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JOE: These are the true events of November
1965 in the Ia Drang Valley ofVietnam.

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A place our country does not remember,
in a war it does not understand.

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This story is a testament to the Americans
who died in the Valley of Death

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and a tribute to the People's Army
ofVietnam who died by our hand there.

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To tell this story,
I must start at the beginning.

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But where does it begin?

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Maybe in June of1954,

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when French Group Mobile100
moved into the highlands ofVietnam

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where we would go eleven years later.

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(OFFICER GIVES COMMAND IN FRENCH)

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(BUGLER PLAYS)

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(IN FRENCH)

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(SPLATS)

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(COMMANDING IN FRENCH)

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(BUGLER PLAYS)

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(SHOUTING IN FRENCH)

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(WHISTLING)

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(PEOPLE SHOUTlNG)

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(SOLDIER COMMANDING IN FRENCH)

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(COMMANDING IN VIETNAMESE)

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(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

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(SHORT BURSTS OF GUNFIRE)

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JOE: Maybe this story begins in America,

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when the Armyfirst realised a new kind
ofwarwas coming its way.

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The White House wants a victory
over cavemen in black pyjamas.

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They've already beaten the French Army.

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The French Army? What's that?

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The problem in Vietnam is terrain.

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Jungle, rivers, manoeuvre is a nightmare.

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That's why we want to use helicopters.
Leap in and out of battle.

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-They want you to test the idea.
-It'll take a hell ofa combat leader.

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I know a young Lt Colonel named Hal Moore.

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He led a combat company in Korea,
then he tested experimental parachutes.

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Experimental parachutes?
Sounds likejust the guy.

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# The other side ofthe mountain
Was all that he could see

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# Was all that he could see
was all that he could see

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# The other side ofthe mountain

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# Was all that he could see

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# The bearwent overthe mountain

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# The bearwent overthe mountain
The bearwent... #

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How about we go back to Bingo?
What do you say? Bingo!

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JULIE: Oh.

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KIDS: # B-l-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O

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# B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-oh! #

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Tom? How much do you know
about our new colonel?

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TOM: He was in Korea. Has a Masters
in lnternational Relations from Harvard.

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Harvard? He's not
one ofthose academic pussies, is he?

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Hal Moore?

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(LOUD WHIRRING)

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(FAINT GUNFIRE)

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(CHEERING)

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Come on, Too Tall,
give me your best shot, baby!

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Oh! Did you see that, sports fans?

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Did you see that? I'm going to the moon!
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-Get up there.
-And he's coming around!

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No, he's not.

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You're out, Snakeshit!You're out!

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Horseshit!
No wonderyou can't fly, you can't see!

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l believe you're out.

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-You're a pilot?
-Too Tall, sir.

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-Yeah. I can see that.
-You call, we haul.

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-Can l speak to you for a minute, Crandall?
-Sir.

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-Out.
-SNAKE: Safe.

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-EDWARD: Out.
-Safe.

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-Can I buy you a drink?
-Sure.

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So your men call you Snakeshit?

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It's an affectionate appellation
of my comrades-in-arms, sir.

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l fly lower than snake shit.

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Well, l got a problem, Snakeshit,
and I think you're the solution.

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I've never been called a solution.

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You know what Air Cavalry really means?

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You fly into hostile territory, outnumbered,
ten thousand miles from home.

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The battleground's the size
ofa football field,

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and ifthe choppers stop coming,
we all get slaughtered.

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I figure chopper pilots won'tfly into hell
for strangers, so... I'm Hal Moore.

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I know, sir. Why us?

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Well, your guys look like shit,
but your equipment is immaculate.

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Yesterday you didn't have to train,
but you did.

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And you've got pilots like Too Tall.
He's way outside the limits ofArmy Regs.
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They want to fly with you for some reason.
I guess they think you're the best.

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It's because I only recruit the dumb ones, sir.

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I don't suppose I have a choice in all this?

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You sure don't.

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l wouldn't miss it forthe world.
To the Air Cav.

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-Good morning, Sergeant Major.
-How do you knowwhat kind ofday it is?

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Group!Attention!

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At ease, gentlemen.

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Welcome to the new cavalry.

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We will ride into battle.

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And this will be our horse.

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You don't have to catch it.
You don't have to feed it.

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But I can assure you
that neither the new technology,

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noryour status as officers

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will keep you above the danger.

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Sergeant Major Plumley and l
come from the paratroopers,

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where the officer is always
the first one out ofthe plane.

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Because to follow your instincts
and to inspire your men by your example,

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you have to be with them
where the metal meets the meat.

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Sergeant Major Plumley made all four
combatjumps in the 82nd Airborne

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during World WarTwo.
Sicily, Salerno, Normandy and Holland,

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plus one more in Korea.

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He answers to me and to me alone.

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Now, I hope you gentlemen like training

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because me and the Sergeant Major,

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we love it.

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Three strikes and you're not out!
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There is always one more thing you can do.

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HAL: Come on, boys.
SOLDIER 1: Go! Get out!

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-Two...
-SOLDlER 1: Let's go!

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Three.

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-Pretty good, huh?
-Pretty good.

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There's only one thing wrong.

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Be sharp! We will be the best platoon
in this battalion!

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Be ready in there! Let's go! Let's go!

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All right! Your officer's dead!
What do you do? What do you do?

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All right. He hesitated, he's dead.
What do you do?

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-Get offthe chopper.
-HAL: Get offthe chopper!

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All right. All officers.

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Come on in.
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Savage, you learn thejob
ofthe man above you,

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and you teach yourjob
to the man below you in rank.

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-That goes for every man. Understood?
-ALL: Yes, sir!

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We'll be landing underfire, gentlemen.

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Men will die.

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(CHILDREN LAUGH)

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Have you said your prayers?

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-HAL: No?
-No.

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HAL: l'll say them with you.

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Fall in.

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(CHATTERING)

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All right. Ready, set?

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In the name ofthe Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost.

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Hail Mary, full ofgrace, the Lord is with thee.

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Blessed art thou amongstwomen
and blessed is the fruit ofthy...

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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us...
Cecile, I don't hearyou praying, honey.

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I don't want to be a Catholic.
I want to be a Methodist, like Mommy.

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HAL: You do?

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-Why is that, honey?
-So I can pray whatever l want.

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-BOY 1: That's a sin!
-No, no, it's not a sin.

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God just made you hard-headed.
It's not a sin.

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Um, I'll tell you what. You want to pray
and thank God for ourfamily?

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-Yes, sir.
-That's good. Let's do it.

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ALL: Hail Mary, full ofgrace.
The Lord is with thee.

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ALL: Blessed art thou among women
and blessed is the fruit ofthy womb, Jesus.

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(GIGGLING)

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I can hear you laughing even in here.

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I'm not laughing, I'm marvelling.

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Marvelling about what?

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You find stubbornness in your children
and think it comes from anybody but you.

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-Oh, yeah?
-Mmm.

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I'll give you something to marvel at.

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Shh! The children...

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(JULIE LAUGHING)

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When l praywhatever l want,

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I thank God for you.

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-Beautiful morning, Sergeant Major.
-You a fucking weatherman now?

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Look what I found
forthe new baseball player.

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PLUMLEY: They've sent us
a bunch ofofficers.
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Real green. Gotta train them up.

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Must be thinking ofstarting a new unit.

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They sent new rifles too, the M-16.

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-It's supposed to be a good weapon.
-Lots of plastic.

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Feels like a BB gun to me.
l think I'll stick with my pistol.

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-You think we'll get close enough forthat?
-What do you think, sir?

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A leader must remain cool and calm.

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He must learn to ignore explosions,
the heat and the dust,

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the screams ofthe wounded.

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This is normal on a battlefield. Normal.

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(FAINT GUNFIRE ON RADIO)

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SOLDIER 1: Colonel, you need to get
a company overto reinforce the left flank.

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-Where the hell's that coming from?
-lt's our advisors in Vietnam.

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The radio's picking up atmospheric bounce.

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(EXPLOSIONS)

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(MACHINE-GUN FIRE)

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(MEN SCREAM)

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When Crazy Horse was a baby,

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he nursed from the breast
of every woman in the tribe.

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The Sioux raised their children thatway.

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Every warrior called every woman in the tribe
"Mother",

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every olderwarrior
they called "Grandfather".

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The point here is they fought as a family.

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Take care ofyour men.

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Teach them to take care ofeach other,

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'cause when this starts,
each other is all we're gonna have.

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-HAL: Did you tune that in?
-Yes, sir.
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That's fine. You're my radio operator.

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-(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY) I...
-You'll be fine. You'll work it out.

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Any ofyou sons-of-bitches
calls me Grandpa,

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l'll kill you.

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JACK: Godboldt, take your boots off.

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Go on.

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Everybody, take your boots off.

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Everybody. Socks too.

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I want you to draw fresh socks from supply

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and keep yourfeet dusted with powder.

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Everybody check each other's feet
like Godboldt and me.

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-Now, that young man's a leader.
-Yes, sir.

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But that otherfella, that big strong one
there. He wants to win medals.

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(YELLING)

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He's eager.

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Ladies. l'm really glad you're here today.

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I know that some ofyou are new to the Army
and all of us are new to this post,

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so I thought we could pool our resources

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and coverwhatever questions
we might have.

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Why don't we start
with item number one, food?

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Ifthe commissary is out ofsomething,
where's the best place to shop?

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l tried Big Star and it's okay.

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But I keep thinking my water's going to break
at the check-out aisle!

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That takes care offood shopping.
So item number two, laundry.

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The washing machines don't work.
They're full ofsand.

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-l'll take care ofthat.
-l've complained.
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Well, we'll just go to the General.

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The laundromat in town's okay, but they
won't let you wash coloured things.

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-ln a public laundromat?
-lt doesn't make sense,

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but they have a sign in the window saying
"Whites Only".

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-(LAUGHING) What?
-Honey, they mean white people only.

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That's awful. Your husband is wearing
the uniform ofa country that allows a place

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to say that his laundry's not good enough,
when he could die for...

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-I'm sorry. I...
-That's all right, honey.

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I know what my husband's fighting for
and that's why l can smile.

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My husband will never ask for respect,

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and he'll give respect to no man
who hasn't earned it.

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The rest of his family's the same way.

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They can keep their goddamn
washing machine

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because my baby's clothes are clean anyway.

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Well, I guess that takes care
of item numbertwo!

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Oh.

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-Are you all right?
-I think my waterjust broke.

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Okay. Okay. We're all calm.

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We're all calm. A car!

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(ALL CHATTERING)

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(BABIES CRY)

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(HAL CLEARING THROAT)

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-Colonel.
-At ease. At ease.

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I heard my new Lieutenant's
become a father. Congratulations.

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-Thank you, sir.
-I didn'twant to disturb you.

237
00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:14,374
No, no, it's fine. It's all right. Please.
238
00:22:15,334 --> 00:22:17,961
-How's yourwife?
-She's okay. She's okay.

239
00:22:18,254 --> 00:22:20,797
She's sleeping. So is my daughter.

240
00:22:21,674 --> 00:22:25,009
l just wanted to be here for a while
before I held her.

241
00:22:26,136 --> 00:22:29,973
-This hertag? What's this say?
-Oh, Camille. I'm sorry about this.

242
00:22:30,099 --> 00:22:33,101
Don't you take that off. That's an order.

243
00:22:35,145 --> 00:22:38,022
-Colonel, may l ask you a question?
-Sure.

244
00:22:40,609 --> 00:22:44,070
What do you think
about being a soldier and a father?

245
00:22:45,823 --> 00:22:49,659
I hope that being good at the one
makes me better at the other.

246
00:22:52,538 --> 00:22:54,247
Why? What about you?

247
00:22:55,833 --> 00:22:57,417
l don't know, sir.

248
00:22:58,085 --> 00:23:03,047
Between college and here,
Barbara and I spent a year in Africa.

249
00:23:05,050 --> 00:23:07,552
We helped build a school for orphans.

250
00:23:09,930 --> 00:23:14,976
They were orphans because the warlord
across the border didn't like their tribe.

251
00:23:18,022 --> 00:23:20,023
l know God has a plan for me.

252
00:23:22,943 --> 00:23:25,778
I just hope it's to help protect orphans,

253
00:23:26,572 --> 00:23:27,906
not make any.

254
00:23:31,493 --> 00:23:33,620
Well, why don't we ask him?

255
00:23:35,539 --> 00:23:37,582
Come on, let's go ask him.

256
00:23:42,046 --> 00:23:45,131
Our Father in Heaven,
before we go into battle,

257
00:23:46,050 --> 00:23:49,802
every soldier among us will approach you
each in his own way.

258
00:23:50,387 --> 00:23:51,930
Our enemies too,

259
00:23:52,139 --> 00:23:57,018
according to their own understanding,
will ask for protection and forvictory.

260
00:23:57,102 --> 00:24:01,898
And so we bow before your infinite wisdom.
We offer our prayers as best we can.

261
00:24:03,150 --> 00:24:06,945
l pray you watch overthe young men
like Jack Geoghegan

262
00:24:07,571 --> 00:24:09,530
that l lead into battle.

263
00:24:10,324 --> 00:24:15,036
You use me as your instrument
in this awful hell ofwarto watch overthem.
264
00:24:16,372 --> 00:24:18,081
Especially ifthey're men
like this one beside me,

265
00:24:18,165 --> 00:24:21,542
deserving ofa future in your blessing
and goodwill.

266
00:24:24,004 --> 00:24:25,380
-Amen.
-Amen.

267
00:24:27,841 --> 00:24:30,426
Oh! Yes, and one more thing, dear Lord.

268
00:24:31,136 --> 00:24:33,096
About our enemies,

269
00:24:34,807 --> 00:24:39,060
ignore their heathen prayers and help us
blow those bastards to hell.

270
00:24:39,144 --> 00:24:40,645
Amen again.

271
00:24:48,904 --> 00:24:53,241
There's the one about the kid
with the apple tree or the flying horse,

272
00:24:53,325 --> 00:24:56,577
-the fairytales with the deer and stuff.
-Daddy?

273
00:24:56,745 --> 00:24:58,579
-Yes?
-What is a war?

274
00:25:03,669 --> 00:25:06,546
War is um... Well, it's...

275
00:25:10,884 --> 00:25:14,804
It's something that shouldn't happen,
but it does.

276
00:25:16,056 --> 00:25:17,390
And, er...

277
00:25:17,474 --> 00:25:23,187
And it's when some people
in another country or in any country,

278
00:25:24,690 --> 00:25:27,233
try to take the lives ofother people.

279
00:25:28,736 --> 00:25:34,073
And then soldiers like your daddy have to...
It's myjob to go overthere and stop them.

280
00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,411
Are they gonna try to take your life away,
Daddy?

281
00:25:43,625 --> 00:25:46,127
Well, yes, Cecile, they're gonna try,

282
00:25:46,420 --> 00:25:48,504
but l'm not gonna let them.

283
00:26:11,820 --> 00:26:12,820
(DOG TAGS CLINKING)

284
00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:29,962
(FAINT BATTLE SOUNDS)

285
00:26:55,823 --> 00:26:57,073
JULIE: Can't sleep?

286
00:26:58,534 --> 00:26:59,575
No.

287
00:27:02,871 --> 00:27:07,125
The men are so young and now
they've sent me a new crop even greener.

288
00:27:08,961 --> 00:27:12,588
And when I look at them, I see our boys.

289
00:27:14,633 --> 00:27:17,176
Then you'rejust the man to lead them.

290
00:27:20,931 --> 00:27:21,973
I guess.

291
00:27:34,862 --> 00:27:37,780
PRESIDENT JOHNSON ON TV:
We intend to convince the Communists

292
00:27:38,949 --> 00:27:43,077
that we cannot be defeated byforce of arms.

293
00:27:44,997 --> 00:27:49,041
I have asked the commanding general,
General Westmoreland,

294
00:27:50,294 --> 00:27:54,672
what more he needs to meet
this mounting aggression.

295
00:27:56,717 --> 00:28:01,762
He has told me, and we will meet his needs.

296
00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:08,853
I have today ordered to Vietnam the Air
Mobile Division and certain otherforces,

297
00:28:08,937 --> 00:28:12,398
which wiII raise ourfighting strength
from 75,000

298
00:28:12,482 --> 00:28:17,111
to 125,000 men almost immediately.

299
00:28:18,655 --> 00:28:22,658
Additional forces will be needed later
and they will be sent...

300
00:28:22,743 --> 00:28:25,036
Get out your best dresses, ladies.

301
00:28:26,872 --> 00:28:29,248
They're going to want to celebrate.

302
00:28:31,210 --> 00:28:32,960
(SOUL MUSIC ON SPEAKERS)

303
00:28:39,968 --> 00:28:43,763
# Don't you ever be sad

304
00:28:44,514 --> 00:28:46,057
# Lean on me... #

305
00:28:52,022 --> 00:28:54,148
The President didn't say State of Emergency.

306
00:28:54,233 --> 00:28:55,858
No, he didn't.

307
00:28:56,526 --> 00:28:59,612
Without that our enlistments
won't be extended.

308
00:29:00,405 --> 00:29:01,906
I'm sorry, Hal.

309
00:29:02,991 --> 00:29:05,701
Forgive me, sir, but let me get this straight.

310
00:29:05,786 --> 00:29:09,330
We form a division using techniques
that have not been attempted in battle,

311
00:29:09,414 --> 00:29:13,501
against an enemywith 20 years
ofcombat experience on his ground,

312
00:29:13,669 --> 00:29:16,337
12,000 miles away from our ground.

313
00:29:16,421 --> 00:29:21,133
And right before the Army sends us into
the fight, they take away a third of my men.

314
00:29:21,218 --> 00:29:24,387
-The most experienced third.
-I don't like it any betterthan you, Hal.

315
00:29:24,471 --> 00:29:26,055
l don't know, sir.

316
00:29:28,517 --> 00:29:31,018
You saw this coming, didn't you? Yes.
317
00:29:31,478 --> 00:29:34,689
That's why you gave me
those new platoon leaders.

318
00:29:35,732 --> 00:29:37,984
(SIGHING) Korea didn't teach them anything.

319
00:29:38,568 --> 00:29:40,820
-Politicians?
-Politicians...

320
00:29:46,702 --> 00:29:48,869
# Hold me, hold me

321
00:29:49,997 --> 00:29:52,540
# Never let me go

322
00:29:52,708 --> 00:29:54,959
# Until you've told me, told me

323
00:29:56,962 --> 00:30:02,258
# What I want to know
and then just hold me, hold me

324
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:07,346
# Make me tell you I'm in love with you

325
00:30:13,353 --> 00:30:16,314
# Thrill me, thrill me... #

326
00:30:17,983 --> 00:30:19,483
Thank you, sir.

327
00:30:19,568 --> 00:30:23,529
By the way, Hal, since we're being deployed,
they're renumbering the units.

328
00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:28,117
You're the commanding officer ofthe First
Battalion ofthe Seventh Cavalry.

329
00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:34,582
The Seventh? The same regiment as Custer?

330
00:30:40,005 --> 00:30:41,422
Thank you, sir.

331
00:30:45,927 --> 00:30:50,806
# Don't be fooled
Thinking this is the last you'll find

332
00:30:52,809 --> 00:30:57,813
# But they never stood
in the dark with you, love

333
00:30:58,857 --> 00:31:05,529
# When you take me in your arms
and drive me slowly out of my mind

334
00:31:06,156 --> 00:31:09,033
# Kiss me, kiss me

335
00:31:09,117 --> 00:31:13,704
# And when you do I know
that you will miss me

336
00:31:14,039 --> 00:31:15,456
# Miss me

337
00:31:16,041 --> 00:31:21,420
# Ifwe ever say "Adieu"
So kiss me, kiss me

338
00:31:22,547 --> 00:31:26,592
# Make me tell you I'm in love with you

339
00:31:32,265 --> 00:31:36,268
# Kiss me, kiss me, when you do I know
that you will miss me... #

340
00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:50,926
HAL ON P.A.: Lookaroundyou.

341
00:32:53,680 --> 00:32:58,350
In the Seventh Cavalry, we've got a captain
from the Ukraine.

342
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:02,605
Anotherfrom Puerto Rico.

343
00:33:03,106 --> 00:33:05,399
We've got Japanese, Chinese,

344
00:33:05,901 --> 00:33:08,569
Blacks, Hispanics, Cherokee Indians.

345
00:33:10,530 --> 00:33:12,114
Jews and Gentiles.

346
00:33:13,325 --> 00:33:14,909
All American.

347
00:33:16,828 --> 00:33:21,207
Now, here in the States,
some men in this unit

348
00:33:22,334 --> 00:33:25,878
may experience discrimination
because of race or creed.

349
00:33:26,922 --> 00:33:31,091
But for you and me now, aII that is gone.

350
00:33:32,802 --> 00:33:36,347
We're moving
into the Valley ofthe Shadow of Death,

351
00:33:37,849 --> 00:33:42,686
where you will watch the back ofthe man
next to you, as he will watch yours.

352
00:33:43,939 --> 00:33:46,357
And you won't care what colour he is

353
00:33:46,983 --> 00:33:48,984
or by what name he calls God.

354
00:33:50,987 --> 00:33:53,197
They say we're leaving home.

355
00:33:55,951 --> 00:33:58,994
We're going to what home
was always supposed to be.

356
00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:04,625
So let us understand the situation.
357
00:34:05,835 --> 00:34:11,257
We are going into battle
against a tough and determined enemy.

358
00:34:16,012 --> 00:34:21,141
I can't promise you
that I will bring you aII home alive.

359
00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:24,979
But this I swear,

360
00:34:26,982 --> 00:34:29,275
before you and before aImighty God

361
00:34:30,026 --> 00:34:35,823
that when we go into battle,
I will be the first to set foot on the field,

362
00:34:37,993 --> 00:34:40,703
and I will be the last to step off,

363
00:34:42,914 --> 00:34:45,791
and I will leave no one behind.

364
00:34:50,922 --> 00:34:52,423
Dead or alive,

365
00:34:54,843 --> 00:34:56,969
we will all come home together.

366
00:34:59,389 --> 00:35:00,889
So help me God.

367
00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:29,890
I love you.

368
00:40:15,163 --> 00:40:16,955
(WHISTLE BLOWING)

369
00:41:10,969 --> 00:41:12,928
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON P.A.)

370
00:41:28,403 --> 00:41:29,444
-Hal.
-Sir.
371
00:41:29,570 --> 00:41:32,114
Last night, the enemy hit our camp
at Plei Mei.

372
00:41:32,198 --> 00:41:34,408
-How many casualties?
-None.

373
00:41:34,993 --> 00:41:38,829
The enemy withdrew towards
this mountain on the Cambodian border.

374
00:41:38,913 --> 00:41:41,832
-How many men do you have battle ready?
-Sergeant Major?

375
00:41:41,916 --> 00:41:44,793
395, sir. Exactly.

376
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:47,713
What do you estimate the enemy strength?

377
00:41:47,797 --> 00:41:50,716
We appraise their numbers as manageable.

378
00:41:51,968 --> 00:41:54,803
-You have no idea.
-We have no idea.

379
00:41:55,722 --> 00:41:58,849
Simple orders, Hal.
Find the enemy and kill him.

380
00:42:02,270 --> 00:42:06,773
HAL: They attack us, no casualties,
then they run and hide in the mountains.

381
00:42:06,858 --> 00:42:09,484
Naturally, we chase them, ofcourse.

382
00:42:09,777 --> 00:42:12,404
(SIGHING)
Does it smell like an ambush to you?

383
00:42:12,822 --> 00:42:17,242
Ifthey're close enough to kill us,
we'll be close enough to kill them.

384
00:42:20,997 --> 00:42:23,498
HAL: Round trip a chopper, 30 minutes.

385
00:42:23,875 --> 00:42:27,919
That means the first 60 men on the ground
will be there a half hour alone.

386
00:42:28,004 --> 00:42:32,799
Son-of-a-bitch. I think maybe
you ought to get yourselfan M-16.

387
00:42:34,302 --> 00:42:35,510
When the time comes I need one, sir,

388
00:42:35,595 --> 00:42:39,347
there'll be plenty ofthem
lying on the ground.

389
00:42:44,979 --> 00:42:47,689
Well, let's go do what we came here to do.

390
00:42:47,774 --> 00:42:48,815
Yes, sir.

391
00:43:02,580 --> 00:43:03,622
HAL: Carry on!

392
00:43:03,706 --> 00:43:04,748
(ALL CHEERING)

393
00:43:04,832 --> 00:43:07,709
# Lay me doon

394
00:43:09,504 --> 00:43:12,130
# In the caul, caul groon

395
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:18,470
# Whaur afore

396
00:43:21,182 --> 00:43:24,184
# Monie mair huv gaun

397
00:43:27,105 --> 00:43:29,189
# Lay me doon

398
00:43:31,943 --> 00:43:34,778
# In the caul, caul groon

399
00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:40,283
# Whaur afore

400
00:43:42,829 --> 00:43:45,580
# Monie mair huv gaun

401
00:43:49,794 --> 00:43:52,045
#When they come

402
00:43:54,215 --> 00:43:56,883
#A will staun ma groon

403
00:44:00,304 --> 00:44:02,180
# Staun ma groon

404
00:44:05,685 --> 00:44:07,936
#Al nae be afraid #

405
00:44:13,818 --> 00:44:18,488
JOE: It was a Sunday, November 14th, 1965.

406
00:44:19,866 --> 00:44:24,035
Before that day, the soldiers
of North Vietnam and those ofAmerica

407
00:44:24,287 --> 00:44:27,205
had never met each other in a major battle.

408
00:44:56,235 --> 00:44:59,196
(ON RADIO)
Two miles out. Dropping to nap ofthe earth.

409
00:45:36,817 --> 00:45:38,902
(MISSILES WHOOSHING)

410
00:45:45,952 --> 00:45:47,661
(SHOUTS IN VIETNAMESE)

411
00:46:52,226 --> 00:46:53,893
(GUNS FIRING)

412
00:47:18,544 --> 00:47:20,628
(PEOPLE SHOUTlNG)

413
00:47:55,081 --> 00:47:56,748
(SHARP WHISTLE)

414
00:48:01,462 --> 00:48:03,505
First Platoon, let's move.

415
00:48:16,769 --> 00:48:18,978
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO)

416
00:48:22,817 --> 00:48:25,568
It's a scout! Let's take him prisoner!

417
00:48:27,071 --> 00:48:28,530
Lieutenant!

418
00:48:32,827 --> 00:48:34,702
SOLDIER 1: There he goes! Come on!

419
00:48:39,917 --> 00:48:41,042
Come on!

420
00:48:41,335 --> 00:48:44,337
Captain, keep in contact with all the patrols.

421
00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:49,092
Hey, hey... I got something here. l got a boy!

422
00:48:49,635 --> 00:48:51,719
Hell, that ain't no boy.

423
00:48:51,887 --> 00:48:53,513
(BOY GRUNTING)

424
00:48:53,597 --> 00:48:55,473
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

425
00:48:57,143 --> 00:48:59,769
-He say he deserter.
-Bullshit. He's a look-out.
426
00:48:59,854 --> 00:49:01,563
Ask him where his friends are.

427
00:49:01,647 --> 00:49:03,857
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

428
00:49:08,737 --> 00:49:12,240
He say this is base camp forwhole division.
4,000 men.

429
00:49:12,575 --> 00:49:13,783
Where?

430
00:49:19,123 --> 00:49:20,748
That mountain.

431
00:49:28,883 --> 00:49:30,633
The same army that destroyed French.

432
00:49:30,718 --> 00:49:33,887
He say they want to kill Americans
very badly.

433
00:49:34,638 --> 00:49:36,681
Just not been able to find any yet.

434
00:49:36,765 --> 00:49:40,310
Captain Metsker, tell the patrols
to hold their positions.

435
00:49:43,439 --> 00:49:45,148
(INDISTINCT VOICE ON RADIO)

436
00:49:45,232 --> 00:49:46,816
(GUN FIRES)

437
00:49:48,694 --> 00:49:50,570
You, take the radio.

438
00:49:50,696 --> 00:49:51,779
(GUNFIRE)

439
00:49:53,949 --> 00:49:56,367
-Sir...
-We gotta get that guy.
440
00:50:02,458 --> 00:50:03,666
Captain, call in all the patrols.

441
00:50:03,751 --> 00:50:07,712
We have to engage the enemy
as far away from the LZ as possible.

442
00:50:11,091 --> 00:50:12,842
Net call, this is Trojan Two.

443
00:50:12,927 --> 00:50:14,969
JACK: Grab the wounded! Make contact!

444
00:50:15,054 --> 00:50:16,721
(WHISTLES BLOW)

445
00:50:17,223 --> 00:50:20,600
Get to high ground! Coverfire!
Get to high ground!

446
00:50:20,684 --> 00:50:22,769
Come on! Get up here!

447
00:50:25,397 --> 00:50:27,899
(SOLDIERS SCREAM)

448
00:50:37,660 --> 00:50:39,744
Coverfire! Coverfire!

449
00:50:43,707 --> 00:50:46,084
Everybody down! Get down!

450
00:50:49,421 --> 00:50:52,257
Check your ammo! Everybody check ammo!

451
00:50:59,848 --> 00:51:02,433
Come on, l'll get us out of here!

452
00:51:02,726 --> 00:51:05,937
-Grab the wounded, we'll make a run...
-SOLDIER 1: Sarge!

453
00:51:06,313 --> 00:51:08,439
We gotta get out of here!
454
00:51:09,108 --> 00:51:13,319
Stay down! Don't anybody move!
Bungum, stay down!

455
00:51:13,404 --> 00:51:15,613
(RAPID GUNFIRE CONTINUES)

456
00:51:26,584 --> 00:51:28,543
SOLDIER 1: (ECHOlNG)
You're gonna be okay.

457
00:51:31,297 --> 00:51:32,755
Stay down.

458
00:51:33,424 --> 00:51:37,760
Form a perimeter!
Conserve your ammo and stay down!

459
00:51:40,764 --> 00:51:43,266
What's happening with those patrols?

460
00:51:43,350 --> 00:51:45,351
(CONFUSED SHOUTING)

461
00:51:46,895 --> 00:51:48,313
Hey! Hey!

462
00:51:48,856 --> 00:51:54,319
Calm down! Understand the situation
and communicate clearly!

463
00:51:58,365 --> 00:52:02,160
Pull the chain on all the firepower
you can get on that mountain!

464
00:52:02,244 --> 00:52:04,871
Alert Crandall that we have a hot LZ.

465
00:52:04,955 --> 00:52:07,624
Agent Serpent Six, this is Trojan Two.

466
00:52:07,708 --> 00:52:10,209
(ON RADIO) You're coming into a hot LZ.
We're taking fire.
467
00:52:10,294 --> 00:52:12,503
Repeat, we are taking fire.

468
00:52:13,464 --> 00:52:14,672
No shit.

469
00:52:16,133 --> 00:52:18,343
TOO TALL ON RADIO:
This is Too Tall, we hear you.

470
00:52:18,469 --> 00:52:19,802
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

471
00:52:23,682 --> 00:52:25,892
Rogerthat. Trojan Two out!

472
00:52:26,101 --> 00:52:30,563
Herrick's platoon is cut offand under attack.
Bravo Company's holding.

473
00:52:31,231 --> 00:52:33,608
They're gonna try and flank us.

474
00:52:33,776 --> 00:52:34,776
(HELICOPTER APPROACHING)

475
00:52:43,202 --> 00:52:44,327
SOLDIER: Move!

476
00:52:46,789 --> 00:52:50,041
-We gotta go.
-MAN ON RADIO: We're outta here.

477
00:52:51,377 --> 00:52:52,585
Move!

478
00:52:58,175 --> 00:53:01,552
Savage.

479
00:53:02,638 --> 00:53:04,555
All right. I got you.

480
00:53:04,640 --> 00:53:07,141
-HENRY: D-d-d...
-Sir?
481
00:53:08,686 --> 00:53:11,437
Don't let them get the signals codes.

482
00:53:12,481 --> 00:53:13,981
Rogerthat, sir.

483
00:53:19,863 --> 00:53:22,281
l'm glad I could die for my country.

484
00:53:34,253 --> 00:53:35,503
Doc?

485
00:53:52,771 --> 00:53:55,732
-Bungum?
-Sarge.

486
00:54:02,740 --> 00:54:05,658
Tell my wife I love her.

487
00:54:09,705 --> 00:54:12,623
This is Savage.
l need artillery at these co-ordinates.

488
00:54:12,708 --> 00:54:15,001
Niner-three-three-zero-one...

489
00:54:18,255 --> 00:54:20,965
Ernie! Ernie, help! We got more coming!

490
00:54:21,425 --> 00:54:23,801
We are cut off. Copy? We are cut off.

491
00:54:23,886 --> 00:54:25,011
(BUGLE PLAYlNG)

492
00:54:25,095 --> 00:54:27,221
(WHISTLES BLOW)

493
00:54:27,306 --> 00:54:28,639
SOLDIER: Fire!

494
00:54:36,356 --> 00:54:38,858
There's close to a hundred more, sir!
495
00:54:46,575 --> 00:54:49,660
They're right on top of us, sir!
Bring it in close!

496
00:54:52,873 --> 00:54:54,332
(SCREAMING)

497
00:54:59,797 --> 00:55:00,880
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

498
00:55:53,016 --> 00:55:56,727
It's a hot LZ. We'll bejumping.
We will not touch down!

499
00:56:10,117 --> 00:56:14,704
They're trying to break right through us.
I want you to reinforce Alpha Company there.

500
00:56:14,788 --> 00:56:18,124
SOLDIER: Yes, sir! Follow me!
Charlie Company up on the ridge!

501
00:56:19,668 --> 00:56:22,503
Doc, the wounded
are over by that termite mound. Go!

502
00:56:22,588 --> 00:56:27,800
lfyou don't find some cover, you'll go down.
Ifyou go down, we all go down. Come on!

503
00:56:32,139 --> 00:56:33,097
(GRUNTS)

504
00:56:36,018 --> 00:56:37,393
(SCREAMING)

505
00:56:43,609 --> 00:56:44,817
Cobain!

506
00:56:45,319 --> 00:56:47,445
I want the M-60 right here!

507
00:56:54,786 --> 00:56:56,078
Radio!

508
00:56:58,957 --> 00:57:02,084
Sir, it's Captain Edwards on the ridge, sir!

509
00:57:02,294 --> 00:57:03,586
Bob.

510
00:57:03,670 --> 00:57:05,046
EDWARD ON RADIO:
Colonel, these guys are regulars.

511
00:57:05,172 --> 00:57:08,674
Heavily armed.
AK-47s and pouches ofgrenades!

512
00:57:08,759 --> 00:57:11,135
Heavy machine-guns
and shoulder-fired rockets!

513
00:57:11,219 --> 00:57:12,845
(SCREAMING)

514
00:57:14,139 --> 00:57:15,556
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

515
00:57:30,197 --> 00:57:33,574
Captain Nadal. That creek bed is vital.

516
00:57:33,659 --> 00:57:37,662
Vital! Now, they'll be coming right at you.
Do not let them flank.

517
00:57:38,205 --> 00:57:40,623
HAL ON RADIO:
I repeat, do not let them flank!

518
00:57:40,707 --> 00:57:42,416
NADAL: Secure the creek bed!

519
00:57:54,596 --> 00:57:56,639
(SOLDIERS MOANING PAINFULLY)

520
00:57:59,559 --> 00:58:02,311
Tom, keep trying to raise
those Medevac boys.

521
00:58:02,396 --> 00:58:03,646
(TOM GRUNTS)

522
00:58:12,823 --> 00:58:13,906
Tom? Tom?

523
00:58:15,951 --> 00:58:18,703
-l'm all right.
-Charlie, come here.

524
00:58:19,705 --> 00:58:23,332
I want you to get me all the air support
you can get me on that mountain. Now!

525
00:58:23,458 --> 00:58:27,962
Requesting immediate air support.
I need you to burn them out on hill top.

526
00:58:28,171 --> 00:58:34,802
Alpha, shift to Alpha Bravo.
Co-ordinates. Golf4-5-2...

527
00:58:50,819 --> 00:58:52,695
Give me something higher up!

528
00:58:52,779 --> 00:58:57,116
CHARLIE:
Shifting to hilltop, Bravo. Golf4-5-7-2.

529
00:58:59,077 --> 00:59:02,663
l'll say again. 4-5-7-2.

530
00:59:14,634 --> 00:59:17,678
Medevac Commander, are you inbound?

531
00:59:17,763 --> 00:59:19,597
MEDEVAC (ON RADIO):
Looks pretty hot down there.

532
00:59:19,681 --> 00:59:22,975
Yeah. You can make it.
Watch our approach. Follow us in.

533
00:59:23,685 --> 00:59:26,896
MEDEVAC: Copythat,
Seventh Cav. We will follow your approach.

534
00:59:41,495 --> 00:59:42,870
(ALARM BEEPING)

535
00:59:44,748 --> 00:59:47,917
Get overthere. Reinforce Charlie Company.

536
00:59:54,466 --> 00:59:58,469
SNAKE: The Medevac guys are bugging out
and leaving the wounded!

537
01:00:11,775 --> 01:00:14,819
-Snake, get out of here!
-Bring in the wounded!

538
01:00:14,903 --> 01:00:16,570
Get the wounded!

539
01:00:16,696 --> 01:00:18,197
Come on! Come on!

540
01:00:23,787 --> 01:00:28,624
Come here. They're still trying to flank us.
Stretch out along the line.

541
01:00:31,837 --> 01:00:32,878
(SCREAMS)

542
01:00:32,963 --> 01:00:34,255
Radio!

543
01:00:37,676 --> 01:00:41,762
Trojan Six, we're in heavy contact.
In danger of being overrun!

544
01:00:41,847 --> 01:00:44,765
Ifthey get the LZ, we've had it.
Can you hold?

545
01:00:44,975 --> 01:00:47,434
We're spread thin, sir, but we'll give 'em hell.

546
01:00:47,519 --> 01:00:49,103
(WHISTLES BLOWING)

547
01:00:55,235 --> 01:00:59,530
HALON RADIO: Crandall, this is Trojan Six.
It's too hot down here, I'm closing the LZ.

548
01:00:59,614 --> 01:01:02,992
-You copythat, Too Tall?
-Copy that, Snake.

549
01:01:03,410 --> 01:01:06,412
MAN ON RADIO: All Seventh Cav air units,
LZ X-Ray is closed.

550
01:01:06,538 --> 01:01:11,250
-I don't like it. Awhole battalion massacred.
-You think this is a massacre?

551
01:01:11,751 --> 01:01:15,379
Losing a lot ofdraftees is a bad week.
Losing a colonel is a massacre.

552
01:01:15,463 --> 01:01:16,547
Moore is still fighting.

553
01:01:16,631 --> 01:01:20,176
He's against more men than he can count.
A platoon is lost.

554
01:01:20,260 --> 01:01:23,470
They're not lost.
They're cut offand surrounded.

555
01:01:26,808 --> 01:01:28,767
Then they're lost.

556
01:01:28,935 --> 01:01:30,853
-Sergeant Major!
-PLUMLEY: Sir!

557
01:01:32,939 --> 01:01:36,483
We need to carve out an emergency LZ
right over there.

558
01:01:36,776 --> 01:01:39,028
-Sir!
-Blow the trees down.

559
01:01:48,121 --> 01:01:49,663
Fire in the hole!
560
01:01:56,004 --> 01:01:58,047
SNAKE:
Colonel, this is Snakeshit and Too Tall.

561
01:01:58,131 --> 01:02:00,174
We're coming in with two loads ofammo.

562
01:02:00,258 --> 01:02:02,051
HAL ON RADIO: We've blown a newLZ.

563
01:02:02,135 --> 01:02:04,803
Come in from the east. Out.

564
01:02:09,267 --> 01:02:11,769
It's Brigade Headquarters, they want you out.

565
01:02:11,853 --> 01:02:14,855
-We can't get out, damn it!
-Not all of us, just you.

566
01:02:14,940 --> 01:02:17,107
Saigon wants to debriefyou.

567
01:02:18,026 --> 01:02:19,568
That doesn't make any sense.

568
01:02:19,653 --> 01:02:22,446
Say again. Will you repeat that order?

569
01:02:28,370 --> 01:02:31,247
Too Tall, follow the Colonel to the new LZ.

570
01:02:31,539 --> 01:02:33,165
TOOTALL: I see him, Snake.

571
01:02:38,713 --> 01:02:40,172
SOLDlER: Let's go! Move!

572
01:02:45,053 --> 01:02:46,303
Shit!

573
01:02:46,805 --> 01:02:49,139
Come on, we'll give you a hand.

574
01:02:50,016 --> 01:02:52,643
All right, get that ammo off
and get the wounded on!

575
01:02:52,727 --> 01:02:55,312
Bring them on. Get them on, boys.

576
01:03:02,737 --> 01:03:04,530
No, no! We're overloaded. Leave him.

577
01:03:04,614 --> 01:03:07,741
No. l'll get out. It's Ray.
He's hurtworse than me.

578
01:03:09,703 --> 01:03:12,079
You hang on. I'll see you back there, Ray.

579
01:03:12,163 --> 01:03:13,622
(GRUNTS)

580
01:03:27,721 --> 01:03:29,430
(AGONISED SCREAMING)

581
01:03:37,814 --> 01:03:39,940
You, me and Ouellette are all we have
in reserve.

582
01:03:40,025 --> 01:03:42,651
Yeah. We're slacking up a little.

583
01:03:42,736 --> 01:03:45,946
No.
We'rejust regrouping for another assault.

584
01:03:46,364 --> 01:03:48,407
Distribute that ammo.

585
01:03:48,491 --> 01:03:49,700
-Ouellette!
-OUELLETTE: Sir.

586
01:03:49,784 --> 01:03:52,661
Tell Crandall he's got time
for one more flight in here.

587
01:03:52,746 --> 01:03:53,746
Yes, sir.

588
01:03:55,540 --> 01:03:57,249
Agent Serpent, this is Trojan Six...

589
01:03:57,334 --> 01:03:59,710
Doc, get this waterto the wounded.

590
01:04:02,714 --> 01:04:05,799
Everybody's out ofwater.
lt must be terrible forthem.

591
01:04:05,884 --> 01:04:08,719
And those guys are cut offout there.

592
01:04:13,850 --> 01:04:16,268
SOLDIER 1: Running low on ammo, Sarge!

593
01:04:16,353 --> 01:04:18,937
ERNIE: Pick yourtarget.
One shot, one kill. All right?

594
01:04:19,064 --> 01:04:21,523
SOLDlER 1: Rogerthat, Sarge.
ERNlE: How are we doing, Doc?

595
01:04:21,608 --> 01:04:26,612
-SOLDIER 2: Ernie, we're out ofwater.
-That's the last of it.

596
01:04:39,834 --> 01:04:41,585
(SCREAMING)

597
01:04:41,669 --> 01:04:46,673
-My face is on fire!
-Phosphorus! Hold still! Hold still!

598
01:04:47,008 --> 01:04:49,551
Don't touch yourface. Hold still.

599
01:05:02,857 --> 01:05:05,484
-Doc! Doc! lt's phosphorus.
-Okay.

600
01:05:08,780 --> 01:05:11,782
Does anybody have any more bandages?
601
01:05:17,872 --> 01:05:19,790
(SHOUTING IN VIETNAMESE)

602
01:05:25,672 --> 01:05:26,755
Ernie!

603
01:05:27,424 --> 01:05:30,551
-Ernie, you hit too? You hit?
-No. I'm okay.

604
01:05:31,094 --> 01:05:33,470
Our guys are gonna come for us?

605
01:05:35,890 --> 01:05:37,516
-Yeah.
-When?

606
01:05:40,687 --> 01:05:42,020
Plug his wound.

607
01:05:44,983 --> 01:05:47,693
SNAKE: That's the main LZ, but it's closed.

608
01:06:04,210 --> 01:06:06,378
This is Too Tall, I'm clear.

609
01:06:06,629 --> 01:06:08,505
Crandall's clear.

610
01:06:14,554 --> 01:06:15,721
-Colonel.
-Geoghegan.

611
01:06:15,805 --> 01:06:19,099
I want you to go and reinforce the company
on that ridge.

612
01:06:19,184 --> 01:06:21,727
-Yes, sir!
-Okay. Keep your head down.

613
01:06:23,813 --> 01:06:26,356
To the top ofthe ridge! Move it!

614
01:06:39,787 --> 01:06:43,957
Captain Nadal? We've got to break through
to that cut-off platoon.

615
01:06:44,918 --> 01:06:47,628
We got an American platoon out there.

616
01:06:47,712 --> 01:06:50,797
We've got an Air Cav platoon cut off
out there!

617
01:06:50,965 --> 01:06:54,384
-ALL: Air Cav! Air Cav!
-Going over!

618
01:06:54,469 --> 01:06:55,802
(ALL CHEERING)

619
01:07:14,030 --> 01:07:17,783
I said, "I know. Your mom asked me
to give you ¤600!"

620
01:07:20,411 --> 01:07:21,954
Good luck to you.

621
01:07:27,544 --> 01:07:31,713
-You got enough room for one more?
-Ifyou're crazy enough, get in.

622
01:07:31,798 --> 01:07:32,923
Yes, sir.

623
01:07:49,566 --> 01:07:52,401
Hey, what are those lights down there?

624
01:07:53,111 --> 01:07:57,114
SNAKE: Enemy soldiers.
They use candles on the trail.

625
01:07:58,283 --> 01:08:00,993
They're moving into position to attack.

626
01:08:01,578 --> 01:08:03,078
(BULLETS PING)

627
01:08:04,163 --> 01:08:05,622
Here we go!

628
01:08:27,854 --> 01:08:31,565
SNAKE: Help them unload that shit!
All right? Let's go! Let's go!

629
01:08:37,989 --> 01:08:41,199
Your boys have done a hell of a job
today, Snake.

630
01:08:41,492 --> 01:08:43,535
SNAKE ON RADIO:
That's the last flight fortonight, Colonel,

631
01:08:43,620 --> 01:08:45,871
but you need us, you call us.

632
01:08:49,709 --> 01:08:52,711
-Who the hell are you?
-I'm a reporter, sir.

633
01:08:53,588 --> 01:08:56,965
-Hell.
-Joe Galloway, UPI. How's it going, sir?

634
01:08:57,050 --> 01:09:01,219
We've been flat to the boards.
We're greatly outnumbered.

635
01:09:02,597 --> 01:09:06,183
We got more enemy coming, sir.
Saw a chain of lights coming in.

636
01:09:06,267 --> 01:09:08,185
-Is that so?
-Yes, sir.

637
01:09:08,269 --> 01:09:11,813
-Well, I can't guarantee your safety.
-Yes, sir. I know.

638
01:09:12,690 --> 01:09:15,692
-Where are you from, son?
-Rufugio, Texas, sir.

639
01:09:15,777 --> 01:09:19,363
That's the first thing I heard all day
that makes any sense.

640
01:09:19,447 --> 01:09:20,656
-Captain Dillon!
-Sir!

641
01:09:20,740 --> 01:09:23,950
-Did you see those lights?
-We're on it now, sir.

642
01:09:24,035 --> 01:09:27,579
-You fry those sons-of-bitches.
-This is Trojan Three.

643
01:09:27,664 --> 01:09:31,667
Fire emissions. Tango Foxtrot 4-9-6-5-6-9.

644
01:09:31,751 --> 01:09:34,503
Repeat, Tango Foxtrot...

645
01:09:37,131 --> 01:09:40,592
MAN ON P.A.: All operations are suspended
forthe evening.

646
01:09:41,469 --> 01:09:44,721
Morning operations are scheduled
for 0530 hours.

647
01:10:17,255 --> 01:10:19,715
-Where's Crandall?
-He's right there, sir.

648
01:10:19,799 --> 01:10:24,886
-Crandall! You led my men into a hot LZ.
-Somebody had to fly out the wounded.

649
01:10:24,971 --> 01:10:29,182
Don't you play hotshot with me!
You suckered us in there.

650
01:10:29,267 --> 01:10:31,476
Do it again, I'll have you busted!

651
01:10:31,561 --> 01:10:35,105
You got the balls to face me,
but not the enemy!
652
01:10:35,189 --> 01:10:36,690
Whoa! Hey! Whoa!

653
01:10:38,109 --> 01:10:40,736
If I ever see you again, l'll kill you.

654
01:10:44,615 --> 01:10:46,199
That's right.

655
01:10:47,535 --> 01:10:48,618
Hey.

656
01:10:54,584 --> 01:10:56,293
What a day, huh?

657
01:11:02,091 --> 01:11:03,967
Tomorrow will be worse.

658
01:11:06,888 --> 01:11:09,055
lfthey make it to tomorrow.

659
01:11:19,442 --> 01:11:21,818
(WHlSPERS) Ernie, I can smell them.

660
01:11:23,446 --> 01:11:26,364
-Dead bodies stink.
-It's not the dead ones.

661
01:11:26,449 --> 01:11:30,702
l can smell them crawling up on us.
I'm telling you.

662
01:11:36,417 --> 01:11:40,545
I need illumination. 6-5-0-1-5-0-1.

663
01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:48,929
(WHOOSHING)

664
01:11:49,555 --> 01:11:51,056
(MISSILE FIRES)

665
01:11:53,184 --> 01:11:54,810
(SCREAMING)

666
01:11:58,272 --> 01:12:03,068
l need artillery on previously-established
targets! Alpha, Bravo and Charlie.

667
01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:05,654
Fire for effect! Fire for effect!

668
01:12:08,783 --> 01:12:11,576
Save your ammo! Cease fire!

669
01:12:12,662 --> 01:12:14,329
ls anybody hit?

670
01:12:16,040 --> 01:12:20,001
Captain, ifyou guys are coming,
you better let us know.

671
01:12:20,419 --> 01:12:23,547
I don'twant to shoot any ofour guys. Copy?

672
01:12:24,465 --> 01:12:28,760
Savage, we can't make it tonight.

673
01:12:31,639 --> 01:12:33,932
HAL ON RADIO:
Don't worry. You're gonna make it.

674
01:12:35,434 --> 01:12:37,727
We'll come get you in the morning.

675
01:12:40,189 --> 01:12:41,648
Yes, sir.

676
01:12:43,234 --> 01:12:44,317
Out.

677
01:13:37,914 --> 01:13:41,875
(WHISPERING) Hey,
you're doing a finejob, son. Don't worry.

678
01:13:42,293 --> 01:13:45,545
We gave them more than they gave us today.
Keep it up.

679
01:13:45,630 --> 01:13:49,799
How you boys doing? Keep on doing
what you're doing and you'll be fine.

680
01:13:51,385 --> 01:13:55,263
Your men have done a hell ofajob today,
Lieutenant Geoghegan.

681
01:13:55,556 --> 01:13:58,475
They won't get through, sir. Count on it.

682
01:13:58,726 --> 01:14:01,186
l know that, Jack. Keep it up, son.

683
01:14:03,773 --> 01:14:05,815
lt's Rear Headquarters.

684
01:14:05,900 --> 01:14:09,778
-MAN ON RADIO: Howis it, Colonel?
-We're surrounded, but we're holding on.

685
01:14:11,739 --> 01:14:15,450
Sir, I need a confirmed count
ofour dead and wounded.

686
01:14:15,534 --> 01:14:19,412
-I've got to know where all my boys are.
-MAN ON RADIO: You'llgetit, Hal.

687
01:14:22,833 --> 01:14:25,418
-Here they come.
-Captain Edwards.

688
01:14:26,963 --> 01:14:29,130
(WHISPERING)
We need illumination on the perimeter.

689
01:14:29,215 --> 01:14:32,634
EDWARD: Whisky-Five, this is Six-Alpha.
l need illumination now.

690
01:14:56,075 --> 01:14:57,909
(CAR ENGINE STARTING)

691
01:15:08,045 --> 01:15:09,379
(SOBBING)

692
01:15:09,463 --> 01:15:26,271
Cathy?

693
01:15:26,564 --> 01:15:32,694
(SOBBING)
A telegram! A cab delivers a telegram.

694
01:15:33,863 --> 01:15:39,117
"The Secretary ofthe Army re...regrets..."

695
01:16:24,080 --> 01:16:25,538
(DOORBELL RINGS)

696
01:16:38,636 --> 01:16:41,054
Mrs Moore? Colonel Moore's wife?

697
01:16:44,391 --> 01:16:45,475
Yes.

698
01:16:47,019 --> 01:16:49,395
I need help finding an address.

699
01:16:50,147 --> 01:16:52,690
-l'm looking for...
-You jackass!

700
01:16:53,442 --> 01:16:57,403
Do you know what this is?
Do you knowwhat you just did to me?

701
01:17:10,501 --> 01:17:12,502
I don't like thisjob, ma'am.

702
01:17:13,879 --> 01:17:15,880
l'm just trying to do it.

703
01:17:20,678 --> 01:17:22,720
Wait. Wait.

704
01:17:27,643 --> 01:17:29,602
l'll take it to her.

705
01:17:36,235 --> 01:17:40,446
Tell the cab company ifthere are any others,
just bring them to me.

706
01:17:50,708 --> 01:17:51,916
BARBARA: Julie.

707
01:17:52,626 --> 01:17:55,837
l just went by to see Catherine.
Everybody knows.

708
01:17:57,590 --> 01:17:59,716
No chaplains or counsellors? Cab drivers?

709
01:17:59,800 --> 01:18:01,718
The Army wasn't ready.

710
01:18:04,763 --> 01:18:06,556
l'll go with you.

711
01:18:07,308 --> 01:18:09,267
-Thanks.
-Who's itfor?

712
01:18:20,112 --> 01:18:23,990
Uh-uh.

713
01:18:24,909 --> 01:18:25,909
No!

714
01:18:51,602 --> 01:18:53,770
I thought she would hate me.

715
01:18:54,939 --> 01:18:59,776
Your husband didn't start the war. They all
knew this could happen and so did we.

716
01:19:22,633 --> 01:19:25,551
-l'll take care ofthis.
-l'll go with you.

717
01:19:29,473 --> 01:19:31,599
We'll do one at a time, okay?

718
01:19:33,143 --> 01:19:35,144
-We won't look. Okay?
-Okay.

719
01:20:32,202 --> 01:20:35,747
BARBARA: Julie. Do you think they'll bring
more telegrams tomorrow?

720
01:20:40,669 --> 01:20:42,712
lfthere are, come and get me.

721
01:21:03,108 --> 01:21:06,778
In the name ofthe Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost. Amen.

722
01:21:07,946 --> 01:21:12,492
Out ofthe depths I cry to thee, O Lord.
Lord, hear my voice.

723
01:21:14,203 --> 01:21:17,830
Let thine ears be attentive
to the voice of my supplications.

724
01:21:19,291 --> 01:21:21,959
Thou, O Lord, shall mark our iniquities.

725
01:21:23,712 --> 01:21:25,630
Lord, who can abide them?

726
01:21:28,550 --> 01:21:30,551
With thee there is mercy.

727
01:21:33,138 --> 01:21:38,226
Grant them eternal rest, O Lord,
and may perpetual light shine upon them.

728
01:21:39,561 --> 01:21:43,314
Through the mercy of God,
may they rest in peace. Amen.

729
01:21:43,774 --> 01:21:47,318
In the name ofthe Father, the Son
and the Holy Ghost.

730
01:21:53,367 --> 01:21:56,244
-You got a death wish, Galloway?
-No, sir.

731
01:21:57,871 --> 01:21:59,747
Well, why are you here?

732
01:22:04,545 --> 01:22:07,338
I knew these dead boys would be here, sir.

733
01:22:15,514 --> 01:22:18,766
Why aren't you a soldier?
You got the guts for it.

734
01:22:19,726 --> 01:22:22,562
My daddy was a soldier. My grand-daddy.

735
01:22:23,313 --> 01:22:27,775
Two of my great grand-daddies
were soldiers. Hell, that's how l came to be.

736
01:22:28,610 --> 01:22:31,446
Each ofthem lost a leg in the Civil War.

737
01:22:31,530 --> 01:22:36,784
My great grand-daddy Galloway lost his left
and my great grand-daddy Reid lost his right.

738
01:22:38,412 --> 01:22:40,913
They met in a shoe store in Galveston.

739
01:22:41,665 --> 01:22:44,625
Every year afterthat, the same date,
the same store,

740
01:22:44,710 --> 01:22:46,544
they'd get together
and pick out a new pair ofshoes.

741
01:22:46,628 --> 01:22:50,923
-(LAUGHING) You are shitting me?
-No, sir. I swear to God.

742
01:22:52,801 --> 01:22:56,471
Anyway, one had a daughter, one had a son,
my grandparents.

743
01:22:56,638 --> 01:23:00,683
What the hell were the odds ofthem
having the same shoe size?

744
01:23:02,269 --> 01:23:05,563
l don't know, Colonel.
Itwas meant to be, I guess.
745
01:23:05,898 --> 01:23:07,023
Yeah.

746
01:23:08,400 --> 01:23:09,859
Meant to be.

747
01:23:11,528 --> 01:23:15,406
Galloways have been in every war
this country has everfought.

748
01:23:16,241 --> 01:23:20,661
But when it came to this one,
I didn't think I could stop the war.

749
01:23:20,954 --> 01:23:24,373
I just thought maybe l might try
and understand one.

750
01:23:25,042 --> 01:23:27,793
Maybe help the folks back home understand.

751
01:23:30,506 --> 01:23:35,426
I just figured l could do that better
shooting a camera than shooting a rifle.

752
01:23:39,431 --> 01:23:40,681
Well...

753
01:23:42,893 --> 01:23:45,645
I sure hope you make it through this one.

754
01:23:45,938 --> 01:23:47,480
You too, Colonel.

755
01:23:56,281 --> 01:23:57,615
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

756
01:25:33,795 --> 01:25:35,171
(CLICK)

757
01:25:35,255 --> 01:25:36,464
(SCREAMING)

758
01:25:41,053 --> 01:25:42,386
Right 20!
759
01:25:45,599 --> 01:25:47,224
(WHISTLE BLOWING)

760
01:25:59,404 --> 01:26:02,239
Put it right on them! Right on them!

761
01:26:49,579 --> 01:26:51,455
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

762
01:27:17,649 --> 01:27:19,233
Colonel, sir.

763
01:27:21,653 --> 01:27:23,529
-Captain Nadal.
-Sir.

764
01:27:29,202 --> 01:27:32,955
-What is it, sir?
-Nothing's wrong, except nothing's wrong.

765
01:27:39,087 --> 01:27:41,464
Go back to the termite mound. You'll be fine.

766
01:27:41,548 --> 01:27:43,215
Rogerthat, sir.

767
01:27:44,301 --> 01:27:46,343
All right. Pass the word on.

768
01:27:46,428 --> 01:27:51,515
Every man fires three rounds on anything
that looks suspicious to them. On my signal.

769
01:28:00,567 --> 01:28:02,234
(WHISTLE BLOWING)

770
01:28:02,319 --> 01:28:03,652
(SCREAMING)

771
01:28:14,456 --> 01:28:17,500
They're gonna hit us like this
along the whole perimeter!

772
01:28:17,584 --> 01:28:20,586
-We gotta get back to that mound.
-Stay here a minute, sir.

773
01:28:22,506 --> 01:28:23,380
PLUMLEY: Shit!

774
01:28:23,465 --> 01:28:25,174
(PLANES WHOOSHING)

775
01:28:27,552 --> 01:28:29,345
SOLDlER 1: We need a medic!

776
01:28:33,433 --> 01:28:34,934
(EXPLOSIONS)

777
01:28:35,435 --> 01:28:39,438
Sir! Sir! Captain Edwards.
Charlie Company on the ridge.

778
01:28:39,856 --> 01:28:40,940
Bob?

779
01:28:41,149 --> 01:28:44,109
They're inside the artillery. l need...

780
01:28:44,194 --> 01:28:45,528
(GRUNTS)

781
01:28:45,612 --> 01:28:47,446
Bob? Bob?

782
01:28:54,579 --> 01:28:56,038
(SCREAMING)

783
01:29:09,427 --> 01:29:10,553
(GRUNTS)

784
01:29:11,972 --> 01:29:14,473
Godboldt, I need a grenade!

785
01:29:25,610 --> 01:29:27,903
Go, Willie!Come on, let's go!

786
01:29:33,827 --> 01:29:35,619
Godboldt's down!
787
01:29:38,540 --> 01:29:40,124
l'll get him!

788
01:29:45,255 --> 01:29:46,505
(GRUNTING)

789
01:29:46,590 --> 01:29:48,048
Willie!

790
01:30:03,481 --> 01:30:05,232
SOLDIER 1:
Get those guys some help overthere!

791
01:30:05,317 --> 01:30:09,361
Captain Dillon, get Bravo Company
to send a platoon across the LZ.

792
01:30:09,446 --> 01:30:11,572
Support Charlie Company.

793
01:30:11,740 --> 01:30:14,283
Bravo Six, this is Trojan Three...

794
01:30:14,492 --> 01:30:20,414
Tell Charlie Company to get real small in
their holes. l'm gonna drop artillery on them.

795
01:30:20,540 --> 01:30:24,627
Charlie Company, get small.
We got A.T. coming right on top ofyou.

796
01:30:24,711 --> 01:30:29,048
-We're being overrun!
-No, boys. We're gonna win this fight.

797
01:30:37,641 --> 01:30:38,849
(WHOOSHING)

798
01:31:15,637 --> 01:31:20,432
HAL: Sir, they've brought a main force
V.C. battalion against us.

799
01:31:20,517 --> 01:31:23,602
Sir, l request that you dispatch
another company of reinforcements
800
01:31:23,687 --> 01:31:26,438
as soon as it can be accomplished.

801
01:31:27,941 --> 01:31:29,608
How bad is it, Hal?

802
01:31:33,446 --> 01:31:36,448
It's getting pretty sporty down here, sir.

803
01:31:38,785 --> 01:31:40,452
Get out ofthe way!

804
01:31:47,794 --> 01:31:49,128
Aim. Aim!

805
01:31:50,380 --> 01:31:52,423
Medic! Get a medic over here!

806
01:31:57,679 --> 01:32:00,848
-Hey, what's your name, soldier?
-Jimmy Nakayama.

807
01:32:00,932 --> 01:32:04,184
-I got a baby being born today.
-Congratulations!

808
01:32:04,269 --> 01:32:05,436
Thanks.

809
01:32:09,941 --> 01:32:12,693
Medic!

810
01:32:15,780 --> 01:32:18,323
Can't take no pictures down there.

811
01:32:21,828 --> 01:32:23,412
Down. Right there.

812
01:32:27,876 --> 01:32:31,962
-Sir, l'm a non-combatant, sir.
-Ain't no such thing today, boy.

813
01:32:40,597 --> 01:32:44,308
Why aren't those mortars firing?
What's the problem here?

814
01:32:44,517 --> 01:32:48,353
These tubes are red hot, sir. l'm afraid
we'll cook a round and blow us all up.

815
01:32:48,438 --> 01:32:51,648
We can't cool them off
'cause we're out ofwater.

816
01:32:58,198 --> 01:33:00,616
HAL: Come on, what are you waiting for?

817
01:33:13,421 --> 01:33:14,838
(WHISTLES BLOW)

818
01:33:17,842 --> 01:33:20,010
(MEN CHEERING)

819
01:33:29,104 --> 01:33:32,856
Gentlemen! Prepare to defend yourselves!

820
01:33:43,034 --> 01:33:44,409
Grenade!

821
01:33:49,082 --> 01:33:50,457
(BUGLE PLAYlNG)

822
01:34:04,472 --> 01:34:06,140
(SCREAMING)

823
01:34:23,158 --> 01:34:24,783
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

824
01:34:32,250 --> 01:34:39,047
Negative! My pilots do not see the enemy.
They cannot pick out ourfriendlies.

825
01:34:41,050 --> 01:34:44,428
You gotta tell your Company Commander
to pop smoke now.

826
01:34:44,512 --> 01:34:47,556
-They need to mark the lines right now.
-We have no lines!
827
01:34:47,640 --> 01:34:50,893
We have enemies and friendlies
all overthe place.

828
01:34:50,977 --> 01:34:55,397
Sir, our perimeter's collapsing.
Alpha and Bravo Companies cannot hold.

829
01:34:55,481 --> 01:34:57,691
Charlie Company's being overrun.

830
01:35:00,445 --> 01:35:02,279
Net call! Net call...

831
01:35:02,363 --> 01:35:03,739
(CHATTERING)

832
01:35:20,340 --> 01:35:21,423
Hastings!

833
01:35:25,762 --> 01:35:27,387
Broken Arrow!

834
01:35:30,141 --> 01:35:35,354
Broken Arrow!l'll say it again, Broken Arrow!

835
01:35:35,855 --> 01:35:37,356
HASTINGS ON RADIO: BrokenArrow!

836
01:35:37,440 --> 01:35:40,651
-Confirm. Broken Arrow.
-Broken Arrow, confirm.

837
01:35:41,277 --> 01:35:44,363
-Broken Arrow?
-An American unit is being overrun.

838
01:35:44,447 --> 01:35:47,491
lt calls in every combat aircraft for support.

839
01:35:47,575 --> 01:35:49,993
My God, there's no hiding it now.

840
01:36:11,766 --> 01:36:14,059
Charlie Company, report!
841
01:36:14,852 --> 01:36:16,812
Bravo Company, report!

842
01:36:18,606 --> 01:36:21,024
Planes are on theirway, Colonel!

843
01:36:21,484 --> 01:36:22,609
Sir!

844
01:36:26,739 --> 01:36:28,490
Rogerthat.

845
01:36:39,210 --> 01:36:44,589
We have planes stacked up every thousand
feet from seven to 35,000. We'll get 'em, sir.

846
01:36:46,509 --> 01:36:49,970
Advancing north on our position at 1-5-0...

847
01:36:55,977 --> 01:36:57,561
(SCREAMING)

848
01:37:08,364 --> 01:37:11,283
Lima 9-6-2-5-0-7.

849
01:37:17,915 --> 01:37:20,751
We're getting closer in on 3-1-5 degrees.

850
01:37:20,835 --> 01:37:25,464
That's 0-5-0-0 degrees!0-5-0-0!

851
01:37:29,761 --> 01:37:31,011
(CHATTERING ON RADIO)

852
01:37:31,095 --> 01:37:32,429
God damn it.

853
01:37:44,192 --> 01:37:47,861
Company ofenemy in the open
advancing north on our position.

854
01:37:47,945 --> 01:37:51,448
Approximately 0-1-5 degrees at1-5-0.
855
01:37:52,700 --> 01:37:57,245
We're getting closer in at 3-1-5 degrees
at 0-5-0-0...

856
01:37:57,330 --> 01:38:00,040
Charlie, call that son-of-a-bitch off!

857
01:38:00,124 --> 01:38:02,626
Abort!Pull up!

858
01:38:05,380 --> 01:38:06,838
HAL: Get down!

859
01:38:31,906 --> 01:38:34,950
Charlie!Charlie, listen to me!

860
01:38:35,034 --> 01:38:38,328
You're keeping us alive.
You forget about that one.

861
01:38:38,413 --> 01:38:41,373
Keep them coming in.
You're doing well, son.

862
01:38:43,835 --> 01:38:47,087
702, attack against the tree line.

863
01:38:48,589 --> 01:38:50,132
(SOLDIERS SCREAM)

864
01:38:58,850 --> 01:39:04,312
Medic!

865
01:39:16,242 --> 01:39:18,243
Oh, God! Jimmy.

866
01:39:18,327 --> 01:39:22,205
You know this guy? You know him,
talk to him. Just talk to him.

867
01:39:22,415 --> 01:39:24,249
Jimmy, do you hear me?

868
01:39:24,375 --> 01:39:26,501
lt's Joe Galloway.
869
01:39:28,379 --> 01:39:30,881
We're gonna get you out of here.

870
01:39:36,387 --> 01:39:39,931
We gotta get him to the landing zone.
Grab his leg.

871
01:39:40,057 --> 01:39:41,850
(SCREAMS OF AGONY)

872
01:39:51,861 --> 01:39:55,780
You gotta get him out of here.
Hey! Hey! l can't help you.

873
01:39:55,865 --> 01:39:59,451
You gotta do it by yourself.
Get him on that chopper. Okay?

874
01:39:59,660 --> 01:40:01,203
Yes, sir.

875
01:40:59,345 --> 01:41:02,931
(CRYING)
Tell mywife I love her. And my baby.

876
01:41:04,183 --> 01:41:05,642
You tell them.

877
01:42:32,313 --> 01:42:34,230
-Get Nadal.
-NADAL ON RADIO: Sir!

878
01:42:34,315 --> 01:42:37,776
We put 'em back.
We got us a lull. I want you to attack.

879
01:42:38,069 --> 01:42:40,654
HALON RADIO: I want you to go in there
and rescue that cut-offplatoon.

880
01:42:40,738 --> 01:42:43,573
Yes, sir!First squad, move out!

881
01:42:52,458 --> 01:42:56,044
Add 50. Keep moving the artillery forward.
882
01:42:56,545 --> 01:42:59,839
-Keep walking the artillery forward.
-SOLDlER1: Spread it out!

883
01:43:08,766 --> 01:43:11,059
NADAL: Move it!Keep moving forward!

884
01:43:27,159 --> 01:43:29,661
Sergeant Savage!You guys still here?

885
01:43:47,972 --> 01:43:51,766
SOLDlER1: We have 40 KlA. We have
two MIA. Those are the latest numbers.

886
01:44:23,132 --> 01:44:25,508
That's a nice day, Sergeant Savage.

887
01:44:34,226 --> 01:44:36,811
40 dead and two unaccounted for, sir.

888
01:44:36,896 --> 01:44:38,104
Right.

889
01:44:39,899 --> 01:44:43,109
All right, boys. Let's get 'em up, get 'em out.

890
01:44:51,368 --> 01:44:54,579
Let's get 'em outta here!
Get 'em on the chopper!

891
01:44:58,417 --> 01:45:01,377
Since most ofthe wounded men
are from Charlie Company,

892
01:45:01,462 --> 01:45:06,257
-I want you to take their place. Follow me.
-Yes, sir. Let's go.

893
01:45:17,394 --> 01:45:19,437
(ERNIE SOBS)

894
01:46:04,984 --> 01:46:09,612
Captain, dig in some firing steps. Then throw
dirt on those bodies, keep the smell down.
895
01:46:09,697 --> 01:46:11,531
Roger, Sergeant Major.

896
01:46:12,074 --> 01:46:15,326
Makes you wish you signed up
for submarines, don't it?

897
01:46:16,078 --> 01:46:20,331
Colonel, Brigade Headquarters wants you
lifted out on the first chopper.

898
01:46:20,666 --> 01:46:24,335
What idiot keeps ordering that
in the middle ofa battle?

899
01:46:24,461 --> 01:46:27,881
-General Westmoreland wants a briefing.
-HAL: Give me that.

900
01:46:28,257 --> 01:46:32,135
I am in a fight and I object to this order
to return to Saigon.

901
01:46:32,928 --> 01:46:36,347
Now, l will not leave my men.
ls that clear? Out.

902
01:46:45,316 --> 01:46:50,320
There's two of my men unaccounted for
and I figure they'll be out there some place.

903
01:46:50,487 --> 01:46:53,239
-Let's get 'em. What do you say?
-PLUMLEY: I'm with you, sir.

904
01:46:53,324 --> 01:46:55,450
All right. Let's go.

905
01:48:34,299 --> 01:48:35,466
(KNOCKING)

906
01:48:43,517 --> 01:48:44,726
Julie.

907
01:48:49,440 --> 01:48:50,690
They
908
01:48:51,942 --> 01:48:53,401
brought another.

909
01:48:53,485 --> 01:48:56,362
-Oh, God, Julie. It's yours.
-(SOBBING) No.

910
01:49:43,327 --> 01:49:45,453
He died keeping my promise.

911
01:50:11,063 --> 01:50:12,647
(HAL SOBBING)

912
01:50:17,152 --> 01:50:20,029
Sir, they're ordering us all out. All of us.

913
01:50:21,365 --> 01:50:24,117
They're going to march reinforcements in.

914
01:50:24,493 --> 01:50:28,412
They don't understand a damn thing,
do they? We can't get out.

915
01:50:31,708 --> 01:50:34,252
He's waiting in a cave
and that's what he wants.

916
01:50:34,336 --> 01:50:38,589
The moment he sees live soldiers
on the helicopter, he'll be all over us.

917
01:50:39,049 --> 01:50:41,217
Then he'll get his massacre.

918
01:50:50,394 --> 01:50:53,521
Requesting permission
to rejoin the lines, sir.

919
01:50:56,608 --> 01:50:58,276
All right, son.

920
01:51:02,322 --> 01:51:03,948
Carry on, sir.

921
01:51:27,222 --> 01:51:32,435
I wonderwhat was in Custer's mind when
he realised he'd led his men into a slaughter.

922
01:51:33,896 --> 01:51:35,855
Sir, Custerwas a pussy.

923
01:51:38,525 --> 01:51:39,942
You ain't.

924
01:51:43,405 --> 01:51:44,447
Goddamn.

925
01:51:49,995 --> 01:51:51,245
Hell...

926
01:51:53,665 --> 01:51:54,874
(SIGHING)

927
01:51:54,958 --> 01:52:00,129
Right now they're planning theirfinal attack.
The one that's going to finish us off.

928
01:52:00,214 --> 01:52:03,549
They'll nibble at us all night,
then come dawn,

929
01:52:03,634 --> 01:52:06,427
they'll hit us with everything they've got.

930
01:52:07,304 --> 01:52:09,680
That's what I'd do if I was him.

931
01:52:14,978 --> 01:52:18,439
Sergeant Major,
hand out the last ofthe ammunition.

932
01:52:18,857 --> 01:52:20,191
Yes, sir.

933
01:52:24,655 --> 01:52:25,655
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

934
01:52:47,094 --> 01:52:49,387
(MAN ORDERING IN VIETNAMESE)
935
01:53:41,606 --> 01:53:43,190
Fix bayonets!

936
01:53:44,276 --> 01:53:46,944
# Lay me doon

937
01:53:49,031 --> 01:53:52,450
# In the caul, caul groon

938
01:53:54,453 --> 01:53:56,996
# Whaur afore

939
01:53:59,583 --> 01:54:03,044
# Monie mair huv gaun... #

940
01:54:09,801 --> 01:54:11,802
(ALL YELLlNG)

941
01:54:48,298 --> 01:54:49,298
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

942
01:54:53,428 --> 01:54:55,179
(BUGLE PLAYlNG)

943
01:54:57,724 --> 01:54:59,433
(WHISTLE BLOWING)

944
01:55:54,698 --> 01:55:57,450
# Lay me doon

945
01:55:59,369 --> 01:56:02,705
# In the caul, caul groon

946
01:56:05,417 --> 01:56:07,877
# Whaur afore

947
01:56:10,338 --> 01:56:12,715
# Monie mair huv gaun

948
01:56:15,886 --> 01:56:18,304
# Lay me doon

949
01:56:20,682 --> 01:56:23,517
# In the caul, caul groon
950
01:56:26,438 --> 01:56:28,606
# Whaur afore

951
01:56:31,276 --> 01:56:34,236
# Monie mair huv gaun

952
01:56:37,324 --> 01:56:39,950
#When they come

953
01:56:41,995 --> 01:56:44,455
#A wull staun ma groon

954
01:56:47,751 --> 01:56:50,252
# Staun ma groon

955
01:56:52,923 --> 01:56:55,341
#Al nae be afraid

956
01:56:58,470 --> 01:57:00,971
# Thoughts awe hame

957
01:57:03,391 --> 01:57:06,477
# Tak awa ma fear

958
01:57:08,980 --> 01:57:11,440
# Sweat an bluid

959
01:57:14,194 --> 01:57:16,695
# Hide ma veil awe tears

960
01:57:19,824 --> 01:57:22,159
#Ains a year

961
01:57:24,037 --> 01:57:27,039
# Say a prayerfaur me

962
01:57:30,252 --> 01:57:32,711
# Close yir een

963
01:57:35,006 --> 01:57:37,341
#An remember me #

964
01:58:00,448 --> 01:58:05,494
You were wondering how Custerfelt, sir.
You ought to ask him.

965
01:58:13,169 --> 01:58:14,503
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

966
02:00:25,051 --> 02:00:26,552
Sergeant Savage!

967
02:00:35,228 --> 02:00:39,815
Checking for documents, l found this
on the guy who tried to bayonet you.

968
02:00:40,400 --> 02:00:44,987
Translated some of it, mostly personal.
Thought you might want to see it.

969
02:01:05,508 --> 02:01:07,468
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

970
02:01:14,350 --> 02:01:15,726
-Joe!
-ALL: Joe!

971
02:01:16,144 --> 02:01:17,144
(EXPLOSlON)

972
02:01:17,228 --> 02:01:20,022
-MAN: What was that?
-American artillery.

973
02:01:22,942 --> 02:01:25,486
-Friendly fire.
-WOMAN: How many casualties?

974
02:01:28,948 --> 02:01:31,450
What the hell happened here, Joe?

975
02:01:35,789 --> 02:01:37,331
Hey, Joe...

976
02:01:39,417 --> 02:01:41,668
Colonel Moore? Colonel Moore!

977
02:01:43,963 --> 02:01:46,340
MAN: Colonel! Colonel Moore!
978
02:01:47,550 --> 02:01:50,552
MAN: Colonel.
What was the key to yourvictory?

979
02:01:50,637 --> 02:01:51,887
WOMAN: Tell us how you feel.

980
02:01:52,013 --> 02:01:56,058
WOMAN 2: Will the United States take
the North Vietnamese seriously now?

981
02:01:56,142 --> 02:01:59,186
WOMAN 3:
How do you feel about the loss ofyour men?

982
02:01:59,270 --> 02:02:01,772
Have you notified the families, sir?

983
02:02:09,864 --> 02:02:11,281
(EXPLOSlON)

984
02:03:17,307 --> 02:03:19,349
l'm glad you made it, son.

985
02:03:20,226 --> 02:03:22,436
Thank you, sir. You too.

986
02:03:27,358 --> 02:03:29,401
l'll neverforgive myself.

987
02:03:31,988 --> 02:03:33,363
Forwhat, sir?

988
02:03:38,620 --> 02:03:40,245
That my men...

989
02:03:44,375 --> 02:03:46,710
That my men died and I didn't.

990
02:03:59,140 --> 02:04:00,641
(HAL CLEARS THROAT)

991
02:04:09,317 --> 02:04:12,569
Sir, l don't...
I don't know how to tell this story.

992
02:04:15,448 --> 02:04:17,282
Well, you got to, Joe.

993
02:04:19,869 --> 02:04:23,330
You tell the American people
what these men did here.

994
02:04:27,335 --> 02:04:29,711
You tell them how my troopers died.

995
02:04:36,219 --> 02:04:37,302
Yes, sir.

996
02:04:42,183 --> 02:04:43,350
Thank you.

997
02:05:32,066 --> 02:05:35,068
All ofour men, living and dead,
are offthe field, sir.

998
02:05:35,153 --> 02:05:37,195
Well done, Sergeant Major.

999
02:06:37,256 --> 02:06:39,257
(SPEAKING VIETNAMESE)

1000
02:07:34,397 --> 02:07:37,607
JOE: In Saigon, Hal Moore's superiors
congratulated him

1001
02:07:37,692 --> 02:07:40,235
for kiIIing over1,800 enemy soldiers.

1002
02:07:41,696 --> 02:07:45,574
Then ordered him to lead his men
back into the Valley of Death.

1003
02:07:46,617 --> 02:07:52,289
He led them and fought beside them
for 235 more days.

1004
02:08:02,091 --> 02:08:03,592
(DOORBELL RINGS)
1005
02:08:11,434 --> 02:08:12,642
(CHILDREN CHATTERING)

1006
02:08:12,727 --> 02:08:14,311
(DOORBELL RINGS)

1007
02:08:15,229 --> 02:08:18,273
-Kids, go to bed.
-Someone's at the door.

1008
02:08:18,357 --> 02:08:19,774
Go to bed!

1009
02:08:49,972 --> 02:08:51,598
(JULIE CRYING)

1010
02:09:00,900 --> 02:09:03,235
JULlE: Children! Your daddy's home!

1011
02:09:03,319 --> 02:09:04,736
CHlLDREN: Daddy! Daddy!

1012
02:09:10,076 --> 02:09:12,244
JOE: Some had families waiting.

1013
02:09:13,037 --> 02:09:16,831
For others, their only family would be
the men they had bled beside.

1014
02:09:16,916 --> 02:09:22,504
There were no bands, no flags,
no honour guards to weIcome them home.

1015
02:09:24,423 --> 02:09:28,009
They went to war because their country
ordered them to.

1016
02:09:28,302 --> 02:09:32,389
But, in the end, theyfought
not fortheir country ortheirflag.

1017
02:09:32,473 --> 02:09:34,599
They fought for each other.

1018
02:09:38,854 --> 02:09:40,522
HAL: "Dear Barbara,

1019
02:09:40,606 --> 02:09:44,776
"I have no words to express to you
my sadness at the loss ofJack.

1020
02:09:47,029 --> 02:09:52,617
"The world is a lesser place without him.
But I know he is with God and the angels,

1021
02:09:53,536 --> 02:09:56,913
"and even Heaven is improved
by his presence there.

1022
02:09:58,582 --> 02:10:00,875
"l know you too are sure ofthis,

1023
02:10:00,960 --> 02:10:05,046
"and yet this knowledge can't diminish
his loss and yourgrief.

1024
02:10:07,216 --> 02:10:10,552
"With abiding respect and affection,
Hal Moore. "

1025
02:10:23,774 --> 02:10:27,235
JOE: "We who have seen war
never stop seeing it.

1026
02:10:30,906 --> 02:10:34,659
"In the silence ofthe night,
we will always hearthe screams.

1027
02:10:38,789 --> 02:10:40,582
"So this is our story.

1028
02:10:42,585 --> 02:10:46,379
"Forwe were soldiers once, and young."

1029
02:11:51,278 --> 02:11:58,243
# To fallen soldiers let us sing

1030
02:12:03,374 --> 02:12:09,963
# Where no rockets fly nor bullets wing

1031
02:12:15,636 --> 02:12:22,392
# Our broken brothers let us bring

1032
02:12:26,188 --> 02:12:32,861
# To the Mansions ofthe Lord

1033
02:12:37,700 --> 02:12:44,497
# No more bleeding, no more fight

1034
02:12:49,962 --> 02:12:56,593
# No prayers pleading through the night

1035
02:13:01,182 --> 02:13:07,812
#Just divine embrace, eternal light

1036
02:13:11,734 --> 02:13:18,448
# In the Mansions ofthe Lord

1037
02:13:21,911 --> 02:13:28,500
# Where no mothers cry
and no children weep

1038
02:13:34,340 --> 02:13:40,970
#We shall stand and guard
though the angels sIeep

1039
02:13:46,268 --> 02:13:53,274
# While through the ages safely keep

1040
02:13:56,820 --> 02:14:03,618
# The Mansions ofthe Lord #

1041
02:14:59,216 --> 02:15:02,510
# Lay me doon

1042
02:15:04,221 --> 02:15:08,182
# In the caul, caul groon

1043
02:15:10,019 --> 02:15:13,062
# Whaur afore

1044
02:15:15,316 --> 02:15:18,318
# Monie mair huv gaun

1045
02:15:20,821 --> 02:15:23,781
#Ains a year
1046
02:15:25,326 --> 02:15:28,369
# Say a prayerfaur me

1047
02:15:31,206 --> 02:15:34,500
# Close yir een

1048
02:15:36,128 --> 02:15:39,297
#An remember me #