:48:02
He was new,
kind of quiet.
:48:04
We didn't talk much
to new guys.
:48:08
He was 19,
is that right?
:48:10
That's right, 19.
:48:12
Only son?
:48:13
Yes, sir.
My only boy.
:48:15
I think he said
he was married
:48:18
and you were pregnant?
:48:22
I remember
the day he was killed.
:48:25
Uh... it was a strange day.
:48:29
We were out on patrol
near a beach area...
:48:33
and, oh,
it was very confusing.
:48:36
There was screaming
and firing.
:48:38
Uh...
:48:42
It was getting late,
:48:43
and there were
these children, uh...
:48:49
these babies...
:48:52
that we killed
by mistake.
:48:56
How awful.
:48:59
And then it...
:49:01
got really crazy.
:49:05
And we had to pull back
:49:07
because the NVA
were coming up on us.
:49:12
And we got scattered
in the dunes.
:49:15
People were yelling
at anything,
:49:16
firing at anything.
:49:19
And that was when it--
it happened.
:49:23
I was, uh, confused...
:49:25
scared.
:49:33
I raised my rifle
three times...
:49:40
and... shots...
:49:47
The body fell
in the dunes.
:49:52
God, this is--
:49:53
this is very difficult
for me to say.
:49:56
We don't have
to hear this, Ron.
:49:58
But I think I was the one
that killed your son.