"background]" "♪ America has heard the bugle call" "♪ And you know it involves us one and all" "♪ I don't suppose that war will ever end" "♪ There's fighting that will break us up again" "Vietnam" "♪ I'm here to take a battle to be won" "♪ Kiss me good-bye And write me while I'm gone" "Vietnam♪" "your senior drill instructor." "You will speak only when spoken to." "The first and last words out of your sewers will be ♪ Sir!" "♪" "Do you maggots understand?" "sir!" "I can't hear you." "Sound off like you got a pair." "sir!" "if you survive recruit training... praying for war." "you are pukes!" "The lowest form of life on Earth." "You are not even human fucking beings!" "grab-asstic pieces of amphibian shit!" "you won't like me." "the more you'll learn." "but I am fair!" "There is no racial bigotry here!" "wops or greasers." "you are all equally worthless!" "My orders are to weed out non-hackers who do not pack the gear to be in my beloved Corps!" "Do you maggots understand that?" "sir!" "Bullshit!" "I can't hear you!" "sir!" "sir!" "From now on you're Private Snowball!" "Like that name?" "sir!" "There's one thing you won't like!" "They don't serve fried chicken and watermelon in my mess hall!" "sir!" "John Wayne?" "Is this me?" "HARTMAN:" "Who said that?" "[Screams] Who the fuck said that?" "Who's the slimy communist cocksucker down here who just signed his own death warrant?" "huh?" "The fairy fucking godmother said it!" "Out-fucking-standing!" "I will P.T. you all until you die!" "I will P.T. you until your assholes suck buttermilk!" "sir!" "You look like a fucking worm!" "I bet it was you!" "sir!" "sir!" "no shit." "a fucking comedian?" "Private Joker." "I admire your honesty." "I like you." "Come over to my house and fuck my sister!" "[Joker grunts]" "HARTMAN:" "You little scumbag!" "I've got your name!" "I've got your ass!" "You will not laugh or cry!" "You will learn by the number!" "HARTMAN:" "Get up!" "Get on your feet!" "Unfuck yourself or I'll unscrew your head and shit down your neck!" "sir!" "sir!" "sir!" "Let me see your war face!" "Sir!" "You've got a war face?" "[Hartman yells]" "That's a war face!" "Let me see yours!" "[Joker yells]" "You didn't convince me!" "Let me see your real war face!" "[Joker yells louder] sir!" "What's your excuse?" "sir?" "understand?" "sir!" "Thank you!" "Can I be in charge for a while?" "sir!" "Are you shook up?" "Nervous?" "sir!" "Do I make you nervous?" "what?" "sir!" "sir!" "I didn't know they stacked shit that high!" "sir!" "The best part of you ran down the crack of your mama's ass and ended up as a brown stain on the mattress!" "sir!" "Private Cowboy!" "so that narrows it down!" "sir!" "sir!" "I bet you would fuck a person in the ass and not have the courtesy to give him a reach-around!" "I'll be watching you!" "sir!" "Bet they regret that!" "You're so ugly you're a modern-art masterpiece!" "sir!" "sir!" "That name sounds like royalty!" "You royalty?" "sir!" "sir!" "Bet you could suck a golf ball through a garden hose!" "sir!" "I don't like that name!" "Faggots and sailors are called Lawrence!" "sir!" "Private Pyle?" "Think I'm funny?" "sir!" "sir!" "sweetheart!" "sir!" "I'll give you three seconds exactly three fucking seconds to wipe off that stupid grin or I will gouge out your eyeballs and skull-fuck you!" "three." "scumbag!" "HARTMAN:" "Now choke yourself!" "numb-nuts!" "HARTMAN:" "Don't pull my hand over there!" "I said choke yourself!" "Lean forward and choke yourself!" "sir!" "Bullshit!" "I can't hear you!" "sir!" "HARTMAN:" "Bullshit!" "I still can't hear you!" "Sound off like you got a pair!" "sir!" "HARTMAN:" "That's enough." "Get on your feet!" "[Pyle gasping] square your ass away and start shitting me Tiffany cuff links or I will definitely fuck you up!" "sir!" "[Hartman chanting in cadence]" "South Carolina the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot." "An eight-week college for the phony-tough and the crazy-brave." "HARTMAN: [Chanting in cadence] ♪ Mama and Papa were laying in bed!" "♪" "[Recruits repeat after Hartman]" "♪ Mama rolled over and this is what she said:" "give me some... ♪ '..." "P.T.!" "'" "♪ Good for you and good for me!" "good!" "♪ Up in the morning to the rising sun!" "♪ Gotta run all day... ♪ ...till the running's done!" "♪ Ho Chi Minh is a son of a bitch!" "crabs and the seven-year itch!" "♪" "[Hartman gives drill commands]" "hut!" "What are you trying to do to my beloved Corps?" "sir!" "Do you expect me to believe that you don't know left from right?" "sir!" "You did that on purpose!" "You want to be different!" "sir!" "sir!" "sir!" "What side was that?" "sir!" "Pyle!" "Pick up your fucking cover!" "sir!" "[Hartman gives drill commands]" "you pukes will sleep with your rifles!" "You will give your rifle a girl's name!" "Because this is the only pussy you people are going to get!" "Your days of finger-banging old Mary Jane Rottencrotch through her pretty pink panties are over!" "You're married to this piece this weapon of iron and wood!" "And you will be faithful!" "HARTMAN:" "Prepare to mount!" "Mount!" "[Beds rattle and clang]" "Pray!" "RECRUITS: [In unison] ♪ This is my rifle." "but this one is mine." "♪ My rifle is my best friend." "♪ It is my life." "as I must master my life." "my rifle is useless." "I am useless." "♪ I must fire my rifle true." "who is trying to kill me." "♪ I must shoot him before he shoots me." "♪ I will." "♪ Before God I swear this creed." "♪ My rifle and myself are defenders of my country." "♪ We are the masters of our enemy." "♪ We are the saviors of my life." "♪ So be it... but peace." "♪ Amen. ♪" "At ease!" "ladies!" "HARTMAN:" "Hit it!" "sir!" "hut!" "Cowboy!" "hut!" "not your head around the rifle!" "hut!" "Pyle!" "Four inches!" "[Chanting in cadence] ♪ This is my rifle!" "This is my gun!" "RECRUITS: ♪ This is for fighting!" "This is for fun!" "♪ This is my rifle!" "This is my gun!" "♪ This is for fighting!" "This is for fun!" "♪" "[Cadenced chanting continues]" "[Hartman chants]" "HARTMAN:" "You're bouncing!" "[Hartman continues chanting]" "background]" "HARTMAN:" "Ten fucking seconds!" "It should take you ten seconds to negotiate this obstacle!" "move it out!" "No swinging-dick private in this platoon's gonna graduate until they get this obstacle down to less than ten fucking seconds!" "[Rhythmic drumbeat continues]" "[Cheering]" "HARTMAN:" "Next two!" "Quickly!" "Get over that goddamn obstacle!" "Move it!" "are you a killer?" "Let me hear your war cry!" "[Joker yells]" "HARTMAN:" "Get your fat ass over there!" "Private Pyle don't make any fucking effort to get up to the top!" "He'd have miracled your ass up there!" "sir!" "Get your fat ass up there!" "What the hell's wrong with you?" "couldn't you?" "sir!" "Pyle." "sir!" "background]" "One for the commandant!" "One for the Corps!" "Get up there!" "Pull!" "Pyle!" "Pull!" "pull!" "pull!" "You've got to be shitting me!" "Get your ass up there!" "Do you mean to tell me you cannot do one single pull-up?" "Pyle!" "Get out of my face!" "Snowball." "fatboy!" "Pyle!" "Move it up!" "Private Pyle?" "Get up here!" "You're too slow!" "Move it!" "don't fall down!" "That would break my fucking heart!" "Quickly!" "Up and over!" "Up and over!" "Private Pyle?" "Get up and over!" "move it!" "HARTMAN:" "Are you quitting on me?" "are you?" "walrus-Iooking piece of shit!" "Get the fuck off of my obstacle!" "Get the fuck off of my obstacle!" "Now!" "Move it!" "I'm going to rip your balls off so you can't contaminate the rest of the world!" "Private Pyle if it short-dicks every cannibal on the Congo!" "Pyle!" "Quickly!" "Move it up!" "Private Pyle?" "Or did you have to work on it?" "Move it up!" "Quickly!" "Hustle up!" "Private Pyle!" "background]" "HARTMAN:" "Are you going to fucking die?" "Are you going to die on me?" "Do it now!" "Move it up!" "Hustle it up!" "Quickly!" "Feel dizzy?" "[Pyle panting]" "Faint?" "I think you've got a hard-on!" "[Dramatic instrumental music continues] ladies!" "Assholes and elbows!" "Move it out!" "Get up!" "[Wake-up trumpet call]" "Reveille!" "Reveille!" "HARTMAN:" "Drop your cocks and grab your socks!" "Today is Sunday!" "Divine worship is 0800." "Get your bunks made and your uniforms on." "Police call in two minutes." "Private Joker." "then you two turds clean the head." "sir!" "I want that head so sanitary that the Virgin Mary could go in there and take a dump!" "sir!" "Do you believe in the Virgin Mary?" "sir!" "[Banging]" "I don't believe I heard you correctly!" "♪ sir!" "You little maggot!" "You make me want to vomit!" "sound off that you love the Virgin Mary or I'll stomp your guts out!" "don't you?" "sir!" "sir!" "the private believes that any answer he gives will be wrong!" "sir!" "Who's your squad leader?" "sir!" "Private Snowball!" "sir!" "HARTMAN:" "You're fired!" "Private Joker is promoted to squad leader!" "sir!" "sir!" "sir!" "From now on Private Joker is your new squad leader and you bunk with him." "He'll teach you!" "sir!" "and guts is enough." "Now you ladies carry on." "sir!" "The bolt." "The bolt goes in the receiver." "background]" "Operating rod handle." "Operating rod guide." "And the left one over the right." "Right one over the left." "[Military drumbeat continues]" "Left one over the right." "Right one over the left." "Just throw your other leg over." "[Pyle gasping]" "JOKER:" "Pull the next one over and you're home free." "JOKER:" "Just throw it over." "[Pyle gasping]" "JOKER:" "That'a boy." "Just set it down." "[Pyle gasping]" "Leonard." "You did it." "Fold the blanket and sheet back together." "Make a four-inch fold." "Got it?" "You do it." "hut!" "hut!" "hut!" "background]" "[Hartman gives drill commands]" "HARTMAN:" "Square these weapons away." "HARTMAN:" "The deadliest weapon in the world... and his rifle." "It is your killer instinct that must be harnessed if you expect to survive in combat." "Your rifle is only a tool." "It is a hard heart that kills." "If your killer instincts are not clean and strong you will hesitate at the moment of truth." "You will not kill." "You will become dead Marines." "And then you will be in a world of shit." "Because Marines are not allowed to die without permission!" "HARTMAN:" "Do you maggots understand?" "sir!" "HARTMAN: [Chanting in cadence] ♪ I love working for Uncle Sam!" "♪" "[Recruits repeat after Hartman]" "♪ Lets me know just who I am!" "four!" "United States Marine Corps!" "four!" "I love the Marine Corps!" "♪ My Corps!" "Your Corps!" "♪ Our Corps!" "Marine Corps!" "but I've been told..." "♪ ..." "Eskimo pussy is mighty cold!" "good!" "Feels good!" "♪ Is good!" "Real good!" "♪ Tastes good!" "Mighty good!" "♪ Good for you!" "Good for me!" "♪" "HARTMAN:" "Trim 'em!" "HARTMAN:" "Toe-jam!" "Pop that blister!" "HARTMAN:" "Jesus H. Christ!" "Private Pyle... sir!" "If there is one thing in this world I hate... right?" "sir!" "there'd be no thievery in the world!" "sir!" "Get down!" "Now let's just see if there's anything missing!" "HARTMAN:" "Holy Jesus!" "What is that?" "What the fuck is that?" "Private Pyle?" "sir!" "A jelly doughnut?" "sir!" "sir!" "Private?" "sir!" "sir!" "Private Pyle!" "sir!" "Then why did you hide a jelly doughnut in your footlocker?" "sir!" "Because you were hungry?" "Private Pyle has dishonored himself and dishonored the platoon!" "but I have failed!" "I have failed because you have not helped me!" "HARTMAN:" "You people have not given Private Pyle the proper motivation!" "whenever Private Pyle fucks up I will not punish him." "I will punish all of you!" "ladies you owe me for one jelly doughnut!" "Get on your faces!" "Open your mouth!" "you eat it!" "exercise!" "four!" "♪ I love the Marine Corps!" "♪" "[Cadenced chanting continues]" "You really look like shit today." "Joker?" "Everybody hates me now." "Even you." "Leonard." "getting everybody in trouble." "I can't do anything right." "I need help." "I'm trying to help you." "I'm really trying." "Tuck your shirt in." "[Marines counting pushups]" "background]" "[Pyle groaning and crying]" "Do it." "fatboy." "[Pyle sobbing]" "[Hartman gives drill commands]" "ladies?" "do or die!" "gung ho!" "HARTMAN:" "What makes the grass grow?" "blood." "ladies?" "kill!" "HARTMAN:" "I can't hear you!" "kill!" "HARTMAN:" "Bullshit!" "I still can't hear you!" "kill!" "HARTMAN:" "Do any of you know who Charles Whitman was?" "None of you dumbasses knows?" "sir!" "Charles Whitman killed 12 people from a 28-story observation tower at the University of Texas from distances of up to 400 yards." "HARTMAN:" "Anybody know who Lee Harvey Oswald was?" "sir!" "And do you know how far away he was?" "sir!" "[Recruits chuckle]" "HARTMAN:" "Knock it off!" "250 feet!" "He was 250 feet away and shooting at a moving target." "He got off three rounds with an Italian bolt-action rifle in six seconds... including a head shot!" "Do any of you know where these individuals learned to shoot?" "sir!" "In the Marines!" "Outstanding!" "Those individuals showed what one motivated Marine and his rifle can do!" "HARTMAN:" "Before you ladies leave my island you will all be able to do the same thing!" "[AII sing] ♪ Happy birthday to you" "dear Jesus♪" "Today is Christmas!" "There will be a magic show at 0930!" "Chaplain Charlie will tell you about how the free world will conquer Communism with the aid of God and a few Marines!" "God has a hard-on for Marines because we kill everything we see!" "He plays His games we play ours!" "To show our appreciation for so much power we keep heaven packed with fresh souls!" "God was here before the Marine Corps!" "So you can give your heart to Jesus but your ass belongs to the Corps!" "sir!" "I can't hear you!" "sir!" "PYLE:" "It's been swabbed and brushed." "PYLE:" "Everything is clean." "Beautiful." "So that it slides perfectly." "Nice." "PYLE:" "Everything cleaned oiled." "So that your action is beautiful." "Charlene." "Leonard talks to his rifle." "I don't think Leonard can hack it anymore." "I think Leonard's a Section 8." "COWBOY:" "It don't surprise me." "JOKER:" "I want to slip my tubesteak into your sister." "JOKER:" "What will you take in trade?" "COWBOY:" "What do you got?" "[Rifle shots]" "Outstanding!" "We've finally found something you do well!" "sir!" "What is your 6th general order?" "obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me all orders... the 6th general... sir!" "get down and give me 25!" "sir!" "How many counts in that movement?" "sir!" "HARTMAN:" "Why look down in the chamber?" "sir!" "What's your 5th general order?" "sir!" "HARTMAN:" "What's this weapon's name?" "sir!" "you are definitely born again hard." "I may even let you serve as a rifleman in my beloved Corps." "sir!" "HARTMAN: [Chanting in cadence] ♪ I don't want no teenage queen!" "♪" "[Recruits repeat after Hartman]" "♪ I just want my M-14!" "♪ If I die in the combat zone" "♪ Box me up and ship me home!" "♪ Pin my medals upon my chest!" "♪ Tell my mom I've done my best!" "♪" "[Birds chirping]" "JOKER:" "Graduation is only a few days away and the recruits of Platoon 3092 are salty." "They are ready to eat their own guts and ask for seconds." "The instructors are proud to see us growing beyond their control." "[Recruits yelling war cries]" "JOKER:" "The Marine Corps does not want robots." "The Marine Corps wants killers." "The Marine Corps wants to build indestructible men." "Men without fear." "Today you people are no longer maggots." "you are Marines." "HARTMAN:" "You are part of a brotherhood." "until the day you die wherever you are every Marine is your brother." "Most of you will go to Vietnam." "Some of you will not come back." "But always remember this:" "Marines die." "That's what we're here for!" "But the Marine Corps lives forever." "And that means you live forever!" "sir!" "Infantry." "sir!" "Infantry." "sir!" "Engineers." "You go out and find mines." "sir!" "Infantry." "sir!" "Infantry." "sir!" "HARTMAN: 4212 Basic Military Journalism." "You must be shitting me!" "You think you're Mickey Spillane?" "You think you're some kind of fucking writer?" "sir!" "you're a killer!" "sir!" "HARTMAN:" "Gomer Pyle!" "HARTMAN:" "Gomer Pyle!" "sir!" "Infantry." "You made it." "JOKER:" "Our last night on the island." "I draw fire watch." "background]" "Joker." "Are those live rounds?" "7.62 millimeter." "[Magazine clicks]" "Full metal jacket." "if Hartman comes in here and catches us we'll both be in a world of shit." "I am in a world of shit!" "hut!" "hut!" "PYLE:" "Lock and load." "hut!" "♪ This is my rifle!" "but this one is mine.♪" "[Pyle continues the prayer]" "HARTMAN:" "Get back in your bunks!" "HARTMAN:" "What is this Mickey Mouse shit?" "What in the name of Jesus H. Christ are you animals doing in my head?" "Why is Pyle out of his bunk after lights out?" "Why is Pyle holding that weapon?" "Why aren't you stomping Private Pyle's guts out?" "it is the private's duty to inform you... sir!" "background]" "Private Pyle and listen good." "I want that weapon and I want it now!" "Place that rifle on the deck at your feet and step back away from it." "[Pyle sighs] numb-nuts?" "Didn't Mommy and Daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?" "[Rifle blasts]" "[Pyle sighs] background]" "Leonard." "man." "dramatic instrumental music continues]" "rifle blasts]" "background]" "[Motorcycle engine rumbles]" "baby." "You got girlfriend Vietnam?" "Not just this minute." "me so horny." "Me so horny." "Me love you long time." "You party?" "we might party." "How much?" "$15." "$15 for both of us?" "No." "Each you $15." "Me love you long time." "Me so horny." "$15 too beaucoup." "$5 each." "Me suckee-suckee." "Me love you too much." "$5 is all my mom allows me to spend." "Okay!" "$10 each." "What do we get for $10?" "Everything you want." "Everything?" "Everything." "you feel like spending some of your hard-earned money?" "Half of these gook whores are officers in the Viet Cong." "The other half have TB." "JOKER:" "Be sure you only fuck the ones who cough." "[Thief grunting]" "[Joker grunts]" "[Motorcycle engine rumbles]" "[Joker screams] background]" "[Propellors pelting]" "That sucker really had some moves on him." "You know what pisses me off about these people?" "What?" "We're helping them and they shit all over us." "I just can't feature that." "Don't take it too hard." "It's just business." "I hate Da Nang." "I want to go out into the field." "I'm here three months and all I do is take handshake shots at award ceremonies." "You'd get wasted the first day and it would be my fault." "A high-school girl could do my job." "I want to get into the shit." "I want some trigger time." "your mom will find me and beat the shit out of me." "That's a negative." "Let's keep it short and sweet." "Anybody got anything new?" "Rumor has it that the Tet ceasefire will be cancelled." "Rear echelon paranoia." "JOKER:" "Intelligence says Charlie might try something big during Tet." "They say the same thing every year." "There's a lot of talk about it." "Don't lose any sleep over it." "Christmas and New Year in one." "will bang gongs and bark at the moon." "LOCKHART:" "Ann-Margret and entourage are due next week." "I want someone to stick with her for a few days." "you take it." "Get some good low-angle stuff." "but I want to see fur and early morning dew." "♪ Diplomats in Dungarees." "Marine engineers rebuild Dong Phuc villages...♪ they are evacuees." "they are refugees." "sir." "♪ N.V.A. Soldier Deserts After Reading Pamphlets.♪ who realized his side would lose... ♪ ...deserted after reading Open Arms pamphlets.♪" "♪ N.V.A. regular♪ ?" "Is there an irregular?" "LOCKHART:" "How about N.V.A. soldier?" "I'll fix it." "LOCKHART: ♪ The Lawrence Welk Show♪ will be on TV in two weeks." "do 100 words on it." "♪ Not While We're Eating.♪" "♪ N.V.A. learned not to interrupt meals of Marines on a search-and-destroy mission.♪" "We have a new directive from M.A.F. on search and destroy." "Substitute ♪ sweep and clear♪ in place of ♪ search and destroy.♪" "Got it?" "Got it." "Very catchy." "where's the weenie?" "Sir?" "The kill." "The grunts must have hit something." "Didn't see them." "we run two basic stories here." "Grunts who buy toothbrushes and deodorant for gooks:" "♪ Winning of Hearts And Minds.♪" "And combat action resulting in a kill:" "♪ Winning the War.♪ drag marks?" "sir." "That's why God passed the law of probability." "one kill." "A sapper or an officer." "Which?" "Whichever you say." "Grunts like reading about dead officers." "an officer." "How about a general?" "[Marines chuckle]" "You'd like our guys to read the paper and feel bad?" "this is not a popular war." "Our job is to report the news that the ♪ why-are-we-here♪ civilian newsmen ignore." "Maybe you should go out on some ops yourself." "You could find more blood trails and drag marks." "[Marines chuckle]" "I've had my ass in the grass." "Can't say I liked it much." "Lots of bugs and too dangerous." "My present duties keep me where I belong:" "In the rear with the gear." "background]" "JOKER:" "Tet." "The Year of the Monkey." "Vietnamese Lunar New Year's Eve." "the gooks are shooting off fireworks to celebrate." "[Joker yawns] man." "I have to get back in the shit." "I ain't heard a shot fired in anger in weeks." "he'd eat the boogers out of a dead man's nose..." "[Marines laugh] ...then ask for seconds." "pilgrim." "A day without blood is like a day without sunshine!" "[Marines laugh]" "Joker thinks the bad bush is between old mama-san's legs." "He's never been in the shit." "Hard to talk about." "Like on Hastings." "You weren't on Operation Hastings." "You weren't even in country." "you fucking Spanish-American poge!" "I was there!" "I was in the shit with the grunts." "Rafterman." "JOKER:" "Sometimes he thinks he's John Wayne." "PA YBACK:" "You listen to Joker." "He knows ti ti." "Very little." "He's never been in the shit 'cause he ain't got the stare." "000-yard stare." "A Marine gets it after he's been in the shit too long." "it's like you've really seen beyond." "PA YBACK:" "I got it." "too." "I will?" "STOKE:" "How do you stop five blacks from raping a white chick?" "Fuck you." "STOKE:" "Throw them a basketball." "[Marines laugh]" "[Gunshots in distance]" "DA VE:" "Incoming." "CHILl:" "They're outgoing!" "DA VE:" "That ain't outgoing!" "CHILl:" "That ain't outgoing!" "DA VE:" "Now what'd I just say?" "[Sirens blare]" "[Chaotic shouting]" "[Sirens blare]" "I hope they're just fucking with us." "I ain't ready for this shit." "[Machine gun blasts]" "OFFICER:" "Cease fire!" "OFFICER:" "Cease fire!" "LOCKHART:" "The enemy has very deceitfully taken advantage of the ceasefire to launch an offensive all over the country." "we've had it pretty easy here." "But we seem to be the exception." "Charlie has hit every military target in Vietnam and hit them hard." "In Saigon the United States Embassy has been overrun by suicide squads." "[Surprised reactions from marines]" "Khe Sanh is standing by to be overrun." "We have reports that a division of N.V.A has occupied all of the city of Hue south of the Perfume River." "Charlie's cut the country in half the civilian press are wetting their pants and even Cronkite is going to say the war is now unwinnable." "In other words it's a huge shit sandwich and we all have to take a bite." "Does this mean Ann-Margret's not coming?" "[Marines laugh]" "You go straight up to Phu Bai." "Captain January will need you." "sir." "LOCKHART:" "And you take off that damn button." "LOCKHART:" "You can't get killed wearing a peace symbol." "Permission to go with Joker." "Granted." "permission not to take Rafterman." "You still here?" "Vanish ricky-tick and take Rafterman with you." "You're responsible for him." "[Propellors pelting]" "[Machine gun blasts]" "DOOR GUNNER:" "Get some!" "Get some!" "baby!" "mother!" "DOOR GUNNER:" "Anyone who runs is a VC." "Anyone who stands still is a well-disciplined VC." "DOOR GUNNER:" "You guys ought to do a story about me." "Why should we do a story about you?" "'Cause I'm so fucking good!" "That ain't no shit neither." "I've done got me 157 dead gooks killed." "too." "Them are all certified." "Any women or children?" "Sometimes." "How can you kill women and children?" "Easy." "You just don't lead them so much." "[Door gunner laughs]" "Ain't war hell?" "JOKER:" "We want to get in the shit." "MASTER SERGEANT:" "Down the road." "Two-five." "JOKER:" "Outstanding!" "Thanks." "Hotel two-five." "I got a bro named Cowboy." "You people one-one?" "sir." "We're reporters for ♪ Stars and Stripes.♪" "I'm Cowboy's platoon commander." "He's just down the road in the platoon area." "sir?" "No problem." "Welcome aboard." "I'm Schinoski." "Walter J. Schinoski." "They call me Mr. Touchdown." "I played ball for Notre Dame." "You here to make Cowboy famous?" "sir." "this is your lucky day." "We got Condition Red and we expect rain." "Outstanding." "We taking care of business?" "The N.V.A. are dug in deep." "house by house." "but we're still getting some decent kills." "We heard the N.V.A. executed a lot of gook civilians." "Affirmative." "I saw bodies half a klick this side of the canal." "Can you show me where?" "background]" "JOKER:" "The dead have been covered with lime." "The dead know only one thing:" "It is better to be alive." "dramatic instrumental music continues]" "Excuse me." "Lieutenant." "Good morning." "sir?" "What outfit are you with?" "We're from ♪ Stars and Stripes.♪" "I'm Sergeant Joker and this photographer is Rafterman." "Connecticut." "sir?" "Twenty." "sir?" "The N.V.A. came in with a list of gook names:" "teachers." "to report the next day for political re-education." "Everybody who turned up got shot." "Some they buried alive." "What is that button on your body armor?" "sir." "sir." "What is written on your helmet?" "♪ sir." "You put ♪ Born to Kill♪ on your helmet and wear a peace button." "sir." "what does it mean?" "sir." "You don't know very much." "Get your head and your ass wired together or I will shit on you!" "sir!" "Answer my question or you'll stand tall before the Man." "sir." "The what?" "sir." "sir." "sir." "Then get with the program." "Jump on the team and come in for the big win." "sir." "I ask that my Marines obey my orders as they would the word of God." "because inside every gook is an American trying to get out." "son." "We must keep our heads until this peace craze blows over." "sir." "[Plane engine roars]" "Hotel two-five." "MARINE:" "Around the back." "[Rock and roll music plays on radio]" "JOKER:" "First Platoon?" "MARINE:" "Through there." "[Rock and roll music continues on radio]" "Lone Ranger." "Holy shit!" "What's happening?" "you piece of shit!" "What's happening?" "Just waiting to get back to the land of the big PX." "Why go back?" "samey-same." "Been getting any?" "Only your sister." "though my mom's not bad." "listen up!" "from the island." "And this is..." "Rafterman." "Rafterman." "They're from ♪ Stars and Stripes.♪ You'll be famous." "[Greetings exchanged] the lifetakers and heartbreakers." "We shoot holes in them and fill them with lead." "[Rock and roll music continues on radio]" "Are you a photographer?" "I'm a combat correspondent." "You seen much combat?" "[Lusthog Marines laugh]" "I've seen a little on TV." "[Lusthog Marines laugh harder]" "You're a real comedian." "they call me the Joker." "[Lusthog Marines laugh]" "I've got a joke for you." "I'm going to tear you a new asshole." "pilgrim only after you eat the peanuts out of my shit!" "[Lusthog Marines laugh and applaud]" "You talk the talk." "Do you walk the walk?" "You might not believe it..." "Animal Mother is a truly fine human being." "He just needs grenades thrown at him the rest of his life." "[Rock and roll music continues on radio]" "huh?" "Mother." "photographer!" "CRAZY EARL:" "Want to take a good picture?" "Take this." "This...is my bro." "[Lusthog Marines chuckle]" "This is his party." "He's the guest of honor." "Today is his birthday." "zipperhead!" "I will never forget this day." "The day I came to Hue city and fought one million N.V.A. gooks." "I really love the little Commie bastards." "These enemy grunts are as hard as slant-eyed drill instructors." "These are great days we're living!" "walking the earth with guns." "These people we wasted here today are the finest people we will ever know." "we'll miss not having anyone worth shooting." "[Tank engine rumbles]" "[Wind howling]" "this is Murphy." "Over." "[Tank engine rumbles]" "We are receiving incoming fire from the ville." "The lieutenant is down." "We'll stop and check out what's in front of us." "listen up!" "We'll move up these two roads." "I want the third team up this road." "First and second team behind me up this other road." "[Marines shout in agreement]" "Let's go!" "Let's get it done!" "background]" "dramatic drumbeat continues]" "[Rapid machine gun shots]" "[Birds chirping]" "[Rapid machine gun shots]" "background]" "John Wayne?" "Is this me?" "Start the cameras." "This is ♪ Vietnam:" "The Movie♪ !" "I'm a horse!" "T.H.E. Rock can be a rock!" "I'll be Ann-Margret!" "Animal Mother can be a rabid buffalo!" "I'll be General Custer!" "Who'll be the Indian?" "We'll let the gooks play the Indians!" "background]" "[Gunfire in distance]" "You're going home now." "Semper fi." "sir." "bros." "Better you than me." "At least they died for a good cause." "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "What cause was that?" "RAFTERMAN:" "Freedom." "New Guy." "You think we waste gooks for freedom?" "This is a slaughter." "If I get my balls blown off for a word my word is ♪ poontang.♪" "Tough break for Hand Job." "He was set to get shipped out on a medical." "What was wrong with him?" "He was jerking off ten times a day." "It's no shit." "At least ten times a day." "Last week he was sent to Da Nang to see the Navy head shrinker." "The crazy fucker jerks off in the waiting room." "Instant Section 8." "He was waiting for his papers to clear division." "Ready?" "Turnover." "Hue city interviews." "Roll 34." "[Tank engines humming] so we have to assault with tanks in the streets." "They send us in first squad... uh Vietnamese waiting with B-40 rockets to blow the tanks away." "blow the place to hell." "in Hue city... you know." "what I thought a war was supposed to be." "kill them." "There's no question about it." "We're the best." "who do they call?" "They call Mother Green and her killing machine!" "Do I think America belongs in Vietnam?" "I'll tell you that." "Can I quote L.B.J.?" "♪ I will not send... 000 miles around the world... ♪ ...to do a job Asian boys should be doing for themselves.♪" "I think they don't want to be involved in this war." "I think they sort of took away our freedom and gave it to the gooks." "They don't want it." "They'd rather be alive than free." "Poor dumb bastards." "The ones I'm fighting at are some pretty... uh..." "I'm not real keen on these fellows that are supposedly on our side." "I keep meeting them coming the other way." "We get killed for these people and they don't even appreciate it." "They think it's a big joke." "If you ask me we're shooting the wrong gooks." "It depends." "I'm here to take combat photos." "I'll go to the rifle." "What do I think of America's involvement in the war?" "I think we should win." "I hate Vietnam." "There's not one horse in the whole country." "There's something wrong with that." "[Cowboy chuckles]" "If they'd send us more guys maybe... they might give up." "I wanted to see ex otic Vietnam the jewel of Southeast Asia." "I wanted to meet interesting people of an ancient culture and kill them." "I wanted to be the first kid on my block to get a confirmed kill." "[Moped engine hums]" "[Marines hoot and make sexual advances]" "little schoolgirl." "too." "[Marines laugh]" "COWBOY:" "What you got there?" "PIMP:" "Do you want No. 1 fuckee?" "yeah!" "COWBOY:" "Any of you boys want No. 1 fuckee?" "JOKER:" "I'm so horny I can't even get a piece of hand!" "Me want suckee." "she give you everything you want." "Long time." "COWBOY:" "Everything you want!" "All right!" "chief?" "$15 each." "MARINES:" "No!" "COWBOY: $15 beaucoup money." "$5 each." "she love you good." "Boom-boom long time. $10." "COWBOY: $5." "$10." "Trade you some ARVN rifles." "Never been fired and only dropped once." "[Marines laugh]" "$5." "You give me." "[Marines cheer in agreement]" "Let's get mounted." "[Hooker and pimp converse in Vietnamese] chief?" "She says no boom-boom with you." "What the motherfuck?" "She says soul brother too beaucoup." "He's saying you black boys pack too much meat!" "[Marines hoot] too beaucoup." "[Marines laugh]" "She looks like she could suck the chrome off a trailer hitch." "She say too beaucoup." "Too beaucoup." "ma'am." "What we have here is a magnificent specimen of pure Alabama blacksnake." "But it ain't too goddamn beaucoup." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "Okay." "COWBOY:" "We need a batting order." "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "I'm going first." "white bread." "Don't get between a dog and his meat." "All fucking niggers must fucking hang." "[Marines mock Animal Mother]" "I won't be long." "I'll skip the foreplay." "EIGHTBALL:" "I don't want it after you!" "CRAZY EARL:" "Fuck you!" "[Gunfire in distance]" "JOKER:" "Intelligence passed the word down that during the night the N.V.A. pulled out of our area to positions across the Perfume River." "Our squad is sent on patrol to check out the report." "[Gunfire continues in distance]" "[Gunfire continues in distance]" "Face outboard and take cover!" "Do it!" "[Weapons clanking]" "[Doc Jay gasping]" "DOC JA Y:" "He ain't going to make it." "this is Cowboy." "this is Cowboy." "[Murphy responds on field radio] this is Cowboy." "Crazy's hit." "Booby trap." "Wait one." "You're senior NCO." "Take charge and continue with the patrol." "Call in at the next checkpoint." "Over." "COWBOY:" "Roger." "Understand." "[Cowboy breathes heavily]" "COWBOY:" "I'm squad leader." "scumbag." "DOC JA Y:" "He's dead." "[Cowboy breathes heavily]" "[Tank engines hum in distance]" "[Gunfire in distance]" "[Gunfire continues in distance]" "COWBOY:" "What's up?" "We made a mistake at the last checkpoint." "See what you think." "I think we're here and we should be here." "We're here?" "We should be here?" "Fuck." "What do you think?" "I think we should change direction." "[Gunfire continues in distance]" "We'll change direction." "JOKER:" "What's up?" "Change in direction." "Are we lost?" "shut the fuck up!" "listen up!" "Can you hear me?" "We're changing direction." "We're heading over that way." "Eightball's going to find a way through." "Got it?" "[AII agree] let's dance." "Put a nigger behind the trigger." "[Gunfire continues in distance]" "[Gunshot]" "[Eightball screams]" "[Rapid machine gun shots]" "COWBOY:" "Cease fire!" "goddamn it!" "goddamn it!" "Cease fire!" "[Marines shout]" "Listen up!" "Did anybody see a sniper?" "Did anybody see anything?" "MARINES:" "Did anybody see a sniper?" "RAFTERMAN:" "Negative!" "Save your ammo!" "Nobody fire till I tell you!" "[Eightball groans]" "[Rapid gunfire]" "COWBOY:" "No!" "Cease fire!" "Cease fire!" "cease fire!" "It's Sergeant Murphy." "Cowboy." "Over." "MURPHY:" "Murphy." "What is your present position?" "Over." "Receiving enemy sniper fire." "Eightball is down." "We're half a klick north of checkpoint No. 4." "Possible strong enemy forces in front of us." "Request immediate tank support." "Over." "MURPHY:" "Roger." "Understand." "I'll see what I can do." "Over." "Roger." "Over and out." "COWBOY:" "Stay close." "Listen up!" "I think we're being set up for an ambush." "There may be strong enemy forces in those buildings." "I've requested tank support." "We'll sit tight but keep our eyes open." "If they hit us we'll have to pull back fast." "[Eightball screams]" "Mother!" "Cease your fucking fire!" "[Marines screaming]" "DOC JA Y:" "We can't leave him!" "We'll get him when the tank comes up." "He's hit three times!" "He can't wait!" "That sniper's just trying to suck us in one at a time." "Eightball screams]" "Goddamn it!" "No!" "[Rapid machine gun shots] cease fire!" "DOC JA Y:" "Fuck this shit!" "I'm going in to bring him out!" "goddamn it!" "[Rapid machine gun shots]" "cease fire!" "He's there!" "[Gunshots continue]" "Doc Jay screams]" "Hold your fire!" "Hold your fire!" "COWBOY:" "You can't see the sniper!" "Save the ammo!" "Nobody fire till I tell you!" "Nobody!" "[Doc Jay screams]" "Hold your fire!" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "What the fuck do we do now?" "Give me that fucking radio." "Murph?" "This is Cowboy." "Over." "We're in deep shit." "Two men down." "What's the story on the tank?" "Over." "Cowboy." "No luck so far with the tank." "Will advise." "Over." "Roger." "Out." "COWBOY:" "Numb-nut bastards." "listen up!" "Can't wait for the tank." "They're going to hit us any minute." "we won't have time." "We have to pull out now." "Get ready." "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Wait!" "Hold it!" "Nobody's pulling out!" "There's only one fucking sniper!" "Back off!" "I'm calling the plays and I say we pull out!" "What about Doc Jay and Eightball?" "but we can't refuse to accept the situation." "We're not leaving them out there!" "COWBOY:" "They're wasted!" "You know that!" "we gotta bring them back." "Let's do it!" "Stand down!" "That's a direct order." "Doc Jay screams]" "Cowboy!" "Fuck all you assholes!" "[Rapid machine gun shots]" "COWBOY:" "Goddamn it!" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Fucking son of a bitch!" "You motherfucker!" "[Rapid machine gun shots continue]" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Where's the sniper?" "where's the sniper?" "[Rapid machine gun shots]" "Shit!" "Shit!" "Fuck!" "[Gunshot]" "Fuck!" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Doc Jay and Eightball are wasted!" "There's only one sniper!" "Move up the squad!" "You're clear up to here!" "COWBOY:" "Son of a bitch." "come with me." "We'll take a look." "COWBOY:" "You stay put and cover our ass!" "We may come back in a big hurry!" "too." "COWBOY:" "All set?" "MARINES:" "Yeah." "Let's move!" "[Gun firing in distance]" "[Weapons rattling]" "round the corner." "[Gun firing in distance]" "Give me that radio." "This is Cowboy." "Over." "[Gunshot]" "[Gunshot echoes repeatedly]" "RAFTERMAN:" "Holy shit!" "The sniper has a clean shot through the hole!" "[Rapid gunshots]" "[Panicked reactions]" "That son of a bitch!" "JOKER:" "You'll be all right." "Joker!" "JOKER:" "I'm not." "You're my favorite turd." "man!" "Hang on!" "I can hack it." "I can hack it." "Let's go get some payback." "Okay." "[Weapons rattling]" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Watch that fucking hole." "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Give them some smoke." "[Mortar shots]" "[More mortar shots]" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "Ready?" "background]" "with me." "in there!" "New Guy!" "suspenseful instrumental music continues]" "suspenseful instrumental music continues]" "RAFTERMAN:" "We got the sniper!" "[Sniper breathes heavily]" "ANIMAL MOTHER:" "What's up?" "JOKER:" "We got the sniper." "RAFTERMAN:" "I saved Joker's ass." "I got the sniper." "RAFTERMAN:" "I fucking blew her away!" "RAFTERMAN:" "Am I bad?" "RAFTERMAN:" "Am I a life-taker?" "Am I a heartbreaker?" "[Sniper prays]" "What's she saying?" "She's praying." "T.H.E. ROCK:" "No more boom-boom for this baby-san." "There's nothing we can do for her." "She's dead meat." "Okay." "Let's get the fuck out of here." "What about her?" "Fuck her." "Let her rot." "background]" "[Sniper continues to pray]" "We can't just leave her here." "asshole Cowboy's wasted." "You're fresh out of friends." "I'm running this squad now." "And I say we leave the gook for the mother-Ioving rats." "I'm not trying to run this squad." "I'm just saying we can't leave her like this." "melancholic instrumental music continues]" "[Sniper gasping]" "Shoot...me." "Shoot me." "go on waste her." "background]" "Shoot." "[Gunshot]" "[Rafterman cackles]" "RAFTERMAN:" "We'll have to put you up for the Congressional Medal of..." "Ugly!" "man." "DONLON:" "Fucking hardcore." "dramatic instrumental music continues]" "JOKER:" "We have nailed our names in the pages of history enough for today." "We hump down to the Perfume River to set in for the night." "[Marines chanting in cadence]" "MARINES: ♪ We play fair and we work hard And we're in harmony" "♪ M-l-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E" "♪ Forever let us hold our banner high" "♪ Boys and girls from far and near" "♪ You're welcome as can be" "♪ M-l-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E" "♪ Who's the leader of the club...♪" "JOKER:" "My thoughts drift back to erect-nipple wet dreams about Mary Jane Rottencrotch and the great homecoming fuck fantasy." "I am so happy that I am alive... and short." "yes." "But I am alive." "And I am not afraid." "[Cadenced chanting continues]"