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Through the mirror of my mind, time after time, I see reflections of you and me.

Reflections of the way life used to be. Reflections of...

Through the hollow of my tears, I see a dream that's lost.

From the hurt that you have caused.

Everywhere I turn, seems like everything I see reflects the love that used to be.

Reflections of the way life used to be.

Reflections of the love you took from me.

Reflections of the way life used to be.

Pleiku, 12. Dakto, 8. Chulai, 6.

Dunang, 4.

Phu Bai, 4.

Khe Sanh.

Khe Sanh.

Rick wrote from wherever he was stationed, but from Khe Sanh, there was only this.

His last letter home.

I wrote the men in Rick's battalion, asking for information. Every one.

But... nothing.

Now I'm starting in the division roster.

Why don't you just drop flyers from the air?

You didn't learn anything.

One just wrote,

if you want to find Rick White, look under the biggest rock.

I don't know where to look anymore.

Maybe under the biggest rock.

Oh, I won't be afraid.

Oh, I won't be afraid.

Just as long as you stand. Stand by me.

Each individual has his own considerations.

But the basic is the same. They want to be clean.

They want to be as together as possible.

They want to go home. That's what they like.

Make sure that the zipper is zipped tight.

I always try to make sure that nobody else has to fuss with the zipper.

You know, other folks don't have the attitude.

I don't have the attitude.

You'll learn.

All right. When you're finished with the man, take care of his paperwork.

I don't type.

You can chicken-peck your way through what they want.

Cause of death. G-U-N-S-H.

I don't type.

It won't get you out of the job.

It didn't get me out of it.

So what'd they bust you back for?

Who said I was busted back?

The other stripe still shows, Mr. Spec-4.

Cracker Sergeant.

Every time he's screwed up, supplies come in wrong, he get the blame put on me.

You know, call me a stupid nigger.

How bad are you?

I broke his nose for him.

Welcome to the G.R.U., man.

You'll get used to it.

That's what my mama said about the Army.

That's what my mama said about the Army.

That's what my mama said about everything I've had to do for the last 19 years.

Man, you dig this?

It's my job.

It's better than most.

That how it goes around here?

You send home a lot of bloods?

I send home a lot of men.

Let me finish showing you.

It stinks in here.

You'll get used to it, child.

Yeah.

I'll manage your weight.

Silly boy, shame on you, your mama said

Shame on you, you're crying in bed

Shame on you, you told a lie

Big girls don't cry

Ah, that was the worst.

It was great. You're gonna be terrific.

Yeah, it's easy for you to say.

You're not auditioning in less than 48 hours

for the biggest agent in Southeast Asia.

Fred...

What's his last name again?

Hirabayashi.

Fred who?

Fred Hirabayashi opens doors in this part of the world.

Oh, yeah?

Okay, I just gotta get it right.

Don't strain your voice, save yourself for tomorrow.

At least take a break.

Come back after three.

I get it.

After three.

You just want to get back to my room before Colleen gets back from work.

I wouldn't mind.

You don't care how pathetic I sound?

Pathetic?

Listen to this.

Silly boy, shame on you, your mama said

Shame on you, you're crying in bed

Shame on you, you...

How'd you do that?

Boonie magic.

That's not bad.

See?

Okay, I just have to work out the dance steps.

So they just got me sitting here all rigged up.

Anyhow, mama, don't you worry now.

Once they cut me down in this little contraption,

I'll be on the bed, I'll stand prime.

Listen, you don't want me to let mama know we're getting married.

I just thought we ought to do that face to face.

Do what?

Get married?

Hey, I thought you were marrying that redhead nurse from the swing shift.

Honey, that dog won't hunt.

You want to tape a message home?

No, I don't think so.

Okay.

Here, hold this.

Talk and I'll do the rest.

Okay.

Yo, there.

Daniel Patrick McMurphy.

Well, it had to happen, even my brother,

Mother McMurphy's baby boy, finally had to grow up.

Although I'm sure she was hoping for a parish

priest instead of a hippy degenerate freak.

In commemoration of your 21st birthday,

I am sending you an example of Vietnam's finest cultural attractions.

I trust that you and your commune's aesthetic

consciousnesses will be properly raised.

Love, peace, and the American way.

Cully.

I am impressed.

Would you have my baby?

What are you sending your brother?

Come with me.

Voila!

Look at this stuff.

Come on, I won't bite.

Cully.

Doo-doo that voodoo that you do so well.

How can any decent woman wear something like that?

A sore in her heart and a smile on his face.

Not me, I die of embarrassment.

Is your brother really nasty?

You've got a brother, you know what it's like.

Well, not really.

I was nine when Rick joined the Corps.

How old is he now?

28, 29 in two months.

He's a man.

Well, of course he's a man, what did you think?

I don't know, I guess I thought he was a kid like you.

Cherry, I found you just the thing.

Oh, darling, it's you.

Yeah, yeah, you never know.

You're not offended, are you?

I don't even know what most of this stuff does.

To boldly go where no man has gone before.

Come here.

There's a fringe benefit I forgot to tell you about.

Lots of elbow room, comes with the job.

All right.

All right.

Kim, when you get a chance...

My man, Mr. O.M. Sepp.

Luke Johnson, Brooklyn's baddest.

This here is Beckett.

Sir Beckett, my pleasure.

How you doing?

He's helping me to my new rotation.

So the vine don't lie, your bud did get the boot.

Forget that job, Mama Sire, unapproved.

Bring these gentlemen a couple glasses.

Please.

So you know what I got to ask you?

Are you cool? Is he cool?

He's gonna be.

Well, then lay it on me.

How we gonna keep the business going if you're not on the supply line anymore?

Tell him, Beckett. Tell him what we do.

Graves Registration.

We ship out body bags.

Big old man-sized body bags.

Every day, right?

Almost every day.

My man.

When he went to boot camp,

he left his motorcycle in the garage under a tarp.

And sometimes my dad would take the tarp off

and let me wash and polish it.

It was almost like having Rick back home again.

After boot, he took his motorcycle with him.

It was harder then.

Oh.

See?

What are you rebelling against, Johnny?

What have you got?

He used to practice those lines in front of the mirror

while combing his hair.

Ah, the wild one.

Rick wasn't wild.

Or bad.

He just wasn't...

Iowa.

K.C. told me to look under the biggest rock.

What would you do if it was Danny who was missing?

Brian?

Brendan or Connor?

I'd find someone.

Turn over every rock there is.

Dad.

I need your help.

You should have asked me sooner.

What you coming with, old man?

What you coming with?

What you coming with?

This way.

You know how soon they are, I never knew.

There's a lot of things you never knew.

Yeah?

You guys wanna play some chords too?

He's playing 21, man.

All right, all right.

Sure you guys don't want to play some teams, huh?

Give up the ball, man.

Come on.

We already got a game going on, Maya.

What you got, Becker?

When we finish, Booney.

Yeah.

All right.

Russ got, uh, laryngitis.

Uh, she can't talk.

Come on, Beckett, let's go.

I'm gonna go do some healing.

Yeah, you do that.

Play ball, Beckett.

Let's go, Beckett.

Come on, man.

Maybe the game's 21.

Beckett!

Yeah, he's all right.

Sure he is.

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

Oh!

You guys okay?

You're back.

What was your first clue?

Uh...

I thought Heistand was doing the bowery section.

Dr. Heistand's laid up with the dengue hake,

so I said I'd step in.

You have a problem with that, nurse?

A problem? No, I...

I just didn't know you were back from Hawaii.

Did you have a good time?

I learned a new word.

Aloha.

So the black dude says,

No problem, fair godmother.

I know exactly what I want.

Give me a million dollars, cash.

So the fair godmother says,

Cool, right?

Then she turns to the white dude.

And she says,

Well, what do you want, then?

You want stocks, bonds, gold?

He said,

No, I don't want none of that.

Just give me some junk jewelry

and that brother's address.

And that's our exact situation.

See, a man can't decide to move up

after 300 years of crimes

perpetuated against him.

He can't break loose

from circumstances keeping him from doing it.

You better relax, Omar.

Next thing you'll be telling us

is about how you got a dream.

It was a joke.

Becky dug it.

And if your fair godmother showed up,

think you can mess with a million dollars?

I don't know.

I guess I never thought about it.

Well, you ought to.

Unless Omar's gotten a little too serious-minded,

too high-principled

to keep a business arrangement intact.

What kind of business?

Pay me a visit at my office a little later.

Check it out for yourself.

Hey.

Heard about tomorrow.

Break a leg.

I know things aren't real level with us.

I mean, I'm sure that Mooney

has told you all about him and me.

Not that you should believe

any word that comes out of that one's mouth.

What a guy.

Some of the things he's seen.

Unbelievable, huh?

Or maybe you'd rather not talk about it.

Okay.

Have it your way.

Of course, I'd hate to think

that you'd be getting all this guy's

sweetness without

taking on any of his pain.

So...

What are you going to sing tomorrow?

You didn't.

Look.

How could you find him so quickly?

I asked directions.

I always say please.

And I haven't found him yet.

I'm so glad you waited, though.

Now I can go with you.

You'll stay here.

But I want...

What you want doesn't matter.

Yet.

It matters to me.

He's my brother.

In Iowa, he's your brother.

Here, he could be just another spent shell.

Don't want to tell me anything with you there?

See the show, you'd be the show.

You'd look wrong.

Come on.

Come on.

It won't bite.

Wait a minute.

I may not want to know about this.

I don't want to mess around with something illegal.

Now what do you call illegal?

I call against the law illegal.

Whose law?

White America's law?

Black men dying over here killing yellow men

so white men can go on taking cream off the top?

Is that the law you like to obey?

It isn't just us dying over here.

There's too many of us.

Hey, I can't argue about numbers.

I don't count them.

I don't have time.

Exactly.

You too busy working your black grin,

cleaning other black grins who took it in the end

because you don't have time to know anything.

I know my own business, Omar.

I'm only telling you about an opportunity.

Something right out of your nose.

I'm giving you an invitation.

You probably wouldn't know what to do with any money

if you got it anyway.

I would, too.

I go looking for the white guy,

selling the cheap junk jewelry,

and I probably would, too.

You done with that mop?

Man, I am so done with this mop.

Get on out of here, then.

You coming over to Fluke's?

No, I'll meet you at the jet set.

Well, guys,

I know to you this must all seem beside the point.

Listening to us rap.

Well, sweet dreams.

I won't be gone long.

You think this is a game?

Huh?

You look like...

We're supposed to.

You're not getting away with this.

I'm gonna thank you for this.

At least your temperature's normal.

Now, I want you to eat every bite of this.

There's protein in it.

Starve a cold, feed a fever.

You feel okay?

You can go ahead and whisper.

That can't hurt.

I'm a man who's ill,

and I gotta wear a giant sweater.

Don't whisper.

It's the worst thing you can do.

It's worse than screaming.

Here.

I have just the thing.

There we go.

All right, Boonie, dear.

You're excused.

Better get a rest.

Good Lord, what is this?

Here.

Let's get rid of it.

It is the last thing you need.

It robs the body of your energy.

Remember, starve a fever and feed a cold.

Now, remember to keep yourself covered up.

That a girl.

There we go.

See?

Okay.

This isn't good.

Poor baby.

Hey, Omar!

Omar!

Omar!

Why'd we have to meet here?

Because you got to see Fluke, too.

I came to see you.

You did it.

You packed that stuff with my men.

I thought he'd be here.

What is this place?

This is Fluke's office.

There's so many.

And more exploding every day.

More shell casing emptying out.

More body bags filling up.

It's a growing business.

Import scrap metal, export thai weed.

And you know the beauty of it?

It's all brothers.

I can't do it.

You don't have to do anything.

You don't have to, either.

Just don't see what you don't see.

It's my men, Omar.

We don't have a choice.

Fluke has too much riding on this.

We're brothers.

Yeah.

You got to do it.

You stay here.

I mean it. No more games.

You're out of your league.

Terry.

Going over the rainbow, Sheila?

I can't.

I used to can't.

Very good at can't.

Problem?

Looking for someone.

Friend?

Can't say.

Gone rabbit?

Gone to ground.

Word is this isn't the place to start looking.

That's true.

The whole world comes to Rex.

Are you selling?

I'm fronting action.

I can sing you the tune.

This one.

Prime.

For the blonde.

If it's natural,

you can write your own ticket, my friend.

Don't.

Try me, not her.

Oh, I like you.

I...

But she's got that hair.

Rex!

Get her out of here.

Rex!

What the hell is her problem?

House call.

What are you doing under all that?

You're gonna make yourself sick.

How do you feel?

No, come on, really.

You can tell me how do you feel.

Don't do that.

Bad for the throat.

Beer's the only thing that'll help.

Nine years.

I know that's a drop in the bucket

compared to some marriages,

but to me, nine years...

seems like a hell of an investment.

I know these things have their low points.

Their low points and...

lulls.

That's what this is, probably.

Lull.

Would have been nice

if it had been...

a high point.

You want another one?

It'll be fine.

Sometimes you gotta walk away.

Sometimes there's nothing left to save.

Jerry.

He didn't even know me.

Those are the brakes.

She must be so disappointed.

It kills her to miss this chance.

After all that work.

Sounds great, huh?

I wish there was something we could...

maybe...

No, it would never work.

It might.

It might work.

What did we achieve?

No, no, no, it's her voice.

Let's get busy.

We haven't much time.

Looking for another fight,

lieutenant?

I don't fight with trash.

Nice legs and high standards.

It's too bad your bodyguard from last night

didn't share them.

But it's a little blonde.

All the way from spit in Little Iowa?

She put away her pom-poms

at her 4-H presidency

to come looking for you.

Her big brother.

Her Rick.

What?

Jerry?

I'd have cut you loose

like so much stinking bait.

I didn't ask her to come here.

She loves you.

She thinks you're wonderful.

She loves me.

Yeah, she's getting over it.

She loves me.

She doesn't even know me.

I think she figured that out last night.

What I am...

What I do is as clean as this war.

You know what I mean.

That dress-up act you did last night

that wasn't too hard to pull off, was it?

It was kind of a thrill.

I didn't like you.

I don't like you.

Jerry should have stayed home

where she belonged.

Would have been better for everyone.

What are you rebelling against, Johnny?

What have you got?

My man.

You're up early.

Omar doesn't know I'm here.

I just came to return this.

Nasty job.

Messy way to ship my fine goods.

What you do is your business.

My men have been through enough.

You think you can just walk out?

That's my decision.

You may think it is.

Nothing personal, you understand,

but I already made up my mind.

It was getting too crowded.

You know, too many brothers spoil the soup.

You're not cutting Omar out because of me.

It's got nothing to do with you.

Omar spoiled his own deal.

And his butt busted out of supplies like that.

The man was on his case.

Omar has his pride.

Pride ain't nothing, man.

We're talking business.

And you tell Omar that...

Tell Omar, if you see him,

no hard feelings.

I just got a better deal, that's all.

Cowboy pilot with a real good business head.

A white guy.

Black is beautiful, but green is what counts.

Bad news, man.

I didn't think you'd let me walk away from this.

Sure, brother.

No hard feelings.

Just be careful where you step.

Some of those shells are still alive.

Could go at any time.

Oh, yeah.

Tell Omar.

If you see him.

You're slow gin, Mr. Hirabashi.

How you doing?

Tear him up.

Big girls

Don't cry

They don't cry

Big girls

Don't cry

That's not an alibi

Silly boy

Shame on you

Your mama said

Shame on you

You're crying in bed

Shame on you

You told a lie

Big girls

Don't cry

Big girls

Don't cry

They don't cry

Big girls

Don't cry

That's not an alibi

Big girls

Don't cry

Big girls

Don't cry

Big girls

Don't cry

Big girls

Don't cry

Very funny

Very, very funny

Ingenious

You have a comic genius, my little one

A comic genius

Too bad I don't need comedy

Bless you

Bless you

Hi, sis

What do you want?

How are mom and pop?

Why don't you write them and find out for yourself?

You're always a big one for letters

This has nothing to do with you

You know, all the way over here

I was working on a line to feed you

I was gonna tell you

That I was working in intelligence

And that way

Whatever I did

Whatever scams I was running

Would just be part of my cover

I thought maybe you'd buy that

The drugs

The guns

The whores

What was that?

It's nothing

You can go now

It doesn't matter anymore

No, it does matter

It just doesn't change anything

I can't put us back

In place, sis

I can't

Make it right

Whatever that was

How could you change so much?

Who said I changed?

Cherry, it was a straight line

From Iowa to last night

No, it wasn't

Something went wrong

Yeah

You found me

Go home, Cherry

Let it play

What do you want me to tell mom and dad?

Tell them you didn't find me

How old are you, Cherry?

Nineteen

Nineteen

You seem so much older

What happened to the rest of the team?

I don't know

Luke's got another kind of game going

And Omar didn't even say goodbye

I'll take you on

You?

Yeah, me

Come on

Need help?

No

I mean, I would if you were alive

It's like he was playing catch with a live shell

Hard to be back

Compared to Waikiki, it's a piece of cake

Talk about carnage

Things want to wrap?

She stopped wearing underwear, McMurphy

All kinds

The woman has stopped doing her hair and stopped wearing underwear

How could she do that?

A mother of two children

I mean, what is she thinking about?

I don't know

Understand me, this was a woman obsessed with underwear

A woman who constantly amazed me with...

Combinations and selections

Varieties

I...

I love this woman's underwear

Come on

What?

A drink

Is that your solution for everything?

Yes

We were just going to get married right away

But I said, no

I'm here to wait

Then she sent me this

Why?

Why did she do that?

It's hard to let go

Remember what it was like in Helena, Arkansas?

Or Bardstown, Kentucky?

Or Little Falls, New Jersey?

And what it's like here?

It's easy to get lost

It hurts, huh?

And I don't know if it gets easier after a while or not

I hope so

No?

No, I don't

It's like the last thing they left you with

The hurt

You need to hang on to that

At least for a while