1:05:14
I'm sorry.
1:05:40
Fred! Goddamn it, I want
that murdering bastard arrested!
1:05:43
Look, I just came back
from la Draug...
1:05:45
where four companies of men
ran into the North Vietnamese army.
1:05:48
We lost 230 men.
1:05:50
So don't come here telling me
about one corrupt ARVN colonel.
1:05:54
Two-hundred and thirty?
1:05:56
It's all over in the boonies.
I want you back here in Saigon.
1:05:58
Workin' here.
1:06:00
You know the locals.
Get together your own squads...
1:06:04
and clean out these villages.
1:06:07
I'll give you
all the authority you want.
1:06:12
Excuse me, gentlemen.
I need a shower.
1:06:18
Our casualties in Vietnam
in a single week...
1:06:22
have exceeded the average
weekly rate of dead and wounded...
1:06:24
in the Korean War.
1:06:26
240 Americans killed,
470 wounded.
1:06:32
Most of these casualties were suffered
in the battle of la Draug Valley.
1:06:36
The United States
is indeed at war--
1:06:38
a full-dress war
against a formidable enemy.
1:06:44
Vann threw himself into the war effort
with a passion few others could muster.
1:06:49
He ran pacification programs...
1:06:51
mobilized his allies
among the South Vietnamese forces...
1:06:55
coordinated American support...
1:06:57
and still found time
to bombard friends and foes alike...