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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:03:17,719 --> 00:03:19,982 KEENE: Looks like paradise, doesn't it? 2 00:03:21,679 --> 00:03:24,334 Place where my brother Jim might build condos. 3 00:03:26,554 --> 00:03:30,471 But this jungle was the bloodiest corner on the Ho Chi Minh Trail. 4 00:03:32,299 --> 00:03:34,605 They called it "The Iron Triangle." 5 00:03:45,399 --> 00:03:49,185 Headquarters suspected a heavy enemy buildup in this sector. 6 00:03:50,839 --> 00:03:53,407 I had to take a company in to recon the area. 7 00:03:56,323 --> 00:03:58,499 I spoke Vietnamese, 8 00:03:58,542 --> 00:04:02,242 so I guess they thought I could communicate with the people. 9 00:04:02,981 --> 00:04:04,461 They were wrong. 10 00:04:15,429 --> 00:04:19,041 MAN ON RADIO: California 1 Bravo, this is California 1 Alpha. 11 00:04:19,084 --> 00:04:20,521 Not a damn thing down there. 12 00:04:20,564 --> 00:04:22,479 Just a couple of hooches burning. 13 00:04:22,523 --> 00:04:24,525 Repeat, no sign of hostiles. 14 00:04:24,568 --> 00:04:26,483 You want me to lay some shit down there? 15 00:04:26,527 --> 00:04:28,877 Negative. Maybe civilians in there. 16 00:04:28,920 --> 00:04:30,313 We can handle it. 17 00:04:30,357 --> 00:04:33,403 Might just keep our asses covered anyway. Over. 18 00:04:34,578 --> 00:04:36,188 Stay close, Rivers. 19 00:04:36,232 --> 00:04:37,929 [SOLDIERS CHUCKLING] 20 00:04:39,061 --> 00:04:40,497 Hey, keep the chatter down. 21 00:04:40,541 --> 00:04:42,369 SOLDIER: Yes, sir. 22 00:04:44,632 --> 00:04:45,937 Hey, watch out... 23 00:04:45,981 --> 00:04:47,287 Yes, sir. 24 00:04:50,768 --> 00:04:53,989 [WHISPERING] Hey, Grover, hey. That's bungee heaven out there. 25 00:04:54,032 --> 00:04:55,338 Yes, sir. 26 00:04:58,689 --> 00:05:00,169 Shit, man. 27 00:05:03,215 --> 00:05:06,001 That shit's gonna rot your teeth out, Swan. 28 00:05:07,698 --> 00:05:09,439 We do search-and-find, there won't be much left of that village 29 00:05:09,483 --> 00:05:11,049 when we get through. 30 00:05:11,093 --> 00:05:12,442 That's fine with me. 31 00:05:12,486 --> 00:05:14,226 SWAN: I thought we was gonna get some airpower. 32 00:05:14,270 --> 00:05:15,619 KEENE: Murphy! 33 00:05:20,537 --> 00:05:21,799 Murphy! 34 00:05:23,235 --> 00:05:24,889 Murphy! 35 00:05:24,933 --> 00:05:26,935 SOLDIER: Roger, California 1 Alpha. 36 00:05:26,978 --> 00:05:28,066 [HELICOPTER APPROACHING] 37 00:05:28,110 --> 00:05:29,546 Yes, sir. 38 00:05:29,590 --> 00:05:31,243 Looks a little hostile in there. 39 00:05:31,287 --> 00:05:34,116 Maybe we ought to send some airpower, soften it up a bit. 40 00:05:34,159 --> 00:05:35,813 You in command here, Murphy? 41 00:05:35,857 --> 00:05:37,859 [SIGHS] No, sir. 42 00:05:37,902 --> 00:05:39,513 Send a squad around the west flank of the hamlet. 43 00:05:55,267 --> 00:05:57,226 KEENE: When I first got to Nam, 44 00:05:57,269 --> 00:05:59,794 I used to worry about getting all of my men home alive. 45 00:06:03,667 --> 00:06:07,410 After a while, I started to worry if I'd get any of them back. 46 00:06:09,804 --> 00:06:10,848 [MACHINE GUN FIRE] 47 00:06:10,892 --> 00:06:12,415 [SOLDIERS SCREAMING] 48 00:06:12,981 --> 00:06:14,417 [GROANING] 49 00:06:26,473 --> 00:06:28,083 [SCREAMING] 50 00:06:28,126 --> 00:06:29,954 What are you screaming about, asshole? 51 00:06:29,998 --> 00:06:32,130 [CRYING] My foot! My foot! 52 00:06:34,045 --> 00:06:37,745 Hey, hey, motherfucker, you goin' home! 53 00:06:37,788 --> 00:06:39,486 [BOTH LAUGHING] 54 00:06:48,233 --> 00:06:49,365 Damn! 55 00:07:01,246 --> 00:07:02,552 Move out! 56 00:07:18,655 --> 00:07:20,309 [BABY CRYING] 57 00:07:21,528 --> 00:07:22,703 [GUNFIRE] 58 00:07:22,746 --> 00:07:23,965 Hold your fuckin' fire! 59 00:07:24,008 --> 00:07:26,141 Swan! Come back here, asshole! 60 00:07:26,184 --> 00:07:28,056 [GUNFIRE CONTINUES] 61 00:07:28,099 --> 00:07:31,146 Hold your fire! We got a man in there! 62 00:07:31,189 --> 00:07:32,713 Hold your fuckin' fire! 63 00:07:32,756 --> 00:07:35,585 Stop! God damn it! Shit! 64 00:07:36,717 --> 00:07:38,109 Swan! Swanny! 65 00:07:38,675 --> 00:07:39,807 Swanny! 66 00:07:39,850 --> 00:07:41,635 Come on out, man! 67 00:07:41,983 --> 00:07:43,245 Swanny! 68 00:07:46,335 --> 00:07:47,684 [BABY CRYING] 69 00:07:51,558 --> 00:07:52,602 Hi. 70 00:07:56,084 --> 00:07:57,999 You little pile of shit. 71 00:08:00,088 --> 00:08:02,525 You ever do that again, I'll shove this Thompson up your ass! 72 00:08:02,569 --> 00:08:05,223 [CHUCKLING] Why don't you make yourself useful 73 00:08:05,267 --> 00:08:08,052 and find the kid's mother, Sergeant Murphy? 74 00:08:08,792 --> 00:08:10,054 SOLDIER: Keep your eyes open. 75 00:08:10,098 --> 00:08:11,534 [BABY CRYING] 76 00:08:13,971 --> 00:08:16,365 Ready? Hit it! 77 00:08:18,802 --> 00:08:20,238 All clear. 78 00:08:20,282 --> 00:08:21,588 Sir, we got two wounded. 79 00:08:21,631 --> 00:08:22,719 Fuck. 80 00:08:22,763 --> 00:08:23,807 I called for a dust-off. 81 00:08:23,851 --> 00:08:25,156 Mark the LZ with a yellow smoke. 82 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:26,593 Get 'em ready for the medevac. Right. 83 00:08:26,636 --> 00:08:28,029 KEENE: Check those hooches! 84 00:08:28,072 --> 00:08:30,074 Scottie, here. Pick it up. 85 00:08:32,076 --> 00:08:34,339 Get out of there, you asshole. 86 00:08:36,690 --> 00:08:38,779 Move it. 87 00:08:38,822 --> 00:08:42,652 Over here! Take care of that slope bastard. 88 00:08:42,696 --> 00:08:45,263 Good job, Sergeant. Let's get this area secured. 89 00:08:45,307 --> 00:08:46,569 Get your men checking for bunkers. 90 00:08:46,613 --> 00:08:48,745 Find something to blindfold him. 91 00:09:15,032 --> 00:09:16,338 MURPHY: You know Vietnamese, sir? 92 00:09:16,381 --> 00:09:17,600 KEENE: Yeah. 93 00:09:17,644 --> 00:09:18,775 What's it say? 94 00:09:18,819 --> 00:09:20,081 Says we're their friends. 95 00:09:20,124 --> 00:09:21,299 Shit. 96 00:09:22,736 --> 00:09:24,433 Take a squad into those hills up there. 97 00:09:24,476 --> 00:09:26,435 Make sure we got no charles hanging around. 98 00:09:26,478 --> 00:09:27,567 Yes, sir. 99 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:32,702 Friends. 100 00:09:42,451 --> 00:09:44,366 Why the fuck do I got to be on point? 101 00:09:44,409 --> 00:09:47,238 If I gotta be here, Swan, you gotta be here. 102 00:09:47,282 --> 00:09:49,676 Especially after that stunt you pulled. 103 00:09:49,719 --> 00:09:51,199 SWAN: Point. 104 00:09:51,242 --> 00:09:52,722 There's a bunch of swinging dicks out there 105 00:09:52,766 --> 00:09:55,116 just waiting to punch our clocks, you know? 106 00:09:55,159 --> 00:09:57,814 Here's your body bag, boys and girls. 107 00:10:05,779 --> 00:10:07,345 [TWIG SNAPS] 108 00:10:11,349 --> 00:10:14,396 You're a funny guy sometimes, you know? 109 00:10:14,439 --> 00:10:16,137 But you're still a dick brain. 110 00:10:16,180 --> 00:10:19,009 MURPHY: Yeah, man. A million laughs. 111 00:10:20,881 --> 00:10:22,839 That's what I'm doing... 112 00:10:24,014 --> 00:10:26,016 Killing slime with jokes. 113 00:10:33,545 --> 00:10:35,069 I don't know how we'd see 'em around here. 114 00:10:35,112 --> 00:10:37,071 MURPHY: Damn, Swan, you complaining? 115 00:10:37,114 --> 00:10:39,334 I'll send out invitations for them to join us. 116 00:10:39,377 --> 00:10:42,119 And we'll all go play cowboys and Indians. 117 00:11:13,890 --> 00:11:17,024 Hey, where the fuck are we anyway, man? 118 00:11:17,067 --> 00:11:18,503 Maybe we should slow down and wait for the others. 119 00:11:18,547 --> 00:11:20,244 No, we okay. We okay. 120 00:11:24,771 --> 00:11:26,207 I don't like this, man. 121 00:11:26,250 --> 00:11:27,817 Be cool, be cool. 122 00:11:27,861 --> 00:11:28,992 [GUNSHOT] 123 00:11:30,341 --> 00:11:32,517 Murphy! Murphy! 124 00:11:37,479 --> 00:11:38,698 Cocksucker! 125 00:11:40,003 --> 00:11:42,092 Murphy, man. Murphy. 126 00:11:49,012 --> 00:11:50,579 Hey, chickenshit! 127 00:11:52,842 --> 00:11:54,278 Hey, dick... 128 00:12:01,982 --> 00:12:03,070 [GASPING] 129 00:13:24,020 --> 00:13:25,108 Fuck you. 130 00:13:25,892 --> 00:13:26,980 Fuck you. 131 00:13:32,072 --> 00:13:33,334 [COUGHING] 132 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:38,687 [GASPS] 133 00:13:42,299 --> 00:13:44,824 KEENE: His name was Ho. 134 00:13:44,867 --> 00:13:49,045 I learned that later when I found his blood-stained diary. 135 00:13:49,089 --> 00:13:51,961 A lot of VC soldiers kept diaries. 136 00:13:53,310 --> 00:13:56,661 We couldn't have been more different. 137 00:13:56,705 --> 00:13:59,229 Maybe we couldn't have been more alike. 138 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,932 But soon this crazy war would bring us together. 139 00:14:08,978 --> 00:14:10,545 This is our story. 140 00:14:30,217 --> 00:14:32,045 Good hunting, Ho? 141 00:14:32,610 --> 00:14:33,698 Yes. 142 00:14:37,398 --> 00:14:39,922 I never saw a gun like this before. 143 00:14:51,194 --> 00:14:52,892 It's beautiful. 144 00:14:54,981 --> 00:14:56,678 It's a fine weapon. 145 00:14:58,506 --> 00:15:01,465 I'll take it. I can make good use of it. 146 00:15:01,509 --> 00:15:02,858 So can I! 147 00:15:07,602 --> 00:15:09,256 I'm a Workers' Party official. 148 00:15:09,299 --> 00:15:10,953 That doesn't make you a better soldier. Take one of the others. 149 00:15:10,997 --> 00:15:12,346 I want this one! 150 00:15:12,389 --> 00:15:14,087 [BOTH GRUNTING] 151 00:15:19,005 --> 00:15:21,050 Captain Tuong can decide this. 152 00:15:21,094 --> 00:15:22,791 Well, let him. 153 00:15:22,834 --> 00:15:25,446 [VIETNAMESE FOLK MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO] 154 00:15:51,254 --> 00:15:52,516 TUONG: Sit down, Khoi. 155 00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:54,954 KHOI: Thank you, Comrade Captain. 156 00:15:56,564 --> 00:15:58,305 You, too, Ho. 157 00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:02,222 You killed an American? 158 00:16:03,440 --> 00:16:04,528 Two. 159 00:16:06,095 --> 00:16:08,228 Excellent. 160 00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:10,186 If I may say so, Comrade Captain, 161 00:16:10,230 --> 00:16:12,841 it is not excellence at question here. 162 00:16:15,496 --> 00:16:16,584 What then? 163 00:16:16,627 --> 00:16:18,629 I am a party official. 164 00:16:18,673 --> 00:16:21,110 I can make good use of this weapon. 165 00:16:21,154 --> 00:16:24,157 Ho regards it as his personal trophy 166 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:25,723 and refuses to give it to me. 167 00:16:25,767 --> 00:16:28,030 I admire your zeal, Comrade Khoi. 168 00:16:28,074 --> 00:16:31,729 But, in this case, I believe it mistaken. 169 00:16:31,773 --> 00:16:34,732 From each, according to his ability, 170 00:16:34,776 --> 00:16:37,039 to each according to his need. 171 00:16:38,258 --> 00:16:40,521 Comrade Ho's needs are greater. 172 00:16:40,564 --> 00:16:44,177 You are busy with party duties while he faces combat. 173 00:16:46,266 --> 00:16:49,356 You doubt my courage, Comrade Captain? 174 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:54,187 No. Neither do I doubt Comrade Ho's revolutionary morality. 175 00:17:15,295 --> 00:17:16,992 The gun is his. 176 00:17:17,949 --> 00:17:19,821 Take one of the others. 177 00:17:25,087 --> 00:17:28,264 Very well. When I have the opportunity, 178 00:17:28,308 --> 00:17:32,790 I will appeal your decision to party officials in the north. 179 00:17:32,834 --> 00:17:36,185 You want to report me? Go ahead, Comrade Khoi! But... 180 00:17:37,404 --> 00:17:40,407 You are a long way from your opportunity. 181 00:17:40,450 --> 00:17:43,279 So you believe I doubt your courage? 182 00:17:43,323 --> 00:17:45,716 I merely asked, Comrade Captain. 183 00:17:49,546 --> 00:17:54,986 In answer, I'm going to give you a mission to perform with Comrade Ho. 184 00:17:55,030 --> 00:17:56,379 Do you object? 185 00:18:01,384 --> 00:18:04,257 No, Comrade Captain. 186 00:18:04,300 --> 00:18:07,956 TUONG: There is a certain official. His name is Chau. 187 00:18:07,999 --> 00:18:11,481 You will recognize him when you see him because he's fat. 188 00:18:47,213 --> 00:18:48,214 [PEOPLE EXCLAIMING] 189 00:18:48,257 --> 00:18:49,650 CHAU: What has happened? 190 00:18:49,693 --> 00:18:51,869 What is happening? Answer me! 191 00:18:51,913 --> 00:18:54,176 What has happened? Answer me! 192 00:18:54,220 --> 00:18:55,873 [BABY CRYING] 193 00:19:16,938 --> 00:19:20,115 [STUTTERING] Can I be of service to you, comrade? 194 00:19:25,207 --> 00:19:27,383 There's a traitor on the bus. 195 00:19:38,829 --> 00:19:40,135 CHAU: Comrade! 196 00:19:41,484 --> 00:19:43,356 You are mistaken. I am not a traitor! 197 00:19:43,399 --> 00:19:44,835 Comrade! 198 00:19:44,879 --> 00:19:48,361 [SOBBING] Please, please, please. I beg you! Please! 199 00:19:48,404 --> 00:19:49,710 Please. 200 00:19:50,406 --> 00:19:51,712 [SOBBING] 201 00:19:53,017 --> 00:19:54,715 You are a Christian? 202 00:19:56,412 --> 00:19:58,327 Yes.Would you like to pray? 203 00:19:59,285 --> 00:20:01,200 KHOI: Would you like to pray? 204 00:20:02,157 --> 00:20:03,245 Yes. 205 00:20:03,985 --> 00:20:05,421 Then pray. 206 00:20:06,553 --> 00:20:09,860 Our Father who art in Heaven... 207 00:20:09,904 --> 00:20:10,905 [CHAU GRUNTS] 208 00:20:12,776 --> 00:20:14,169 It would have hurt nothing 209 00:20:14,213 --> 00:20:15,692 if you had let him finish his prayer! 210 00:20:15,736 --> 00:20:17,912 It would have helped nothing. 211 00:20:22,046 --> 00:20:23,657 [PEOPLE SCREAMING] 212 00:20:31,317 --> 00:20:33,188 KEENE: We'd returned to base with our prisoners 213 00:20:33,232 --> 00:20:36,409 so that Army Intelligence could interrogate them. 214 00:20:42,371 --> 00:20:43,416 [SOLDIERS CHEERING] 215 00:20:43,459 --> 00:20:45,461 [SOLDIERS WHISTLING] 216 00:20:57,473 --> 00:21:01,695 KEENE: There are some sights in a war that you'll always remember. 217 00:21:01,738 --> 00:21:04,175 A beautiful woman is one of them. 218 00:21:05,873 --> 00:21:09,355 She dealt in propaganda... And got a lot of people killed. 219 00:21:10,399 --> 00:21:12,358 Hey, right here! 220 00:21:12,401 --> 00:21:14,447 Her bodyguard was a Frenchman. 221 00:21:28,722 --> 00:21:31,594 There are some sights you never get used to. 222 00:21:36,469 --> 00:21:37,861 [PANTING] 223 00:21:44,390 --> 00:21:46,305 Sir! Captain Keene, sir! 224 00:21:50,309 --> 00:21:51,875 [GASPING] He's dunking the poor bastard! 225 00:21:51,919 --> 00:21:53,224 [GUNSHOT] 226 00:21:53,268 --> 00:21:55,357 That's one crazy son of a bitch! 227 00:22:00,406 --> 00:22:02,059 KEENE: Captain Duc! 228 00:22:05,933 --> 00:22:07,978 What the hell's going on here? 229 00:22:08,022 --> 00:22:09,850 Interrogation, Captain. 230 00:22:16,117 --> 00:22:17,684 You kill this man? 231 00:22:22,602 --> 00:22:25,039 These are my prisoners, and they're going to be evacuated to the rear! 232 00:22:25,082 --> 00:22:26,649 Is that clear? 233 00:22:26,693 --> 00:22:29,043 This is South Vietnam, and these are my prisoners! 234 00:22:29,086 --> 00:22:30,523 I take charge of them! 235 00:22:30,566 --> 00:22:32,829 Like motherfucking hell you will! 236 00:22:37,007 --> 00:22:38,313 He'll blow your ass to kitty litter 237 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:40,881 if you want to start some shit! 238 00:22:40,924 --> 00:22:43,579 Now, back off and deliver those men! 239 00:22:49,280 --> 00:22:50,412 Take them. 240 00:23:02,990 --> 00:23:06,167 That was for me. That way my men respect me. 241 00:23:12,434 --> 00:23:13,435 Captain! 242 00:23:18,571 --> 00:23:20,399 First you better grow a pair of balls, 243 00:23:20,442 --> 00:23:23,402 then hit the bush and find your own prisoners. 244 00:23:26,970 --> 00:23:28,711 Joop! Sir! 245 00:23:28,755 --> 00:23:31,192 Take charge. Yes, sir! 246 00:23:31,235 --> 00:23:32,498 You heard the Captain! 247 00:23:32,541 --> 00:23:35,414 Now, back off, my friend! I'm taking charge! 248 00:23:51,168 --> 00:23:53,432 [UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING ON RADIO] 249 00:23:58,393 --> 00:24:00,177 [SOLDIERS CHATTERING] 250 00:24:13,060 --> 00:24:15,323 Jacques Potier. 251 00:24:15,366 --> 00:24:17,543 At your service, Captain. 252 00:24:17,586 --> 00:24:19,936 What's your authorization here? 253 00:24:21,590 --> 00:24:23,418 Just passing through. 254 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:27,727 You... You with that woman? 255 00:24:30,294 --> 00:24:31,861 JACQUES: Yeah, I'm with that woman. 256 00:24:31,905 --> 00:24:34,473 She's part of the program to educate the peasants 257 00:24:34,516 --> 00:24:36,953 about the evils of collaboration with the enemy. 258 00:24:36,997 --> 00:24:38,651 You buy that shit? 259 00:24:38,694 --> 00:24:40,827 [SPEAKING FRENCH] Huh? 260 00:24:40,870 --> 00:24:42,872 I'm only here to protect her, that's all. 261 00:24:42,916 --> 00:24:44,439 French army, huh? 262 00:24:44,483 --> 00:24:45,701 Foreign Legion. 263 00:24:45,745 --> 00:24:47,834 Why'd you come back to Nam? 264 00:24:49,139 --> 00:24:50,358 May I? 265 00:24:53,622 --> 00:24:54,710 Go ahead. 266 00:24:57,017 --> 00:25:02,022 The last time, I was... I was here at Dien Bien Phu. 267 00:25:02,065 --> 00:25:03,763 That was a hell of a battle. 268 00:25:03,806 --> 00:25:04,677 Yeah. 269 00:25:07,767 --> 00:25:09,943 1,500 of us. 270 00:25:10,639 --> 00:25:12,728 A few of us survived. 271 00:25:13,163 --> 00:25:14,425 Heroic. 272 00:25:14,817 --> 00:25:17,864 And, uh, dumb. 273 00:25:18,647 --> 00:25:20,649 Just like you. 274 00:25:20,693 --> 00:25:23,565 Back there with Captain Duc. 275 00:25:23,609 --> 00:25:26,481 So don't waste your courage on men like that. 276 00:25:27,047 --> 00:25:29,615 Save it for the VC. 277 00:25:29,658 --> 00:25:32,356 Let them kill each other off. 278 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:36,273 I'm here to keep my men alive till we get the hell out. That's it. 279 00:25:36,317 --> 00:25:38,275 [SPEAKING FRENCH] 280 00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:40,669 Right, Captain? 281 00:25:40,713 --> 00:25:44,630 [CHUCKLING] What the hell's that supposed to mean? 282 00:25:44,673 --> 00:25:46,719 All is lost, except honor. 283 00:25:48,372 --> 00:25:50,331 Nothing's lost, pal. 284 00:25:50,374 --> 00:25:52,942 This ain't Dien Bien Phu. 285 00:25:52,986 --> 00:25:55,379 We're talking Stars and Stripes. 286 00:26:03,039 --> 00:26:04,127 Asshole. 287 00:26:19,012 --> 00:26:21,014 We move out at dawn. 288 00:26:21,057 --> 00:26:22,232 Move out? 289 00:26:22,276 --> 00:26:24,408 Helicopters have been passing by all day. 290 00:26:24,452 --> 00:26:26,889 We're heading west to Metang Village. 291 00:26:28,021 --> 00:26:29,849 What's Tuong afraid of? 292 00:26:29,892 --> 00:26:31,807 It's time we stand and fight! 293 00:26:36,333 --> 00:26:38,292 [BOTH LAUGHING] 294 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:47,606 Don't know why he hates me. 295 00:26:48,302 --> 00:26:50,043 He hates everybody. 296 00:26:50,086 --> 00:26:51,827 But why me? Why not you? 297 00:26:51,871 --> 00:26:54,308 PHAM: You're young. You went to school. 298 00:26:54,351 --> 00:26:56,484 Yeah, but if he knew you like I do, 299 00:26:56,527 --> 00:26:58,486 he wouldn't be jealous. 300 00:26:58,529 --> 00:27:01,271 Is that gum in your mouth, or are you chewing your tongue, Ho? 301 00:27:01,315 --> 00:27:03,099 You're a bad example of a good little boy. 302 00:27:03,143 --> 00:27:05,014 Don't you know you have to share with your comrades? 303 00:27:05,058 --> 00:27:07,843 [LAUGHING] All right, all right! All right! 304 00:27:08,757 --> 00:27:10,803 You forget how well I treat you. 305 00:27:10,846 --> 00:27:13,457 How can I with all your reminders? 306 00:27:14,371 --> 00:27:15,895 What do I do about Khoi? 307 00:27:15,938 --> 00:27:18,419 All he wants to do is kill Americans. 308 00:27:18,462 --> 00:27:20,682 The problem is he sees how Tuong ignores him in your favor. 309 00:27:20,726 --> 00:27:22,336 Pham, I don't look for that. 310 00:27:22,379 --> 00:27:25,252 You don't have to. It just is. 311 00:27:25,295 --> 00:27:28,342 Hey, there's a meeting tonight with entertainment. 312 00:27:28,385 --> 00:27:30,692 Come on. Try to have a good time for a change. 313 00:27:30,736 --> 00:27:33,086 Just look out for Khoi during the session. 314 00:27:33,129 --> 00:27:35,871 He'll try to criticize you to the others and make you look bad. 315 00:27:35,915 --> 00:27:37,394 I don't have anything to worry about. 316 00:27:37,438 --> 00:27:39,440 Yeah. Nothing but that ugly face. 317 00:27:39,483 --> 00:27:41,224 [LAUGHING] Oh, yeah? 318 00:27:42,095 --> 00:27:44,358 [DRAMATIC FOLK MUSIC PLAYING] 319 00:28:13,692 --> 00:28:19,045 Comrades! I have finally found a solution to the American problem! 320 00:28:19,088 --> 00:28:21,700 All we have to do is tell the Chinese 321 00:28:21,743 --> 00:28:25,704 that Americans are good to eat and invite them to dinner! 322 00:28:26,661 --> 00:28:28,794 [ALL LAUGHING] 323 00:28:28,837 --> 00:28:31,013 KHOI: The Americans smell so bad 324 00:28:31,057 --> 00:28:33,624 that even the Chinese would refuse! 325 00:28:33,668 --> 00:28:35,670 [ALL LAUGHING] 326 00:28:38,151 --> 00:28:39,979 My fellow bo doi, 327 00:28:40,022 --> 00:28:43,243 I'm happy to see you enjoying yourselves tonight, 328 00:28:43,286 --> 00:28:45,811 as our General Giap would like to see, 329 00:28:45,854 --> 00:28:48,944 especially in such difficult times as these. 330 00:28:48,988 --> 00:28:54,036 But our burdens continue as long as the Americans walk our land. 331 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:57,213 The Sisters Trung drove out the Chinese many years ago 332 00:28:57,257 --> 00:29:01,043 and died with honor as we must be prepared to do. 333 00:29:01,087 --> 00:29:04,307 For our nation, we must forget self. 334 00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:10,879 Comrade Ho understands that well. 335 00:29:11,706 --> 00:29:13,926 Isn't that true, Comrade Ho? 336 00:29:18,931 --> 00:29:20,541 Yes, Comrade Khoi. 337 00:29:22,543 --> 00:29:25,807 We all must share the burden as soldiers of a just cause 338 00:29:25,851 --> 00:29:29,855 as we have been doing and shall continue to do so. 339 00:29:29,898 --> 00:29:33,815 And yet your dedication seems to be for self-advancement, 340 00:29:33,859 --> 00:29:37,819 seeking to impress our leader, Captain Tuong, at every opportunity. 341 00:29:37,863 --> 00:29:39,516 Is that not true? 342 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:41,954 I am a simple follower, Comrade. 343 00:29:41,997 --> 00:29:45,522 I'm here to obey and to die if need be. Nothing more. 344 00:29:45,566 --> 00:29:48,961 You misjudge my need for service with false pride. 345 00:29:49,004 --> 00:29:53,182 My only reward would be a final victory for all of us here. 346 00:29:53,226 --> 00:29:54,662 KHOI: Reward? 347 00:29:54,705 --> 00:29:58,013 Just as our captain rewards you 348 00:29:58,057 --> 00:30:00,015 while the deeds of others go ignored? 349 00:30:00,059 --> 00:30:01,974 You are wrong, Comrade Khoi. 350 00:30:02,017 --> 00:30:04,411 Courage and dedication are never overlooked. 351 00:30:04,454 --> 00:30:07,022 You place your anger wrongly. 352 00:30:07,066 --> 00:30:10,460 I speak freely for myself and for all of us. 353 00:30:10,504 --> 00:30:13,463 And I say this for all to hear! 354 00:30:13,507 --> 00:30:16,684 That I was witness to your great deed just today. 355 00:30:20,731 --> 00:30:22,255 And for this, Captain Tuong, 356 00:30:22,298 --> 00:30:24,997 the state believed in you and always will! 357 00:30:25,040 --> 00:30:26,563 Enough of that, Ho! 358 00:30:26,607 --> 00:30:29,828 Your bravery will set example for all of us to follow. 359 00:30:29,871 --> 00:30:31,394 [MEN CHANTING] 360 00:30:31,438 --> 00:30:35,790 Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi, Khoi. 361 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:40,577 [CHANTING CONTINUES] 362 00:30:48,281 --> 00:30:49,760 [CLANGING] 363 00:31:30,149 --> 00:31:31,933 There'll be no fighting tonight. 364 00:31:31,977 --> 00:31:33,543 Why? 365 00:31:33,587 --> 00:31:35,981 It's a clear night with a full moon. 366 00:31:37,199 --> 00:31:38,331 [SPEAKING VIETNAMESE] 367 00:31:38,374 --> 00:31:40,594 I wish the rains would come. 368 00:31:40,637 --> 00:31:41,987 When I lived in Saigon, 369 00:31:42,030 --> 00:31:44,337 I always thought only farmers prayed for rain. 370 00:31:44,380 --> 00:31:46,905 Well, city boy, now you know. 371 00:31:47,862 --> 00:31:49,385 Plants need rain to grow. 372 00:31:49,429 --> 00:31:51,953 We need it to hide us from our enemies. 373 00:31:56,001 --> 00:31:58,046 Pham... 374 00:31:58,090 --> 00:32:00,831 Some of the others say that once you kill your first man, 375 00:32:00,875 --> 00:32:02,529 you get used to it. 376 00:32:05,097 --> 00:32:06,141 I can't. 377 00:32:08,187 --> 00:32:09,579 Can you? 378 00:32:11,755 --> 00:32:14,802 I don't think about the killing much anymore, 379 00:32:16,151 --> 00:32:17,979 not since I lost my family. 380 00:32:20,677 --> 00:32:24,029 All I ever wanted was to be a farmer like my father. 381 00:32:26,770 --> 00:32:29,077 Now all I have left is revenge. 382 00:32:31,993 --> 00:32:34,517 My father showed me the beauty of life. 383 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:41,176 I'm still finding it hard to forget those lessons, Pham. 384 00:32:41,220 --> 00:32:44,005 You have to. You're a soldier now. 385 00:32:46,312 --> 00:32:48,792 Don't you fight for revenge, too? 386 00:32:51,099 --> 00:32:53,493 Maybe I do. I don't know. 387 00:32:55,843 --> 00:32:57,540 It's too easy, Pham. 388 00:33:00,108 --> 00:33:01,805 We lived in Saigon. 389 00:33:03,242 --> 00:33:05,157 My father was a teacher. 390 00:33:07,289 --> 00:33:11,206 He was sent into the delta one day to teach at a school there. 391 00:33:11,250 --> 00:33:14,731 When we arrived, there were government soldiers. 392 00:33:17,169 --> 00:33:19,214 He didn't have his papers. 393 00:33:23,566 --> 00:33:25,786 They thought he was Viet Cong. 394 00:33:35,056 --> 00:33:36,536 They killed him. 395 00:33:41,062 --> 00:33:45,066 I don't know if what I feel is revenge, but whatever it is 396 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:47,373 it's eating away my soul, comrade. 397 00:33:49,984 --> 00:33:53,205 Sometimes I don't think I can stand it any longer. 398 00:33:55,772 --> 00:33:58,253 Maybe not. 399 00:33:58,297 --> 00:34:01,430 But you have no choice except to continue the fight. 400 00:34:04,912 --> 00:34:07,045 Is that all there is, Pham? 401 00:34:09,177 --> 00:34:12,137 For now, yes. 402 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:33,114 KEENE: This is the sector we're going to probe. 403 00:34:33,158 --> 00:34:34,898 Recon reports movement, 404 00:34:34,942 --> 00:34:37,988 especially around this hamlet called Metang. 405 00:34:38,032 --> 00:34:40,165 Made a pass through there about five clicks. 406 00:34:40,208 --> 00:34:41,383 Chopped up the ground pretty good 407 00:34:41,427 --> 00:34:44,256 and flushed out about a dozen VC. 408 00:34:44,299 --> 00:34:46,127 I think there's some kind of buildup near there. 409 00:34:46,171 --> 00:34:47,824 You see any ordinance being transported? 410 00:34:47,868 --> 00:34:51,350 Nothing. Took some ground fire and disengaged. 411 00:34:51,393 --> 00:34:52,525 Dropped down low enough 412 00:34:52,568 --> 00:34:54,135 so my ass is dragging in the dirt. 413 00:34:54,179 --> 00:34:56,659 [SOLDIERS LAUGHING] 414 00:34:56,703 --> 00:34:59,184 I'll be moving in with a dozen men at first light. 415 00:34:59,227 --> 00:35:01,577 We'll break squelch every two hours. 416 00:35:01,621 --> 00:35:05,364 They'll all be under the command of Lieutenant Gambrel. 417 00:35:05,407 --> 00:35:07,888 That goes for you, too, Captain Duc. 418 00:35:07,931 --> 00:35:10,151 My superiors would never permit that, Captain. 419 00:35:10,195 --> 00:35:12,588 Oh. Then you can take rear security. 420 00:35:14,068 --> 00:35:17,115 Rear is what you're good at, isn't it, Captain? 421 00:35:18,681 --> 00:35:20,030 Excuse me, Lieutenant. 422 00:35:20,074 --> 00:35:22,163 GAMBREL: Certainly, Captain. 423 00:35:25,079 --> 00:35:26,167 Excuse me. 424 00:35:26,211 --> 00:35:27,821 [CHUCKLES] 425 00:35:27,864 --> 00:35:30,606 Gentlemen, the objective is Metang. 426 00:35:43,010 --> 00:35:45,230 KEENE: I didn't know it at the time, 427 00:35:45,273 --> 00:35:49,321 but the enemy was also setting their sights on Metang. 428 00:35:49,364 --> 00:35:53,238 It was about to become the staging area for a massive offensive. 429 00:35:54,500 --> 00:35:56,241 Soon I would meet Ho. 430 00:36:02,247 --> 00:36:03,596 Come here, Ho. 431 00:36:07,469 --> 00:36:09,341 There is the village Metang. 432 00:36:09,384 --> 00:36:12,300 A friend waits there to tell us what we need to know. 433 00:36:12,344 --> 00:36:13,954 Pham is with them. 434 00:36:14,433 --> 00:36:15,782 You go with me. 435 00:36:15,825 --> 00:36:17,566 Yes, Comrade Captain. 436 00:36:41,286 --> 00:36:43,853 How goes it? Not well. 437 00:36:43,897 --> 00:36:47,248 They come from Saigon to denounce my fighting brothers 438 00:36:47,292 --> 00:36:51,426 and spew lies among the people, telling them they are free. 439 00:36:51,470 --> 00:36:53,211 [VEHICLE APPROACHING] 440 00:36:58,477 --> 00:37:00,087 Her name is Khan Ly. 441 00:37:00,130 --> 00:37:02,785 She stays at the old French house. 442 00:37:02,829 --> 00:37:06,311 The government sees how hard you work on the land. 443 00:37:07,529 --> 00:37:11,577 Therefore, I urge your cooperation 444 00:37:11,620 --> 00:37:16,277 for the guarantee that the land be distributed fairly among all of you. 445 00:37:16,321 --> 00:37:19,498 Don't be deceived or intimidated by these bandits 446 00:37:19,541 --> 00:37:22,414 that call themselves the freedom fighters. 447 00:37:22,457 --> 00:37:26,722 After 10 years, you will own the land, legally. 448 00:37:26,766 --> 00:37:30,465 The survey of the land will take place soon after that. 449 00:37:30,509 --> 00:37:33,033 And then the distribution will begin. 450 00:37:33,076 --> 00:37:36,297 That's all we ever hear from the government. 451 00:37:36,341 --> 00:37:42,434 We drove the French out and still we don't have the land. 452 00:37:42,477 --> 00:37:46,916 When are we going to be able to feed our children? 453 00:37:47,961 --> 00:37:49,571 What is your name? 454 00:37:50,180 --> 00:37:51,486 Szan Tui. 455 00:37:56,665 --> 00:37:58,319 Well, Szan Tui, 456 00:37:58,363 --> 00:38:01,540 I'm glad that you have the courage to speak up. 457 00:38:01,583 --> 00:38:05,065 That is important in a democracy like ours. 458 00:38:05,108 --> 00:38:08,547 SZAN TUI: The Viet Cong come here and give us the land. 459 00:38:08,590 --> 00:38:11,550 They say it belongs to us 460 00:38:11,593 --> 00:38:13,813 and always will. 461 00:38:13,856 --> 00:38:20,559 They say you come here with more tricks to keep us fooled. 462 00:38:20,602 --> 00:38:23,518 And where is the paper giving you the title? 463 00:38:25,607 --> 00:38:29,307 Be patient. Our success depends on that. 464 00:38:31,309 --> 00:38:34,529 Our government operates by the will of the people. 465 00:38:39,404 --> 00:38:41,841 KEENE: We were getting closer to Metang. 466 00:38:41,884 --> 00:38:44,191 But we hadn't found jack shit. 467 00:38:45,497 --> 00:38:48,456 That's how it was with the VC. 468 00:38:48,500 --> 00:38:52,504 They could be right in front of you and you couldn't see them. 469 00:39:05,212 --> 00:39:06,909 Is the whore going to die? 470 00:39:06,953 --> 00:39:08,346 The woman? 471 00:39:09,172 --> 00:39:10,826 An enemy is an enemy! 472 00:39:21,489 --> 00:39:24,013 SHEN: I hope you enjoy our humble meal. 473 00:39:24,057 --> 00:39:25,450 HO: This is a feast for us. 474 00:39:25,493 --> 00:39:27,321 PHAM: It sure is. 475 00:39:27,365 --> 00:39:29,149 SHEN: Times are hard. 476 00:39:30,411 --> 00:39:32,413 Rice beer for our friends. 477 00:39:32,457 --> 00:39:35,851 PHAM: This is excellent, Comrade Shen. Isn't it, Ho? 478 00:39:37,505 --> 00:39:38,680 Ho! Ho! 479 00:39:40,290 --> 00:39:43,468 [CHUCKLES] I never tried it before. 480 00:39:43,511 --> 00:39:47,297 PHAM: Here's your chance. My friend's a city boy. 481 00:39:48,124 --> 00:39:49,778 Serve it. Serve it. 482 00:39:51,737 --> 00:39:53,913 Go, go, go! 483 00:39:53,956 --> 00:39:56,655 Tonight will be a long night, Ho. 484 00:39:56,698 --> 00:39:58,483 We can have one drink. 485 00:40:14,107 --> 00:40:16,152 WOMAN: Ho, what's wrong? 486 00:40:18,720 --> 00:40:21,288 HO: I've been ordered to kill a woman. 487 00:40:22,420 --> 00:40:23,812 It troubles me. 488 00:40:53,059 --> 00:40:54,452 [GUNSHOT] 489 00:41:32,794 --> 00:41:34,143 [GUNSHOT] 490 00:41:49,289 --> 00:41:50,682 Is that the house? 491 00:41:50,725 --> 00:41:52,727 SHEN: That is where she'll be with her Frenchman. 492 00:41:52,771 --> 00:41:55,556 I'll meet you on the ridge by the river. 493 00:42:17,230 --> 00:42:18,231 [THUDDING] 494 00:42:48,740 --> 00:42:49,784 [GRUNTS] 495 00:42:49,828 --> 00:42:51,569 [BOTH LAUGHING] 496 00:42:59,141 --> 00:43:01,013 [BOTH SPEAKING FRENCH] 497 00:43:27,822 --> 00:43:29,258 [WATER RUNNING] 498 00:44:01,029 --> 00:44:02,552 [GUN CLICKS] 499 00:44:19,178 --> 00:44:20,396 [EXCLAIMS IN FRENCH] 500 00:45:26,811 --> 00:45:28,334 [SCREAMING] 501 00:45:35,167 --> 00:45:36,864 [BOTH GROANING] 502 00:45:54,055 --> 00:45:55,970 [GROANING] 503 00:45:59,582 --> 00:46:00,758 [SCREAMING] 504 00:46:18,819 --> 00:46:19,864 [GASPS] 505 00:46:19,907 --> 00:46:21,517 [GUN COCKING] 506 00:46:22,083 --> 00:46:23,781 Please. 507 00:46:28,002 --> 00:46:29,569 Please. 508 00:47:00,078 --> 00:47:01,209 [GASPS] 509 00:47:04,734 --> 00:47:06,649 [GROANING] 510 00:47:14,919 --> 00:47:18,705 She's dead? What's wrong? 511 00:47:18,748 --> 00:47:22,274 Nothing. Go back to Captain Tuong and report. 512 00:47:30,021 --> 00:47:34,068 We are warriors of the National Liberation Front. 513 00:47:34,112 --> 00:47:38,072 Today we come to Metang as friends and comrades. 514 00:47:38,116 --> 00:47:42,903 At my feet here, you see the fruit of revolutionary justice 515 00:47:42,947 --> 00:47:46,080 and the fate of those who betray the people. 516 00:48:01,443 --> 00:48:02,923 KEENE: Joop! 517 00:48:05,970 --> 00:48:07,058 JOOP: Yes, sir? 518 00:48:07,101 --> 00:48:08,886 Take point. Yes, sir. 519 00:48:46,662 --> 00:48:48,099 [GUNFIRE] 520 00:48:50,101 --> 00:48:51,450 Get down! 521 00:48:55,149 --> 00:48:56,585 Stay down! 522 00:49:02,156 --> 00:49:05,246 This is Iron One Bravo. Ambush! We're in deep shit! 523 00:49:07,596 --> 00:49:09,120 Take cover! 524 00:49:35,537 --> 00:49:38,410 We're in ambush. We need support. I repeat... 525 00:49:43,023 --> 00:49:44,198 Spread out! 526 00:50:21,018 --> 00:50:22,019 [GROANS] 527 00:50:29,852 --> 00:50:32,594 American officer. Well done, Ho. 528 00:51:15,115 --> 00:51:20,207 KEENE: A lot of brave men died to find out that the enemy buildup was real. 529 00:51:20,251 --> 00:51:23,254 A lot of good that information would do us now. 530 00:51:34,787 --> 00:51:36,528 [COUGHING] 531 00:51:36,571 --> 00:51:38,051 [GROANING] 532 00:51:41,098 --> 00:51:42,577 It's okay, buddy. 533 00:51:47,582 --> 00:51:49,236 We are leaving! 534 00:51:50,281 --> 00:51:51,847 He needs a medic! 535 00:51:54,502 --> 00:51:55,982 [GUNSHOT] 536 00:52:06,819 --> 00:52:10,301 This is my prisoner! No more killing! 537 00:52:10,344 --> 00:52:12,085 You are acting like a traitor! 538 00:52:12,129 --> 00:52:13,478 I'm no traitor! 539 00:52:13,521 --> 00:52:14,957 Take them! 540 00:52:26,665 --> 00:52:30,451 The officer is my prisoner to handle how I see fit. 541 00:52:32,714 --> 00:52:34,151 [GROANING] 542 00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:48,817 KEENE: I was forced to march for hours 543 00:52:48,861 --> 00:52:51,342 with a ration of water once a day. 544 00:52:54,214 --> 00:52:56,825 Sometimes I would find Ho staring at me. 545 00:52:58,610 --> 00:53:01,874 I couldn't figure out what the hell was on his mind. 546 00:53:17,063 --> 00:53:18,412 [GROANS] 547 00:53:26,899 --> 00:53:28,335 [SCREAMING] 548 00:53:34,211 --> 00:53:35,516 [BABY CRYING] 549 00:53:41,827 --> 00:53:43,611 Are you not friendly to the Viet Cong? 550 00:53:43,655 --> 00:53:46,266 It's for your children that we are fighting. 551 00:53:46,310 --> 00:53:47,398 Leave him alone! 552 00:53:47,441 --> 00:53:48,573 What? 553 00:53:49,922 --> 00:53:50,966 You heard me. 554 00:53:51,010 --> 00:53:53,273 The farmer needed to be frightened. 555 00:53:54,318 --> 00:53:55,232 He was. 556 00:53:58,191 --> 00:53:59,714 [GROANING] 557 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:03,327 KHOI: Enough. 558 00:54:04,371 --> 00:54:06,634 What was the purpose of your patrol here? 559 00:54:06,678 --> 00:54:08,506 Blow it out your ass. 560 00:54:12,988 --> 00:54:16,862 That's your prisoner, Ho. You should be the one to bring him in. 561 00:54:17,906 --> 00:54:20,561 You should get the credit, not Khoi. 562 00:54:20,605 --> 00:54:22,520 Look at him down there. 563 00:54:22,563 --> 00:54:24,609 He's ambitious and stupid. 564 00:54:26,567 --> 00:54:29,178 If he keeps that up, he'll kill him. 565 00:54:29,527 --> 00:54:31,311 [KEENE GROANING] 566 00:54:36,708 --> 00:54:39,667 KEENE: While they slept, I was kept awake. 567 00:54:39,711 --> 00:54:41,190 [INAUDIBLE] 568 00:54:43,802 --> 00:54:47,196 And while they ate, I went hungry. 569 00:54:52,071 --> 00:54:55,727 [INAUDIBLE] And while they rested, I was beaten. 570 00:54:58,686 --> 00:55:00,819 That's enough, comrade! 571 00:55:03,125 --> 00:55:05,258 I will guard the prisoner. Go get some rest. 572 00:55:05,302 --> 00:55:07,869 The order from Khoi is that he doesn't sleep. 573 00:55:07,913 --> 00:55:09,523 I know. Go. 574 00:55:24,451 --> 00:55:26,323 Your turn to be a tough guy. 575 00:56:04,535 --> 00:56:06,624 Where are they taking me? 576 00:56:06,667 --> 00:56:07,625 North. 577 00:56:14,022 --> 00:56:16,024 You could have killed me. 578 00:56:41,093 --> 00:56:43,574 KHOI: My orders were to keep him awake! 579 00:56:46,141 --> 00:56:47,534 [GROANING] 580 00:56:51,886 --> 00:56:53,540 You'll answer for this. 581 00:56:53,584 --> 00:56:55,412 Only to Captain Tuong. 582 00:57:07,772 --> 00:57:09,382 [GROANING] 583 00:57:33,972 --> 00:57:35,930 He might have killed you. 584 00:57:35,974 --> 00:57:37,454 He's a comrade. 585 00:57:37,497 --> 00:57:39,020 Don't be so sure. 586 00:57:39,934 --> 00:57:42,546 Pham, do you trust me? 587 00:57:43,547 --> 00:57:45,679 What are you talking about? 588 00:57:47,638 --> 00:57:48,813 Of course. 589 00:57:50,728 --> 00:57:54,601 Then go to Captain Tuong. Tell him everything. 590 00:57:54,645 --> 00:57:58,475 [CHUCKLING] Tell him I'll bring in the prisoner myself. 591 00:57:58,518 --> 00:58:01,434 Khoi will just kill you both and say you were a traitor. 592 00:58:01,478 --> 00:58:03,610 Not if I get to Tuong first. 593 00:58:03,654 --> 00:58:06,526 Why does this American mean so much to you? 594 00:58:06,570 --> 00:58:08,659 He's just one of many we have to kill. 595 00:58:08,702 --> 00:58:09,964 Yes. 596 00:58:10,008 --> 00:58:12,576 But something happened with this man. 597 00:58:13,620 --> 00:58:16,144 Don't you remember when we captured him? 598 00:58:16,188 --> 00:58:17,711 Yes, I remember. 599 00:58:17,755 --> 00:58:20,192 He had his weapon pointed at you. 600 00:58:21,236 --> 00:58:22,716 That's right. So? 601 00:58:24,370 --> 00:58:26,459 So he could have killed me, but he didn't. 602 00:58:26,503 --> 00:58:29,636 Because I didn't give him a chance, that's why. 603 00:58:30,768 --> 00:58:32,813 No. It's more than that. 604 00:58:32,857 --> 00:58:35,250 I saw in his eyes. 605 00:58:35,294 --> 00:58:37,905 We've been fighting together for more than a year. 606 00:58:37,949 --> 00:58:40,778 And sometimes you get these crazy ideas. 607 00:58:40,821 --> 00:58:42,867 I have to do this, Pham, 608 00:58:43,781 --> 00:58:45,522 even if I might be wrong. 609 00:58:47,567 --> 00:58:50,875 We've always been told the end justify the means. 610 00:58:50,918 --> 00:58:52,659 But not this way. 611 00:58:52,703 --> 00:58:55,270 I don't know what you're talking about. 612 00:58:56,489 --> 00:58:59,318 All I know is I made friends with a crazy boy. 613 00:58:59,361 --> 00:59:00,754 [CHUCKLES] 614 00:59:01,973 --> 00:59:03,975 But I'll do what you say. 615 00:59:08,675 --> 00:59:09,676 Go now. 616 00:59:33,308 --> 00:59:34,309 [MUFFLED GRUNTS] 617 00:59:38,226 --> 00:59:40,098 [SHUSHING] 618 01:00:08,517 --> 01:00:09,823 HO: Get in there. 619 01:00:11,259 --> 01:00:12,783 Kneel down. 620 01:00:12,826 --> 01:00:13,914 What? 621 01:00:13,958 --> 01:00:15,046 [COCKS GUN] 622 01:00:15,089 --> 01:00:16,656 I said kneel down. 623 01:00:22,836 --> 01:00:24,969 Put your hands behind your back. 624 01:00:26,797 --> 01:00:29,321 You're a prisoner of the National Liberation Front. 625 01:00:29,364 --> 01:00:31,410 I'm taking you back alive. 626 01:00:31,453 --> 01:00:34,195 You try to escape, I'll deliver your head. 627 01:00:35,936 --> 01:00:36,850 Up. 628 01:00:58,742 --> 01:01:03,224 KEENE: Slow down. Hey, I can't keep up with you with my hands tied! Hey! 629 01:01:03,268 --> 01:01:04,704 Hey! 630 01:01:04,748 --> 01:01:06,750 Ho! Ho! 631 01:01:10,928 --> 01:01:13,452 I heard him call you that. Ho. 632 01:01:14,932 --> 01:01:16,803 That's your name, isn't it? 633 01:01:16,847 --> 01:01:18,544 That's right. 634 01:01:18,587 --> 01:01:19,676 Mine's Keene. 635 01:01:19,719 --> 01:01:21,199 Move faster now. 636 01:01:32,732 --> 01:01:34,560 Have three men stay with me. 637 01:01:34,603 --> 01:01:36,693 Send the rest back to Metang and let them know what has happened here. 638 01:01:36,736 --> 01:01:39,826 Tell Captain Tuong that I'm searching for the traitor Ho. 639 01:02:15,296 --> 01:02:16,907 BOY: Comrade. 640 01:02:20,954 --> 01:02:22,651 You're a brave man. 641 01:02:38,493 --> 01:02:39,799 Flower power. 642 01:02:41,583 --> 01:02:43,847 Don't understand what you're saying, round-eye. 643 01:02:43,890 --> 01:02:47,633 Fucking chickenshit hippies at home would get off on that. 644 01:02:58,252 --> 01:02:59,776 HO: Move it! 645 01:03:03,997 --> 01:03:05,782 [GROANING] 646 01:03:58,269 --> 01:04:00,140 You need help, comrade? 647 01:04:01,228 --> 01:04:02,577 What do you have there? 648 01:04:02,621 --> 01:04:03,970 My grandchild. 649 01:04:08,496 --> 01:04:09,758 Who killed him? 650 01:04:09,802 --> 01:04:11,108 Men like you. 651 01:05:32,232 --> 01:05:34,974 What happens when we reach your people? 652 01:05:35,018 --> 01:05:36,976 You'll answer for your crimes. 653 01:05:41,981 --> 01:05:45,593 And as an officer, you'll be asked to give information. 654 01:05:47,160 --> 01:05:51,991 If you refuse, they'll find ways to get what they need. 655 01:05:52,035 --> 01:05:54,472 Shit is what they'll get from me. 656 01:05:57,127 --> 01:05:58,650 Then you'll die. 657 01:06:00,086 --> 01:06:01,261 [SPEAKS IN FRENCH] 658 01:06:01,305 --> 01:06:02,915 That's right! 659 01:06:10,183 --> 01:06:12,446 I don't understand you. 660 01:06:12,490 --> 01:06:16,798 I fight for my country. My dedication to dau tranh. 661 01:06:22,543 --> 01:06:27,287 Our dignity has been insulted and land taken away from us. 662 01:06:27,331 --> 01:06:30,203 Land that Vietminh won back from the French. 663 01:06:32,205 --> 01:06:34,381 What do you fight for, round-eye? 664 01:06:35,643 --> 01:06:38,646 I'm a soldier. My country called. 665 01:06:42,433 --> 01:06:44,217 It shouldn't have. 666 01:06:50,223 --> 01:06:51,398 How old are you? 667 01:06:51,442 --> 01:06:53,792 What difference does it make? 668 01:06:53,835 --> 01:06:55,402 How old are you? 669 01:06:55,446 --> 01:06:56,925 Old enough. 670 01:07:02,322 --> 01:07:04,020 Seventeen. 671 01:07:09,503 --> 01:07:11,244 You got a girlfriend? 672 01:07:12,245 --> 01:07:13,246 Huh? 673 01:07:14,160 --> 01:07:15,379 [CHUCKLING] 674 01:07:17,816 --> 01:07:21,733 I've got a wife and a son about your age. 675 01:07:25,519 --> 01:07:27,086 Back in the world. 676 01:07:28,348 --> 01:07:29,567 Where? 677 01:07:30,437 --> 01:07:32,178 Back home in Chicago. 678 01:07:33,223 --> 01:07:34,659 You know where that is? 679 01:07:34,702 --> 01:07:36,748 I've seen American movies. 680 01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:45,365 Maybe you'll visit someday. 681 01:07:48,760 --> 01:07:50,327 Sure, someday. 682 01:08:13,959 --> 01:08:15,917 You ever afraid of anything, Keene? 683 01:08:17,005 --> 01:08:19,747 I'm afraid you might offer me one of those. 684 01:08:20,922 --> 01:08:22,402 A VC delicacy. 685 01:08:27,625 --> 01:08:31,237 You'd like to kill me, wouldn't you? 686 01:08:31,281 --> 01:08:33,761 I'm not going to let you take me back alive. 687 01:08:33,805 --> 01:08:36,416 I'm no good to you dead. Let me go. 688 01:08:37,461 --> 01:08:39,550 Tell them I escaped. They won't blame you. 689 01:08:39,593 --> 01:08:42,335 You're talking to a soldier, remember that! 690 01:08:44,294 --> 01:08:45,686 Just like you. 691 01:08:47,688 --> 01:08:49,995 Then I guess we're both fucked. 692 01:08:52,258 --> 01:08:55,174 Some people are more fucked than others. 693 01:08:55,218 --> 01:08:56,393 [CHUCKLES] 694 01:09:06,054 --> 01:09:07,447 We leave early. 695 01:09:28,381 --> 01:09:31,210 KEENE: I had to get back and report. 696 01:09:31,254 --> 01:09:33,473 Thousands of lives depended on it. 697 01:09:36,346 --> 01:09:39,087 I was beginning to respect Ho, 698 01:09:39,131 --> 01:09:42,178 but I would have killed him in order to escape. 699 01:09:48,140 --> 01:09:50,142 Ho! 700 01:09:50,186 --> 01:09:52,449 I can't swim with my hands tied. 701 01:09:52,492 --> 01:09:54,364 That water's too deep. 702 01:09:54,407 --> 01:09:56,757 Ho! Shit! 703 01:09:56,801 --> 01:09:58,194 [GRUNTS] 704 01:10:00,283 --> 01:10:02,807 [CHUCKLING] Son of a bitch. 705 01:10:02,850 --> 01:10:05,288 This fucking thing is underwater. 706 01:10:09,509 --> 01:10:12,730 No wonder aerial photographs never show a bridge. 707 01:10:43,413 --> 01:10:44,762 SOLDIER: They've been here. 708 01:11:01,039 --> 01:11:02,345 HO: We stop here. 709 01:11:07,611 --> 01:11:08,786 Dig. 710 01:11:56,050 --> 01:11:57,443 Sit over there. 711 01:12:02,405 --> 01:12:04,320 Hands on your head. 712 01:13:30,493 --> 01:13:33,670 The knife, toss it on the ground over there. 713 01:13:33,713 --> 01:13:35,628 I could still use something to eat. 714 01:13:35,672 --> 01:13:37,500 KHOI: You have a lot to learn, Ho! Don't! 715 01:13:37,543 --> 01:13:39,893 You have no reason to fear us. 716 01:13:39,937 --> 01:13:44,245 We are comrades. You're confused. We understand that. 717 01:13:45,290 --> 01:13:46,857 Do you, Comrade Khoi? 718 01:13:46,900 --> 01:13:48,772 Just give me your prisoner. 719 01:13:48,815 --> 01:13:52,602 I'll bring him in and you won't fall into shame. 720 01:13:52,645 --> 01:13:53,820 When we go before the dau tranh, 721 01:13:53,864 --> 01:13:56,606 it'll be justifying your proper spirit. 722 01:13:56,649 --> 01:13:58,434 And the American? 723 01:13:59,217 --> 01:14:00,305 [SIGHS] 724 01:14:00,348 --> 01:14:02,481 He'll no longer be yours. 725 01:14:02,525 --> 01:14:04,918 He'll be none of your concern. 726 01:14:04,962 --> 01:14:06,746 [GROANING] 727 01:14:06,790 --> 01:14:09,532 Remember who this man is, comrade. 728 01:14:09,575 --> 01:14:11,882 I'll hold you responsible for this, Khoi. 729 01:14:11,925 --> 01:14:14,885 You are in no position to make demands. 730 01:14:29,595 --> 01:14:31,554 That man was a traitor. 731 01:14:31,597 --> 01:14:34,644 But there's been enough killing between brothers. 732 01:14:34,687 --> 01:14:36,689 I'll speak on your behalf. 733 01:14:38,648 --> 01:14:40,519 The prisoner is mine now, comrade. 734 01:14:40,563 --> 01:14:42,565 [HELICOPTERS APPROACHING] 735 01:14:48,875 --> 01:14:51,791 That's why you're here. You want Metang. 736 01:14:54,272 --> 01:14:56,753 Take the men back to Metang. Warn them. 737 01:15:01,845 --> 01:15:03,281 What's the strength of your forces? 738 01:15:03,324 --> 01:15:06,023 Battalion strength? Fuck you. 739 01:15:06,066 --> 01:15:09,896 It doesn't matter. We're prepared, round-eye. 740 01:15:09,940 --> 01:15:13,509 Comrade Ho, he's of no use to me now. 741 01:15:13,552 --> 01:15:15,075 You may kill him. 742 01:15:16,424 --> 01:15:17,513 Do it! 743 01:15:29,655 --> 01:15:30,830 Finish it! 744 01:15:32,049 --> 01:15:33,703 [SHOUTING] 745 01:15:33,746 --> 01:15:34,747 [GROANS] 746 01:15:34,791 --> 01:15:37,097 [GROANING] 747 01:15:39,839 --> 01:15:41,058 [GUN COCKS] 748 01:16:23,404 --> 01:16:27,757 KEENE: I was lucky to flag down a medevac chopper and make my report. 749 01:16:27,800 --> 01:16:31,108 They cleaned me up and sent me back to my unit. 750 01:16:31,151 --> 01:16:33,632 The Metang assault was on. 751 01:16:40,421 --> 01:16:41,988 [PEOPLE CLAMORING] 752 01:17:01,529 --> 01:17:02,835 [GUNFIRE] 753 01:17:02,879 --> 01:17:04,837 Hurry up! Get over here! 754 01:17:05,925 --> 01:17:07,579 You have much to explain, Ho. 755 01:17:07,623 --> 01:17:10,190 Yes, I do. But now it's a major fight! 756 01:17:30,689 --> 01:17:32,386 Watch it! Watch it! 757 01:17:36,913 --> 01:17:39,132 [SOLDIERS SHOUTING] 758 01:17:40,177 --> 01:17:42,048 SOLDIER 1: Move it out! 759 01:17:43,484 --> 01:17:45,312 MAN: You can't kill them with that. 760 01:18:09,859 --> 01:18:12,122 SOLDIER 2: Over here! Stuck in the mud! 761 01:18:17,127 --> 01:18:18,432 SOLDIER 3: I need a medic! 762 01:18:20,217 --> 01:18:21,435 Medic! 763 01:18:40,106 --> 01:18:41,586 [SCREAMING] 764 01:18:53,903 --> 01:18:55,252 [SCREAMING] 765 01:19:01,258 --> 01:19:02,738 Medic! 766 01:19:02,781 --> 01:19:04,130 Stay with him! 767 01:19:07,873 --> 01:19:09,527 [PEOPLE SHOUTING] 768 01:19:52,744 --> 01:19:54,137 Come on! 769 01:20:18,422 --> 01:20:19,771 Cover me! 770 01:22:12,971 --> 01:22:14,625 Come on, hurry up! Hurry up! 771 01:22:14,668 --> 01:22:16,975 Come now, Ho! We are moving out now! 772 01:22:17,019 --> 01:22:18,237 I'm staying. 773 01:22:18,281 --> 01:22:19,978 You'll be alone! 774 01:22:20,022 --> 01:22:21,675 I want it that way. 775 01:23:23,259 --> 01:23:25,261 Fireball Three, revert back. 776 01:23:27,306 --> 01:23:28,481 [GROANING] 777 01:23:35,358 --> 01:23:37,534 Hey, what you got out there? 778 01:23:40,450 --> 01:23:42,887 Give me something heavy up here! 779 01:23:44,715 --> 01:23:46,238 Put one in there! 780 01:24:00,513 --> 01:24:03,647 Fireball Three, we're pinned down here. We need air support. 781 01:24:03,690 --> 01:24:07,651 PILOT ON RADIO: Copy. I see your position. Hold on to your seats. 782 01:24:12,090 --> 01:24:13,657 [PANTING] 783 01:24:36,636 --> 01:24:38,595 SOLDIER: Incoming! 784 01:24:50,346 --> 01:24:51,434 [PANTING] 785 01:25:08,712 --> 01:25:11,106 SOLDIER: Keep going! Keep going! 786 01:25:37,915 --> 01:25:40,135 SOLDIER 1: Watch your intervals! 787 01:25:41,266 --> 01:25:43,268 SOLDIER 2: Watch for traps! 788 01:25:44,269 --> 01:25:45,488 Spread out! 789 01:25:48,969 --> 01:25:51,146 Somebody's been through here! 790 01:26:11,253 --> 01:26:12,689 Hold your fire. 791 01:26:14,430 --> 01:26:17,084 SOLDIER 1: We got something over here! 792 01:26:19,913 --> 01:26:22,438 SOLDIER 3: He's got a grenade, sir. KEENE: I see that. 793 01:26:22,481 --> 01:26:24,135 Everybody hold your fire, is that clear? 794 01:26:24,179 --> 01:26:26,659 SOLDIER 1: Yes, sir! Hold your fire! Hold your fire! 795 01:26:26,703 --> 01:26:28,357 Hold your fire! 796 01:26:36,582 --> 01:26:39,498 Ho, don't do it. 797 01:27:18,189 --> 01:27:19,843 [BREATHING HEAVILY] 798 01:27:32,203 --> 01:27:33,378 Medic! 799 01:27:41,952 --> 01:27:44,433 KEENE: After they took Ho, 800 01:27:44,476 --> 01:27:47,610 I found his diary lying where he had fallen. 801 01:27:50,177 --> 01:27:51,788 I heard he made it. 802 01:27:53,703 --> 01:27:55,531 I never saw him again, 803 01:27:56,445 --> 01:27:58,708 but I had come to understand 804 01:27:58,751 --> 01:28:01,798 that on the other side of the barrel of a gun, 805 01:28:01,841 --> 01:28:03,495 there was a man 806 01:28:04,235 --> 01:28:05,410 like me. 56371

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