:23:03
Saigon Command has located
the enemy's radio transmitter...
:23:06
here at Ap Bac.
:23:09
We will land
the first airborne force here...
:23:12
and the second here.
:23:14
Advance here and here
and capture the objective.
:23:20
I have to brief my men, Colonel.
:23:28
Here's the drill.
:23:29
Frank, take the lead armored.
Ron, take the first infantry chopper.
:23:33
- I'm going up in the spotter plane.
- What about Cao?
:23:36
The hell with him.
I'm gonna check this one out for myself.
:23:40
Go!
:24:16
We're coming up
on the target site now. Over.
:24:19
Roger that, Colonel Bogie.
:24:22
No signs of movement below.
Over.
:24:47
Ap Bac, January 2, 1963.
:24:51
For a year the Vietcong had studied
the Americans and their tanks...
:24:55
and helicopters.
:24:56
Studied and learned.
:24:58
Now they were ready
to stand and fight.