"Presents" "The 317th Platoon" "Based on the novel with" "written and directed by" "At the beginning of May 1954, Russian, Chinese, Vietminh, British, US  and French delegations arrive in Geneva to prepare a peace conference for Indochina" "Two months later an armistice is signed" "In Dien-Bien-Phu, this is the 50th day of battle" "The Vietminh goes on the offensive all over Indochina" "They will be the last battles of a 9 year old war" "May the 4th, The North-Cambodia HQ gives orders to evacuate the isolated position of Liong-Ba, on the border of Laos" "And fall back to Lao-Tai located 150 kms to the south" "The 317th Platoon is ordered to sabotage its present installations and withdraw through the jungle, during monsoon rains, to its new positions" "Liong-Ba, May the 4th 6 PM" "At ease!" "Roudier is in trouble" "I think it's an ambush" "Look ..." "All the bullets are going in the same direction" "No more enemies ..." "No more enemies, maybe ..." "But Roudier is firing a lot" "He can be nervous ..." "No help from the south and the north is overrun with Viets" "Perrin has destroyed the radio" "Koot, assemble the two groups" "Yes sir !" "Only this left to drink, lieutenant" "No more ice either, I disconnected the fridge" "Do you want some ?" "Perrin, you put this in a little bottle and you give it to the doctor" "I told you to get your your hair cut !" "I know, I know ..." "Cheers to Liong-Ba !" "They killed Gegene" "Ok !" "The deal is :" "First the HQ group followed by you, Koot" "When we'll join Roudier, he'll alternate himself between the two groups" "Weapons on safe, total silence and no smoking" "We have to take the fridge !" "What do you think about the fridge ?" "It's no heavier than the radio" "And I can put it on a bamboo litter" "We can try to take it" "It's been in Liong Ba longer than you." "It arrived for Christmas" "Two guys to carry it !" "We have to go !" "It's all right, chief !" "You think so ?" "What are you hiding ?" "Nothing sir ..." "Well, empty all your bags on the ground!" "They are too heavy." "They can't be carried more than 2 kms" "Take your personal gear only and dump all the rest of the shit" "First group, go !" "Second group, go !" "Don't shoot !" "It's me, Roudier !" "Sir, my boys are nervous." "I was afraid they would shoot you" "And all the firing, 10 minutes ago?" "Fa-nong encountered Viets out front" "He says there were a lot of them." "I saw 1 or 2." "We killed one." "Do you want to see the corpse ?" "And the others ?" "Vanished .." " And the body ?" " Right there" " I'm going to use the torch" " OK" "Really dead !" "Yes, it's one of the regular army" "Some identifications ?" "Weapons ?" "Nothing but that ..." "A little piece of ..." "Let's go to Tao-Tsay" "Wednesday, May the 5th 0530hrs" "Have a drink ?" "A cigarette would be so great !" "What a country !" "You're right !" "What a country !" "You've only been here for 15 days ..." "I like this country" "33 months here, and I don't want to return to France" "When I'll quit the army, I'll buy a little house along the river" "Koot'll choose me a girl" "They are pretty ..." "They look like teenagers" "They have no hairs on the body" "An elastic skin" "And no hairs ..." "I think I'll have that smoke, now !" "Viets on the trail !" "I think they are Viets, too" "Give me the binoculars !" "With the sniper rifle, we can kill all of them !" "Not a good idea ..." "Let's try to capture one of them" "Let's go !" "We'll run straight to the river !" "Roudier, go along the trail !" "We'll be on your left to protect the ford" "Koot, stay here !" "Perrin will stay with you." "He will have to maintain radio communication." "Ok." "But we don't know what there is close to the river" "Be careful !" "Vietminh, Vietminh !" "They are coming !" "Pfff ..." "So many !" "A supply convoy" "Quiet, quiet !" "Hold your fire!" "Wait, wait ..." "Those 2 guys ..." "They have set up a machine gun" "We've got to get out of here !" "Quickly !" "I'll get that machine gun !" "The "Potato launcher" !" " Here, sir !" "In that clearing ..." "Fire !" "Missed !" "God !" "They are coming on, Roudier !" "We're right in the middle of in their night camp !" "All of them are going to come, now !" "I want to destroy the ..." "We have to retreat NOW !" "OK" "Tell Roudier" "Fire again !" "I want that machine gun !" "Fall back !" "Fall back !" "Roudier, for hell's sake, fall back !" "Give me the LMG !" "Roudier !" "Quick, quick !" "Ammo !" "Come on Roudier !" "What's the matter ?" "Bullet in the belly !" "Help him and bring him to Koot by the river" "They are coming !" "Fall back 50 meters!" "Retreat along the river!" "Quick, quick !" "Shoot, shoot !" "Shoot !" "Shoot !" "Go, go !" "Quick, quick !" "You dug holes, good !" "Fuck, a lot of other Viets !" "We have to resist a while" "It's an old trick, but it works" "2nd company, open fire only on visible targets !" "I think I killed one !" "What did you do near the river ?" "Well ..." "I helped Koot ..." "You're not a rifleman, you're a radioman !" "What about Tao-Tsay ?" "There's been a battle going on since midnight" "We have to reach Tao-Tsay ASAP" "They think it's the Viet's great offensive ..." "No kidding ?" "We don't want to hang around ..." "They said the rescue column for Dien-Bien-Phu has retreated" "The B26s can help us" "They'll take-off to bombs the trails as soon as the weather clears" "Thanks Perrin ..." "You're losing a lot of blood" " Huh ?" "Look !" "Some morphine for you ..." "Give it also to this one !" "I can't." "He has a bullet in the lung." "Morphine'll kill him" "4 dead. 3 of Roudier's and one ..." "Surrender !" "Or you'll die !" "I surrender !" "Now, we withdraw!" "Koot, Koot !" "I'll go with the HQ group and Roudier's group will go with the wounded to Hill 924" "Bullshit !" "Along the river !" "You stay here with your group. 15 minutes." "Do you have a watch ?" "15 minutes and then you retreat with the Viets stuck on you." "Then try to get to Hill 924." "We'll wait for you until midnight" "If there is trouble, I don't know ..." "Go directly to Tao-Tsay, ok ?" "It's impossible to take the wounded!" "They have to stay here with the medics !" "Sir, if we carry Roudier, we're dead !" "I'll take Roudier and the others !" "Fucking bullshit !" "If these 2 guys are not in a hospital in 48hrs, they are dead !" "And us too !" "There is a Vietminh division surrounding us and you want to pass through it with wounded men !" "And with the fridge, also ?" "In '44, in Russia ..." "They set up the mortars ..." "We leave these guys here and we go !" "We go WITH the wounded men." "Koot stays here." "That's all !" "OK ..." "I want to stay with Koot" "OK" "On your feet, on your feet !" "Put Ti at the head of the column !" "Go, go !" "Watch out for the wounded men !" "Koot, destroy those rifles !" "All right ?" "I want to speak to Ti !" "Ti, go to the end of the column" " How long from Koo's place ?" " 500 meters, maybe" " No more ?" "And you Ti ?" " No more ..." "Listen, they are not so far !" "Listen !" "Koot and his guys are all quite dead !" "Stop talking nonsense !" "There was no other option" " They're not using the mortars any more" " You're right !" "Either the Viets are after Koot, or they are just after us" "Perrin, check your watch." "We move in 1 minute." "Lieutenant !" "Aircraft !" "The B26s !" "A civil plane ..." "Maybe with pernod to drink ..." "Cool iced pernod ..." "I'd like a pernod too ..." "Well ..." "Let's go ..." "On your feet !" "Ti, stay at the end of the column !" "Everybody take cover !" "Quick, quick !" "It'd be a pity to be discovered !" "You !" "Come here !" "Go to the forest : when the rest of the group arrive, tell them to advance on the left" " Yes sir" " You understand ?" " Yes sir !" " Repeat what I have just said !" "When comrades here, I say :" "straight on - bad, left - good" "Good !" "On the left, remember ..." "We have to sit him up." "If not, he can't breathe." "Get me a medic !" "It's all right ?" "I'll give you some morphine" " Here it is !" " Thanks !" "Set up your radio and inform me when you contact Tao-Tsay" "I can't." "I gave the radio to Tchan to carry and Roudier and Tchan are still not here" "OK." "Help me." "Here's the cognac !" "Lift and hold his leg." "Higher !" "Willsdorf is good with surgery ..." "He knows everything, that's true." "He learnt in Russia" "In Russia ?" "I have to clean all that stuff ..." "You are hurting him !" "I know !" "Hold him tighter !" "Maybe some cognac for him ?" "I'm not sure ...if it's good for him" "Thanks, lieutenant !" "We can inject him anywhere ..." "Hmm ..." "Good !" "Three stars - not one !" "He's going to die ..." "They are always running after him ..." "So he was in the Russian Campaign ?" " In the Wehrmacht ?" " Huh ..." "I don't know" "During the war, he was a German NCO like Roudier ..." "Give me the morphine." "Willsdorf is not German, he's Alsatian." "Only 5 doses of morphine left." "Alsatian, yes, but during the war, Alsace was occupied" "All of France was occupied !" "It's not the same thing." "He speaks German, in fact." " Are you OK, Roudier ?" " Yes" " Oh yes, he spoke about Russia ..." " Huh ..." "A battle in Russia, a little one called Stalingrad ..." " Willsdorf can't break out" " Oh Perrin, and your radio ?" "OK, OK ..." "I'll go ..." "Choose 3 men." "The less tired ..." "To make 4 stretchers with bamboo" "The other wounded will walk" " Bloody English !" " What's wrong ?" "There's interference from an English radio station, Singapore, maybe ..." "And what can we do about it?" "Nothing except to try it again and again ..." "I said nobody ..." "Oh, it's you, Ti ..." "I think they are near to us." "In the little clearing ..." "But with the echos, its impossible to be sure" " What's that ?" " Soldiers cutting bamboo" "That's Koot's guys !" "The first one is Willsdorf" "It's Kantum" " The last one ?" " No." "Him." "There's 6 of them" "But, he's insane, Willsdorf !" "Go on, Chan !" "Perrin, stop working the radio." "Ti, put the wounded men on the stretchers" "And the others ?" "Willsdorf ?" "We had to wait for them until midnight !" "The 4 stretchers first, in line ..." "Go on !" "Roudier, you're mad !" "Stop that !" "Everybody in the water !" "Quick !" " Roudier, you're stupid !" " Just one mouthful" "Go go !" "Quick !" "Motherfuckers !" "Oh !" "His name was Ti-Peng ..." "We can't stay thinking about losing Peng..." "So, let's go !" "Do you have pills against colic ?" "Don't know Sir ..." "Don't know ?" "The colic, you know, the colic !" "Lieutnant, we have to be this night in Tao Tsay, because Fa-Long ... 30 minutes rest ..." "Perrin, Perrin ..." "Check your watch" "Ti, have you posted sentries ?" "Euh ..." "No ..." "You're not serious, Ti." "No thanks ..." "A little bit tainted, i think ..." "You can eat it." "Maybe tomorrow hunting" ""France is our mother, She feeds us"" ""with potatoes and rotten beans"" "Watch out, Sir !" "There's a leech on your neck !" "Don't touch it !" "I'm going to burn its ass .." "It's a green one." "The worse one." "I wonder what they eat when we are in camps." "Sir, want syringe, sir" "Tell the lieutnant, quick" "The lieutnant is coming with the morphine" "Don't worry : this evening we'll be in Tao-Tsay" "And tomorrow a plane will come for us." "We are lucky ..." "The others will stay on the march" "When we get bored in hospital, we'll go and look for girls" "Don't forget" "Give him morphine !" "He's dying !" "It's useless" "I'll go to get him liquid camphor" "Smoke, smoke ..." "Missed !" "Me know his wife." "Me tell her him dead" "Dig a grave alongside the track" "Did you know him?" "Was he your friend ?" "He was scared." "Me too." "I'm going to die" "I'm thirsty" "Fa-Long was a good soldier." "We will never forget him." "That's all." "We leave in 5 minutes." "There is a village !" "Stretchers on the ground !" "We stay here Ti." "Inform the chief of the village" "What are you saying ?" "Have the Viets been here ?" "Leave with elephants quick." "Leave quick !" "What are you mumbling about?" "I asked you if the Viets have been here ?" "Yes Sir, yes" "And are they are going to come back ?" "Yes." "They ask chief of village : "French where ?" "Don't know"" "Leave quick, sir !" "Where is the chief of the village ?" "Here !" "Him very scared Viets come back" "Ask him if Tao-Tsay is still holding on" "Don't know." "Leave quick with elephants." "Leave quick !" "Stay here, not good !" "When Viets come back, kill everybody !" "Put wounded men on elephants." "Now leave quick !" "OK" "Thursday May the 6th 1700hrs" "Are they Viets ?" "No, sir, Viets never come here !" "One girl speaks French !" "She speaks French !" "Good morning, sir" " She's the village chief's daughter" " Good morning" "Ti, to the elephants." "We stay in the village." "Perrin, the map and the compass !" "Always these bloody English !" "Get me Ti !" "Oh Sir :" "Always the English." "I can't contact Tao-Tsay" "Is this the house of the chief of the Village ?" "I don't know." "It's the girl's house." "The so-called daughter ..." "Do you have ... huh ..." "Colic ?" "The rice was tainted ..." "Sir ..." "Sir ..." "Sir ..." "Leave now !" "Elephants eat well." "Good !" "Ti, we stay here for the night." "The men are very tired and Roudier ..." "Check if there are sentries in place to watch the jungle" "Ok sir ..." "Perrin, try to contact Kra-Tsie." "Tao-Tsay may have surrendered" "I hope not." "I'm trying to contact them by Morse" "Put him here ..." "Him very ill" "Yes, but we have no more morphine or medication..." "Him very ill." "Same thing with Japanese." "Sir, him smoke and better after" "Opium ?" "You're crazy !" "Opium, good." "Japanese smoke and better after." "Do you want to smoke ?" "I've had enough of the pain ..." "Did you contact Kra-Tsie ?" "No, but it's time for the news on Radio-France Asia" "Violent engagements near Dien Bien Phu where  paratroops resist in spite of heavy losses" "In North Cambodia, the Viet offensive grows and overwhelms our troops who are retreating" "The camp of Tao Tsay still resists" "Some fighting is taking place in the Mekong delta near Kra-Tsie" "The Vietminh delegation arrived this morning in Geneva" "Paris :" "Celebration of the anniversary of the German capitulation" "The President of the Republic will go to the Arc of Triumph" "Roger Banister is the new champion of the mile" "She's good for a blowjob, isn't she ?" "Sir, please give me some tea ..." "You mustn't drink, Roudier ..." "Just to moisten the mouth ..." "What's the fuck ?" "I'm going to die ..." "We can't always win ..." "If I'd known it was going to be so painful ..." "I would never have drunk the water from the river" "In Marseille, when I embarked on the ship ..." "There was a lot of cops because of the riots" "In Marseille ..." "And also in Saigon ..." "I often thought about that ..." "And now it's the time" "I'll never know." "I just want to sleep a bit." "Friday May the 7th 0600hrs" "Roudier is dead" "Sir, Roudier is dead" "Wake up !" "Perrin, Ti, Get up !" "Sir, civilians, elephants, gone." "All gone !" "And the sentries ?" "Sentries ?" "Don't know !" "Don't know, don't know ?" "He was sleeping !" "Him says not sleeping. 2 comrades go with civilians" "What's this mess !" "It's incredible !" "Ok." "FM gunner : go to the main entrance of the village." "Ti, get the wounded men ready to go." "Roudier died during the night" "Perrin, with 2 men dig a grave." "Quickly" "The man who lost his weapon in the river ..." "He takes one of the rifles that was left behind and all the ammo." "He will then destroy all the other rifles" "Wake up !" "Come on get up !" "Dear sir : we scared." "Vietminh everywhere, not good." "We already know Japaneses, we go mountain, we despaired" "I'm very sorry Signature :" "Li-Ten-Su" "If you need rice, you take" "Assholes !" "Willsdorf !" " Glad to see you" " Me too" " Sir, the watch" " No, keep it" " No problem ?" " It was very hard" "Two Viet companies were engaged with us." "We had some casualties." "At 11 PM, we broke out." "Koot sent 2 guys up to Hill 924" "You didn't wait for us ?" "It was a great idea !" "The Viets were there." "One of the guys was killed" "Yesterday, in a village, people told us you came there." "So, since then, we have been following you." "Shit !" "There are no civilians here ?" "No, and they ran out with our elephants" "Not good news ..." "Roudier is dead." "We bury him then we go." " Hey Willsdorf !" "Fine ?" " Fine ..." "Good ..." "Another wounded man ..." "Sir, He can't walk ..." "Sir, It's a miracle you're here." "Tao-Tsay maybe has fallen" " No, on the radio, they said ..." " Are you planning to go there ?" "Tao-Tsay ?" "No." "But the news on Radio-France Asia ..." "Listen :" "Nay-Mi is dying." "Soy is dying, too." "You're the boss, but I'd leave them with no hesitation" " You're right ... but ..." " You want to carry them !" "I'm a pro of war." "Plus two campaigns in Indochina ..." "Ok ... before this evening we'll be naked ..." "On your feet !" "Koot : take point !" "Ti, stay with me !" "Perrin, you're deaf ?" " But .." "I am ... for Roudier ..." " Leave it !" "Shit !" "Don't be upset : the Viets would dig him up to know who he was" "Go, now ..." "You're right." "You're always right." "Thanks Willsdorf ..." "Ti, help me !" "When the Viets move him, it will blow them up !" "Willsdorf, what did you think of Roudier ?" "He was never talkative." "A good guy though." "Why ?" "I've been here a little while, 18 days to be exact." "I thought I knew him, but ..." "I was surprised." "He was very brave ..." "You're a weird guy, Willsdorf." "I saw you in the clearing" "You recovered the FM, but you'd leave Roudier" "Why do you think I got the FM ?" "To preserve it from the Viets ?" "I didn't care !" "A FM with good gunners gives good service." "What was the value of Roudier ?" "The speed of a snail." "And he died nevertheless" "Watch your distance men!" "What a pretty valley !" "In 2-3 weeks, all the trees will be red like fire" "The Cambodians'll celebrate the red season, they'll drink and dance with girls all night" "Sir : when you make war, you must be sure of one thing :" "the objective justifies the casualties." "If not, you can't command." "The distance, keep your fucking distance !" "Sir, sir !" "A village." "With no civilians." "I sent a man to reconnoitre." " Viets ?" " Montagnards ..." "Let's go !" "Not good !" "Civilians all gone everywhere !" "Shut up Koot !" "Civilians scared !" "What's this mess ?" "Drop that !" "Don't worry !" "Koot told them they can take what they want" "So, you're ok with this looting ?" "I'm going to explain : the civilians thought we were Viets   So they've gone." "They'll think the Viets'll have done the looting ...no?" "You're very smart Willsdorf, very smart ..." "But we'll take nothing !" "OK, OK ..." "Koot, stop what you're doing !" "I'm going to tell you a funny story" "In 1946, during my first campaign in Indochina ..." "Look, sir !" "What is it ?" "St Estephe 1950 ...imported in Saigon" " Where did you find it ?" " Here !" "We can't drink this wine and make this guy drop his pan ..." "It's quite disgusting ..." "But it's better than a kick in the ass ..." "So, in 1946, the company was in the Mekong delta ..." "The Captain - killed in 1949 - decided to organize a big raid in the jungle" "He had a wooden leg." "In the pubs, he always stuck forks into it." "Covered with the pants, it was so funny ..." "Well, well, well :" "let's go !" "5 meters between each soldier !" "Thanks !" "In the villages, all the civilians used to wait us with little flags" "When we returned, at the first village, there was nobody." "Same as here." "The captain said : every empty village was a rebel one and had to be burned" "Finally, a rebel village !" "We burned it." "Immediately the civilians came back howling." "They were waiting for us at the other side of the village !" "They still had their little flags !" "Willsdorf, it's a cruel story !" "Yes ..." " A Viet camp ..." " There was a lot of them !" " When did they leave ?" " Not long time ago" " What are you thinking about, Willsdorf ?" " Koot is right" "Have a cigarette ?" "Chan took mine" "Thanks !" "Sir, me scared !" "Don't want to be at the head !" "Fucking coward !" "Koot, come with me at point !" "What's this mess ?" "You're scared about the Viet camp, no ?" "Give me your SMG and the ammo !" "I don't like to be half-naked" "I imagine a Viet who says to his buddy :" "look, I'm going to shoot this guy." "That one ?" "No, the naked one !" "Stupid, isn't it ?" "We have to cross here." "Maybe with 2 FMs to cover us." " Ok." "Do you think ..." " I don't know." "I'm worried !" "There are footprints in the mud, over there." "When we get to the other side, send 4 or 5 guys ..." "Keep your distance !" "Your distance!" "Keep the fucking distance !" "Cease fire!" "Cease firing!" "Cease fire!" " Ti, take the FM !" "Stay here !" " Yes Sir !" "Let's go !" "Take cover !" "Han, give me the FM !" "I know where they are !" "They are about 10." "With only 4 or 5 rifles." "2 Viets killed." "With your gunfight, they are scared, now ..." "Sir, sir, civilians very scared !" "What are they saying, those civilians ?" "Over there, there is the Vietminh, sir." "Fighting around Tao-Tsay." "So, Tao Tsay is still holding out ..." "Anything wrong ?" "Corporal, tell Ti to come here with the rest of the group !" "Hooo ..." "My belly is so painfull !" "Some tropical disease." "Opium is a good medication." " What do they have to say ?" " Absolutely nothing" "They were forced to carry rice for the Viets" "The Viets told them Dien-Bien-Phu has surrendered." "Tao-Tsay too." "But they heard some firing during the night" "Don't drink like that !" "Tao-Tsay, is it still far ?" "2 hours on the trail." "But we can't use it." "Excuse me ..." "Ti, follow them !" "Cease fire !" "Cease fire !" "You're stupid !" "And your radio, idiot ?" "Oooh shit !" "I wanted to take an SMG..." "I took it, and ..." "It's nothing." "But you're really a asshole !" "Now, go !" "Tao-Tsay !" "I was quite sure ..." "Shit !" "No more cigarettes !" "You surprised me" "I didn't think we could reach Tao-Tsay" "Shit !" "I've got smoke in my eye !" "I knew it." "I always knew it." "Tao-Tsay has fallen." "OK." "We continue towards Kra-Tsie." "We've made half of the trip." "It'll be easier, now ..." "A Dakota of Royal Air Cambodia !" "Perrin, the radio, the radio !" "Yes sir." "I'm going to try to contact them on 5400 Kcs ..." "I don't care how ..." "The pilot is Delpierre." "A civilian." "He's dropped the mail at Liong-Ba" " Perrin ?" " 2 minutes." "Chan, Pedal!" "Go on !" "What is his flight code ?" "Dakota, Lima Bravo speaking ..." "Answer if you can hear me, Dakota !" "Answer !" "Lima Bravo." "Dakota speaking ..." "Lima Bravo." "Dakota speaking ..." "Plug me in." "Dakota, Willsdorf speaking." "Delpierre, do you hear me ?" "Willsdorf ?" "It's not possible!" "You're alive ?" "Everybody thought you were dead !" "Are you OK?" "Great !" "Ask him for a resupply drop !" "Alpha Kilo So-so!" "Can you drop us ammo, food and medical supplies !" "Understood?" "Over." "Affirmative, Lima Bravo, affirmative." "Tell me when and where." "Over." "ASAP !" "I don't know where." "Yes :" "where we hunted tiger last year." "Understood?" "Yes I remember" "Alpha Kilo affirmative!" "Tomorrow, around 7 PM, repeat, around 7 PM, I'll drop what you want" "Ok !" "Understood !" "Go to Pelgrin's and drink an iced cognac !" "Out!" "The tiger ?" "French soldiers of Lima Bravo !" "You have lost!" "Surrender to the Democratic Republic of Vietminh !" "Stop this stupid war !" "Fucking Viets !" "This is a very bad trip ..." "Nobody on the skyline !" "Clean your weapons !" "Koot, check the ammo !" "Ti, look after the sick guys !" "Understand?" "Here is Radio-France Asia :" "After a 57 day battle, Dien-Bien-Phu has surrendered" "Pilots of supply aircraft planes report that after 6 PM, the Vietminh DCA ceased firing." "They have noticed long columns of French prisoners" "At this time, in all Indochina, Vietminh divisions advance towards the south" "Tomorrow, in Geneva, the conference about Indochina begins" "So, they win ..." "Well ..." "We have a long trip to our lines" "I don't think we can reach Kra-Tsie" "So, I think ..." "Willsdorf, a cigarette please ..." "So ..." "Tomorrow, we'll attack the Viets of the village" "The village where they stock the rice ..." "You'd better smoke with a water-pipe, like me ..." "It's a little bit harsh at the beginning, but it's cool" "And about the attack ?" "You're the boss." "I hear you." "Good!" "Tomorrow, we'll attack the village !" "Don't be upset." "I have a proposition ..." "Fucking mosquitoes !" "You're right." "It's impossible to reach Kra-Tsie." "We can only escape towards the north-east" "We can join the Montagnard villagers." "They are organised for guerilla warfare." "That was our goal with Koot until we arrived in the village of the elephants" "That's the tiger meaning : telling Delpierre we go north-east" "What's the deal with this tiger ?" "Last year, Koot killed a tiger with his SMG" "We gave the skin to Delpierre, who sent it to his wife" "Because of the holes, she couldn't make a coat with this skin," "So, what did she do?" "She made a bikini ..." "Can you believe it ?" "A bikini !" "Something for the colic ..." "Is good for the Chef" "Drink it." "Be careful : it's hot." "It's good for you." "The Montagnard guerillas." "Very good." "A good idea." "But we can attack the village before then." "Our guys are exhausted !" "Exhausted ... exhausted ..." "Sure, we're running like rabbits ..." "Exhausted ..." "My foot !" "Cowards in fact !" "Listen, tomorrow, we'll leave the wounded men and we'll attack the village !" "The Charge of the Light Brigade !" "And we'll be naked at the end ..." "What do you think, Koot ?" "Better run north-east !" "I'd go with you, Sir !" "Shut up !" "If we'll be lucky, 10 of our guys will be dead." "For what ?" "Do you want some of this disgusting tea ?" "Willsdorf ..." "The attack ..." "It'll be so cool ..." "Then we'll go to the hunt of bikinis ..." "Woooh ..." "The weather is quite cool ..." "You remind me of a guy I met once ." "He was injured." "In the arm, like Perrin." "But, he was like you ..." "It was in Berlin." "In May 1945." "He also wanted to be an hero ..." "But I ran." "He said : we'll be hung." "All of us !" "Long live Death !" "He said." "And he laughed ..." "After I escaped, the Viets .." "No, the Russians used howitzers to kill them" "If we remain alive, we'll have an evening in Kra-Tsie." "We'll go to that pub ..." "What's its name ?" "Ah, yes ..." "The Bungalo, AKA Pelgrin's" "Yes, that's it." "Pelgrin's ..." "A big big party at Pelgrin's !" "We'll smoke big cigars ..." "Willsdorf ..." "Hmmm ?" "Do you think they will take Hanoi now ?" "If they want to..." "There is nothing between Dien-Bien-Phu and Hanoi" " And all Indochina ?" " I don't think so" "How do you cope with losing wars ?" "You must know that." "You were in the Wehrmacht ..." " By conviction ?" " I was drafted !" "Alsace was German territory !" "Annexed !" "OK, I was in the German army ..." "It was a piece of shit ..." "And fuck !" "Smolensk, Voronej, Koursk, Kharkov ..." "Not a little business !" "Saturday May the 8th 0915hrs" "We go, now ?" "The Charge of the Light Brigade." "There are 8 Viets." "But some more may be hidden." "What is this guy doing ?" "Talking about their victory ?" "I think it's a political officer" " OK ..." "Listen ..." " No." "You listen .." "Look at the last house, over there." "A peasant told me it's the rice stock." "I'll go there and I'll block the main exit." "You watch this house." "The 2nd sentry may hang around the house." "When I'm in position, crac !" "I believe you want to hunt tiger right now !" "Perrin !" "Give me that." "I was a good sniper at Coet ..." "Go !" "The sentry, the sentry !" "Take it and stay here !" "Follow me !" "Watch out for the civilians !" "Watch out for the Viets !" "Ti, bring me everybody here !" "Koot, go and burn the rice stock !" "Stop that !" "Stop it now !" "Looting is strictly forbidden !" "OK ?" "OK." "The party is over !" "3 men with Koot !" "You other men destroy the rifles." "This woman is dying." "I told them to give her opium to calm her." "I took a bit for you." "Sir, he was trying to escape." "Me kill him ?" "No, he'll carry the wounded men." "Victory ..." "How many Viets dead ?" "9 here." "With the 2 sentries." "And I don't know how many in the barracks 3." "So, 12. 3 are missing." "No, 2 with the prisoner ..." "Sir, house burned !" "Run out now !" "But what was this guy doing ?" "I know, sir !" "He say :" "Cambodian, yellow." "Not good with French white men." "Good with yellow Vietminhs" "He say :" "French ran away at Dien-Bien-Phu" "He say : white run out." "Yellow stay." "That's all" "So, translate what I'm going to say to this laughing guy" "The blood is red." "And the red will stay here." "Always !" "Dig graves !" "In the village !" "Nice show !" "But a little bit simplist, the egg trick, no ?" "Don't you believe it !" "In 1946, the rebels didn't dare to shoot at the white "gods"." "Because they though the bullets would return back to them." "You know, in Cambodia ..." "Perrin !" "..." "Yes !" "..." "Come here !" "Good, good, good ..." "Looks like English cigarettes ..." "So ..." "In Cambodia, they like fairy tales" "Fate signs ..." "Symbols ..." "They are poets ..." "You are a poet, too." "A tragic one ..." "Koot, let's go !" "Alpha Kilo, Alpha Kilo, Lima Bravo calling." "Oh, Chang, shut up and pedal stronger !" "Alpha Kilo, Alpha Kilo, Lima Bravo, Lima Bravo calling ..." "Are you receiving me?" "Eh !" "Look at this guy staring me !" "Do you want a photo ?" "Eh?" "Smoke !" "Good cigar !" "I've got him, sir !" "Lima Bravo, receiving you 5/5, I'm just over Tao-Tsay." "Over." "Fly on 350 ..." "Tell him, Perrin !" "Lima Bravo, I don't understand." "Repeat !" "Go on Chang !" "Faster !" "Quiet !" "He's coming !" "Dakota, I see you." "Turn right !" "120° right !" "We are behind you, now !" "You are too far." "Turn back !" "Lima Bravo, I see your marker." "I'm going to drop !" "What is he doing ?" "Contact him !" "He's being misled !" "Dakota, we are behind you." "BEHIND you !" "Dakota, you're insane !" "You are dropping among the Viets !" "We are behind you, behind you !" "He's turning." "He understood." "We are now on your left !" "Keep turning left !" "It's OK." "Just straight on !" "Lima Bravo." "Very bad reception." "We can only make one more drop." "OK, and thank you !" "Dakota, you're going to see us on your left" "Lima Bravo." "I see your marker at 11 o'clock." "Roger !" "Dakota." "In 5 seconds. 4 .. 3 .." "2 ... 1 .." "Go !" "Great job !" "See you later !" "Out." "Lima Bravo : good luck, guys !" "Out." "Stay calm !" "5 men to each parachute !" "Koot destroy the marker !" "It's a too visible a target !" "The marker !" "The marker !" " Koot, what a mess !" " Pernod all broken !" "Form up the guys in column !" "Take it !" " Sir ..." "You, first ..." " Oh ..." "It's the Ritz !" "Koot, 2 packs of ammo per man ..." "Look after your radio instead of playing the clown !" "Sir, sir !" "Sorry, I dropped the meds among the Viets." "They are numerous in the valley." "Delpierre." "A chicken ?" "Stop it !" "Now !" "The Viets are on the other side !" "STOP IT !" "Where did it come from?" "this chicken ?" "Oh yes ..." "It's you, Ksun." "It's obvious ..." "Take in village. him happy to sleep here !" "The lieutnant said : don't take chickens ..." "I take it before lieutnant !" "Dismissed !" "Ti, 2 more ammo packs for him !" "Monday May the 10th 1500hrs" "Let's go, Koot ..." "Koot !" "Go, go !" "The temperature is so fucking hot !" "Are you in pain?" "It's disgusting !" "What do you mean ?" "Disgusting ..." "Yes, it's war ..." "They are good for war, these assholes !" "Great soldiers !" "Do you think you can stay stuck on me ?" "They are going to come and see their work" "Go, Willsdorf ..." "Go ..." "We'll go in the jungle." "We'll find bamboo to make a stretcher." "Go ..." "I don't care now ..." "I'm so tired ..." "Give me a cigarette and go ..." "Sir, sir !" "Run out !" "I'm coming !" "Goodbye, sir !" "Go away ..." "You too ..." "Come on, Ti !" "Willsdorf ..." "Willsdorf ..." "Tonight ..." "The animals ..." "I'm scared ..." "The animals ..." "Let's go !" "Monday May the 10th 1954." "It's 3h30 PM" "The 317th platoon is finished" "On December the 7th 1960 Willsdorf will be gunned down" "In the Amour Djebel in Algeria" "Translation : jcv_vidal - 10/2006." "Corrected by BarryJW.25.6.2013"