Objective, Burma!
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But you're my friend, ain't you?
Don't let me freeze.

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If I stick, they'll kick me out, you hear?
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Miggleori...
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I ever tell you about the time
I froze in the door in Fort Benning?

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- You, sir?
- Sure. Oh, boy.

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I think it was about my fourth
or fifth jump.

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Anyway, about five minutes
before it was time to go...

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I felt myself starting to get the shakes.
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I got up to the door,
I wanted to go and I couldn't.

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I froze just like a cigar-store Indian.
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There I was, like that, looking down.
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My brain kept saying to me,
"Go on. Jump, will you? Jump!"

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Couldn't do it.
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Finally, I got so sore at myself,
I said to myself:

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"If you don't jump,
when I get you back on the ground...

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"I'll drill a hole right through you.
Understand?"

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I guess I got so scared
at the idea of shooting myself...

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I jumped in self-defense.
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Take it easy. Everybody gets
a little nervous in the service.

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Have a cigarette. Would you like
a nice, stiff shot of bourbon?

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- Yes, sir!
- So would I.

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Ten minutes!
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Ten minutes more, sir.
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Stand up.
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Hook up.
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- Williams.
- Yeah? Excuse me, please.

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I know you're an old hand at this...
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but just to refresh your memory
here's what you do.

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You hook this on up here, like that.
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- You hang on to it till you leave the plane.
- Yeah.

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When I say, "Stand in the door,"
you get in line behind me.

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- When I go, you go. You got it?
- Yeah, I got it.

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That's about all there is to it.
Step out with your right foot first...

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like you're reaching for a bar rail.
Your static line will do the rest.

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It'll open your chute for you.
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When you get near the ground,
keep your knees and feet close together.


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