1:19:02
Their platoon sergeant. That's you.
1:19:05
You know, I guess I ought to be real
thankful to you for pointing that out.
1:19:11
Why don't you just face it?
1:19:13
What story you wanna hear?
I got a lot.
1:19:16
You wanna hear a story about a boy
I once loved? Like a son?
1:19:21
Well, here's one. A boy I never knew.
1:19:25
Until he was begging me
to stop the pain.
1:19:29
Then he saw the parts
no longer in him...
1:19:32
...and he begged me to push
them back inside.
1:19:35
The last thing he begged me was to
find his daughter someday, in Ohio...
1:19:41
...and tell her the last thing
he thought of was her dance recital.
1:19:46
She was blond, his daughter,
and she was 5.
1:19:53
And she was real, real beautiful in
her dance costume.
1:20:01
I don't suppose there's any guys
you saved? Any of those stories?
1:20:07
Called compromise,
you do what you can.
1:20:10
Compromise is fine if it works!
Lying to yourself isn't.
1:20:14
Listen!
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If I knew as much as you do about life
and what a fella's born to be...
1:20:21
...I'd be one hell of a man, huh?
Just like you, son.
1:20:43
Fifty-five miles south,
1st Cavalry troopers...
1:20:47
...made their helicopter assault
on the coastal plain.
1:20:51
And from the moment they
landed, they were in a fight.
1:20:54
The 1st Cavalry assault was called
Operation Masher, here...
1:20:59
...near a place called Lang Son
the enemy chose to...