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DAY 1
- January 27th
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Landing at Nguying gulf is
the largest naval operation
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ever undertaken in the Pacific.
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Over a quarter of million
troops came ashore,
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ready for the final push
into the Philippines.
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I was the Stanford crutch
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with service to the RTC.
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I wasn't interested in
making career of a soldier.
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I just wanted to do my
part and go home to my wife.
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I was a captain of the
6th Ranger Battalion.
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My commanding officer was
lieutenant colonel Henry Mucci.
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You still in this Hamilton?
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I'm thinking about it colonel.
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What are you thinking
about, you're already lost.
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You want me to take my hat
off, to show you a better look?
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No colonel, I don't want you to...
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West Point graduate, Mucci was one of
the most terrific men I've ever met.
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He took on what seem
to many a hopeless task.
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The job of turning group
of raw untested recruits
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into a new unit of elite soldiers.
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Originally signed to handle less talk,
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they were mostly farmy hands
from small towns and rural areas.
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with no combat experience.
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Sergeant.
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Have you seen colonel Mucci?
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Yes sir, he's in there playing poker.
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You don't wanna interrupt
him, I think he's losing.
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Lt. Foley get me a new deck
of cards, I suppose I'm lucky.
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Every time you stick that pipe in your
mouth colonel, I just know you're in trouble.
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Colonel. Look at this.
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D'you have any idea who that is?
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Yes sir.
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Corporal on the guard!
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Yes sir!
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Aliteri,
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find out who the cowboy is.
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Yes sir.