man's...
Copy !req
1305. He reads poetry out loud, all right?
Copy !req
1306. And a voice...
Copy !req
1307. a voice...
Copy !req
1308. He likes you 'cause you're still alive.
Copy !req
1309. He's got plans for you.
Copy !req
1310. No, no, I'm not gonna help you.
You're gonna help him, man.
Copy !req
1311. You're gonna help him.
Copy !req
1312. What are they gonna say, man,
when he's gone? Huh?
Copy !req
1313. 'Cause he dies when it dies, man.
When it dies, he dies.
Copy !req
1314. What are they gonna say about him?
What are they gonna say?
Copy !req
1315. "He was a kind man. He was a wise man.
Copy !req
1316. He had plans. He had wisdom."
Bullshit, man!
Copy !req
1317. Am I gonna be the one that's gonna
set them straight? Look at me. Wrong!
Copy !req
1318. You.
Copy !req
1319. Almost eight hours.
Copy !req
1320. God. I'm asleep.
Copy !req
1321. I'm asleep and dreaming
I'm on this shitty boat.
Copy !req
1322. Fuck.
Copy !req
1323. Has it been eight hours?
Copy !req
1324. Hello, Almighty, Almighty,
this is PBR Street Gang.
Copy !req
1325. Radio check. Over.
Copy !req
1326. PBR Street Gang,
this is Almighty standing by. Over.
Copy !req
1327. What the hell! Jesus!
Copy !req
1328. Oh, Christ!
Copy !req
1329. "We are the hollow men,
We are the stuffed men,
Copy !req
1330. Leaning together
Headpiece filled with straw. Alas!
Copy !req
1331. Our dried voices,
when we whisper together,
Copy !req
1332. Are quiet and meaningless
As wind in dry grass...
Copy !req
1333. - Or rats' feet over broken glass..."
- Oh, he's out there.
Copy !req
1334. “In our dry cellar... ”
Copy !req
1335. He's really out there.
Copy !req
1336. "Shape without form,
shade without color...
Copy !req
1337. Paralyzed force,
gesture without motion..."
Copy !req
1338. Do you know what the man's saying?
Copy !req
1339. - Do you?
- "Those who have crossed..."
Copy !req
1340. This is dialectics. It's very
simple dialectics. One through nine,
Copy !req
1341. no "maybes," no "supposes," no fractions.
You can't travel in space.
Copy !req
1342. You can't go out into space, you know,
without like... With fractions.
Copy !req
1343. What are you gonna land on?
One-quarter? Three-eighths?
Copy !req
1344. What are you gonna do when you go
from here to Venus or something?
Copy !req
1345. That's dialectic physics, okay?
Copy !req
1346. Dialectic logic is,
"There's only love and hate.”
Copy !req
1347. You either love somebody or you hate them.
Copy !req
1348. Mutt!
Copy !req
1349. You mutt.
Copy !req
1350. This is the way the fucking world ends.
Look at this fucking shit we're in, man!
Copy !req
1351. "Not with a bang, a whimper."
Copy !req
1352. And with a whimper,
I'm fucking splitting, jack.
Copy !req
1353. On the river, I thought
that the minute I looked at him,
Copy !req
1354. I'd know what to do.
Copy !req
1355. But it didn't happen.
Copy !req
1356. I was in there with him for days,
not under guard.
Copy !req
1357. I was free.
Copy !req
1358. But he knew I wasn't going anywhere.
Copy !req
1359. He knew more about
what I was going to do than I did.
Copy !req
1360. If the generals back in Nha Trang
could see what ll saw,
Copy !req
1361. would they still want me to kill him?
Copy !req
1362. More than ever, probably.
Copy !req
1363. And what would his people back home want,
Copy !req
1364. if they ever learned just how
far from them he'd really gone?
Copy !req
1365. He broke from them,
and then he broke from himself.
Copy !req
1366. I'd never seen a man
So broken up and ripped apart.
Copy !req
1367. I've seen the horrors,
horrors that you've seen.
Copy !req
1368. But you have no right
to call me a murderer.
Copy !req
1369. You have a right to kill me.
Copy !req
1370. You have a right to do that.
Copy !req
1371. But you have no right to judge me.
Copy !req
1372. It's impossible for words to describe...
Copy !req
1373. what is necessary...
Copy !req
1374. to those who do not know...
Copy !req
1375. what horror means.
Copy !req
1376. Horror.
Copy !req
1377. Horror has a face.
Copy !req
1378. And you must make a friend of horror.
Copy !req
1379. Horror and moral terror are your friends.
Copy !req
1380. If they are not,
then they are enemies to be feared.
Copy !req
1381. They are truly enemies.
Copy !req
1382. I remember when I was with Special Forces.
Copy !req
1383. It seems a thousand centuries ago.
Copy !req
1384. We went into a camp
to inoculate some children.
Copy !req
1385. We'd left the camp after we had
inoculated the children for polio.
Copy !req
1386. And this old man came running after us,
and he was crying, he couldn't see.
Copy !req
1387. We went back there,
Copy !req
1388. and they had come
and hacked off every inoculated arm.
Copy !req
1389. There they were, in a pile. A pile...
Copy !req
1390. of little arms.
Copy !req
1391. And I remember...
Copy !req
1392. I cried. I wept like...
Copy !req
1393. some grandmother.
Copy !req
1394. I wanted to tear my teeth out.
I didn't know what I wanted to do.
Copy !req
1395. And I want to remember it.
I never want to forget it.
Copy !req
1396. I never want to forget.
Copy !req
1397. And then I realized...
Copy !req
1398. like I was shot,
like I was shot with a diamond...
Copy !req
1399. a diamond bullet
right through my forehead.
Copy !req
1400. And I thought, "My God,
the genius of that. The genius.”
Copy !req
1401. The will to do that...
Copy !req
1402. perfect, genuine,
complete, crystalline, pure.
Copy !req
1403. And then I realized
Copy !req
1404. they were stronger than me
because they could stand it.
Copy !req
1405. These were not monsters.
These were men, trained cadres.
Copy !req
1406. These men who fought with their hearts,
Copy !req
1407. who have families, who have children,
who are filled with love...
Copy !req
1408. but they have the strength...
Copy !req
1409. the strength...
Copy !req
1410. to do that.
Copy !req
1411. If I had 10 divisions of those men...
Copy !req
1412. then our troubles here
would be over very quickly.
Copy !req
1413. You have to have men who are moral...
Copy !req
1414. and at the same time, who are able...
Copy !req
1415. to utilize
their primordial instincts to Kill...
Copy !req
1416. without feeling, without passion...
Copy !req
1417. without judgment. Without judgment.
Copy !req
1418. Because it's judgment that defeats us.
Copy !req
1419. I worry that my son might not
understand what I've tried to be.
Copy !req
1420. And if I were to be killed, Willard,
Copy !req
1421. I would want someone to go to my
home and tell my son everything.
Copy !req
1422. Everything I did. Everything you saw.
Copy !req
1423. Because there's nothing that I detest
more than the stench of lies.
Copy !req
1424. And if you understand me, Willard,
you will do this for me.
Copy !req
1425. PBR Street Gang,
this is Almighty. Over.
Copy !req
1426. PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty.
Standing by. Over.
Copy !req
1427. PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty.
Standing by. How do you copy?
Copy !req
1428. They were gonna
make me a Major for this,
Copy !req
1429. and I wasn't even
in their fucking Army anymore.
Copy !req
1430. Everybody wanted me to do it...
Copy !req
1431. him most of all.
Copy !req
1432. I felt like he was up there,
waiting for me to take the pain away.
Copy !req
1433. He just wanted to go out like a soldier.
Copy !req
1434. Standing up.
Copy !req
1435. Not like some poor, wasted,
rag-assed renegade.
Copy !req
1436. Even the jungle wanted him dead,
Copy !req
1437. and that's who he really
took his orders from anyway.
Copy !req
1438. "We train young men to drop fire
on people, but their commanders...
Copy !req
1439. won't allow them to write 'Fuck!'
on their airplanes
Copy !req
1440. because it's obscene!”
Copy !req
1441. The horror.
Copy !req
1442. The horror.
Copy !req
1443. Calling PBR Street Gang.
Copy !req
1444. PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty.
Do you read me? Over.
Copy !req
1445. PBR Street Gang.
Copy !req
1446. PBR Street Gang, this is Almighty...
Copy !req
1447. The horror.
Copy !req
1448. The horror.
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