:48:02
Chili, if we move Vietnamese,
they are evacuees.
:48:05
If they come to us to be evacuated,
they are refugees.
:48:08
I'll make a note of it, sir.
:48:11
N.V.A. Soldier Deserts
After Reading Pamphlets.
:48:13
An N.V.A. regular, who realized
his side would lose...
:48:17
...deserted after reading
Open Arms pamphlets.
:48:20
That's good, Dave.
But why say, "N.V.A. regular"?
:48:23
Is there an irregular?
:48:25
How about N.V.A. soldier?
:48:27
I'll fix it.
:48:29
"The Lawrence Welk Show" will be on TV
in two weeks. Dave, do 100 words on it.
:48:35
Not While We're Eating.
:48:36
N.V.A. Learned not to interrupt meals of
Marines on a search-and-destroy mission.
:48:41
We have a new directive from M.A.F.
on search and destroy.
:48:46
Substitute "sweep and clear"
in place of "search and destroy."
:48:50
Got it?
:48:51
Got it. Very catchy.
:48:54
And, Joker, where's the weenie?
:48:58
The kill. The grunts
must have hit something.
:49:02
Didn't see them.
:49:04
I've told you,
we run two basic stories here.
:49:08
Grunts who buy toothbrushes
and deodorant for gooks:
:49:11
Winning of Hearts And Minds.
:49:14
And combat action resulting in a kill:
"Winning the War."
:49:17
You must have seen blood trails,
drag marks?
:49:21
It was raining, sir.
:49:23
That's why God passed
the law of probability.
:49:26
Rewrite it with a happy ending,
say, one kill.
:49:29
A sapper or an officer. Which?
:49:32
Whichever you say.
:49:33
Grunts like reading about dead officers.
:49:36
Okay, an officer. How about a general?
:49:41
You'd like our guys to read
the paper and feel bad?
:49:44
In case you didn't know,
this is not a popular war.
:49:48
Our job is to report the news that the...
:49:50
..."why-are-we-here"
civilian newsmen ignore.
:49:53
Maybe you should go out
on some ops yourself.
:49:57
You could find more blood trails
and drag marks.