1:34:02
But this time,
John Paul Vann was in charge.
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Intelligence says the enemies
moved large numbers of troops--
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maybe five divisions--
down the Ho Chi Minh Trail to here.
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We also know that there's
heavy artillery, even tanks...
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further north.
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I see what they're after.
1:34:24
If they can break through the line here
and head for the sea...
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they'll have cut our forces in half
and have a clear shot at Saigon.
1:34:30
If the South Vietnamese troops
can't hold the line, it's over.
1:34:33
The South Vietnamese are good soldiers.
They just need some goddamn leadership.
1:34:37
Oh, they'll hold the line.
We'll do one better.
1:34:41
We might turn this whole
goddamn thing around.
1:34:47
I think General Giap's about to make
the mistake we've been making all along.
1:34:50
He's gonna try to fight this thing
in a conventional fashion.
1:34:54
If we can persuade him to send
his troops out of these hills...
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he'll be vulnerable,
and that's where we could crush him.
1:35:03
- I don't know, John.
- I do, Fred.
1:35:09
I've never seen anything so clear.
1:35:12
I've been waiting for a moment
like this all my life.
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- What can I do for you?
- I'd like to have a word with Vann.
1:35:21
Hold on. General.
1:35:22
It's okay. Let him through.
1:35:29
- I'd like an interview, John.
- I don't have time.
1:35:31
Okay, I'll make it quick.
1:35:33
You intend to carpet bomb
around Kontum with B-52s.
1:35:37
That's operational information.
1:35:41
What a line of bullshit you fed us
about the peasants and the revolution...
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- and I bought it.
- I still believe it.
1:35:46
But you're gonna bomb with B-52s!
How can you say that? It's wrong, John!
1:35:50
It's wrong? It's the same
goddamn war it was back in '62.
1:35:54
You were there. Why didn't you say
it was wrong then? Shit.
1:35:58
You and the fuckin' Kennedys,
the good old boys who sent us here--