:49:01
Doctor sent me on leave.
:49:02
He'll contact the Red Cross,
get me out-processed. . .
:49:06
. . .so I don't have to come back.
:49:08
Good, Miter. Glad to hear
you're nuts, man.
:49:14
-Best of luck, Miter.
-Thanks, Paxton.
:49:16
-Miter.
-Take care, Johnson.
:49:23
Thanks again, Bozz.
:49:28
-So long.
BOZZ: Go be a butcher, Miter!
:49:30
-Try not to get shot, hear?
-Don't let your meat loaf, man.
:49:41
(PAXTON CHUCKLES)
:49:42
Yeah, fuck you.
:49:53
-Private Bozz, reporting as ordered.
-At ease.
:49:56
So you're the new platoon
guide for 2nd Platoon?
:49:59
Yes, sir.
:50:00
The fucking world is full
of fucking surprises.
:50:03
It wasn't your plan to wear
sergeant's stripes. . .
:50:06
. . .a week away from
Tigerland in a war.
:50:08
I don't know, sir. The idea
crossed my mind now and again.
:50:12
I just didn't think it would
all be so pitiful sad.
:50:20
Been looking over your 201 .
:50:22
You're a Texas boy.
:50:25
Couple run-ins with the law.
A year in state college.
:50:28
Dropout, worked construction.
:50:30
-Get drafted?
-Yes, sir.
:50:32
-Why didn't you stay in school?
-Maybe I needed some trouble, sir.
:50:37
Well, you got it.
:50:39
You also got responsibility.
You got a platoon to run.
:50:43
The company's like the bad end of a
shit storm. Your platoon's the worst.
:50:47
-Thank you, sir.
-That's not a compliment, smart-ass.
:50:53
I don't want any more calls
from battalion. . .
:50:55
. . .asking me why this troopie needs
a hardship discharge. . .
:50:58
. . .and that troopie needs
some kind of a mental wet nurse.