1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 The coolest way to improve your English ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ skeebdo.com ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 2 00:01:32,233 --> 00:01:37,233 Subtitles by explosiveskull www.OpenSubtitles.org 3 00:03:39,759 --> 00:03:42,057 103.6 WPTZ. 4 00:03:42,059 --> 00:03:43,957 All news, radio, traffic, sports 5 00:03:43,959 --> 00:03:46,590 and weather together on the 8s. 6 00:03:46,592 --> 00:03:48,357 In the district, there's a pileup 7 00:03:48,359 --> 00:03:50,024 on Constitution... 8 00:03:50,026 --> 00:03:51,757 Yes, hi. Dr. Landon's office, please. 9 00:03:51,759 --> 00:03:53,623 This thing's cheap. 10 00:03:53,625 --> 00:03:55,026 - This is terrible. - Uh, hello? 11 00:03:55,359 --> 00:03:58,590 Hi, it's Tara Huffman and I have an 8:15 amnio scheduled 12 00:03:58,592 --> 00:04:00,324 and we are totally stuck on Constitution. 13 00:04:00,326 --> 00:04:02,124 I'm so sorry. 14 00:04:02,126 --> 00:04:03,757 Can you hang on a second? 15 00:04:03,759 --> 00:04:06,690 Hello? Hi, Celia. I'm on the other line. 16 00:04:06,692 --> 00:04:08,992 - Wait. Celia? - Okay, all right. 17 00:04:09,259 --> 00:04:10,725 - Quickly, quickly. - Thank you. 18 00:04:13,059 --> 00:04:14,126 Hey, what's up? 19 00:04:15,359 --> 00:04:16,957 What? 20 00:04:16,959 --> 00:04:17,925 Why? 21 00:04:19,059 --> 00:04:21,525 I'm gonna call you back. Just meet me downstairs, okay? 22 00:04:24,592 --> 00:04:25,792 Peter just fucking quit. 23 00:04:26,226 --> 00:04:27,525 You owe me a quarter. 24 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:31,090 - What happened? Why? - I... I don't know. 25 00:04:31,092 --> 00:04:32,292 I don't know what happened. 26 00:04:32,959 --> 00:04:34,623 Okay, there's a metro station two blocks away. 27 00:04:34,625 --> 00:04:35,525 Why don't you take it? 28 00:04:36,625 --> 00:04:37,725 You sure? 29 00:04:38,925 --> 00:04:40,857 - Yeah, yeah. - I'm sorry. 30 00:04:40,859 --> 00:04:42,692 - It's okay. - Thank you. 31 00:04:44,259 --> 00:04:45,224 All right, buddy. 32 00:04:45,226 --> 00:04:46,825 Take care of your mom, okay? 33 00:04:50,359 --> 00:04:52,623 All right, good luck. I'll call you later. 34 00:04:52,625 --> 00:04:53,590 Okay. It's gonna be okay. 35 00:04:53,592 --> 00:04:54,825 - All right. - Bye. 36 00:05:19,359 --> 00:05:21,259 I called as soon as I heard. 37 00:05:21,725 --> 00:05:23,257 It's your job to keep my pale ass 38 00:05:23,259 --> 00:05:25,057 out of the stink, O'Neal. You're my Kevlar. 39 00:05:25,059 --> 00:05:25,992 How was I supposed to know 40 00:05:27,059 --> 00:05:27,623 the secretary was gonna call a press conference, 41 00:05:27,625 --> 00:05:28,491 let alone resign today? 42 00:05:28,493 --> 00:05:30,923 - Did he have a reason? - The secretary? 43 00:05:30,925 --> 00:05:32,324 Oh, yes. He wants to spend 44 00:05:32,326 --> 00:05:33,825 - more time... - More time with the family? 45 00:05:34,159 --> 00:05:37,024 - Jesus. Was Stanton there? - He brought the donuts. 46 00:05:37,026 --> 00:05:39,057 Of course he did. What's my day like? 47 00:05:39,059 --> 00:05:40,656 Well, your eleven o'clock is early 48 00:05:40,658 --> 00:05:41,625 and your lunch scrubbed. 49 00:05:42,759 --> 00:05:44,126 - What eleven o'clock? - Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley. 50 00:05:44,359 --> 00:05:45,923 Never heard of him. Reschedule. 51 00:05:49,725 --> 00:05:50,525 Missed you at the brief. 52 00:05:51,292 --> 00:05:52,990 Glad I had my ear to the rail, Carl, 53 00:05:52,992 --> 00:05:54,723 or that train might have run me over. 54 00:05:54,725 --> 00:05:55,990 Well, if you'd been on time, 55 00:05:55,992 --> 00:05:57,623 you would have heard it like the rest of us. 56 00:05:57,625 --> 00:05:58,923 You must've known something. 57 00:05:58,925 --> 00:06:00,525 Hey, I was here. You weren't. 58 00:06:00,792 --> 00:06:02,890 It's on you. I... I... I got you a donut. 59 00:06:02,892 --> 00:06:04,690 It's got sprinkles. 60 00:06:04,692 --> 00:06:08,159 - My wife had an amnio. - Oh. Oh, right, priorities. 61 00:06:08,725 --> 00:06:11,790 I don't know how you do it. Wife, kids, hamster... 62 00:06:11,792 --> 00:06:14,259 It was a gerbil. Mercifully, it finally went tits-up. 63 00:06:15,092 --> 00:06:17,224 Life refines itself if you're patient. 64 00:06:17,226 --> 00:06:18,959 It was a shock, but I'm finally over it. 65 00:06:20,992 --> 00:06:23,024 You okay? What's... What's... What's bothering you? 66 00:06:23,026 --> 00:06:24,157 I'm a government lawyer 67 00:06:24,159 --> 00:06:25,192 about to be unemployed. 68 00:06:26,426 --> 00:06:28,324 Oh, come on. You're a superstar on the verge of free agency. 69 00:06:28,326 --> 00:06:29,823 You'll find something. 70 00:06:29,825 --> 00:06:30,990 In the middle of an election year? 71 00:06:30,992 --> 00:06:32,690 Not even Tiger could sink that putt. 72 00:06:32,692 --> 00:06:33,890 What makes you think I can? 73 00:06:33,892 --> 00:06:37,825 'Cause your political Darwinism is absolutely instinctual. 74 00:06:38,092 --> 00:06:39,658 Thanks. 75 00:06:39,859 --> 00:06:40,892 Oh, you're welcome. 76 00:06:42,059 --> 00:06:44,124 You remember that decorations review 77 00:06:44,126 --> 00:06:45,590 I gave you in July? 78 00:06:45,592 --> 00:06:47,257 It's a vague potential memory. 79 00:06:47,259 --> 00:06:51,090 Uh, Medal of Honor upgrade? You have a status briefing. 80 00:06:51,092 --> 00:06:52,823 - When? - Now. 81 00:06:52,825 --> 00:06:55,259 - With who? - Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley. 82 00:06:55,859 --> 00:06:58,090 Air Force Pararescue, retired. 83 00:06:58,092 --> 00:07:00,192 - Flew in from Dayton. - Your eleven o'clock. 84 00:07:00,759 --> 00:07:01,925 He's the guy's buddy. 85 00:07:03,059 --> 00:07:06,290 - Whose guy? What guy? - The Medal of Honor candidate. 86 00:07:06,292 --> 00:07:08,026 Why didn't he just come himself? 87 00:07:08,692 --> 00:07:10,759 Because it's posthumous. 88 00:07:12,259 --> 00:07:14,126 You'd better read that. Here you go. 89 00:07:17,359 --> 00:07:18,259 Christ... 90 00:07:19,159 --> 00:07:20,592 I have been reminding you since July. 91 00:07:24,892 --> 00:07:26,024 We're talking about one 92 00:07:26,026 --> 00:07:27,658 of the bloodiest days of the war. 93 00:07:28,658 --> 00:07:29,923 Pits saved lives. 94 00:07:29,925 --> 00:07:32,024 And he was awarded the Air Force Cross. 95 00:07:32,026 --> 00:07:35,059 - What's wrong with that? - It was downgraded to the Cross. 96 00:07:35,259 --> 00:07:37,290 We put him up for the Medal of Honor. 97 00:07:37,292 --> 00:07:39,857 - That's different. - Sergeant, I'm gonna tell you 98 00:07:39,859 --> 00:07:41,059 something you probably already know. 99 00:07:41,625 --> 00:07:43,226 Decoration upgrades are rare. 100 00:07:43,792 --> 00:07:45,590 The criteria for review is new information. 101 00:07:45,592 --> 00:07:48,124 Figured the new information part was your job. 102 00:07:48,126 --> 00:07:49,625 This was 30 years ago. 103 00:07:50,825 --> 00:07:53,059 I mean, is there an agenda you have I should know about? 104 00:07:53,326 --> 00:07:56,159 Justice delayed is justice denied. 105 00:07:58,625 --> 00:07:59,959 That's my damn agenda. 106 00:08:01,226 --> 00:08:04,126 Sergeant Tulley, the secretary of the Air Force resigned today. 107 00:08:04,859 --> 00:08:05,759 In three months, 108 00:08:06,892 --> 00:08:08,925 everyone in this office is gonna be gone, including me. 109 00:08:10,259 --> 00:08:11,558 This will take years. 110 00:08:13,592 --> 00:08:15,124 We'll follow up on this next week. 111 00:08:35,092 --> 00:08:36,992 Secretary Peters? 112 00:08:38,359 --> 00:08:39,159 Yes. 113 00:08:39,925 --> 00:08:43,126 Thomas Tulley, Air Force Pararescue, 114 00:08:43,759 --> 00:08:44,825 retired. 115 00:08:49,658 --> 00:08:51,224 Defense Contract Audit Agency 116 00:08:51,226 --> 00:08:52,892 is looking for a regional director. 117 00:08:53,192 --> 00:08:54,625 That wouldn't be a step backwards. 118 00:08:56,859 --> 00:08:58,990 Okay, well, you are now officially 119 00:08:58,992 --> 00:09:00,957 - on your own. - Don't be like that. 120 00:09:00,959 --> 00:09:02,090 Call sheet is on your computer. 121 00:09:02,092 --> 00:09:04,592 The secretary's looking for you. And your wife called. 122 00:09:04,992 --> 00:09:06,159 Wait. Why? 123 00:09:07,259 --> 00:09:09,892 - Well, she didn't say. - No, Peters. 124 00:09:11,192 --> 00:09:13,226 He wants to see you in his office in five minutes. 125 00:09:15,292 --> 00:09:17,257 Congratulations on the job, Carl. 126 00:09:17,259 --> 00:09:19,590 No moss grows under your feet. 127 00:09:19,592 --> 00:09:20,892 Thank you, Mr. Secretary. 128 00:09:26,126 --> 00:09:27,658 Sit. Sit down. 129 00:09:30,292 --> 00:09:33,226 A Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley 130 00:09:33,825 --> 00:09:37,159 doesn't think we're giving this MOH matter a fair shake. 131 00:09:38,625 --> 00:09:41,026 - It's a misunderstanding. - That's what I said. 132 00:09:41,759 --> 00:09:43,725 Sir? 133 00:09:48,326 --> 00:09:50,124 Operation Abilene 134 00:09:50,126 --> 00:09:53,224 was one of the bloodiest battles of the entire war. 135 00:09:53,226 --> 00:09:55,823 - The Vietnam War. - Thanks. 136 00:09:55,825 --> 00:09:57,957 An entire company nearly wiped out 137 00:09:57,959 --> 00:09:59,690 but for this PJ's efforts. 138 00:09:59,692 --> 00:10:01,590 Pararescue Jumper. 139 00:10:01,592 --> 00:10:04,692 Pitsenbarger is a legend in the PJ community. 140 00:10:05,226 --> 00:10:06,126 I understand that. 141 00:10:09,759 --> 00:10:12,690 Well, Carl's putting together your itinerary. 142 00:10:12,692 --> 00:10:15,292 You'll collect combat testimonies, personally, 143 00:10:15,725 --> 00:10:18,623 and prepare a package for a full decorations review. 144 00:10:18,625 --> 00:10:20,823 But we're about to present the budget to committee. 145 00:10:20,825 --> 00:10:22,525 Yeah, well, Carl has it covered. 146 00:10:22,825 --> 00:10:25,558 I've been working on it all year. 147 00:10:26,692 --> 00:10:28,259 And now you're working on this. 148 00:10:30,959 --> 00:10:32,159 The Medal of Honor 149 00:10:33,326 --> 00:10:35,658 is the highest recognition of military valor there is. 150 00:10:37,792 --> 00:10:40,792 Patton said he'd have traded his command for that ribbon, 151 00:10:41,092 --> 00:10:42,625 Eisenhower, the White House. 152 00:10:43,126 --> 00:10:44,290 Now, why do you think 153 00:10:44,292 --> 00:10:46,090 four-star generals and presidents 154 00:10:46,092 --> 00:10:47,625 would say something like that? 155 00:10:48,026 --> 00:10:49,592 Honestly, I have no idea. 156 00:10:50,126 --> 00:10:52,923 Well, that's a very good place to start. 157 00:10:52,925 --> 00:10:54,357 I'm off the budget 'cause some grunt 158 00:10:54,359 --> 00:10:55,823 chased Peters into the shitter. 159 00:10:55,825 --> 00:10:57,057 Are you kidding me? 160 00:10:57,059 --> 00:10:59,057 He's not a grunt. He's Air Force. 161 00:10:59,059 --> 00:11:01,024 And you're off the budget 'cause you embarrassed him. 162 00:11:01,026 --> 00:11:02,723 - Tulley? - No, Peters. 163 00:11:02,725 --> 00:11:04,024 Look... ...I've never done 164 00:11:04,026 --> 00:11:06,159 a medal review. I... I don't have time for this. 165 00:11:06,592 --> 00:11:07,857 What job did you get anyway? 166 00:11:07,859 --> 00:11:10,190 I am legislative director for Madison Holt, 167 00:11:10,192 --> 00:11:11,892 if it's any of your business. 168 00:11:12,292 --> 00:11:15,057 - Chairman of Armed Services? - Is there another? 169 00:11:15,059 --> 00:11:16,892 Look, what, do I have to spell this out for you? 170 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:19,623 - This is just crazy. - Take a few days. 171 00:11:19,625 --> 00:11:21,126 Go collect some war stories. 172 00:11:21,625 --> 00:11:23,357 Have Celia write up a summary statement 173 00:11:23,359 --> 00:11:24,426 requesting more time. 174 00:11:24,992 --> 00:11:27,590 We look like we give a shit, this furball rolls over 175 00:11:27,592 --> 00:11:29,224 to the next poor slob that takes your job, 176 00:11:29,226 --> 00:11:30,757 you're out of it... 177 00:11:30,759 --> 00:11:32,290 ...before Appropriations even sniffs the budget. 178 00:11:32,292 --> 00:11:34,059 - That's it? - Yeah, that's it. 179 00:12:10,658 --> 00:12:11,959 It's only gonna be a day, honey. 180 00:12:19,725 --> 00:12:20,990 We're taking fire 181 00:12:20,992 --> 00:12:21,957 from all corners, over. 182 00:12:21,959 --> 00:12:23,656 Charlie Six 183 00:12:23,658 --> 00:12:24,690 gun three is ready. 184 00:12:24,692 --> 00:12:25,959 Say what rounds... 185 00:12:26,292 --> 00:12:30,226 246, uh, times 7246... 186 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:42,059 - Everybody down! - Take cover! 187 00:12:45,026 --> 00:12:46,825 Contact, Victor Charlie. 188 00:12:47,192 --> 00:12:49,525 We have wounded and we are taking fire. 189 00:12:50,092 --> 00:12:53,024 Pedro inbound, say, two mikes out. 190 00:12:56,259 --> 00:12:57,590 Copy that, Charlie Six 191 00:12:57,592 --> 00:12:58,692 We are inbound now. 192 00:12:58,925 --> 00:13:00,792 Charlie Six. 193 00:13:01,026 --> 00:13:03,623 They have mortars and automatic weapons now. 194 00:13:03,625 --> 00:13:04,957 It's an ambush. 195 00:13:15,359 --> 00:13:17,592 Hey, Tulley, doesn't look too good down there. 196 00:13:20,226 --> 00:13:22,192 They don't know how to load the litters. 197 00:13:25,092 --> 00:13:27,126 Holy shit. It's their medic. 198 00:13:31,625 --> 00:13:33,623 Okay. Somebody needs to go down there 199 00:13:33,625 --> 00:13:34,957 and get 'em straightened out. 200 00:13:34,959 --> 00:13:36,925 No way. It's hotter than hell down there, Pits. 201 00:13:37,126 --> 00:13:39,259 Those people can't wait. They've lost their medic. 202 00:13:44,092 --> 00:13:46,159 Let me go down, speed up the whole deal. 203 00:13:47,859 --> 00:13:48,890 As soon as we have their wounded, 204 00:13:48,892 --> 00:13:50,825 - you're back on this bird. - Roger that. 205 00:14:00,192 --> 00:14:01,692 You be goddamn careful. 206 00:14:05,759 --> 00:14:06,859 Going down. 207 00:14:33,658 --> 00:14:35,059 Sounds like a suicide mission. 208 00:14:38,625 --> 00:14:40,226 Suicide is hopeless. 209 00:14:43,992 --> 00:14:45,992 What Pitsenbarger did was... 210 00:14:46,992 --> 00:14:49,092 Was valor. 211 00:14:50,226 --> 00:14:53,159 It was a hell of a thing to see from where I was sitting. 212 00:14:53,725 --> 00:14:55,792 Then why didn't he get the medal in '66? 213 00:14:56,592 --> 00:14:59,224 - You must have some opinion. - If my opinion mattered, 214 00:14:59,226 --> 00:15:01,159 this would have been done long ago. 215 00:15:01,959 --> 00:15:03,592 Do you do something, Sergeant? 216 00:15:05,725 --> 00:15:08,159 Do you have a job or a hobby, or is this... 217 00:15:09,026 --> 00:15:10,126 your full-time thing? 218 00:15:11,026 --> 00:15:12,759 I'm a palliative nurse. 219 00:15:14,192 --> 00:15:17,692 I work with terminal patients and their families 220 00:15:18,026 --> 00:15:20,525 to clarify end-of-life goals and... 221 00:15:21,625 --> 00:15:24,159 symptom management, psycho-social... 222 00:15:27,226 --> 00:15:28,725 spiritual support. 223 00:15:32,226 --> 00:15:33,759 Do you make your own bed? 224 00:15:36,192 --> 00:15:37,126 What? 225 00:15:38,159 --> 00:15:39,825 Simple question. 226 00:15:41,925 --> 00:15:43,126 My wife does it. 227 00:15:44,625 --> 00:15:46,126 Must suck to be her. 228 00:15:47,925 --> 00:15:49,792 Is there a point here somewhere? 229 00:15:50,859 --> 00:15:52,792 We've been down this road before. 230 00:15:54,592 --> 00:15:56,059 You're just the FNG. 231 00:15:58,359 --> 00:15:59,592 Sergeant... 232 00:16:00,859 --> 00:16:03,224 this little pet project of yours 233 00:16:03,226 --> 00:16:05,292 has been in a coma for three decades. 234 00:16:07,026 --> 00:16:09,059 There's nothing in this for me, but I'm here anyway. 235 00:16:10,625 --> 00:16:11,625 So what do you want? 236 00:16:12,892 --> 00:16:13,992 Sorry to keep you. 237 00:16:17,825 --> 00:16:20,592 I nap more than I used to. 238 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:22,725 Mr. Pitsenbarger, sir. 239 00:16:23,126 --> 00:16:26,623 Ah, it isn't getting old that's hard, 240 00:16:26,625 --> 00:16:29,656 it's keeping awake long enough to enjoy it. 241 00:16:32,959 --> 00:16:34,324 - Oh, thank you. - Well... 242 00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:35,324 Thank you. 243 00:16:35,326 --> 00:16:39,658 - So, you're the new one. - The new one? 244 00:16:40,292 --> 00:16:43,157 If you want the real story about Abilene, 245 00:16:43,159 --> 00:16:45,126 you'll need to talk to the mud soldiers. 246 00:16:45,892 --> 00:16:47,257 And they are? 247 00:16:47,259 --> 00:16:49,859 You do work in the Department of Defense, right? 248 00:16:53,126 --> 00:16:55,159 They're the army guys on the ground. 249 00:16:55,859 --> 00:16:59,625 Charlie Company, 16th Infantry, the Big Red One. 250 00:17:00,692 --> 00:17:02,224 Well, as far as they're concerned, you see, 251 00:17:02,226 --> 00:17:03,992 it wasn't Bill's fight. 252 00:17:04,292 --> 00:17:05,658 Bill was Air Force. 253 00:17:06,259 --> 00:17:09,090 Charlie Company took 80 percent casualties. 254 00:17:09,092 --> 00:17:12,658 That's 34 KIAs in the same day. 255 00:17:13,092 --> 00:17:14,892 Bill was a part of it, of course, 256 00:17:15,625 --> 00:17:17,558 but he wasn't one of them. 257 00:17:18,059 --> 00:17:19,226 We have to respect that. 258 00:17:19,925 --> 00:17:22,592 - All right. - Now, Billy Takoda 259 00:17:22,792 --> 00:17:25,656 lives, uh, over in Sterling County. 260 00:17:25,658 --> 00:17:27,959 That's about an hour's drive from here. 261 00:17:28,892 --> 00:17:30,224 Over the years the wives 262 00:17:30,226 --> 00:17:32,126 have tracked down most of the guys. 263 00:17:32,925 --> 00:17:34,525 You might want to start with them. 264 00:17:34,859 --> 00:17:38,825 And this Billy guy, is he, uh... 265 00:17:39,192 --> 00:17:40,792 Will he talk to me? Is he all right? 266 00:17:42,159 --> 00:17:43,892 The two of you should get along fine. 267 00:18:11,292 --> 00:18:13,192 Hello! 268 00:18:14,592 --> 00:18:16,192 What the hell are you yelling for? 269 00:18:18,625 --> 00:18:19,558 Jesus. 270 00:18:25,792 --> 00:18:28,892 Billy Takoda. Not an easy guy to find. 271 00:18:29,259 --> 00:18:31,124 Y'all be careful down there, you hear? 272 00:18:31,126 --> 00:18:33,092 Jeremy, stay out that water. 273 00:18:35,992 --> 00:18:36,925 So what's your story? 274 00:18:38,859 --> 00:18:40,026 Why are you here? 275 00:18:40,326 --> 00:18:43,723 Well, I appreciate what you've been through. 276 00:18:43,725 --> 00:18:45,026 Uh, I'm here to help. 277 00:18:45,825 --> 00:18:47,757 If you wanted to help, you'd pick up a weapon 278 00:18:47,759 --> 00:18:49,525 and get some skin in the game, friend. 279 00:18:50,026 --> 00:18:51,324 You'd acknowledge you own a piece 280 00:18:51,326 --> 00:18:52,226 of every bomb dropped 281 00:18:53,159 --> 00:18:53,690 and every bullet fired in every skirmish 282 00:18:53,692 --> 00:18:55,092 since you been born, 283 00:18:56,192 --> 00:18:57,825 that you have blood on your hands, you understand? 284 00:18:58,725 --> 00:18:59,625 Second chance. 285 00:19:00,192 --> 00:19:02,658 Why are you here? 286 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:06,592 It's my job. 287 00:19:07,825 --> 00:19:10,192 - I don't have a choice. - See? That's progress. 288 00:19:10,658 --> 00:19:14,226 Vulnerability and communication. Honesty builds trust. 289 00:19:15,126 --> 00:19:17,625 That's the only real currency we got left in this world. 290 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:20,859 Now you can trust me? 291 00:19:22,092 --> 00:19:23,026 No. 292 00:19:25,592 --> 00:19:27,792 You mind if I, um... 293 00:19:30,925 --> 00:19:33,692 I'm here so I can... 294 00:19:34,759 --> 00:19:36,059 hear your side of the story. 295 00:19:40,326 --> 00:19:42,759 I talk, you listen. 296 00:19:50,292 --> 00:19:52,558 Vietnam wasn't my first square dance. 297 00:19:53,326 --> 00:19:57,059 I was a dog-faced lifer, a natural war fighter. 298 00:19:58,159 --> 00:19:59,292 I loved it. 299 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:03,059 Nothing made me feel more alive. 300 00:20:05,059 --> 00:20:07,625 But I'd never seen nothing like Abilene. 301 00:20:09,692 --> 00:20:11,126 Lost men like that. 302 00:20:20,092 --> 00:20:21,592 Medic! 303 00:20:21,792 --> 00:20:24,159 Medic! Medic! 304 00:20:29,625 --> 00:20:30,990 Goddammit Kepper, you all right? 305 00:20:32,259 --> 00:20:34,026 Contact, Victor Charlie. 306 00:20:34,592 --> 00:20:35,692 I'm hit. 307 00:20:36,259 --> 00:20:38,357 We have wounded and we are taking fire. 308 00:20:38,359 --> 00:20:40,292 Oh, fuck! 309 00:20:41,192 --> 00:20:43,558 They have mortars and automatic weapons now. 310 00:20:46,026 --> 00:20:47,825 It's an ambush. 311 00:20:52,126 --> 00:20:55,892 Pitsenbarger, where did he fit in all this? 312 00:20:56,625 --> 00:20:58,092 Well, I lost my medic. 313 00:20:59,092 --> 00:21:00,558 We had no LZ, so... 314 00:21:01,592 --> 00:21:03,257 they called in the Air Force helos. 315 00:21:03,259 --> 00:21:05,190 Pedros, Pedros, Charlie Six. 316 00:21:05,192 --> 00:21:08,090 Be advised, we're in a tight one down here. 317 00:21:08,092 --> 00:21:10,623 Multiple casualties. We need you soonest. 318 00:21:10,625 --> 00:21:11,825 Contact, one o'clock. 319 00:21:13,092 --> 00:21:14,625 Advise when you've got us in sight. Over. 320 00:21:18,892 --> 00:21:21,656 Copy, Charlie Six. Pedros has your smoke. 321 00:21:21,658 --> 00:21:25,159 Pits came down, saved lives, evac'ed wounded, 322 00:21:25,892 --> 00:21:28,658 died fighting alongside men he never even knew. 323 00:21:30,259 --> 00:21:32,892 Get down, airman! Get down! 324 00:21:33,192 --> 00:21:36,592 Okay. Whoa, whoa, whoa. Slow it down. 325 00:21:36,859 --> 00:21:39,592 Nothing but your man into the basket. 326 00:21:39,825 --> 00:21:42,059 Okay, now, you. 327 00:21:43,192 --> 00:21:45,324 Okay? Hold these. 328 00:21:47,792 --> 00:21:50,357 - Nice and easy, now. - One, two, three. 329 00:21:53,592 --> 00:21:54,992 All right, hang tight, buddy. 330 00:21:55,259 --> 00:21:56,656 I'm gonna need you to do something 331 00:21:56,658 --> 00:21:57,625 for me, all right? 332 00:21:58,692 --> 00:21:59,656 I need you to keep the pressure on it, all right? 333 00:21:59,658 --> 00:22:01,990 All the way up you keep that pressure on it. 334 00:22:01,992 --> 00:22:04,658 All right, you're going home. All right. 335 00:22:05,592 --> 00:22:07,992 Okay. Take her up. 336 00:22:10,792 --> 00:22:12,759 All right, hang tight, bud. 337 00:22:13,092 --> 00:22:14,324 Hold the line. Hold the line. 338 00:22:14,326 --> 00:22:16,656 - Come on. - What's the story, Lieutenant? 339 00:22:16,658 --> 00:22:18,357 We've got a 100-meter perimeter. 340 00:22:18,359 --> 00:22:20,159 We're taking fire from everywhere. 341 00:22:20,592 --> 00:22:23,859 We've got two KIAs and at least eight wounded that I know of. 342 00:22:24,625 --> 00:22:26,723 All right, I'm gonna need two of your guys. 343 00:22:26,725 --> 00:22:27,959 It's your show, airman. 344 00:22:29,658 --> 00:22:30,658 Mott! 345 00:22:31,725 --> 00:22:33,859 Tulley says this whole medal thing was your idea. 346 00:22:34,092 --> 00:22:35,026 Is that true? 347 00:22:35,592 --> 00:22:36,923 I made out the paperwork, 348 00:22:36,925 --> 00:22:39,026 sent it up the Air Force chain, that's all. 349 00:22:40,725 --> 00:22:42,658 - But he never got the medal. - Mm. 350 00:22:43,592 --> 00:22:44,925 Not the big daddy, no. 351 00:22:46,026 --> 00:22:46,925 Why not? 352 00:22:49,658 --> 00:22:50,459 It was war. 353 00:22:52,126 --> 00:22:53,759 Pits wasn't the onlys one, you know. 354 00:22:55,259 --> 00:22:57,623 I must have wrote over a dozen letters 355 00:22:57,625 --> 00:22:59,625 to parents and girlfriends. 356 00:23:01,026 --> 00:23:03,825 After that, all you can do is make amends... 357 00:23:05,259 --> 00:23:06,525 and try to forget. 358 00:23:07,959 --> 00:23:08,959 How do you do that? 359 00:23:09,859 --> 00:23:12,825 Like I said, get some bark in the game. 360 00:23:13,625 --> 00:23:15,292 You went... You went back to Vietnam? 361 00:23:17,092 --> 00:23:19,057 I didn't understand the world anymore 362 00:23:19,059 --> 00:23:20,790 and the world sure as hell didn't understand me, 363 00:23:20,792 --> 00:23:22,525 so where the hell else was I gonna go? 364 00:23:24,259 --> 00:23:25,925 Well, after I got healed up, 365 00:23:26,792 --> 00:23:28,890 this old high-school buddy of mine called 366 00:23:28,892 --> 00:23:30,558 and invited me for beers. 367 00:23:31,192 --> 00:23:32,590 We sitting at the bar 368 00:23:32,592 --> 00:23:34,224 and he's shooting the shit about girls 369 00:23:34,226 --> 00:23:37,026 and how we used to raise hell back in the day. 370 00:23:39,259 --> 00:23:41,259 The more he talked, the more I realized... 371 00:23:42,292 --> 00:23:44,859 there wasn't nothing hitting, you know? 372 00:23:46,026 --> 00:23:48,656 Then he blurts out, "I hear you got the Purple Heart. 373 00:23:48,658 --> 00:23:50,026 What happened? You get shot?" 374 00:23:52,259 --> 00:23:53,759 It gets real quiet. 375 00:23:55,359 --> 00:23:58,892 All these drunk assholes just staring at me. 376 00:24:01,159 --> 00:24:02,759 Alls I can hear is... 377 00:24:03,692 --> 00:24:05,792 screams from the jungle that day and... 378 00:24:07,859 --> 00:24:09,592 artillery whistle in the air. 379 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:11,892 And I started to get pissed. 380 00:24:13,692 --> 00:24:17,026 So I pull my shirt up... 381 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:19,692 ...just to shut him up. 382 00:24:20,759 --> 00:24:22,190 He looks kind of awkward 383 00:24:22,192 --> 00:24:24,658 and then he starts chuckling and says, 384 00:24:25,792 --> 00:24:27,558 "What was you doing, running away?" 385 00:24:30,759 --> 00:24:32,159 You know what? Maybe I was. 386 00:24:33,825 --> 00:24:35,992 Maybe that's what I've been doing all this time. 387 00:24:37,192 --> 00:24:39,057 I was a refugee in my own country, 388 00:24:39,059 --> 00:24:41,625 and that hurt way more than those bullets. 389 00:24:44,858 --> 00:24:46,758 Does it still hurt, Grandpa? 390 00:24:48,992 --> 00:24:51,259 Only on the inside, baby boy. 391 00:24:52,925 --> 00:24:53,758 Come on, kids, time to eat. 392 00:24:55,125 --> 00:24:57,392 Honey, think this gumbo's about ready. 393 00:24:58,359 --> 00:25:00,492 I'm gonna need you to get on the record. 394 00:25:01,392 --> 00:25:03,758 That's about as on the record as you're gonna get. 395 00:25:35,792 --> 00:25:36,792 Hey. 396 00:25:39,426 --> 00:25:41,090 Donna Burr? Hi. 397 00:25:41,092 --> 00:25:42,992 Hey, man, he doesn't even get up till eight o'clock. 398 00:25:43,526 --> 00:25:45,392 Oh, uh, I'm sorry. 399 00:25:46,226 --> 00:25:48,025 Scott Huffman, DOD. 400 00:25:51,059 --> 00:25:53,925 - He... He works nights? - Jimmy's PTS. 401 00:25:55,059 --> 00:25:56,125 He's OCD. 402 00:25:56,426 --> 00:25:57,957 He suffers hallucinations 403 00:25:57,959 --> 00:26:00,192 and about 50 other war-related effects. 404 00:26:00,959 --> 00:26:02,290 He sleeps during the day 405 00:26:02,292 --> 00:26:04,392 because the night just plain terrifies him. 406 00:26:06,426 --> 00:26:09,290 Do you even know any Vietnam vets? 407 00:26:09,292 --> 00:26:12,192 No. It's a new experience for me. 408 00:26:15,292 --> 00:26:16,426 How did you two meet? 409 00:26:17,492 --> 00:26:19,492 You mean, what do I see in a Section 8 like Jimmy? 410 00:26:19,959 --> 00:26:22,725 No, not at all, ma'am. I'm... I'm just... 411 00:26:22,959 --> 00:26:24,059 I was his nurse... 412 00:26:25,125 --> 00:26:26,159 at the VA. 413 00:26:28,092 --> 00:26:29,390 You can learn a lot about these guys 414 00:26:29,392 --> 00:26:30,557 hanging with them. 415 00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:32,359 What they did, what it cost. 416 00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:34,957 And every day he finds the courage 417 00:26:34,959 --> 00:26:36,459 not to stick a gun in his mouth. 418 00:26:37,792 --> 00:26:39,992 So I think he deserves a little compassion, 419 00:26:40,392 --> 00:26:43,025 and, believe me, I get a lot more than I give. 420 00:26:43,359 --> 00:26:45,858 So if he wants to sleep during the day... 421 00:26:46,825 --> 00:26:47,992 that's okay with me. 422 00:26:49,059 --> 00:26:51,326 So I saw Frank Pitsenbarger, 423 00:26:52,392 --> 00:26:55,092 and, uh, he told me you have a contact list 424 00:26:55,359 --> 00:26:57,392 for all the Charlie Company guys that you've put together. 425 00:26:57,825 --> 00:26:59,257 So that's what you want? 426 00:26:59,259 --> 00:27:01,858 Well... no, I... 427 00:27:02,959 --> 00:27:04,792 I'd love to talk to your husband, too. 428 00:27:05,892 --> 00:27:07,792 I hope you're sincere about this, 429 00:27:08,159 --> 00:27:10,392 'cause Jimmy is tougher than a two-dollar steak 430 00:27:10,892 --> 00:27:14,157 and he can smell a rat a mile upwind. 431 00:27:14,159 --> 00:27:15,856 Well, I don't have a position here 432 00:27:15,858 --> 00:27:17,159 or an opinion. I'm... 433 00:27:24,392 --> 00:27:25,992 Here's your list. 434 00:27:26,459 --> 00:27:27,459 Thank you. 435 00:27:28,492 --> 00:27:29,992 You wanna talk to Jimmy, you're gonna have to wait. 436 00:27:30,226 --> 00:27:31,459 I'm not making any promises. 437 00:27:31,959 --> 00:27:33,392 Thank you. 438 00:27:49,526 --> 00:27:50,858 Hey. 439 00:27:51,426 --> 00:27:52,490 Sleeping on post 440 00:27:52,492 --> 00:27:54,125 would get you fragged in my unit. 441 00:27:54,992 --> 00:27:56,426 Know what I'm saying, sir? 442 00:27:59,159 --> 00:28:02,157 People round here think I'm a goddamn vampire. 443 00:28:02,159 --> 00:28:03,226 Maybe they're right too, 444 00:28:04,226 --> 00:28:07,092 'cause I ain't slept in the dark for 32 years. 445 00:28:07,392 --> 00:28:08,792 You know what I'm saying, sir? 446 00:28:10,125 --> 00:28:11,292 You know what that is? 447 00:28:13,259 --> 00:28:14,059 Yes. 448 00:28:16,092 --> 00:28:18,892 - No. No, I... I don't. - Yeah. 449 00:28:19,526 --> 00:28:22,892 Big Red One. First Infantry Division. 450 00:28:23,159 --> 00:28:25,892 Baddest goddamn GIs ever laced a boot. 451 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:27,758 Is that loaded? 452 00:28:32,125 --> 00:28:34,292 You know what you call a gun that ain't loaded? 453 00:28:34,559 --> 00:28:36,492 A fucking stick, sir. 454 00:28:37,858 --> 00:28:40,159 You know what, Jimmy? Uh, ca... Can I... 455 00:28:41,025 --> 00:28:42,092 Can I call you Jimmy? 456 00:28:44,059 --> 00:28:45,226 I'm a civilian, so... 457 00:28:46,825 --> 00:28:49,292 - you don't have to call me sir. - The only reason I'm talking 458 00:28:49,492 --> 00:28:52,426 and not shooting is 'cause of Tulley. 459 00:28:53,292 --> 00:28:55,557 He said this is all about Pits getting the medal. 460 00:28:55,559 --> 00:28:58,424 - Ain't that right? - Right. Absolutely. 461 00:28:58,426 --> 00:29:00,492 'Cause I don't give a shit about you. 462 00:29:00,925 --> 00:29:02,725 I don't give a shit about anything. 463 00:29:02,959 --> 00:29:05,057 I just wanna be left goddamn alone. 464 00:29:05,059 --> 00:29:06,524 You understand what I'm saying? 465 00:29:06,526 --> 00:29:08,892 I mean, I've been fucked over and fucked around. 466 00:29:09,125 --> 00:29:11,490 Nobody knows what went down with me over there. 467 00:29:11,492 --> 00:29:12,925 Nobody knows. 468 00:29:14,925 --> 00:29:16,925 You understand what I'm saying, sir? 469 00:29:19,426 --> 00:29:20,492 Listen, man, I... 470 00:29:20,892 --> 00:29:22,259 I didn't come here to get shot at, 471 00:29:22,892 --> 00:29:25,125 or to rattle your cage. I'm just... 472 00:29:26,159 --> 00:29:27,290 I'm just here because Tulley said 473 00:29:27,292 --> 00:29:30,492 your statement was important, as did Mr. Pitsenbarger. 474 00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:36,025 I was the oldest FNG they'd ever seen. 475 00:29:37,292 --> 00:29:39,925 Germany, Guam... 476 00:29:41,359 --> 00:29:43,059 goddamn Okinawa. 477 00:29:44,825 --> 00:29:47,792 Ten years and I never squeezed off one round. 478 00:29:49,192 --> 00:29:50,858 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 479 00:29:51,259 --> 00:29:53,092 FNG? What is... What is that? 480 00:29:53,858 --> 00:29:55,025 Fucking New Guy. 481 00:29:56,326 --> 00:29:58,159 Lower than tits on a snake. 482 00:29:59,059 --> 00:30:01,159 FNGs got people killed. 483 00:30:01,959 --> 00:30:03,725 All them years waiting. 484 00:30:04,359 --> 00:30:07,792 Come Easter of '66, I'm in goddamn Vietnam. 485 00:30:08,192 --> 00:30:10,059 I mean, I signed up for this shit. 486 00:30:11,059 --> 00:30:13,390 Thirty-three years old and I was gung-ho 487 00:30:13,392 --> 00:30:15,025 and ready to kill something. 488 00:30:15,292 --> 00:30:17,492 Hey, Ray, you're short, right? 489 00:30:18,426 --> 00:30:20,490 Thirty-two days and I'll be swimming in Schlitz 490 00:30:20,492 --> 00:30:21,925 unless you get me killed. 491 00:30:23,226 --> 00:30:25,324 How long did it take you to grease your first dink? 492 00:30:25,326 --> 00:30:27,725 - Understand what I'm saying? - Get off my back. 493 00:30:28,025 --> 00:30:28,892 What's your problem, man? 494 00:30:29,526 --> 00:30:31,226 You trying to get each other killed? Hmm? 495 00:30:32,125 --> 00:30:33,459 Man, get the hell away from him. 496 00:30:35,392 --> 00:30:36,725 Now, you know better, Ray. 497 00:30:37,392 --> 00:30:38,725 Keep your eyes open, man. 498 00:31:00,992 --> 00:31:03,426 - Go, go, go! - Charlie! Get down! 499 00:31:05,125 --> 00:31:07,925 Get down, get down! 500 00:31:16,559 --> 00:31:17,557 What we got? 501 00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:20,725 - There was three of them. - I... I got one. 502 00:31:20,925 --> 00:31:22,959 I got one. 503 00:31:31,492 --> 00:31:33,059 Holy shit. 504 00:31:35,025 --> 00:31:36,426 Nice shot. 505 00:31:36,925 --> 00:31:38,290 Charlie Six, Charlie Three. 506 00:31:38,292 --> 00:31:39,326 Jesus Christ. 507 00:31:41,392 --> 00:31:42,326 Charlie Six. 508 00:31:43,693 --> 00:31:44,357 Lieutenant, what the hell is going on up there? 509 00:31:44,359 --> 00:31:46,292 FNG bust his cherry is all. 510 00:31:46,792 --> 00:31:48,092 Copy that. Anything else? 511 00:31:48,925 --> 00:31:50,459 - Negative. - Roger that. 512 00:31:50,858 --> 00:31:51,892 Charlie Three out. 513 00:31:54,125 --> 00:31:55,925 Kep, check him for intel. 514 00:31:56,459 --> 00:31:58,292 Then shove a couple of grenades up under him. 515 00:31:59,226 --> 00:32:00,892 Anybody comes for him, we'll know. 516 00:32:08,092 --> 00:32:09,059 FNG. 517 00:32:09,392 --> 00:32:10,792 Welcome to 'Nam, Jimmy. 518 00:32:11,492 --> 00:32:12,992 Come on, I got you. 519 00:32:16,125 --> 00:32:18,326 I ain't never seen nobody die before. 520 00:32:19,492 --> 00:32:20,856 That little matter sucked 521 00:32:20,858 --> 00:32:22,725 all the whoop-ass right out of me. 522 00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:24,992 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 523 00:32:26,925 --> 00:32:31,192 I felt real bad about that for exactly 12 hours. 524 00:32:33,059 --> 00:32:35,092 And then I didn't feel bad about nothing. 525 00:32:48,125 --> 00:32:49,426 Thought this was going to the bottom of the pile. 526 00:32:50,092 --> 00:32:51,292 We are the bottom of the pile. 527 00:32:52,426 --> 00:32:54,459 Some guy named Ray Mott called, said he was confirming. 528 00:32:54,892 --> 00:32:57,459 Today's adventures in post-traumatic exorcism. 529 00:32:58,025 --> 00:32:59,326 Hopefully he won't have a gun. 530 00:33:00,025 --> 00:33:01,890 Sit down and walk me through the requirements 531 00:33:01,892 --> 00:33:03,792 for a congressional decorations package. 532 00:33:04,192 --> 00:33:06,459 - New eyewitness statements. - Okay, we're doing that. 533 00:33:07,025 --> 00:33:08,490 DOD report of casualty. 534 00:33:08,492 --> 00:33:10,524 Well, he's definitely dead. So that's two. 535 00:33:10,526 --> 00:33:12,157 And chain of command endorsements. 536 00:33:12,159 --> 00:33:13,858 Bingo. Where are they? 537 00:33:14,359 --> 00:33:17,459 Because some guy named Kepper 538 00:33:18,259 --> 00:33:20,359 wrote the after-action report and passed it up. 539 00:33:20,959 --> 00:33:21,925 It would have to have been approved 540 00:33:22,925 --> 00:33:25,424 from Bien Hoa, Saigon, to here at the Pentagon. 541 00:33:25,426 --> 00:33:28,226 - That would have been protocol. - Right, so where is it? 542 00:33:29,159 --> 00:33:31,090 Well, a lot can get lost in 32 years. 543 00:33:31,092 --> 00:33:32,825 This is the government we're talking about. 544 00:33:33,025 --> 00:33:35,257 Well, if I can't find the chain of command endorsements, 545 00:33:35,259 --> 00:33:38,259 this thing's DOA. I'm out of it. 546 00:33:39,159 --> 00:33:40,292 Why not ask Kepper? 547 00:33:40,858 --> 00:33:42,856 Because he's living in Nha Trang, 548 00:33:42,858 --> 00:33:45,259 which is in Vietnam, and that's 11 time zones away. 549 00:33:45,559 --> 00:33:48,326 There is this new invention called the telephone. 550 00:33:48,858 --> 00:33:51,192 Look, apparently this guy is some Kurtzian burnout 551 00:33:51,559 --> 00:33:54,023 smoking ganja under the Bodhi tree. 552 00:33:54,025 --> 00:33:55,459 I'm not going there. 553 00:33:55,892 --> 00:33:57,725 - Is that the budget top sheet? - Yeah. 554 00:33:59,426 --> 00:34:01,426 All right. I'll call you from the road. 555 00:34:06,125 --> 00:34:08,823 I come out here, knock out a box or two, 556 00:34:08,825 --> 00:34:10,725 check my targets, pick up my brass. 557 00:34:11,292 --> 00:34:13,092 Keeps me civil with the kids. 558 00:34:18,292 --> 00:34:19,890 Hear you went 559 00:34:19,892 --> 00:34:22,490 - to see Jimmy Burr. - Yeah. 560 00:34:22,492 --> 00:34:24,557 He kills things to relieve stress. 561 00:34:24,559 --> 00:34:26,492 Flower box, 75 meters. 562 00:34:29,858 --> 00:34:30,923 You know, he's got a bullet in his head still. 563 00:34:30,925 --> 00:34:33,856 It didn't kill him, so they slammed him into VA, 564 00:34:33,858 --> 00:34:35,524 doped him up for about 20 years. 565 00:34:35,526 --> 00:34:37,092 Can't imagine why. 566 00:34:46,125 --> 00:34:47,892 It's a hell of a thing, you know, 567 00:34:48,559 --> 00:34:51,492 to have somebody die so you can pop melons and... 568 00:34:52,492 --> 00:34:54,459 shoot rabbits by the light of the moon. 569 00:34:55,025 --> 00:34:57,125 Weapon's clear, Gene. 570 00:34:58,359 --> 00:34:59,392 Weapon's clear. 571 00:35:04,226 --> 00:35:06,025 Your reputation precedes you. 572 00:35:06,359 --> 00:35:09,092 - Jimmy isn't a fan. - Yeah, Tulley either. 573 00:35:09,858 --> 00:35:12,823 Well, if you guys want this guy to get the medal, 574 00:35:12,825 --> 00:35:14,957 I gotta get statements, testimony. 575 00:35:14,959 --> 00:35:18,023 It was one day, decades ago. 576 00:35:18,025 --> 00:35:20,424 Pitsenbarger came into that shitstorm on purpose. 577 00:35:20,426 --> 00:35:22,059 I mean, how do you account for that? 578 00:35:22,259 --> 00:35:25,725 Duty, commitment, mission. Pick one. 579 00:35:27,359 --> 00:35:29,226 I kept telling him to get out... 580 00:35:30,259 --> 00:35:31,426 but he wouldn't go. 581 00:35:32,192 --> 00:35:34,025 Even his CO ordered him back up. 582 00:35:34,526 --> 00:35:36,392 Their bird was getting ripped up. 583 00:35:37,192 --> 00:35:38,492 But he waved them off. 584 00:35:40,192 --> 00:35:41,459 Probably saved them too. 585 00:35:42,359 --> 00:35:43,492 Hell, he was Air Force. 586 00:35:44,059 --> 00:35:45,392 He shouldn't even have been there. 587 00:35:45,925 --> 00:35:47,992 - None of us should have. - How so? 588 00:35:49,092 --> 00:35:51,057 We'd already been out two weeks on patrol, 589 00:35:51,059 --> 00:35:52,823 but once we tangled 590 00:35:52,825 --> 00:35:55,125 with those NVA forces, naturally, 591 00:35:55,526 --> 00:35:56,959 we got the duty. 592 00:35:57,326 --> 00:36:00,025 - Duty? - Bait, brother. 593 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:01,825 Live bait. 594 00:36:06,992 --> 00:36:08,125 Everybody down! 595 00:36:10,025 --> 00:36:11,192 They put us there to make contact. 596 00:36:12,426 --> 00:36:16,259 Alpha and Bravo would flank and we'd grind 'em into pulp, 597 00:36:16,858 --> 00:36:18,190 take 'em out at whatever cost. 598 00:36:18,192 --> 00:36:20,858 Search and destroy. Notches on your pistol, baby. 599 00:36:21,426 --> 00:36:23,725 Kill ratios, body counts. 600 00:36:24,292 --> 00:36:25,459 It was total bullshit. 601 00:36:26,426 --> 00:36:29,025 Westmoreland, McNamara, Johnson. 602 00:36:29,858 --> 00:36:31,359 That's how they kept the money flowing. 603 00:36:31,925 --> 00:36:33,925 Kick an anthill. Grease a mess of gooks. 604 00:36:34,526 --> 00:36:36,957 Next day the NVA'd be right back again. 605 00:36:56,125 --> 00:36:58,057 - What's happening? - More gooks, sir! 606 00:36:58,059 --> 00:36:59,326 - Where? - Over there, sir! 607 00:37:00,159 --> 00:37:02,025 This place is crawling with them! 608 00:37:07,125 --> 00:37:08,125 They're in the trees. 609 00:37:08,526 --> 00:37:10,090 They're in the trees. 610 00:37:13,892 --> 00:37:16,292 Cover me! 611 00:37:21,559 --> 00:37:23,192 We didn't have a fucking chance. 612 00:37:36,059 --> 00:37:37,326 Ah. You're dogging it. 613 00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:38,557 Just so you know, 614 00:37:38,559 --> 00:37:40,457 I can't find the chain of command endorsements 615 00:37:40,459 --> 00:37:41,725 in the Pitsenbarger file. 616 00:37:42,792 --> 00:37:44,226 - So put it in your report. - I'm missing something. 617 00:37:44,892 --> 00:37:47,792 - What are you doing? - What? 618 00:37:47,992 --> 00:37:50,192 This thing was ancient history before you were born. 619 00:37:51,392 --> 00:37:52,758 Let me let you in on something. 620 00:37:52,992 --> 00:37:55,123 It is an undisputed fact at the Pentagon 621 00:37:55,125 --> 00:37:57,259 that all the real hardware goes to the officers. 622 00:37:57,959 --> 00:38:00,157 There's been one enlisted Medal of Honor 623 00:38:00,159 --> 00:38:01,426 in the history of the Air Force. 624 00:38:02,226 --> 00:38:04,090 So somebody makes endorsements disappear 625 00:38:04,092 --> 00:38:05,392 because the guy's enlisted? 626 00:38:05,892 --> 00:38:07,725 It's not a can of worms you wanna open. 627 00:38:08,858 --> 00:38:10,424 - Why not? - Because confronting 628 00:38:10,426 --> 00:38:13,326 the Air Force decorations board is not in your best interest. 629 00:38:13,892 --> 00:38:14,959 Oh, shoot. 630 00:38:15,825 --> 00:38:16,790 I'm getting a shower. 631 00:38:16,792 --> 00:38:18,226 - Yeah. - It doesn't count. 632 00:38:27,226 --> 00:38:28,292 Hey there, hotshot. 633 00:38:29,292 --> 00:38:30,192 Thought you fell off the planet. 634 00:38:31,125 --> 00:38:33,059 I'm pacing myself. It's a long way down. 635 00:38:33,359 --> 00:38:34,858 What can I do for you? 636 00:38:35,925 --> 00:38:38,326 You ever hear of a General John A. Hackmeyer? 637 00:38:39,192 --> 00:38:41,923 He was one of the army silverbacks 638 00:38:41,925 --> 00:38:43,359 down in Saigon during the war. 639 00:38:43,792 --> 00:38:45,424 He was also the service secretary 640 00:38:45,426 --> 00:38:47,725 that approved the Medal of Honor of your division. 641 00:38:48,392 --> 00:38:49,858 Think you could track him down? 642 00:38:50,092 --> 00:38:52,157 He's probably fertilizer by now. 643 00:38:52,159 --> 00:38:55,292 Besides, you're the one with the DOD security clearance. 644 00:38:56,326 --> 00:38:58,192 Maybe we don't want the DOD to know. 645 00:39:00,059 --> 00:39:01,259 Can you hold on a second? 646 00:39:09,526 --> 00:39:10,725 We don't? 647 00:39:11,758 --> 00:39:12,823 Chain of command endorsements 648 00:39:12,825 --> 00:39:15,392 are an essential element for congressional review, 649 00:39:16,125 --> 00:39:17,326 and they're not in the file. 650 00:39:18,459 --> 00:39:20,326 What are you asking me? 651 00:39:20,858 --> 00:39:22,290 I'm asking you if it's possible 652 00:39:22,292 --> 00:39:24,292 that what we're looking for isn't really lost. 653 00:39:25,259 --> 00:39:26,492 What are you doing? 654 00:39:28,392 --> 00:39:30,324 I'm doing my job. What do you... 655 00:39:30,326 --> 00:39:31,856 What do you mean, what am I doing? 656 00:39:31,858 --> 00:39:33,825 It's a rare quality these days. 657 00:39:34,559 --> 00:39:36,357 What, did you grow a conscience? 658 00:39:36,359 --> 00:39:39,392 Not at all. It's a waste of energy. 659 00:39:41,792 --> 00:39:43,092 Well, I'll sniff around. 660 00:39:44,492 --> 00:39:45,392 Okay. 661 00:40:04,359 --> 00:40:05,890 - Daddy? - How you doing, 662 00:40:05,892 --> 00:40:06,925 mister? 663 00:40:08,526 --> 00:40:09,925 We have company. 664 00:40:12,359 --> 00:40:13,725 Hi. 665 00:40:14,125 --> 00:40:16,459 Long drive from Wilmington in that school bus. 666 00:40:17,125 --> 00:40:18,424 I don't have a car. 667 00:40:18,426 --> 00:40:20,259 They let me take her home nights. 668 00:40:23,559 --> 00:40:25,524 - Who wants to build a fort? - Me. 669 00:40:25,526 --> 00:40:28,259 - Okay. - Thanks for the coffee. 670 00:40:28,925 --> 00:40:29,925 Pleasure. 671 00:40:34,925 --> 00:40:36,392 You messed with my head, man... 672 00:40:37,992 --> 00:40:39,259 when you came to see me. 673 00:40:41,359 --> 00:40:43,025 Started having dreams again. 674 00:40:45,459 --> 00:40:46,825 Can't sleep. 675 00:40:48,092 --> 00:40:50,292 Probably normal, considering. 676 00:40:55,526 --> 00:40:56,858 Sit down. 677 00:41:00,092 --> 00:41:01,092 I, um... 678 00:41:04,359 --> 00:41:07,324 When I got out of the, uh, army hospital in Saigon, 679 00:41:07,326 --> 00:41:09,157 I wanted to wear my dress uniform 680 00:41:09,159 --> 00:41:10,359 for my mother, even though I knew... 681 00:41:11,459 --> 00:41:13,992 even though they carried me off the plane. She was... 682 00:41:14,959 --> 00:41:17,292 She was crying when she saw me, 683 00:41:17,526 --> 00:41:20,326 my ribbons and my Purple Heart. 684 00:41:21,492 --> 00:41:23,557 They took me straight to the VA 685 00:41:23,559 --> 00:41:25,490 and I was in there for months before I got home, 686 00:41:25,492 --> 00:41:27,192 I never saw that uniform again. 687 00:41:29,159 --> 00:41:32,059 She packed everything up from the war in my duffle, 688 00:41:33,259 --> 00:41:34,856 like it never happened, you know, 689 00:41:34,858 --> 00:41:36,557 and I guess I didn't care, 690 00:41:36,559 --> 00:41:39,758 'cause it's been sitting in her attic ever since. 691 00:41:41,825 --> 00:41:44,925 My daughter's a shrink. 692 00:41:47,159 --> 00:41:48,392 She thought maybe... 693 00:41:49,059 --> 00:41:50,192 it'd be good... 694 00:41:52,092 --> 00:41:53,825 uh, for me to unpack it. 695 00:41:56,292 --> 00:41:57,959 Everything was still there. 696 00:42:00,892 --> 00:42:03,292 The smell of war still on my clothes. 697 00:42:05,426 --> 00:42:06,725 And, um... 698 00:42:23,959 --> 00:42:25,092 Pits gave that to me. 699 00:42:25,992 --> 00:42:27,426 He asked me to take care of it. 700 00:42:28,326 --> 00:42:29,925 He asked me to bring it to her. 701 00:42:34,292 --> 00:42:35,192 The guy saved my life 702 00:42:36,292 --> 00:42:37,390 and there was one small thing that he asked of me 703 00:42:37,392 --> 00:42:38,758 and I wouldn't do it. 704 00:42:42,825 --> 00:42:43,992 I couldn't do it. 705 00:42:56,459 --> 00:42:58,025 You know what that makes me? 706 00:43:10,992 --> 00:43:12,426 1954. 707 00:43:13,192 --> 00:43:16,092 It snowed all night. Ah, that was a beautiful Christmas. 708 00:43:16,459 --> 00:43:19,125 I got Bill his Flexible Flyer. 709 00:43:20,226 --> 00:43:22,426 It's... It's still out there in the garage. 710 00:43:22,959 --> 00:43:25,090 - You were close? - Sure. 711 00:43:25,092 --> 00:43:29,326 But, uh, I wa... I was on the road in... In those days. 712 00:43:29,925 --> 00:43:31,459 I missed so much. 713 00:43:33,125 --> 00:43:34,792 Yeah. 714 00:43:40,359 --> 00:43:41,892 You close to your dad? 715 00:43:42,892 --> 00:43:44,858 Actually, I never met him. 716 00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:50,492 Why... Why did you let him go? 717 00:43:51,159 --> 00:43:52,459 Why didn't you just stop him? 718 00:43:54,159 --> 00:43:57,459 You can't teach your children values... 719 00:43:58,825 --> 00:44:02,023 and then just withdraw 'em because you're afraid 720 00:44:02,025 --> 00:44:03,392 of what you might lose. 721 00:44:04,226 --> 00:44:06,792 It just seemed like such a high price to pay. 722 00:44:08,092 --> 00:44:09,426 If not my son... 723 00:44:10,825 --> 00:44:11,892 then whose? 724 00:44:12,492 --> 00:44:14,025 My neighbor's? 725 00:44:14,559 --> 00:44:15,892 My sister's? 726 00:44:17,125 --> 00:44:18,125 Yours? 727 00:44:19,992 --> 00:44:20,992 Bill... 728 00:44:21,959 --> 00:44:24,292 he honored all of us by serving, 729 00:44:24,959 --> 00:44:26,959 and that's no small thing. 730 00:44:29,326 --> 00:44:30,492 No disrespect. 731 00:44:31,526 --> 00:44:32,959 None taken. 732 00:44:34,559 --> 00:44:36,192 In 1965, 733 00:44:36,825 --> 00:44:39,792 the first ground troops landed at Da Nang. 734 00:44:40,326 --> 00:44:42,326 I had the thing on TV all the time. 735 00:44:42,925 --> 00:44:46,159 A couple of weeks later, the US embassy was bombed. 736 00:44:47,925 --> 00:44:51,457 Americans his age started dying. 737 00:44:51,459 --> 00:44:53,292 Boys from our own town. 738 00:44:54,326 --> 00:44:55,892 I... I think it moved him. 739 00:44:56,359 --> 00:44:59,190 He came to me one night, I knew what he was thinking. 740 00:44:59,192 --> 00:45:01,792 God, it sent a jolt right through me. 741 00:45:03,059 --> 00:45:04,459 But he went easy on me. 742 00:45:05,159 --> 00:45:08,359 He never asked for permission. 743 00:45:09,459 --> 00:45:11,892 I think he knew what it would mean later... 744 00:45:13,292 --> 00:45:14,892 if something happened to him. 745 00:45:23,159 --> 00:45:27,492 By the time I woke up, he'd already gone. 746 00:45:29,359 --> 00:45:30,959 Next time I saw him... 747 00:45:33,259 --> 00:45:35,226 he had a haircut and orders. 748 00:45:37,125 --> 00:45:39,992 I was never so frightened and I was never so proud. 749 00:45:42,125 --> 00:45:45,825 I can't help it, but I... I still miss... 750 00:45:47,292 --> 00:45:50,059 watching him mow the lawn out there, 751 00:45:50,992 --> 00:45:54,357 the smell of fresh cut grass on his sneakers. 752 00:45:56,593 --> 00:45:59,725 And how he folded his clothes, even when they were dirty, 753 00:46:00,559 --> 00:46:02,392 'cause he knew it pleased his mom. 754 00:46:03,459 --> 00:46:08,290 I miss the way he tapped his cleats for luck 755 00:46:08,292 --> 00:46:09,858 when he went up to bat... 756 00:46:10,858 --> 00:46:12,992 and the way he always found me... 757 00:46:15,292 --> 00:46:16,957 when he crossed home plate. 758 00:46:16,959 --> 00:46:19,858 There's a thousand things like that. 759 00:46:21,259 --> 00:46:25,359 But mostly, I miss what I didn't get to see him do. 760 00:46:26,226 --> 00:46:27,359 What do you mean? 761 00:46:28,125 --> 00:46:30,459 Well, I never got to see him marry, 762 00:46:31,259 --> 00:46:33,758 or fall in love with a child of his own. 763 00:46:35,392 --> 00:46:36,426 Because only then... 764 00:46:39,059 --> 00:46:42,192 could he understand how much his father loved him. 765 00:46:48,025 --> 00:46:49,459 I... I have a son. 766 00:46:50,858 --> 00:46:53,059 Then you know what we're talking about. 767 00:46:56,125 --> 00:46:58,092 Who is, uh, Jenny? 768 00:46:58,326 --> 00:47:01,259 Oh, Jenny Raynor. 769 00:47:01,492 --> 00:47:02,858 So beautiful. 770 00:47:03,392 --> 00:47:05,990 She came to live with us while Bill was overseas. 771 00:47:05,992 --> 00:47:08,392 You see, Mr. Huffman... 772 00:47:10,459 --> 00:47:12,226 we actually lost... 773 00:47:13,125 --> 00:47:16,858 - two children that day. - Here are her letters. 774 00:47:17,259 --> 00:47:19,359 She gave them to us when she got married, 775 00:47:20,125 --> 00:47:22,392 but we could never bring ourselves to read 'em. 776 00:47:24,359 --> 00:47:25,858 Mr. Pitsenbarger... 777 00:47:26,559 --> 00:47:28,326 I just... I just wanna be clear. 778 00:47:30,792 --> 00:47:33,092 This process doesn't take months. 779 00:47:33,559 --> 00:47:35,059 It takes years. 780 00:47:36,459 --> 00:47:38,359 Scott, I have cancer. 781 00:47:38,992 --> 00:47:42,090 I should have been gone already if you'd believe the doctors. 782 00:47:42,092 --> 00:47:44,925 But, he's a fighter, my man. 783 00:47:46,259 --> 00:47:47,157 I'm sorry. 784 00:47:47,159 --> 00:47:49,823 Dying isn't harder than losing a child, 785 00:47:49,825 --> 00:47:50,758 I promise you. 786 00:47:51,758 --> 00:47:53,459 - Do what you can, son. - Thank you. 787 00:48:15,925 --> 00:48:17,259 He sleeps so soundly. 788 00:48:18,925 --> 00:48:20,792 He has no worries. 789 00:48:22,192 --> 00:48:23,359 Pitsenbarger... 790 00:48:24,492 --> 00:48:25,858 he had everything. 791 00:48:26,526 --> 00:48:28,326 People really cared about the guy. 792 00:48:30,025 --> 00:48:31,159 And really loved him. 793 00:48:36,992 --> 00:48:38,426 How could he give all that up? 794 00:48:39,526 --> 00:48:41,190 He knew what he was leaving behind, 795 00:48:41,192 --> 00:48:42,259 and still he... 796 00:48:44,092 --> 00:48:45,359 had such certainty. 797 00:48:47,192 --> 00:48:48,192 Of what? 798 00:48:49,858 --> 00:48:50,858 That... 799 00:48:52,459 --> 00:48:53,959 no bullet was gonna... 800 00:48:55,192 --> 00:48:57,459 stop him from being who he was. 801 00:49:00,226 --> 00:49:01,457 I've never felt that certain 802 00:49:01,459 --> 00:49:03,125 about anything in my entire life. 803 00:49:13,392 --> 00:49:14,392 I have. 804 00:50:04,192 --> 00:50:05,790 Look, we're gonna play possum, all right? 805 00:50:05,792 --> 00:50:07,957 No matter what, don't move, don't breathe. 806 00:50:07,959 --> 00:50:09,758 Come on, get on top. Come on. Hurry up. 807 00:50:13,125 --> 00:50:14,490 We have contact all around us. 808 00:50:14,492 --> 00:50:16,157 VC got their whole goddamn battalion 809 00:50:16,159 --> 00:50:17,923 - out of bed for this one. - We're gonna tighten up 810 00:50:17,925 --> 00:50:20,858 - this circle right now. - Takoda's still out there, sir, 811 00:50:21,492 --> 00:50:23,324 Willy, and Burr, too. 812 00:50:25,159 --> 00:50:26,959 Nobody gets left outside the perimeter. 813 00:51:05,526 --> 00:51:06,892 Hello? 814 00:51:18,326 --> 00:51:20,092 Whatever it is you want... 815 00:51:21,792 --> 00:51:22,925 it's okay. 816 00:51:39,025 --> 00:51:39,959 Psst. 817 00:51:40,792 --> 00:51:41,925 Anybody alive? 818 00:51:42,392 --> 00:51:43,459 Yeah. 819 00:51:57,292 --> 00:51:59,090 - I can't breathe. - Whoa. 820 00:51:59,092 --> 00:52:00,790 Well, they messed you up good, Lieutenant. 821 00:52:00,792 --> 00:52:02,390 Get me out of here, will you? 822 00:52:02,392 --> 00:52:03,490 Hey. All right. 823 00:52:03,492 --> 00:52:05,426 I need you to help me with the lieutenant, okay? 824 00:52:05,858 --> 00:52:08,057 - Are you with me? Ssh, ssh. - You gotta help Willy. 825 00:52:08,059 --> 00:52:09,790 - We can't leave Willy. - Shh, shh. 826 00:52:09,792 --> 00:52:10,959 Willy's gone, friend, all right? 827 00:52:12,059 --> 00:52:13,326 Now, are you with me? Look at me. Are you with me? 828 00:52:14,292 --> 00:52:16,292 All right. Come on. All right, up you get. 829 00:52:16,492 --> 00:52:17,923 Come on, grab a shoulder. 830 00:52:17,925 --> 00:52:20,123 One, two... 831 00:52:21,125 --> 00:52:22,326 Grab his belt. Let's go. 832 00:52:33,159 --> 00:52:35,992 This way. 833 00:52:37,226 --> 00:52:38,992 Come on, man, let's go! Get up! 834 00:52:39,559 --> 00:52:42,090 It's Takoda. For Christ's sake, don't shoot. 835 00:52:42,092 --> 00:52:44,957 Put him down over there. Over there. That's it. 836 00:52:44,959 --> 00:52:47,025 Easy, easy, easy. 837 00:52:47,792 --> 00:52:49,825 Wrap it and pack it, all right? 838 00:52:54,159 --> 00:52:57,092 Right, not too tight. Just venous pressure. 839 00:52:58,792 --> 00:53:00,992 Okay, that's it. That's it. 840 00:53:02,159 --> 00:53:04,057 Okay. 841 00:53:04,059 --> 00:53:05,792 Just a few minutes, all right? 842 00:53:08,092 --> 00:53:09,892 Hey, you're doing great. 843 00:53:10,526 --> 00:53:11,792 You're doing just great. 844 00:53:15,492 --> 00:53:17,159 All right, okay. 845 00:53:17,858 --> 00:53:20,326 One, two, three. 846 00:53:21,259 --> 00:53:23,090 I need you to hold that, 847 00:53:23,092 --> 00:53:24,459 all right? Don't let that move. 848 00:53:25,025 --> 00:53:27,392 - Okay? - Why are you here? 849 00:53:28,925 --> 00:53:30,092 Because you're here. 850 00:53:42,925 --> 00:53:43,959 Did he... 851 00:53:44,526 --> 00:53:45,858 say anything? 852 00:53:48,492 --> 00:53:50,192 He never says anything. 853 00:55:03,392 --> 00:55:06,023 Hey. Somebody somewhere likes you. 854 00:55:06,025 --> 00:55:09,190 - Hey, Carl. - The FBI is doing due diligence. 855 00:55:09,192 --> 00:55:10,457 You're on the shortlist 856 00:55:10,459 --> 00:55:13,192 for Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. 857 00:55:14,526 --> 00:55:15,758 What'd you tell 'em? 858 00:55:16,226 --> 00:55:18,290 That you're a lying, womanizing pimp 859 00:55:18,292 --> 00:55:19,459 and you cheat at hoops. 860 00:55:20,659 --> 00:55:22,825 They assured me those were all occupational requirements. 861 00:55:24,792 --> 00:55:26,159 What about the MOH? 862 00:55:27,025 --> 00:55:28,224 MOH? I'll reassign it. 863 00:55:28,226 --> 00:55:30,357 I mean, I probably should have done it in the first place. 864 00:55:30,359 --> 00:55:31,925 Somebody was bound to pick you up. 865 00:55:35,359 --> 00:55:38,392 I see Senator Holt's peddling an election-year memoir. 866 00:55:39,059 --> 00:55:40,257 Yeah, you should read it. 867 00:55:40,259 --> 00:55:41,190 You might learn something. 868 00:55:41,192 --> 00:55:43,890 - You write any of it? - Every other word. 869 00:55:43,892 --> 00:55:46,057 That's good, Carl. 870 00:55:46,059 --> 00:55:47,959 First time you've told the truth in four years. 871 00:55:48,492 --> 00:55:50,157 What's the matter with you? You... 872 00:55:50,159 --> 00:55:52,923 You don't want the best civilian job in the Pentagon? 873 00:55:52,925 --> 00:55:55,890 I mean, this... This makes you. 874 00:55:55,892 --> 00:55:58,059 It's 3-D moves from here on out, 875 00:55:58,359 --> 00:56:00,524 not to mention getting you back to Appropriations. 876 00:56:00,526 --> 00:56:02,292 I need to finish this report. 877 00:56:03,159 --> 00:56:05,792 Are you kidding me? Look at me. 878 00:56:06,792 --> 00:56:09,326 You're a predator, man. You're a goddamn meat eater. 879 00:56:09,559 --> 00:56:10,992 That single instinct 880 00:56:11,226 --> 00:56:14,457 has taken you very far in a very short time, 881 00:56:14,459 --> 00:56:16,257 so don't get sentimental on me now. 882 00:56:16,259 --> 00:56:18,357 So you're gonna finish the review? 883 00:56:18,359 --> 00:56:19,725 Yeah, absolutely. 884 00:56:20,492 --> 00:56:22,758 I'll send an intern down to pick it all up. 885 00:56:22,992 --> 00:56:23,992 An intern. 886 00:56:25,392 --> 00:56:28,059 - Well, congratulations, man. - Yeah. 887 00:56:34,992 --> 00:56:37,123 You'd think I'd be better at this second time around. 888 00:56:39,025 --> 00:56:41,326 Well, you could read the instructions. 889 00:56:42,025 --> 00:56:43,192 That would be cheating. 890 00:56:46,459 --> 00:56:49,159 - Stanton was looking for you. - Well, he found me. 891 00:56:50,426 --> 00:56:51,923 I'm on the shortlist 892 00:56:51,925 --> 00:56:54,059 for Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs. 893 00:56:55,526 --> 00:56:57,059 What about Dave Croft? 894 00:56:57,492 --> 00:56:58,426 Croft's out. 895 00:57:00,025 --> 00:57:02,892 - Well, that's great, then. - It's a career maker. 896 00:57:03,326 --> 00:57:05,725 E-ring, a view of the river. 897 00:57:06,259 --> 00:57:08,057 Well, since they threw in the view... 898 00:57:08,059 --> 00:57:10,125 Yeah. I mean, what's wrong with that? 899 00:57:12,459 --> 00:57:13,858 What about the MOH? 900 00:57:14,992 --> 00:57:17,292 The Pitsenbargers are in town. 901 00:57:17,825 --> 00:57:19,892 Frank's having some tests done at the VA. 902 00:57:20,392 --> 00:57:21,392 What's wrong with him? 903 00:57:22,925 --> 00:57:24,125 Ewing's sarcoma. 904 00:57:25,226 --> 00:57:26,226 God. 905 00:57:27,526 --> 00:57:29,326 They're gonna be here for Thanksgiving. 906 00:57:30,226 --> 00:57:33,357 Maybe they'll see our situation and meet Luke and you and... 907 00:57:33,359 --> 00:57:35,856 You are not using us as your excuse. 908 00:57:35,858 --> 00:57:38,259 Our life is not an excuse, Tara, it's a fact. 909 00:57:40,159 --> 00:57:41,157 Besides, Stanton said he's gonna 910 00:57:41,159 --> 00:57:43,259 have someone pick it up right where I leave off. 911 00:57:46,159 --> 00:57:47,159 Okay. 912 00:57:52,392 --> 00:57:53,790 We were Michigan fans 913 00:57:53,792 --> 00:57:56,090 long before we moved to Buckeye country. 914 00:57:56,092 --> 00:57:57,390 It's more than a football game 915 00:57:57,392 --> 00:57:59,424 when the Wolverines come to Columbus. 916 00:57:59,426 --> 00:58:02,190 - Do you still go to the games? - Oh, God, no. 917 00:58:02,192 --> 00:58:03,858 - Not since... - 1965. 918 00:58:06,159 --> 00:58:07,092 I'm sorry. 919 00:58:08,226 --> 00:58:09,157 Talking about Bill 920 00:58:09,159 --> 00:58:11,226 is one of the greatest joys of our life. 921 00:58:11,858 --> 00:58:14,159 Keeping him alive keeps us strong. 922 00:58:14,426 --> 00:58:15,892 It's how we balance our grief 923 00:58:16,226 --> 00:58:18,424 and how we live a happy life without him. 924 00:58:18,426 --> 00:58:21,159 Oh. Huh. 925 00:58:21,792 --> 00:58:22,758 Is that a game? 926 00:58:23,758 --> 00:58:26,459 This is a machine that gives me my medicine. 927 00:58:28,359 --> 00:58:30,390 Whoa. 928 00:58:30,392 --> 00:58:32,990 - We are minutes away. - Yeah, we're ready. 929 00:58:32,992 --> 00:58:35,224 - May I help? - Oh, uh, Luke, honey, 930 00:58:35,226 --> 00:58:37,190 why don't you show Alice and Frank your room? 931 00:58:37,192 --> 00:58:38,959 - Thank you, Luke. - Okay. Okay. 932 00:58:45,959 --> 00:58:47,292 How do you think I should do this? 933 00:58:48,426 --> 00:58:49,426 Be honest. 934 00:58:51,392 --> 00:58:52,825 I meant the turkey. 935 00:59:27,292 --> 00:59:31,226 Scott, may I, uh... give the blessing? 936 00:59:32,792 --> 00:59:33,992 Yeah, of course. 937 00:59:35,326 --> 00:59:36,226 Okay. 938 00:59:37,059 --> 00:59:38,125 Heavenly Father... 939 00:59:40,226 --> 00:59:42,957 please bless this food 940 00:59:42,959 --> 00:59:45,492 that it may nourish this growing family 941 00:59:46,125 --> 00:59:48,092 and the friendship between us. 942 00:59:49,159 --> 00:59:51,492 And give praise to this young man 943 00:59:51,992 --> 00:59:55,492 as he honors us with his commitment to ensure 944 00:59:56,292 --> 00:59:58,492 that the sacrifices of the fallen... 945 00:59:59,792 --> 01:00:01,059 were neither in vain... 946 01:00:02,292 --> 01:00:04,025 nor will they ever be forgotten. 947 01:00:06,025 --> 01:00:07,025 Amen. 948 01:00:15,392 --> 01:00:16,426 What you say, mister? 949 01:00:19,858 --> 01:00:23,190 - What are you doing here? - Tulley had your number. 950 01:00:23,192 --> 01:00:26,259 So I called, talked to your wife. Nice woman. 951 01:00:26,892 --> 01:00:28,492 She told me where you was at. 952 01:00:29,159 --> 01:00:30,159 Sit down. 953 01:00:32,492 --> 01:00:34,426 - Coffee? - No. 954 01:00:43,259 --> 01:00:44,959 You tracked me down to give me this? 955 01:00:51,192 --> 01:00:54,459 You... never appreciate 956 01:00:54,858 --> 01:00:57,059 what American artillery can do... 957 01:00:58,059 --> 01:01:00,059 till you see it waste your own people. 958 01:01:00,858 --> 01:01:02,125 What are you talking about? 959 01:01:03,359 --> 01:01:05,426 The first round killed three for sure. 960 01:01:06,792 --> 01:01:08,257 Ain't no telling how many of the wounded 961 01:01:08,259 --> 01:01:11,159 would have died later if the VC hadn't got to 'em first. 962 01:01:12,559 --> 01:01:15,159 If you give your shooters a good plot, 963 01:01:15,559 --> 01:01:17,856 them Red Legs could put a .105 round 964 01:01:17,858 --> 01:01:19,159 inside a pickle barrel. 965 01:01:20,792 --> 01:01:22,792 I got the distance correction wrong... 966 01:01:23,925 --> 01:01:25,825 and we got thumped by our own shit. 967 01:01:27,159 --> 01:01:30,426 - What are you saying? - It was blue on blue, brother. 968 01:01:31,825 --> 01:01:33,925 Friendly fire. Ain't no getting around that. 969 01:01:34,192 --> 01:01:35,990 Damage! Damage! 970 01:01:35,992 --> 01:01:37,390 Charlie Three has a fire mission. 971 01:01:37,392 --> 01:01:41,257 Shift from Queensland, direction 3-1-0, 972 01:01:41,259 --> 01:01:43,324 distance 300 meters. 973 01:01:43,326 --> 01:01:44,424 We will adjust. 974 01:01:45,825 --> 01:01:48,892 Shit. Splash. Adjust left 100. 975 01:01:49,459 --> 01:01:52,324 What the hell was that? 976 01:01:54,925 --> 01:01:56,459 Can I get some ammo, please? 977 01:01:57,125 --> 01:01:58,492 I need some fucking ammo. 978 01:02:02,892 --> 01:02:03,923 Man down! 979 01:02:03,925 --> 01:02:06,823 Charlie Three has a fire mission. Drop 100. 980 01:02:06,825 --> 01:02:07,992 Fire for effect. 981 01:02:08,259 --> 01:02:11,292 Make it danger close. Make it danger close. 982 01:02:13,125 --> 01:02:15,792 Move up! Move up! 983 01:02:24,226 --> 01:02:25,292 Medic! 984 01:02:26,292 --> 01:02:27,725 Medic! 985 01:02:28,226 --> 01:02:32,025 So when Tulley says I'm the one what started it, 986 01:02:32,792 --> 01:02:34,259 that's what he really means. 987 01:02:36,059 --> 01:02:37,226 The truth is... 988 01:02:39,326 --> 01:02:40,925 I killed my own men. 989 01:02:43,092 --> 01:02:44,792 If I get those numbers right... 990 01:02:46,125 --> 01:02:48,492 Pitsenbarger probably never even gets that call, 991 01:02:49,392 --> 01:02:51,758 never comes down that wire, never... 992 01:02:52,992 --> 01:02:54,092 saves my life. 993 01:02:56,326 --> 01:02:59,023 Maybe he's the one sitting on a riverbank somewhere 994 01:02:59,025 --> 01:03:02,792 with his grandkids around him, and that'd been fine by me. 995 01:03:04,459 --> 01:03:06,092 Instead he's dead... 996 01:03:08,025 --> 01:03:10,392 and they gave me the goddamn Silver Star. 997 01:03:11,326 --> 01:03:13,858 For what? Surviving? 998 01:03:15,559 --> 01:03:17,990 I sit around year in and year out thinking 999 01:03:17,992 --> 01:03:19,725 about 20 seconds 1000 01:03:19,992 --> 01:03:23,326 32 years ago I wish to God I could have back. 1001 01:03:25,959 --> 01:03:27,292 Surviving isn't a crime. 1002 01:03:29,392 --> 01:03:32,492 No, it ain't... but it's a life sentence. 1003 01:03:33,992 --> 01:03:35,492 Getting that medal for Pits, 1004 01:03:35,992 --> 01:03:38,092 for his family, for the men I lost, 1005 01:03:38,892 --> 01:03:42,125 might be the only decent thing I get to pull out of that war. 1006 01:03:44,125 --> 01:03:47,224 So, why don't you go on back up to Washington 1007 01:03:47,226 --> 01:03:48,992 and make that happen, all right? 1008 01:04:04,025 --> 01:04:05,224 Daddy. 1009 01:04:05,226 --> 01:04:07,192 Hey. 1010 01:04:07,426 --> 01:04:09,792 I'm thirsty. 1011 01:04:10,359 --> 01:04:12,725 Okay, buddy, let's get you a drink. 1012 01:04:13,459 --> 01:04:16,125 Daddy, are those the army men you're helping? 1013 01:04:19,492 --> 01:04:22,125 Yeah, they are. 1014 01:04:25,226 --> 01:04:27,292 Do you want me to be a army man? 1015 01:04:29,059 --> 01:04:32,259 - Hey. What's going on? - Hey. 1016 01:04:34,359 --> 01:04:35,725 He just needs a drink. 1017 01:04:37,025 --> 01:04:40,092 Oh, I see. Let's go get you some water, huh? 1018 01:04:42,159 --> 01:04:44,923 - Everything okay? - Yeah. See you in a bit. 1019 01:04:44,925 --> 01:04:48,025 Okay. All right. Let's get you some water. 1020 01:04:54,792 --> 01:04:57,190 Well, Jim, I was deployed to Vietnam 1021 01:04:57,192 --> 01:04:59,123 at a very interesting point during the war, 1022 01:04:59,125 --> 01:05:00,357 and that's really what prompted me 1023 01:05:00,359 --> 01:05:01,359 to write the book. 1024 01:05:02,359 --> 01:05:04,823 I was initially serving as the G3, 1025 01:05:04,825 --> 01:05:06,057 or operations officer, 1026 01:05:06,059 --> 01:05:09,825 for the 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One, 1027 01:05:10,159 --> 01:05:11,790 now, we were deployed, uh, 1028 01:05:11,792 --> 01:05:13,190 northwest of Saigon... 1029 01:05:13,192 --> 01:05:14,190 ...in a very crucial area 1030 01:05:14,192 --> 01:05:15,957 next to the capital... 1031 01:05:15,959 --> 01:05:16,756 ...Saigon then, 1032 01:05:16,758 --> 01:05:18,092 - now Ho Chi Minh City. - Hello? 1033 01:05:19,326 --> 01:05:21,359 Now, what I meant by a very interesting period... 1034 01:05:27,959 --> 01:05:28,959 Hey. 1035 01:05:30,125 --> 01:05:32,259 - Where is he? Can I see him? - Slow down. 1036 01:05:32,925 --> 01:05:33,925 Okay. 1037 01:05:43,426 --> 01:05:44,459 Hey, Frank. 1038 01:05:45,426 --> 01:05:47,892 Got someone here to see you. It's the FNG. 1039 01:05:48,459 --> 01:05:51,490 - Mr. Huffman. - How you doing, Frank? 1040 01:05:51,492 --> 01:05:53,459 All the better for seeing you. 1041 01:05:54,992 --> 01:05:56,192 Thank you for coming. 1042 01:05:56,559 --> 01:05:57,758 Of course. 1043 01:05:59,925 --> 01:06:01,426 He gave me a call and, uh... 1044 01:06:03,392 --> 01:06:05,292 - here I am. - Right. 1045 01:06:10,192 --> 01:06:11,226 Is he dying? 1046 01:06:12,259 --> 01:06:13,725 We're all dying, son. 1047 01:06:17,292 --> 01:06:18,959 I think he's holding on... 1048 01:06:21,326 --> 01:06:22,925 for you to get this done. 1049 01:06:24,559 --> 01:06:26,392 Why are you in the middle of everything? 1050 01:06:27,092 --> 01:06:31,492 I mean, what's in it for you? He didn't save your life. 1051 01:06:32,492 --> 01:06:33,492 Didn't he? 1052 01:06:35,359 --> 01:06:36,992 So you feel like you owe? 1053 01:06:37,259 --> 01:06:38,925 Absolutely. 1054 01:06:39,959 --> 01:06:41,959 You asked me if I had an agenda. 1055 01:06:42,226 --> 01:06:45,459 It's those people upstairs. 1056 01:06:47,125 --> 01:06:48,326 Now, what about you? 1057 01:06:51,825 --> 01:06:53,957 We'd already been out two weeks on patrol, 1058 01:06:53,959 --> 01:06:57,023 but once we tangled with those NVA forces, 1059 01:06:57,025 --> 01:06:59,959 naturally we got the duty. 1060 01:07:00,192 --> 01:07:02,825 - Duty? - Bait, brother. 1061 01:07:03,192 --> 01:07:04,192 Live bait. 1062 01:07:05,226 --> 01:07:06,657 They put us there to make contact. 1063 01:07:06,659 --> 01:07:11,359 Alpha and Bravo would flank and we'd grind 'em into pulp. 1064 01:07:12,492 --> 01:07:14,790 Why don't you just ask Chauncey Kepper? 1065 01:07:14,792 --> 01:07:16,459 He wrote the after-action report. 1066 01:07:16,992 --> 01:07:19,125 He's the sage of Southeast Asia. 1067 01:07:19,792 --> 01:07:21,059 We've all been there to see him. 1068 01:07:22,459 --> 01:07:24,224 If there's anyone who knows where the bodies are buried, 1069 01:07:24,226 --> 01:07:25,459 it's Kepper. 1070 01:07:32,125 --> 01:07:35,492 I found this. May the second, 1966. 1071 01:07:35,959 --> 01:07:39,159 Interview with Mr. Kurtz. 1072 01:07:40,059 --> 01:07:42,226 Ex-pat, Sergeant Chauncey Kepper. 1073 01:07:42,959 --> 01:07:44,457 He wrote the after-action report. 1074 01:07:44,459 --> 01:07:45,459 Apparently. 1075 01:07:46,526 --> 01:07:48,023 What I can't understand is why nobody from the DOD 1076 01:07:48,025 --> 01:07:48,925 ever talked to him. 1077 01:07:49,526 --> 01:07:52,725 Southeast Asia is supposed to be beautiful. 1078 01:08:30,992 --> 01:08:32,125 Down that way. 1079 01:08:32,792 --> 01:08:34,025 - Over there. - Okay. 1080 01:08:50,892 --> 01:08:51,959 Ahoy there. 1081 01:09:12,059 --> 01:09:13,326 You pray, Mr. Huffman? 1082 01:09:14,292 --> 01:09:15,326 Not really. 1083 01:09:15,959 --> 01:09:18,326 I didn't either. I prayed that day. 1084 01:09:19,359 --> 01:09:20,758 Prayed for a miracle... 1085 01:09:21,359 --> 01:09:23,858 and one came. His name is Pits. 1086 01:09:24,526 --> 01:09:25,524 We're gonna 1087 01:09:25,526 --> 01:09:28,092 get you home, huh? You're gonna go back home? 1088 01:09:28,526 --> 01:09:31,057 Man, you're gonna have one hell of a scar 1089 01:09:31,059 --> 01:09:32,292 by the end of summer. 1090 01:09:32,992 --> 01:09:34,856 She's gonna be impressed with this one. 1091 01:09:36,159 --> 01:09:38,326 All right, I got some pain relief coming up. 1092 01:09:39,559 --> 01:09:42,025 All right, hold tight, bud. Hold tight. 1093 01:09:42,892 --> 01:09:45,157 There you go, buddy. There you go. 1094 01:09:47,792 --> 01:09:50,856 One, two, three. 1095 01:09:56,392 --> 01:09:57,925 Pits, come on! 1096 01:10:04,992 --> 01:10:07,992 - Come on! - All right, buddy. Here we go. 1097 01:10:11,825 --> 01:10:13,192 Okay. Let's go! 1098 01:10:42,292 --> 01:10:43,725 Come on! 1099 01:10:45,125 --> 01:10:46,892 Pits, let's go! 1100 01:11:24,359 --> 01:11:28,259 That after-action report that you wrote on the battle. 1101 01:11:30,526 --> 01:11:31,959 A lot of it is missing. 1102 01:11:32,292 --> 01:11:33,758 Everything that I wrote 1103 01:11:34,259 --> 01:11:37,292 went up the Saigon chimney 32 years ago, brother. 1104 01:11:37,559 --> 01:11:40,490 Look, I... I talked to a lot of the guys 1105 01:11:40,492 --> 01:11:42,025 in Charlie Company and... 1106 01:11:43,559 --> 01:11:46,758 no one seems to know. I mean, who even thought up 1107 01:11:47,059 --> 01:11:49,025 Operation Abilene in the first place? 1108 01:11:49,326 --> 01:11:51,825 Company CO, Mad Matty Holt. 1109 01:11:54,492 --> 01:11:56,792 - Madison Holt? - Colonel. 1110 01:11:57,159 --> 01:11:59,159 He's a big shot in Washington now, I think. 1111 01:12:05,125 --> 01:12:07,226 Yeah, Senator Holt. 1112 01:12:09,192 --> 01:12:11,259 Maybe gonna be Secretary of Defense one day. 1113 01:12:14,792 --> 01:12:15,959 He was a good CO. 1114 01:12:17,159 --> 01:12:19,725 It was a very bad day. 1115 01:12:22,059 --> 01:12:23,925 So why do these vets come here to see you? 1116 01:12:24,292 --> 01:12:26,159 Why they come here is none of my business. 1117 01:12:27,159 --> 01:12:28,292 Well, what do you do here? 1118 01:12:29,459 --> 01:12:32,025 I live, I love, and listen. 1119 01:12:32,426 --> 01:12:33,923 - So you listen to them? - Yeah. 1120 01:12:33,925 --> 01:12:35,226 - To the vets. - Uh-huh. 1121 01:12:36,292 --> 01:12:38,959 Try to rewrite their story, help 'em. 1122 01:12:39,792 --> 01:12:41,059 You can't change their past. 1123 01:12:41,259 --> 01:12:43,392 But you can change your perspective. 1124 01:12:44,059 --> 01:12:46,326 You can create new memories, 1125 01:12:46,925 --> 01:12:49,326 happy memories, even in a sad place. 1126 01:12:53,359 --> 01:12:54,359 It's choices. 1127 01:12:56,125 --> 01:12:57,758 Our guys come through here, 1128 01:12:58,426 --> 01:13:00,790 people think the war is who those men are. 1129 01:13:00,792 --> 01:13:02,226 It's not. It's what happened to 'em. 1130 01:13:03,326 --> 01:13:04,492 And it's just wonderful to, 1131 01:13:05,192 --> 01:13:06,825 kind of, go through stuff with 'em. 1132 01:13:08,226 --> 01:13:10,392 Hey, I wanna show you something. 1133 01:13:11,359 --> 01:13:12,259 Shh. 1134 01:13:35,226 --> 01:13:36,392 This is incredible. 1135 01:13:39,392 --> 01:13:41,992 I never brought anyone who didn't feel happy here. 1136 01:13:45,492 --> 01:13:46,825 You did all this? 1137 01:13:47,792 --> 01:13:48,792 Yep. 1138 01:13:50,459 --> 01:13:52,392 You know where we are? 1139 01:13:54,492 --> 01:13:55,825 Uh... 1140 01:13:57,059 --> 01:13:58,059 No. 1141 01:13:59,025 --> 01:14:00,259 This is where he came down. 1142 01:14:01,025 --> 01:14:02,025 Pits. 1143 01:14:03,526 --> 01:14:04,992 I thought I saw an angel. 1144 01:14:06,792 --> 01:14:10,192 And there he was right in front of me, all clean and pressed. 1145 01:14:10,992 --> 01:14:12,725 Air Force. 1146 01:14:14,159 --> 01:14:15,292 This is Abilene. 1147 01:14:16,125 --> 01:14:17,825 - Here? - Right here... 1148 01:14:18,426 --> 01:14:19,492 under your feet. 1149 01:14:21,492 --> 01:14:22,959 But now it's Avalon. 1150 01:14:24,125 --> 01:14:25,125 Avalon. 1151 01:14:27,025 --> 01:14:28,159 Avalon. 1152 01:14:29,959 --> 01:14:31,459 Now, how can that be possible... 1153 01:14:32,492 --> 01:14:34,825 to have those two things in the same place? 1154 01:14:36,892 --> 01:14:39,359 Just stay here for a while... 1155 01:14:40,526 --> 01:14:41,858 and breathe. 1156 01:15:30,992 --> 01:15:31,992 Let it go. 1157 01:16:06,492 --> 01:16:10,025 The veterans hold something for all of us. 1158 01:16:11,159 --> 01:16:14,426 They take the shame of war, denial... 1159 01:16:17,858 --> 01:16:18,858 anger. 1160 01:16:19,959 --> 01:16:23,858 They just come here so somebody'll listen to them. 1161 01:16:24,959 --> 01:16:26,557 That's why medals are so important. 1162 01:16:26,559 --> 01:16:29,459 It helps... It helps bring us together, 1163 01:16:30,192 --> 01:16:31,426 tell stories. 1164 01:16:32,858 --> 01:16:34,125 I'm... I'm just a witness. 1165 01:16:35,226 --> 01:16:36,758 You're a witness, too. 1166 01:16:41,492 --> 01:16:43,426 The Vietnamese love their khom loi. 1167 01:16:44,426 --> 01:16:46,259 It's symbolic for letting go... 1168 01:16:47,292 --> 01:16:49,359 and if you have something that you... 1169 01:16:50,792 --> 01:16:52,159 You wanna leave here... 1170 01:16:53,259 --> 01:16:54,825 something you brought with you... 1171 01:16:55,792 --> 01:16:57,992 you don't want to take back... 1172 01:16:59,925 --> 01:17:01,226 well, just let go. 1173 01:17:28,892 --> 01:17:32,792 They're coming! 1174 01:17:35,059 --> 01:17:36,092 Let's go! 1175 01:17:40,159 --> 01:17:41,856 I'm on the hook with Red Leg. 1176 01:17:41,858 --> 01:17:43,224 Tell them to drop it on top of us. 1177 01:17:43,226 --> 01:17:45,090 Charlie Six, emergency fire mission. 1178 01:17:47,259 --> 01:17:49,790 - Call them in now! - Damage. Damage. 1179 01:17:49,792 --> 01:17:51,990 Charlie Six, emergency fire mission. 1180 01:17:51,992 --> 01:17:54,192 Quebec Tango 633. 1181 01:18:01,192 --> 01:18:03,390 Damage, damage. Charlie Six. 1182 01:18:03,392 --> 01:18:06,823 Emergency fire mission. Quebec Tango 633. 1183 01:18:06,825 --> 01:18:09,359 This is Broken Arrow. We are being overrun. 1184 01:18:10,059 --> 01:18:11,459 Hold this. Keep pressure on it. 1185 01:18:11,992 --> 01:18:13,424 Somebody's still out there! 1186 01:18:13,426 --> 01:18:15,825 I need a tourniquet, I'm bleeding out. 1187 01:18:16,992 --> 01:18:18,426 I need you to do me a favor. 1188 01:18:19,326 --> 01:18:20,957 I need to get this to someone. 1189 01:18:20,959 --> 01:18:22,823 - No. - Please? 1190 01:18:22,825 --> 01:18:24,459 - No. - It's a stamp. 1191 01:18:26,192 --> 01:18:27,856 I'll hold onto it till you get back. 1192 01:18:27,858 --> 01:18:29,324 Okay. 1193 01:18:32,792 --> 01:18:33,959 What are you doing, man? 1194 01:18:35,025 --> 01:18:37,125 You've done enough, brother. You be still. 1195 01:18:51,292 --> 01:18:54,823 Pits came down, saved lives, evac'ed wounded, 1196 01:18:54,825 --> 01:18:58,392 fought, died alongside men he never even knew. 1197 01:19:00,492 --> 01:19:01,992 You pray, Mr. Huffman? 1198 01:19:03,192 --> 01:19:06,025 I prayed that day. Prayed for a miracle. 1199 01:19:07,459 --> 01:19:09,758 I ain't never seen nobody die before. 1200 01:19:09,959 --> 01:19:11,359 Coming out! 1201 01:19:13,259 --> 01:19:14,257 That little matter sucked 1202 01:19:14,259 --> 01:19:16,259 all the whoop-ass right out of me. 1203 01:19:17,292 --> 01:19:18,992 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 1204 01:19:23,959 --> 01:19:26,059 All this hellfire coming in. 1205 01:19:26,559 --> 01:19:27,959 To him it was like... 1206 01:19:29,559 --> 01:19:30,992 nothing could hurt him. 1207 01:19:32,392 --> 01:19:34,858 He was there to save lives and that's what he was doing. 1208 01:19:37,992 --> 01:19:39,023 Who knows how many guys are walking 1209 01:19:39,025 --> 01:19:40,092 around alive today because of him, 1210 01:19:40,959 --> 01:19:42,125 what he done. 1211 01:19:44,459 --> 01:19:46,125 When he didn't come back... 1212 01:19:49,092 --> 01:19:51,959 I felt like the best part of me went down with him. 1213 01:19:54,925 --> 01:19:57,259 I still think about it, 'cause... 1214 01:19:58,359 --> 01:20:00,426 ...if anybody deserved to get out of that hell alive, 1215 01:20:01,192 --> 01:20:02,292 it was him. 1216 01:20:08,159 --> 01:20:09,292 Make yourself at home. 1217 01:20:11,025 --> 01:20:12,492 You know, I could have you arrested. 1218 01:20:13,892 --> 01:20:17,758 Senator Madison Holt, formerly Colonel Madison Holt. 1219 01:20:17,959 --> 01:20:20,790 First Infantry Division, the Big Red One. 1220 01:20:20,792 --> 01:20:22,957 The senator's distinguished military career 1221 01:20:22,959 --> 01:20:26,257 is a matter of public record. It's undisputed. 1222 01:20:26,259 --> 01:20:29,224 - I bought the book, Carl. - Yeah? Did you read it, 1223 01:20:29,226 --> 01:20:31,123 or did you just look at the pictures? 1224 01:20:31,125 --> 01:20:32,557 Holt was part of the brass 1225 01:20:32,559 --> 01:20:34,226 that cooked up Operation Abilene. 1226 01:20:35,192 --> 01:20:39,424 You're not really suggesting that Holt ordered an NVA ambush? 1227 01:20:39,426 --> 01:20:41,823 I'm suggesting that it'd be pretty convenient for you 1228 01:20:41,825 --> 01:20:43,025 to keep that off the record... 1229 01:20:43,392 --> 01:20:45,057 ...which is why you put me on it, 1230 01:20:45,059 --> 01:20:47,125 because you knew I'd dump it. 1231 01:20:48,326 --> 01:20:50,390 You know, Holt's gonna be Secretary of Defense someday, 1232 01:20:50,392 --> 01:20:51,792 maybe even president. 1233 01:20:52,226 --> 01:20:53,359 You had the comm... 1234 01:20:54,226 --> 01:20:56,758 Command endorsements all this time. 1235 01:21:00,025 --> 01:21:01,059 I'm taking them. 1236 01:21:02,192 --> 01:21:04,392 Have you ever been the subject of opposition research? 1237 01:21:05,426 --> 01:21:07,090 'Cause if you even twitch on this, 1238 01:21:07,092 --> 01:21:09,059 I will have them on you like spray paint. 1239 01:21:09,492 --> 01:21:11,823 You'll never get another mortgage, passport, 1240 01:21:11,825 --> 01:21:15,125 or Sam's Club membership card 1241 01:21:16,226 --> 01:21:18,292 let alone a political appointment. 1242 01:21:21,259 --> 01:21:22,426 But I'm not worried about all that. 1243 01:21:23,825 --> 01:21:26,190 - Why not? - Because it's not in your nature 1244 01:21:26,192 --> 01:21:27,856 to spit in the face of a man 1245 01:21:27,858 --> 01:21:29,892 who could just as easily make you. 1246 01:21:30,259 --> 01:21:31,424 What's my nature? 1247 01:21:31,426 --> 01:21:33,758 Climb, prosper, expand the gene pool, 1248 01:21:33,959 --> 01:21:35,159 just like the rest of us. 1249 01:21:36,159 --> 01:21:37,159 I'd appreciate it 1250 01:21:38,259 --> 01:21:40,392 if you'd leave the place the way you found it, and... 1251 01:21:41,392 --> 01:21:45,426 don't forget, we got squash, Wednesday. 1252 01:21:53,259 --> 01:21:54,326 Jenny, 1253 01:21:55,392 --> 01:21:56,957 sometimes it's difficult to understand 1254 01:21:56,959 --> 01:21:58,226 why we've been sent here, 1255 01:21:58,959 --> 01:22:00,959 or to explain what happens. 1256 01:22:01,825 --> 01:22:02,725 I only have a minute, 1257 01:22:03,792 --> 01:22:04,990 since we got a call to make pick-ups 1258 01:22:04,992 --> 01:22:07,092 near Xa Cam My, about 30 klicks from here. 1259 01:22:08,092 --> 01:22:09,226 You know, Jenny, 1260 01:22:09,959 --> 01:22:12,125 the only thing I fear of dying 1261 01:22:12,359 --> 01:22:14,326 is that dreams of you won't come, 1262 01:22:15,192 --> 01:22:18,159 that death is dark and still 1263 01:22:18,959 --> 01:22:21,125 and endless like these jungle nights. 1264 01:22:23,092 --> 01:22:24,792 But sometimes I think, Jen, 1265 01:22:25,326 --> 01:22:27,758 maybe it is this place I'll wake up from, 1266 01:22:28,259 --> 01:22:30,492 safe and warm in your bed, 1267 01:22:30,992 --> 01:22:33,025 the morning light streaming in. 1268 01:22:36,092 --> 01:22:38,192 But if it is the thunder here that's real, 1269 01:22:38,526 --> 01:22:41,025 and if this letter should reach you instead of me, 1270 01:22:41,959 --> 01:22:43,858 then know that I am never far. 1271 01:22:45,226 --> 01:22:47,856 Take care of Mom and especially Dad, 1272 01:22:47,858 --> 01:22:50,326 because he'll take this worst of all. 1273 01:22:51,326 --> 01:22:54,259 Tell them I'm sorry for what I've put them through, 1274 01:22:55,059 --> 01:22:56,925 but that I am sure of my purpose 1275 01:22:57,326 --> 01:22:59,392 and in the words we all believe, 1276 01:23:00,326 --> 01:23:03,992 these things we do that others may live. 1277 01:23:04,992 --> 01:23:06,059 Bill. 1278 01:23:11,392 --> 01:23:12,559 You have an impeccable record. 1279 01:23:14,326 --> 01:23:16,892 The secretary has given you his highest recommendation. 1280 01:23:17,825 --> 01:23:18,825 Thank you, sir. 1281 01:23:20,025 --> 01:23:21,459 So why do you think you'd be effective in this position? 1282 01:23:23,092 --> 01:23:26,226 Well, I'm connected, 1283 01:23:27,125 --> 01:23:29,392 ambitious, persuasive... 1284 01:23:30,992 --> 01:23:32,190 not afraid to make enemies, 1285 01:23:32,192 --> 01:23:34,392 and I want this job more than anybody. 1286 01:23:35,858 --> 01:23:38,725 At least that's what I would have said a month ago. 1287 01:23:39,192 --> 01:23:40,192 Okay. 1288 01:23:41,426 --> 01:23:42,426 And today? 1289 01:23:44,825 --> 01:23:45,959 Today I'm... 1290 01:23:47,426 --> 01:23:48,758 just unavailable. 1291 01:23:57,526 --> 01:23:58,758 Air Force? 1292 01:24:00,292 --> 01:24:01,359 Yeah. 1293 01:24:03,059 --> 01:24:04,825 I'm sorry about your buddy, man. 1294 01:24:07,392 --> 01:24:08,758 I'm so sorry. 1295 01:24:33,959 --> 01:24:36,392 The whole time I'm washing him... 1296 01:24:37,925 --> 01:24:40,858 his feet and his hands... 1297 01:24:46,792 --> 01:24:48,159 I didn't feel anything. 1298 01:24:49,426 --> 01:24:50,226 Nothing. 1299 01:24:51,959 --> 01:24:53,858 That's when I knew I'd been there... 1300 01:24:54,559 --> 01:24:55,858 too long. 1301 01:24:57,526 --> 01:24:58,959 I shipped him back... 1302 01:25:00,025 --> 01:25:02,959 and I finished my tour and I got on with my life. 1303 01:25:07,192 --> 01:25:08,192 Did you? 1304 01:25:09,125 --> 01:25:10,159 Did I what? 1305 01:25:10,925 --> 01:25:12,259 Get on with your life? 1306 01:25:14,059 --> 01:25:15,125 I'm standing here. 1307 01:25:18,492 --> 01:25:19,725 You know... 1308 01:25:21,059 --> 01:25:22,326 when I was five years old... 1309 01:25:24,192 --> 01:25:27,057 I watched my father pack up his things in his car 1310 01:25:27,059 --> 01:25:29,792 and leave my mother and me. 1311 01:25:31,992 --> 01:25:33,059 I was so afraid. 1312 01:25:34,959 --> 01:25:36,092 It hurt so much. 1313 01:25:38,292 --> 01:25:41,192 I ran out to the driveway, and I... 1314 01:25:42,792 --> 01:25:47,259 shoved my hand in the car door as he slammed it shut. 1315 01:25:48,892 --> 01:25:50,524 I thought that if he saw I was injured 1316 01:25:50,526 --> 01:25:52,226 and really hurt, then he would... 1317 01:25:53,159 --> 01:25:54,259 have to take me to the hospital 1318 01:25:55,492 --> 01:25:58,326 and the doctor would tell him to stay and take care of me. 1319 01:26:01,492 --> 01:26:02,925 But he just drove away. 1320 01:26:05,892 --> 01:26:08,457 I chased his car down the street, 1321 01:26:08,459 --> 01:26:10,125 my hand all mangled, and... 1322 01:26:12,526 --> 01:26:15,326 till my mother scooped me up. 1323 01:26:20,426 --> 01:26:22,292 Ah. You were marked. 1324 01:26:24,392 --> 01:26:25,725 Just like you. 1325 01:26:29,992 --> 01:26:33,858 What happened to you on April 11th, 1966? 1326 01:26:34,959 --> 01:26:36,059 My friend died. 1327 01:26:37,025 --> 01:26:38,326 What happened to you? 1328 01:26:40,559 --> 01:26:42,925 - I told you. - It's okay. 1329 01:26:44,059 --> 01:26:45,059 It's not okay. 1330 01:26:45,459 --> 01:26:47,424 - Just... - Nothing about it is okay. 1331 01:26:47,426 --> 01:26:49,025 Just tell me. 1332 01:26:49,292 --> 01:26:51,725 What is it? What... What was it? What happened? 1333 01:26:53,125 --> 01:26:57,424 He died. He got killed. He got shot in the head. 1334 01:26:57,426 --> 01:27:01,457 - And the... Well, that's war. - Right, right, it was war. 1335 01:27:01,459 --> 01:27:04,224 So how long are you going to punish yourself? 1336 01:27:04,226 --> 01:27:07,490 - Punish myself? - What was the thing you did? 1337 01:27:07,492 --> 01:27:09,059 - What'd I do? - Yeah. 1338 01:27:09,392 --> 01:27:10,957 Just tell me, what was the thing you did? 1339 01:27:10,959 --> 01:27:13,390 - No, you stop it. - It's okay to talk about it. 1340 01:27:13,392 --> 01:27:15,992 - You better stop it, man. - Just say it. 1341 01:27:16,925 --> 01:27:17,925 Say what? 1342 01:27:19,125 --> 01:27:21,992 He knew it was dangerous. I told him... 1343 01:27:22,892 --> 01:27:24,259 to be goddamn careful... 1344 01:27:25,192 --> 01:27:26,392 And? What? 1345 01:27:27,025 --> 01:27:29,390 No, no, no, no, no. I'm not doing this. 1346 01:27:29,392 --> 01:27:31,426 - Doing what? - Doing this. 1347 01:27:32,925 --> 01:27:35,190 I told him to come back up, 1348 01:27:35,192 --> 01:27:37,392 get back on the wire, get back in the ship. 1349 01:27:37,858 --> 01:27:39,990 He didn't do that. Why didn't he do that, 1350 01:27:39,992 --> 01:27:40,959 get back in the ship? 1351 01:27:41,992 --> 01:27:43,057 Because he couldn't. Because people needed him. 1352 01:27:43,059 --> 01:27:44,890 Yeah? Yeah? Yeah? 1353 01:27:44,892 --> 01:27:46,992 Well, fuck you and... 1354 01:27:49,559 --> 01:27:51,025 Oh, God. 1355 01:28:00,359 --> 01:28:01,957 It's gotta hurt to be mad at him. 1356 01:28:01,959 --> 01:28:03,226 Yeah. 1357 01:28:04,459 --> 01:28:06,125 What else happened to you, Tom? 1358 01:28:06,459 --> 01:28:09,292 I... I stayed in the bird 1359 01:28:10,059 --> 01:28:13,092 and I... I... I didn't go down. I... 1360 01:28:14,359 --> 01:28:16,125 I was relieved. I... 1361 01:28:16,825 --> 01:28:19,326 I stayed, you know, where it was safe. 1362 01:28:22,159 --> 01:28:23,459 God, when I found him... 1363 01:28:25,326 --> 01:28:26,359 I was... 1364 01:28:29,459 --> 01:28:30,925 ...I was glad... 1365 01:28:33,459 --> 01:28:37,224 that it wasn't me, that I didn't wanna be dead, 1366 01:28:37,226 --> 01:28:39,025 I... I was alive and it... 1367 01:28:42,059 --> 01:28:43,957 - ...it felt good. - You did feel something. 1368 01:28:43,959 --> 01:28:45,858 Yeah, I felt ashamed! 1369 01:28:52,858 --> 01:28:54,359 You're not a coward, Tom. 1370 01:28:57,892 --> 01:28:59,125 You're a hero. 1371 01:29:02,392 --> 01:29:03,892 Deal with that. 1372 01:29:07,192 --> 01:29:08,226 Just let me... 1373 01:29:09,426 --> 01:29:11,192 Let me have it for a while. Come on. 1374 01:29:28,059 --> 01:29:31,226 Do you know what I want? 1375 01:29:32,059 --> 01:29:33,226 I do. 1376 01:29:36,192 --> 01:29:39,792 I want some grace. I want some serenity. 1377 01:29:40,226 --> 01:29:42,992 I want my country to honor my brother 1378 01:29:43,226 --> 01:29:44,925 before his parents. 1379 01:29:46,992 --> 01:29:49,792 I want my friend, your friend... 1380 01:29:51,959 --> 01:29:56,359 I want his father to leave this place in peace. 1381 01:30:21,226 --> 01:30:22,957 Can I get you anything else, Senator? 1382 01:30:22,959 --> 01:30:24,890 - No, thanks, hon. - You can put it on my number. 1383 01:30:24,892 --> 01:30:26,224 - Okay. - Gentlemen. 1384 01:30:26,226 --> 01:30:27,259 Hey, Carl. 1385 01:30:27,792 --> 01:30:28,825 Colonel. 1386 01:30:29,426 --> 01:30:31,758 - Do I know you? - I should hope so. 1387 01:30:32,292 --> 01:30:34,123 Master Sergeant Thomas Tulley. 1388 01:30:34,125 --> 01:30:36,923 38th Rescue Squadron, Operation Abilene. 1389 01:30:36,925 --> 01:30:38,557 Uh, you want to speak to the senator, 1390 01:30:38,559 --> 01:30:40,758 - you go through channels. - It's all right, Carl. 1391 01:30:41,192 --> 01:30:42,459 I'll talk to these men. 1392 01:30:43,459 --> 01:30:46,823 Sir, this is a 1966 routing memo 1393 01:30:46,825 --> 01:30:49,090 between you and General Hackmeyer 1394 01:30:49,092 --> 01:30:50,957 downgrading the William H. Pitsenbarger 1395 01:30:50,959 --> 01:30:52,025 Medal of Honor request 1396 01:30:53,125 --> 01:30:55,823 to an Air Force Cross, dated on October 7th, 1966. 1397 01:30:55,825 --> 01:30:57,290 Guys, you wanna give us a second? 1398 01:30:57,292 --> 01:30:58,226 Go ahead. 1399 01:31:01,992 --> 01:31:03,059 Have a seat. 1400 01:31:05,792 --> 01:31:07,059 We have an opportunity 1401 01:31:07,792 --> 01:31:10,892 to upgrade the Cross to the Medal of Honor. 1402 01:31:11,858 --> 01:31:15,292 To cut through the bullshit, we need a congressional sponsor. 1403 01:31:15,559 --> 01:31:17,324 Mr. Stanton doesn't think you'd favor 1404 01:31:17,326 --> 01:31:19,324 the publicity of being associated 1405 01:31:19,326 --> 01:31:21,359 with Operation Abilene during an election year. 1406 01:31:21,559 --> 01:31:23,758 You have no idea what you're starting. 1407 01:31:24,292 --> 01:31:25,923 I think I do, Carl. 1408 01:31:28,359 --> 01:31:29,424 Have you ever been 1409 01:31:29,426 --> 01:31:30,359 the subject of opposition research? 1410 01:31:31,192 --> 01:31:32,823 'Cause if you even twitch on this, 1411 01:31:32,825 --> 01:31:35,426 I will have them on you like spray paint. 1412 01:31:36,492 --> 01:31:40,190 Information was removed from the original package 1413 01:31:40,192 --> 01:31:42,890 to disqualify the decorations board's review 1414 01:31:42,892 --> 01:31:44,790 for congressional reapplication. 1415 01:31:44,792 --> 01:31:46,459 We have since recovered those documents. 1416 01:31:47,159 --> 01:31:48,790 This... This, Senator, this... 1417 01:31:48,792 --> 01:31:50,390 This communiqué is simply a response 1418 01:31:50,392 --> 01:31:52,490 to the colonel's MOH request 1419 01:31:52,492 --> 01:31:55,957 saying that the Air Force Cross was awarded instead. 1420 01:31:55,959 --> 01:31:58,224 It's pretty open to interpretation. 1421 01:31:58,226 --> 01:32:01,457 You are under no obligation to respond to any of this. 1422 01:32:01,459 --> 01:32:04,125 If you sent it up the chain, 1423 01:32:04,858 --> 01:32:06,259 why didn't he get it then? 1424 01:32:07,992 --> 01:32:09,259 Honestly, I don't know. 1425 01:32:09,992 --> 01:32:12,892 Maybe it fell through the cracks somewhere. 1426 01:32:13,292 --> 01:32:16,023 Maybe MACV didn't wanna call too much attention 1427 01:32:16,025 --> 01:32:18,259 to one of the bloodiest days of the war. 1428 01:32:19,092 --> 01:32:22,424 Or maybe I just didn't fight hard enough 1429 01:32:22,426 --> 01:32:24,224 to get this man what he deserves. 1430 01:32:24,226 --> 01:32:27,957 Senator, your political enemies will take full advantage 1431 01:32:27,959 --> 01:32:30,224 of any admission of wrongdoing. 1432 01:32:30,226 --> 01:32:32,856 Your military judgement will be called into question. 1433 01:32:32,858 --> 01:32:34,890 They'll try and hold you to the Medina standard. 1434 01:32:34,892 --> 01:32:36,858 He's right, sir. They might. 1435 01:32:40,125 --> 01:32:41,292 What happened on... 1436 01:32:42,992 --> 01:32:44,092 Operation Abilene, 1437 01:32:45,125 --> 01:32:46,326 one of the darkest days of my life. 1438 01:32:47,326 --> 01:32:48,492 You're hurt, Lieutenant. 1439 01:32:49,426 --> 01:32:50,792 Why are you still here? 1440 01:32:52,259 --> 01:32:54,426 I won't leave till you have all my wounded. 1441 01:32:58,992 --> 01:33:00,025 What happened here? 1442 01:33:02,092 --> 01:33:04,057 You marched us right into a kill sack 1443 01:33:04,059 --> 01:33:06,059 with no idea how we was gonna get out. 1444 01:33:07,359 --> 01:33:09,057 That's what happened here. 1445 01:33:09,059 --> 01:33:12,925 Can somebody explain this to me? 1446 01:33:13,892 --> 01:33:17,025 Can somebody explain this to me? 1447 01:33:18,226 --> 01:33:19,392 You tell me. 1448 01:33:20,693 --> 01:33:22,190 Hell, I think we all died a little bit that day. 1449 01:33:22,192 --> 01:33:23,292 You tell me! 1450 01:33:24,359 --> 01:33:27,025 Mistakes were made. This is probably one of 'em. 1451 01:33:27,492 --> 01:33:30,123 We went to see General Hackmeyer at the VA. 1452 01:33:30,125 --> 01:33:31,892 He verifies your story, sir. 1453 01:33:32,125 --> 01:33:35,557 Senator, please, it's my job to protect you. 1454 01:33:35,559 --> 01:33:38,326 - Protect me from what, Carl? - From everything. 1455 01:33:42,559 --> 01:33:45,092 Usually we're judged by what we do. 1456 01:33:46,992 --> 01:33:49,125 But I find that what we don't do... 1457 01:33:49,925 --> 01:33:50,825 is what haunts us. 1458 01:33:52,059 --> 01:33:53,159 Here's the plan. 1459 01:33:54,359 --> 01:33:57,925 We're gonna roll the dice. We're gonna go with the truth. 1460 01:33:59,159 --> 01:34:02,892 No matter how uncommon or uncomfortable that may be. 1461 01:34:03,392 --> 01:34:07,856 Mr. Chairman, I refer you to S2549, 1462 01:34:07,858 --> 01:34:12,226 Page 44, Title 5, Military Personnel Policy, 1463 01:34:12,892 --> 01:34:15,990 - Subtitle E, Other Matters. - Yes? 1464 01:34:15,992 --> 01:34:19,357 This amendment authorizes a posthumous Medal of Honor 1465 01:34:19,359 --> 01:34:22,925 for Air Force Staff Sergeant William H. Pitsenbarger... 1466 01:34:23,992 --> 01:34:27,224 for conspicuous gallantry in action in Vietnam, 1467 01:34:27,226 --> 01:34:30,524 11 April 1966, during Operation Abilene. 1468 01:34:30,526 --> 01:34:32,326 Mr. Chairman, point of order. 1469 01:34:33,059 --> 01:34:34,092 The chair recognizes 1470 01:34:35,159 --> 01:34:36,359 the distinguished gentleman from North Carolina. 1471 01:34:37,593 --> 01:34:39,923 The rules of this committee prohibit authorization language 1472 01:34:39,925 --> 01:34:42,257 to be included in this Appropriations Bill. 1473 01:34:42,259 --> 01:34:43,224 Will the chair yield? 1474 01:34:43,226 --> 01:34:45,856 Chair apologizes to the gentleman from Ohio, 1475 01:34:45,858 --> 01:34:47,390 but this committee has much business 1476 01:34:47,392 --> 01:34:49,324 before it today and so we must move on. 1477 01:34:49,326 --> 01:34:50,392 Mr. Chairman, 1478 01:34:51,659 --> 01:34:52,357 - I sincerely appreciate that... - Mr. Chairman. 1479 01:34:52,359 --> 01:34:54,823 ...but it should be obvious 1480 01:34:54,825 --> 01:34:55,723 that there is absolutely nothing in this amendment... 1481 01:34:55,725 --> 01:34:58,357 Uh, the Vietnam War was over long ago. 1482 01:34:58,359 --> 01:35:01,292 - I know that, Bob. I was there. - Maybe you should take a rest. 1483 01:35:02,392 --> 01:35:04,923 Stop kicking that dead horse. 1484 01:35:04,925 --> 01:35:06,257 Gentlemen, this is a point of order. 1485 01:35:06,259 --> 01:35:07,825 I'm sorry. We must move on. 1486 01:35:09,092 --> 01:35:11,092 The Chair recognizes the lady from Florida. 1487 01:35:11,292 --> 01:35:13,092 Oh, yes, thank you, Mr. Chairman. 1488 01:35:16,092 --> 01:35:17,957 Senator, what the hell happened in there? 1489 01:35:17,959 --> 01:35:19,057 The distinguished gentleman 1490 01:35:19,059 --> 01:35:20,424 from North Carolina shut us down. 1491 01:35:20,426 --> 01:35:22,459 - That's what the hell happened. - Just like that? 1492 01:35:22,925 --> 01:35:24,424 Look, it's payback. 1493 01:35:24,426 --> 01:35:27,090 I harpooned a tobacco subsidy at his last session. 1494 01:35:27,092 --> 01:35:29,324 Unfortunately, he's ranking member, 1495 01:35:29,326 --> 01:35:31,226 so there's not a lot I can do about it. 1496 01:35:32,059 --> 01:35:33,257 But I promise you, 1497 01:35:33,259 --> 01:35:36,326 I will get this in next year's bill. 1498 01:35:36,526 --> 01:35:37,923 Hopefully by that time, 1499 01:35:37,925 --> 01:35:39,357 the distinguished gentleman will be dead. 1500 01:35:39,359 --> 01:35:41,123 So will Pitsenbarger's father. 1501 01:35:41,125 --> 01:35:43,159 - What? - He's dying, sir. 1502 01:35:45,059 --> 01:35:48,259 Ah, Jesus. I didn't know about that. I'm sorry. 1503 01:35:49,092 --> 01:35:52,292 I'm truly sorry. 1504 01:35:57,159 --> 01:35:58,392 So that's it? 1505 01:35:59,559 --> 01:36:01,424 Unless you got a tobacco subsidy 1506 01:36:01,426 --> 01:36:04,226 to horse-trade with the senator from North Carolina. 1507 01:36:05,426 --> 01:36:06,858 What about those men? 1508 01:36:09,159 --> 01:36:10,092 What about Pits? 1509 01:36:11,925 --> 01:36:14,192 Holt says he'll get it on the bill next year. 1510 01:36:17,326 --> 01:36:18,459 And Frank? 1511 01:36:21,858 --> 01:36:24,226 I can't cure cancer, Tara. 1512 01:36:27,326 --> 01:36:30,326 If I push this any harder, I really will end my career. 1513 01:36:37,092 --> 01:36:39,326 - It's interesting. - What? 1514 01:36:40,526 --> 01:36:42,057 In 12 years, 1515 01:36:42,059 --> 01:36:45,192 I have never seen you back off of anything. 1516 01:36:46,426 --> 01:36:47,725 I'm scared. 1517 01:36:57,892 --> 01:37:00,226 Fear is good. 1518 01:37:01,125 --> 01:37:03,192 Fear is a survival instinct. 1519 01:37:04,526 --> 01:37:07,059 You're supposed to be afraid. 1520 01:37:09,125 --> 01:37:10,292 Use it. 1521 01:37:20,192 --> 01:37:22,023 You turned down a significant 1522 01:37:22,025 --> 01:37:24,025 career opportunity to finish this. 1523 01:37:26,459 --> 01:37:29,123 You figure out why four-star generals 1524 01:37:29,125 --> 01:37:30,823 and presidents would trade legacies 1525 01:37:30,825 --> 01:37:32,059 for a medal? 1526 01:37:35,825 --> 01:37:38,157 Because they know that guys like Pitsenbarger 1527 01:37:38,159 --> 01:37:39,959 don't do what they do for them. 1528 01:37:42,125 --> 01:37:43,426 They do it for each other. 1529 01:37:44,959 --> 01:37:46,226 A life for a life. 1530 01:37:47,326 --> 01:37:48,492 That's big stuff. 1531 01:37:51,892 --> 01:37:53,792 There are worse things that can happen to a man 1532 01:37:54,025 --> 01:37:56,059 than getting killed in a war. 1533 01:37:56,259 --> 01:37:57,292 Like? 1534 01:37:57,492 --> 01:37:59,825 Like losing men, 1535 01:38:00,326 --> 01:38:01,492 losing a child, 1536 01:38:02,392 --> 01:38:03,392 a father... 1537 01:38:04,326 --> 01:38:05,359 having to live with that. 1538 01:38:08,059 --> 01:38:10,359 You think a piece of ribbon is gonna change that? 1539 01:38:20,159 --> 01:38:21,858 I'm gonna go public with the story. 1540 01:38:22,992 --> 01:38:24,059 I'm gonna name names. 1541 01:38:25,825 --> 01:38:27,257 Shaming Appropriations 1542 01:38:27,259 --> 01:38:29,090 in front of the Washington press corps 1543 01:38:29,092 --> 01:38:31,290 on the eve of a national election 1544 01:38:31,292 --> 01:38:34,057 sounds a little dangerous. 1545 01:38:34,059 --> 01:38:36,226 Yeah. 1546 01:38:37,459 --> 01:38:38,925 But it'll be great television. 1547 01:38:43,159 --> 01:38:44,092 Well done. 1548 01:38:45,059 --> 01:38:46,059 Thank you 1549 01:38:47,492 --> 01:38:48,557 Mr. Huffman, 1550 01:38:48,559 --> 01:38:50,090 I'm Mary, the supervising producer. 1551 01:38:50,092 --> 01:38:51,490 We're gonna put a wire on you. 1552 01:38:51,492 --> 01:38:53,324 - Okay. - We have you on split screens, 1553 01:38:53,326 --> 01:38:54,990 so the anchors are gonna be able to hear you, 1554 01:38:54,992 --> 01:38:56,557 but they're not gonna be able to see you. 1555 01:38:56,559 --> 01:38:58,292 - Okay. - All right, come with me. 1556 01:39:03,292 --> 01:39:04,858 Dad, are you nervous? 1557 01:39:05,825 --> 01:39:08,192 I am. But I'm not afraid. 1558 01:39:15,025 --> 01:39:15,990 All set. 1559 01:39:15,992 --> 01:39:17,190 In an unusual move today, 1560 01:39:17,192 --> 01:39:19,390 a member of the Department of the Air Force, 1561 01:39:19,392 --> 01:39:21,157 a gentleman named Scott Huffman, 1562 01:39:21,159 --> 01:39:22,290 went before cameras 1563 01:39:22,292 --> 01:39:25,190 to accuse high-ranking senators and their staffs 1564 01:39:25,192 --> 01:39:27,990 of playing political football with military valor. 1565 01:39:27,992 --> 01:39:29,424 ...long-awaited HR Defense 1566 01:39:29,426 --> 01:39:32,090 Appropriations Bill, it stalled in the Senate 1567 01:39:32,092 --> 01:39:34,257 when a Pentagon staffer accused lawmakers... 1568 01:39:34,259 --> 01:39:36,257 ...the bill, including a recommendation 1569 01:39:36,259 --> 01:39:39,923 for a posthumous Medal of Honor for William H. Pitsenbarger 1570 01:39:39,925 --> 01:39:41,357 is now heading to the Oval Office, 1571 01:39:41,359 --> 01:39:42,990 and President Clinton... 1572 01:39:42,992 --> 01:39:44,725 ...is expected to sign that bill. 1573 01:39:53,459 --> 01:39:55,090 An airman named Bill Pitsenbarger 1574 01:39:55,092 --> 01:39:57,290 will be awarded the Medal of Honor today 1575 01:39:57,292 --> 01:39:58,957 for his service in Vietnam. 1576 01:39:58,959 --> 01:39:59,957 He gave his country 1577 01:39:59,959 --> 01:40:01,492 what Abraham Lincoln once called, 1578 01:40:02,059 --> 01:40:04,226 "The last full measure." 1579 01:40:13,892 --> 01:40:15,057 I'll be right back. 1580 01:40:26,892 --> 01:40:27,959 Hey. 1581 01:40:30,459 --> 01:40:32,059 It's good to see you, man. 1582 01:40:32,292 --> 01:40:33,492 It's good to be here. 1583 01:40:36,125 --> 01:40:38,226 So... ...the, uh... 1584 01:40:39,792 --> 01:40:41,192 lady in red, behind me... 1585 01:40:43,025 --> 01:40:44,359 she's, um... 1586 01:40:45,459 --> 01:40:47,359 the address on this letter. 1587 01:41:12,059 --> 01:41:14,925 Bill gave me this. He asked me to give it to you. 1588 01:41:19,825 --> 01:41:21,359 I'm sorry it took so long. 1589 01:41:28,459 --> 01:41:29,492 Thank you. 1590 01:41:33,092 --> 01:41:34,092 Thank you. 1591 01:41:45,392 --> 01:41:48,825 Amid the gloom and waste of war, 1592 01:41:49,292 --> 01:41:52,092 we occasionally witness a brief but... 1593 01:41:53,159 --> 01:41:55,858 brilliant flash of personal valor 1594 01:41:56,092 --> 01:41:59,792 so radiant it becomes impossible to ignore. 1595 01:42:00,192 --> 01:42:04,557 Such is the heroism of William Hart Pitsenbarger, 1596 01:42:04,559 --> 01:42:07,426 who was moved by higher angels of duty, 1597 01:42:07,992 --> 01:42:10,257 courage and sacrifice 1598 01:42:10,259 --> 01:42:13,123 to make, on behalf of men he did not know 1599 01:42:13,125 --> 01:42:16,190 and a nation that until now did not know his story, 1600 01:42:16,192 --> 01:42:19,292 the most supreme sacrifice. 1601 01:42:20,992 --> 01:42:22,892 Frank, Alice... 1602 01:42:23,925 --> 01:42:26,959 on behalf of the President of the United States of America, 1603 01:42:27,559 --> 01:42:31,092 in the name of Congress, for conspicuous gallantry, 1604 01:42:31,492 --> 01:42:34,192 extreme valor and intrepidity, 1605 01:42:34,992 --> 01:42:36,524 at the risk of his own life, 1606 01:42:36,526 --> 01:42:39,192 above and beyond the call of duty, 1607 01:42:39,959 --> 01:42:41,392 I award the Medal of Honor 1608 01:42:41,792 --> 01:42:45,925 to Airman First Class William Hart Pitsenbarger. 1609 01:43:19,792 --> 01:43:23,190 Uh, now, this... This isn't in your program, 1610 01:43:23,192 --> 01:43:26,758 but if you could give me just a moment more of your time. 1611 01:43:28,992 --> 01:43:31,992 I'd like to recognize some guys 1612 01:43:32,925 --> 01:43:34,959 who are gonna hate me for doing it. 1613 01:43:36,559 --> 01:43:38,157 Now, we have with us today 1614 01:43:38,159 --> 01:43:40,426 some of the veterans of Operation Abilene, 1615 01:43:42,025 --> 01:43:45,492 Charlie Company, second of the 16th Infantry. 1616 01:43:46,192 --> 01:43:48,224 Now, these men were the witnesses 1617 01:43:48,226 --> 01:43:50,157 to Bill Pitsenbarger's heroism 1618 01:43:50,159 --> 01:43:55,159 and they've worked and worked for 32 years... 1619 01:43:56,526 --> 01:43:58,259 to see this day come. 1620 01:44:02,426 --> 01:44:04,292 Would you honor us, please, 1621 01:44:04,925 --> 01:44:07,992 by standing and being recognized? 1622 01:44:31,526 --> 01:44:33,492 And would the airmen of Pits's unit, 1623 01:44:34,092 --> 01:44:36,823 the Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Service, 1624 01:44:36,825 --> 01:44:38,426 also please stand? 1625 01:44:40,259 --> 01:44:44,992 And any other PJs from Vietnam, would you rise? 1626 01:44:47,526 --> 01:44:50,290 If there are any other US veterans here today, 1627 01:44:50,292 --> 01:44:51,858 will you please stand? 1628 01:44:56,359 --> 01:44:58,823 If there are wives or parents here, 1629 01:44:58,825 --> 01:44:59,725 would you stand? 1630 01:45:03,792 --> 01:45:05,856 And any children or grandchildren, 1631 01:45:05,858 --> 01:45:06,992 would you join us? 1632 01:45:08,559 --> 01:45:10,557 And any other friends or family, 1633 01:45:10,559 --> 01:45:14,324 anyone who has been touched or moved in any way 1634 01:45:14,326 --> 01:45:17,923 by the actions of this Medal of Honor recipient, 1635 01:45:17,925 --> 01:45:20,392 would you also stand? 1636 01:45:28,526 --> 01:45:29,758 Look around. 1637 01:45:31,492 --> 01:45:36,758 This is the power of what one person can do. 1638 01:46:39,259 --> 01:46:40,359 Thank you, son. 1639 01:46:49,892 --> 01:46:51,192 So you don't forget us. 1640 01:46:53,526 --> 01:46:54,858 Thank you. 1641 01:47:16,459 --> 01:47:18,192 Daddy! 1642 01:47:18,858 --> 01:47:19,858 Hey, little man. 1643 01:47:20,825 --> 01:47:22,426 - I'm glad we got to come. - Ah, me too. 1644 01:47:23,359 --> 01:47:24,792 Where's your mom? 1645 01:47:28,092 --> 01:47:29,792 Looking good in that uniform, Jimmy. 1646 01:47:32,192 --> 01:47:33,459 This is my son, Luke. 1647 01:47:35,359 --> 01:47:37,490 Nice to meet you, soldier. 1648 01:47:40,426 --> 01:47:41,892 I wanted to say... 1649 01:47:44,059 --> 01:47:45,459 I wanted to say thank you. 1650 01:47:48,326 --> 01:47:49,959 Understand what I'm saying, sir? 1651 01:47:51,392 --> 01:47:52,259 You're welcome, Jimmy. 1652 01:47:54,892 --> 01:47:57,059 But you really don't have to call me sir. 1653 01:47:58,292 --> 01:47:59,292 Sure I do. 1654 01:48:00,426 --> 01:48:01,492 Why's that? 1655 01:48:03,959 --> 01:48:05,259 You earned it, sir. 1656 01:48:07,159 --> 01:48:10,959 Ah, you take care, now, 'cause it's a jungle out there. 1657 01:48:24,792 --> 01:48:25,825 What's your name? 1658 01:48:26,359 --> 01:48:28,259 - Luke. - I'm Tommy. 1659 01:48:31,326 --> 01:48:33,758 Early on, you said... 1660 01:48:34,892 --> 01:48:36,758 there was nothing in this for you. 1661 01:49:28,049 --> 01:49:31,744 Of the millions of men and women who served in the US Army, 1662 01:49:31,746 --> 01:49:35,194 a total of 3,498 received the Medal of Honor. 1663 01:49:35,196 --> 01:49:39,335 Only 18 of the recipients were members of the US Air Force. 1664 01:49:39,337 --> 01:49:44,282 Only 3 of them were Airmen. 1665 01:49:44,495 --> 01:49:49,987 One of them was William Hart Pitsenbarger. 1666 01:50:33,834 --> 01:50:35,965 On April 11, 1966, 1667 01:50:35,967 --> 01:50:37,600 when we took off on that mission... 1668 01:50:38,834 --> 01:50:39,932 Pits made a statement. 1669 01:50:39,934 --> 01:50:41,267 He got on the hot mic and he said, 1670 01:50:42,101 --> 01:50:42,999 "Boy, Captain," he said, 1671 01:50:43,001 --> 01:50:44,867 "I don't feel good about this mission." 1672 01:50:45,234 --> 01:50:47,865 They were prepared for us, they knew we were coming. 1673 01:50:47,867 --> 01:50:52,565 They were in, uh, ground holes, in trees and on the ground, 1674 01:50:52,567 --> 01:50:54,065 and, uh, as we walked, 1675 01:50:54,067 --> 01:50:56,101 they just simply closed the back door. 1676 01:50:58,633 --> 01:51:00,631 So they started calling us 1677 01:51:00,633 --> 01:51:02,099 to help them get out the wounded. 1678 01:51:02,101 --> 01:51:04,032 And Pits said, "Let me... Put me on the ground, 1679 01:51:04,034 --> 01:51:05,900 I can organize this much better." 1680 01:51:06,134 --> 01:51:07,800 I said, "I don't wanna lose you, Pits. 1681 01:51:08,334 --> 01:51:10,332 And it's hotter than hell down there because the war 1682 01:51:10,334 --> 01:51:12,332 and the firefights going on all the time. 1683 01:51:12,334 --> 01:51:13,533 You can hear the stuff." 1684 01:51:13,934 --> 01:51:14,934 So down he went. 1685 01:51:16,067 --> 01:51:18,199 My initial thought on seeing him rappelling out of, uh, 1686 01:51:18,201 --> 01:51:20,132 uh, coming out of the helicopter, I'm thinking, 1687 01:51:20,134 --> 01:51:21,665 "What in the hell is this guy thinking 1688 01:51:21,667 --> 01:51:22,867 coming down here?" 1689 01:51:24,301 --> 01:51:25,265 There's not a one of us 1690 01:51:25,267 --> 01:51:27,265 that wouldn't have left there if we could. 1691 01:51:27,267 --> 01:51:28,665 And the only guy that could leave 1692 01:51:28,667 --> 01:51:30,034 was Pitsenbarger, and he didn't. 1693 01:51:30,700 --> 01:51:33,567 Marty Kroah was on the ground and he sent for me, 1694 01:51:33,967 --> 01:51:34,967 because, um... 1695 01:51:36,301 --> 01:51:39,001 he said, "I want somebody to know what Pits did, 1696 01:51:39,334 --> 01:51:41,734 so that it gets reported back, in case I die." 1697 01:51:42,001 --> 01:51:44,267 At that time Marty had been shot five times. 1698 01:51:44,800 --> 01:51:46,633 When we found out the next morning... 1699 01:51:47,600 --> 01:51:49,667 that he had been killed, it was just... 1700 01:51:55,967 --> 01:51:57,734 It was a sad time for everybody. 1701 01:52:01,267 --> 01:52:03,234 To me, uh, this is one of the most, 1702 01:52:03,900 --> 01:52:06,665 uh, important things I did as Secretary of the Air Force. 1703 01:52:06,667 --> 01:52:08,732 Well, it should have been handled by itself. 1704 01:52:08,734 --> 01:52:10,001 It was just a fundamental wrong. 1705 01:52:10,201 --> 01:52:11,665 It was wrong to Bill Pitsenbarger, 1706 01:52:11,667 --> 01:52:12,600 it was wrong to his family. 1707 01:52:13,500 --> 01:52:14,767 Wrong to the airmen who supported him. 1708 01:52:15,001 --> 01:52:15,865 When you think about it, 1709 01:52:15,867 --> 01:52:18,132 uh, it is extraordinary to have people 1710 01:52:18,134 --> 01:52:20,867 who worked for 30 years to get this done. 1711 01:52:21,201 --> 01:52:23,565 I mean, these are people who had their own lives, 1712 01:52:23,567 --> 01:52:25,533 wives, children, grandchildren, 1713 01:52:25,800 --> 01:52:27,332 and this was a passion for them, 1714 01:52:27,334 --> 01:52:29,134 and I just thought that was extraordinary. 1715 01:52:29,600 --> 01:52:33,067 And I just... I felt... And... And I owed it to Pits, 1716 01:52:33,567 --> 01:52:35,732 and I wouldn't... And not just myself, 1717 01:52:35,734 --> 01:52:37,201 there's other people who feel the same way, 1718 01:52:37,700 --> 01:52:40,600 basically, our whole crew. We owe it to him. 1719 01:52:42,600 --> 01:52:44,965 Bill's blood is mixed with ours forever. 1720 01:52:44,967 --> 01:52:46,667 He... He is our brother. 1721 01:52:49,226 --> 01:52:54,226 Subtitles by explosiveskull www.OpenSubtitles.org 1721 01:52:55,305 --> 01:53:01,805 The coolest way to improve your English ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ skeebdo.com ¯\_(ツ)_/¯