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Oh

three minutes yeah cold steel this is

read Thoreau cold steel we have the

round the trap ready to spring over

expecting company red Thor over and out

it looks like tang camel it's like some

heavy shits about to go down

Jeff Glueck over blook over this is red

Thor come in

look at him just for gun sounds like

they're catching hell hold still this is

cool down on LZ for an extraction

Adams my copy we're on our way

Potter can't get this boat off

position I keep firing we got support

Tommy

o'night they're dumb

there's tank em on that trophy blew

Roger that head over to that firebase

and Laing me you got Marines are under

heavy fire steel out

all over God

red door cold steel or gold seal this is

red door over go stale I got negative

radio contact with lying me do the guys

go down to take a look duck down outside

perimeter cover e in this red door out

Cold Steel is read Thoreau yeah the

morgue

steel out are you sure he's beckoned

idea positive then when he knows what

we're doing

find him eliminate him

it's you don't have any man what do

Theophilus Theophilus

you know not to call me that I told you

not to call me that my name is steel

alright anyway I got a little deal for

you so will game cut the cards okay now

if you win I'll do all your work I win

you do all mine

you cheap always cheat why didn't they

take the weapons why did I blow the fuel

the last time I saw something like this

are you thinking what I'm thinking

Chet can't let this happen we've gotta

stop dig in here what do you mean we're

gonna dig in here you get away with your

because we don't dig in I got 56

days left I'm a short I do

who said anything about dying man talk

about a little fishing trip we're the

bait let's kind of poll finds out I'm

here you come to us I tell me field

bring in air support we just take them

down right here you're not gonna get any

Mayfield hates you well I don't have a

lot of goddamn watches do I Mac I do

have one good NVA prisoner they

can verify my story Billy can't even get

a word out of them we'll talk

lady Jo will talk gee I'm glad you see

that beautiful landscape down there I

hope you like it because if you don't

tell me what I wanna know your major

verdun you are an affront to the entire

your actions and those of your men are

nothing but a slap in the face to the

whole principle of discipline and order

now how the hell do you expect me to

general Mayfield I have an NVA prisoner

that can verify everything in my report

sure Verdun sure what did you do hang

him out of a helicopter until he talked

yeah now if you want to convince me

bring me a reliable witness not some

damn parrot that you've beaten or bribed

into talking for you what about Colonel

lie he was out there with you he must

have seen the same thing you did colonel

lie dead he tried to desert during the

firefight this morning he drew his

sorry son of a I see sin sergeant

greening here on the double

my men are holding laying me for the

moment they've got the trap set all him

asking for is just a little air support

the colonel posed intelligence tourists

it's gonna be no time at all before that

base is overrun with NVA Sargent place

what's the charge murder you know it was

well you'll have a chance to prove that

at your court-martial major Verdun move

it major

it's alright they're cool they're Monson

you're good people I can't prove one

other tribes after I cut Bravo Company

news they're here looking for for done

do you want to help us fight the NBA now

they know we were here Mac burn their

this is their homeland they know

everything Jesus Christ howling four

pole fights our here you'd want to be

alone

four five six seven hey how you doing

sir captain wheeler who are you Katims

Jim corporal sir where's your commanding

officer uh well uh well I guess that'd

be me sir you are yep you mean there's

nobody in this entire outfit ranked

well yeah but you know overdone he

doesn't operate that way sir well I'm

sure that's part of the reason why he's

in the brig right now I mean he's not

gonna be here when the comes down

I'll be assuming his command you're

going what I'll be assuming his command

sergeant what about our air support sir

you leave that to me soldier have your

men fall in what hey who is this

would you care to repeat that soldier

talking to me Tony this is captain

wheeler and so you got a lot of work cut

out for me

my name is captain Douglas wheeler sorry

incarcerated on charges of murder I will

be assuming his command in his absence

there have been rumors of an impending

enemy assault in this firebase therefore

you're under orders to shore up your

defenses as you've already begun to do

you're also under orders to refrain from

the consumption of hashish marijuana or

any other substance which may inhibit

your performance if there are any

further questions please feel free to

visit the command bunker dismissed

mcadams I'd like to have a few words

with you corporal your men are a mess

most of them without flak jackets they

don't have helmets they obviously have a

bad attitude and they obviously lack

discipline excusing a captain's pardon

what the do you think you two are

coming here throw your captain's barbs

around like that huh what do you think

this is some kind of horse and pony show

those men out there spent the morning

burying their debt newcomers are talking

about their appearance you want a

your ass out of here I suggest

you get on the horn you call for some

reinforcements and some air support yeah

well you can save our asses as well as

your own my orders are to assume command

situation when I've done that I'll make

my report

captain the situation is this I have got

nine men I've got 14 natives with bows

and arrows and we're supposed to hold

this camp when 80 Marines couldn't it

doesn't take many brains you figure it

out make the request come on you can be

a hero come on the enemy is probably 50

clicks away from here right now does

requesting reinforcements I could be

attracting the enemy back into this

sector captain that's the idea get it

we're Verdun man they want us Oh

Charlie's gonna come all the way back

here for you okay

okay captain

the weight all right

why don't I go bathing lying

the white thing lie by don't lie I'm a

photojournalist I got my credentials

here

okay tell you folks they're mines

everywhere

Oh jump

David Tovar with UPI

I'm here to do a story in mage ever done

BPI huh

how did you know Verdun was here

everyone knows is here

put a look I'd like to help you out but

we're kind of a combat situation here so

I can't take you in he chili hold on a

minute corporal I'm captain will either

I'm in command here what seems to be the

problem there's no problem sir corporal

UPEl I've been tracking down major

Verdun for months the major Verdun is no

longer with this unit I've taken over

his command as you were corporal you've

taken over his command that's incredible

why Sir that's a story in itself well I

don't have the reputation of a major

Verdun but if I can be of any help

splendid sir are these people with you

oh no sir they followed us up the hill

congratu okay monkey bum no sweat man

they're all right dee dee dee mal what's

going on here going on how does he know

that no no no he just knows deep deep

I'll sure they can come on the fire base

after all macadam see where we fight in

this war for anyways

we can afford to extend some charity on

beautiful beautiful camp

designer resists 105-millimeter

requires 25 decibels captain two layers

of wooden beams at least six inches

diameter separated by closely factors to

protect one squad requires two thirty

tons in engineering materials but the

more you build up their defenses the

easier to see the meticulousness of your

effort

the weather report

g- girl wait turn attend the hump is

facing heavy fire tell him my orders are

to pull back

you think I can see ya captain wheeler

no visitors allowed how about it

take a hike pal

okay how come you tell us that you uh

you just got out of West Point huh how

come you just tell us my credentials are

not in question here I graduated third

in my class and I resent the courtroom

atmosphere of this meeting

Mack we gotta figure out what we owe do

something

well captain all you got to do

yeah

ready on a Trank that would be totally

premature I'm not asking you that last

attack may have completely exhausted

their firepower would be thoroughly

foolish for general Mayfield to commit

reinforcements into a situation with

risking our lives as well as your own

the damn right my ass is on the line my

entire military career can be ruined by

a decision like that Korean War my

father General William a wheeler never

once committed troops needlessly into an

action list it was absolutely necessary

I am certainly not going to start off my

military career by crying wolf give me

that weapon soldier

I would do send out a reconnaissance

patrol and find out what we're up

against

sale from hey what's with feathers huh

a soldier won't you at least make a

yeah I got my eye on you you bi you want

a statement here it is so how long you

been in the military oh I was in Korea

in 1952 so that's 17 years 17 years and

when exactly did you get here oh I'm not

gonna comment on that well sir according

to your estimation what would be the

total number of the personnel in the

area I'm not gonna come in on that

but if you up I'll kill you I'll

take that much I'm here to reintroduce a

measure of discipline to this unit which

was obviously lost in to the previous

command you seem to be very young sir to

be to have your own command yes I am

well you see my point is you're very

young and we're done is an older officer

you seem to go by the book while we're

done you know he's a renegade though I

call boy if you wish is this conflict

and personality and protocol of major

difference between you and Verdun well

with all due respect to the major who

has proven himself to be a brilliant

tactician in the past I have to say that

somewhere along the line he abandoned

his commitment to military procedure oh

but that complaint has been brought up

so many times and nothing happens it

seems now that's that's the standard

line in the press but I'd like to take

this opportunity right now to assure you

that we are doing everything we possibly

can to correct past and justices I have

incarcerated on the charge of murder for

allegedly shooting a fellow officer now

if that is an American justice I don't

know what is

you look tired yes I am talk about our

day

they got one hell of a powwow going on

out there they're prepping for a major

assault you know I call off the Marines

yeah well we need a few good men yeah

good lower lower

yeah very good baby

the turnips the katha McAdams McAdams

accustomed Acosta would Acosta grab that

I tell you to grab the man and you let

him go why me I let you I did not give

jesus christ first you let the

man escaped through the perimeter then

you up you let him go you let the

man escaped through the

perimeter you

sir the tanks will be here tomorrow

ordered captain Trang to prepare for

another charge yes sir come on buddy I'm

just asking you for a match okay you're

a good boy scout huh I doubt if you get

court-martialed just for giving me a

light did the major give you any trouble

private no sergeant did he try to get

you to talk to her yes all day long

sergeant private your watch is over

until 1200 hours tomorrow report to my

office I wanted to hear what he had to

say dismissed private still playing

well I'm sorry but this time your ass is

in a sling killing one of your men

you're looking at 20 years if you're

lucky you know it was self-defense so

does Mayfield hey sergeant could you

tell me why you two paper pushers really

want to see me busted it wouldn't be

because I'm getting a job done playing

Errol Flynn would it you know the rules

private no conversation no contact of

any kind of the prisoner yes sergeant

hey soldier got a light man I just want

a match here we go again another ten

I thought the youth of the day was

supposed to be rebellious he asked me

it's just all I wanted somebody

they keep bidding it's like you from

pastor Matt's gotta get a match no just

hope the hell it works let's go

this is the most ridiculous military

strategy I've ever heard of you're

leaving our front completely open

nobody's gonna be fooled by a group of

dead men well that's the

strategy captain

like

we'll take the left flap

it's one of the bait

died

maser Verdun is not in that camera a

certain captain wheeler is in charge

murdering one of his men how unfortunate

what fools these Americans are sir

there are seven of her tons Americans in

mountain arts and a dozen Village People

sir they are so desperate they position

that dead men on the front to fool you I

see this wheeler is very clever also I

corporal McCadden seems to be the clever

one a corporal yes sir

we'll see how clever this corporal is

Jim the radios out try to fix it again I

can't do anything for

yet assume that towbar made it back to

can't I keep him out so way to let him

prior to Kowalski reporting for duty oh

great I want to get the hell out of here

Walski are you doing man

I don't want to lean on you appreciate

the matches I need a little more

did you tell me have you heard anything

about my men and Lang me

you know I'm impressed man

really I'm truly impressed doing that

other jerk all day long without talking

but I gotta get word to headquarters in

Saigon to override this Mayfield

could you help me out man

for all I know my men have already been

I just can't we just can't sit here and

can we could you please tell me if what

Tennant she got arrested to please yes

he got arrested but they let him go this

evening

cool husky Thank You Man

thank you that's great oh you don't have

to shake my hand that's okay it's okay

kid all right

it's kind of an infantry assault no

mortars

some pitches smart change his strategy

yeah well you got a surprise for you too

charlie round

junk I'll load it

hang in there hang in there okay

everybody to set up here

wait a minute

Donnie's

we will hit them again before morning

how's it going buddy let's hope it works

and they try and stake their claim we

plant it real close trust me

I saw myself

Devereaux yeah it's done you got to

switch my strong dumb dick you I'll make

one get a whole nother company up there

they get big surprise huh yeah chief a

big surprise captain nice and slow

it's okay Doug take it easy

sir major Han says the Americans have

abandoned the perimeter he thinks

they're planning to escape the troops

are now moving in to overrun the camp

major we cannot be greedy we must be

patient now stop the attack no no this

is a trick abandon your position now

call true where are my great

Thank You piston monster yeah

next time we'll be the big one hey

private Friday I just had this

harebrained idea man you're probably I

think it's the craziest thing you ever

heard but I gotta tell you cuz who else

can I tell you want to hear it yeah yeah

sure you do you know I've been noticing

about Midway every day to this other kid

ship there's this Vietnamese guy kind of

comes and sweets the place up what if

you were to sort of tell the 10 achieve

that huh private I've been fighting in

one war or another since 1950 I think

with my gut and something down there is

telling me that I don't have a lot of

time this could be our last chance come

on I'm just asking you to pass a message

no one will ever know come on kid I've

good look at you're fighting for duty

I was thinking that uh if we did get out

of this alive

two men stay long okay okay I'm up get

up a high and stay low mr. Devereaux

I had a dream about you last night

me yeah damn is Warley is getting it you

were taking a bath and some gasoline and

some soap I was taking a bath and some

gasoline isms so a napalm man those

suckers overlook nine drums of gasoline

together it sets in two gels you could

put a thermite grenade to get on or

explosive underneath if the seafloor

pushes up the flammable jail and the

thermite ignites that shouldn't blows it

off yeah

are you doing that just a good day to

die yeah it's not the only one to think

so

gie please sweeping cleaning I come to

do the floor come loose go ahead man I

don't know what though you're talking

about

private who authorized this cleanup

I don't know such there's been a guy in

here cleaning up everyday and as long as

this prisoner is here I don't want

anybody in here but that specific

authorization to me is that clear yes

sergeant oh wait a minute who are you

anyway yeah I heard that a couple of

days ago man your equipment sir

welcome to the Rangers Kowalski who else

is with us chief walki and our two

chopper pilots it's good enough for me

move out

okay

sir the base has been overrun our troops

are in full retreat

we've lost Lang me

check the buggers

no survivors sir looks like we're too

late

you