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Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

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>> [bell]

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>> Mr. corn

>> again.

that

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cowboy, get that man out of that jug. He

say he not Kong. We make him say he

Kong.

>> He can't say anything if you drown him

now. Get him out.

>> Yes, sir. Major insta.

You goddamn bastard.

>> Put him back in the cage. You hear me?

God damn it, cowboy. Do you hear me?

>> Yes, sir. measure. It's dele.

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Any

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traffic?

>> Uh, see Monga wants to get lit up

tonight.

>> You pass a signal at Nighthawk. It's

pants.

>> What are you juicing up now? Actually,

>> carrots and onions. I

>> think it'll cure your pickles.

>> Keep my bowels open. Anyways,

>> in John, I'm going to zap that goddamn

[ __ ]

>> Which G, sir? cowboy

had got a prisoner stuck in the water

jug again.

>> Well, you can't shoot that goddamn cook,

sir. He knows English and French,

Chinese, and 75 year.

>> I can shoot him. I can shoot him and his

goddamn pirates. Thank you,

>> I didn't give him a combat infantryman's

page.

>> Why not?

>> New regulation from Saigon. You got to

have 30 days under fire. I've only got

22. Well, I guess you'll have to get out

in the field, Al, and kick a little ass,

huh?

>> When?

>> But I don't need you here anymore.

What's the new map?

>> We got a query from Saigon about some

crummy hamlet called Mug Watts in this

map plot here.

>> What do they want?

>> Complete position paper.

>> Oh [ __ ] Too goddamn many static defense

posters. It is. That's what happened to

the French. They got themselves tied

down on static defense. What do we know

about this this maqua?

Hey sir.

>> Hey sir. Jesus Christ. What is the

toffee?

>> The replacements are here.

>> Close the door a minute.

>> Take a position paper. Although

has about Makwa. Mukqua has about 200

people. Mostly old men, women, and

children. No connectivity there for

years. Severe drought conditions. No

water for troops.

>> Uh it's on a river, sir. Well, fix it

up. In the opinion of this command, this

hamlet is of no strategic significance

order. Toffee [clears throat]

toffee.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Got that papers?

>> Yes.

>> Hamilton Raymond, second lieutenant.

What the hell are they sending us second

lieutenants for?

All right, Tffy. Show the

>> Yes.

>> Show the officer in.

>> Yes.

>> Okay. Lieutenant.

>> Lieutenant Hamilton. Sir,

>> I'm Major Baka. Captain Elvesi, the

exec.

[snorts]

>> Lieutenant.

>> Sir,

relax, kid. Sit down. Thank you, sir.

How old are you, Lieutenant?

>> 23, sir.

>> Still a second.

>> What the hell do they expect us to do

with you? We don't have any slots for

second lieutenants.

>> Send me into the field, sir. I feel I

can kill communists as well as any first

lieutenant, sir.

>> Well, let's not rush things. Why did you

volunteer for Vietnam?

Well, sir, I feel that if my country is

at war, it's my duty to fight for it.

>> All right, Lieutenant. We'll see if we

can't find a slot for you.

>> Thank you, sir.

Yeah.

Next,

sir,

>> how have you been?

>> Sir, have I changed that much?

>> God damn, he's a barker.

>> Captain Ali, exec. How do you do, sir?

Hario and I served in Korea. kept my

butt from being shot off more than once.

>> Well, he was a pretty good officer, too,

sir.

>> Officer didn't have to be very good with

men like Olio.

Where you been stationed,

>> Sal? Sir Delta. Oh, Jesus.

Tell you, sir, I had three teams shot

out from under me.

How's it up here, sir?

>> Harry, sometimes the casualties aren't

too bad.

That's good, sir.

We'll find something for you, Olio.

Thank you, sir. It's nice to be in your

command again, sir.

>> Put him in charge of weapons training

with our water puffs.

>> I can use him in the field.

>> He's burnt out. Now let him rest.

Next

>> Lincoln, sir.

>> Abraham.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Well, we can use a good back sheet,

Corporal.

>> It says here you've been serving the

dispensary in Saigon. Yes, sir.

>> Been out in the field much?

>> Not much, sir.

>> Why not?

>> They don't sign me, sir.

>> All right, Corporal. That's all.

Abraham Lincoln. How'd you like to go

through a life with a Monica like that?

Huh? I wonder the poor bastard looks

like he's caved in.

>> What I do with him?

>> A sign of a clap control.

Corporal Steven Dorsy, college graduate.

Draft.

This one's a drafty. Al

demolition's training. Well, that's SOP.

Charlie blew up everything around here

10 years ago. Next.

What's your name, soldier?

>> Oh, sorry. Corsy, sir.

>> What are you doing here?

>> Sir,

>> in Vietnam, you volunteered.

>> Sir, if I had to be a soldier, I wanted

to be in the roughest, toughest outfit

in the US Army, sir.

>> Well, that's fine, Corporal, but that

adds 6 months to your draft hitch,

doesn't it?

>> Yes, sir.

Now, look, Corporal, I'm going to ask

you once again what you're doing here.

And don't give me any of that crap about

the roughest, toughest outfit in the US

Army.

>> Does it matter, sir? Point is, I'm here

of my own choosing, sir.

>> All right, Corporal. Dismissed.

Now, what right does a [ __ ] drafty

have to volunteer for anything? Or

second lieutenants?

What do you want me to do with them,

sir?

Put moms in patrol. What else?

>> Unicorpal got plenty of insect repellent

on your faces? Yes, sir.

>> You don't have any on your arms, do you?

>> No, sir.

>> All right, Lieutenant Quarter. Master

people in Saigon got to have this

information. They got to establish

priorities for mosquito net and insect

repellent.

>> Yes, sir. You don't have to salute all

the time, Lieutenant. Not out here in

the boonies.

>> Thank you, sir.

>> Okay, Corpus. Follow me.

Any action?

>> Not yet.

>> Tffy.

>> Yeah, major.

>> Any traffic from Monktown?

>> Uh, yeah. They're asking for the flare

ships. I told them they ought to be up

there in a few minutes.

>> Charlie's on the front again. God damn

it. I want to see those flares.

>> That how control must have Mung running

out his ears. They flew 44 hours in

there last week.

>> Screw Nighthawk. I want that [ __ ]

jungle lit up.

>> Tffy, send a signal to Nighthawk.

>> There they go, sir.

>> Forget it, Tffy.

>> Yeah. Okay, now they can kick that

little mother's ass.

There's a firefight out there somewhere.

That's where I want to be.

>> Well, we have our own duty to perform,

Corporal.

Yeah.

No, you count this time. I'll expose.

>> Oh, that's okay. I'll do it.

>> No, I never ask my men to do anything I

won't do myself.

Okay. Time.

5

10

15

20

30 seconds, sir.

>> Okay. Count.

I get 23, sir.

>> They really zing you, don't they? They

will get a purple heart.

I

>> don't think that's very funny, Corp.

Okay, let's get moving. We got four more

stations run tests, huh?

I'm a polo will kill you.

>> It's all together fitting and proper.

>> The [ __ ] are you talking about?

I'm telling you that Amipola won't do

you no good.

It's the last full measure of [ __ ] You

bet it is.

How long you been on the hip?

Four score and seven.

>> Yeah. Well, sweet dreams. Abraham

Lincolnish

from the earth. Search.

That means [ __ ] off.

Heat.

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Heat. Heat.

Heat.

>> [music]

>> Welcome to financial hardness. Captain

Ali.

Gentlemen, Captain McCain. Sorry I can't

get here more often. Agent got a lot of

ground to cover though. A lot of ground.

Captain, you make your inspection while

I follow with Major Barker.

>> Sergeant Alianski. Sir, see the captain

has access to anything he wishes to see.

>> Yes, sir. This way, sir.

Are your meant to wear those Tiger

Stripe Frenchi fatigues? Strictly

unauthorized in this command, aren't

they?

>> Well, sir, I like to allow the men some

freedom in the field, sir. For the sake

of a spree, you know.

>> It's spree. French word, I believe.

Isn't it?

>> I believe so.

>> You know what happened to the French in

this country? They got the [ __ ] kicked

out of them. That's not going to happen

to the US Army.

>> No, sir.

All right. As a mukqua,

>> sir.

>> Mukqua. Let's see the coordinates with

Mukqua.

>> Oh, it's on the wall. Where is it, Al?

>> I took it down.

>> We'll put it up.

>> I sent in a position paper, sir. To

intelligence as requested. I read your

position paper. Put it over here.

Listen. Said Mukqua has a population of

200. Well, according to other

information, Mukqua hasn't been

inhabited since 1953.

You didn't recon order Mukquoir. I know

your style, Asa. Everybody knows your

style. You're a good field officer, but

you are inclined to have it your own

way.

>> General, I don't have the people. My

command is spread thinner than the hairs

on a baby's ass. I'm sure you can do it,

Asa, if you put your mind to it. Cuz

here's the situation.

Was abandoned by the French in 1953.

Shortly thereafter, they lost the

highway from here to the sea and Bernang

fell with 2,000 defenders.

Well, now we wouldn't want to repeat the

mistakes of the French, would we? We

want Mukwa reoccupied in garrison. And

that's your job, Asa. Cut the mustard,

Asa, and don't [ __ ] around with it. Just

cut it.

>> I'll do my best, sir.

>> Fine. I'll be watching.

Heat.

>> Paul. Hardness lays it on you, doesn't

he, sir?

>> Yeah. Well, I used to be his commanding

officer. Shoot his ass out. Ask for ass

out.

>> How many goats you got working in that

canal?

>> Uh, about 30 servants. She's sus.

>> You heard the general garrison makqua.

Give him shotguns and sprinkle a few

machine gunners among them just in case

Charlie should get interested.

>> Okay.

>> And this new garrison will be

established here at Bookw. And you,

Hamilton, will be in command.

>> Sir, I'll just suck.

>> I know, but I've been keeping my eye on

you. I've tested your leadership

abilities on the mosquito patrol, and

I'm convinced that you're the man for

Makwa. I'm recommending you for

promotion.

>> Thank you, sir. Thank you.

>> Now, according to standing operating

procedures,

we should have an Aven officer to lead

the Viet troops, but we're short of Aven

officers. And in L of that, I've

assigned Sergeant Duyad. He's a fine

interpreter and he'll be a big help to

you.

>> Major, I say this to you.

>> Knock it off.

>> You are also fortunate, Lieutenant, in

having Sergeant Olonowski on your team.

He's an old hand in them, and I advise

you to lean heavily on his judgment.

>> Yes, sir. I'm also giving you Corporal

Ackley as your signal man, and Corporal

Lincoln as your medic. Both experienced

men. Corporal Costa will act as your

weapon specialist. My primary is

demolition, sir.

>> Good. And now, Lieutenant, your troops

will be moved by truck to a point on the

inland highway about a half hour's march

into Mukqua. Captain Avi will brief you

as to the time and organization of your

departure. Any questions,

>> sir?

>> Yes,

>> sir. I feel I have a fine team here, and

I'm sure I'll speak for all my men. We

appreciate this opportunity to fight for

our country, sir.

>> Very well said, Lieutenant. That's all

men.

Olianowski, please remain for a few

minutes.

>> Thank you, sir.

>> Okay, Olio.

>> That goo company is a bunch of patty

farmers, sir. I saw them being mustered.

They got shotguns. Jesus Christ, sir.

>> This garrison, this mukqua, no reason

for Charlie to be there. In fact,

Charlie hasn't been reported within 50

mi of the site. Any place we turn up,

Sir Charlie turns up. You know that,

sir.

>> Olio, I'm giving you a swat of cracked

mercenaries as insurance just in case

you do contact the cop.

Okay.

>> Okay, m

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>> [music]

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>> General Patton's going to make a speech

to his troops.

>> Men, we have been ordered to march into

the jungle

>> where we will establish a fortress for

liberty and justice.

The joke. [laughter]

>> What are you [laughter] laughing about?

>> Say please much, sir.

>> You sure?

>> Certainly.

>> Dinks laugh all the time, Lieutenant.

Don't let it bother you.

>> Well, that's enough then. [laughter]

Check on.

Stir them up.

>> They're saying kill communists.

[screaming]

Shut off. Shut off.

Shut off.

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>> [ __ ] draft team. I still don't know

what the hell he's doing here.

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>> [music]

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>> Why we going so fast? We don't travel

slow anywhere in this country. [music]

Snipers. Charlie.

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>> What's that? Stay down, Lieutenant.

>> Get out. We ambushed.

Percy.

Yes. S. Check that road block. Me?

You're a demolition's man, aren't you?

Yeah.

Heat. Heat.

Trip wire off to the left. Comeway.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Charlie's in a hidey-hole. Get him.

Thank you.

little

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medic.

Where's Corporal Lincoln? Come

>> in, sir.

Corporal, take care of this prisoner's

wound.

Sorry.

>> You think he's the only one out there?

>> Yes, sir. They'll uh throw up a

roadblock, leave one man behind to blow

it when somebody moves it. He could have

been squatting out there for 3 or 4

days.

>> Actually, yes, sir.

>> Get a signal off to Panang. Report this

incident. The time and location.

Sergeant Yen, I want you to question the

prisoner. Name, where he's from, where

his friends are. Won't do any good,

Lieutenant. He won't say anything. I

never do.

>> That's enough, Sergeant. Okay, let's

move out.

Crazy.

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Crazy.

You're crazy. All right. You crazy. All

right. Listen to me.

I don't give a damn if you listen to me.

>> Don't listen to me.

>> That's what it's like in this [ __ ]

war.

Shakong.

Okay. Bury him.

>> Lincoln, look after the lieutenant. Give

him something for his stomach.

>> Nailed to the ground. Corsy, go puke

with the lieutenant. Where am I going to

puke?

It's their war. Corsy.

>> [music]

>> Come on. Come on.

>> According to the map, this is it.

Lieutenant Roan

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cowboy flankers out.

Detail five men to set up the rear guard

with

>> Corsyria.

>> Your rear guard advice. Wait a minute.

How am I supposed to advise him? Stay

100 yards behind us. Keep looking over

your shoulder. Anything moves back

there, zap it.

>> Cowboy, set the point.

>> Lighty door. Lighty door. Leave this

way.

Sergeant the end. Give the order to move

out. Delay. Delay. Delay. Delay.

It deal.

Okay. Uh um

let's let's go, man.

>> That goddamn roadblock wasn't there

yesterday afternoon at 5:00. The scout

plane cased that route for 75 clicks.

>> Maybe they just accidentally decided to

block that route.

>> [ __ ] The VC doesn't do anything

accidentally. They knew that convoy was

coming. They know everything we're going

to do and we don't know a damn thing

they're going to do.

>> Hey, major. A distribution package from

Saigon just came in.

>> Well, let me have it. Eh,

>> it's got a lieutenant with it.

>> What do I think that'd be our

psychological warfare specialist from

General Hornets? A table of organization

requires

a new directive. You read it, sir.

>> Oh, yes. Yes. All right, Tffy. Bring him

to try not to say hey to the lieutenant

if you can help him. Right. Major

head of dinner.

>> Major Bugger. Watsburg. Finley. Sir,

>> I've been expecting you, Lieutenant.

Captain Elev.

>> How do you do, sir?

>> Okay. Oh, your uh distribution packet,

sir.

So, you're the new psycho specialist,

sir.

>> Covert warfare psychological specialist.

Yes, sir.

>> What are you going to do for us,

Lieutenant?

>> Post the incident flow priority

indicator, sir.

>> Great. What's that?

>> Follow me, sir.

This sir is the indicator. A computer in

Saigon will sift all intelligence

reports and reduce the information to

parables, ratios, and mean averages,

whereby we shall be able to assign

defense priorities. That is, sir,

the incident flow indicator will

indicate which of your outposts is the

most endangered.

I'll enter that name on the indicator

here. Condition red. Number two will be

condition orange. Number three,

condition yellow.

You mean

you are going to tell us where the VC

will attack before they do it?

>> With reasonable accuracy, sir.

>> That'll be the goddamn day.

>> I assure you, sir, it works remarkably

well.

Tffy,

where shall I hang it, sir?

>> Stick it over the door.

Excellent. Very prominent, sir. I'll

make the first entries tomorrow, sir.

>> I can't wait. Tell me. See the

lieutenant has quarters in a place out

there to work.

>> Sure. Thank you, sir.

>> Where are we all? I mean,

geographically, where are we?

>> Vietnam. Penang

>> sure we're not in a looney bin.

Sometimes I get the feeling we're in a

goddamn looney bin.

>> Sergeant

Lieutenant

Mqua,

it's almost time for the helicopter.

Let's move out. Lieutenant, hold on just

a minute. Cowboy BS.

Get here. I

show him to

Telly.

Okay, Lieutenant, we go in fast and lay

some smoke for the choppers. Move out.

Heat. Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Oh no.

>> Okay, I got it. Keep moving.

>> All right, let's get cracking, cowboy.

Get that bunker over there cleaned up.

Lieutenant's command post. Act set your

combo shacks up in there next to

Lincoln. Find yourself a hospital

somewhere.

>> Have all three points of the triangle,

man. And ready in 15 minutes.

>> Excuse me for taking over like this,

sir, but we got to get this garrison

shaped up before night. That's Charlie

time. What can I do?

>> You'll make yourself comfortable, sir.

You're the officer. Don't worry. Yes,

sir.

>> Assign every man a place on the wall. I

want all the underbrush cut down. Nobody

sleeps tonight. Not until we find out

what kind of [ __ ] situation we got

here. Now, let's move it along.

>> Come on, boys. Chop it up. Let's go.

Let's go. Lights coming, baby. Move it

out.

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[music] Heat.

Heat.

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>> [music]

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>> You read French, Corporal?

>> Fairly well, sir.

>> I think it refers to the Battle of

Thermopoly where the [music] 300

Spartans died trying to hold the path.

If you remember your Greek history, sir.

>> Yeah.

It says roughly, "Stranger,

when you find us lying here, go tell the

Spartans we obeyed their orders.

You think there's 300 French buried

here?

I'll count him first chance I get, sir.

>> Hey, major.

Hey, major. We got communication

established with Milkwa.

>> Well, read it to me. Hey,

>> operation blaze to blah blah blah.

French fortifications in usable

condition. Team morale excellent. No

enemy contact. Standing operating

procedures in effect. We shall do our

duty. Lieutenant Hamilton are our

commander. Operation Blaze.

>> Let me have them. Okay.

>> We shall do our duty. Jesus Christ.

Better get some aerial photographs of

this place. I'm brought up in detail. I

want to know how it lies. Like I know

the wrinkles on my face.

Okay, major.

>> Sergeant.

>> Sir,

>> now why are you leaving three gates in

the walls? You're giving the enemy too

many ways to break in.

>> Sir, them gates is for us to break out

of if and when the time comes. Don't

worry about Charlie breaking in. He'll

come over these walls like a forest

fire.

>> Over the barb wire?

>> Well, sir, the dinks don't feel any

pain. The barb wire just makes him itch

a little.

>> That's hard to believe, Sergeant.

>> Well, sir, I hope you don't have to see

it to believe it.

>> Uh, three gates. That's fine. Excuse me.

Tenants got the quick step.

Yeah, well, he'll get over it.

>> Some do and some don't. Me, I think

Lieutenant's on the don't side.

[bell]

What is it?

What is it? Mom, somebody used fish

sauce.

I don't smell anything. We smell.

Let's get off this trail.

Hong, we attack. Well, let's make damn

sure before we start. Shoot. No, shoot.

Wait a minute. We'll take a look first.

>> Roda

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some kind.

>> Hello.

Oh, no. I'm an American. Uh, tell your

men to lower their rifles.

>> Tell them. Ball shuan.

>> Ron, sir, the communist people.

>> You'll see. Hold my rifle.

I'm I am your friend. Tell interpretang.

I'm I'm not going to hurt you.

Interpret.

um I have some chocolate. I have some

chocolate. It's good.

>> Chocolate.

It's good.

It's all right.

That's good.

Try a piece, please.

It's good.

Yeah, it's good. [laughter]

Here's a piece for you

and a piece for you.

>> Say Kong, sir.

>> Who cares? They're hungry.

Here you go.

>> She's nice. What are you? The pipe

piper.

>> God damn it, Corsy. I send you out to

map the [ __ ] jungle trails. You come

back with a bunch of sick looking dinks.

The hell am I supposed to do with them?

>> Seong.

>> They're refugees.

>> Ah, they go damn lie. Seong family.

>> No, they're not.

>> What is it, Sergeant? Who are these

people? Of

>> course he dragged them out of the pocket

bush, cowboy. Give them rice and run

them off.

>> Now, just a moment now. Your attitude is

wrong, Sergeant. It is part of our job

here to win the hearts and minds of the

people. Sir, we will make them welcome.

Sir, you don't understand.

>> Understand my duty, Sergeant. But

Corporal Lincoln, take these natives to

the hospital and get my health check.

Corporal Corsy, I'll make you

responsible for seeing they have food

and shelter.

>> Sir, cowboy says this is a con family.

>> They don't look like communist to me.

>> Sorry, I've been in this [ __ ] war for

3 years. I still don't know what a

communist looks like.

>> Corporal Corsy, were these people armed

in any way? No, sir.

Well, there you are, Sergeant. Carry on

as directed, Corporal Lincoln.

>> Boy, tell the slopes to follow me.

>> Lincoln, you better pop that little [ __ ]

full of penicellin before the whole

barracks comes down with a clap.

Bin.

BJ doing the red. MTAO ought to be in

the red. No sir, Muma is [clears throat]

definitely declining in incident ratio.

My flowchart indicates that the next

concentrated offensive will be against

BJ.

>> There hasn't been a shot fired in Bujam

in 3 months. Sir, if you wish me to

explain the incremental digital

contingencies and the compatible

logistical projection by which the

flowchart has arrived red.

>> Forget it. Forget it. It's got the

toughest fortifications of any of the

outposts and Charlie knows it.

>> Hey.

Hey, Major. Where you going? I mean,

just in case I get some traffic.

>> I'm going to Panang to a boom boom joint

and get my ashes home. Okay.

>> Sure. Okay.

>> Thanks.

back by trying.

>> World War II.

>> What?

>> That's what I call the major. World War

II.

>> Precisely.

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Heat.

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Heat.

>> [music]

>> on the hill.

I think it's Kong.

>> How many? I just saw one right over

there. Pull it. [screaming] Move it. Get

all three points. Come on. Move your

ass. Move it.

>> That's pretty good. Little mothers might

give Chel a show at that.

>> Come on.

>> Was that another drill, Sergeant?

>> No, sir. We got a contact. Enemy scout

overlooking us from the hill.

>> I spotted him in the cemetery, sir. He

left us a note.

>> Charlie likes to leave calling cards,

sir. Better set ambush patrols tonight

and every night.

>> Of course, Argent. I'll leave one

myself.

>> You might want to wait till you feel a

little up to it, sir. Of course, you'll

take one patrol tonight. Cowboy will

take the other.

>> Yeah, I think you ought to get off your

feet, sir. Just stay sort of quiet.

>> Yes, sir. We might not get much sleep

tonight if Charlie probes us. Yeah.

>> Well, I'll be in my quarters if you need

me.

>> Yes, sir.

Ame.

>> Yeah.

The ice single

[snorts]

>> [crying]

[gasps]

>> And you see

more

than seven

years ago.

Our fathers go forth on this continent.

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A new nation redeemed inity.

Dedicated

to the proposition

all men are created equal.

Brave heaven

living and dead [gasps]

who struggled here

have consecrated it.

above our poor powered hand

are distract

[screaming]

and God shall have birth freedom and

that government

of the people

by the people [music] for the people

shall

Corporal. Corporal, you all right?

>> Your president is safe.

>> Get up, you doped up bastards. We got

wounded dooks on our hands.

Heat. Heat.

That's a girl.

AOK. Okay.

Major.

>> Yeah.

>> Signal, sir. Come [clears throat] on in.

Want some coffee?

>> Thanks.

>> Okay, shoot. Uh,

Mungtown had a couple snipers last

night. That's all. Lieutenant What's his

face moved Mtown down into the yellow.

Red's in the clear now. I had a signal

from Lieutenant Hamilton about that

little action over at Mukqua last night

if you want me to read it to you.

>> Go ahead.

>> From Operation Blaze to Thunderhead,

sir, we have met the enemy and they are

ours.

You dirty rat. You sneaked up on me. I

don't believe it.

>> Swear to God. That's what he says.

>> What else does it say?

>> Uh, signal goes on to say the attack

consisted of 12 rounds of mortar fire.

There were two light casualties.

Mortar was knocked out by an ambush

patrol led by Corporal Corsy. Four Kong

killed.

>> Cory, huh?

The drafty got himself blooded. What do

you know?

>> Commend Hamilton. and tell him to pass

it on to the drafty.

>> Yes.

>> [ __ ] drafty.

Hello little girl.

What the hell? Hey, hold your hand.

What you doing, Corporal? Shortening

fuses to 1 second for the sergeant.

>> Oh, yeah.

>> Yeah. He's going to flank grenades in

front of the barbwire with trip loops on

it. How do you feel, sir? I'm fine,

Corporal. About recovered from my bout,

Corporal.

Like a little girl standing out there in

the rain.

>> What does she want?

I think she wants me. She's joking.

She's just a child.

>> Cowboy says she's 14.

>> Well, you're not going to, Corporal.

That's strictly against the rules for

us. No sir, I'm not going to.

Oh sir,

I uh finally got those graves counted.

Exactly 302.

Brave men, Corporal. They fought the

battle and lost.

But we won't lose.

But we're America.

I got a schedule, sir.

I'm going pin my leaves on before I'm

28. I'm going to have my Eagles before

I'm 32. When I'm 38, I'm gonna have a

star.

Maybe two. General Alfred by God. Olive

Eddie. That's my schedule, sir.

>> Very proper schedule, Al. Very proper

indeed. Just like an express train. And

you'll do it, too. You'll do it because

you got the you got the coal and you got

the steel.

But watch out for those [ __ ] block

signals.

How do you mean, sir?

Now, did you ever ask yourself, Al,

>> why after two wars and a bucket full of

medals, I'm still a major?

>> Well, I wasn't going to ask that, sir.

>> Booze and predenda.

I can handle the booze. All right.

But it was the predenda that got me.

>> I don't know that word, sir.

>> Well, in planner circles, I think they

call it [ __ ]

Don't laugh, son. Listen, in the

Pentagon there's a secret vault and

nobody has the key but the chief of

staff. What is it around his neck? And

in that vault is a list of names of

officers who are nut gentlemen. Now,

anytime an officer comes up for

promotion, the chief steals into that

vault and runs down the list. If the

officer's name is on that list, zap. No

promotion. I'm on that list. I'm not a

gentleman.

Oh, I was once. Yes. But uh there's a

certain general. I won't tell you his

name or how many stars he wears, but I

was his aid for a while right after

moving up to Major.

He had a wife know some 20 years younger

than he and I guess he wasn't up to

snuff in the conjugal department because

it wasn't long before I found myself

being groped. But I was a gentleman al

and this was my general's lady. And I

tried to be courteous and remain upright

at all times.

[ __ ] How long can a fellow remain

upright when he's being crawled all over

every time the general goes out to take

a pee or something? Not long, right?

Well, finally I screwed her. Big

mistake, Al. Big mistake. I thought I'd

cool her off some, but it turned out

that I got hooked. She was the hottest

thing I ever had in all my life. Wow.

Thereafter, I found myself humping her

on any and every occasion in all

fashions known to men.

And one night there was a big to-do at

an embassy in Washington and I

accompanied the general and his lady.

Very prestigious affair. Even the

president was there. And while the

general was brownnosing around the

president, the lady and I slipped out

into the garden. You know what a gazebo

is? Well, it's a big bird cage piece of

junk that sits in gardens covered with

rose vines. The lady and I slipped

quietly into this dark little bower as

she sat with her back to the door while

I remained standing, keeping a sharp

lookout all around, whereupon she

proceeded to make love to me orally.

Well, as you well know, there comes a

time in the sexual encounter when a

fellow is apt to lose interest in the

surroundings, which is precisely what I

was guilty of doing. And when things

swam into focus, the first thing I saw

was the general standing in the arch,

pink roses all around his old gray head.

And next to him was the ambassador's

wife. And you know who?

>> The president

>> of the United States on a tour of the

embassy gardens.

>> Jesus H. Christ.

>> There are stronger words for that

situation. Alan like G whiz and oh gosh

and golly because the lady with her back

to the door didn't know they were there

and she had not yet ceased operations.

And that's why after all these years,

I'm still a major.

>> What'd you do?

>> Who?

>> When you saw him standing there?

>> I did the only thing I've ever been

trained to do. I saluted

The hell are you doing in my office?

Posting the incident flow priority

indicator, sir.

>> This hour of the goddamn night.

>> I thought it was important, sir. Mukqua.

What the [ __ ] is Mukqua doing in yellow?

The parables.

>> Oh, screw the parables. Mukwa's nowhere.

Kong don't give a [ __ ] about Mukqua. If

you'll permit me to explain, sir, just

trying to make trouble for me. You know

that. God damn it, sir. There's a

definite general converging of incidents

toward the vicinity of Mukwa, sir.

Oh, Christ. Get up off the goddamn

floor.

Present, sir. In my brotherhood.

Maybe they're asleep, sir.

>> They can't afford to sleep. Wake them

up.

>> Olio, come in. Ollie, what's your

situation?

>> I got karma too. I'm bugging off before

they cut us off from the river. As soon

as we hit the water and clear the bank,

tear the goddamn jungle up behind us.

You read me over by Olio. We'll cover.

He's retreating to the river, sir. He

wants cover fire to make the crossing.

>> How can I do that?

>> Cowboy, give me a fire team. At least

stay here with a machine gun.

>> Good. Good. Sergeant, me in.

>> Come on, cowboy.

[music]

Ding.

>> [music]

>> I'll call it.

They're right on my ass if I get cover.

We got you.

Here we come.

Fire.

Get the fire team back in now.

Sergeant. Sergeant, you left one of your

men out there. Well, Christ, Lieutenant,

we wasn't looking back.

>> I'll get him in, sir.

>> Damned if you will, Corsy. Charlie

zeroed in on him. Just waiting for a

sucker.

>> I'll get him myself, Corporal. But thank

you for volunteering.

>> Didn't you hear what I said?

>> You're not in command here, Sergeant.

You don't see any of those gooks running

out there for him? Be a god damn it.

He's there, buddy. Not ours. You will

lay down an infilade fire and I'll go

out under it. Infilade defilade.

Charlie's like a mole. Godamn it.

They're dug in now. You better listen to

me. Carry out my orders, Sergeant. He's

crazy.

He stopped calling. He's probably dead

by now.

>> Don't you see I have to go out there,

Corsy? Don't you see that?

>> Cover him. I'm fine.

Okay, soldier. I'm here. You'll be okay

now.

[music]

Heat. [music]

[music]

Heat.

My god, Asa, I was right. They don't

want us in MWA.

>> They don't want us anywhere, sir.

>> Asa, it's a key defense point. Look how

quick the Kong moved in.

>> The Kong moved in because they knew it

was a weak point, sir.

>> What's the reaction time for your

reinforcements?

>> With luck, I can get air support in

about 30 minutes. I'm not talking about

air support. I'm talking about infantry

bodies, fella. How long does it take for

you to get your reinforcements in there?

>> 2 or 3 days, maybe.

>> Where the hell are your reserves?

Bangkok.

>> Sir, I have to get my reserves from the

province chief. Colonel M. Colonel ass

men.

>> Well, ask him and be ready to move.

>> I have to make a deal with them, sir.

You don't need support for nothing.

>> Christ.

We're trying to help these people fight

the Reds and they throw blocks into us.

The only way we're going to win this war

is to get United States combat troops in

here. Why don't you do what you have to

do to get those reserves and beef up

Mukqua?

Back God, we can't let those scrunchy

little jungle buggers chase the American

advisory command all the post.

Can we

Sergeant,

we're ready to bury the lieutenant. Sir.

Sir,

>> you ready?

>> We're going to bury the lieutenant.

Dumb jerk off.

>> We can't just shovel dirt on him. Look,

you've you've buried men before. You

know what to say and what to do when

you're in command now.

>> [ __ ] on it.

What's the matter with you?

>> Look, um, you owe it to the lieutenant

to honor him. The man he was trying to

save was in your squad. You left him out

there in the mud.

He was a dick.

I'm sick and tired of the godamn fish

stinking dinks.

Of course, I was soldiering when you

were crapping in your diapers. Don't you

tell me how to do my job. Get the [ __ ]

out of here.

Make me begin.

I've got it.

When did you take this? About um half

hour ago, I guess.

Okay,

you still want that CIB? You're the new

commander of Buckwa. Chopper's taking

you in. Take a look at this.

If they hit, they'll hit from the north,

from the west. Concentrate your defense

on those two fronts.

>> Yeah.

Right. Yes, sir. Get my gear together.

Oh.

I read the signal on Olio, sir. [snorts]

It's too bad it going off to rock like

that. Too big war wasn't worth it. All

that kid Hamilton.

>> Al, if I can't wangle reinforcements out

of Colonel Lass, you bug out of there at

your own discretion. Run like hell.

That'd

>> be the end of my career, sir. Hard to

see to that.

>> I'll take care of Hardlets.

Just don't be here a while.

measure.

>> Very well, thank you.

A drink

>> always.

>> To the US of A.

>> I thank you

to the Republic of South Vietnam.

>> Ah, merci.

Uh, please see. Thank you.

>> The colonel has considered your request

for 300 additional troops, but at this

time it is not possible. There is rumor

of a coup in Saigon. [clears throat] The

Colonel must hold all of his troops in

readiness for support of the president.

[clears throat]

>> I appreciate the colonel situation,

>> but I [clears throat] need

reinforcements for a place called Makwa.

before the colonel makes an absolutely

final decision. Let me add this.

>> A relief column going into Makwa would

need artillery.

>> Now, the American Advisory Command has

no artillery in this province,

but Colonel Min has. Allow me.

The colonel has a battery of howitzers

situated here

>> to protect the old road from the south

going into Penang.

If

>> that battery were moved 30 miles to the

east on the road to Nen, [clears throat]

>> they would be within range of Mukqua.

Now I realized that the colonel would be

using precious ammunition.

>> [clears throat]

>> on a rather unimportant post.

>> But

if the colonel could spare the troops I

need,

>> I will have 500 rounds of howitzer

shells brought in by air transport

>> and a thousand rounds delivered by truck

convoy.

It would take four or five days for the

truck convoy to bring the shells from

the American depot. That could

conceivably be too late for their use.

Could it not, Major?

>> Could be.

>> In such a case, the American Depot would

desire the return of the shells, would

it not?

In the whole history of the United

States, they never asked for the return

of anything. Be it guns, money, boats,

or howitzer shells. They wouldn't know

how to ask for the return of anything.

If they did, it would screw up the

bookkeeping and everybody in Washington

would have a godamn nervous breakdown.

You tell the colonel. If he gets his

hands on the ammo, it's his forever.

>> [laughter]

>> Uh, drink

always

a cafe.

I do not understand.

>> It's an old battlecry from our American

Revolution. It means to victory.

[laughter]

I don't know.

[snorts]

[groaning]

>> You got anything from Corsy?

>> No, sir.

Actley,

read me over.

Actley, read me. I got Charlie. Stand

by.

>> 5 by Quy, over.

>> Charlie's got a big team out here moving

west along the river.

>> Roger, Corsy, stand by.

>> We're going to get hit. Maybe a couple

hundred VC and they got hardware.

>> We'll be ready for him. You tell Corsy

to dog him long enough to see if they

get across the river, they can get his

ass back in here. Shoot a signal off to

Paneang. Tell them we want flare ships

and air support on standby. Cowboy, get

outside and shake the farmers down.

>> Yes, sir.

Charlie's crossing the river now. He's

within mortar range. You want to try a

hit over?

>> Hell yes. Let's try it. Let the bastards

know we're on to him. Give me the range

and direction

>> on the map. He's crossing in the middle

of the third bend above the fort. Set

your range for 2,000 y. I'll talk you on

target after the first round. Signal

when you're ready to fire. Over. When we

get to range, get out of there, Corsy.

They'll know they're being observed.

They're going to be on your butt, boy.

Stand by. Out.

Drop it.

Take it down. 200. Spray left and right

for effect. Drop 200. Fire left and

right for effect. I go.

I'm looking

There he is.

>> Major. Sir.

>> God damn it. Watsburg. Every time I see

you, it means bad news. What the hell is

it now?

>> Sir, Mukquis in the red. Sir, Captain

Alvet's requested flare ships and air

support on standby. Intelligence reports

that the 507th VC battalion may be

closing on MCU. Sir,

>> is that all?

>> I'll bet you got some more goodies for

me.

>> Yes, sir. Nighthawk control reports they

can't send up flare ships because

General Hornets has grounded all

helicopters and planes on request of the

Saigon government. An attempted military

coup is expected, sir, and all our air

support is going to be needed to

suppress the insurgents in Saigon, sir.

You can turn in now, boys.

What are you going to do, sir? Don't

worry. I'll think of something.

>> What's going on?

>> I just keep hammering for air support,

sir, but Nighthawk just keeps saying

negative, negative, negative.

Let me have the key.

>> What's General Hannah's call numbers?

>> FFZT.

This is the code book, sir.

>> [ __ ]

It's going here.

>> Look, it's shocking, sir. It's

unthinkable that any officer would

address such a message to his commanding

general. What would you like to do about

it, sir?

Sir,

>> Captain, there are things in heaven and

earth in the army. They didn't teach you

at Virginia Military Institute. This

here is one.

There's some soldiers who bought the rat

with their blood to say anything to

anybody in a just cause. Now, military

coup, no military coup, you hop ass over

to the combo room and fire off a signal

to Nighthawk control to put some air

support over Muire.

>> Yes, sir. Cuz apart from the fact that

maybe I got old hazes stretched pretty

thin up there, that crazy son of a [ __ ]

might just do what he says here.

Shoot my balls off.

What do you think I'm here for? Cory,

>> you sit down in that box over there.

You're beat

shot through the flesh. Lucky hasn't

lost much blood.

These little mothers are tough. You

can't believe what I've seen him take

and get up and draw it the next day.

You can't worry about him, Corsy.

You better learn that. You better get

hard.

They don't know what you're doing here

or what they're doing here.

Slopes out there that shot him.

They don't know any more than he does.

They could change places, not know the

difference.

Are you okay?

Are you okay?

Okay.

to blaze. Nighthawk to Blaze. Over.

>> Got him, sir.

>> Blaze to Nighthawk. What's your

position? And what do you got? Over.

>> Nighthawk to Blaze. One flare ship and

two hawks in group. Position may be 10

miles to east of you, but a star shell

will help confirm. Over.

>> You got it, baby.

Night Octlaze, we see you closer than we

thought.

>> Okay, let's go.

Okay, we got it.

Hey, they got it. Major. Hey, Major.

They got it.

Hey, Major. They got the air support.

>> Marvelous, sir. You did it, sir.

>> Yeah. Well, me and all Hardinets, we go

back a long way.

>> Blaze the night off. got us over.

We got you over and up. Hit the goddamn

tree line on the west side of the

triangle. Hit the wall at least.

[music]

Heat up

here.

Heat.

Heat. Oh boy. The [screaming] north

gate. Couple of the bastards are trying

to end run.

[music]

[music]

That's the way the USA kicks ass,

Charlie. That's the way I get my godamn

CIB.

Heat

up here.

Sir, what the [ __ ] you doing out there?

I requested in your name, sir. Sir,

told you this goddamn I did. But the the

uniform code of military justice

expressly forbid summary executions. Oh

[ __ ] Watch. What do you guys message?

>> Intelligence believes that more than

1,000 BC are being moved in the attack

on Mukqua. General Hornet signals you

will not, repeat, you will not commit

additional personnel to the defense of

Mukqua. It strategic value is not now

believed to be worth a major engagement

with the enemy. Immediately excfiltrate

all American personnel by aircraft and

disperse garrison. Here, give me that.

Sir, shall I take the helicopter in?

I would let you. Maybe you get yourself

shot. I want you to take the convoy back

to Paneet. I'll radio all the Betty from

the chopper that we're coming in to

excfiltrate the team. I want them ready

to go the minute we touch down.

Understood.

Be careful, sir.

Watch. You love your commanding officer.

Well, yes, sir. That's fine because I

love you, too.

[ __ ]

my life.

Don't lie,

>> sir.

My men, they say they ride in helicopter

to pin out.

>> They're going to do what they're paid to

do. They're going to help these farmers

bug out of here tonight. And you're

going to be in command.

>> Sir, I am interpreter. Number one

interpreter. I go with you. You can

interpret. All right. You tell them.

They said one goddamn foot toward that

chopper and the machine gun will cut

them in half. I hear it, sir.

They're getting ground fire. Get

a light. Hello.

Heat.

What do we got here? Two armed

stretchers and five walking wounded. God

damn it, cowboy. Tell him to stay back.

Tell him now.

Tell him, cowboy.

Of

course he sure has away with a goddamn

book. Let's get out of here before he

loses that way and they smoke the

chopper. Get the wounded aboard.

>> Come on. Keep it moving. Keep it moving.

>> All right, let's go.

>> Got to hit the hydraulic line. We've got

to leave these walking wounded behind or

I'll never get this heap off the ground.

Okay. Okay. I got you. Okay. Now back.

Back. Move back. Come on. Back. Get away

from the ship. Sorry. Sorry. Pilot says

no. We can't handle it. Just not enough

room. Now get back. Get back. Come on.

Move. Sorry. Sorry. Sir, are you going

to leave these wounded soldiers behind?

Pilot can't handle it. He runs the ship.

Now get them all. No. But I said no,

sir.

Corporal.

My orders are to infiltrate all American

personnel. Now get aboard that ship.

Look, boy. It's their war and it's their

country. We've done all we can do here.

They're going to rip this place off.

Hey, major. Come on. For Christ's sake.

I got to get it up. I'm giving you

another soldier. Get your ass off that

ship.

Take it up. Godamn it. Come on, Major.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Heat.

Now I know what's peculiar about you,

Cy. I should have figured it right off.

You got it written in great big letters

on your goddamn fart. HR O hero. You're

a [ __ ] hero.

>> I'm sorry, sir. I just didn't see how we

could leave these people behind. We

brought them out here.

How'd they do in the Frankus last night?

>> Fine, sir.

>> This character still getting his jollies

out of torturing dinks.

>> Couldn't have done it without him, sir.

>> You screwing this kid?

>> No, sir.

>> Well, if we're going to break out of

here tonight, we better start planning

it.

Aerial photographs show that this this

gully runs back here about a half a

mile, then flattens out into a meadow.

You know it?

>> Yes, sir.

>> That's the way we'll go. The province

chief's got a bunch of 155 howitzers

ready to blow hell out of this neck of

the woods tonight. If I can get the son

of a [ __ ] to use his ammo, Charlie be

too busy ducking shells to worry about

us.

You sure you're not screwing this kid?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Somebody ought to bring him along,

cowboy.

Min.

>> That is all, sir.

>> You sure? I don't want to leave one

goddamn thing that Charlie can use.

>> Sir T,

>> you spike the mortars?

>> Yes, sir.

>> We'll spike the machine guns 5 minutes

before we shove off. Okay, cowboy.

>> You seem to know what you're doing.

>> I was trained in demolition, sir.

>> So you said.

How about it, Corporal?

>> How about what, sir?

>> What the [ __ ] are you doing in Nan?

>> Does it bother you, sir?

>> Well, now it doesn't bother me to the

extent that I can't live without

knowing. But we don't get many drafties

here. Not yet, anyway.

And in particular, we don't get any of

your kind.

>> Well, sir,

it started with a dog.

>> You mean abroad?

>> No, K9, sir.

Just a little black dog with a curly

tail. We used to time in the furnace

room during inspection time.

But he got loose this one time and

tarted in the barracks and took a liking

or

disliking maybe to the inspecting

officer. wet in his boot. The officer

kicked the dog and

I kicked the officer.

>> You kicked the officer.

>> It was just a reflex, sir. Well, he was

pretty nice about it, really. He could

have court marshaled me or sent me to

prison.

He gave me a choice. Vietnam.

>> Very generous. Very generous indeed.

>> What was the officer's rank,

>> sir? The officer's ranked corporal

>> uh brigadier general sir.

>> Now that's a [ __ ] and bull story if I

ever heard one.

>> It did happen.

But also

maybe I just wanted to see what a war

was like.

That's more like it.

You know what you are, Cory? You're a

tourist. Too bad we couldn't have shown

you a better war. like hitting the beach

at Anzio or smashing through the baston

with Patton.

That was a tour worth the money. This

one,

this one's a sucker's tour going

nowhere. Just round and round in

circles.

Get on with the job, Corporal.

as they try to run away. Sir, stay calm.

You look

they steal guns.

Say Kong.

You killed the kids. Oh, easy course.

>> You look, sir. You look

I sorry sir

I say to Corporal Corsy

these these communist people.

A okay.

Okay. Okay.

Give me that flashlight.

I count eight. I thought there were

nine.

>> Nine. Sir,

>> that little girl is missing. Search the

camp.

>> Yes, sir. It's the man. Ty. Marlin.

Marlin.

Is there war?

Okay, Corp. Let's get moving before old

lot ass opens up with his howites.

We got 10 seconds.

Okay, let's go.

>> All right. Now,

[music]

>> Swag the machine guns.

>> It's done, sir. It's a calm girl. We not

find her.

>> We can't hang around and worry about

that.

>> You lead off. Take the wounded. about

hurry.

[music]

He

Heat. Heat.

[bell]

[music]

>> [music]

>> What's it look like?

>> All clear as far as I can make out.

>> We'll rest here for a minute. We're well

protected, just in case those [music]

Howitzers get their triangulations

wrong.

>> He stopped his mortars. He's getting

ready to take the fort.

>> Charlie's fighting goddamn feathers for

a change. [music]

Come on, Lash. You're on.

Let's go fast, soldier.

[music]

When we get to those trees, we'll turn

north and head for the road to Panang.

The trucks will be there about daybreak

to pick us up. Cowboy.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Take a minute and check out the area

ahead.

Heat.

[music]

[music]

Heat.

Heat up

here.

Heat.

Heat.

Where you at, kid?

>> I don't know. I feel blood running down

my legs.

>> Maybe you just crap your bridges.

>> I have very strong sphincter muscles,

sir.

The little mothers are coming for us.

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat.

[music]

Oh [ __ ] [music]

Heat.

>> [music]

>> Heat up

here.

Heat.

[bell]

[music]

Heat.

Heat.

[music]

[music]

Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

[music]

>> Heat. Heat.

I'm going home, Charlie,

if they'll let me.

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat. [music]

>> [music]

[music]