MISSION OF THE DUTY
As we can justify to send our men…
… against a hill a set of ten of times or more…
… until the same soldiers question the madness of the action?
Senator Edward M. Kennedy May of 1969
Something as well as Daqui until the Eternity?
But, I am not Deborah Kerr…
… and I do not find that it would confuse somebody it with the Burt Lancaster.
It happens the time, all all the time.
He is pretty here, right?
It is.
I continue thinking about the squad.
We will be alone here until tomorrow, I find that we deserve in amusing.
This goes to require a special effort to keep my busy mind.
I find that I can make this.
It finds that yes? I do not know, I do not know.
Debtor You are welcome, gentleman.
For the true life. I find that accustom I can me with this.
E for us. It goes to be with me.
It is very difficult to think about the future after the Vietnam.
Some times I find that I will be in the hospital for the remaining portion of the life.
I have, I go to come back.
He is strange, but today it stows thinking about the beach.
I go to leave there.
Still thus it will be in the army?
Listening to it is not me.
It said that I go to leave there.
E I want that if it marries me.
How it can say this?
I do not believe that he is making me this.
It was not in the airplane?
He is, is a captain of the 173.
He does not import me to make a scandal.
He stows in the forest for seven months…
… he calls and me here to say that he finished everything?
Welcome the house, soldier.
Please, the last thing that I want to make, is to lament itself.
Debtor, this is simply a small lateral benefit.
What he thought? He would feel me to what, well with this?
Already I cannot support.
Already it cannot support?
It already cannot support it.
It runs away with the Jodie, while I fight a war and it support he cannot me.
I moan.
You lament, it you lament, all you lament.
Good friend, I not moan.
Because I have that to come back to the Vietnam and to serve the Native land.
I do not have to worry that me…
… because somebody is imported if the Charlie eats its lunch.
It is not a wonderful life?
Ei, ei, of the one time, certain?
Sir, you does not want to make this.
Who it thinks that I am?
A simple Lieutenant of the 196.
He does not make this to you yourselves.
It finished with me.
Thus without more…
What I made to deserve this?
I do not know.
To destroy the place, is not reply.
We go, I arrange a drink in some place, another place.
It comes back toward the bed.
It was thinking about this face.
It is sad, I I know. It made everything what it could.
It knows? I placed it in the bed, I spoke with its wife…
… It was very amiable, knows?
The things pass, really, are not question to blame somebody.
What it finds to blame the war?
Perhaps it had occurred without the war.
It is not alone.
We know faces losing its wives and fiancés.
They are expensive losing its lives, and if they apóiam in us.
A full life of sadness. So that?
E I find that it is each worse time. I do not see nothing of good in this.
We have one to the other.
Something is good that it resulted of this.
Amen.
How they are this way?
Never let us stow better, Sir.
Sucking these poisons that contaminate our body, debilitating our mind.
It does not listen to it, Mitchell, or it will eat insects with its ration.
I have, I do not listen to more nothing of what the shots of there.
Ei., that place is this?
Hill A thousand, measures a thousand feet from above to below.
Good, they can be 998 after last September.
We take it a time before?
Then we are taking it to reason by new?
We leave because it later we take that it.
What it said?
This is the form that we fight this war, Mitchell.
We leave the thing so that nobody thinks that we are the bad boys.
It does not confuse me thus, certain?
We cannot occupy each hill that we take, Horn.
Good, then he seems well dull to take them.
I go to say, Horn. when putting in the staff of Westmoreland…
… then it will be able to verify as to gain this thing. Now we go.
Vocês is of the first brigade? It is.
Here we go is not so badly?
Thus, we need a withdrawal. Ei., what it has up there?
Already we have three died in action, and not vi none magrelo Cong.
If they had intrenched?
Who knows.
There it has as much mist, that not if enxerga a meter to the front.
They could be ten, perhaps ten a thousand VC.
What we are making here on, in first place, never we will know.
This is flaring, is very flaring.
It hears it, dear. It is simply another operation.
All good, Johnson? Yes.
It rests now, Percell, when to advance, goes in the front.
Understood, Sergeant. It can make, certain?
She is its?
How it was the vacations?
Good, he was something as the war.
You know, all good at a moment and all bad one in the other.
I wait that this bird sees well more than we.
Brave 2-6. Here Spider 2-9, exchange.
Received, 2-9. Here 2-6, in front.
2-6, it informs the situation to me. Exchange.
We are to one 200 meters above. In front.
Understood, 2-6. It more advances in the same direction 50 meters.
1º squad, will be arriving after cleaning there on.
Vocês will come here, exchange.
2-9, as it is seen here on, exchange.
They cannot be many, 2-6.
The vegetation is so dense that we do not see nor spark.
It informs to me when to cover the 50 meters, I disconnect.
Understood, I disconnect.
Skies, I finish to arrive of vacation, good in time.
Very well, Sergeant. Weapons in the automatic one.
Percell! It finishes with this. Certain.
They have care this way. Yes.
Lieutenant, 1º squad is arriving.
It is its turn, Myron.
How he sees yourself here on, Pete?
He would desire to be able to say.
Everything what we had, had been shots of short and garnet weapons.
He does not have nothing great here on.
Which is the size of the force?
Probably one, squad, but an assumption is alone.
It is as to fight with ghosts.
I do not know you, Myron, but I did not sign up myself to fight with ghosts.
It has care. Yes.
We see in them.
It is.
10 meters, Sergeant. Yes, Sir.
If he assures that the men are in good positions.
I do not want that nobody dies for our artillery.
Understood.
Ei., what it is having? Not taste of these things.
It lowers the head, brother, and only follows the leader.
We will put in charge in them of you.
Ei., what it had up there?
Victor Charlie, brother. He is as the king of mountains.
It is up there, now, but, we are the point to take off it.
However, they will come back later.
My God.
He is lowered.
He bit me to the snake, bit me to the snake.
He is lowered, Mitchell.
He bit me Is lowered, calms myself.
Mitchell, we go, Mitchell.
Ei, that devils is having?
I do not know, Sergeant, it said snake, but, not vi none. Mitchell, Mitchell.
We go, Taylor. Mitchell.
Taylor.
Excrement, this poison of snake, kills fast more than it surrounds electric.
Brave 2-6, here Spider 2-9, exchange.
Received, 2-9, in front.
2-6, we are bombing the 5-0, and shooting for effect.
Its heads keep decreases, will have danger, exchange.
2-9, I have a man with a snake bite, exchange.
Understood, 2-6, brings with vocês after the taking.
We cannot be taking care of of these birds of patio, I disconnect.
Yes, clearly, very well, its heads keep decreases.
Mine ours.
How much they go to arrive close with these things?
The sufficient to shave itself, brother.
It sees something, Danny?
It swims.
I want who they up there could now be hurt.
It is much time to believe here in this, Baker.
They are good desires.
Affirmative, 2-9, I will transmit for the there from above radio, disconnect.
More two rounds and us we will go. I even want an on-line advance on.
Very well, we will put people in the flanks, we go.
Johnson, us we will go. Ruiz, you in copper.
We go going, Sergeant. They advance!
Up there!
We go! we go! They advance! they advance!
They are moved! they are moved!
They are broken up! They advance! they advance!
They continue! they continue!
They are moved! they are moved!
Very well, all, prepare the rear. They are of open eyes.
Johnson?
He is clean.
Devils, Lieutenant. If they had been. They had been themselves.
Excrement! They were here. they were in shooting.
Clearly that they were here. It has footprints of sandals for all part.
It has some blood?
No body, Lieutenant. Here it does not have no body.
Perhaps good, we had luck.
In the next time, somebody goes to have me the luck…
… when to cover the way to come back to take this hill.
Compel we cannot them to remain in the place.
They escape and they live to fight another day.
Very well, what one assumes that let us make meanwhile?
It finds that now we will go to come back? Or we will hoist the flag as Iwo Jima?
Ei., we take the hill, Lieutenant.
The only ones taken here, we were.
Sergeant, finishes this.
Horn, Horn, Horn.
Brave, 2-6, here Spider 2-9, exchange.
Received, 2-9, in front.
What it has, 2-6?
We do not have nothing, 2-9, exchange.
It repeats, 2-6.
It said that I do not have nothing, 2-9.
I have to búnker abandoned, I do not have the enemy. The enemy if was, exchange.
How many bodies, exchange.
None, 2-9. I repeat, none.
I do not have no body, without bodies, nor parts of them.
Here it does not have nothing.
I do not have vanilla not even. It copies me, exchange.
Understood, 2-6, Waits.
Appositive that the support of the Cong already is here.
Orders are orders, Born, cannot make nothing the respect.
I cannot see this scene and be of crossed arms.
He is so dull.
Four faces had died in this hill, give the return and return.
I want to know, why?
It sees Horn, I give account of that each decision of the army is not best.
They had not made in them to go up the hill to roçar the foliages…
… and the Charlie does not have place where if to hide.
Good, then because we did not make this before?
I do not know, Horn, they had not said me, they had not said me.
Perhaps good, they can say the parents of the Mitchell…
… or the parents of the faces of 1º Squad…
… because these faces had died.
I know that it is difficult, Horn. but, simply it leaves thus.
It is, yes. What it has d.? Horn, leaves thus.
Sir.
Stopped, there, soldier.
He is not listening to something?
I made a question, specialist.
I do not know what you have been making today, Sir.
I find that fighting a war, and not if of more the pipe the side.
I made it a question.
It forgives me, Sir.
What it has, Sergeant?
With all respect, gentleman. These men are very tired.
Today we lose some of ours…
… and usually, in the base we do not greet the officers.
I value what he has past, Sergeant.
Of truth, I value. But, this is not the base.
E we cannot neglect of only disciplines because we had a bad day.
Yes, Sir.
Now, I want that this soldier, gives a decent greeting to the superior officer.
It makes it, Horn.
It sees, Horn, it does not have reason to continue with this.
It gives pipe the side to the Lieutenant and we will be able to go the tents…
… to clean this society, and occupying in them of our subjects.
We go, makes.
Soldier! He looks at, gentleman, us…
He is outside of this, Sergeant. One leaves, he comes back here, welded.
I do not know where learned greeting.
E does not import me as it disciplines definite it in its squad.
But, you go to give a decent greeting to me…
… and he goes to keep it until return I it.
E if we have that to be here until it understands. All good.
Yes, Sir.
Good afternoon, gentleman!
Good afternoon, Specialist. It continues.
Good, I know of a thing.
I go to pass for the club.
I go to take off this stench in me, and will drink a box of beer.
All are welcome follow, me, will be wanted.
That beauty, Taylor. This can take some time.
It is., I simply want to go there and to see to striper.
Start to think about all the joy that I will tomorrow give to these girls… [00:22:04.32]
… in the City of the Sin.
Now, all wait a moment.
This subject of the City of the Sin will have that to wait tomorrow until of afternoon… [00:22:10.63]
… because we will tomorrow have a ceremony of awarding before the coffee.
Ceremony of awarding?
It is., awarding ceremony.
All these heroes of war go to have medals in its chests.
Thus, when to come back to the world can impress the women.
I cannot believe, that we go to earn today, Sergeant?
The star of silver, or the crayon of the cows?
This army is being excessively for me.
We go, Horn. Glad, or it will have a hernia.
Now I want all well dresses because good they are welded.
Ones is cursed good soldiers, and of this it does not have that to envergonhar itself.
Sergeant of the State Biggest, Clayton E. Anderson.
Star of Silver for Valentia and Heroísmo in Combat in the Land…
… in the Battle of the Valley Binh Khe, in 9 of December of 1967.
Anderson Sergeant caught the flame thrower and with total indifference for… [00:23:01.64]
… its proper life, assaulted and destroyed position NVA,
saving its squad and killing a great number of enemy soldiers.
Its heroísmo also gave as resulted the discovery…
… of critical information that saved other American lives.
The actions of Anderson Sergeant…
They are in the highest traditions of the military service…
… and it reflects a great recognition proper itself, its unit…
… and to the army of the United States.
Medal of Value, for wounds also received in action.
Congratulations, Sergeant. Debtor, gentleman.
Soldier of First Classroom, Daniel Percell.
Bronze star, for the Heroic combat in land.
With total indifference for its life.
Congratulations. Debtor, gentleman.
Alberto soldier Ruiz. Bronze star of value.
With the remaining portion of its immobilized unit, the Soldier Ruiz, selfly-sacrificing ran… [00:23:58.37]
… since its position to rescue a fallen friend.
Its action, is in highest of the traditions…
Soldier of First, Marcus Taylor.
Military medal of Compliment for heroísmo of combat in land.
While he was separate of its unit, alone it assaulted…
Specialist Classroom 4, Roger Horn.
Military medal of Compliment to the Value.
With total indifference for its life it saved the lives of soldiers friends.
Specialist Classroom 4, Marvin Johnson.
Medal of Value for wounds received in action behind the enemy lines… [00:24:27.66]
… in the Valley Binh Khe, 6 of August of 19…
Scott soldier Baker.
Bronze star to the Heroísmo de Combate in land.
The Soldier Baker escaped of the enemy in the valley the Shau…
… and he contributed to destroy a convoy enemy, in 8 of September…
Lieutenant Myron Goldman. Star of Bronze to the Value.
The actions of Goldman Lieutenant…
… they are in highest of the tradition of the military service…
… they exactly reflect recognition itself, its unit and to the Army of the U.S.A [00:24:53.99]
I do not find.
I find that I am the leader of the squad, and find that I know what happens.
On this place, I do not know nothing absolutely.
Lieutenant, the men do not wait that he has all the answers…
… they simply wait that you fulfill its work.
Not, but, as she finds that they trust what I say, when I myself…
… I do not have confidence in what I am saying?
I cannot continue ordering in missions that intention does not have.
Lieutenant, these are the orders.
It is., but I do not believe the orders, nor you so little.
Horn has all reason.
E I have that to write letter to the parents of the faces that we lose.
Estimate Mrs. Mitchell, moan that its son has died, in the Vietnam… [00:25:38.13]
… but, he was not died for a Vietcong, one was cursed snake.
It waits a moment, Lieutenant, it has that to say a thing.
You go leaving in them wild.
I am interrupting?
Not, all good.
I can speak with you?
Yes, already we finish.
This is not accurately as I planned…
… but, it is here, and I do not know when it will come back, thus being, it goes here.
I do not go to be married you, Myron. I cannot.
Not, only a moment, a moment, simply waits, waits.
Not, not, not, it leaves to speak me. It leaves to take off me this.
Certain.
Truth I dealt with to think sufficiently about this…
… and I am trying to take off of the mind…
… this fear of that next the deceased, that arrives can be you.
but, I cannot, and I cannot live all day with this fear.
E not to dissimulate that I can.
Only that it is not just for me or you.
I requested transference, thus, I will leave so fast as I arrived.
I feel.
He waits, he waits a moment, we go.
Love I you, wise person?
I know.
Very well, youngsters.
It looked like itself the Ruiz.
Kissed you it.
Ei, I find that I go to turn into a desert.
I go to be with this nena-san I love because it very.
It is well better who the uncle Sam.
She will have new girls in Dixie.
I do not want no new girl. I taste of this.
I am one I legalize war hero.
I am the true hero of war.
I go to make with that its Country is safe for the democracy.
I go to protect its virtue.
We go, Horn.
Horn, is being ridicule.
I, being ridicule?
This is most sensible than I make since that I am in the Vietnam.
I was ridicule going up Hill A thousand.
e you also, and you, and you, and you…
All we pass, ridicule earning these dull things.
Excrement, vocês seems a group of novices, what it has here?
I find that the Horn goes to be married, Sergeant.
It is., and to be in this Country, because he is magic.
Good, Horn. I have good, and harms the news.
The good news are that it is one day pretty to be married.
The bad news are that today, it does not go to be married.
All vocês, is better if to capture because we go to leave to the dawn.
Where Sergeant, in return Hill A thousand?
Devils, this man is the holy ghost.
He looks at, you is playing? Not.
I want some answers, Sergeant. I want them now to E.
Ei., Horn, did not hear?
In the army it has orders, and not answers.
Thus, we go to come back.
The Asians had knocked down a helicopter that went up to around the zone.
Now we go to take the hill.
E we are the elect ones.
They hear, we know the zone.
E we will forget never it.
My God.
This is wonderful, does not have signals of the pilot.
It is as if it had engolido it to the forest.
This thing well is rolled, certain?
This is very poisonous, friend.
It looks at, it will full my canteen, in the river.
Good, it is not great thing.
I find that until the Marcus Taylor it fears something that kills to the bare-footed ones.
I ask myself if they go to spread this for this country all.
Certain, they go to convert the place into a desert.
Soon these faces will not have more place where if to hide.
They will go for low of the land, Baker. They always find the way. Always.
Very well, we go to leave daqui.
Very well, all vocês, we go.
From recognition already they had received shots…
… and already they capsize up there welded NVA.
How many, Sergeant?
I do not know, a brigade, perhaps two.
More I know that they will have that, to have care up there.
They are not only up there.
The recognition said that also they are in the valleys.
If they prepare for a great attack.
Then we will go up there, Sergeant we will kick and them until Hanói.
That it hears it to God, Taylor, this is the enthusiasm of who goes to the front.
Now, because not in the sample the way?
Baker, sees with calm. Johnson, covers rear, certain?
They are of open eyes. We go to make.
All good, debtor.
It seems that already let us stow before in this film, not?
e aged hastily.
They are covered!
Doctor!
Taylor! Yes
It can see of where came the shot? Yes.
Grenade launcher.
They are lowered, lowered. They keep the covering.
We go, we go.
We have them.
Horn, calls the Commander. It says that we have two fallen men.
I want the Dudley and the McLean in these stretches…
We will take… Them in return.
We go to advance 20 meters and to be in the position, against aerial attack.
Sergeant. Yes.
I do not want an Asian appearing for the flanks.,
… I want all they.
Yes, clearly.
Twenty meters to the North.
The Lieutenant requests aerial attack in Alpha Rasp 30-79, exchange.
Received, 2-6. Aerial attack in Alpha Rasp 3-0-7-9.
This shaken freed my atadura.
In me it freed the brain.
Ei., Johnson, all good?
I cannot support very, plus this.
It relaxes, Johnson. The least we are not up there with this.
They are not more than shaking the pea string beans.
It is, and they would not be shaking it, if we did not place firewood in the fogueira.
Oh God, what it had with it?
The man lost the head, this is what he had.
This is not funny, welded.
Good, it forgives me, gentleman.
One of these bombs that Were lodged, blew up in the tree.
A piece cut the head to it.
Others six faces had also received splinters.
Charlie would have to only leave us so that let us kill we ourselves.
We go, Earl. We go to go down this hill.
Understood.
Horn, what it is making, Horn?
I do not go to go, Lieutenant.
I feel, is alone what I go to make.
I do not have time for this, Horn. We go.
Then, it is better to go.
Reason I do not go, I do not matter what they say.
What he had?
He is dull, Sergeant.
We take this hill two times and we abandon it two times.
So that?
These are the orders, Horn. For nothing, know you it.
I do not go to sacrifice my life for nothing.
Very well, Horn, does not fail here.
Me listening, if is tired and necessary of rest…
… I can arrange with the Lieutenant.
Not necessary of rest, and point.
I feel, youngsters. I cannot make plus this.
Horn listens to, me. It knows what it means this?
I will assume the consequences.
It makes with that the men advance, Sergeant. We go.
Very well, we go. Going up the hill, we go.
Horn.
Very well, we go, we go. We go.
Who gave order to abandon these faces, haã?
They will always be there with you. Always.
Now we go.
You do not want to make this.
He does not want to ruin its life, Horn. e believes this goes to ruin.
I will run the risk.
It goes down the hill.
We will speak of this, in Chu Lai.
I heard that it has a coward, opposing to fight it?
You are the coward? He does not want to fight more boy?
He is this same.
He would have to give a shot right now to you.
This is my man, we are a family, and you skirt of my house.
All good, Sergeant. It Leaves.
At least I will know who made, and reason.
But, if mount in this hill…
… I will not know it made that it, and less still the reason.
Let us go up the hill. We go, are moved. this valley for you also, Sergeant.
They knock down them.
They continue thus, youngsters! The sides cover all!
Taylor, all good, Taylor. Very it is wounded?
Not, I am well, Sergeant.
After a time it will not be.
Still I can fight. It goes down the hill, Taylor.
We will find it with the wounded, then. very made well well, very.
They are taken care of.
They are moved, are moved. They keep behind and they are covered.
I hate this sound of drum.
Touching., turning and turning, and turning.
For irreflexiva youth, it is the taste to surrender.
It seduces them to E of the cities to the fields…
… to vender its freedom for suits…
… of cheap adornments, and shining sleeves.
E when the voice of the ambition commands…
… to march, to fight and to fall, in foreign lands…
Taylor.
All good? I will be well.
How it is everything up there?
It is badly. I find that of this time Charlie it goes to obtain in it withhold.
How they are the youngsters?
Our youngsters are well, some had fallen.
It is a drug.
Excrement.
We will see in them, Taylor.
Where it goes?
Horn, Horn, Horn.
It looks at Marcus, I do not believe in this war, I did not believe, and I will never believe.
But, I believe helping my friends.
I find that valley the penalty to fight therefore.
They go, they go, they go!
Ruiz, Johnson!
He walks, Baker, he walks!
Baker, Ruiz!
We must surround them.
I know, I I know. Cover I you, certain?
He does not have as, of no skill.
Good, he looks at. If he does not move. They cannot arrive here.
E as we go to leave?
Baker, what he has up there?
Grenade launcher, Sergeant!
This does not go to function. I go to try another thing.
Horn! We go, Horn!
Horn, leaves from there!
Horn! We go!
We go!
Where it left, devils?
Good question. Ei, staff, necessary of aid.
Doctor, doctor!
We go, we go.
Very well, Ruiz, Baker. They go to see búnker, go.
How are you?
It will live, but we have that to take off it daqui.
It is, but it is so badly thus?
Its war finished, this is certain.
Horn, because it came back here?
It knew that they needed aid.
We take the hill, Horn. we retake it thanks to you.
Let us see they conserve if it, of this time.
It is, the third time is a burrice.
We go to be this way, exchange.
Very well, 2-6. They evacuate the area. Dalby Colonel goes to inspect.
I cannot believe. Very well, we will be here.
Never. Sir?
He said that., never.
We do not go to be. We go to go down the hill.
What? My God!
What!? Who had this idea alone can be playing, certain?
It would like that it was.
It removes the men. The Colonel comes to the hill.
It gave a tip because?
Know you it better.
Very well, According to Squad, they are formed here.
We go, I only go to say a time.
We go to go down the hill.
It is this, we go, Percell, goes in the front, we go.
I find that you could…
It does not ask to me, Ruiz. I do not have the reply.
Good work, soldier.
Good work, gentlemen.
Sir.
Lieutenant. A well made work.
Colonel?
He is, what he has, welded?
Reason kept in them taking this hill…
… and it returned soon it to the enemy?
Soldier, I do not find that you…
Colonel, please… He answers my question.
The objectives move.
When it does not have the picture of everything, is difficult to understand.
Sir, yesterday hung medals in my chest.
I find that I am made use to give the life for my country…
… but, I have that to know that it has importance.
Clearly that it has importance.
Many men had lost the life in this hill, Sir.
One of my better friends all is wounded…
… if soon to return to the enemy. It is as if everything was for nothing.
I find that he is uninformed, welded.
Only remembering, Sir. Our lives also mean some thing.
Good afternoon., Sir…
Legend: aRGENTeaM Translation: Marza Zerbinato Revision: J. Ritter