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Hammer was leading us
into the brig.

That's when we got word
from the air boss that your father

was in line to make the 100,000th trap
aboard the Ticonderoga.

The 7th Fleet historian
had photographers waiting.

The cooks had baked
a chocolate cake.

Hammer was gonna be famous.

Only you got there first.

The tailhook was not fully extended.

So the air boss waved him off.

By the time he had gotten
past the tower for a visual check,

I' already trapped.

The 100,000th trap.

And what precisely was wrong
with my father's tail?

Well, it turned out
to be nothing at all.

Your father always suspected

I had gotten him
sent around on purpose.

I wonder what Dad would think of you
taking command of the 6th Fleet, sir.

Harm, if your father was with us,
he'd think the world had gone nuts.

Everyone thought
he'd be the one to be CNO one day.

I was just a screw-up
who was along for the ride.

- Mr. Secretary.
- Sorry I'm late, admiral.

- Good evening, sir.
- Commander, please sit.

Now we have a problem, Tom.

With what, Mr. Secretary?

With you.

You may as well hear this,
commander.

It'll be in your life tomorrow.

Tom, my office received
an anonymous tip.

The caller claims
that August 12th, 1968,

when you were in Long An province,
Republic of Vietnam,

you participated in the murder
of innocent civilians

in the village of Tan Dien.

If word leaks out that Admiral Boone's
been accused of a war crime,

you can kiss
his nomination goodbye.

A.J., I'd like Colonel MacKenzie
to perform a preliminary enquiry

into the accusations
against Admiral Boone.

And report directly back to me.

Nothing in writing.

Mr. Secretary, you should know

that Admiral Boone and I
have butted heads in the past.

The Senate Armed Services
Committee confirmation vote

is scheduled in four days.

I want a full and fair enquiry by then.

What if I need more time, sir?

Admiral Boone has gone back
aboard the Seahawk.

He's expecting you on board
at 1400.

Admiral.

Mr. Secretary, sir,
I have one question.

In 1968, Admiral Boone

was an aviator
aboard the USS Ticonderoga.

How could he be implicated

in an alleged massacre
by ground troops?

Good question, commander.

Let's see what the colonel finds out.

Sir, I wanna be involved in this.

It's the colonel's investigation.

I'll take my lead from her, sir.

I don't have a problem with that.

It's the tyranny of the hotline.

Any lunatic can call
with a wild charge.

Someone with a grudge
or a grievance,

some loser who was passed over,
a whiner with his feelings hurt.

Tom Boone can tick people off.
I know that from personal experience.

Bud, what are you doing here?

It's been a week, ma'am.

It's all the leave I had coming.

Bud, the admiral can grant
compassionate leave.

I couldn't ask for anything more.

Everyone's been so kind
with the cards and the flowers

and coming out to the house.

How's Harriet?

Well, she's not doing too great,
ma'am.

She wasn't expect...

We weren't expecting any problems
with the baby's delivery.

Well, tell her
we're all thinking about her.

I will, ma'am.

You should be home, lieutenant.

Harriet

thought it be best
if I came in to work.

Well, then start with this, Bud.

Vietnam, August 12th, 1968.

The village of Tan Dien,
the province of Long An.

See if you can find out
what happened in the village that night.

Now, look, I can see my car.
It's right over there.

It's probably evidence.

Evidence of what?

A crime.

That's where they put cars
that are evidence.

Look, you give me my car.

If you need it for evidence,
I'll bring it back.

They don't know
you're gonna bring it back.

I'm telling you,
I'm gonna bring it back.

What difference does it make?

Nobody's even been charged
with a crime.

I'll look it up.

Now this is from the combat-action
report of the Tan Dien operation.

A pitched battle occurred
between members

of the Vietcong
24th Local Force Battalion

and elements
of the South Vietnamese PRU.

That stands for Provincial
Reconnaissance Unit,

which is
"an elite South Vietnamese force

dedicated to the elimination
of suspected Vietcong soldiers

and sympathizers living among
the civilian population of the south.

The killing of the suspected VC
was known as the Phoenix Program."

- Put in place by the CIA.
- That's correct, sir.

And the Phoenix Program
was run by Neville Webb.

Clayton Webb's father?

That's right, sir.
He was a CIA station chief in Saigon.

Body count of Tan Dien is listed as:

"45 Vietcong killed, no wounded,
three weapons recovered."

Any numbers on civilian casualties?

None in the combat-action report,
sir.

What do the Vietcong claim?

Well, according
to propaganda leaflets,

the PRU was accused of massacring
innocent civilians, and I'm quoting:

"With the complicity of U.S. Imperialists
and their lackeys."

Was there an after-incident
investigation?

No, ma'am.

Was there preliminary bombing
by a naval aircraft prior to the attack?

No, sir.

No suppressive fire
during the attack?

Negative, sir. It doesn't look like
Naval forces were involved.

It's been charged.

What do you mean it's been charged?
It's a car.

People v. One Ford Expedition.

You want the docket number?

What is it charged with?

Transporting marijuana.

Unless you already knew that.

I lent it to somebody else.

Everybody did.

Look, buddy,
I lent it to my ex-girlfriend's son

before I realised he was
an oversized juvenile delinquent.

Look, if you wanna get your car back,
you need to go downtown.

- Prove you're innocent.
- You got that backwards.

You've gotta take me to court
and prove I'm guilty.

Not in a forfeiture case.

The shoe's on the other foot.

I wanna see somebody else.

I'm in charge here.

Better get yourself a lawyer.

Sir, ma'am?

I pulled Admiral Boone's
service record.

August, '68, Lieutenant Boone
wasn't aboard the Tico.

He had been assigned
to the USMACV, Saigon

for temporary additional duty.

"He reviewed surveillance photos

and prepared targeting schedules
for the fleet."

That places him in country, Harm.

Saigon's a long way
from Long An province.

There's a fitness report here
filed by Army Major Evan Parker,

commending Lt. Boone
for serving in country with distinction

and under great personal risk.

Not one mention
of murdering civilians.

Were you in Saigon the entire
six weeks of your assignment

to USMACV?

All but two or three days.

What were your activities
during that time?

I was assigned
to a forward air controller.

Do you recall his name?

No. He was Air Force.

Do you recall anything about him?

He was a first lieutenant.

Dates you flew with the lieutenant?

Early August.

Can you be more precise, sir?

No.

Tell me what happened
during those two or three days.

What you would expect.

We

called in air strikes,

assessed battle damage,

kept an eye out for the enemy.

Green 23.
Green 23, this is Montezuma.

I'm sending you
a flight of two Navy Phantoms.

- Call sign, Fairfield 24.
- Roger, Montezuma.

Send them on down. Out.

Tom, we don't wanna get
too close to this target.

Green 23, this is Fairfield 24.
Inbound to you.

Roger, Hammer. Keep it coming.

- Tong, is that you?
- The one and only.

What's your ordinance, Hammer?

- Six Mark 82s.
- What's your posit?

I'm 57 miles on the 120 radial
of Nakhon Phanom, Tacan at 10,000.

Target's a wooden bridge
at Phu Loc,

5 miles south at a bend in the river.

Want me to mark it
with a smoke rocket?

No, I see it.

Suggest run from east to west
to avoid small-arms fire.

Recommend single passes.

I'll be rolling in 30 seconds.

- Two, you got it?
- Got it.

Switches hot. Break.

You destroyed the bridge,

three trucks

and a water buffalo.

Stay out of trouble, Tong.

Admiral,

during that time did you participate
in any ground fighting?

No. I'm an aviator, not a grunt.

Were you ever
at the village of Tan Dien?

Not that I recall.

Sir, is it possible you were there

but you simply
don't remember the name?

I've already answered the question.

Did you return to Saigon at night?

No.

At the end of each day's action,

the lieutenant landed his aircraft
at the nearest dirt strip.

We stayed outside
a couple of villages.

Don't know that I knew their names,
if that's what you're gonna ask next.

Sir, on August 12th,
there was a massacre

of 45 innocent South Vietnamese
civilians at Tan Dien.

Colonel,

I'm not sure that there were
45 innocent civilians in all of Vietnam.

Did I forget we had an appointment?

In 1968, your father
was CIA station chief in Saigon.

- Yes.
- He headed up the Phoenix Program.

- Yes.
- You recall its stated purpose?

To employ the best intelligence,

to identify and then eliminate
the Vietcong from South Vietnam.

There are documented reports

of operations
being in violation of human rights.

There were allegations, yes.

Sometimes the programme
was not precise in its execution.

What part did your father play
in covering up those events?

- Get out of my office.
- Not until you tell me

what happened
the night of August 12th, 1968

in the village of Tan Dien.

I want access to the CIA's files
on the Phoenix Program.

In particular, the confidential file
on the incident at Tan Dien.

What makes you think
such file exists?

Because there were 45 dead
but no wounded.

There were no civilians
reported killed

but only three weapons recovered.

So there's reason to believe

it was an unacceptable
number of civilian casualties,

which makes it a war crime.

I wanna know what happened there.

No quid pro quo?

Or do you figure my office is like the
drive-up window at the Dairy Queen?

- I can't tell you.
- Then I can't help you.

Or you won't.

What did your father tell you
about the Phoenix operation?

Bury the past?

You're paranoid enough
to work here.

I suggest you file a request
under the Freedom of Information Act.

Return it to our
Information and Privacy coordinator

at the Office of Information
Services.

The director will take it
under consideration

and forward the request to me.

Then I'll take it under consideration.

I'm on a pretty strict timetable,
Webb.

In truth, and regretfully, commander,
some of those files are missing.

- Do you think he's lying, Ellis?
- I don't know, Drax.

You should've made something up.

What the hell did you do that for?

He's the enemy, isn't he?

Enter.

Excuse me, admiral.

What can I do for you, Singer?

Petty Officer Tiner told me
about your car, sir.

I've taken the liberty
of doing a little research,

on my own time, into
The People v. One Ford Expedition.

- You have?
- Yes, sir.

I'm afraid you won't be able to prove
that your car was innocent,

since it was used
to transport marijuana.

But we might try to show
that Danny Walden

was in unlawful possession
of your car.

Well, I lent it to him.

Fine. So we'll just have to prove
that Danny Walden transported drugs

without your knowledge, consent,
or wilful blindness, sir.

- Yeah?
- Sir, Commander Rabb

and Col. MacKenzie to see you.

Send them in.

Thank you, lieutenant,
whatever it takes.

Yes, sir.

You completed your enquiry,
colonel?

Not yet, sir. I had an inconclusive
interview with Admiral Boone.

- And?
- There are still

some unanswered questions, sir,
and a key witness we can't locate.

Colonel,
what are you not telling me?

Admiral Boone was evasive, sir.

There were too many
"I don't recalls,"

some questions he didn't answer at all.
It doesn't feel right.

Can you blame him, colonel?

Where are you on this?

Sir, I have two questions.

Who at the Phoenix Program
was responsible for the massacre

at Tan Dien?

And was Lieutenant Boone
involved?

We need to answer
both these questions conclusively

to clear the admiral's name.

You disagree
with the colonel's approach?

Sir, the colonel is doing
what she needs to do.

Let me do what I think is right, sir.

SECNAV calls me
every hour on the hour.

We all know
the longer this drags out

the greater potential damage
to Admiral Boone.

But take the time you need.

Do the investigation
in whatever way seems best.

But damn it, get it done.

Sir, ma'am. We just got the records
on all air operations

at Tan Son Nhut, August, 1968.

During the period in question,
Lieutenant Boone flew

with a forward air controller
named R.C. Coffin.

Lieutenant Coffin left the service
in 1969.

- Find him.
- I'm doing the best I can, sir.

- Is there a problem?
- He's dropped out of sight, sir.

At your request, ma'am,
I've got Lieutenant Boone's CO,

General Evan Parker,
coming tomorrow.

And also I traced that anonymous call
to SECNAV's hotline

to a pay phone at a bar
in Wells, New Mexico.

- Near your old stomping grounds.
- Yes.

Got a lot of friends in law enforcement
in New Mexico.

They're gonna find out
who made the call.

- Have them check on R.C. Coffin.
- Already did.

He's not listed
in any local directories.

Also, sir,
regarding Lieutenant Coffin,

is it possible
he was working for the CIA?

What makes you think that?

Well, I had the National Personnel
Records Center

fax me his DD-214.

In Block 18, "Remarks,"

it indicates Lieutenant R.C. Coffin
was TAD for six months

to the Air Force Field Operation
Intelligence Centre.

- What did he do for them?
- I don't know for sure, sir.

Does it require
special access to find out?

You got it, sir.

- Nice job, gunny.
- Thank you, sir. Ma'am.

Sir, ma'am.

I just got off the phone with
the Office of Military Records in Hanoi.

The village of Tan Dien
was never rebuilt.

Those who survived
the night of August 12th

were placed in relocation camps.

We can't locate anybody to testify
about what happened that night.

Did you get sleep last night,
lieutenant?

Not a lot, sir.

Lieutenant. Roberts,
this is a direct order.

You are to report to your residence.

Harriet needs you
and you need to get some sleep.

Aye, aye, ma'am. Sir.

In 1968, I was deputy director
of air operations

at Tan Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon.

Lieutenant Boone was attached
to my staff for a period of six weeks.

General Parker,
you wrote a fitness report

following Lieutenant Boone's
service with you.

Was there anything you left out?

Why would you ask me that?

It's routine, general.

Not in my book.

I don't leave factual matters
out of my reports.

So just what the hell
are you asking?

We're trying to determine
Admiral Boone's course of conduct, sir.

And there are some gaps
in the record.

So if there is anything
that might lead us in a direction,

it would be helpful.

What about rumours, gossip?

I heard things all the time, colonel.

I ignored
what I didn't know to be true.

So should you.

Did you ever hear anyone say

that Lieutenant Boone had run
into trouble while he was in country?

The Intelligence officer
showed me some VC propaganda.

- What did it say, sir?
- That a couple of American pilots

had taken part
in shooting up some village.

I heard rumours like that
10 times a day.

Most of them spread by the Vietcong
to make our boys look bad.

Sir, can you tell us what happened
in the village of Tan Dien?

I don't recall the name, commander.

Did Lieutenant Boone ever express
particular hatred towards the enemy?

Damn it, colonel.
We all hate the enemy in wartime.

But then you'd have no way
of knowing that.

Sir, I'd like you to think back.

Anything you can remember
might be helpful.

These were taken
by an F-8 photo-recon plane

one hour
after the Phantom went down.

VF-53, that's off the Ticonderoga.

Your squadron?

You don't wanna look at this, Tom.

NVA saw the recon plane coming.

She wanted us to see this.

- You know the pilot?
- Commander Harold Cartig.

My squadron CO aboard the Tico.

General, what did he say then?

Did he express a desire to avenge
the killing of Commander Cartig?

Yes.

Do you recall his exact words?

That was 30 years ago.

Can you give me a sense
of his words?

What was his frame of mind?

You see some gook
holding up a severed head,

it tends to sour your outlook.

- Did he express a direct threat?
- He wanted vengeance.

Wouldn't you?

He wanted her dead.

I had them leave off
the mustard and onion.

Oh, too bad.

A girl likes a little spice in her life
now and then.

- French fries?
- Oh, your request.

- It's off the record?
- Yeah.

You're not gonna tell me

why I'm gonna do this for you?

It would put you in an ethical bind.

Harm, you're always putting me
in some kind of bind.

Why the hell do I put up with you?

So then,

if I do this for you,

you're gonna be in my debt?

Absolutely.

And you don't worry about what
I might ask you to do for me in return?

I think I could handle it.

What do you want me to do?

Congresswoman,
always a pleasure to see you.

Well, I wanna talk to you in person

before the National Security
Subcommittee meets next week

on 2002 appropriations.

Oh, I trust there's not a problem
with our request.

Covert ops are very important.
We need that increased funding.

Well, you did ask for quite a lot.

I see you keep lionfish.

That's right.

Here's what I don't understand.

They'll kill any fish
you put in the tank,

but they'll leave each other alone.

Fear.

Respect. Need.

Who knows what motivates a fish.

People are pretty much the same.

You can never tell what drives them.

Congresswoman,

do you want something?

I'll look forward to seeing you
next week on the Hill.

I think you'll find me
one of your strongest supporters.

Have you no shame?

Hey, you didn't leave me
much choice.

What do you wanna know
about Tan Dien?

We believe that an Air Force
Lieutenant R.C. Coffin

was in or around the area
the night of the alleged incident.

Was he working for the CIA?

What makes you think that?

Because Lieutenant Coffin was TAD
to Air Force Intelligence

around the time of the massacre
at Tan Dien.

Because his records are sealed.

Because he received a lieutenant
colonel separation package

when he left the service.

He never achieved rank higher
than lieutenant.

Enough.

R.C. Was one of ours.

He flew for the Air Force by day
and the company by night.

He flew agents in-country
and into the north.

What was his role at Tan Dien?

I don't know.

He was not part
of our pacification effort.

Was there
another American pilot there?

Not according to our report.

Who led the raid at Tan Dien?

Harry Drax.

Programme director
at Long An province.

Tell me exactly what happened
the night of August 12th, Clay.

Agent Drax issued orders
to carry out a sweep of the village.

And to neutralise members
of the VC infrastructure.

He told his men
to expect heavy resistance.

They went in shooting.

When it was done,
45 people had died.

Was it CIA policy
to include civilians in the body count?

It was the fashion then.

The battle of Tan Dien
came at a time

when the South Vietnamese
needed a victory.

It was written up as such.

Where's Harry Drax now?

Harry Drax underwent
a change of status at Tan Dien.

He was shot in the back
and buried in one of the mass graves.

Well, who filed
the confidential report?

A field agent, Ellis Burke.

I need you
to put me in touch with him.

Well, most of us never stray far
from the agency.

Ellis Burke lives not two miles
from here.

What really happened that night?

It's been rumoured that Harry Drax
lost his sense of perspective.

What's that?
CIA-speak for killing babies?

Listen to this, Harriet.

"When the baby emerges
through the birth canal,

the prolapsed cord is compressed

so that the baby's blood supply
is cut off."

Bud?

What is it, sweetie?

A.J. Would like to kiss
you good night.

Good night, sweetie.

Listen, there's more.

"Foetal asphyxia may rapidly ensue

if circulation through the cord
is not re-established

and maintained until delivery."

Bud.

We need to talk.

- Can you hold on a second, sweetie?
- No.

I need you here with me right now,
please.

I'm here.

No, you're a thousand miles away.

I never knew
that it would hurt this much.

You lost...

We lost a baby, Harriet.

And that's a terrible, terrible thing.
And it should have never happened.

I just don't know what to do.

I'm gonna find out what went wrong.

Bud, I know that's important to you,

but how's it gonna help, really?

I mean, do you really think
you're gonna fix what happened?

I have some good news, admiral.

I argued your case and I won.

- You got my car back?
- There's a problem, sir.

They lost your car.

Well, how the hell can the police
lose my car?

The last thing they knew
it was in the impound lot.

But it has disappeared
without a trace.

Somebody stole my car
from the police?

No, sir. The police lost it.

Or misplaced it.

Or sold it at public auction
like it was some damn pimpmobile.

Singer?

Find my car.

Yes, sir.

- Commander.
- Sir.

I just told the colonel, sir.

Had a law enforcement buddy
drop by that bar in Wells.

It turns out
Lieutenant Coffin's a regular.

It's a couple miles outside of town.
No phone.

- Nice work, gunny.
- Thank you, sir.

- Hey.
- Hey.

I'm gonna talk to Lieutenant Coffin
tomorrow, Harm.

If he's not a credible witness,
my report will say

that we found nothing to substantiate
his allegation against Admiral Boone.

But you're not clearing him? You're
gonna say that you can't nail him?

There's been
a complicating factor, sir.

Remember the incident that occurred
at Lieutenant Cardig's crash site?

Well, it turns out...

Decapitation's a little more
than an incident, lieutenant.

Yes, sir.

I got the precise location
from U-2 photographs of the wreckage

at the
National Recognizance Office.

Lieutenant Cartig's crash site
was only five miles from Tan Dien.

His death occurred only three days
prior to the massacre.

It goes to motive, Harm.

If Lieutenant Boone
was in fact at Tan Dien,

he had reason to get involved
in the fighting.

Well, I have every reason
to believe that he was not there.

War crimes definitely occurred
at Tan Dien.

PRU troops got out of control.

But according to CIA files,
Admiral Boone was not there.

- Are you sure about that?
- Yes, I am sure.

One more interview
and it'll be confirmed.

Phoenix Program
was a good programme

when Neville Webb managed it.

It got out of hand

when we turned it over to the
Provincial Reconnaissance Units.

You were the CIA field officer,
Long An province

- during the summer of 1968.
- Yes.

You filed the confidential report
on the incident at Tan Dien?

Why are you interested in Tan Dien,
commander?

What do you plan to do
with the information?

I can assure you,
there will be no written report.

Any information I discover
stays with me.

What do you need to know?

Why did Harry Drax turn that village
into a killing field?

Why that village? Why that night?

We had intelligence that identified
some of the inhabitants of that village

as VC sympathizers.

There had been incidents
near the village.

Three days prior to the attack,
the body of a Navy pilot

was mutilated
after his aircraft crashed.

After Drax got the word
about the decapitation,

he issued orders to the PRU
death squads to pacify the village.

It was payback time, commander.

Were there any other Americans with
Harry Drax the night of August 12th?

Yes.

Lieutenant R.C. Coffin?

Yes.

Lieutenant Thomas Boone?

Yes.

How was Lieutenant Boone
involved, sir?

I was in the village the next day.

We had reports that Lieutenant Boone
had joined in the fighting.

Why didn't you put that in your report,
Mr. Burke?

There were a lot of things I left out
of my report, commander.

There was a quota set.

To neutralise 2,000
suspected members

of the Vietcong infrastructure
every month. Every month.

At Tan Dien, that quota was met
with indiscriminate killing.

You do not record war crimes
when you commit them.

Only the Nazis were that stupid.

Your mandate was to get me
an answer in four days.

To clear or not clear Admiral Boone
of even a shadow of suspicion.

It's taking longer than we anticipated,
Mr. Secretary.

Let me tell you what I'm faced with:

Calling the chairman of the Senate
Armed Forces Committee

and asking him to reschedule
Admiral Boone's confirmation hearing.

Then the chairman is gonna ask me,
"Why the delay, and is there a problem?"

And since I don't have a good answer,
he is gonna smell a rat.

Then when, and if, Admiral Boone
appears before the committee,

they are going to look into everything
that ever happened in his life

down to the last parking ticket.

I beg your pardon, Mr. Secretary.

With all due respect, the colonel
is doing everything she can do

to speed this investigation along, sir.

Then why the delay, colonel?

Do you have doubts or suspicions?
Is there something I should know?

Colonel?

There is one final witness,
Mr. Secretary.

Someone who was there
at Tan Dien.

I'll interview him later today
then I'll give you my report.

Thank you, colonel, commander.
That'll be all. Dismissed.

- Aye, aye, sir.
- Aye, aye, sir.

Send a message off.

Precedence "op immediate."

Aye, sir.

JAG officer on the bridge.

Stand easy, commander.

Why don't you get a cup of coffee?

Yes, sir.

What are you doing here?

You'd have an easier time speaking
with me than Colonel Mackenzie.

What makes you think I haven't told
the full truth up until now?

Admiral,
you haven't told us everything, sir.

Time is running short.

How'd you find me?

We traced your call.

Why did you wait 30 years
to let someone know?

I'm dying, colonel.

TB.

I'm sorry.

It's my last chance
to set things right.

Oh, sorry,
I don't have anything nicer.

I don't get a lot of company out here.

Are you aware your accusations

may destroy the career
of a good man?

Do you think that's what I want?

Just because Tom Boone's
up for three stars

and I ended up like this?

I need to know a lot more about you,
Lt. Coffin

before I can answer that question.

There are some discrepancies

that need to be cleared up, sir.

You stated to Colonel MacKenzie

that you spent three days
with a forward air controller.

You are certain of that number?

I told the colonel
what I remembered.

We have reason to believe
that you spent a full week.

You also stated
to Colonel MacKenzie

that you did not recall a name
of this forward air controller.

Correct.

Does Lieutenant R.C. Coffin
ring a bell, sir?

It does now.

What do you recall
about Lieutenant Coffin?

Nothing good.

Care to elaborate, admiral?

He was a liar and a drunk.

Are you prepared
to talk on the record?

Well, that prospect don't seem so bad
now that you're here.

Did you bring some beer?

I don't drink.

Well, that's nice,
but I wasn't thinking about you.

Lieutenant Coffin, where did you land
your aircraft on the afternoon

of August 12th, 1968?

A dirt strip outside Tan Dien.

Tom and me had a good afternoon.

We got to see a flight of Phantoms

blow the crap out of a wood bridge
at Phu Loc.

Then we got to drinking.

- This stuff any good?
- The later it gets, the better it tastes.

It's tomorrow you got to worry about.

What the hell is it?

Fermented coconut.

Got a dead snake curled up in it.

Tam says it adds flavour.

There are 39 ways
to cook dog meat.

Tam knows them all.

What kind of a man
was Lieutenant Boone?

Have you ever been around
Naval aviators?

Did you notice they're kind of arrogant
and full of themselves?

You know why?

You see, the guys on the ground
at the end of the day,

they gotta go sleep
in some slit trench

with six inches of damn water.

But the aviators,

they fly back to the carrier,

take a hot shower,

and have some coloured steward
lay out their clothes for them.

What do you recall
about Lt. Boone's attitudes

toward the Vietnamese people?

Well, he was sort of upset.

It's one thing to see the war
from up in the clouds.

But you get down in the dirt,

it's pretty ugly.

Was there ever any point
at which he expressed anger

at the Vietnamese people
over the beheading

of his squadron
commanding officer?

You done your homework, lady.

Yeah.

Tom talked about that a lot.

That was one ugly-ass war.

Just look what happened
at Tan Dien.

Commander Harold Cartig,

your squadron CO
on the Ticonderoga,

was shot down
five miles from Tan Dien.

He was decapitated by the Vietcong.

We have eyewitness testimony, sir,

that you saw surveillance photos
of that atrocity.

Why didn't you volunteer
to Colonel Mackenzie

- that you'd seen the photos, sir?
- It wasn't any of her damn business.

I didn't want it on the report, Harm.
Harry's wife never knew.

I didn't wanna take a chance
of her finding out now.

Well, I can understand that, sir.

Admiral, did you tell Major Parker
that you wanted to kill the woman

who'd done that to him?

We all said things like that.

But that's not how we fought
the war.

While you were in-country, sir, did you
ever meet a man named Harry Drax?

He was a CIA agent

that Lieutenant Coffin transported
on several occasions.

No one flew with us
when I was out there.

Admiral, do you recall the events

that took place
the night of August 12, 1968?

Colonel MacKenzie has informed me

that 45 non-combatants were rumoured
to have died at Tan Dien that night.

Admiral, we have confirmation.

There are reports
in Vietnamese military archives...

Oh, I know those sources. Yeah.

Yeah, they generally begin:

"The American devils
divulge their true form."

Do you have anything credible?

Eyewitness, maybe?

Tan Dien was burned
to the ground that night, sir.

Survivors were relocated
to refugee camps.

There were no names recorded.

What about
the combat-action report?

It lists the battle as a great victory.

There is, sir, however, a confidential
CIA file that contradicts that.

You've seen that?

Portions of it were read to me.

Does it implicate me?

No, sir. However, admiral,

I spoke to the field agent
who filed the report.

He gave me reason to believe that you
participated in the fighting that night.

Let me get this straight,
commander.

You talked to somebody
who talked to somebody

who claims I shot up some village?

Isn't that what you lawyers
call hearsay?

Technically, yes.

Yet on the basis of that
I'm accused of a war crime?

Admiral, unless
you answer my question, sir,

fully and completely,

I can't help you.

What role did Lieutenant Boone play
in the fighting at Tan Dien?

It was our last night in-country.

What the hell
are you doing here, Drax?

In two minutes,
we're gonna neutralise this village.

These people are friendlies.

That woman
who makes your fish soup, Tam,

she's VC.

Better move now.

I didn't see Boone again
until maybe ten minutes later.

What were you doing
during that time?

I tried to find Tam.

When did you next see
Lieutenant Boone?

After he joined in the killing.

I saw him use this little kid
as a human shield.

He was shooting into hooches.
It was like he' lost his mind.

I never expected that from Tom.

Did you find Tam?

Seconds later.

In a hooch.

She was one of the ones
Boone killed.

What else can you tell me?

Isn't that enough?

No one wanted to get assigned
to Tan Son Nhut, Harm.

It was a damn clerk's job.

Harry Cartig came to Hammer
and me, said:

"One of you have to go to Saigon."

We flipped a coin.

Your father won.

That's how I ended up in Saigon.

Could have gone either way.

Could have been your father.