"[♪♪♪]" "Redwing, this is Zebra." "I've got you visual." "Over." "PILOT:" "Roger, Zebra." "LZ your November Echo." "Roger that." "I'm popping smoke your eight o'clock." "You identify." "Roger, Zebra." "We're coming in to get you." "Got your smoke in sight." "That's right, you've got good eyes." "Now, come on." "Get us out of here." "Mama told me there'd be days like this." "I can handle today as long as I know there's gonna be a tomorrow." "Damn!" "Medic!" "Medic!" "Let's get out of here!" "We're sitting ducks right here!" "Come on, get your wounded man." "Let's go!" "Go, go, go!" "Give us some cover fire!" "Come on!" "Come on!" "Let's go!" "Man, I can already taste the sweet lips of those sexy little mamas of Bangkok." "Yeah, how did the three of y'all manage to get RR together in Bangkok, anyway?" "It was sort of like the Miss America contest, Sarge, only this was to select the three handsomest boys in the platoon to represent the fighting forces in Bangkok." "Crummy job, but someone's got to do it." "Percell." "Sir?" "I just got a telegram from the Red Cross." "Your father's in the hospital in Honolulu." "Hospital?" "Yeah." "He had a heart attack." "Now, look." "Now, the Red Cross arranged an emergency leave for you." "Better go get your trash." "Pack it up." "There's a chopper going back to the rear." "You'd better hustle if you want to make it." "Okay." "Thank you, sir." "Yeah." "Dr. Lyden, please call Cardiology." "Dr. Lyden, please call Cardiology." "Excuse me." "I'm looking for a patient." "Vietnam?" "Uh..." "Ward, third floor." "You have guys from the 'Nam here?" "Isn't that why you're here?" "Uh, no." "No." "The patient I'm looking for had a heart attack." "He came in through Emergency." "He have a name?" "Percell." "Jack Percell." "Hey, sarge." "What's going on?" "I thought the two of you would be in Bangkok with a woman on your arm by now." "That's what we want to talk to you about." "Yeah, we figured with Percell going through what he is, it wouldn't be right, you know." "Why do I get the feeling there's more to all this coming?" "We want to change our RR, Sarge." "What do you mean, change it?" "Change it, Sarge." "We want to go to Honolulu." "Look, Taylor, you know you can't do that." "You put in for RR months in advance." "It comes down from higher up, a seat on a specific flight on a specific day." "Yeah, we know that, sarge, but we figured an emergency situation." "You know, Sarge, like you... you might be able to pull some strings." "Yeah, Sarge." "Percell's in Hawaii." "He needs our support." "That's where we ought to be, sarge." "Give me a break." "Excuse me." "Yes." "This is my father, and I was wondering if my mother was here." "See, he was here for a rodeo." "I figured she'd be with him." "So he's gonna be okay, isn't he?" "Doctor's in Emergency." "I'll ask him to stop by." "Ma'am... about my mom?" "The young lady who was with your father just left." "Been with him 36 hours straight, but, uh, she didn't look quite old enough to be your mother." "You let 'em know you're with the 196th, now!" "Thank you, sarge!" "Yeah, we love you!" "See you!" "Oh, God, sending those two guys into Honolulu with all those round-eyed women is just asking for trouble." "Yeah, it's like letting a couple of coyotes loose in a rabbit hutch." "Sorry." "I know you've been waiting." "He's stable, in reasonable shape, under the circumstances." "How did it happen?" "He was thrown from a horse, broke a few ribs." "The shock apparently led to cardiac arrest." "Well, then it's pretty serious?" "Oh, yes." "It could have been fatal, if Miss Garrett hadn't gotten him here fast." "He's been in and out of consciousness, but he's monitored, so we're aware of his condition." "He's going to be okay, isn't he?" "It's too early to tell." "Why don't I check back later?" "Thank you." "I left the, uh... the hotel room number here in case" "Where's my mother?" "Montana." "I'm Jessie." "Jessie Garrett." "My mother's not coming because you're here, right?" "Uh..." "Uh, Danny... your mother and father have been separated for the last eight months, and that's how long we've been together," "Jack and me." "Why didn't he write me?" "Oh, I'm sure he didn't want to hurt you." "Hurt?" "Since when has he cared about how much I hurt?" "The man's lived his whole life for himself." "Booze and honky-tonks." "Hey, he loves you, and I'm sure you care about him, or you wouldn't be here." "Yeah, well, that's a matter of opinion, lady." "[♪♪♪]" "Man, I feel naked without my helmet." "Lightheaded." "What is this orientation crap?" "We've got to go to some lecture on how to act in civilization?" "Hey, it's just a couple of hours, that's all." "You pick up a folder on local activities, what to do if we get arrested." "I see." "Arrested?" "What, do they think we're animals just crawling out of some jungle?" "Lord have mercy!" "Look at that, Ru." "Look at that." "Miniskirts, man." "Is that too much, or what?" "Oh, man!" "The legs, they go all the way up." "Yeah, on a clear day, you can see forever." "Come on, we're gonna miss our bus." "It's been so long since I had sex," "I forget who gets tied up." "How you doing, fella?" "He's gonna be pleased you made it." "Was it difficult?" "Getting here, I mean." "Caught a supply chopper at Chu Lai as soon as I heard." "Bet you were glad to get out of there, huh?" "No, I love it over there." "I love wasting people and seeing my buddies die by the dozen." "Look, Danny, um..." "I am not some rodeo bimbo groupie, all right?" "So don't talk to me that way." "I know soldiers are dying out there." "I think it's wrong." "I'm sorry." "Look, don't be." "I'm..." "I didn't mean to pop off like that." "Can I get you a cup of coffee?" "No." "No, thank you." "Why don't you, uh... go get some air?" "I'll come find you when he wakes up." "You know... he almost bought the farm in Korea." "He's been in more barroom brawls than any man has a right to." "Now he's laying flat on his back because he's still trying to act 19." "That's just Jack living life the only way he knows how." "When I was growing up, he wasn't around much." "If he was to die right now," "I'm not certain how I'd feel." "[♪♪♪]" "Thanks." "Looking fine, ladies." "Looking fine." "Moves that make a grown man cry." "Soldiers?" "You got that right." "Protecting your every freedom from Communist aggression." "Well, we appreciate that." "Keep up the good work." "Oh, we'll do that." "We will." "Oh, chicks like that just yanking your chain, Taylor." "You couldn't get close to that if you were Audie Murphy." "Yeah, well, if Audie Murphy would have had my flash and talked my trash, he'd have made better movies." "[LOUD BANG]" "[BANG]" "You all right, fellas?" "You all right?" "What are they doing on the ground?" "Hey, don't waste your dime." "Next floor's the only machine that works." "You been in country?" "What's it look like?" "Which outfit?" "What difference does it make?" "You'll like these accommodations." "You're overlooking the pool." "Well, it's guaranteed to beat our last accommodations," "I assure you that." "NEWS ANCHOR:" "And U.S. Forces have had to move in inches" "Sorry." "The maid must have left" "Leave it." "Leave it." "Hey, where can we get some clothes?" "Men's shop should have... whatever." "So for the third straight day," "The men of Charlie Company have tried to take this hill in some of the fiercest fighting we have yet seen in Vietnam." "This nameless hill outside a nameless hamlet held by the North Vietnamese..." "Oh, wow, man." "Hey, Ru, they're talking about south of Chu Lai." "That's where our guys are." "Must be 40 miles of bad road down there." "The casualties here have been high, but the word has come down from above." "This hill will be taken, no matter what the cost." "I believe in peace, myself." "Well, if you need anything..." "This is Frederick Danson with the 196th Infantry Brigade south of Chu Lai." "Let me get that for you." "I was with the Big Red One." "We was assigned to secure Highway 13 for a supply convoy, when we run into a hornet's nest." "NVA?" "VC main force." "LT from One radioed for air strikes to help us out, but... the F-100s dropped their napalm short." "You mean on our own troops?" "Yeah." "By the time the smoke cleared, half my outfit was ready for body bags." "The other half was running and screaming, fatigues burning off of us." "I got me a Purple Heart for my trouble, delivered by a desk jockey from Brigade." "Thought it would make a good photo opportunity." "Why'd they call the strike in so close?" "Close battle, close call." "The zoomies said they missed us by only 50 meters." "That's all." "At least, that's what they told us, but what am I going to do?" "Write my congressman?" "Hey, look, I, uh..." "You don't know what to say to me at all, do you?" "You're choking up." "I guess I don't know what to say, except..." "Hey, man, I'm sorry." "My..." "My mother's flying in to see me, all the way from Georgia, but I won't see her, because I don't want her to see me like this." "Well, can I..." "Is there anything you want?" "Can I get you anything?" "Yeah, sure, Sunshine." "How about a new face?" "He don't need your sympathy, man, so why don't you just get the hell out of here?" "Here." "Whatever it is," "I don't want to hear it, pal." "I just want to know if the guy was" "Harold." "He's got a name, man, and it's Harold." "Is he gonna be okay?" "They gave him last rites twice." "If he makes it, what kind of future do you think he's got?" "What about you?" "You're looking." "You can see." "I did my duty, served my purpose, and now they toss me on the scrap heap." "How did it happen to you?" "How did you get hit?" "It happened when I made the stupidest mistake of my life." "I enlisted." "Anything after that's my own fault." "He's been asking for you." "Like hell I have." "Don't listen to him, Danny." "Always a tough guy, huh?" "I used to be tough, but war eats tough guys up." "You a tough guy, Danny?" "A killing machine?" "No." "No, I'm just a grunt doing my best to get the job done." "When I went in," "I was lean and mean and hungry for a fight." "Too dumb to be afraid of anything else." "I found out that the only glory in war is surviving." "Vietnam, it's a..." "It's a whole different kind of war." "More complicated than I thought when I joined up." "That's what they told us about Korea." "Said it was a police action too, not a war." "Somebody forgot to tell the Chinese." "It's good to see you, boy." "Can you stay?" "I got emergency leave." "When can I get out of here?" "Are you crazy?" "You almost died." "Old soldiers never die." "That right, Daniel?" "What about old cowboys?" "Got something against cowboys?" "You used to be one." "I used to be a kid playing at being a cowboy." "You know, there's a difference between being a kid and playing games and being 50-some years old and playing at being a kid." "Where's my damn doctor?" "Dad, we got to talk." "Oh?" "You gonna talk me to death like your mother tried to do?" "I just want to know why you didn't let me know what was going on." "And I want to know, damn it, if I'm going to live or die." "Look, I don't expect you to understand any of this." "Jack and I have something together." "I don't want to lose it." "Did he tell you how many times he left my mother and me?" "Just left us flat?" "All right, that may be, but he's got a lot of good in him." "I mean, he used to be war hero, remember?" "He won't let me forget." "Danny, you want to keep beating the past to death, man, go ahead." "Jack is so proud of you." "All he talks about is you." "Yeah, well, maybe he should have practiced talking to me, because as it stands now," "I don't have any idea who that man is or what he's about." "Maybe we can fix that." "You fix it." "I've had my turn." "I can't get through to him, he can't get through to me, so the hell with it." "I'm going back to the war." "Danny!" "Hey, Danny." "How you doing?" "What are you guys doing here?" "You're supposed to be in Bangkok." "Bangkok can wait." "Yeah, we figured you might need a little bit of moral support here." "How's your dad?" "Oh, he's okay." "You sure everything's copasetic?" "Oh, man, I tell you," "I ain't sure about a lot of things." "I came because I wanted him to know that no matter how bad he'd blown it," "I still had some feeling left." "Man, my old man split when I was still sucking on a nipple." "Last I heard, he was shacked up with some bimbo in Puerto Rico." "You know, Danny, maybe there were circumstances, you know?" "Oh, right, Marcus." "It's all a bad movie, like the 'Nam, and it'll all be over when the lights come up." "Maybe you ought to talk more, find out where he's coming from." "After what he did to my mother," "I'd rather try and sandpaper a bobcat's butt in a phone booth." "[♪♪♪]" "Hey, can you wait, man?" "Sure." "Sure." "Servicemen, huh?" "Yeah." "How did you know?" "Shoes and socks." "Black and black." "Dead giveaway." "No matter how duded up you get." "Don't let them rip you off in there, huh?" "All right, Joe." "Hey, baby." "Don't you like soldiers?" "There's an art to this, you know." "Yeah." "I guess so." "What you got on your mind, sugar?" "I don't know." "Something that suits my personality." "That would be an extinguished light bulb, ma'am." ""Mother" is a real popular item." "Oh, come on, something with a little more style." "Yeah, yeah." "He needs something like," ""Live fast, die young, and try and leave a pretty corpse."" "All right, how about "Born to kill"?" "What are you, some kind of Hell's Angel or something?" "I'm a soldier." "That figures." "Cash." "No credit." "You want extras, it's gonna cost you." "Extras?" "I also do windows, honey." "Leonarda Da Vinci, Joe." "Check it out." "Leonarda's the friendly type." "Man, if she was any friendlier, we could have gotten arrested." "Where to, fellas?" "Wine, women, and song, Joe." "Wine, women, and song." "Hey, like Sinatra says," ""Whatever gets you through the night."" "You want to check out my tattoo?" "[♪♪♪]" "You know, my grandmama raised me." "The main thing she taught me?" "Ain't nothing positive come out of a negative thought." "That's right." "You know, you've got to go back, Danny." "You've got to get yourself straight with him, man." "What's gonna make this time different than the last six or seven disappointments?" "He's blood, man." "You've got to respect that." "You know, one thing's sure." "These people aren't worried about no war." "You think they give a damn that we're out there dying and fighting in some jungle hellhole?" "They ain't got time to worry about stuff like people dying." "They're too busy worried about getting an even tan or whether they've got the latest dance steps down." "You know, upstairs in the hospital, they got this whole ward of guys from 'Nam." "I talked to a couple of those guys, and let me tell you, they're pretty messed up." "Well, look, man, the way I figure, if there's a bullet out there with my name on it, then I'd just as soon have my family collect my GI insurance." "I'm not gonna go home with any vital parts missing." "Hey, man, check it out." "There's those chicks from the hotel." "Man, forget that." "Hey, come on, man, let's go talk to 'em." "Hey, what the hell, Ru." "Wine, women, and song." "How y'all doing?" "How you doing, ladies?" "Excuse me." "We're the soldiers you saw at the hotel today, remember?" "Yeah, some of Uncle Sam's finest." "TAYLOR:" "That's right." "This is Danny Percell, marksman par excellence." "Mi amigo, Alberto Ruiz, and I'm Marcus Taylor." "We're at your service." "Damn straight, glad to meet you." "Hello." "Oh, God." "Looks like an angel, speaks like an angel." "Yeah, but this ain't the Pearly Gates." "Yeah, well, heaven on earth's good enough for me." "Excuse me, ladies." "How you doing?" "You got a name?" "Leslie." "Leslie always has had a thing for men in uniform, right, Leslie?" "Yeah, well, is that right, Leslie?" "Well, with all due modesty," "John Wayne happens to be a wimp compared to some of my war exploits." "Is it me, or is it getting deep in here?" "Hey, now, come on, Ru." "We can't deny the man his truth." "Girls, I have to tell you," "Marcus Taylor is a pure fighting machine." "I, for one, am proud to walk in the man's shadow." "Well, maybe it's a stroke of luck that I met you guys." "See, we're here on vacation from Stanford University, and, uh..." "I'm supposed to be working on my thesis." "Thesis?" "What's the subject?" "Vietnam." "War or country?" "See, we happen to be certified experts on both." "It's about American imperialism," "America fighting an immoral war, and our soldiers killing innocent men, women, and children." "Look, lady," "I don't know what you're trying to prove." "I mean, how does it make you feel to take an innocent human life?" "How do you feel when you have the blood of babies on your hands?" "Listen, you little" "No, Ru!" "Let the lady finish what she started." "I think I'm finished." "Oh, no, you haven't finished, because I haven't answered your question." "Let me go." "When I pull that trigger, I feel a rush." "The power that I greased a gook, and the pain I had to do it." "You pull an M-16 on somebody, lady, you just do 'em... and if it's a woman or a kid, you have nightmares, but you do it, because you know if you don't kill them, they're gonna kill you." "Please." "It's war, lady." "We didn't ask to be included." "But you know what hurts the most is that we might die for our country in some godforsaken rice paddy, and people like you calling us baby killers." "Let go." "Take your hands off her." "You know, you people are such smartasses, you could probably sit on ice cream and tell what flavor it is." "TAYLOR:" "Come on, group!" "Hit it, Ru!" "Go, go, go!" "I got it." "Okay." "I need to know something, Marcus." "I need to know something too," "Danny." "I need to know what God's master plan for me is." "Am I going to be a movie star, or rock 'n' roll idol, or is my grandmother gonna be mad when I decide to leave Motown and move to Hollywood in a long, pink Cadillac." "Hey, Joe." "Yeah." "I need to know how could play it so cool when that girl was hassling you?" "You know how many times" "I've been called "nigger"?" "Man, I wanted to punch her lights out, but once you hear" ""spic" and "greaseball" enough," ""baby killer"" "only raises your temperature a little bit." "You know what else I want to know?" "I want to know what all this stuff is I'm hearing about peace marches and protests while we're laying our lives on the line." "Like that guy at the hotel throwing "peace" in our face?" "Who the hell does he think he is?" "Well, maybe the guy, he just wants peace." "Most people take peace over war." "TAYLOR:" "Hold it, hold it." "You're Japanese, Joe, right?" "Yeah." "I mean, we're over there greasing Orientals." "How does that make you feel about us?" "Interesting question." "I'm Japanese, but I lived in L.A." "till the Second World War broke out." "You moved then?" "Well, my family was moved to an internment camp." "You know, surrounded by barbed wire." "My brother and me, we later served with the 4-4-deuce regimental combat team in Italy and France." "Yeah, my brother, he was killed by a grenade just six days before he was supposed to ship back." "Your brother dies fighting for America while your family's in a prison camp?" "When you reach my age, boys, you learn there are no clear answers about war." "We're Japanese- Americans." "Nisei, huh?" "We serve proudly." "I'm proud too, Joe." "Damn proud." "I hate killing, but I love this country, so I'm gonna fight to preserve what all the wars before this one were fought for... but it bothers me what that girl said about us..." "You mean, "Baby killer"?" "because it's true, Joe... and the truth hurts... bad." "It's war, Danny." "Damn it, let it go." "I can't." "I just can't." "It don't mean nothing, Danny, man." "Look, what does is that you're a hell of a soldier, man." "I mean, this side of sarge, you're the best in the platoon." "He's right." "Maybe even better than sarge." "Marcus, better than sarge?" "You mean that?" "Yeah." "Better than sarge?" "No offense, Percell, but you ain't better than sarge." "I didn't say, "Better than sarge."" "I said, "Maybe better that sarge."" "Are you crazy, man?" "What you been smoking?" "Hey, hey, hey." "You don't have to get hostile, man." "All right, tell me how he could be better than sarge." "Okay, okay, okay." "So big deal." "I lied." "No offense, Danny, but, uh... now that I think about it, you ain't even as good as Johnson." "[LAUGHING]" "♪ And if you asked her ♪" "♪ Why the hell she wore it ♪" "♪ she wore it For her true love ♪" "♪ Who was in the infantry ♪" "♪ Infantry ♪" "♪ Bum ba-dum ♪" "Shh!" "If you don't like what we're singing, lady, we do requests." "I bet you want to hear something by the Temptations." "Probably likes Elvis." "The King." "You know, he was a good soldier too." "Like us." "["THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" PLAYING ON TELEVISION]" "Steak and eggs, man." "I never got my steak and eggs." "I think I'm gonna have it for breakfast." "Come on." "Beddy-bye time." "[NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYING ON TELEVISION]" "Something to drink, sir?" "Yes." "Martini." "Yeah, and a double zombie, pronto." "Yes, sir." "Well, well." "How you feeling, Big Spender?" "Like I was led astray." "Oh, yeah, we dragged you kicking and screaming." "Hey, I've been thinking about what you said about family and blood." "I think I'm gonna go to the hospital and talk to my father." "Do you want us to tag along, Danny?" "No." "No, I wouldn't want you to lose your rhythm." "Thanks." "Somebody told me once that if you marry the Army, you'll wake up one morning realizing you married a whore." "Now, that's no disrespect to the Army." "It just means it can suck you dry if you're not careful." "Understand?" "Yeah, I'm trying to." "When I re-upped for my second tour, it killed whatever was left between your mother and me." "Oh, we made pretenses." "It went back and forth, but finally you have to decide that life goes on." "Well, how come she never tried to explain it?" "What's to explain?" "We're still friends, we own the horses together... and I'd like to think" "I'm not as big a bastard as you think I am." "Hey, you know what I'm talking about." "I mean, when you get out of here and you get back home, it might be time to slow down." "Quit the circuit and trying to out-party the whole state of Montana." "I don't know, bud." "I'll take that under consideration if you'll make me a promise." "Like what?" "That you'll come home safe." "Hey, you know, I figure, if you're a soldier and there's a war, the only one place for you to be and that's where the fighting is." "Yeah," "I know there's no guarantees." "I just want you to watch your butt." "War forces a man to reach inside himself and pull out a part of himself he didn't even know was there." "Well, you ain't looking at no hero, that's for sure." "Daniel... if you don't want to come home for me, then come home for your mother." "Do your tour, do your duty, and then come home." "Where's Howard, man?" "Where is he?" "His mother's coming in today, man." "His mother, man!" "Where is he?" "Oh, God." "He did it to himself, didn't he?" "He did it himself, didn't he?" "He pulled out his IVs." "We didn't catch it till it was too late." "HOSPITAL PA:" "Dr. Martinelli, CCU, please." "Spent the night talking with him." "You know, that never happened before." "I mean, the man was never around long enough for that to happen." "Did you try the eggs?" "You've got to try the eggs, man." "No thanks, bro." "You queer or something for eggs, Ru?" "We spend the night with these two dollies, and all he keeps talking about all night is eggs." "I was hungry." "Eggs are very romantic, Ru, if you're a chicken." "Man, I spent six months without eating a real egg." "When do you think I'll eat another one, huh?" "You know, I talked to him about... when I get back to the real world, maybe he and I are gonna get a breeding farm together." "You mean, like, real, live horses?" "Sure." "Start small." "Maybe after a while, give the big boys a run for their money." "You know about horses?" "Marcus, I know about horses like you think you know about women." "You're in trouble." "Horses eat, Percell." "They eat and they eat and they eat, and then when they finish eating, you got to go in there and rake up what they just ate." "The point is, maybe it's not too late for me and him to get it together." "Gives me something to look forward to." "I want some more eggs." "Do you guys want some more eggs?" "Now, these ladies said we were gonna meet us at the beach and we told them you were gonna be with us." "Yeah, well," "I think I'm gonna spend some more time with dad." "All of them will wait, except the one I had for you, the one that looked like Natalie Wood." "I just want you to be thinking about that, okay?" "Oh, I'm thinking." "I'm thinking." "Come on!" "Come on!" "Hey, what's going on?" "You guys work in the deaf ward?" "Security's in 503, right?" "I hope they're up there." "Security." "Ward K." "Look out." "Security." "Ward K. Stat." "Come on." "Repeat." "Security." "Ward K. Stat." "Excuse me." "Coming through." "Hey, what's going on?" "Where's the keys?" "Give me the keys!" "Better call the MPs." "Hold on, let us talk to him." "He's got a gun." "We've seen guns before." "Where's the drugs?" "I want my medication." "Give the cripple his medication!" "Unlock the door, brother." "We just want to talk." "You unlock it, sport." "Go ahead, unlock it." "Hey, look." "Why don't you let that guy in there go, man?" "You don't need a hostage." "No hagas esto, hermano." "No te metas!" "TAYLOR:" "Yo, let him go, man." "You don't want to hurt anybody." "You know how many people I've killed?" "How much do you think they hurt?" "Go on." "Get out of here." "Que tu quieres?" "What do you want with me?" "Nothing, man." "We're just grunts, that's all." "On RR." "Slumming?" "Hey." "Remember me?" "I'm the guy you talked to about Harold." "Oh, yeah." "Harold." "Sweet Harold." "What kind of chance did he have?" "Ain't no way they could put him back together." "Look at the rest of those guys out there." "Who's gonna give them back their lives?" "Who's gonna give me back my life?" "We just don't want anybody to get hurt any more than they've already been." "Maybe we could talk to your doctor." "Yeah, sure." "My doctor." "What's he gonna do?" "Give me a fresh plastic bag for my urine when the one I got's filled?" "He gonna be able to explain to me why I can never walk again?" "Or make love to a woman again, ever?" "Ever in my life?" "You hear me, man?" "You hear what I'm telling you?" "I hear you, man." "I want to come in there and get that gun." "I don't want you to do that." "Don't come in here, man." "All I want to know is why... was I sent where I was sent." "Why was I sent to Vietnam?" "Why was I killing people and why were they trying to kill me?" "Hey, man." "Hey." "That's what we all want to know." "Yeah, well, I got some advice for you grunts." "Desert." "Go AWOL." "Don't let them send you back." "You've got your chance, so why not take it?" "Don't end up like me." "I hear you." "I hear you, man, but listen." "Listen." "Harold wouldn't want you getting upset like this, now, would he?" "He wouldn't want this to be happening." "Harold's dead, man!" "Dead!" "He pulled the plug himself." "Suicide!" "Think about your family, man." "You've got to think about your family." "Your mom." "Your dad." "What's more important than your family?" "Now, listen to me." "I want to come to you and take that gun." "Oh, but please don't shoot me, man, because, hey, if I got to buy it," "I want to buy it in the bush, doing a John Wayne, taking about a half a dozen gooks with me, but not here, not by a brother." "Please." "Don't..." "Don't do it, brother." "Don't do it." "Please." "Listen to me." "You don't want to do that." "Let me take the gun." "Please." "Let me take it." "Let go, please." "It's okay, man." "It's okay." "All right." "It's all right." "It's all right." "You're all right, man." "You're all right." "We're with you." "We're with you." "Join the Army." "Travel to exotic, distant lands." "Meet exciting, unusual people... and then kill them." "Before they kill you." "You know, I've been thinking about what that dude said." "About not going back?" "Going AWOL?" "Yeah." "Our buddies are dying in some stinking mudhole, and we take off?" "I wouldn't want them to do that to me." "I sure as hell ain't gonna do that to them." "MAN:" "Incoming!" "[MORTAR FALLING]" "I'm hit!" "I'm hit!" "[MACHINE GUN FIRE]" "Mayday!" "Mayday!" "We're going down!" "We're caught in a crossfire!" "Medic!" "Medic!" "[♪♪♪]"