1 00:02:25,513 --> 00:02:27,582 [muffled gunshots] 2 00:02:34,756 --> 00:02:36,256 [muffled explosions] 3 00:03:35,511 --> 00:03:40,511 Subtitles by explosiveskull www.OpenSubtitles.org 4 00:03:41,455 --> 00:03:43,756 [reporter] 103.6 WPTZ. 5 00:03:43,758 --> 00:03:45,658 All news, radio, traffic, 6 00:03:45,660 --> 00:03:48,293 and weather together 7 00:03:48,295 --> 00:03:50,062 In the district, 8 00:03:50,064 --> 00:03:51,731 - on Constitution... - [siren blaring] 9 00:03:51,733 --> 00:03:53,465 [Tara] Yes, hi. Dr. Landon's office, please. 10 00:03:53,467 --> 00:03:55,333 - This thing's cheap. - [siren blaring in distance] 11 00:03:55,335 --> 00:03:56,738 - [Huffman] This is terrible. - [Tara] Uh, hello? 12 00:03:57,071 --> 00:04:00,305 Hi, it's Tara Huffman and I have an 8:15 amnio scheduled 13 00:04:00,307 --> 00:04:02,041 and we are totally stuck on Constitution. 14 00:04:02,043 --> 00:04:03,843 - [phone beeping] - I'm so sorry. 15 00:04:03,845 --> 00:04:05,477 - Can you hang on a second? - [phone beeps] 16 00:04:05,479 --> 00:04:08,413 Hello? Hi, Celia. I'm on the other line. 17 00:04:08,415 --> 00:04:10,718 - [Huffman] Wait. Celia? - Okay, all right. 18 00:04:10,985 --> 00:04:12,452 - Quickly, quickly. - [Huffman] Thank you. 19 00:04:14,789 --> 00:04:15,857 Hey, what's up? 20 00:04:17,091 --> 00:04:18,691 - What? - [horns honking] 21 00:04:18,693 --> 00:04:19,660 Why? 22 00:04:20,795 --> 00:04:23,263 I'm gonna call you back. Just meet me downstairs, okay? 23 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:27,535 Peter just fucking quit. 24 00:04:27,969 --> 00:04:29,269 [Luke] You owe me a quarter. 25 00:04:30,505 --> 00:04:32,838 - What happened? Why? - I... I don't know. 26 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:34,041 I don't know what happened. [stammers] 27 00:04:34,709 --> 00:04:36,374 Okay, there's a metro station two blocks away. 28 00:04:36,376 --> 00:04:37,277 Why don't you take it? 29 00:04:38,378 --> 00:04:39,479 You sure? 30 00:04:40,681 --> 00:04:42,615 - Yeah, yeah. - I'm sorry. 31 00:04:42,617 --> 00:04:44,451 - It's okay. - Thank you. 32 00:04:46,020 --> 00:04:46,986 All right, buddy. 33 00:04:46,988 --> 00:04:48,589 - Take care of your mom, okay? - [doors shut] 34 00:04:52,126 --> 00:04:54,392 All right, good luck. I'll call you later. 35 00:04:54,394 --> 00:04:55,360 Okay. It's gonna be okay. 36 00:04:55,362 --> 00:04:56,597 - All right. - Bye. 37 00:05:10,611 --> 00:05:13,080 [metal detector beeping] 38 00:05:16,751 --> 00:05:18,085 [indistinct chatter] 39 00:05:21,155 --> 00:05:23,057 I called as soon as I heard. 40 00:05:23,524 --> 00:05:25,057 It's your job to keep my pale ass 41 00:05:25,059 --> 00:05:26,859 out of the stink, O'Neal. You're my Kevlar. 42 00:05:26,861 --> 00:05:27,795 How was I supposed to know 43 00:05:28,863 --> 00:05:29,427 the secretary was gonna call a press conference, 44 00:05:29,429 --> 00:05:30,296 let alone resign today? 45 00:05:30,298 --> 00:05:32,731 - Did he have a reason? - The secretary? 46 00:05:32,733 --> 00:05:34,133 [chuckles] Oh, yes. He wants to spend 47 00:05:34,135 --> 00:05:35,636 - more time... - More time with the family? 48 00:05:35,970 --> 00:05:38,838 - Jesus. Was Stanton there? - He brought the donuts. 49 00:05:38,840 --> 00:05:40,873 Of course he did. What's my day like? 50 00:05:40,875 --> 00:05:42,473 [Celia] Well, your eleven o'clock is early 51 00:05:42,475 --> 00:05:43,443 and your lunch scrubbed. 52 00:05:44,579 --> 00:05:45,947 - What eleven o'clock? - Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley. 53 00:05:46,180 --> 00:05:47,746 Never heard of him. Reschedule. 54 00:05:47,748 --> 00:05:48,716 [door beeps] 55 00:05:49,851 --> 00:05:51,052 - [indistinct chatter] - [phone ringing] 56 00:05:51,552 --> 00:05:52,352 Missed you at the brief. 57 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:54,820 Glad I had my ear to the rail, Carl, 58 00:05:54,822 --> 00:05:56,555 or that train might have run me over. 59 00:05:56,557 --> 00:05:57,823 Well, if you'd been on time, 60 00:05:57,825 --> 00:05:59,457 you would have heard it like the rest of us. 61 00:05:59,459 --> 00:06:00,759 [Huffman] You must've known something. 62 00:06:00,761 --> 00:06:02,362 Hey, I was here. You weren't. 63 00:06:02,630 --> 00:06:04,730 It's on you. I... I... I got you a donut. 64 00:06:04,732 --> 00:06:06,532 - It's got sprinkles. - [scoffs] 65 00:06:06,534 --> 00:06:10,004 - My wife had an amnio. - Oh. Oh, right, priorities. 66 00:06:10,571 --> 00:06:13,639 I don't know how you do it. Wife, kids, hamster... 67 00:06:13,641 --> 00:06:16,110 It was a gerbil. Mercifully, it finally went tits-up. 68 00:06:16,944 --> 00:06:19,078 Life refines itself if you're patient. 69 00:06:19,080 --> 00:06:20,815 It was a shock, but I'm finally over it. 70 00:06:22,850 --> 00:06:24,884 [Stanton] You okay? What's... What's... What's bothering you? 71 00:06:24,886 --> 00:06:26,018 [Huffman] I'm a government lawyer 72 00:06:26,020 --> 00:06:27,054 about to be unemployed. 73 00:06:28,289 --> 00:06:30,189 Oh, come on. You're a superstar on the verge of free agency. 74 00:06:30,191 --> 00:06:31,690 You'll find something. 75 00:06:31,692 --> 00:06:32,858 In the middle of an election year? 76 00:06:32,860 --> 00:06:34,560 Not even Tiger could sink that putt. 77 00:06:34,562 --> 00:06:35,761 - What makes you think I can? - [chuckles] 78 00:06:35,763 --> 00:06:39,700 'Cause your political Darwinism is absolutely instinctual. 79 00:06:39,967 --> 00:06:41,535 - Thanks. - [inhales] 80 00:06:41,736 --> 00:06:42,770 Oh, you're welcome. 81 00:06:43,938 --> 00:06:46,005 You remember that decorations review 82 00:06:46,007 --> 00:06:47,472 I gave you in July? 83 00:06:47,474 --> 00:06:49,141 It's a vague potential memory. 84 00:06:49,143 --> 00:06:52,978 Uh, Medal of Honor upgrade? You have a status briefing. 85 00:06:52,980 --> 00:06:54,713 - When? - Now. 86 00:06:54,715 --> 00:06:57,151 - With who? - Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley. 87 00:06:57,752 --> 00:06:59,985 Air Force Pararescue, retired. 88 00:06:59,987 --> 00:07:02,089 - Flew in from Dayton. - Your eleven o'clock. 89 00:07:02,657 --> 00:07:03,824 [Stanton] He's the guy's buddy. 90 00:07:04,959 --> 00:07:08,193 - Whose guy? What guy? - The Medal of Honor candidate. 91 00:07:08,195 --> 00:07:09,931 Why didn't he just come himself? 92 00:07:10,598 --> 00:07:12,667 Because it's posthumous. 93 00:07:14,168 --> 00:07:16,037 You'd better read that. Here you go. 94 00:07:19,273 --> 00:07:20,174 [sighs] Christ... 95 00:07:21,075 --> 00:07:22,510 I have been reminding you since July. 96 00:07:26,814 --> 00:07:27,947 [Tulley] We're talking about one 97 00:07:27,949 --> 00:07:29,583 of the bloodiest days of the war. 98 00:07:30,584 --> 00:07:31,850 Pits saved lives. 99 00:07:31,852 --> 00:07:33,953 And he was awarded the Air Force Cross. 100 00:07:33,955 --> 00:07:36,991 - What's wrong with that? - It was downgraded to the Cross. 101 00:07:37,191 --> 00:07:39,224 We put him up for the Medal of Honor. 102 00:07:39,226 --> 00:07:41,794 - That's different. - Sergeant, I'm gonna tell you 103 00:07:41,796 --> 00:07:42,997 something you probably already know. 104 00:07:43,564 --> 00:07:45,166 Decoration upgrades are rare. 105 00:07:45,733 --> 00:07:47,533 The criteria for review is new information. 106 00:07:47,535 --> 00:07:50,069 Figured the new information part was your job. 107 00:07:50,071 --> 00:07:51,572 This was 30 years ago. 108 00:07:52,773 --> 00:07:55,009 I mean, is there an agenda you have I should know about? 109 00:07:55,276 --> 00:07:58,112 Justice delayed is justice denied. 110 00:08:00,581 --> 00:08:01,916 That's my damn agenda. 111 00:08:03,184 --> 00:08:06,087 Sergeant Tulley, the secretary of the Air Force resigned today. 112 00:08:06,821 --> 00:08:07,722 In three months, 113 00:08:08,856 --> 00:08:10,891 everyone in this office is gonna be gone, including me. 114 00:08:12,226 --> 00:08:13,527 This will take years. 115 00:08:15,563 --> 00:08:17,096 We'll follow up on this next week. 116 00:08:17,098 --> 00:08:18,099 [clears throat] 117 00:08:24,739 --> 00:08:26,741 - [door opens] - [Peters clears throat] 118 00:08:27,641 --> 00:08:28,642 [door closes] 119 00:08:32,146 --> 00:08:33,147 [Peters clears throat] 120 00:08:37,084 --> 00:08:38,986 [Tulley chuckles] Secretary Peters? 121 00:08:40,354 --> 00:08:41,155 Yes. 122 00:08:41,922 --> 00:08:45,126 Thomas Tulley, Air Force Pararescue, 123 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:46,827 retired. 124 00:08:51,665 --> 00:08:53,232 Defense Contract Audit Agency 125 00:08:53,234 --> 00:08:54,902 is looking for a regional director. 126 00:08:55,202 --> 00:08:56,637 That wouldn't be a step backwards. 127 00:08:58,873 --> 00:09:01,006 Okay, well, you are now officially 128 00:09:01,008 --> 00:09:02,975 - on your own. - Don't be like that. 129 00:09:02,977 --> 00:09:04,109 Call sheet is on your computer. 130 00:09:04,111 --> 00:09:06,614 The secretary's looking for you. And your wife called. 131 00:09:07,014 --> 00:09:08,182 Wait. Why? 132 00:09:09,283 --> 00:09:11,919 - Well, she didn't say. - No, Peters. 133 00:09:13,220 --> 00:09:15,256 He wants to see you in his office in five minutes. 134 00:09:17,324 --> 00:09:19,291 Congratulations on the job, Carl. 135 00:09:19,293 --> 00:09:21,627 - No moss grows under your feet. - [Stanton chuckles] 136 00:09:21,629 --> 00:09:22,930 Thank you, Mr. Secretary. 137 00:09:24,265 --> 00:09:25,733 [clears throat] 138 00:09:28,169 --> 00:09:29,703 Sit. Sit down. 139 00:09:32,339 --> 00:09:35,276 A Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley 140 00:09:35,876 --> 00:09:39,213 doesn't think we're giving this MOH matter a fair shake. 141 00:09:40,681 --> 00:09:43,084 - It's a misunderstanding. - That's what I said. 142 00:09:43,818 --> 00:09:45,786 - Sir? - [Peters clears throat] 143 00:09:50,391 --> 00:09:52,191 Operation Abilene 144 00:09:52,193 --> 00:09:55,294 was one of the bloodiest battles of the entire war. 145 00:09:55,296 --> 00:09:57,896 - [whispers] The Vietnam War. - Thanks. 146 00:09:57,898 --> 00:10:00,032 An entire company nearly wiped out 147 00:10:00,034 --> 00:10:01,767 but for this PJ's efforts. 148 00:10:01,769 --> 00:10:03,669 Pararescue Jumper. 149 00:10:03,671 --> 00:10:06,774 Pitsenbarger is a legend in the PJ community. 150 00:10:07,308 --> 00:10:08,209 I understand that. 151 00:10:09,777 --> 00:10:10,845 [Peters clears throat] 152 00:10:11,846 --> 00:10:14,780 Well, Carl's putting together your itinerary. 153 00:10:14,782 --> 00:10:17,384 You'll collect combat testimonies, personally, 154 00:10:17,818 --> 00:10:20,719 and prepare a package for a full decorations review. 155 00:10:20,721 --> 00:10:22,921 But we're about to present the budget to committee. 156 00:10:22,923 --> 00:10:24,625 [Peters] Yeah, well, Carl has it covered. 157 00:10:24,925 --> 00:10:27,661 I've been working on it all year. 158 00:10:28,796 --> 00:10:30,364 And now you're working on this. 159 00:10:33,067 --> 00:10:34,268 The Medal of Honor 160 00:10:35,436 --> 00:10:37,771 is the highest recognition of military valor there is. 161 00:10:39,907 --> 00:10:42,910 Patton said he'd have traded his command for that ribbon, 162 00:10:43,210 --> 00:10:44,745 Eisenhower, the White House. 163 00:10:45,246 --> 00:10:46,411 Now, why do you think 164 00:10:46,413 --> 00:10:48,213 four-star generals and presidents 165 00:10:48,215 --> 00:10:49,750 would say something like that? 166 00:10:50,151 --> 00:10:51,719 Honestly, I have no idea. 167 00:10:52,253 --> 00:10:55,053 Well, that's a very good place to start. 168 00:10:55,055 --> 00:10:56,488 [Huffman] I'm off the budget 'cause some grunt 169 00:10:56,490 --> 00:10:57,956 chased Peters into the shitter. 170 00:10:57,958 --> 00:10:59,191 Are you kidding me? 171 00:10:59,193 --> 00:11:01,193 He's not a grunt. He's Air Force. 172 00:11:01,195 --> 00:11:03,162 And you're off the budget 'cause you embarrassed him. 173 00:11:03,164 --> 00:11:04,863 - Tulley? - No, Peters. 174 00:11:04,865 --> 00:11:06,165 Look... [sighs] ...I've never done 175 00:11:06,167 --> 00:11:08,302 a medal review. I... I don't have time for this. 176 00:11:08,736 --> 00:11:10,002 What job did you get anyway? 177 00:11:10,004 --> 00:11:12,337 I am legislative director for Madison Holt, 178 00:11:12,339 --> 00:11:14,041 if it's any of your business. 179 00:11:14,441 --> 00:11:17,209 - Chairman of Armed Services? - Is there another? 180 00:11:17,211 --> 00:11:19,046 Look, what, do I have to spell this out for you? 181 00:11:19,413 --> 00:11:21,780 - This is just crazy. - Take a few days. 182 00:11:21,782 --> 00:11:23,284 Go collect some war stories. 183 00:11:23,784 --> 00:11:25,518 Have Celia write up a summary statement 184 00:11:25,520 --> 00:11:26,588 requesting more time. 185 00:11:27,154 --> 00:11:29,755 We look like we give a shit, this furball rolls over 186 00:11:29,757 --> 00:11:31,390 to the next poor slob that takes your job, 187 00:11:31,392 --> 00:11:32,925 - you're out of it... - [elevator chimes] 188 00:11:32,927 --> 00:11:34,459 ...before Appropriations even sniffs the budget. 189 00:11:34,461 --> 00:11:36,230 - [Huffman] That's it? - Yeah, that's it. 190 00:12:12,866 --> 00:12:14,168 [Huffman] It's only gonna be a day, honey. 191 00:12:21,942 --> 00:12:23,208 [soldier over radio] We're taking fire 192 00:12:23,210 --> 00:12:24,176 from all corners, over. 193 00:12:24,178 --> 00:12:25,877 [artillery soldier over radio] Charlie Six 194 00:12:25,879 --> 00:12:26,912 gun three is ready. 195 00:12:26,914 --> 00:12:28,182 Say what rounds... 196 00:12:28,516 --> 00:12:32,453 246, uh, times 7246... 197 00:12:37,958 --> 00:12:39,927 [birds chirping] 198 00:12:41,929 --> 00:12:42,995 [gunshots] 199 00:12:42,997 --> 00:12:44,298 - [Takoda] Everybody down! - [soldier] Take cover! 200 00:12:45,299 --> 00:12:46,265 - [instinct shouting] - [gunshots] 201 00:12:46,267 --> 00:12:47,266 [groaning] 202 00:12:47,268 --> 00:12:49,069 [Takoda] Contact, 203 00:12:49,436 --> 00:12:51,772 We have wounded 204 00:12:52,339 --> 00:12:55,274 [pilot] Pedro inbound, 205 00:12:55,276 --> 00:12:56,243 [explosion] 206 00:12:57,111 --> 00:12:58,511 [gunshots] 207 00:12:58,513 --> 00:12:59,845 [pilot 2] Copy that, 208 00:12:59,847 --> 00:13:00,948 We are inbound now. 209 00:13:01,181 --> 00:13:03,050 - [Takoda] Charlie Six. - [explosion] 210 00:13:03,284 --> 00:13:05,884 They have mortars 211 00:13:05,886 --> 00:13:07,219 It's an ambush. 212 00:13:07,221 --> 00:13:08,989 - [indistinct shouting] - [gunshots continue] 213 00:13:14,161 --> 00:13:15,095 [soldier groans] 214 00:13:15,597 --> 00:13:16,531 [bullets ricocheting] 215 00:13:17,632 --> 00:13:19,867 [Pits] Hey, Tulley, doesn't look too good down there. 216 00:13:22,504 --> 00:13:24,471 They don't know how to load the litters. 217 00:13:27,374 --> 00:13:29,410 [Tulley] Holy shit. It's their medic. 218 00:13:30,612 --> 00:13:32,112 [soldier groans] 219 00:13:33,914 --> 00:13:35,914 Okay. Somebody needs to go down there 220 00:13:35,916 --> 00:13:37,249 and get 'em straightened out. 221 00:13:37,251 --> 00:13:39,219 No way. It's hotter than hell down there, Pits. 222 00:13:39,420 --> 00:13:41,556 Those people can't wait. They've lost their medic. 223 00:13:46,393 --> 00:13:48,462 Let me go down, speed up the whole deal. 224 00:13:50,164 --> 00:13:51,196 As soon as we have their wounded, 225 00:13:51,198 --> 00:13:53,133 - you're back on this bird. - [Pits] Roger that. 226 00:14:02,510 --> 00:14:04,011 [Tulley] You be goddamn careful. 227 00:14:08,082 --> 00:14:09,183 Going down. 228 00:14:16,624 --> 00:14:18,492 - [indistinct shouting] - [gunshots] 229 00:14:24,465 --> 00:14:26,066 [gunshots continue] 230 00:14:36,009 --> 00:14:37,411 [Huffman] Sounds like a suicide mission. 231 00:14:40,981 --> 00:14:42,584 [Tulley] Suicide is hopeless. 232 00:14:46,353 --> 00:14:48,355 What Pitsenbarger did was... 233 00:14:49,356 --> 00:14:51,458 - [doorbell ringing] - [Tulley] Was valor. 234 00:14:52,594 --> 00:14:55,530 It was a hell of a thing to see from where I was sitting. 235 00:14:56,096 --> 00:14:58,165 Then why didn't he get the medal in '66? 236 00:14:58,966 --> 00:15:01,601 - You must have some opinion. - If my opinion mattered, 237 00:15:01,603 --> 00:15:03,538 this would have been done long ago. 238 00:15:04,338 --> 00:15:05,973 Do you do something, Sergeant? 239 00:15:08,108 --> 00:15:10,545 Do you have a job or a hobby, or is this... 240 00:15:11,412 --> 00:15:12,514 your full-time thing? 241 00:15:13,414 --> 00:15:15,149 I'm a palliative nurse. 242 00:15:16,584 --> 00:15:20,087 I work with terminal patients and their families 243 00:15:20,421 --> 00:15:22,923 to clarify end-of-life goals and... 244 00:15:24,024 --> 00:15:26,561 symptom management, psycho-social... 245 00:15:29,631 --> 00:15:31,131 spiritual support. 246 00:15:34,636 --> 00:15:36,170 Do you make your own bed? 247 00:15:38,606 --> 00:15:39,541 What? 248 00:15:40,575 --> 00:15:42,242 Simple question. 249 00:15:44,344 --> 00:15:45,547 My wife does it. 250 00:15:47,047 --> 00:15:48,550 Must suck to be her. 251 00:15:50,350 --> 00:15:52,219 Is there a point here somewhere? 252 00:15:53,287 --> 00:15:55,222 We've been down this road before. 253 00:15:57,024 --> 00:15:58,492 You're just the FNG. 254 00:16:00,795 --> 00:16:02,029 Sergeant... 255 00:16:03,297 --> 00:16:05,665 this little pet project of yours 256 00:16:05,667 --> 00:16:07,735 has been in a coma for three decades. 257 00:16:09,470 --> 00:16:11,506 There's nothing in this for me, but I'm here anyway. 258 00:16:13,073 --> 00:16:14,074 So what do you want? 259 00:16:15,342 --> 00:16:16,443 [Frank] Sorry to keep you. 260 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:23,050 I nap more than I used to. 261 00:16:23,618 --> 00:16:25,185 [Huffman] Mr. Pitsenbarger, sir. 262 00:16:25,587 --> 00:16:29,087 Ah, it isn't getting old that's hard, 263 00:16:29,089 --> 00:16:32,123 it's keeping awake long enough to enjoy it. 264 00:16:32,125 --> 00:16:34,596 [chuckles, clears throat] 265 00:16:35,429 --> 00:16:36,796 - [Alice] Oh, thank you. - Well... [sighs] 266 00:16:36,798 --> 00:16:37,797 [Alice] Thank you. 267 00:16:37,799 --> 00:16:42,135 - So, you're the new one. - The new one? [chuckles] 268 00:16:42,770 --> 00:16:45,638 If you want the real story about Abilene, 269 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:47,609 you'll need to talk to the mud soldiers. 270 00:16:48,375 --> 00:16:49,742 And they are? 271 00:16:49,744 --> 00:16:52,346 You do work in the Department of Defense, right? 272 00:16:55,617 --> 00:16:57,652 They're the army guys on the ground. 273 00:16:58,352 --> 00:17:02,122 Charlie Company, 16th Infantry, the Big Red One. 274 00:17:03,190 --> 00:17:04,724 Well, as far as they're concerned, you see, 275 00:17:04,726 --> 00:17:06,493 it wasn't Bill's fight. 276 00:17:06,794 --> 00:17:08,161 Bill was Air Force. 277 00:17:08,763 --> 00:17:11,597 Charlie Company took 80 percent casualties. 278 00:17:11,599 --> 00:17:15,168 That's 34 KIAs in the same day. 279 00:17:15,603 --> 00:17:17,404 Bill was a part of it, of course, 280 00:17:18,138 --> 00:17:20,073 but he wasn't one of them. 281 00:17:20,575 --> 00:17:21,743 We have to respect that. 282 00:17:22,442 --> 00:17:25,112 - All right. - [Frank] Now, Billy Takoda 283 00:17:25,312 --> 00:17:28,179 lives, uh, over in Sterling County. 284 00:17:28,181 --> 00:17:30,484 That's about an hour's drive from here. 285 00:17:31,418 --> 00:17:32,752 Over the years the wives 286 00:17:32,754 --> 00:17:34,656 have tracked down most of the guys. 287 00:17:35,455 --> 00:17:37,057 You might want to start with them. 288 00:17:37,391 --> 00:17:41,361 And this Billy guy, is he, uh... 289 00:17:41,729 --> 00:17:43,330 Will he talk to me? Is he all right? 290 00:17:44,699 --> 00:17:46,433 The two of you should get along fine. 291 00:17:56,744 --> 00:17:59,112 [birds chirping] 292 00:18:05,385 --> 00:18:07,154 [river running] 293 00:18:13,861 --> 00:18:15,763 Hello! 294 00:18:17,164 --> 00:18:18,766 What the hell are you yelling for? 295 00:18:21,201 --> 00:18:22,135 Jesus. 296 00:18:28,375 --> 00:18:31,478 Billy Takoda. Not an easy guy to find. 297 00:18:31,846 --> 00:18:33,713 [Takoda] Y'all be careful down there, you hear? 298 00:18:33,715 --> 00:18:35,683 Jeremy, stay out that water. 299 00:18:38,586 --> 00:18:39,520 So what's your story? 300 00:18:41,455 --> 00:18:42,624 Why are you here? 301 00:18:42,924 --> 00:18:46,324 Well, I appreciate what you've been through. 302 00:18:46,326 --> 00:18:47,629 Uh, I'm here to help. 303 00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:50,362 If you wanted to help, you'd pick up a weapon 304 00:18:50,364 --> 00:18:52,132 and get some skin in the game, friend. 305 00:18:52,634 --> 00:18:53,933 You'd acknowledge you own a piece 306 00:18:53,935 --> 00:18:54,836 of every bomb dropped 307 00:18:55,770 --> 00:18:56,301 and every bullet fired in every skirmish 308 00:18:56,303 --> 00:18:57,705 since you been born, 309 00:18:58,806 --> 00:19:00,440 that you have blood on your hands, you understand? 310 00:19:01,341 --> 00:19:02,242 Second chance. 311 00:19:02,810 --> 00:19:05,278 Why are you here? 312 00:19:07,982 --> 00:19:09,216 It's my job. 313 00:19:10,450 --> 00:19:12,820 - I don't have a choice. - See? That's progress. 314 00:19:13,286 --> 00:19:16,858 Vulnerability and communication. Honesty builds trust. 315 00:19:17,759 --> 00:19:20,260 That's the only real currency we got left in this world. 316 00:19:21,996 --> 00:19:23,497 Now you can trust me? 317 00:19:24,732 --> 00:19:25,667 No. 318 00:19:26,868 --> 00:19:28,233 [Takoda sighs] 319 00:19:28,235 --> 00:19:30,437 You mind if I, um... 320 00:19:33,574 --> 00:19:36,343 [sighs] I'm here so I can... 321 00:19:37,411 --> 00:19:38,713 hear your side of the story. 322 00:19:42,984 --> 00:19:45,419 I talk, you listen. 323 00:19:52,960 --> 00:19:55,228 Vietnam wasn't my first square dance. 324 00:19:55,997 --> 00:19:59,734 I was a dog-faced lifer, 325 00:20:00,835 --> 00:20:01,969 I loved it. 326 00:20:03,037 --> 00:20:05,740 Nothing made me feel more alive. 327 00:20:07,742 --> 00:20:10,310 But I'd never seen nothing like Abilene. 328 00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:13,815 Lost men like that. 329 00:20:14,716 --> 00:20:16,984 - [gunshots] - [soldiers groaning] 330 00:20:19,587 --> 00:20:20,722 [groans] 331 00:20:22,790 --> 00:20:24,291 [soldier] Medic! 332 00:20:24,491 --> 00:20:26,861 - Medic! Medic! - [explosion] 333 00:20:30,698 --> 00:20:32,330 [screams] 334 00:20:32,332 --> 00:20:33,699 [Mott] Goddammit Kepper, you all right? 335 00:20:33,701 --> 00:20:34,967 [screams] 336 00:20:34,969 --> 00:20:36,738 [Takoda] Contact, Victor Charlie. 337 00:20:37,304 --> 00:20:38,405 I'm hit. 338 00:20:38,973 --> 00:20:41,073 We have wounded and we are taking fire. 339 00:20:41,075 --> 00:20:43,010 - [explosion] - Oh, fuck! 340 00:20:43,911 --> 00:20:46,279 They have mortars and automatic weapons now. 341 00:20:46,748 --> 00:20:47,749 [Takoda groans] 342 00:20:48,750 --> 00:20:50,551 - It's an ambush. [groans] - [bullet swooshes] 343 00:20:54,856 --> 00:20:58,626 Pitsenbarger, where did he fit in all this? 344 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,828 Well, I lost my medic. 345 00:21:01,829 --> 00:21:03,296 We had no LZ, so... 346 00:21:04,331 --> 00:21:05,998 they called in the Air Force helos. 347 00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:07,933 [soldier] Pedros, Pedros, Charlie Six. 348 00:21:07,935 --> 00:21:10,836 Be advised, 349 00:21:10,838 --> 00:21:13,371 Multiple casualties. 350 00:21:13,373 --> 00:21:14,575 [airman] Contact, one o'clock. 351 00:21:15,843 --> 00:21:17,377 [soldier] Advise when you've 352 00:21:21,649 --> 00:21:24,415 Copy, Charlie Six. 353 00:21:24,417 --> 00:21:27,922 [Takoda] Pits came down, 354 00:21:28,656 --> 00:21:31,424 died fighting alongside men 355 00:21:33,027 --> 00:21:35,663 Get down, airman! Get down! 356 00:21:35,963 --> 00:21:39,366 Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow it down. 357 00:21:39,634 --> 00:21:42,369 Nothing but your man into the basket. 358 00:21:42,603 --> 00:21:44,839 Okay, now, you. 359 00:21:45,973 --> 00:21:48,107 Okay? Hold these. 360 00:21:48,109 --> 00:21:48,943 [gunshots] 361 00:21:50,578 --> 00:21:53,145 - Nice and easy, now. - One, two, three. 362 00:21:53,147 --> 00:21:54,447 [groans] 363 00:21:56,383 --> 00:21:57,785 [Pits] All right, hang tight, buddy. 364 00:21:58,052 --> 00:21:59,450 I'm gonna need you to do something 365 00:21:59,452 --> 00:22:00,420 - for me, all right? - [soldier groans] 366 00:22:01,488 --> 00:22:02,453 I need you to keep the pressure on it, all right? 367 00:22:02,455 --> 00:22:04,790 All the way up you keep that pressure on it. 368 00:22:04,792 --> 00:22:07,460 All right, you're going home. All right. 369 00:22:08,395 --> 00:22:10,798 Okay. Take her up. 370 00:22:13,601 --> 00:22:15,570 All right, hang tight, bud. 371 00:22:15,903 --> 00:22:17,136 [soldier] Hold the line. Hold the line. 372 00:22:17,138 --> 00:22:19,470 - Come on. - What's the story, Lieutenant? 373 00:22:19,472 --> 00:22:21,173 We've got a 100-meter perimeter. 374 00:22:21,175 --> 00:22:22,977 We're taking fire from everywhere. 375 00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:26,681 We've got two KIAs and at least eight wounded that I know of. 376 00:22:27,447 --> 00:22:29,548 All right, I'm gonna need two of your guys. 377 00:22:29,550 --> 00:22:30,785 It's your show, airman. 378 00:22:32,485 --> 00:22:33,486 Mott! 379 00:22:34,555 --> 00:22:36,691 Tulley says this whole medal thing was your idea. 380 00:22:36,924 --> 00:22:37,859 Is that true? 381 00:22:38,425 --> 00:22:39,758 I made out the paperwork, 382 00:22:39,760 --> 00:22:41,863 sent it up the Air Force chain, that's all. 383 00:22:43,564 --> 00:22:45,498 - But he never got the medal. - [Takoda] Mm. 384 00:22:46,433 --> 00:22:47,768 Not the big daddy, no. 385 00:22:48,870 --> 00:22:49,770 Why not? 386 00:22:52,506 --> 00:22:53,307 It was war. 387 00:22:54,976 --> 00:22:56,611 Pits wasn't the onlys one, you know. 388 00:22:58,112 --> 00:23:00,478 I must have wrote over a dozen letters 389 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:02,482 to parents and girlfriends. 390 00:23:03,885 --> 00:23:06,687 After that, all you can do is make amends... 391 00:23:08,122 --> 00:23:09,389 and try to forget. 392 00:23:10,825 --> 00:23:11,826 How do you do that? 393 00:23:12,727 --> 00:23:15,696 Like I said, get some bark in the game. 394 00:23:16,496 --> 00:23:18,165 You went... You went back to Vietnam? 395 00:23:19,967 --> 00:23:21,934 [Takoda] I didn't understand the world anymore 396 00:23:21,936 --> 00:23:23,669 and the world sure as hell didn't understand me, 397 00:23:23,671 --> 00:23:25,405 so where the hell else was I gonna go? 398 00:23:27,141 --> 00:23:28,809 Well, after I got healed up, 399 00:23:29,677 --> 00:23:31,777 this old high-school buddy of mine called 400 00:23:31,779 --> 00:23:33,446 and invited me for beers. 401 00:23:34,481 --> 00:23:35,981 So, I met him at this social club 402 00:23:35,983 --> 00:23:37,417 over in Eddystone. 403 00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:41,887 There was a sign outside this shithole that said, 404 00:23:41,889 --> 00:23:44,457 "No dogs or baby killers." 405 00:23:45,793 --> 00:23:46,861 I let it slide. 406 00:23:48,095 --> 00:23:49,494 We sitting at the bar 407 00:23:49,496 --> 00:23:51,130 and he's shooting the shit about girls 408 00:23:51,132 --> 00:23:53,935 and how we used to raise hell back in the day. 409 00:23:56,170 --> 00:23:58,172 The more he talked, the more I realized... 410 00:23:59,206 --> 00:24:01,776 there wasn't nothing hitting, you know? 411 00:24:02,944 --> 00:24:05,577 Then he blurts out, "I hear you got the Purple Heart. 412 00:24:05,579 --> 00:24:06,948 What happened? You get shot?" 413 00:24:09,183 --> 00:24:10,685 It gets real quiet. 414 00:24:12,286 --> 00:24:15,823 All these drunk assholes just staring at me. 415 00:24:18,092 --> 00:24:19,694 Alls I can hear is... 416 00:24:20,628 --> 00:24:22,730 screams from the jungle that day and... 417 00:24:24,799 --> 00:24:26,534 artillery whistle in the air. 418 00:24:27,301 --> 00:24:28,836 And I started to get pissed. 419 00:24:30,638 --> 00:24:33,975 So I pull my shirt up... [grunts] 420 00:24:35,309 --> 00:24:36,644 ...just to shut him up. 421 00:24:37,712 --> 00:24:39,144 He looks kind of awkward 422 00:24:39,146 --> 00:24:41,615 and then he starts chuckling and says, 423 00:24:42,750 --> 00:24:44,518 "What was you doing, running away?" 424 00:24:47,722 --> 00:24:49,123 You know what? Maybe I was. 425 00:24:50,791 --> 00:24:52,960 Maybe that's what I've been doing all this time. 426 00:24:55,663 --> 00:24:56,731 Tell you what, though. 427 00:24:58,566 --> 00:25:00,267 I tore that place down, brother. 428 00:25:01,302 --> 00:25:04,138 I mean, to the splinters. 429 00:25:05,806 --> 00:25:09,210 That floor was blood, teeth, and peanut shells, 430 00:25:09,877 --> 00:25:11,178 wasn't none of it mine. 431 00:25:13,247 --> 00:25:14,181 Cops came. 432 00:25:15,049 --> 00:25:16,784 They seen the sign outside. 433 00:25:17,718 --> 00:25:19,186 They called me a livery. 434 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:20,955 They got it. 435 00:25:21,922 --> 00:25:23,124 Sent me on my way. 436 00:25:26,694 --> 00:25:28,694 I knocked around for a couple of months, 437 00:25:28,696 --> 00:25:30,896 but nothing seemed to click. 438 00:25:30,898 --> 00:25:32,933 You know, nothing stuck, you know. 439 00:25:37,304 --> 00:25:39,171 I was a refugee in my own country, 440 00:25:39,173 --> 00:25:41,742 and that hurt way more than those bullets. 441 00:25:46,714 --> 00:25:47,815 How could I stay? 442 00:25:50,684 --> 00:25:52,586 Does it still hurt, Grandpa? 443 00:25:54,822 --> 00:25:57,091 Only on the inside, baby boy. 444 00:25:58,759 --> 00:25:59,593 Come on, kids, time to eat. 445 00:26:00,961 --> 00:26:03,230 Honey, think this gumbo's about ready. 446 00:26:04,198 --> 00:26:06,333 I'm gonna need you to get on the record. 447 00:26:07,234 --> 00:26:09,603 That's about as on the record as you're gonna get. 448 00:26:37,665 --> 00:26:39,200 [birds squawking] 449 00:26:41,669 --> 00:26:42,670 [Huffman] Hey. 450 00:26:45,306 --> 00:26:46,972 Donna Burr? Hi. 451 00:26:46,974 --> 00:26:48,876 Hey, man, he doesn't even get up till eight o'clock. 452 00:26:49,410 --> 00:26:51,278 Oh, uh, I'm sorry. 453 00:26:52,113 --> 00:26:53,914 Scott Huffman, DOD. 454 00:26:56,951 --> 00:26:59,820 - He... He works nights? - Jimmy's PTS. 455 00:27:00,955 --> 00:27:02,022 He's OCD. 456 00:27:02,323 --> 00:27:03,856 He suffers hallucinations 457 00:27:03,858 --> 00:27:06,093 and about 50 other war-related effects. 458 00:27:06,861 --> 00:27:08,193 He sleeps during the day 459 00:27:08,195 --> 00:27:10,297 because the night just plain terrifies him. 460 00:27:12,333 --> 00:27:15,200 Do you even know any Vietnam vets? 461 00:27:15,202 --> 00:27:18,105 No. It's a new experience for me. 462 00:27:21,208 --> 00:27:22,343 How did you two meet? 463 00:27:23,410 --> 00:27:25,412 You mean, what do I see in a Section 8 like Jimmy? 464 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:28,649 No, not at all, ma'am. I'm... I'm just... 465 00:27:28,883 --> 00:27:29,984 I was his nurse... 466 00:27:31,051 --> 00:27:32,086 at the VA. 467 00:27:34,021 --> 00:27:35,320 You can learn a lot about these guys 468 00:27:35,322 --> 00:27:36,488 hanging with them. 469 00:27:36,490 --> 00:27:38,292 What they did, what it cost. 470 00:27:38,859 --> 00:27:40,893 And every day he finds the courage 471 00:27:40,895 --> 00:27:42,396 not to stick a gun in his mouth. 472 00:27:43,731 --> 00:27:45,933 So I think he deserves a little compassion, 473 00:27:46,333 --> 00:27:48,969 and, believe me, I get a lot more than I give. 474 00:27:49,303 --> 00:27:51,805 So if he wants to sleep during the day... 475 00:27:52,773 --> 00:27:53,941 that's okay with me. 476 00:27:55,009 --> 00:27:57,278 So I saw Frank Pitsenbarger, 477 00:27:58,345 --> 00:28:01,048 and, uh, he told me you have a contact list 478 00:28:01,315 --> 00:28:03,350 for all the Charlie Company guys that you've put together. 479 00:28:03,784 --> 00:28:05,217 So that's what you want? 480 00:28:05,219 --> 00:28:07,821 Well... no, I... 481 00:28:08,923 --> 00:28:10,758 I'd love to talk to your husband, too. 482 00:28:11,859 --> 00:28:13,761 I hope you're sincere about this, 483 00:28:14,128 --> 00:28:16,363 'cause Jimmy is tougher than a two-dollar steak 484 00:28:16,864 --> 00:28:20,132 and he can smell a rat a mile upwind. 485 00:28:20,134 --> 00:28:21,833 [Huffman] Well, I don't have a position here 486 00:28:21,835 --> 00:28:23,137 or an opinion. I'm... 487 00:28:30,377 --> 00:28:31,979 - [Huffman clears throat] - Here's your list. 488 00:28:32,446 --> 00:28:33,447 Thank you. 489 00:28:34,481 --> 00:28:35,983 You wanna talk to Jimmy, you're gonna have to wait. 490 00:28:36,217 --> 00:28:37,451 I'm not making any promises. 491 00:28:37,952 --> 00:28:39,386 - Thank you. - [door opens] 492 00:28:41,789 --> 00:28:43,224 - [door closes] - [crickets chirping] 493 00:28:55,537 --> 00:28:56,870 - Hey. - [gasps] 494 00:28:57,438 --> 00:28:58,504 Sleeping on post 495 00:28:58,506 --> 00:29:00,140 would get you fragged in my unit. 496 00:29:01,008 --> 00:29:02,443 Know what I'm saying, sir? 497 00:29:05,179 --> 00:29:08,180 People round here think I'm a goddamn vampire. 498 00:29:08,182 --> 00:29:09,250 Maybe they're right too, 499 00:29:10,251 --> 00:29:13,120 'cause I ain't slept in the dark for 32 years. 500 00:29:13,420 --> 00:29:14,822 You know what I'm saying, sir? 501 00:29:16,156 --> 00:29:17,324 You know what that is? 502 00:29:19,293 --> 00:29:20,094 Yes. 503 00:29:22,129 --> 00:29:24,932 - No. No, I... I don't. - [Burr] Yeah. 504 00:29:25,567 --> 00:29:28,936 Big Red One. First Infantry Division. 505 00:29:29,203 --> 00:29:31,939 Baddest goddamn GIs ever laced a boot. 506 00:29:32,607 --> 00:29:33,807 Is that loaded? 507 00:29:34,709 --> 00:29:37,144 - [gunshot] - [dogs barking in distance] 508 00:29:38,178 --> 00:29:40,347 [Burr] You know what you call a gun that ain't loaded? 509 00:29:40,615 --> 00:29:42,550 A fucking stick, sir. 510 00:29:43,917 --> 00:29:46,220 You know what, Jimmy? Uh, ca... Can I... 511 00:29:47,087 --> 00:29:48,155 Can I call you Jimmy? 512 00:29:50,124 --> 00:29:51,292 I'm a civilian, so... 513 00:29:52,893 --> 00:29:55,362 - you don't have to call me sir. - The only reason I'm talking 514 00:29:55,563 --> 00:29:58,499 and not shooting is 'cause of Tulley. 515 00:29:59,366 --> 00:30:01,634 He said this is all about Pits getting the medal. 516 00:30:01,636 --> 00:30:04,504 - Ain't that right? - Right. Absolutely. 517 00:30:04,506 --> 00:30:06,574 'Cause I don't give a shit about you. 518 00:30:07,007 --> 00:30:08,809 I don't give a shit about anything. 519 00:30:09,043 --> 00:30:11,143 I just wanna be left goddamn alone. 520 00:30:11,145 --> 00:30:12,612 You understand what I'm saying? 521 00:30:12,614 --> 00:30:14,982 I mean, I've been fucked over and fucked around. 522 00:30:15,215 --> 00:30:17,583 Nobody knows what went down with me over there. 523 00:30:17,585 --> 00:30:19,019 Nobody knows. 524 00:30:21,021 --> 00:30:23,023 You understand what I'm saying, sir? 525 00:30:25,527 --> 00:30:26,594 Listen, man, I... 526 00:30:26,994 --> 00:30:28,362 I didn't come here to get shot at, 527 00:30:28,996 --> 00:30:31,231 or to rattle your cage. I'm just... 528 00:30:32,266 --> 00:30:33,398 I'm just here because Tulley said 529 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,604 your statement was important, as did Mr. Pitsenbarger. 530 00:30:39,473 --> 00:30:42,142 [Burr] I was the oldest FNG 531 00:30:43,410 --> 00:30:46,046 Germany, Guam... 532 00:30:47,481 --> 00:30:49,183 goddamn Okinawa. 533 00:30:50,951 --> 00:30:53,921 Ten years and I never 534 00:30:55,322 --> 00:30:56,990 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 535 00:30:57,391 --> 00:30:59,226 FNG? What is... What is that? 536 00:30:59,993 --> 00:31:01,161 Fucking New Guy. 537 00:31:02,463 --> 00:31:04,298 Lower than tits on a snake. 538 00:31:05,199 --> 00:31:07,301 FNGs got people killed. 539 00:31:08,102 --> 00:31:09,870 All them years waiting. 540 00:31:10,505 --> 00:31:13,941 Come Easter of '66, 541 00:31:14,341 --> 00:31:16,210 I mean, I signed up 542 00:31:17,211 --> 00:31:19,545 Thirty-three years old 543 00:31:19,547 --> 00:31:21,181 and ready to kill something. 544 00:31:21,448 --> 00:31:23,651 Hey, Ray, you're short, right? 545 00:31:24,586 --> 00:31:26,652 Thirty-two days and I'll be swimming in Schlitz 546 00:31:26,654 --> 00:31:28,088 unless you get me killed. 547 00:31:29,390 --> 00:31:31,490 How long did it take you to grease your first dink? 548 00:31:31,492 --> 00:31:33,894 - Understand what I'm saying? - Get off my back. 549 00:31:34,194 --> 00:31:35,062 [Burr] What's your problem, man? 550 00:31:35,697 --> 00:31:37,398 You trying to get each other killed? Hmm? 551 00:31:38,298 --> 00:31:39,634 Man, get the hell away from him. 552 00:31:41,569 --> 00:31:42,903 Now, you know better, Ray. 553 00:31:43,571 --> 00:31:44,905 Keep your eyes open, man. 554 00:32:04,559 --> 00:32:06,226 [gunshots] 555 00:32:07,194 --> 00:32:09,631 - [soldier] Go, go, go! - [soldier 2] Charlie! Get down! 556 00:32:11,331 --> 00:32:14,134 - [soldier] Get down, get down! - [indistinct shouting] 557 00:32:20,708 --> 00:32:22,042 [man groans] 558 00:32:22,777 --> 00:32:23,776 - What we got? - [pants] 559 00:32:23,778 --> 00:32:26,947 There was three of them. I... I got one. [pants] 560 00:32:27,147 --> 00:32:29,183 I got one. [pants] 561 00:32:37,725 --> 00:32:39,293 - [Takoda] Holy shit. - [fly buzzing] 562 00:32:41,261 --> 00:32:42,664 [sighs] Nice shot. 563 00:32:43,163 --> 00:32:44,530 [Allison] Charlie Six, Charlie Three. 564 00:32:44,532 --> 00:32:45,567 [soldier] Jesus Christ. 565 00:32:47,635 --> 00:32:48,570 Charlie Six. 566 00:32:49,938 --> 00:32:50,603 [Allison] Lieutenant, what 567 00:32:50,605 --> 00:32:52,540 FNG bust his cherry is all. 568 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:54,341 [Allison] Copy that. 569 00:32:55,175 --> 00:32:56,711 - Negative. - [Allison] Roger that. 570 00:32:57,110 --> 00:32:58,145 Charlie Three out. 571 00:33:00,380 --> 00:33:02,182 Kep, check him for intel. 572 00:33:02,717 --> 00:33:04,552 Then shove a couple of grenades up under him. 573 00:33:05,486 --> 00:33:07,154 Anybody comes for him, we'll know. 574 00:33:10,592 --> 00:33:13,695 [coughs] 575 00:33:14,361 --> 00:33:15,329 [soldier] FNG. 576 00:33:15,663 --> 00:33:17,064 Welcome to 'Nam, Jimmy. 577 00:33:17,765 --> 00:33:19,266 Come on, I got you. 578 00:33:22,402 --> 00:33:24,606 [Burr] I ain't never seen nobody die before. 579 00:33:25,773 --> 00:33:27,138 That little matter sucked 580 00:33:27,140 --> 00:33:29,009 all the whoop-ass right out of me. 581 00:33:29,644 --> 00:33:31,278 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 582 00:33:33,213 --> 00:33:37,484 I felt real bad about that for exactly 12 hours. 583 00:33:39,353 --> 00:33:41,388 And then I didn't feel bad about nothing. 584 00:33:52,165 --> 00:33:53,267 [knocking on door] 585 00:33:54,434 --> 00:33:55,737 [Celia] Thought this was going to the bottom of the pile. 586 00:33:56,403 --> 00:33:57,605 We are the bottom of the pile. 587 00:33:58,740 --> 00:34:00,775 Some guy named Ray Mott called, said he was confirming. 588 00:34:01,208 --> 00:34:03,778 Today's adventures in post-traumatic exorcism. 589 00:34:04,344 --> 00:34:05,647 Hopefully he won't have a gun. 590 00:34:06,346 --> 00:34:08,213 Sit down and walk me through the requirements 591 00:34:08,215 --> 00:34:10,117 for a congressional decorations package. 592 00:34:10,518 --> 00:34:12,787 - New eyewitness statements. - Okay, we're doing that. 593 00:34:13,353 --> 00:34:14,820 [Celia] DOD report of casualty. 594 00:34:14,822 --> 00:34:16,856 Well, he's definitely dead. So that's two. 595 00:34:16,858 --> 00:34:18,490 And chain of command endorsements. 596 00:34:18,492 --> 00:34:20,193 Bingo. Where are they? 597 00:34:20,695 --> 00:34:23,798 Because some guy named Kepper 598 00:34:24,599 --> 00:34:26,701 wrote the after-action report and passed it up. 599 00:34:27,301 --> 00:34:28,268 It would have to have been approved 600 00:34:29,269 --> 00:34:31,771 from Bien Hoa, Saigon, to here at the Pentagon. 601 00:34:31,773 --> 00:34:34,576 - That would have been protocol. - Right, so where is it? 602 00:34:35,510 --> 00:34:37,442 Well, a lot can get lost in 32 years. 603 00:34:37,444 --> 00:34:39,179 This is the government we're talking about. 604 00:34:39,379 --> 00:34:41,614 Well, if I can't find the chain of command endorsements, 605 00:34:41,616 --> 00:34:44,619 this thing's DOA. I'm out of it. 606 00:34:45,520 --> 00:34:46,654 Why not ask Kepper? 607 00:34:47,220 --> 00:34:49,220 Because he's living in Nha Trang, 608 00:34:49,222 --> 00:34:51,626 which is in Vietnam, and that's 11 time zones away. 609 00:34:51,926 --> 00:34:54,696 There is this new invention called the telephone. 610 00:34:55,228 --> 00:34:57,565 Look, apparently this guy is some Kurtzian burnout 611 00:34:57,932 --> 00:35:00,398 smoking ganja under the Bodhi tree. 612 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,836 I'm not going there. 613 00:35:02,269 --> 00:35:04,104 - Is that the budget top sheet? - Yeah. 614 00:35:05,807 --> 00:35:07,809 All right. I'll call you from the road. 615 00:35:08,308 --> 00:35:09,844 [gunshots] 616 00:35:12,513 --> 00:35:15,213 I come out here, knock out a box or two, 617 00:35:15,215 --> 00:35:17,117 check my targets, pick up my brass. 618 00:35:17,685 --> 00:35:19,486 Keeps me civil with the kids. 619 00:35:20,454 --> 00:35:22,422 [gunshots] 620 00:35:24,692 --> 00:35:26,291 - [gunshots firing in distance] - Hear you went 621 00:35:26,293 --> 00:35:28,894 - to see Jimmy Burr. - Yeah. [clears throat] 622 00:35:28,896 --> 00:35:30,963 He kills things to relieve stress. 623 00:35:30,965 --> 00:35:32,900 Flower box, 75 meters. 624 00:35:34,201 --> 00:35:35,268 [cartridge clinking] 625 00:35:36,269 --> 00:35:37,335 You know, he's got a bullet in his head still. 626 00:35:37,337 --> 00:35:40,271 It didn't kill him, so they slammed him into VA, 627 00:35:40,273 --> 00:35:41,941 doped him up for about 20 years. 628 00:35:41,943 --> 00:35:43,511 Can't imagine why. 629 00:35:45,312 --> 00:35:48,348 [gunshots] 630 00:35:49,717 --> 00:35:50,885 [thud] 631 00:35:52,553 --> 00:35:54,321 It's a hell of a thing, you know, 632 00:35:54,989 --> 00:35:57,925 to have somebody die so you can pop melons and... 633 00:35:58,926 --> 00:36:00,895 shoot rabbits by the light of the moon. 634 00:36:01,461 --> 00:36:03,564 [sniffs] Weapon's clear, Gene. 635 00:36:04,799 --> 00:36:05,833 Weapon's clear. 636 00:36:10,672 --> 00:36:12,472 Your reputation precedes you. 637 00:36:12,807 --> 00:36:15,543 - Jimmy isn't a fan. - Yeah, Tulley either. 638 00:36:16,309 --> 00:36:19,277 Well, if you guys want this guy to get the medal, 639 00:36:19,279 --> 00:36:21,413 I gotta get statements, testimony. 640 00:36:21,415 --> 00:36:24,482 It was one day, decades ago. 641 00:36:24,484 --> 00:36:26,886 Pitsenbarger came into that shitstorm on purpose. 642 00:36:26,888 --> 00:36:28,523 I mean, how do you account for that? 643 00:36:28,723 --> 00:36:32,192 Duty, commitment, mission. Pick one. 644 00:36:32,426 --> 00:36:33,826 [indistinct chatter] 645 00:36:33,828 --> 00:36:35,697 I kept telling him to get out... 646 00:36:36,731 --> 00:36:37,899 but he wouldn't go. 647 00:36:38,666 --> 00:36:40,501 Even his CO ordered him back up. 648 00:36:41,002 --> 00:36:42,870 Their bird was getting ripped up. 649 00:36:43,671 --> 00:36:44,972 But he waved them off. 650 00:36:46,674 --> 00:36:47,942 Probably saved them too. 651 00:36:48,843 --> 00:36:49,977 Hell, he was Air Force. 652 00:36:50,545 --> 00:36:51,879 He shouldn't even have been there. 653 00:36:52,412 --> 00:36:54,481 - None of us should have. - How so? 654 00:36:55,583 --> 00:36:57,550 We'd already been out 655 00:36:57,552 --> 00:36:59,317 but once we tangled 656 00:36:59,319 --> 00:37:01,622 with those NVA forces, 657 00:37:02,023 --> 00:37:03,457 we got the duty. 658 00:37:03,825 --> 00:37:06,527 - [Hoffman] Duty? - Bait, brother. 659 00:37:07,327 --> 00:37:08,328 Live bait. 660 00:37:11,666 --> 00:37:12,734 [gunshots] 661 00:37:13,501 --> 00:37:14,635 [soldier] Everybody down! 662 00:37:16,537 --> 00:37:17,705 [Mott] They put us there 663 00:37:18,940 --> 00:37:22,777 Alpha and Bravo would flank and we'd grind 'em into pulp, 664 00:37:23,376 --> 00:37:24,710 take 'em out at whatever cost. 665 00:37:24,712 --> 00:37:27,380 Search and destroy. Notches on your pistol, baby. 666 00:37:27,949 --> 00:37:30,250 Kill ratios, body counts. 667 00:37:30,818 --> 00:37:31,986 It was total bullshit. 668 00:37:32,954 --> 00:37:35,556 Westmoreland, McNamara, Johnson. 669 00:37:36,389 --> 00:37:37,892 That's how they kept the money flowing. 670 00:37:38,458 --> 00:37:40,460 Kick an anthill. Grease a mess of gooks. 671 00:37:41,062 --> 00:37:43,495 Next day the NVA'd be right back again. 672 00:37:43,497 --> 00:37:44,764 [gunshots] 673 00:37:44,766 --> 00:37:45,833 [indistinct shouting] 674 00:37:46,634 --> 00:37:47,802 [man groans] 675 00:37:54,008 --> 00:37:57,444 [speaking Vietnamese, groans] 676 00:37:57,945 --> 00:37:59,279 [gasps] 677 00:38:00,515 --> 00:38:01,883 [gunshots] 678 00:38:02,683 --> 00:38:04,617 - What's happening? - More gooks, sir! 679 00:38:04,619 --> 00:38:05,887 - Where? - Over there, sir! 680 00:38:06,721 --> 00:38:08,589 This place is crawling with them! 681 00:38:13,694 --> 00:38:14,695 [soldier] They're in the trees. 682 00:38:15,096 --> 00:38:16,662 - They're in the trees. - [gunshots] 683 00:38:16,664 --> 00:38:17,665 [screams] 684 00:38:20,467 --> 00:38:22,870 [Takoda grunts] Cover me! 685 00:38:28,142 --> 00:38:29,777 We didn't have a fucking chance. 686 00:38:42,657 --> 00:38:43,925 [Stanton] Ah. You're dogging it. 687 00:38:44,158 --> 00:38:45,157 [sighs] Just so you know, 688 00:38:45,159 --> 00:38:47,059 I can't find the chain of command endorsements 689 00:38:47,061 --> 00:38:48,328 in the Pitsenbarger file. 690 00:38:49,396 --> 00:38:50,832 - So put it in your report. - I'm missing something. 691 00:38:51,498 --> 00:38:54,401 - [stammers] What are you doing? - What? 692 00:38:54,602 --> 00:38:56,804 This thing was ancient history before you were born. 693 00:38:58,005 --> 00:38:59,372 Let me let you in on something. 694 00:38:59,607 --> 00:39:01,740 It is an undisputed fact at the Pentagon 695 00:39:01,742 --> 00:39:03,878 that all the real hardware goes to the officers. 696 00:39:04,579 --> 00:39:06,779 There's been one enlisted Medal of Honor 697 00:39:06,781 --> 00:39:08,049 in the history of the Air Force. 698 00:39:08,850 --> 00:39:10,716 So somebody makes endorsements disappear 699 00:39:10,718 --> 00:39:12,019 because the guy's enlisted? 700 00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,354 It's not a can of worms you wanna open. 701 00:39:15,488 --> 00:39:17,056 - Why not? - Because confronting 702 00:39:17,058 --> 00:39:19,961 the Air Force decorations board is not in your best interest. 703 00:39:20,528 --> 00:39:21,596 Oh, shoot. 704 00:39:22,462 --> 00:39:23,428 I'm getting a shower. 705 00:39:23,430 --> 00:39:24,866 - [Huffman] Yeah. - [Stanton] It doesn't count. 706 00:39:25,733 --> 00:39:27,535 - [exhales] - [phone ringing] 707 00:39:33,875 --> 00:39:34,942 Hey there, hotshot. 708 00:39:35,943 --> 00:39:36,844 Thought you fell off 709 00:39:37,778 --> 00:39:39,714 I'm pacing myself. It's a long way down. 710 00:39:40,014 --> 00:39:41,515 [Tulley] What can I do for you? 711 00:39:42,583 --> 00:39:44,986 You ever hear of a General John A. Hackmeyer? 712 00:39:45,853 --> 00:39:48,587 He was one of the army silverbacks 713 00:39:48,589 --> 00:39:50,024 down in Saigon during the war. 714 00:39:50,457 --> 00:39:52,091 [Huffman] He was also 715 00:39:52,093 --> 00:39:54,394 that approved the Medal of Honor of your division. 716 00:39:55,062 --> 00:39:56,530 Think you could track him down? 717 00:39:56,764 --> 00:39:58,831 He's probably fertilizer by now. 718 00:39:58,833 --> 00:40:01,969 Besides, you're the one with the DOD security clearance. 719 00:40:03,004 --> 00:40:04,872 Maybe we don't want the DOD to know. 720 00:40:06,741 --> 00:40:07,942 Can you hold on a second? 721 00:40:16,217 --> 00:40:17,417 We don't? 722 00:40:18,451 --> 00:40:19,518 [Huffman] Chain of command endorsements 723 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,089 are an essential element for congressional review, 724 00:40:22,823 --> 00:40:24,025 and they're not in the file. 725 00:40:25,159 --> 00:40:27,028 What are you asking me? 726 00:40:27,561 --> 00:40:28,994 I'm asking you if it's possible 727 00:40:28,996 --> 00:40:30,998 that what we're looking for isn't really lost. 728 00:40:31,966 --> 00:40:33,200 What are you doing? 729 00:40:35,102 --> 00:40:37,036 [Huffman] I'm doing my job. What do you... 730 00:40:37,038 --> 00:40:38,570 What do you mean, 731 00:40:38,572 --> 00:40:40,541 It's a rare quality these days. 732 00:40:41,275 --> 00:40:43,075 What, did you grow a conscience? 733 00:40:43,077 --> 00:40:46,113 Not at all. It's a waste of energy. 734 00:40:48,516 --> 00:40:49,817 Well, I'll sniff around. 735 00:40:51,218 --> 00:40:52,119 Okay. 736 00:41:04,999 --> 00:41:06,534 - [indistinct chatter] - [dog barking in distance] 737 00:41:11,105 --> 00:41:12,638 - [Luke] Daddy? - [Huffman] How you doing, 738 00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:13,674 mister? 739 00:41:15,276 --> 00:41:16,677 We have company. 740 00:41:19,113 --> 00:41:20,480 Hi. 741 00:41:20,881 --> 00:41:23,217 Long drive from Wilmington in that school bus. 742 00:41:23,884 --> 00:41:25,184 I don't have a car. 743 00:41:25,186 --> 00:41:27,021 They let me take her home nights. 744 00:41:30,324 --> 00:41:32,291 - Who wants to build a fort? - Me. 745 00:41:32,293 --> 00:41:35,029 - [Tara] Okay. - Thanks for the coffee. 746 00:41:35,696 --> 00:41:36,697 Pleasure. 747 00:41:41,702 --> 00:41:43,170 You messed with my head, man... 748 00:41:44,772 --> 00:41:46,040 when you came to see me. 749 00:41:48,142 --> 00:41:49,810 Started having dreams again. 750 00:41:52,246 --> 00:41:53,614 Can't sleep. 751 00:41:54,882 --> 00:41:57,084 Probably normal, considering. 752 00:42:02,323 --> 00:42:03,657 Sit down. 753 00:42:06,894 --> 00:42:07,895 I, um... 754 00:42:11,165 --> 00:42:14,133 When I got out of the, uh, army hospital in Saigon, 755 00:42:14,135 --> 00:42:15,968 I wanted to wear my dress uniform 756 00:42:15,970 --> 00:42:17,171 for my mother, even though I knew... 757 00:42:18,272 --> 00:42:20,808 even though they carried me off the plane. She was... 758 00:42:21,776 --> 00:42:24,111 She was crying when she saw me, 759 00:42:24,345 --> 00:42:27,148 my ribbons and my Purple Heart. 760 00:42:28,315 --> 00:42:30,382 They took me straight to the VA 761 00:42:30,384 --> 00:42:32,317 and I was in there for months before I got home, 762 00:42:32,319 --> 00:42:34,021 I never saw that uniform again. 763 00:42:35,990 --> 00:42:38,893 She packed everything up from the war in my duffle, 764 00:42:40,094 --> 00:42:41,693 like it never happened, you know, 765 00:42:41,695 --> 00:42:43,395 and I guess I didn't care, 766 00:42:43,397 --> 00:42:46,600 'cause it's been sitting in her attic ever since. 767 00:42:48,669 --> 00:42:51,772 My daughter's a shrink. 768 00:42:54,008 --> 00:42:55,242 She thought maybe... 769 00:42:55,910 --> 00:42:57,044 it'd be good... 770 00:42:58,946 --> 00:43:00,681 uh, for me to unpack it. 771 00:43:03,150 --> 00:43:04,819 Everything was still there. 772 00:43:07,755 --> 00:43:10,157 The smell of war still on my clothes. 773 00:43:12,293 --> 00:43:13,594 And, um... 774 00:43:14,195 --> 00:43:15,963 [exhales] 775 00:43:30,845 --> 00:43:31,979 Pits gave that to me. 776 00:43:32,880 --> 00:43:34,315 He asked me to take care of it. 777 00:43:35,216 --> 00:43:36,817 He asked me to bring it to her. 778 00:43:41,188 --> 00:43:42,089 The guy saved my life 779 00:43:43,190 --> 00:43:44,289 and there was one small thing that he asked of me 780 00:43:44,291 --> 00:43:45,659 and I wouldn't do it. 781 00:43:49,730 --> 00:43:50,898 I couldn't do it. 782 00:43:54,135 --> 00:43:55,369 [exhales] 783 00:44:03,377 --> 00:44:04,945 You know what that makes me? 784 00:44:17,925 --> 00:44:19,360 [Frank] 1954. 785 00:44:20,127 --> 00:44:23,030 It snowed all night. Ah, that was a beautiful Christmas. 786 00:44:23,397 --> 00:44:26,066 I got Bill his Flexible Flyer. 787 00:44:27,168 --> 00:44:29,370 It's... It's still out there in the garage. 788 00:44:29,904 --> 00:44:32,037 - You were close? - Sure. 789 00:44:32,039 --> 00:44:36,277 But, uh, I wa... I was on the road in... In those days. 790 00:44:36,877 --> 00:44:38,412 I missed so much. 791 00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:41,749 - [Alice sighs] - [Frank] Yeah. 792 00:44:47,321 --> 00:44:48,856 You close to your dad? 793 00:44:49,857 --> 00:44:51,825 Actually, I never met him. 794 00:44:55,262 --> 00:44:57,464 [sighs] Why... Why did you let him go? 795 00:44:58,132 --> 00:44:59,433 Why didn't you just stop him? 796 00:45:01,135 --> 00:45:04,438 You can't teach your children values... 797 00:45:05,806 --> 00:45:09,007 and then just withdraw 'em because you're afraid 798 00:45:09,009 --> 00:45:10,377 of what you might lose. 799 00:45:11,212 --> 00:45:13,781 It just seemed like such a high price to pay. 800 00:45:15,082 --> 00:45:16,417 If not my son... 801 00:45:17,818 --> 00:45:18,886 then whose? 802 00:45:19,486 --> 00:45:21,021 My neighbor's? 803 00:45:21,556 --> 00:45:22,890 My sister's? 804 00:45:24,124 --> 00:45:25,125 Yours? 805 00:45:26,994 --> 00:45:27,995 Bill... 806 00:45:28,963 --> 00:45:31,298 he honored all of us by serving, 807 00:45:31,966 --> 00:45:33,968 and that's no small thing. 808 00:45:36,337 --> 00:45:37,505 No disrespect. 809 00:45:38,540 --> 00:45:39,974 None taken. [chuckles] 810 00:45:41,576 --> 00:45:43,210 [Frank] In 1965, 811 00:45:43,844 --> 00:45:46,814 the first ground troops landed at Da Nang. 812 00:45:47,348 --> 00:45:49,350 I had the thing on TV 813 00:45:49,950 --> 00:45:53,187 A couple of weeks later, 814 00:45:54,955 --> 00:45:58,490 Americans his age started dying. 815 00:45:58,492 --> 00:46:00,327 Boys from our own town. 816 00:46:01,362 --> 00:46:02,930 I... I think it moved him. 817 00:46:03,397 --> 00:46:06,231 He came to me one night, I knew what he was thinking. 818 00:46:06,233 --> 00:46:08,836 God, it sent a jolt right through me. 819 00:46:10,104 --> 00:46:11,506 But he went easy on me. 820 00:46:12,206 --> 00:46:15,409 He never asked for permission. 821 00:46:16,511 --> 00:46:18,946 I think he knew what it would mean later... 822 00:46:20,347 --> 00:46:21,949 if something happened to him. 823 00:46:30,224 --> 00:46:34,562 [coughs] By the time I woke up, he'd already gone. [chuckles] 824 00:46:36,430 --> 00:46:38,032 Next time I saw him... 825 00:46:40,334 --> 00:46:42,303 he had a haircut and orders. 826 00:46:44,204 --> 00:46:47,074 I was never so frightened and I was never so proud. 827 00:46:49,209 --> 00:46:52,913 I can't help it, but I... I still miss... 828 00:46:54,381 --> 00:46:57,151 watching him mow the lawn out there, 829 00:46:58,085 --> 00:47:01,453 the smell of fresh cut grass on his sneakers. 830 00:47:01,455 --> 00:47:02,456 [breathes heavily] 831 00:47:03,692 --> 00:47:06,827 And how he folded his clothes, even when they were dirty, 832 00:47:07,662 --> 00:47:09,496 'cause he knew it pleased his mom. 833 00:47:10,565 --> 00:47:15,400 I miss the way he tapped his cleats for luck 834 00:47:15,402 --> 00:47:16,970 when he went up to bat... 835 00:47:17,971 --> 00:47:20,107 and the way he always found me... 836 00:47:22,409 --> 00:47:24,076 when he crossed home plate. 837 00:47:24,078 --> 00:47:26,980 There's a thousand things like that. [chuckles] 838 00:47:28,382 --> 00:47:32,486 But mostly, I miss what I didn't get to see him do. 839 00:47:33,354 --> 00:47:34,488 What do you mean? 840 00:47:35,255 --> 00:47:37,592 Well, I never got to see him marry, 841 00:47:38,392 --> 00:47:40,894 or fall in love with a child of his own. 842 00:47:42,530 --> 00:47:43,565 Because only then... 843 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,336 could he understand how much his father loved him. 844 00:47:55,175 --> 00:47:56,611 I... I have a son. 845 00:47:58,011 --> 00:48:00,214 Then you know what we're talking about. 846 00:48:03,283 --> 00:48:05,252 Who is, uh, Jenny? 847 00:48:05,486 --> 00:48:08,422 Oh, Jenny Raynor. 848 00:48:08,656 --> 00:48:10,023 So beautiful. 849 00:48:10,558 --> 00:48:13,158 She came to live with us while Bill was overseas. 850 00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,563 You see, Mr. Huffman... 851 00:48:17,632 --> 00:48:19,400 we actually lost... 852 00:48:20,300 --> 00:48:24,037 - two children that day. - [Frank] Here are her letters. 853 00:48:24,438 --> 00:48:26,541 She gave them to us when she got married, 854 00:48:27,307 --> 00:48:29,577 but we could never bring ourselves to read 'em. 855 00:48:31,546 --> 00:48:33,046 Mr. Pitsenbarger... 856 00:48:33,748 --> 00:48:35,517 I just... I just wanna be clear. 857 00:48:37,985 --> 00:48:40,287 This process doesn't take months. 858 00:48:40,755 --> 00:48:42,256 It takes years. 859 00:48:43,658 --> 00:48:45,560 Scott, I have cancer. 860 00:48:46,193 --> 00:48:49,294 I should have been gone already if you'd believe the doctors. 861 00:48:49,296 --> 00:48:52,132 - But, he's a fighter, my man. - [Frank laughing] 862 00:48:53,467 --> 00:48:54,366 I'm sorry. 863 00:48:54,368 --> 00:48:57,035 Dying isn't harder than losing a child, 864 00:48:57,037 --> 00:48:57,971 I promise you. 865 00:48:58,972 --> 00:49:00,675 - Do what you can, son. - [Huffman] Thank you. 866 00:49:23,163 --> 00:49:24,498 He sleeps so soundly. 867 00:49:26,166 --> 00:49:28,035 He has no worries. 868 00:49:29,436 --> 00:49:30,605 [Huffman] Pitsenbarger... 869 00:49:31,739 --> 00:49:33,106 he had everything. 870 00:49:33,775 --> 00:49:35,577 People really cared about the guy. 871 00:49:37,277 --> 00:49:38,412 And really loved him. 872 00:49:44,251 --> 00:49:45,687 How could he give all that up? 873 00:49:46,788 --> 00:49:48,453 He knew what he was leaving behind, 874 00:49:48,455 --> 00:49:49,524 and still he... 875 00:49:51,358 --> 00:49:52,627 had such certainty. 876 00:49:54,461 --> 00:49:55,462 Of what? 877 00:49:57,130 --> 00:49:58,131 That... 878 00:49:59,734 --> 00:50:01,235 no bullet was gonna... 879 00:50:02,469 --> 00:50:04,739 stop him from being who he was. 880 00:50:07,509 --> 00:50:08,741 I've never felt that certain 881 00:50:08,743 --> 00:50:10,410 about anything in my entire life. 882 00:50:20,688 --> 00:50:21,689 I have. 883 00:50:46,548 --> 00:50:48,415 [gunshots in distance] 884 00:51:03,130 --> 00:51:04,566 [gunshots continue] 885 00:51:08,402 --> 00:51:09,671 [speaks Vietnamese] 886 00:51:11,539 --> 00:51:13,138 Look, we're gonna play possum, all right? 887 00:51:13,140 --> 00:51:15,307 No matter what, don't move, don't breathe. 888 00:51:15,309 --> 00:51:17,110 Come on, get on top. Come on. Hurry up. 889 00:51:20,480 --> 00:51:21,847 [Allison] We have contact all around us. 890 00:51:21,849 --> 00:51:23,516 VC got their whole goddamn battalion 891 00:51:23,518 --> 00:51:25,283 - out of bed for this one. - We're gonna tighten up 892 00:51:25,285 --> 00:51:28,221 - this circle right now. - Takoda's still out there, sir, 893 00:51:28,856 --> 00:51:30,690 Willy, and Burr, too. 894 00:51:30,692 --> 00:51:32,326 [gunshots] 895 00:51:32,527 --> 00:51:34,328 Nobody gets left outside the perimeter. 896 00:51:34,762 --> 00:51:36,463 [gunshots] 897 00:51:55,617 --> 00:51:57,852 [woman speaking Vietnamese] 898 00:52:02,657 --> 00:52:04,726 [phone ringing] 899 00:52:07,629 --> 00:52:08,663 [Frank sighs] 900 00:52:12,934 --> 00:52:14,301 Hello? 901 00:52:25,747 --> 00:52:27,515 Whatever it is you want... 902 00:52:29,216 --> 00:52:30,350 it's okay. 903 00:52:38,660 --> 00:52:40,394 [gunshots in distance] 904 00:52:46,466 --> 00:52:47,401 Psst. 905 00:52:48,235 --> 00:52:49,369 [whispering] Anybody alive? 906 00:52:49,837 --> 00:52:50,905 [Takoda] Yeah. 907 00:53:04,752 --> 00:53:06,552 - [Takoda] I can't breathe. - [Pits] Whoa. 908 00:53:06,554 --> 00:53:08,253 Well, they messed you up good, Lieutenant. 909 00:53:08,255 --> 00:53:09,855 [Takoda] Get me out of here, will you? 910 00:53:09,857 --> 00:53:10,956 - [Takoda groaning] - Hey. All right. 911 00:53:10,958 --> 00:53:12,894 I need you to help me with the lieutenant, okay? 912 00:53:13,326 --> 00:53:15,528 - Are you with me? Ssh, ssh. - You gotta help Willy. 913 00:53:15,530 --> 00:53:17,262 - We can't leave Willy. - Shh, shh. 914 00:53:17,264 --> 00:53:18,432 Willy's gone, friend, all right? 915 00:53:19,534 --> 00:53:20,802 Now, are you with me? Look at me. Are you with me? 916 00:53:21,769 --> 00:53:23,771 All right. Come on. All right, up you get. 917 00:53:23,971 --> 00:53:25,403 Come on, grab a shoulder. 918 00:53:25,405 --> 00:53:27,606 - [Takoda groaning] - [Pits] One, two... 919 00:53:27,608 --> 00:53:28,607 [gunshots] 920 00:53:28,609 --> 00:53:29,811 Grab his belt. Let's go. 921 00:53:32,513 --> 00:53:33,748 [explosion] 922 00:53:36,416 --> 00:53:38,285 [Takoda groaning] 923 00:53:40,655 --> 00:53:43,490 - [groans] This way. - [Takoda groaning] 924 00:53:44,726 --> 00:53:46,493 [Burr] Come on, man, let's go! Get up! 925 00:53:47,061 --> 00:53:49,595 [Takoda] It's Takoda. For Christ's sake, don't shoot. 926 00:53:49,597 --> 00:53:52,464 Put him down over there. Over there. That's it. 927 00:53:52,466 --> 00:53:54,535 - Easy, easy, easy. - [Takoda groaning] 928 00:53:55,302 --> 00:53:57,337 Wrap it and pack it, all right? 929 00:53:57,605 --> 00:53:59,372 [Takoda pants] 930 00:54:01,676 --> 00:54:04,612 Right, not too tight. Just venous pressure. 931 00:54:06,313 --> 00:54:08,516 Okay, that's it. That's it. 932 00:54:09,684 --> 00:54:11,584 - Okay. - [indistinct shouting] 933 00:54:11,586 --> 00:54:13,320 - [Takoda groaning] - Just a few minutes, all right? 934 00:54:15,623 --> 00:54:17,424 Hey, you're doing great. 935 00:54:18,059 --> 00:54:19,326 You're doing just great. 936 00:54:23,030 --> 00:54:24,699 All right, okay. 937 00:54:25,398 --> 00:54:27,869 One, two, three. 938 00:54:28,803 --> 00:54:30,636 - [Takoda gasps] - I need you to hold that, 939 00:54:30,638 --> 00:54:32,006 all right? Don't let that move. 940 00:54:32,573 --> 00:54:34,942 - Okay? - Why are you here? 941 00:54:36,476 --> 00:54:37,645 Because you're here. 942 00:54:50,490 --> 00:54:51,526 [Alice] Did he... 943 00:54:52,093 --> 00:54:53,426 say anything? 944 00:54:56,063 --> 00:54:57,765 He never says anything. 945 00:55:29,664 --> 00:55:30,932 [birds chirping] 946 00:56:11,038 --> 00:56:13,672 Hey. Somebody somewhere likes you. 947 00:56:13,674 --> 00:56:16,842 - Hey, Carl. - The FBI is doing due diligence. 948 00:56:16,844 --> 00:56:18,110 You're on the shortlist 949 00:56:18,112 --> 00:56:20,848 for Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. 950 00:56:22,183 --> 00:56:23,416 What'd you tell 'em? 951 00:56:23,885 --> 00:56:25,951 That you're a lying, womanizing pimp 952 00:56:25,953 --> 00:56:27,121 and you cheat at hoops. 953 00:56:28,322 --> 00:56:30,490 They assured me those were all occupational requirements. 954 00:56:30,825 --> 00:56:31,893 [chuckles] 955 00:56:32,459 --> 00:56:33,828 What about the MOH? 956 00:56:34,695 --> 00:56:35,895 MOH? I'll reassign it. 957 00:56:35,897 --> 00:56:38,030 I mean, I probably should have done it in the first place. 958 00:56:38,032 --> 00:56:39,600 Somebody was bound to pick you up. 959 00:56:43,037 --> 00:56:46,073 I see Senator Holt's peddling an election-year memoir. 960 00:56:46,741 --> 00:56:47,940 Yeah, you should read it. 961 00:56:47,942 --> 00:56:48,874 You might learn something. [chuckles] 962 00:56:48,876 --> 00:56:51,577 - You write any of it? - Every other word. 963 00:56:51,579 --> 00:56:53,746 - [chuckling] - That's good, Carl. 964 00:56:53,748 --> 00:56:55,650 First time you've told the truth in four years. 965 00:56:56,183 --> 00:56:57,850 What's the matter with you? You... 966 00:56:57,852 --> 00:57:00,619 You don't want the best civilian job in the Pentagon? 967 00:57:00,621 --> 00:57:03,589 I mean, this... This makes you. 968 00:57:03,591 --> 00:57:05,760 It's 3-D moves from here on out, 969 00:57:06,060 --> 00:57:08,227 not to mention getting you back to Appropriations. 970 00:57:08,229 --> 00:57:09,997 I need to finish this report. 971 00:57:10,865 --> 00:57:13,501 Are you kidding me? Look at me. [chuckles] 972 00:57:14,502 --> 00:57:17,038 You're a predator, man. You're a goddamn meat eater. 973 00:57:17,271 --> 00:57:18,706 That single instinct 974 00:57:18,940 --> 00:57:22,174 has taken you very far in a very short time, 975 00:57:22,176 --> 00:57:23,976 so don't get sentimental on me now. 976 00:57:23,978 --> 00:57:26,078 So you're gonna finish the review? 977 00:57:26,080 --> 00:57:27,447 Yeah, absolutely. 978 00:57:28,215 --> 00:57:30,483 I'll send an intern down to pick it all up. 979 00:57:30,718 --> 00:57:31,719 [chuckles] An intern. 980 00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:35,790 - Well, congratulations, man. - Yeah. 981 00:57:42,730 --> 00:57:44,863 You'd think I'd be better at this second time around. 982 00:57:44,865 --> 00:57:45,866 [Tara chuckles] 983 00:57:46,767 --> 00:57:49,070 Well, you could read the instructions. 984 00:57:49,770 --> 00:57:50,938 That would be cheating. 985 00:57:54,208 --> 00:57:56,911 - Stanton was looking for you. - Well, he found me. 986 00:57:58,179 --> 00:57:59,678 I'm on the shortlist 987 00:57:59,680 --> 00:58:01,816 for Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. 988 00:58:03,284 --> 00:58:04,819 What about Dave Croft? 989 00:58:05,252 --> 00:58:06,187 Croft's out. 990 00:58:07,788 --> 00:58:10,658 - Well, that's great, then. - It's a career maker. 991 00:58:11,092 --> 00:58:13,493 E-ring, a view of the river. 992 00:58:14,028 --> 00:58:15,828 Well, since they threw in the view... 993 00:58:15,830 --> 00:58:17,898 [Huffman] Yeah. I mean, what's wrong with that? 994 00:58:20,234 --> 00:58:21,635 What about the MOH? 995 00:58:22,770 --> 00:58:25,072 The Pitsenbargers are in town. 996 00:58:25,606 --> 00:58:27,675 Frank's having some tests done at the VA. 997 00:58:28,175 --> 00:58:29,176 What's wrong with him? 998 00:58:30,711 --> 00:58:31,912 Ewing's sarcoma. 999 00:58:33,014 --> 00:58:34,015 God. 1000 00:58:35,316 --> 00:58:37,118 They're gonna be here for Thanksgiving. 1001 00:58:38,019 --> 00:58:41,153 Maybe they'll see our situation and meet Luke and you and... 1002 00:58:41,155 --> 00:58:43,655 You are not using us as your excuse. 1003 00:58:43,657 --> 00:58:46,060 Our life is not an excuse, Tara, it's a fact. 1004 00:58:47,962 --> 00:58:48,961 Besides, Stanton said he's gonna 1005 00:58:48,963 --> 00:58:51,065 have someone pick it up right where I leave off. 1006 00:58:53,968 --> 00:58:54,969 Okay. 1007 00:59:00,207 --> 00:59:01,607 [Alice] We were Michigan fans 1008 00:59:01,609 --> 00:59:03,909 long before we moved to Buckeye country. 1009 00:59:03,911 --> 00:59:05,210 It's more than a football game 1010 00:59:05,212 --> 00:59:07,246 when the Wolverines come to Columbus. 1011 00:59:07,248 --> 00:59:10,015 - Do you still go to the games? - Oh, God, no. 1012 00:59:10,017 --> 00:59:11,685 - Not since... - 1965. 1013 00:59:13,988 --> 00:59:14,922 I'm sorry. 1014 00:59:16,057 --> 00:59:16,989 Talking about Bill 1015 00:59:16,991 --> 00:59:19,060 is one of the greatest joys of our life. 1016 00:59:19,693 --> 00:59:21,996 Keeping him alive keeps us strong. 1017 00:59:22,263 --> 00:59:23,731 It's how we balance our grief 1018 00:59:24,065 --> 00:59:26,265 and how we live a happy life without him. 1019 00:59:26,267 --> 00:59:29,003 - [beeping] - [Frank] Oh. Huh. 1020 00:59:29,637 --> 00:59:30,604 Is that a game? 1021 00:59:31,605 --> 00:59:34,308 This is a machine that gives me my medicine. 1022 00:59:36,210 --> 00:59:38,243 - [oven timer chiming] - Whoa. 1023 00:59:38,245 --> 00:59:40,846 - We are minutes away. [chuckles] - [Huffman] Yeah, we're ready. 1024 00:59:40,848 --> 00:59:43,082 - May I help? - [Tara] Oh, uh, Luke, honey, 1025 00:59:43,084 --> 00:59:45,050 why don't you show Alice and Frank your room? 1026 00:59:45,052 --> 00:59:46,821 - Thank you, Luke. - Okay. Okay. 1027 00:59:53,828 --> 00:59:55,162 How do you think I should do this? 1028 00:59:56,297 --> 00:59:57,298 Be honest. 1029 00:59:59,266 --> 01:00:00,701 I meant the turkey. 1030 01:00:35,202 --> 01:00:39,140 Scott, may I, uh... give the blessing? 1031 01:00:40,708 --> 01:00:41,909 Yeah, of course. 1032 01:00:43,244 --> 01:00:44,145 Okay. 1033 01:00:44,979 --> 01:00:46,046 Heavenly Father... 1034 01:00:48,149 --> 01:00:50,883 please bless this food 1035 01:00:50,885 --> 01:00:53,420 that it may nourish this growing family 1036 01:00:54,054 --> 01:00:56,023 and the friendship between us. 1037 01:00:57,091 --> 01:00:59,426 And give praise to this young man 1038 01:00:59,927 --> 01:01:03,430 as he honors us with his commitment to ensure 1039 01:01:04,231 --> 01:01:06,433 that the sacrifices of the fallen... 1040 01:01:07,735 --> 01:01:09,003 were neither in vain... 1041 01:01:10,237 --> 01:01:11,972 nor will they ever be forgotten. 1042 01:01:13,974 --> 01:01:14,975 Amen. 1043 01:01:21,482 --> 01:01:22,917 - [door opens] - [bell rings] 1044 01:01:23,350 --> 01:01:24,385 [Takoda] What you say, mister? 1045 01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:26,754 [Huffman scoffs] 1046 01:01:27,821 --> 01:01:31,156 - What are you doing here? - Tulley had your number. 1047 01:01:31,158 --> 01:01:34,228 So I called, talked to your wife. Nice woman. 1048 01:01:34,862 --> 01:01:36,463 She told me where you was at. 1049 01:01:37,131 --> 01:01:38,132 Sit down. 1050 01:01:40,467 --> 01:01:42,403 - [waiter] Coffee? - [both] No. 1051 01:01:46,774 --> 01:01:47,808 [chuckles] 1052 01:01:51,245 --> 01:01:52,947 You tracked me down to give me this? 1053 01:01:59,186 --> 01:02:02,456 You... never appreciate 1054 01:02:02,856 --> 01:02:05,059 what American artillery can do... 1055 01:02:06,060 --> 01:02:08,062 till you see it waste your own people. 1056 01:02:08,862 --> 01:02:10,130 What are you talking about? 1057 01:02:11,365 --> 01:02:13,434 The first round killed three for sure. 1058 01:02:14,802 --> 01:02:16,268 Ain't no telling how many of the wounded 1059 01:02:16,270 --> 01:02:19,173 would have died later if the VC hadn't got to 'em first. 1060 01:02:20,575 --> 01:02:23,177 If you give your shooters 1061 01:02:23,578 --> 01:02:25,877 them Red Legs could put 1062 01:02:25,879 --> 01:02:27,181 inside a pickle barrel. 1063 01:02:28,816 --> 01:02:30,818 I got the distance correction wrong... 1064 01:02:31,952 --> 01:02:33,854 and we got thumped by our own shit. 1065 01:02:35,189 --> 01:02:38,459 - What are you saying? - It was blue on blue, brother. 1066 01:02:39,860 --> 01:02:41,962 Friendly fire. Ain't no getting around that. 1067 01:02:42,229 --> 01:02:44,029 - Damage! Damage! - [gunshots] 1068 01:02:44,031 --> 01:02:45,430 Charlie Three has a fire mission. 1069 01:02:45,432 --> 01:02:49,301 Shift from Queensland, direction 3-1-0, 1070 01:02:49,303 --> 01:02:51,370 - distance 300 meters. - [gunshots continue] 1071 01:02:51,372 --> 01:02:52,471 We will adjust. 1072 01:02:52,473 --> 01:02:53,474 [explosion] 1073 01:02:53,874 --> 01:02:56,944 Shit. Splash. Adjust left 100. 1074 01:02:57,512 --> 01:03:00,379 - [explosion] - What the hell was that? 1075 01:03:00,381 --> 01:03:02,216 - [gunshots] - [man groans] 1076 01:03:02,983 --> 01:03:04,519 [soldier] Can I get some ammo, please? 1077 01:03:05,185 --> 01:03:06,554 I need some fucking ammo. 1078 01:03:09,456 --> 01:03:10,558 [groans] 1079 01:03:10,958 --> 01:03:11,990 [soldier 2] Man down! 1080 01:03:11,992 --> 01:03:14,893 Charlie Three has a fire mission. Drop 100. 1081 01:03:14,895 --> 01:03:16,063 Fire for effect. 1082 01:03:16,330 --> 01:03:19,366 Make it danger close. Make it danger close. 1083 01:03:21,201 --> 01:03:23,871 - Move up! Move up! - [explosion] 1084 01:03:24,104 --> 01:03:26,974 [men screaming] 1085 01:03:32,313 --> 01:03:33,380 [soldier] Medic! 1086 01:03:34,381 --> 01:03:35,816 - [man groaning] - Medic! 1087 01:03:36,317 --> 01:03:40,120 So when Tulley says I'm the one what started it, 1088 01:03:40,888 --> 01:03:42,356 that's what he really means. 1089 01:03:44,158 --> 01:03:45,326 The truth is... 1090 01:03:47,428 --> 01:03:49,029 I killed my own men. 1091 01:03:51,198 --> 01:03:52,900 If I get those numbers right... 1092 01:03:54,234 --> 01:03:56,604 Pitsenbarger probably never even gets that call, 1093 01:03:57,505 --> 01:03:59,873 never comes down that wire, never... 1094 01:04:01,108 --> 01:04:02,209 saves my life. 1095 01:04:04,445 --> 01:04:07,145 Maybe he's the one sitting on a riverbank somewhere 1096 01:04:07,147 --> 01:04:10,918 with his grandkids around him, and that'd been fine by me. 1097 01:04:12,587 --> 01:04:14,221 Instead he's dead... 1098 01:04:16,156 --> 01:04:18,526 and they gave me the goddamn Silver Star. 1099 01:04:19,460 --> 01:04:21,995 For what? Surviving? 1100 01:04:23,698 --> 01:04:26,131 I sit around year in and year out thinking 1101 01:04:26,133 --> 01:04:27,868 about 20 seconds 1102 01:04:28,135 --> 01:04:31,472 32 years ago I wish to God I could have back. 1103 01:04:34,108 --> 01:04:35,442 Surviving isn't a crime. 1104 01:04:37,545 --> 01:04:40,648 No, it ain't... but it's a life sentence. 1105 01:04:42,149 --> 01:04:43,651 Getting that medal for Pits, 1106 01:04:44,151 --> 01:04:46,253 for his family, for the men I lost, 1107 01:04:47,054 --> 01:04:50,290 might be the only decent thing I get to pull out of that war. 1108 01:04:52,292 --> 01:04:55,394 So, why don't you go on back up to Washington 1109 01:04:55,396 --> 01:04:57,164 and make that happen, all right? 1110 01:05:12,212 --> 01:05:13,412 [Luke] Daddy. 1111 01:05:13,414 --> 01:05:15,382 - [TV playing indistinctly] - Hey. 1112 01:05:15,617 --> 01:05:17,985 - [Huffman groans] - I'm thirsty. 1113 01:05:18,553 --> 01:05:20,921 Okay, buddy, let's get you a drink. 1114 01:05:21,656 --> 01:05:24,324 Daddy, are those the army men you're helping? 1115 01:05:27,695 --> 01:05:30,330 Yeah, they are. 1116 01:05:33,434 --> 01:05:35,503 Do you want me to be a army man? 1117 01:05:37,271 --> 01:05:40,474 - Hey. What's going on? - Hey. 1118 01:05:42,577 --> 01:05:43,944 He just needs a drink. 1119 01:05:45,245 --> 01:05:48,315 Oh, I see. Let's go get you some water, huh? 1120 01:05:48,650 --> 01:05:49,517 [Huffman chuckles] 1121 01:05:50,384 --> 01:05:53,151 - Everything okay? - Yeah. See you in a bit. 1122 01:05:53,153 --> 01:05:56,256 Okay. All right. Let's get you some water. 1123 01:06:03,030 --> 01:06:05,430 [Holt] Well, Jim, I was deployed 1124 01:06:05,432 --> 01:06:07,365 at a very interesting point 1125 01:06:07,367 --> 01:06:08,601 and that's really 1126 01:06:08,603 --> 01:06:09,604 to write the book. 1127 01:06:10,605 --> 01:06:13,071 I was initially serving 1128 01:06:13,073 --> 01:06:14,306 or operations officer, 1129 01:06:14,308 --> 01:06:18,078 for the 1st Infantry Division, 1130 01:06:18,412 --> 01:06:20,045 now, we were deployed, uh, 1131 01:06:20,047 --> 01:06:21,446 - northwest of Saigon... - [phone ringing] 1132 01:06:21,448 --> 01:06:22,447 ...in a very crucial area 1133 01:06:22,449 --> 01:06:24,216 - next to the capital... - [phone ringing] 1134 01:06:24,218 --> 01:06:25,016 ...Saigon then, 1135 01:06:25,018 --> 01:06:26,353 - now Ho Chi Minh City. - Hello? 1136 01:06:27,589 --> 01:06:29,624 [Holt] Now, what I meant 1137 01:06:36,230 --> 01:06:37,231 Hey. 1138 01:06:38,398 --> 01:06:40,535 - Where is he? Can I see him? - Slow down. 1139 01:06:41,201 --> 01:06:42,202 Okay. 1140 01:06:44,806 --> 01:06:46,708 [indistinct announcement over PA] 1141 01:06:51,713 --> 01:06:52,747 Hey, Frank. 1142 01:06:53,715 --> 01:06:56,183 Got someone here to see you. It's the FNG. 1143 01:06:56,751 --> 01:06:59,785 - Mr. Huffman. - How you doing, Frank? 1144 01:06:59,787 --> 01:07:01,756 [Frank] All the better for seeing you. 1145 01:07:03,290 --> 01:07:04,491 [Alice] Thank you for coming. 1146 01:07:04,859 --> 01:07:06,059 Of course. 1147 01:07:08,228 --> 01:07:09,731 He gave me a call and, uh... 1148 01:07:11,699 --> 01:07:13,601 - here I am. - [Frank] Right. 1149 01:07:18,506 --> 01:07:19,541 [Huffman] Is he dying? 1150 01:07:20,575 --> 01:07:22,042 We're all dying, son. 1151 01:07:25,613 --> 01:07:27,281 I think he's holding on... 1152 01:07:29,651 --> 01:07:31,251 for you to get this done. 1153 01:07:32,887 --> 01:07:34,722 Why are you in the middle of everything? 1154 01:07:35,422 --> 01:07:39,827 I mean, what's in it for you? He didn't save your life. 1155 01:07:40,828 --> 01:07:41,829 Didn't he? 1156 01:07:43,698 --> 01:07:45,332 So you feel like you owe? 1157 01:07:45,600 --> 01:07:47,267 [Tulley chuckles] Absolutely. 1158 01:07:48,302 --> 01:07:50,304 You asked me if I had an agenda. 1159 01:07:50,572 --> 01:07:53,808 It's those people upstairs. 1160 01:07:55,475 --> 01:07:56,678 Now, what about you? 1161 01:08:00,180 --> 01:08:02,314 [Mott] We'd already been out 1162 01:08:02,316 --> 01:08:05,383 but once we tangled 1163 01:08:05,385 --> 01:08:08,322 naturally we got the duty. 1164 01:08:08,556 --> 01:08:11,191 - [Huffman] Duty? - [Mott] Bait, brother. 1165 01:08:11,559 --> 01:08:12,560 Live bait. 1166 01:08:13,595 --> 01:08:15,027 They put us there 1167 01:08:15,029 --> 01:08:19,734 Alpha and Bravo would flank 1168 01:08:20,868 --> 01:08:23,168 Why don't you 1169 01:08:23,170 --> 01:08:24,839 He wrote 1170 01:08:25,372 --> 01:08:27,508 He's the sage of 1171 01:08:28,175 --> 01:08:29,443 We've all been there 1172 01:08:30,845 --> 01:08:32,612 If there's anyone who knows 1173 01:08:32,614 --> 01:08:33,848 it's Kepper. 1174 01:08:40,521 --> 01:08:43,891 I found this. May the second, 1966. 1175 01:08:44,358 --> 01:08:47,562 Interview with Mr. Kurtz. 1176 01:08:48,462 --> 01:08:50,632 Ex-pat, Sergeant Chauncey Kepper. 1177 01:08:51,365 --> 01:08:52,865 He wrote the after-action report. 1178 01:08:52,867 --> 01:08:53,868 [Huffman] Apparently. 1179 01:08:54,936 --> 01:08:56,434 What I can't understand is why nobody from the DOD 1180 01:08:56,436 --> 01:08:57,337 ever talked to him. 1181 01:08:57,939 --> 01:09:01,141 Southeast Asia is supposed to be beautiful. 1182 01:09:39,446 --> 01:09:40,581 [boy] Down that way. 1183 01:09:41,248 --> 01:09:42,482 - Over there. - Okay. 1184 01:09:59,366 --> 01:10:00,434 [Kepper] Ahoy there. 1185 01:10:12,046 --> 01:10:13,915 [birds chirping] 1186 01:10:20,555 --> 01:10:21,823 You pray, Mr. Huffman? 1187 01:10:22,790 --> 01:10:23,825 [Huffman] Not really. 1188 01:10:24,458 --> 01:10:26,828 I didn't either. I prayed that day. 1189 01:10:27,862 --> 01:10:29,262 Prayed for a miracle... 1190 01:10:29,864 --> 01:10:32,365 and one came. His name is Pits. 1191 01:10:33,034 --> 01:10:34,033 - [explosions] - [Pits] We're gonna 1192 01:10:34,035 --> 01:10:36,604 get you home, huh? You're gonna go back home? 1193 01:10:37,038 --> 01:10:39,572 Man, you're gonna have one hell of a scar 1194 01:10:39,574 --> 01:10:40,808 - by the end of summer. - [screams] 1195 01:10:41,509 --> 01:10:43,374 She's gonna be impressed with this one. 1196 01:10:43,376 --> 01:10:44,677 [gunshots] 1197 01:10:44,679 --> 01:10:46,848 All right, I got some pain relief coming up. 1198 01:10:48,082 --> 01:10:50,551 All right, hold tight, bud. Hold tight. 1199 01:10:51,418 --> 01:10:53,686 There you go, buddy. There you go. 1200 01:10:53,688 --> 01:10:54,722 [explosion] 1201 01:10:56,323 --> 01:10:59,390 - [gunshots continue] - [soldier] One, two, three. 1202 01:10:59,392 --> 01:11:01,428 [helicopter whirring] 1203 01:11:04,932 --> 01:11:06,466 [Tulley] Pits, come on! 1204 01:11:13,541 --> 01:11:16,544 - Come on! - All right, buddy. Here we go. 1205 01:11:20,380 --> 01:11:21,749 Okay. Let's go! 1206 01:11:29,657 --> 01:11:30,725 [explosion] 1207 01:11:36,898 --> 01:11:39,466 [indistinct shouting] 1208 01:11:50,878 --> 01:11:52,312 Come on! 1209 01:11:53,714 --> 01:11:55,482 Pits, let's go! 1210 01:12:29,984 --> 01:12:31,085 [sighs] 1211 01:12:32,987 --> 01:12:36,891 That after-action report that you wrote on the battle. 1212 01:12:39,160 --> 01:12:40,595 A lot of it is missing. 1213 01:12:40,928 --> 01:12:42,395 Everything that I wrote 1214 01:12:42,897 --> 01:12:45,933 went up the Saigon chimney 32 years ago, brother. 1215 01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,134 Look, I... I talked to a lot of the guys 1216 01:12:49,136 --> 01:12:50,671 in Charlie Company and... 1217 01:12:52,206 --> 01:12:55,408 no one seems to know. I mean, who even thought up 1218 01:12:55,710 --> 01:12:57,678 Operation Abilene in the first place? 1219 01:12:57,979 --> 01:13:00,480 Company CO, Mad Matty Holt. 1220 01:13:03,150 --> 01:13:05,452 - Madison Holt? - Colonel. 1221 01:13:05,820 --> 01:13:07,822 He's a big shot in Washington now, I think. 1222 01:13:13,794 --> 01:13:15,897 [Huffman] Yeah, Senator Holt. 1223 01:13:17,865 --> 01:13:19,934 Maybe gonna be Secretary of Defense one day. 1224 01:13:23,470 --> 01:13:24,639 He was a good CO. 1225 01:13:25,840 --> 01:13:28,408 It was a very bad day. 1226 01:13:28,876 --> 01:13:30,410 [birds chirping] 1227 01:13:30,745 --> 01:13:32,613 So why do these vets come here to see you? 1228 01:13:32,980 --> 01:13:34,849 [Kepper] Why they come here is none of my business. 1229 01:13:35,850 --> 01:13:36,984 Well, what do you do here? 1230 01:13:38,152 --> 01:13:40,721 [Kepper] I live, I love, and listen. 1231 01:13:41,122 --> 01:13:42,621 - So you listen to them? - Yeah. 1232 01:13:42,623 --> 01:13:43,925 - To the vets. - Uh-huh. 1233 01:13:44,992 --> 01:13:47,662 Try to rewrite their story, help 'em. 1234 01:13:48,495 --> 01:13:49,764 [Huffman] You can't change their past. 1235 01:13:49,964 --> 01:13:52,099 [Kepper] But you can change your perspective. 1236 01:13:52,767 --> 01:13:55,036 You can create new memories, 1237 01:13:55,636 --> 01:13:58,039 happy memories, even in a sad place. 1238 01:14:02,076 --> 01:14:03,077 It's choices. 1239 01:14:04,845 --> 01:14:06,479 Our guys come through here, 1240 01:14:07,148 --> 01:14:09,515 people think the war is who those men are. 1241 01:14:09,517 --> 01:14:10,952 It's not. It's what happened to 'em. 1242 01:14:12,053 --> 01:14:13,220 And it's just wonderful to, 1243 01:14:13,921 --> 01:14:15,556 kind of, go through stuff with 'em. 1244 01:14:15,756 --> 01:14:16,956 [birds chirping] 1245 01:14:16,958 --> 01:14:19,126 Hey, I wanna show you something. 1246 01:14:20,094 --> 01:14:20,995 Shh. 1247 01:14:28,202 --> 01:14:29,904 [birds chirping] 1248 01:14:43,985 --> 01:14:45,152 [Huffman] This is incredible. 1249 01:14:48,155 --> 01:14:50,758 I never brought anyone who didn't feel happy here. 1250 01:14:51,258 --> 01:14:52,827 [chuckles] 1251 01:14:54,261 --> 01:14:55,596 [Huffman] You did all this? 1252 01:14:56,564 --> 01:14:57,565 [Kepper] Yep. 1253 01:14:59,233 --> 01:15:01,168 [sighs] You know where we are? 1254 01:15:03,270 --> 01:15:04,605 Uh... 1255 01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:06,841 No. 1256 01:15:07,808 --> 01:15:09,043 This is where he came down. 1257 01:15:09,810 --> 01:15:10,811 Pits. 1258 01:15:12,313 --> 01:15:13,781 I thought I saw an angel. 1259 01:15:15,583 --> 01:15:18,986 And there he was right in front of me, all clean and pressed. 1260 01:15:19,787 --> 01:15:21,522 Air Force. [scoffs] 1261 01:15:22,957 --> 01:15:24,091 This is Abilene. 1262 01:15:24,925 --> 01:15:26,627 - Here? - Right here... 1263 01:15:27,228 --> 01:15:28,295 under your feet. 1264 01:15:30,297 --> 01:15:31,766 But now it's Avalon. 1265 01:15:32,933 --> 01:15:33,934 Avalon. 1266 01:15:35,836 --> 01:15:36,971 Avalon. 1267 01:15:38,773 --> 01:15:40,274 Now, how can that be possible... 1268 01:15:41,308 --> 01:15:43,644 to have those two things in the same place? 1269 01:15:45,713 --> 01:15:48,182 [exhales] Just stay here for a while... 1270 01:15:49,350 --> 01:15:50,684 and breathe. 1271 01:15:52,620 --> 01:15:53,721 [exhales] 1272 01:16:37,098 --> 01:16:38,299 [sighs] 1273 01:16:39,867 --> 01:16:40,868 Let it go. 1274 01:16:42,670 --> 01:16:45,739 [sobs] 1275 01:17:15,402 --> 01:17:18,939 [Kepper] The veterans hold something for all of us. 1276 01:17:20,074 --> 01:17:23,344 They take the shame of war, denial... 1277 01:17:26,780 --> 01:17:27,781 anger. 1278 01:17:28,883 --> 01:17:32,786 They just come here so somebody'll listen to them. 1279 01:17:33,888 --> 01:17:35,487 That's why medals are so important. 1280 01:17:35,489 --> 01:17:38,392 It helps... It helps bring us together, 1281 01:17:39,126 --> 01:17:40,361 tell stories. 1282 01:17:41,795 --> 01:17:43,063 I'm... I'm just a witness. 1283 01:17:44,165 --> 01:17:45,699 You're a witness, too. 1284 01:17:50,437 --> 01:17:52,373 The Vietnamese love 1285 01:17:53,374 --> 01:17:55,209 It's symbolic for letting go... 1286 01:17:56,243 --> 01:17:58,312 and if you have something that you... 1287 01:17:59,747 --> 01:18:01,115 You wanna leave here... 1288 01:18:02,216 --> 01:18:03,784 something you brought with you... 1289 01:18:04,752 --> 01:18:06,954 you don't want to take back... 1290 01:18:08,889 --> 01:18:10,191 well, just let go. 1291 01:18:37,885 --> 01:18:41,789 - They're coming! - [gunshots] 1292 01:18:44,058 --> 01:18:45,092 [soldier] Let's go! 1293 01:18:46,427 --> 01:18:47,328 [explosion] 1294 01:18:49,163 --> 01:18:50,862 I'm on the hook with Red Leg. 1295 01:18:50,864 --> 01:18:52,231 Tell them to drop it on top of us. 1296 01:18:52,233 --> 01:18:54,099 Charlie Six, emergency fire mission. 1297 01:18:54,101 --> 01:18:55,135 [groans] 1298 01:18:56,270 --> 01:18:58,804 - [Quaid] Call them in now! - [Allison] Damage. Damage. 1299 01:18:58,806 --> 01:19:01,006 Charlie Six, emergency fire mission. 1300 01:19:01,008 --> 01:19:03,210 - Quebec Tango 633. - [gunshots] 1301 01:19:03,877 --> 01:19:05,012 [groans] 1302 01:19:05,279 --> 01:19:06,180 [explosion] 1303 01:19:06,947 --> 01:19:08,182 [groaning] 1304 01:19:10,217 --> 01:19:12,417 [Allison] Damage, damage. Charlie Six. 1305 01:19:12,419 --> 01:19:15,854 Emergency fire mission. Quebec Tango 633. 1306 01:19:15,856 --> 01:19:18,392 This is Broken Arrow. We are being overrun. 1307 01:19:19,093 --> 01:19:20,494 [Pits] Hold this. Keep pressure on it. 1308 01:19:21,028 --> 01:19:22,461 Somebody's still out there! 1309 01:19:22,463 --> 01:19:24,865 [soldier] I need a tourniquet, I'm bleeding out. 1310 01:19:26,033 --> 01:19:27,468 I need you to do me a favor. 1311 01:19:28,369 --> 01:19:30,002 I need to get this to someone. 1312 01:19:30,004 --> 01:19:31,870 - No. - [Pits] Please? 1313 01:19:31,872 --> 01:19:33,508 - No. - It's a stamp. 1314 01:19:35,242 --> 01:19:36,908 I'll hold onto it till you get back. 1315 01:19:36,910 --> 01:19:38,377 - Okay. - [gunshots] 1316 01:19:38,379 --> 01:19:39,880 [bullets whistling] 1317 01:19:41,849 --> 01:19:43,017 What are you doing, man? 1318 01:19:44,084 --> 01:19:46,186 [Pits] You've done enough, brother. You be still. 1319 01:20:00,367 --> 01:20:03,902 [Takoda] Pits came down, 1320 01:20:03,904 --> 01:20:07,474 fought, died alongside men 1321 01:20:09,577 --> 01:20:11,078 [Kepper] You pray, Mr. Huffman? 1322 01:20:12,279 --> 01:20:15,115 I prayed that day. 1323 01:20:16,551 --> 01:20:18,852 [Burr] I ain't never seen 1324 01:20:19,053 --> 01:20:20,454 [Pits] Coming out! 1325 01:20:22,356 --> 01:20:23,355 [Burr] That little matter sucked 1326 01:20:23,357 --> 01:20:25,359 all the whoop-ass right out 1327 01:20:26,393 --> 01:20:28,095 Understand 1328 01:20:32,132 --> 01:20:33,065 [gunshots] 1329 01:20:33,067 --> 01:20:35,169 [Mott] All this hellfire coming in. 1330 01:20:35,670 --> 01:20:37,071 To him it was like... 1331 01:20:38,673 --> 01:20:40,107 nothing could hurt him. 1332 01:20:41,509 --> 01:20:43,977 He was there to save lives 1333 01:20:45,012 --> 01:20:46,046 [groans] 1334 01:20:47,114 --> 01:20:48,146 Who knows how many guys 1335 01:20:48,148 --> 01:20:49,216 around alive today 1336 01:20:50,084 --> 01:20:51,251 what he done. 1337 01:20:53,588 --> 01:20:55,255 When he didn't come back... 1338 01:20:58,225 --> 01:21:01,095 I felt like the best part of me 1339 01:21:04,064 --> 01:21:06,400 I still think about it, 'cause... [chuckles] 1340 01:21:07,502 --> 01:21:09,571 ...if anybody deserved 1341 01:21:10,337 --> 01:21:11,438 it was him. 1342 01:21:17,311 --> 01:21:18,445 Make yourself at home. 1343 01:21:20,180 --> 01:21:21,649 You know, I could have you arrested. 1344 01:21:23,050 --> 01:21:26,920 Senator Madison Holt, formerly Colonel Madison Holt. 1345 01:21:27,121 --> 01:21:29,955 First Infantry Division, the Big Red One. 1346 01:21:29,957 --> 01:21:32,124 The senator's distinguished military career 1347 01:21:32,126 --> 01:21:35,427 is a matter of public record. It's undisputed. 1348 01:21:35,429 --> 01:21:38,397 - I bought the book, Carl. - Yeah? Did you read it, 1349 01:21:38,399 --> 01:21:40,298 or did you just look at the pictures? 1350 01:21:40,300 --> 01:21:41,734 Holt was part of the brass 1351 01:21:41,736 --> 01:21:43,404 that cooked up Operation Abilene. 1352 01:21:44,371 --> 01:21:48,608 You're not really suggesting that Holt ordered an NVA ambush? 1353 01:21:48,610 --> 01:21:51,009 I'm suggesting that it'd be pretty convenient for you 1354 01:21:51,011 --> 01:21:52,212 to keep that off the record... 1355 01:21:52,580 --> 01:21:54,246 [chuckles] ...which is why you put me on it, 1356 01:21:54,248 --> 01:21:56,316 because you knew I'd dump it. 1357 01:21:57,519 --> 01:21:59,585 You know, Holt's gonna be Secretary of Defense someday, 1358 01:21:59,587 --> 01:22:00,988 maybe even president. 1359 01:22:01,422 --> 01:22:02,557 You had the comm... 1360 01:22:03,424 --> 01:22:05,959 Command endorsements all this time. 1361 01:22:09,229 --> 01:22:10,264 I'm taking them. 1362 01:22:11,398 --> 01:22:13,601 Have you ever been the subject of opposition research? 1363 01:22:14,636 --> 01:22:16,301 'Cause if you even twitch on this, 1364 01:22:16,303 --> 01:22:18,272 I will have them on you like spray paint. 1365 01:22:18,706 --> 01:22:21,039 You'll never get another mortgage, passport, 1366 01:22:21,041 --> 01:22:24,344 or Sam's Club membership card 1367 01:22:25,446 --> 01:22:27,515 let alone a political appointment. 1368 01:22:30,484 --> 01:22:31,653 But I'm not worried about all that. 1369 01:22:33,053 --> 01:22:35,420 - Why not? - Because it's not in your nature 1370 01:22:35,422 --> 01:22:37,088 to spit in the face of a man 1371 01:22:37,090 --> 01:22:39,126 who could just as easily make you. 1372 01:22:39,493 --> 01:22:40,660 [Huffman] What's my nature? 1373 01:22:40,662 --> 01:22:42,996 Climb, prosper, expand the gene pool, 1374 01:22:43,197 --> 01:22:44,398 just like the rest of us. 1375 01:22:45,399 --> 01:22:46,400 I'd appreciate it 1376 01:22:47,502 --> 01:22:49,637 if you'd leave the place the way you found it, and... 1377 01:22:50,638 --> 01:22:54,676 don't forget, we got squash, Wednesday. 1378 01:23:02,517 --> 01:23:03,585 [Pits] Jenny, 1379 01:23:04,652 --> 01:23:06,218 sometimes it's difficult 1380 01:23:06,220 --> 01:23:07,488 why we've been sent here, 1381 01:23:08,222 --> 01:23:10,224 or to explain what happens. 1382 01:23:11,091 --> 01:23:11,992 I only have a minute, 1383 01:23:13,060 --> 01:23:14,259 since we got a call 1384 01:23:14,261 --> 01:23:16,363 near Xa Cam My, 1385 01:23:17,364 --> 01:23:18,499 You know, Jenny, 1386 01:23:19,233 --> 01:23:21,401 the only thing I fear of dying 1387 01:23:21,636 --> 01:23:23,605 is that dreams 1388 01:23:24,471 --> 01:23:27,441 that death is dark and still 1389 01:23:28,242 --> 01:23:30,410 and endless 1390 01:23:32,379 --> 01:23:34,081 But sometimes I think, Jen, 1391 01:23:34,616 --> 01:23:37,050 maybe it is this place 1392 01:23:37,552 --> 01:23:39,787 safe and warm in your bed, 1393 01:23:40,287 --> 01:23:42,322 the morning light streaming in. 1394 01:23:45,392 --> 01:23:47,494 But if it is the thunder here 1395 01:23:47,829 --> 01:23:50,330 and if this letter 1396 01:23:51,265 --> 01:23:53,166 then know that I am never far. 1397 01:23:54,536 --> 01:23:57,168 Take care of Mom 1398 01:23:57,170 --> 01:23:59,641 because he'll take this 1399 01:24:00,642 --> 01:24:03,578 Tell them I'm sorry 1400 01:24:04,378 --> 01:24:06,246 but that I am sure 1401 01:24:06,648 --> 01:24:08,716 and in the words 1402 01:24:09,651 --> 01:24:13,320 these things we do 1403 01:24:14,321 --> 01:24:15,389 Bill. 1404 01:24:20,728 --> 01:24:21,896 [congressman] You have an impeccable record. 1405 01:24:23,665 --> 01:24:26,233 The secretary has given you his highest recommendation. 1406 01:24:27,167 --> 01:24:28,168 Thank you, sir. 1407 01:24:29,369 --> 01:24:30,805 So why do you think you'd be effective in this position? 1408 01:24:32,439 --> 01:24:35,577 Well, I'm connected, 1409 01:24:36,476 --> 01:24:38,746 ambitious, persuasive... 1410 01:24:40,347 --> 01:24:41,547 not afraid to make enemies, 1411 01:24:41,549 --> 01:24:43,751 and I want this job more than anybody. 1412 01:24:45,218 --> 01:24:48,088 At least that's what I would have said a month ago. 1413 01:24:48,556 --> 01:24:49,557 Okay. 1414 01:24:50,792 --> 01:24:51,793 And today? 1415 01:24:54,194 --> 01:24:55,329 Today I'm... 1416 01:24:56,798 --> 01:24:58,131 just unavailable. 1417 01:25:01,703 --> 01:25:03,805 [indistinct chatter] 1418 01:25:06,908 --> 01:25:08,141 [Mott] Air Force? 1419 01:25:09,677 --> 01:25:10,745 Yeah. 1420 01:25:12,446 --> 01:25:14,214 I'm sorry about your buddy, man. 1421 01:25:16,784 --> 01:25:18,151 [sobbing] I'm so sorry. 1422 01:25:43,377 --> 01:25:45,813 [Tulley] The whole time 1423 01:25:47,347 --> 01:25:50,283 his feet and his hands... 1424 01:25:56,223 --> 01:25:57,592 I didn't feel anything. 1425 01:25:58,860 --> 01:25:59,661 Nothing. 1426 01:26:01,395 --> 01:26:03,296 That's when I knew I'd been there... 1427 01:26:03,998 --> 01:26:05,298 too long. 1428 01:26:06,968 --> 01:26:08,402 I shipped him back... 1429 01:26:09,469 --> 01:26:12,406 and I finished my tour and I got on with my life. 1430 01:26:16,644 --> 01:26:17,645 Did you? 1431 01:26:18,579 --> 01:26:19,614 Did I what? 1432 01:26:20,380 --> 01:26:21,716 Get on with your life? 1433 01:26:23,518 --> 01:26:24,585 I'm standing here. 1434 01:26:27,955 --> 01:26:29,189 You know... 1435 01:26:30,525 --> 01:26:31,793 when I was five years old... 1436 01:26:33,661 --> 01:26:36,529 I watched my father pack up his things in his car 1437 01:26:36,531 --> 01:26:39,266 and leave my mother and me. 1438 01:26:41,468 --> 01:26:42,537 I was so afraid. 1439 01:26:44,438 --> 01:26:45,573 It hurt so much. 1440 01:26:47,775 --> 01:26:50,678 I ran out to the driveway, and I... 1441 01:26:52,279 --> 01:26:56,751 shoved my hand in the car door as he slammed it shut. 1442 01:26:58,385 --> 01:27:00,019 I thought that if he saw I was injured 1443 01:27:00,021 --> 01:27:01,723 and really hurt, then he would... 1444 01:27:02,657 --> 01:27:03,758 have to take me to the hospital 1445 01:27:04,992 --> 01:27:07,829 and the doctor would tell him to stay and take care of me. 1446 01:27:10,998 --> 01:27:12,432 But he just drove away. 1447 01:27:15,402 --> 01:27:17,970 I chased his car down the street, 1448 01:27:17,972 --> 01:27:19,640 my hand all mangled, and... 1449 01:27:22,043 --> 01:27:24,846 till my mother scooped me up. 1450 01:27:29,951 --> 01:27:31,819 Ah. You were marked. 1451 01:27:33,921 --> 01:27:35,255 Just like you. 1452 01:27:39,527 --> 01:27:43,396 What happened to you on April 11th, 1966? 1453 01:27:44,498 --> 01:27:45,600 My friend died. 1454 01:27:46,567 --> 01:27:47,869 What happened to you? 1455 01:27:50,104 --> 01:27:52,472 - I told you. - It's okay. 1456 01:27:53,608 --> 01:27:54,609 It's not okay. 1457 01:27:55,009 --> 01:27:56,976 - Just... - Nothing about it is okay. 1458 01:27:56,978 --> 01:27:58,579 Just tell me. 1459 01:27:58,846 --> 01:28:01,281 What is it? What... What was it? What happened? 1460 01:28:02,683 --> 01:28:06,986 He died. He got killed. He got shot in the head. 1461 01:28:06,988 --> 01:28:11,023 - And the... Well, that's war. - Right, right, it was war. 1462 01:28:11,025 --> 01:28:13,793 So how long are you going to punish yourself? 1463 01:28:13,795 --> 01:28:17,062 - Punish myself? - What was the thing you did? 1464 01:28:17,064 --> 01:28:18,633 - What'd I do? - Yeah. 1465 01:28:18,966 --> 01:28:20,533 Just tell me, what was the thing you did? 1466 01:28:20,535 --> 01:28:22,968 - No, you stop it. - It's okay to talk about it. 1467 01:28:22,970 --> 01:28:25,573 - You better stop it, man. - Just say it. 1468 01:28:26,507 --> 01:28:27,508 Say what? 1469 01:28:28,709 --> 01:28:31,579 He knew it was dangerous. I told him... 1470 01:28:32,479 --> 01:28:33,848 to be goddamn careful... 1471 01:28:34,782 --> 01:28:35,983 And? What? 1472 01:28:36,617 --> 01:28:38,984 No, no, no, no, no. I'm not doing this. 1473 01:28:38,986 --> 01:28:41,022 - Doing what? - Doing this. 1474 01:28:42,523 --> 01:28:44,790 I told him to come back up, 1475 01:28:44,792 --> 01:28:46,994 get back on the wire, get back in the ship. 1476 01:28:47,460 --> 01:28:49,595 He didn't do that. Why didn't he do that, 1477 01:28:49,597 --> 01:28:50,565 get back in the ship? 1478 01:28:51,599 --> 01:28:52,665 Because he couldn't. Because people needed him. 1479 01:28:52,667 --> 01:28:54,500 Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? 1480 01:28:54,502 --> 01:28:56,604 Well, fuck you and... 1481 01:28:59,173 --> 01:29:00,641 [sobs] Oh, God. 1482 01:29:06,914 --> 01:29:08,448 [sobs] 1483 01:29:09,984 --> 01:29:11,584 It's gotta hurt to be mad at him. 1484 01:29:11,586 --> 01:29:12,854 [sobs] Yeah. 1485 01:29:14,088 --> 01:29:15,756 What else happened to you, Tom? 1486 01:29:16,090 --> 01:29:18,926 [sobbing, panting] I... [sobbing] I stayed in the bird 1487 01:29:19,694 --> 01:29:22,730 and I... I... I didn't go down. I... 1488 01:29:23,998 --> 01:29:25,766 I was relieved. I... 1489 01:29:26,466 --> 01:29:28,970 I stayed, you know, where it was safe. 1490 01:29:31,806 --> 01:29:33,107 God, when I found him... 1491 01:29:34,976 --> 01:29:36,010 I was... 1492 01:29:36,944 --> 01:29:38,746 [sobs] 1493 01:29:39,113 --> 01:29:40,581 ...I was glad... 1494 01:29:43,117 --> 01:29:46,886 that it wasn't me, that I didn't wanna be dead, 1495 01:29:46,888 --> 01:29:48,689 I... I was alive and it... 1496 01:29:49,657 --> 01:29:51,025 [sobs] 1497 01:29:51,726 --> 01:29:53,626 - ...it felt good. - You did feel something. 1498 01:29:53,628 --> 01:29:55,529 Yeah, I felt ashamed! 1499 01:30:02,536 --> 01:30:04,038 You're not a coward, Tom. 1500 01:30:07,575 --> 01:30:08,809 You're a hero. 1501 01:30:12,079 --> 01:30:13,581 - Deal with that. - [grunts] 1502 01:30:16,884 --> 01:30:17,919 Just let me... 1503 01:30:19,120 --> 01:30:20,888 Let me have it for a while. Come on. 1504 01:30:29,997 --> 01:30:31,098 [Tulley sniffs] 1505 01:30:37,772 --> 01:30:40,942 [Tulley] Do you know what I want? [sobs] 1506 01:30:41,776 --> 01:30:42,944 I do. 1507 01:30:45,913 --> 01:30:49,517 I want some grace. I want some serenity. 1508 01:30:49,951 --> 01:30:52,720 I want my country to honor my brother 1509 01:30:52,954 --> 01:30:54,655 before his parents. 1510 01:30:56,724 --> 01:30:59,527 I want my friend, 1511 01:31:01,696 --> 01:31:06,100 I want his father to leave this place in peace. 1512 01:31:11,238 --> 01:31:12,540 [sighs] 1513 01:31:14,909 --> 01:31:16,043 [sighs] 1514 01:31:30,992 --> 01:31:32,725 [secretary] Can I get you anything else, Senator? 1515 01:31:32,727 --> 01:31:34,660 - No, thanks, hon. - You can put it on my number. 1516 01:31:34,662 --> 01:31:35,995 - [secretary] Okay. - [Huffman] Gentlemen. 1517 01:31:35,997 --> 01:31:37,031 Hey, Carl. 1518 01:31:37,565 --> 01:31:38,599 [Tulley] Colonel. 1519 01:31:39,200 --> 01:31:41,535 - Do I know you? - I should hope so. 1520 01:31:42,069 --> 01:31:43,902 [Huffman] Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley. 1521 01:31:43,904 --> 01:31:46,705 38th Rescue Squadron, Operation Abilene. 1522 01:31:46,707 --> 01:31:48,340 Uh, you want to speak to the senator, 1523 01:31:48,342 --> 01:31:50,544 - you go through channels. - [Holt] It's all right, Carl. 1524 01:31:50,978 --> 01:31:52,246 I'll talk to these men. 1525 01:31:53,247 --> 01:31:56,615 Sir, this is a 1966 routing memo 1526 01:31:56,617 --> 01:31:58,884 between you and General Hackmeyer 1527 01:31:58,886 --> 01:32:00,753 downgrading the William H. Pitsenbarger 1528 01:32:00,755 --> 01:32:01,822 Medal of Honor request 1529 01:32:02,923 --> 01:32:05,624 to an Air Force Cross, dated on October 7th, 1966. 1530 01:32:05,626 --> 01:32:07,092 Guys, you wanna give us a second? 1531 01:32:07,094 --> 01:32:08,029 Go ahead. 1532 01:32:11,799 --> 01:32:12,867 Have a seat. 1533 01:32:15,603 --> 01:32:16,871 [Tulley] We have an opportunity 1534 01:32:17,605 --> 01:32:20,708 to upgrade the Cross to the Medal of Honor. 1535 01:32:21,675 --> 01:32:25,112 To cut through the bullshit, we need a congressional sponsor. 1536 01:32:25,379 --> 01:32:27,146 [Huffman] Mr. Stanton doesn't think you'd favor 1537 01:32:27,148 --> 01:32:29,148 the publicity of being associated 1538 01:32:29,150 --> 01:32:31,185 with Operation Abilene during an election year. 1539 01:32:31,385 --> 01:32:33,587 You have no idea what you're starting. 1540 01:32:34,121 --> 01:32:35,754 I think I do, Carl. 1541 01:32:35,756 --> 01:32:36,690 [Dictaphone beeps] 1542 01:32:38,192 --> 01:32:39,258 [Stanton] Have you ever been 1543 01:32:39,260 --> 01:32:40,194 the subject 1544 01:32:41,028 --> 01:32:42,661 'Cause if you even twitch 1545 01:32:42,663 --> 01:32:45,266 I will have them on you 1546 01:32:46,333 --> 01:32:50,035 Information was removed from the original package 1547 01:32:50,037 --> 01:32:52,738 to disqualify the decorations board's review 1548 01:32:52,740 --> 01:32:54,640 for congressional reapplication. 1549 01:32:54,642 --> 01:32:56,310 We have since recovered those documents. 1550 01:32:57,011 --> 01:32:58,644 This... This, Senator, this... 1551 01:32:58,646 --> 01:33:00,245 This communiqué is simply a response 1552 01:33:00,247 --> 01:33:02,347 to the colonel's MOH request 1553 01:33:02,349 --> 01:33:05,818 saying that the Air Force Cross was awarded instead. 1554 01:33:05,820 --> 01:33:08,087 It's pretty open to interpretation. 1555 01:33:08,089 --> 01:33:11,323 You are under no obligation to respond to any of this. 1556 01:33:11,325 --> 01:33:13,994 [Tulley] If you sent it up the chain, 1557 01:33:14,728 --> 01:33:16,130 why didn't he get it then? 1558 01:33:17,865 --> 01:33:19,133 Honestly, I don't know. 1559 01:33:19,867 --> 01:33:22,770 Maybe it fell through the cracks somewhere. 1560 01:33:23,170 --> 01:33:25,904 Maybe MACV didn't wanna call too much attention 1561 01:33:25,906 --> 01:33:28,142 to one of the bloodiest days of the war. 1562 01:33:28,976 --> 01:33:32,311 Or maybe I just didn't fight hard enough 1563 01:33:32,313 --> 01:33:34,113 to get this man what he deserves. 1564 01:33:34,115 --> 01:33:37,850 Senator, your political enemies will take full advantage 1565 01:33:37,852 --> 01:33:40,119 of any admission of wrongdoing. 1566 01:33:40,121 --> 01:33:42,754 Your military judgement will be called into question. 1567 01:33:42,756 --> 01:33:44,790 They'll try and hold you to the Medina standard. 1568 01:33:44,792 --> 01:33:46,760 He's right, sir. They might. 1569 01:33:50,030 --> 01:33:51,198 What happened on... 1570 01:33:52,900 --> 01:33:54,001 Operation Abilene, 1571 01:33:55,035 --> 01:33:56,237 one of the darkest days 1572 01:33:57,238 --> 01:33:58,405 You're hurt, Lieutenant. 1573 01:33:59,340 --> 01:34:00,708 Why are you still here? 1574 01:34:02,176 --> 01:34:04,345 I won't leave till you have all my wounded. 1575 01:34:06,247 --> 01:34:07,248 [sighs] 1576 01:34:08,916 --> 01:34:09,950 What happened here? 1577 01:34:12,019 --> 01:34:13,986 You marched us right into a kill sack 1578 01:34:13,988 --> 01:34:15,990 with no idea how we was gonna get out. 1579 01:34:17,291 --> 01:34:18,991 That's what happened here. 1580 01:34:18,993 --> 01:34:22,863 [Burr] Can somebody explain this to me? [sobbing] 1581 01:34:23,831 --> 01:34:26,967 Can somebody explain this to me? 1582 01:34:28,169 --> 01:34:29,336 You tell me. 1583 01:34:30,639 --> 01:34:32,137 [Holt] Hell, I think we all died 1584 01:34:32,139 --> 01:34:33,240 [Burr] You tell me! 1585 01:34:34,308 --> 01:34:36,977 Mistakes were made. This is probably one of 'em. 1586 01:34:37,444 --> 01:34:40,078 We went to see General Hackmeyer at the VA. 1587 01:34:40,080 --> 01:34:41,849 He verifies your story, sir. 1588 01:34:42,082 --> 01:34:45,518 Senator, please, it's my job to protect you. 1589 01:34:45,520 --> 01:34:48,289 - Protect me from what, Carl? - From everything. 1590 01:34:52,527 --> 01:34:55,062 Usually we're judged by what we do. 1591 01:34:56,964 --> 01:34:59,099 But I find that what we don't do... 1592 01:34:59,900 --> 01:35:00,801 is what haunts us. 1593 01:35:02,036 --> 01:35:03,137 Here's the plan. 1594 01:35:04,338 --> 01:35:07,908 We're gonna roll the dice. We're gonna go with the truth. 1595 01:35:09,143 --> 01:35:12,880 No matter how uncommon or uncomfortable that may be. 1596 01:35:13,380 --> 01:35:17,849 Mr. Chairman, I refer you to S2549, 1597 01:35:17,851 --> 01:35:22,223 Page 44, Title 5, Military Personnel Policy, 1598 01:35:22,890 --> 01:35:25,991 - Subtitle E, Other Matters. - Yes? 1599 01:35:25,993 --> 01:35:29,361 [Holt] This amendment authorizes a posthumous Medal of Honor 1600 01:35:29,363 --> 01:35:32,933 for Air Force Staff Sergeant William H. Pitsenbarger... 1601 01:35:34,001 --> 01:35:37,236 for conspicuous gallantry in action in Vietnam, 1602 01:35:37,238 --> 01:35:40,540 11 April 1966, during Operation Abilene. 1603 01:35:40,542 --> 01:35:42,343 Mr. Chairman, point of order. 1604 01:35:43,077 --> 01:35:44,111 The chair recognizes 1605 01:35:45,179 --> 01:35:46,380 the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina. 1606 01:35:47,616 --> 01:35:49,948 The rules of this committee prohibit authorization language 1607 01:35:49,950 --> 01:35:52,284 to be included in this Appropriations Bill. 1608 01:35:52,286 --> 01:35:53,252 Will the chair yield? 1609 01:35:53,254 --> 01:35:55,887 Chair apologizes to the gentleman from Ohio, 1610 01:35:55,889 --> 01:35:57,422 but this committee has much business 1611 01:35:57,424 --> 01:35:59,358 before it today and so we must move on. 1612 01:35:59,360 --> 01:36:00,427 - [gavel bangs] - [Holt] Mr. Chairman, 1613 01:36:01,696 --> 01:36:02,394 - I sincerely appreciate that... - [ranking member] Mr. Chairman. 1614 01:36:02,396 --> 01:36:04,863 ...but it should be obvious 1615 01:36:04,865 --> 01:36:05,764 that there is absolutely nothing in this amendment... 1616 01:36:05,766 --> 01:36:08,400 Uh, the Vietnam War was over long ago. 1617 01:36:08,402 --> 01:36:11,338 - I know that, Bob. I was there. - Maybe you should take a rest. 1618 01:36:12,439 --> 01:36:14,973 - Stop kicking that dead horse. - [gavel bangs] 1619 01:36:14,975 --> 01:36:16,308 Gentlemen, this is a point of order. 1620 01:36:16,310 --> 01:36:17,878 I'm sorry. We must move on. 1621 01:36:19,146 --> 01:36:21,148 The Chair recognizes the lady from Florida. 1622 01:36:21,348 --> 01:36:23,150 [woman] Oh, yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. 1623 01:36:26,153 --> 01:36:28,020 Senator, what the hell happened in there? 1624 01:36:28,022 --> 01:36:29,121 The distinguished gentleman 1625 01:36:29,123 --> 01:36:30,489 from North Carolina shut us down. 1626 01:36:30,491 --> 01:36:32,527 - That's what the hell happened. - Just like that? 1627 01:36:32,993 --> 01:36:34,493 Look, it's payback. 1628 01:36:34,495 --> 01:36:37,162 I harpooned a tobacco subsidy at his last session. 1629 01:36:37,164 --> 01:36:39,398 Unfortunately, he's ranking member, 1630 01:36:39,400 --> 01:36:41,302 so there's not a lot I can do about it. 1631 01:36:42,136 --> 01:36:43,335 But I promise you, 1632 01:36:43,337 --> 01:36:46,407 I will get this in next year's bill. 1633 01:36:46,608 --> 01:36:48,006 Hopefully by that time, 1634 01:36:48,008 --> 01:36:49,441 the distinguished gentleman will be dead. 1635 01:36:49,443 --> 01:36:51,209 So will Pitsenbarger's father. 1636 01:36:51,211 --> 01:36:53,247 - What? - He's dying, sir. 1637 01:36:55,149 --> 01:36:58,352 Ah, Jesus. I didn't know about that. I'm sorry. 1638 01:36:59,186 --> 01:37:02,389 - I'm truly sorry. - [indistinct chatter] 1639 01:37:07,261 --> 01:37:08,495 [Tara] So that's it? 1640 01:37:09,664 --> 01:37:11,531 [Huffman] Unless you got a 1641 01:37:11,533 --> 01:37:14,335 to horse-trade with the senator from North Carolina. 1642 01:37:15,537 --> 01:37:16,970 What about those men? 1643 01:37:19,273 --> 01:37:20,207 What about Pits? 1644 01:37:22,042 --> 01:37:24,311 Holt says he'll get it on the bill next year. 1645 01:37:27,448 --> 01:37:28,583 And Frank? 1646 01:37:31,985 --> 01:37:34,355 I can't cure cancer, Tara. 1647 01:37:37,458 --> 01:37:40,461 If I push this any harder, I really will end my career. 1648 01:37:47,234 --> 01:37:49,470 - It's interesting. - What? 1649 01:37:50,672 --> 01:37:52,204 In 12 years, 1650 01:37:52,206 --> 01:37:55,342 I have never seen you back off of anything. 1651 01:37:56,578 --> 01:37:57,878 I'm scared. 1652 01:38:08,055 --> 01:38:10,391 Fear is good. 1653 01:38:11,291 --> 01:38:13,360 Fear is a survival instinct. 1654 01:38:14,696 --> 01:38:17,231 You're supposed to be afraid. 1655 01:38:19,299 --> 01:38:20,467 Use it. 1656 01:38:30,377 --> 01:38:32,210 [Peters] You turned down a significant 1657 01:38:32,212 --> 01:38:34,214 career opportunity to finish this. 1658 01:38:36,651 --> 01:38:39,317 You figure out why four-star generals 1659 01:38:39,319 --> 01:38:41,019 and presidents would trade legacies 1660 01:38:41,021 --> 01:38:42,256 for a medal? 1661 01:38:46,026 --> 01:38:48,360 Because they know that guys like Pitsenbarger 1662 01:38:48,362 --> 01:38:50,164 don't do what they do for them. 1663 01:38:52,332 --> 01:38:53,635 They do it for each other. 1664 01:38:55,169 --> 01:38:56,437 A life for a life. 1665 01:38:57,539 --> 01:38:58,706 That's big stuff. 1666 01:39:02,109 --> 01:39:04,011 There are worse things that can happen to a man 1667 01:39:04,244 --> 01:39:06,280 than getting killed in a war. 1668 01:39:06,480 --> 01:39:07,515 Like? 1669 01:39:07,715 --> 01:39:10,050 Like losing men, 1670 01:39:10,552 --> 01:39:11,719 losing a child, 1671 01:39:12,620 --> 01:39:13,621 a father... 1672 01:39:14,556 --> 01:39:15,590 having to live with that. 1673 01:39:18,292 --> 01:39:20,595 You think a piece of ribbon is gonna change that? 1674 01:39:30,404 --> 01:39:32,105 I'm gonna go public with the story. 1675 01:39:33,240 --> 01:39:34,308 I'm gonna name names. 1676 01:39:36,076 --> 01:39:37,510 Shaming Appropriations 1677 01:39:37,512 --> 01:39:39,344 in front of the Washington press corps 1678 01:39:39,346 --> 01:39:41,547 on the eve of a national election 1679 01:39:41,549 --> 01:39:44,316 sounds a little dangerous. 1680 01:39:44,318 --> 01:39:46,487 [chuckles] Yeah. 1681 01:39:47,722 --> 01:39:49,189 But it'll be great television. 1682 01:39:53,427 --> 01:39:54,361 Well done. 1683 01:39:55,329 --> 01:39:56,330 Thank you 1684 01:39:57,765 --> 01:39:58,831 - [door opens] - [Mary] Mr. Huffman, 1685 01:39:58,833 --> 01:40:00,365 I'm Mary, 1686 01:40:00,367 --> 01:40:01,767 We're gonna put a wire on you. 1687 01:40:01,769 --> 01:40:03,603 - Okay. - We have you on split screens, 1688 01:40:03,605 --> 01:40:05,270 so the anchors are gonna be able to hear you, 1689 01:40:05,272 --> 01:40:06,839 but they're not gonna be able to see you. 1690 01:40:06,841 --> 01:40:08,576 - Okay. - All right, come with me. 1691 01:40:13,581 --> 01:40:15,148 Dad, are you nervous? 1692 01:40:16,116 --> 01:40:18,485 I am. But I'm not afraid. 1693 01:40:25,325 --> 01:40:26,291 [woman] All set. 1694 01:40:26,293 --> 01:40:27,492 [reporter] In an unusual move today, 1695 01:40:27,494 --> 01:40:29,695 a member of the Department 1696 01:40:29,697 --> 01:40:31,463 a gentleman named 1697 01:40:31,465 --> 01:40:32,598 went before cameras 1698 01:40:32,600 --> 01:40:35,501 to accuse high-ranking senators 1699 01:40:35,503 --> 01:40:38,303 of playing political football 1700 01:40:38,305 --> 01:40:39,739 [reporter 2] ...long-awaited HR Defense 1701 01:40:39,741 --> 01:40:42,407 Appropriations Bill, 1702 01:40:42,409 --> 01:40:44,577 when a Pentagon staffer 1703 01:40:44,579 --> 01:40:46,579 ...the bill, including a recommendation 1704 01:40:46,581 --> 01:40:50,248 for a posthumous Medal of Honor for William H. Pitsenbarger 1705 01:40:50,250 --> 01:40:51,684 is now heading to the Oval Office, 1706 01:40:51,686 --> 01:40:53,318 - and President Clinton... - [cameras clicking] 1707 01:40:53,320 --> 01:40:55,055 ...is expected to sign 1708 01:40:56,423 --> 01:40:58,191 [indistinct chatter] 1709 01:41:03,798 --> 01:41:05,430 [reporter] An airman 1710 01:41:05,432 --> 01:41:07,633 will be awarded 1711 01:41:07,635 --> 01:41:09,301 for his service in Vietnam. 1712 01:41:09,303 --> 01:41:10,302 He gave his country 1713 01:41:10,304 --> 01:41:11,839 what Abraham Lincoln 1714 01:41:12,406 --> 01:41:14,576 - "The last full measure." - [indistinct chatter] 1715 01:41:24,251 --> 01:41:25,417 I'll be right back. 1716 01:41:25,419 --> 01:41:26,621 [breaks hissing] 1717 01:41:37,264 --> 01:41:38,332 [Huffman chuckles] Hey. 1718 01:41:40,835 --> 01:41:42,436 It's good to see you, man. 1719 01:41:42,670 --> 01:41:43,871 It's good to be here. 1720 01:41:46,507 --> 01:41:48,610 So... [sighs] ...the, uh... 1721 01:41:50,177 --> 01:41:51,579 lady in red, behind me... 1722 01:41:53,413 --> 01:41:54,749 she's, um... 1723 01:41:55,850 --> 01:41:57,752 the address on this letter. 1724 01:42:06,561 --> 01:42:07,829 [indistinct chatter] 1725 01:42:22,476 --> 01:42:25,345 Bill gave me this. He asked me to give it to you. 1726 01:42:30,250 --> 01:42:31,786 I'm sorry it took so long. 1727 01:42:38,893 --> 01:42:39,927 Thank you. 1728 01:42:41,461 --> 01:42:42,530 [sobs] 1729 01:42:43,531 --> 01:42:44,532 Thank you. 1730 01:42:55,843 --> 01:42:59,279 [Peters] Amid the gloom 1731 01:42:59,747 --> 01:43:02,550 we occasionally witness 1732 01:43:03,618 --> 01:43:06,319 brilliant flash 1733 01:43:06,554 --> 01:43:10,257 so radiant it becomes impossible to ignore. 1734 01:43:10,658 --> 01:43:15,027 Such is the heroism of William Hart Pitsenbarger, 1735 01:43:15,029 --> 01:43:17,899 who was moved by higher angels of duty, 1736 01:43:18,465 --> 01:43:20,733 courage and sacrifice 1737 01:43:20,735 --> 01:43:23,602 to make, on behalf of men he did not know 1738 01:43:23,604 --> 01:43:26,672 and a nation that until now did not know his story, 1739 01:43:26,674 --> 01:43:29,777 the most supreme sacrifice. 1740 01:43:31,478 --> 01:43:33,380 Frank, Alice... 1741 01:43:34,414 --> 01:43:37,451 on behalf of the President of the United States of America, 1742 01:43:38,052 --> 01:43:41,589 in the name of Congress, for conspicuous gallantry, 1743 01:43:41,989 --> 01:43:44,692 extreme valor and intrepidity, 1744 01:43:45,492 --> 01:43:47,026 at the risk of his own life, 1745 01:43:47,028 --> 01:43:49,697 above and beyond the call of duty, 1746 01:43:50,464 --> 01:43:51,899 I award the Medal of Honor 1747 01:43:52,299 --> 01:43:56,436 to Airman First Class William Hart Pitsenbarger. 1748 01:43:56,771 --> 01:43:59,006 [applause] 1749 01:44:30,337 --> 01:44:33,739 [clears throat] Uh, now, this... This isn't in your program, 1750 01:44:33,741 --> 01:44:37,310 but if you could give me just a moment more of your time. 1751 01:44:39,547 --> 01:44:42,550 I'd like to recognize some guys 1752 01:44:43,483 --> 01:44:45,520 who are gonna hate me for doing it. 1753 01:44:47,121 --> 01:44:48,721 Now, we have with us today 1754 01:44:48,723 --> 01:44:50,992 some of the veterans of Operation Abilene, 1755 01:44:52,593 --> 01:44:56,063 Charlie Company, second of the 16th Infantry. 1756 01:44:56,764 --> 01:44:58,798 Now, these men were the witnesses 1757 01:44:58,800 --> 01:45:00,733 to Bill Pitsenbarger's heroism 1758 01:45:00,735 --> 01:45:05,740 and they've worked and worked for 32 years... 1759 01:45:07,108 --> 01:45:08,843 to see this day come. 1760 01:45:13,014 --> 01:45:14,882 Would you honor us, please, 1761 01:45:15,516 --> 01:45:18,586 by standing and being recognized? 1762 01:45:42,143 --> 01:45:44,111 And would the airmen of Pits's unit, 1763 01:45:44,712 --> 01:45:47,445 the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, 1764 01:45:47,447 --> 01:45:49,050 also please stand? 1765 01:45:50,885 --> 01:45:55,623 And any other PJs from Vietnam, would you rise? 1766 01:45:58,159 --> 01:46:00,926 If there are any other US veterans here today, 1767 01:46:00,928 --> 01:46:02,495 will you please stand? 1768 01:46:07,001 --> 01:46:09,467 If there are wives or parents here, 1769 01:46:09,469 --> 01:46:10,370 would you stand? 1770 01:46:14,441 --> 01:46:16,508 And any children or grandchildren, 1771 01:46:16,510 --> 01:46:17,645 would you join us? 1772 01:46:19,213 --> 01:46:21,213 And any other friends or family, 1773 01:46:21,215 --> 01:46:24,984 anyone who has been touched or moved in any way 1774 01:46:24,986 --> 01:46:28,587 by the actions of this Medal of Honor recipient, 1775 01:46:28,589 --> 01:46:31,058 would you also stand? 1776 01:46:39,200 --> 01:46:40,433 Look around. 1777 01:46:42,169 --> 01:46:47,440 This is the power of what one person can do. 1778 01:46:52,113 --> 01:46:55,049 [cheering and applause] 1779 01:47:50,004 --> 01:47:51,105 Thank you, son. 1780 01:48:00,648 --> 01:48:01,949 So you don't forget us. 1781 01:48:04,285 --> 01:48:05,619 Thank you. 1782 01:48:27,241 --> 01:48:28,976 - Daddy! - [Huffman chuckling] 1783 01:48:29,643 --> 01:48:30,644 Hey, little man. 1784 01:48:31,612 --> 01:48:33,214 - [Luke] I'm glad we got to come. - Ah, me too. 1785 01:48:34,148 --> 01:48:35,583 Where's your mom? 1786 01:48:38,886 --> 01:48:40,588 Looking good in that uniform, Jimmy. 1787 01:48:42,990 --> 01:48:44,258 This is my son, Luke. 1788 01:48:46,160 --> 01:48:48,293 - Nice to meet you, soldier. - [Luke chuckling] 1789 01:48:48,295 --> 01:48:49,563 [Burr chuckling] 1790 01:48:51,232 --> 01:48:52,700 I wanted to say... 1791 01:48:54,869 --> 01:48:56,270 I wanted to say thank you. 1792 01:48:59,140 --> 01:49:00,775 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 1793 01:49:02,209 --> 01:49:03,077 You're welcome, Jimmy. 1794 01:49:05,713 --> 01:49:07,882 But you really don't have to call me sir. 1795 01:49:09,116 --> 01:49:10,117 Sure I do. 1796 01:49:11,252 --> 01:49:12,319 Why's that? 1797 01:49:14,789 --> 01:49:16,090 You earned it, sir. 1798 01:49:17,992 --> 01:49:21,796 Ah, you take care, now, 'cause it's a jungle out there. 1799 01:49:32,239 --> 01:49:33,340 [sighs] 1800 01:49:35,643 --> 01:49:36,677 What's your name? 1801 01:49:37,211 --> 01:49:39,113 - Luke. - [Tulley] I'm Tommy. 1802 01:49:42,183 --> 01:49:44,618 Early on, you said... 1803 01:49:45,753 --> 01:49:47,621 there was nothing in this for you. 1804 01:49:57,731 --> 01:49:58,699 [Huffman chuckles] 1805 01:51:51,045 --> 01:51:53,178 On April 11, 1966, 1806 01:51:53,180 --> 01:51:54,815 when we took off on that mission... 1807 01:51:56,050 --> 01:51:57,149 Pits made a statement. 1808 01:51:57,151 --> 01:51:58,485 He got on the hot mic and he said, 1809 01:51:59,320 --> 01:52:00,219 "Boy, Captain," he said, 1810 01:52:00,221 --> 01:52:02,089 "I don't feel good about this mission." 1811 01:52:02,456 --> 01:52:05,090 They were prepared for us, they knew we were coming. 1812 01:52:05,092 --> 01:52:09,795 They were in, uh, ground holes, in trees and on the ground, 1813 01:52:09,797 --> 01:52:11,296 and, uh, as we walked, 1814 01:52:11,298 --> 01:52:13,334 they just simply closed the back door. 1815 01:52:15,869 --> 01:52:17,869 So they started calling us 1816 01:52:17,871 --> 01:52:19,338 to help them get out the wounded. 1817 01:52:19,340 --> 01:52:21,273 And Pits said, "Let me... Put me on the ground, 1818 01:52:21,275 --> 01:52:23,143 I can organize this much better." 1819 01:52:23,377 --> 01:52:25,045 I said, "I don't wanna lose you, Pits. 1820 01:52:25,580 --> 01:52:27,580 And it's hotter than hell down there because the war 1821 01:52:27,582 --> 01:52:29,582 and the firefights going on all the time. 1822 01:52:29,584 --> 01:52:30,784 You can hear the stuff." 1823 01:52:31,185 --> 01:52:32,186 So down he went. 1824 01:52:33,320 --> 01:52:35,454 My initial thought on seeing him rappelling out of, uh, 1825 01:52:35,456 --> 01:52:37,389 uh, coming out of the helicopter, I'm thinking, 1826 01:52:37,391 --> 01:52:38,924 "What in the hell is this guy thinking 1827 01:52:38,926 --> 01:52:40,127 coming down here?" 1828 01:52:41,563 --> 01:52:42,528 There's not a one of us 1829 01:52:42,530 --> 01:52:44,530 that wouldn't have left there if we could. 1830 01:52:44,532 --> 01:52:45,931 And the only guy that could leave 1831 01:52:45,933 --> 01:52:47,301 was Pitsenbarger, and he didn't. 1832 01:52:47,968 --> 01:52:50,838 Marty Kroah was on the ground and he sent for me, 1833 01:52:51,238 --> 01:52:52,239 because, um... 1834 01:52:53,575 --> 01:52:56,277 he said, "I want somebody to know what Pits did, 1835 01:52:56,611 --> 01:52:59,013 so that it gets reported back, in case I die." 1836 01:52:59,280 --> 01:53:01,549 At that time Marty had been shot five times. 1837 01:53:02,082 --> 01:53:03,917 When we found out the next morning... 1838 01:53:04,885 --> 01:53:06,954 that he had been killed, it was just... 1839 01:53:13,260 --> 01:53:15,029 It was a sad time for everybody. 1840 01:53:18,566 --> 01:53:20,535 To me, uh, this is one of the most, 1841 01:53:21,201 --> 01:53:23,969 uh, important things I did as Secretary of the Air Force. 1842 01:53:23,971 --> 01:53:26,038 Well, it should have been handled by itself. 1843 01:53:26,040 --> 01:53:27,308 It was just a fundamental wrong. 1844 01:53:27,509 --> 01:53:28,974 It was wrong to Bill Pitsenbarger, 1845 01:53:28,976 --> 01:53:29,910 it was wrong to his family. 1846 01:53:30,811 --> 01:53:32,079 Wrong to the airmen who supported him. 1847 01:53:32,313 --> 01:53:33,178 When you think about it, 1848 01:53:33,180 --> 01:53:35,447 uh, it is extraordinary to have people 1849 01:53:35,449 --> 01:53:38,185 who worked for 30 years to get this done. 1850 01:53:38,520 --> 01:53:40,886 I mean, these are people who had their own lives, 1851 01:53:40,888 --> 01:53:42,856 wives, children, grandchildren, 1852 01:53:43,123 --> 01:53:44,657 and this was a passion for them, 1853 01:53:44,659 --> 01:53:46,460 and I just thought that was extraordinary. 1854 01:53:46,927 --> 01:53:50,397 And I just... I felt... And... And I owed it to Pits, 1855 01:53:50,898 --> 01:53:53,065 and I wouldn't... And not just myself, 1856 01:53:53,067 --> 01:53:54,536 there's other people who feel the same way, 1857 01:53:55,035 --> 01:53:57,938 basically, our whole crew. We owe it to him. 1858 01:53:59,940 --> 01:54:02,307 Bill's blood is mixed with ours forever. 1859 01:54:02,309 --> 01:54:04,011 He... He is our brother. 1860 01:54:06,615 --> 01:54:11,615 Subtitles by explosiveskull www.OpenSubtitles.org