Transcript: (3x14) Dead Man Tales

From Bravo 3/44th

Directed by: Bradford May

Written by: Robert Bielak

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[01.42] Formation

HOCKENBURY: It’s kinda unusual isn’t it, formation in the middle of the day? I wonder what the old man wants.

PERCELL(?): I bet it’s got somethin’ to do with that big battle.

PERCELL(?): I understand they might be givin’ Sarge the DSC.

HOCKENBURY: The DSC. That’s the Distinguished Service Cross man, that’s almost like the Medal of Honor.

RUIZ: I hear all you guys are getting medals.

HOCKENBURY: Yeah, well the way I figure it y’all deserve it. Anybody who survived that battle ought to get a medal and get sent back home.

PERCELL: Now you’re talkin’.

TAYLOR: Maybe we should get two medals.

[02.12] Sorry group of soldiers

DUNCAN: Troops – Ten’hut! Stand at ease!

STRINGER: This could be the sorriest group of soldiers I’ve ever had the displeasure of commanding. When I gave you three day passes it was in recognition for your bravery at the patrol based battle. It was to let you blow off a little steam after the horror and anxiety of that battle. It was not an excuse to behave like animals. You may think that because those buildings are bars and whorehouses, you somehow have the right to brawl and break things to your hearts content. Well I’m here to tell you that you do not have that right. The damage and destruction will be cleaned up. Restitution will be made. And you will start acting like soldiers again or you will pay the price. Major Duncan dismiss the troops.

DUNCAN: Yes Sir. Troop, attenti……..

[03.25] Sniper strikes

DUNCAN: Oh God

STRINGER: Shoot him! Shoot that S-O-B.

SENTRY: I can’t see anything.

STRINGER: I don’t give a damn. Spray the tree line. I want that sniper dead.

STRINGER: Moralis (sp?) Get me artillery, I want that sector blown to hell. Get me gunships and get the damn Air Force on the horn, I want them on standby.

MORALIS: Yes Sir.

STRINGER: I want all platoon leaders and company commanders to put their men on alter. Meet me in the ??? in zero-five.

[04.13] Bring me his head

STRINGER: Lieutenant Goldman, I want your men blocking here. We’ll ??? through the sector and either blow him to pieces or chase him into your waiting arms.

GOLDMAN: Colonel, that’s cutting it a little close.

STRINGER: Captain Moralis will be co-ordinating the artillery – there shouldn’t be any problems.

GOLDMAN: Well Sir….

STRINGER: I don’t want arguments Lieutenant, I want results. A damn major in the United States Army nailed by some underfed, underarmed, piss-??? gook. You’d better bring me his head.

[04.32] Tough break for Duncan

RUIZ: Tough break for Duncan. Everybody out there’s like a ???

HOCKENBURY: Yeah, it’s rough man. I heard he has a wife, two kids.

PERCELL: I wonder how much money the army’s spendin’ tryin’ to get that sucker.

RUIZ: Thousands. Listen to all that artillery they’re capping off.

HOCKENBURY: Try many thousands. Those 105’s, couple of hundred bucks a pop. They’ve been running three batteries for half an hour.

BELL: I hear they’re scrambling gunships.

TAYLOR: That’s right on kid. Those ??? put out thirty six hundred rounds per minute. An’ those rockets don’t come cheap either.

PERCELL: One dink shoots one major with one twelve cent bullet – the army spends a million dollars tryin’ to get him.

HOCKENBURY: Maybe that’s how they plan on winnin’ this war. Gonna drive us all into bankruptcy.

GRINER: One man would have better luck tracking himself.

PERCELL: Ain’t like trackin’ deer through the woods Griner. These guys shoot back.

GRINER: I know that.

TAYLOR: You so good Griner, why ain’t you out there

ANDERSON: Yo Bell, where are you boy?

GRINER: Nobody asked me.

BELL: Right here.

[05.44] Good news Bell

ANDERSON: Alright Bell, good news. You’re gonna sit this one out. Sister Bernadette needs some help moving the orphanage to the new building. You’re the help – along with Doc Hockenbury there.

HOCKENBURY: What about the mission?

ANDERSON: Well now Doc, there are other medics in the unit besides you. Think we can go on the mission without you. Don’t you?

[06.00] Don't wanna be left behind

BELL: Sarge! Sarge! Can I talk to you for a minute?

ANDERSON: Talk.

BELL: In private.

ANDERSON: Talk.

BELL: Sarge, I don’t wanna stay behind.

ANDERSON: Ah, no way I’m gonna have a fifteen year old kid get wasted on one of my missions now. LT an’ I talked to Colonel Stringer, with any luck at all Bell, you’re gonna be out of the army in two or three weeks.

BELL: Sarge I don’t wanna leave the army. I’m happy here.

ANDERSON: Now you’ve already proved yourself Bell. You’re a man. You’re a brave man. Now go on home an’ be a boy for a while. Hell, you’ve only got a couple of years to do that. Once you’re an adult, you’re an adult forever.

BELL: No Sarge, I got no home to go to.

ANDERSON: Okay sometimes it gets rough with your parents but…..

BELL: No—no. No, no you don’t understand. I don’t have a family.

ANDERSON: Oh come on Bell, I saw your file. You may have lied about being seventeen but somebody had to fill out your enlistment papers…

BELL: Sarge all I had to do was give some wino five bucks to fill out those papers. I got no mama, I got no daddy.

ANDERSON: Boy, somebody raised you.

BELL: You must mean Uncle Eddie then. First thing I can remember is waking up and finding some greasy faced hobo looking down on me. Scared me to death. Then one day, I guess I must’ve been about ten or twelve, I woke up an’ he was gone, he never came back. Sarge, this is the only family I got an’ you can bet it’s the best one. I got a roof over my head, I got three meals a day an’ that’s all I’m ever gonna want.

ANDERSON: I’ll talk to the LT. Now I ain’t promisin’ you nothin’. I’ll talk to the LT. Now get on back over there with Doc Hockenbury – stay out of people’s way. Go on.

BELL: Thanks Sarge.

[07.37] Big World out there

HOCKENBURY: I don’t know kid. Sarge an’ LT are tryin’ to get you out of the army – you’re tryin’ to stay in the army. I’m a little bit worried about your sanity.

BELL: It’s not that I don’t appreciate what they’re doin’. It’s just that I really don’t wanna leave the army.

HOCKENBURY: It’s a big world out there Eddie Bell.

BELL: Don’t I know it.

[08.21] Trying to help

SISTER BERNADETTE: Lieutenant McKay on a mission today?

HOCKENBURY: He sends his regards an’ he says he’s gonna try an’ stop by an’ see you tomorrow.

???: Sister

SISTER BERNADETTE: Tres bien. What do you think?

HOCKENBURY: Perfect, absolutely perfect. Hey! Hey, put that down. Where do you think you’re goin’ with this?

TIEN LY: Inside. I was trying to help you.

SISTER BERNADETTE: This is Tien Ly. She is the daughter of the man who is letting us use the building.

[08.49] Checkpoint Rainbow

GOLDMAN: Papa Bear Three, this is Baby Bear Six. We’ve reached Checkpoint Rainbow. Negative contact with the enemy. Over.

MORALIS: Roger Six. Barrage will lift in zero-one mikes – get ready to roll. Over.

ANDERSON: LT, we’ve got movement on the trail.

GOLDMAN: Papa Bear we may have something. We’re gonna investigate and advise. This is Baby Bear out. Let’s go.

GOLDMAN: Okay, let’s see …….

GOLDMAN: Where the hell did they……..

GOLDMAN: Pull back!

[10.07] Gunship support

GOLDMAN: Radio! Papa Bear Three, this is Baby Bear Six. Over.

MORALIS: Go Six.

GOLDMAN: Papa Bear, we’re taking small arms fire. Request gunship support ??? four-zero-zero-two-seven-niner. Over

MORALIS: Roger. Will relay that to Red Rider. Over.

MCKAY: Baby Bear Six, this is Goldilocks One. Responding two clicks Echo your Checkpoint Rainbow. I can give you some machine gun support if you like before the (snakes?) come in. Over.

GOLDMAN: That’s affirmative Goldilocks. Your target will be estimated ??? fifty meters November red smoke. Over.

MCKAY: Okay guys stay alter, we’re going in. Ya-hoo.

ANDERSON:  ??? machine ten o’clock, get down.

[11.02] Give it to 'em boys

MCKAY: I copy your red smoke Six. Will commence firing this November. Over.

GOLDMAN: Affirmative Goldilocks.

MCKAY: Okay, give it to ‘em boys. Look for the red smoke.

???: They’re pullin’ back, let’s go.

[11.46] Friendly fire

MCKAY:  ??? heavy stuff. Hold on. Am taking evasion action.

GOLDMAN: Radio! Radio! Cease fire! McKay, cease fire! You’re hitting the wrong guys.

MCKAY: Cease fire ???

GOLDMAN: Come on, let’s go.

[12.23] Back at base

[12.45] What happened McKay

STRINGER: Three killed. Three wounded. From friendly fire. I wanna know what the hell happened out there.

MCKAY: Sir, Lieutenant Goldman’s men made contact with the enemy and asked for fire support. I was closest to their position so I thought I’d give ‘em a hand until the gunships got there. I instructed my door gunners to fire north of their smoke Sir.

STRINGER: Then what went wrong?

MCKAY: We encountered heavy fire, I took evasive action. One of my door gunners stopped firing, the other one didn’t.

STRINGER: Isn’t it SOP to stop firing during evasive action?

MCKAY: Yes Sir. He’s new, Sir.

STRINGER: That is no excuse. Wasn’t he given some kind of training?

MCKAY: Actually Sir, I requested it but I was told there wasn’t enough time. I guess everything over here’s on-the-job training Sir.

STRINGER: Can Lieutenant Goldman corroborate your story?

MCKAY: Yes Sir.

STRINGER: Then consider yourself grounded until I can talk to him. There will undoubtedly be an inquiry.

MCKAY: Yes Sir. Sir, it’s my ship, my door gunner – I take full responsibility.

STRINGER: You’re damn right you do.

[13.52] Hot dogging chopper jocks

???: This shouldn’t happen man. It shoulda never have happened. Damn chopper jocks! Always hot-dogging.

MCKAY: Hey pal, nobody was doin’ any hot-dogging.

???: Stay out of this. What do you know about it?

MCKAY: I was the one flying that chopper, alright?

???: You happy with your work glory boy?

MCKAY: Hey, you watch your mouth.

???: Let me at him – let me at the ???

MCKAY: We were coming to save your tail.

???: Nobody asked for you. We called for gunships. You came to hog the glory an’ three good buddies are shot to hell.

???: Back off—back off. Slow it down. It’s over alright, c’mon.

[14.40] Waste is the right word

HOCKENBURY: Hey! Y’all, what is this man? Six of our guys shot by our own guns.

TAYLOR: Believe it Doc. Three KIA wasted.

PERCELL: Waste is the right word too. Bad enough to come half way around the world just to fight in a war nobody cares about let alone get killed by one of your own people.

RUIZ: There it is.

HOCKENBURY: Um—I’m gonna catch up with y’all later.

SHAKEY: My man Taylor!

TAYLOR: Shakey, what’s up man.

SHAKEY/TAYLOR(?): ???

PERCELL: Come on Bell, before we lose you too.

[15.15] Penance for your sins

SHAKEY: Where you headin’ Blood?

TAYLOR: We’re gonna go down to The Happy Time.

SHAKEY: Listen to that cowboy music. What you doin’, penance for your sins?

TAYLOR: After three-three(?), it don’t sound so bad.

SHAKEY: Well you keep runnin’ with your white buddies, you gonna get yourself killed. Heard you almost bought it last week.

TAYLOR: Ten of us there Shakey, white and black.

SHAKEY: Next time bullet could have your name on it. Why don’t you come on down to the Far West?

TAYLOR: Thanks man but I’m gonna hang out with my guys.

SHAKEY: Okay Tommy, it’s your call.

TAYLOR: Look Shakey, I’m getting’ real tired of people callin’ me names okay? I’m no Uncle Tom, dig? Now I don’t know what’s right for you or anybody else – Cody, my buddy Johnson. All I know is what’s right for me. Alright? Now these guys are the only family I have here right now and I’m not ready to break that up. Okay?

[16.06] Tea shop

HOCKENBURY: (Vietnamese) …. Francis Hockenbury. (Vietnamese)

TIEN LY: (Vietnamese)

TIEN LY: Where did you learn Vietnamese?

HOCKENBURY: Couple of girls I know. I can ???

TIEN LY: (Vietnamese)

HOCKENBURY: I don’t know that much, I can tell you that. But I’m willing to learn.

TIEN LY: You would like to buy me drink maybe?

HOCKENBURY: Yes—definitely.

TIEN LY: I’m not a bar girl or a prostitute.

HOCKENBURY: Oh, I’m sorry – I didn’t mean that. I just wanted to, you know, to apologize for earlier when I thought you were stealing those boxes.

TIEN LY: There is no need to apologize. You did not know who I was.

HOCKENBURY: But I’d like to know who you are. Maybe—maybe I could buy you tea. Look, the point is I’d just like to spend some time with you an’ I’d like to do it, you know, right and proper.

TIEN LY: Proper? You mean like meeting my family perhaps at dinner?

HOCKENBURY: Whatever it takes.

TIEN LY: Do you know Vietnamese custom?

HOCKENBURY: Yeah, a little. I got some books back at the camp library.

TIEN LY: Tomorrow night – six o’clock?

HOCKENBURY: Definitely, sure.

TIEN LY: I’ll give you the address and directions.

TIEN LY: There are four in my family.

HOCKENBURY: (Vietnamese)

[18.31] The Happy Time

TAYLOR: Wow – hope y’all ain’t havin’ too much fun.

WAITRESS: There you go.

TAYLOR: I thought this was “The Happy Time”. Sure can’t tell by the look on your faces.

RUIZ: Still talking about the guys that got wasted by McKay’s chopper.

TAYLOR: Where is McKay anyway? Anybody seen him?

PERCELL: No he’s probably layin’ low. Can’t be feelin’ too good right now.

RUIZ: Wasn’t his fault. Was newby’s fault.

PERCELL: Still gotta feel pretty bad Roo, it was his chopper.

TAYLOR: I’ll tell you one thing, the cost of killin’ that sniper’s getting mighty high.

PERCELL: Well he’s a million dollar man Taylor. Helluva way to win a war ain’ it?

RUIZ: Yo, Doc! Come here.

HOCKENBURY: Oh man, this is the sorriest looking bunch I’ve ever seen. Maybe y’all need some more beer, huh? Hey kid, you ought to perk up now. You ought to be celebrating – you’re about to be a civilian again.

BELL: That ain’t nothing to celebrate.

PERCELL: Just ???

HOCKENBURY: Ma’am! Excuse me, can we have six more beers here please.

GRINER: Yeah, I’ll have the same -- I’m just kiddin’.

[20.10] Say something

MCKAY: Aren’t you gonna say something?

GOLDMAN: About what?

MCKAY: Those were your men Goldman. Say something.

GOLDMAN: Well what do you want me to say McKay? That your guys screwed up? Alright, you screwed up. Doesn’t undo it.

MCKAY: How can you sit there and be so damn complacent? Don’t you feel anything?

GOLDMAN: Yes I do. I do. You know, and I know you’re hurting but that’s not gonna bring my guys back is it?

MCKAY: Well I gotta do something.

GOLDMAN: What McKay? What the hell are you gonna do? It’s a war, people make mistakes. Now the best we can hope for is that you’ll be a little more careful the next time you go out.

MCKAY: You sayin’ I wasn’t careful?

GOLDMAN: Alright, you weren’t careful. Is that what you wanted to hear? Does that make you feel any better?

MCKAY: Yes ----- No.

[21.09] 81 bottles of beer

ALL(singing): …..bottles of beer on the wall, if one of those bottles should happen to fall, eighty one bottles of beer on the wall. Eighty one bottles of beer on the wall, eighty one bottles of beer on the wall, if one of those bottles should happen to fall, eighty bottles of beer on the wall ………

RUIZ(?): (Wait ?) (Where’s Bell?)

OTHERS: Bell! Bell!

BELL: Hey, Y’all.

PERCELL: Get your ???

HOCKENBURY: Hey Bell, what’s goin’ on?

PERCELL: Alright now Bell, hey. Listen to me now, we’ve all been drinkin’. You get down from there alright.

BELL:  ??? I’ve been doin’ this stuff all my life.

TAYLOR: Come on Bell, now get down alright.

PERCELL: Do what he says Bell.

BELL: Hey Taylor, you wanna see me do a handstand?

TAYLOR/HOCKENBURY: No – no.

GI’S: Yeah, you can do it.

PERCELL: Shut up!

TAYLOR: Shut up!

HOCKENBURY: Bell!

BELL:  ???

TAYLOR: Bell, get down Bell.

PERCELL: Bell

PERCELL: Bell, talk to me. Doc.

HOCKENBURY: I’m here. He’s dead.

[22.58] Short memory bro

RUIZ: Hard to believe we lost four guys yesterday.

TAYLOR: You’ve got a short memory brother. What about the eight we lost last week.

RUIZ: Yeah, but they died in battle, the way a soldier’s supposed to.

PERCELL: Roo’s got a point. What are they gonna write in Bell’s 201? The man died doin’ a drunken header from the top of a whorehouse on To Do Street.

TAYLOR: You know, maybe it’s a good thing he doesn’t have parents so they don’t have to read that.

PERCELL: How we doin’ this? Notched round does the deed?

TAYLOR: Hey Doc, it’s not too late to get in on this.

HOCKENBURY: No, thanks. I refuse to shoot live bodies, why would I shoot a dead one?

TAYLOR: Okay boys – here we go.

TAYLOR: It’s your lucky day Griner.

[23.52] Sergeant Taylor

ANDERSON: Alright everybody, listen up. I’ve got an announcement to make. Taylor, front an’ centre. Gentlemen, meet your new sergeant. Congratulations Taylor. Drinks are on me at the Team House at nineteen hundred hours.

HOCKENBURY: Great man.

ANDERSON: Anybody seen Bell? I might have some good news for him too. Anybody see him?

ANDERSON: This might be my imaginations but I could’ve sworn I asked y’all a question. Where’s Bell? Sergeant Taylor, perhaps you could provide an answer to that question. Where is Bell? Where’s Bell?

[24.33] Deserved a medal

ANDERSON: What in hell’s the matter with you Taylor?

PERCELL: We’re all in on it Sarge.

ANDERSON: Yeah. Ain’t none of you got any respect for the dead?

RUIZ: Of course we do. That’s why we did it Sarge, so he could die in action.

ANDERSON: Excuse me?

PERCELL: Look Sarge, we figured if we would leave him out here overnight, that sniper might put a round in him.

TAYLOR: It ain’t right Sarge. The kid was righteous in that patrol based battle. We just thought he should get a medal.

RUIZ: It ain’t right for him not to die in action Sarge.

ANDERSON: Yeah, well you all took real good care of him didn’t you? Alright, well let’s get him out of here.

RUIZ: But Sarge, we still……..

ANDERSON: Get him out of here! This boy deserves more respect than this.

TAYLOR: Sarge, we didn’t mean no disrespect.

ANDERSON: Taylor, now there are some things you gotta do by the book soldier an’ you’re the new sergeant now. So you get your men there an’ get this boy back to Graves Registration in the next ten minutes, or you’re on report. You hear me?

[25.43] Strange request for chopper pilot

STRINGER: Come in. At ease. What can I do for you Lieutenant?

MCKAY: With your permission Sir, I’d like to request transfer to a ground unit.

STRINGER: I find that a strange request coming from a helicopter pilot. Usually it’s the other way round.

MCKAY: Yes I know, but my basic branch is infantry Sir.

STRINGER: Sorry Lieutenant, I’ve got all the junior officer grunts I can use right now. You’re more important to me as a chopper pilot.

MCKAY: Beggin’ the Colonel’s pardon, but I won’t be doing much flying for a while.

STRINGER: I talked to Lieutenant Goldman, he corroborated your account of the friendly fire incident. Captain Ferguson from MacV will be out tomorrow to ask you a few questions. I reckon you’ll be back in the air the day after.

MCKAY: I don’t wanna go back Sir. I wanna spend the rest of my tour on the ground.

STRINGER: What is it with you McKay? You wanna wear a hair shirt? You wanna public scourging? You made a mistake – hell you didn’t even pull the trigger. Now you better lay it to rest, get on with your life. If you don’t it’ll eat you up.

MCKAY: Sir …….

STRINGER: Request denied. Dismissed.

MCKAY: Yes Sir.

[27.04] Distinguished Service Cross

GOLDMAN: Sergeant. Just coming to look for you. I hope you’ve got your Class A uniform all dusted off. I just got through talking to Colonel Stringer – you’ve just been recommended for a Distinguished Service Cross. Congratulations.

ANDERSON: Well thank you. I don’t know what to say.

GOLDMAN: Well, you never do.

ANDERSON: I mean, I was just doin’ my job. There were a lot of other guys up there too.

GOLDMAN: Oh that reminds me, I talked to him about Bell. He doesn’t think the higher-ups are gonna go for him getting a medal. Ah, they’re too worried about repercussions because he’s only fifteen years old.

ANDERSON: That’s what I wanna talk to you about LT.

GOLDMAN: I know it’s not fair but there’s nothing I can do.

ANDERSON: That doesn’t matter any more.

GOLDMAN: What do you mean “it doesn’t matter any more”?

ANDERSON: Bell’s dead.

GOLDMAN: He’s dead? How?

ANDERSON: He got drunk last night. He fell off an overpass on To Do Street.

GOLDMAN: Oh great! Add one more to the list of my “friendly fire” letters. “Dear Mrs Bell, I’m sorry about your son……”

ANDERSON: He didn’t have a mother.

GOLDMAN: Well why don’t we just send an RPG round into Graves Registration and list them all as killed in action.

ANDERSON: Well look here LT, I’ll catch up with you later.

GOLDMAN: Yeah.

[28.26] Keeping fit

GOLDMAN: McKay, look I—uh—owe you an apology.

MCKAY: For what?

GOLDMAN: For what I said last night about being careful. I know you give a hundred percent. I’m sorry I was wrong.

MCKAY: Yeah, well tell that to the rest of your troops.

GOLDMAN: They know.

MCKAY: Do they? You know I hear ‘em talk Goldman, about how glory hungry chopper jocks are; how we get to fly above it all, then we send grunts back in there to mop up the blood and guts while we go back to hot meals and clean sheets.

GOLDMAN: Yeah well you don’t hear the other side. Like how they appreciate you guys flying in there and giving them cover fire, tree-hopping your way through. Picking up the wounded even though it’s red smoke. They know what you do. If they’re bitching today it’s just because they lost some friends, that’s all.

MCKAY: Yeah, well I’ve lost friends too.

GOLDMAN: Look, I’m trying to help you here.

MCKAY: Yeah, well if you wanna help, go to Stringer - recommend me for field command.

GOLDMAN: Oh you wanna be a boony rat?

MCKAY: That’s right.

GOLDMAN: Why?

MCKAY: Because I can handle it Goldman. I’ve done my time in infantry (and OCS?). I’ve been out on SOG missions.

GOLDMAN: You’ve been out on one SOG mission and Anderson held your hand through that.

MCKAY: So you won’t do it. What, you don’t think I’m good enough, is that it?

GOLDMAN: No—no, it’s not a question of good enough.

MCKAY: (Bastard!?)

[29.44] Sniper strikes again

GOLDMAN: McKay, this is crazy, you’re just gonna get yourself killed. Alright, at least—at least let me go with you – cover your back. Alright fine, you don’t wanna take me with you then take Anderson, or take one of the trackers. What do you say? McKay!

[30.13] Searching for sniper

[31.24] Family dinner

TIEN LY: Good evening.

HOCKENBURY: Hi.

TIEN LY: This is Specialist-4, Francis Hockenbury. This is my father Tong(?), my mother Pheon(?), my sister ???, and my youngest brother ???.

HOCKENBURY: (Vietnamese) and please let these small tokens show my gratitude at being invited to your household.

FATHER: Thank you. Come please, our table is set.

HOCKENBURY: Thank you.

FATHER: My eldest son is in the army. He fights in the north at the DMZ.

HOCKENBURY: Oh yeah?

FATHER: As our guest of honor, it is Vietnam custom for you to have best part of chicken.

HOCKENBURY: (Vietnamese)

FATHER: Your command of our language is flattering.

HOCKENBURY: Well, I’m afraid it’s token at best. It’s nowhere near as good as your English.

FATHER: As a young man, I learnt English working in an American hotel, but my daughter Tien Ly, she went further. She studied at the University in Paris.

TIEN LY: Where I also learned to appreciate American Jazz. Um—Dave Brubeck, ??? Silver.

HOCKENBURY:  ??? Silver. Now you’re talking.

TIEN LY: Are you a fan of jazz too?

HOCKENBURY: Oh definitely – definitely. And the blues and rock ‘n’ roll.

FATHER: I prefer classical. You have not eaten the head yet.

HOCKENBURY: I was saving the best part till last.

[33.23] Still searching for sniper

[35.28] What do I do with this

HOCKENBURY: (Vietnamese)

TIEN LY: Come, I’ll see you out.

HOCKENBURY: I really had a nice time tonight. I did. I’m glad you invited me.

TIEN LY: I’m glad you came.

HOCKENBURY: Good. Tien Ly, can I tell you something?

TIEN LY: Yes.

HOCKENBURY: Oh can you tell me something?

TIEN LY: Yeah.

HOCKENBURY: What—um—am I supposed to do with this?

TIEN LY: How did you get that?

HOCKENBURY: You remember when your little brother spilt the tea and everybody was making a big fuss? That’s when—that’s when I did it.

TIEN LY: I enjoyed your company.

HOCKENBURY: Good. I’d like to—I’d like to do it again—I—you know, to see you again.

TIEN LY: Me too.

TIEN LY: You should go.

HOCKENBURY: Yeah, okay. Maybe I’ll see you at the orphanage next week.

[36.49] Meanwhile in the jungle

[37.22] Still talking about Bell

PERCELL: Roo, you still up?

RUIZ: Can’t sleep Percell. Keep thinking about Bell.

PERCELL: I know what you mean. The whole thing just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.

TAYLOR: You guys wanna knock it off.

PERCELL: Stuff it Taylor.

HOCKENBURY: Just talkin’ about Bell man. Should’ve watched him better.

TAYLOR: You can’t watch everybody Doc. Bell, those guys the chopper lit up – you ain’t God.

RUIZ: He deserved a better death.

PERCELL: Taylor’s right, nothing we could do.

TAYLOR: Maybe there is. I say we go back to the original plan. Put the boy out on the wire.

RUIZ: You’re crazy man. We can’t go to the GR and steal the body.

TAYLOR: Says who?

PERCELL: Says Sarge. You heard him.

TAYLOR: Yeah, well – I’m the new sarge now. I saw that’s an order. I’m gonna get that boy killed in action yet.

[39.03] Spooky

TAYLOR: That’s not him, let’s go. Check the next one, come on. No, that’s not him. Let’s go—let’s go—let’s go. Bingo!

RUIZ: I dunno about this man.

HOCKENBURY: Man, this place is definitely spooky.

TAYLOR: Right look, get his charts an’ his records. Let’s go, get him out of the bag.

[39.32] Hope you've got a good story

TAYLOR: I’ll go ahead, talk to the guard at the gate. I don’t want him shootin’ at us when we come back in.

HOCKENBURY: Yeah, well I hope you’ve got a good story man.

???: Incoming!

RUIZ: Sappers! Put him down.

[39.55] Sapper attack

[42.34] Tally on losses

STRINGER:  ??? We got a final tally yet on our losses?

GOLDMAN: Yes Sir. Two wounded, three KIA. Hendrix and Flindell(?) over by the guardhouse, and then Bell.

STRINGER: I’ve heard talk that Bell saved one of your men’s lives. Is that true?

GOLDMAN: Yes Sir. He took fire that was intended for Specialist Ruiz. I was thinking maybe we ought to give him that medal after all.

STRINGER: What difference would that make Lieutenant? The boy’s dead, no relatives.

ANDERSON: It’d make a difference to the men, Sir. They were his family.

STRINGER: At least we made Charlie pay - helluva body count. I’ll see Bell gets his medal.

[43.38] McKay v Sniper

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