:20:01
I was a good pilot, you know.
I had, uh, uh,
:20:05
I had a lot of pride
in my ability to fly.
:20:12
You're up there
doing something that, uh,
:20:15
mankind has only dreamed of; the flying,
especially at night, in an aircraft.
:20:19
The A-6 is one of the few
that can really do it the way we did it.
:20:23
Um, a World War II aviator would not
even dream of doing the things we did.
:20:27
It's definitely
the ultimate in aviation.
:20:42
Almost everybody
has blown off firecrackers.
:20:46
The thrill you get when you
see something explode as a child,
:20:49
or even as an adult almost.
:20:51
You put something in the can
and watch the can blow up in the air.
:21:00
And the excitement,
the sense of excitement,
:21:03
especially if you"re getting shot at,
is just incredible.
:21:08
You get there, have a real good mission,
hit your target,
:21:11
find out later your target
was totally destroyed,
:21:13
that it wasn't one of these misses
or almost, you got it.
:21:17
And come back and make a night carrier
landing recovery. Uh, that's fantastic.
:21:22
To say it's thrilling,
yes, it's deeply satisfying.
:21:37
[Speaking Vietnamese]
:21:39
-[Translator] The planes again.
-[Man #2 Speaking Vietnamese]
:21:42
[Translator #2]
Are they American or Vietnamese?
:21:46
[Translator #1] I don"t know
whose they are.Just airplanes.
:21:53
[Translator #2]
What was this here?
:21:56
[Translator #1]
I used to raise pigs here, right there.
:21:59
[Man #2 Speaking Vietnamese]