A Bright Shining Lie
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You know the locals.
Get together your own squads...

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and clean out these villages.
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I'll give you
all the authority you want.

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Excuse me, gentlemen.
I need a shower.

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Our casualties in Vietnam
in a single week...

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have exceeded the average
weekly rate of dead and wounded...

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in the Korean War.
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240 Americans killed,
470 wounded.

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Most of these casualties were suffered
in the battle of la Draug Valley.

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The United States
is indeed at war--

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a full-dress war
against a formidable enemy.

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Vann threw himself into the war effort
with a passion few others could muster.

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He ran pacification programs...
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mobilized his allies
among the South Vietnamese forces...

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coordinated American support...
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and still found time
to bombard friends and foes alike...

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with his theories
on how to turn the war around.

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December 23, 1966.
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"Dear Sir...
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Despite the fact that we now have
385,000 American soldiers deployed...

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the Saigon government
remains corrupt on all levels.

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If it were not for the fact
that Vietnam..."

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Vann worked 20 hours, slept four.
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He never stopped,
on all fronts.

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May I be of assistance?
1:07:40
What happened here?
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Wrecked bicycle? Yes?
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Orchids.
This is what you need.

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For you.
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That's a picture.
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$$"Il Field Force Vietnam"
I'm in love.


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