War Hunt (1962) Movie Script
1
Once you get out of training,
you're funneled into
what's called the pipeline,
and you become a number
while you're traveling it,
until you get spewed out
somewhere at the other end.
After you land,
you look for signs of war.
A bullet scar in a wall,
a bombed out building.
You don't have
to look very hard.
You see a lot of poverty,
kids starving.
When you get on the trucks,
after the ship and the train,
you know the pipeline is carrying
you further towards the front.
You're going to be
a combat infantryman,
the tip of the spear.
You don't know what it will
be like or what will happen,
and you wonder whether
you're going to get killed.
We got a funny
kind of a war here,
a war that we can't really win
because it's gotta be settled
around a conference table.
In the meantime, we have to keep
fighting and we have to keep dying.
And I think you men
have a right to know why.
It's as simple as this.
The enemy has got
to keep getting hurt.
Every day he stalls at Panmunjom
has gotta be a day
that costs him good.
The more pain, the more
casualties he suffers,
the easier the job our
negotiators are gonna have
and the sooner
this thing will end.
Now, tomorrow we'll be moving up
to the MLR,
the Main Line of Resistance.
Good luck, men.
That's all I have, Corporal.
All right, you guys,
fall in outside.
You and you, right here,
and the rest of you guys,
line up on these two.
Follow me.
How far are we from the MLR?
Oh, about five miles.
Hold it.
You're in here, Loomis.
Raymond is sleeping.
I got a new man for Van Horn.
I take. He have job work.
Okay.
Charlie will take care of you.
Okay, let's go.
I show you picture,
beautiful girl. You keep.
Get away from the fence!
What? Are you crazy?
All right, Mama-san,
just take it easy.
She is no mother.
Smells bad here.
GI,
welcome to Korea.
I hope you don't die.
Here.
First squad, third platoon?
Yeah.
Are you Sergeant Van Horn?
Yeah. Are you a replacement?
That's right. The name is Loomis.
Hey, hold the racket.
I'm sorry. What?
Name's Loomis, Roy Loomis.
Okay, Loomis.
Glad to have you with us.
Thank you.
Who's the kid?
Oh, Charlie, he's...
One of the guys in the squad looks
out for him. His people are dead.
Oh. So you're in
the first squad?
Yeah.Showalter's
your squad leader.
He's over by the jeep.
Go report.
Right.
Hey, I didn't tell
you guys to quit.
Come on! Let's go.
We haven't lost a war yet,
but we sure are pussyfooting
our way through this one.
How long have you
been in the army, Crotty?
1937, but I'm thinking
about quitting.
What would you do?
Well, I'd...
You better stick with it.
You'll stay out of jail.
Yeah, that's what
my mother says.
You are still here because
of the dishonest tactics
employed by
imperialist negotiators.
The People's Army of China
desires peace.
You desire peace.
Yet, because Wall Street
does not desire peace,
each morning's sun shines
upon the bodies of young...
What a station.
One lousy beat-up record,
and for a commercial,
the Communist Manifesto.
Yeah, you know,
I like that old Dragon Lady.
She's sexy.
Who?
She's on their loudspeakers
up at the MLR.
Loudspeakers?
Yeah.
This is a crazy war.
She plays music for us.
It's very romantic.
This baby's ready.
Baby?
Yeah, what's saying?
What was that?
Endore.
Where's he going?
To work. You want some?
No, no. Where?
Out behind their lines.
Alone?
Every night.
I'll see you around?
Yeah.
Hello.
Hi.
I love you.
You got trouble, GI?
Come on, I fix.
Come on. I show you place
you can get through fence.
No worry. No MP.
Sweetheart,
you know what my trouble is?
I good. I fix.
I can't even believe I'm here.
Hey, how about some quiet?
What do you think is
happening up there?
Nothing much.
Not as long as the politicians
are still jabbering away there.
Now, any time things
go sour at Panmunjom,
that's when
we really get slammed.
Peiping Radio always
tells Crotty what's going on.
Hey, still got that sandpaper?
Is there coffee in the
weapons carrier? Yes, sir.
All right, you guys,
mount up! Let's go!
Yeah.
You all set?
Yes, sir.
Looks like we ain't gonna
get there before dawn.
How's AT&T doing?
What's that?
And they say we're capitalists!
Was that a mine?
No, they just sent
season's greetings.
That's all.
I guess they know we're coming.
Yeah, they dropped
that one to remind us
we're not out
for a Sunday drive.
If they thought
we were worth it,
they might give us three,
four, maybe a dozen more.
Their artillery's zeroed in
on this stretch.
There's not a thing
we can do about it
except keep moving,
which I wish we'd do.
I'll tell you something. I first got
over here, my wife sent me a letter,
a little clipping from
our hometown newspaper.
I don't know what she had in mind,
but, anyway, this writer said
that the Chinese army
had to get hopped up
on opium before
they could stage an attack,
that they had lousy clothes,
worse equipment and no discipline at all.
God, oh!
All right, Showalter,
get your squad together, follow me.
All right, let's dance.
Keep the guys here. I'm
gonna check with the Captain.
I'll be right back.
Other side of these
sandbags is no man's land.
See that ridge?
The first one?
No, the big, dark one.
That's the Chinese.
We got an outpost about
200 yards straight out.
You'll be able to see it
during the day.
Hey, what's that light?
They got a beacon
over there at Panmunjom.
Wanna make sure nobody
lobs a shell over there by mistake.
When you're out on patrol,
you learn how to get your bearings by it.
Welcome back, Captain Pratt,
and all of you
who have returned.
To those who are
replacing dead or wounded...
That's the old Dragon Lady.
...or men now in the embrace
of their sweethearts
in America...
She'll tell you whether
we got scrambled eggs...
welcome to the Main Line of
Resistance... or sunny-side up tomorrow.
I wonder how many of you
in the coming weeks will die
for somebody's dividend.
Well, we'll try to make your
journey on as pleasant as we can.
But now we have a delightful
selection for your listening pleasure.
Hope she's got
some Charlie Parker tonight.
Drop dead! We want
to hear her voice!
They got the Dragon
Lady. We got bigmouth!
We're on the wrong side!
Yeah, well,
as long as them loudspeakers
are chewing at each other,
we ain't.
We got the same
bunkers as last time.
I need you and three members
of your squad for patrol tonight.
You pick them and meet me
at the CP in about 15 minutes.
Keep two men
on the line all night.
Rest of you guys can flake out.
Crotty, you and Loomis
have from-00 to-00.
Hey, Loomis,
you and me are on guard
from-00 to-00.
There ain't nothing to it.
What's patrol like?
It's real easy.
You work slow, stay on the path,
keep your eyes and ears open.
If you get caught
in a flare, freeze,
and just hope
they don't see you.
What about their patrol?
Oh, no sweat.
You run into one,
it's real simple.
Throw all your grenades,
fire every round you got, and run.
Oh, yeah?
Hey, Charlie.
Hey, say, Raymond.
He'll take that bunk.
Yeah, sure.
He's tired.
Well, kids need their sleep.
What was that?
I said,
"Kids need their sleep."
You're right, absolutely right.
Go to sleep and I'll,
I'll be back in the morning.
I no tired.
When I go with you?
Soon?
We'll see.
Hey, hey, fall on in, Belotti.
Must have added another step.
Where's my socks?
Where's Van Horn?
He's over at the CP.
Well, somebody tell him,
if he's going to be in Ruby tonight,
that I'll be there sometime.
Them poor China men.
Boy, how long has
that guy been here?
A little less than a year.
I remember the first day
he joined the outfit.
I remember thinking
he was afraid.
Boy,
you are a red-hot judge of character.
First thing he did was to
volunteer for two-man patrols.
Then one night
he went out on his own.
Yeah, like AWOL
but in the wrong direction.
Captain liked the information he
brought back, so he let him go again.
At least he never stopped him.
You know, I used to
wonder about that guy.
I'm sure glad he's on our side.
Come on.
Okay, I'm watching.
What's the story?
We're trying to
locate a buddy of ours,
took a shot at Doyle
this morning.
But he's not buying.
Yeah, well,
he'll take a crack at it.
Yeah, he's got the helmet
in his sights
and a finger on the trigger
right now.
I can feel it.
The finger's getting itchy.
Yeah, the finger's
getting itchy.
I'm gonna tantalize him now.
Did you see him? I didn't see a thing,
Crotty. The sun's all wrong.
Fresno,
you wasn't watching! Yes, I was.
All right.
We'll try again
tomorrow after chow.
Now, at 2300 hours corps
artillery is gonna fire a mission
on that supply dump
that Endore spotted.
We'll probably hear it go over.
We'll observe and report back
the effects of the barrage.
SOP on the patrol formation.
Observe radio silence.
Password tonight's "Yankee,"
countersign's "Stadium."
Crotty, I saw that
training film, too,
so knock off that phony coughing,
will you?
I'm telling you, I'm sick.
And I'm telling you,
one cough out of you out there,
and I'll cut your throat
with my rusty bayonet.
Now, come on.
Get your squad ready
to go in half an hour.
Get to it.
This is Snooper One, over.
Gibraltar Red Easy,
this is Snooper One.
Have reached objective.
All right, let's bug slowly.
Hey.
Hey. Hey.
Hey.
My fish on ground.
Black smoke,
grass burning everywhere.
Hey, take it easy.
Now talk English.
You wanna talk about it?
Knock it off,
will you, Chaplain?
Well, the kid's
having a bad dream.
So? I was having
a good one.
We'll talk about it
in the morning, okay?
All right?
Hey, your mail.
Well, thank you, Charlie.
Okay. I got to get
Raymond mail.
How would you like to
toss the ball around?
Okay, I try.
All right.
Hey, guys,
can we borrow those mitts a minute?
You say
there's a battalion here?
And a brand-new
mortar battery right here?
That's right.
They're building up a new,
a new supply dump about here.
What about their security?
It's there.
Plenty strong, too.
I had some time,
so I went by Sheba.
They've got a new two-man
listening post about here.
One of them was asleep.
You don't suppose you could
recheck this for me tonight, do you?
What for?
All right.
I'm gonna send this
on to Battalion.
And I'm also putting through a
follow-up on your commendation.
I'm seeing to it that
it goes through soon.
That's all right, Captain.
Ten-hut!
Soldier, haven't you been
taught to call attention
when a superior officer enters?
I forgot.
Well, be sure you
remember it the next time.
At ease.
Colonel, this is the man
I was telling you about.
Endore, sir.
Bastogne in the dead of
winter and not a sniffle.
Mortars here?
Tell the Colonel, Endore.
Dug in solid, too.
Colonel, I don't suppose
you've had a chance
to read the recommendation.
I have.
How long have you
been here, Endore?
Ten months.
Ten months, what?
Ten months straight.
When was your last R and R?
I... I was just...
Just in reserve.
That's not what
I asked you, soldier.
Well, I have the power to...
To do...
Colonel, he hasn't had a
chance to get any sleep yet.
Take him off patrol for a while.
I'll do that, sir.
Your men need a little work
on military courtesy.
Yes, sir.
Otherwise, all right.
A valuable man.
Take care of him and yourself.
Thank you, sir.
You sure about this?
Well, I could...
I could check tonight,
sir, if you wished, sir.
Better get some rest.
This war is going on
for a while.
Ten-hut.
Raymond, you've gotta say
"sir" to men like the Colonel,
especially when they're
Battalion Commander.
I don't want to go to Japan.
You won't.
He... I just got
back in the line.
Don't worry.
Now listen to this.
"At great risk to
his personal safety,"
"he consistently exercised
individual initiative,"
"making perilous night probes
into enemy territory."
"On numerous occasion,
he engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand..."
That's the way
the commendation begins.
He said something
about not going on patrol.
Well, you don't go on patrols
with the others.
You better get some sleep
if you want to recheck
that mortar battery tonight.
I can't.
Sure you can.
You're letting it go up here.
Bring it down.
Okay. Right here.
All right.
Fresno tells me
you're from the North.
Pyongyang.
Did they kill your people?
You.
Jet firebomb. I run.
I see home fire.
Gee, I'm sorry.
Okay. It mistake.
How did you meet Endore?
I work for girls in the
city. He and me talk.
He tell, he give me
better job. Belong him.
Join army.
Oh, speak of the devil.
Devil?
Morning.
Loomis, isn't it?
Yeah, that's right, sir.
Come on, Charlie.
Loomis.
Sir?
Leave that kid alone.
He belongs to Endore.
What do you mean?
Endore's a valuable man.
You must know that by now.
Sir, I was just
showing the boy...
Just stay away from Charlie.
Endore is nobody to fool with.
Okay, Loomis?
Karl Marx is improving.
He's been getting
a lot of practice lately.
Give me a butt?
I wonder if he's got
one of those
skinny mustaches
that hangs down?
I wonder if any of them has.
You go on patrol
and it's like crawling
around in your own backyard.
And those three nights I was at
the listening post, I never heard one.
Yeah, and dandy thing
they didn't hear you!
Charlie.
I remember the first one I saw.
In a flare. He got scared and stood up,
kind of an old guy.
He saw me and he stared.
I looked at him.
And I think I'd still be looking
at him if he hadn't started to run.
You see them
every night, Endore.
What are they like?
Young.
How do you kill
a man with a knife?
I'll tell you.
It takes knowledge and practice.
And I've got good eyes.
Often, he'll be
looking right at me
and not see me,
but I'll... I'll see him.
Then,
if you know where to put the knife, it's...
It's not difficult.
And afterwards, how do you feel?
How do you feel?
Get the first-aid kit, Charlie.
You get hit?
Hey, if it's a wound, report it!
It's worth a Purple Heart.
You want a Purple Heart,
Crotty? Just keep talking.
Hey, you better get
to the aid station.
No aid station.
They're coming.
Tonight, tomorrow night, soon.
It means they'll have to
beef up Outpost Marilyn.
Yeah, it's our turn.
Well, it's a change anyway.
What's the matter?
You don't look happy.
You ought to.
It's your chance.
How do you know they're coming?
I read their mail, Loomis.
All clear to the Outpost.
All right, follow me.
Let's go.
What was that?
Rats.
There's all kind of
cans and stuff out there.
It's a great warning system
if they get by the trip flares?
You know it.
Anybody coming up that slope
is up to his butt in garbage.
The General, he...
He don't care how
sloppy it is on their side.
You know everything, don't you?
What?
I wasn't talking to you.
Where did they get that record?
They got it at the PX.
Come here.
There's a new man out there.
I'm supposed... I'm supposed
to act like I'm used to it?
You're supposed to
act like a squad leader.
I'll buy you a drink tomorrow.
It's when she stops playing,
that's when we screw
on our belly buttons.
Sergeant Van Horn,
Captain's come up to check the position.
He wants to see you in here.
Right.
Gibraltar Red.
This is Gibraltar
Red Easy Six. Over.
This is Gibraltar Red Easy Six.
How do you hear me? Over.
Gibraltar Red
Easy Six. Roger. Out.
Battalion loud and clear,
Captain.
We're all set, sir.
Good.
Endore, what do you think?
I think you ought to
go back to the MLR.
Find yourself a hole, man.
See anything?
Stand by searchlights
and flares.
Check Charlie and Fox Company
and see if they got
any patrols out.
Gibraltar Blue Charlie,
this is Gibraltar Red Easy Six. Over.
Negative on patrols, Captain.
Then flares.
Not yet.
We'll be able to
see in a second.
All right. Good work.
Two minutes.
Easy Six.
It's Captain Pratt, sir.
Wally, go easy with your flares.
Let's not look jumpy.
What?
Well, if I send more people
to help your people,
where would you put them when
they got there, which they wouldn't?
You've got about two hours
before getting nervous.
Maybe they're not coming.
Maybe they'll just pound us to pieces,
and then play
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now.
You ever been in one
like this before, Doug?
No, sir.
Neither have I.
Flares.
Flares!
Lights! Turn on the lights
and request final protective fire!
Hey!
All right, we're pulling out!
We're pulling out!
All right, we're pulling out!
Halt.
Stars.
Stripes. Help me. Help me.
Wait.
Oh, my leg.
The enemy was
turned back at the MLR.
They didn't want
the ground they gained.
They just wanted to
give us a hard time.
My knee is badly sprained,
but I'm still useful
around here,
and I'm working as a clerk for the
supply sergeant for the time being.
That's why this letter
is being typed.
My first combat is something
I'll never forget.
I'll write you about it later.
I don't think
I'll be as scared the next time.
Hey, Loomis. Hey,
you're in supply now.
Why don't you pull some strings,
get us some air mattresses,
requisition some booze?
All right.
What don't you drink?
Hey, you know, you're right.
Hiya, boy.
He doesn't want it.
Why can't I do something
nice for this kid?
What are you afraid of?
I'm not afraid. If...
If Crotty had seen you chicken,
he'd have killed you.
Why didn't you kill me?
It really doesn't matter.
I like you this way.
Hey. Hey! Don't
mess with that guy.
So all those kids are tough,
the ones who ain't
starved to death.
In Pusan,
they were eating things off the street.
All right, what's your hero
been saying about me?
Did he tell you
that a man kills?
What about when
peace comes, Charlie?
When the war ends?
Raymond said maybe it not end.
Well, it will, one day.
The fighting is going to stop.
It's got to.
Things will return to normal,
and you'll start school.
You want to go to school,
don't you?
School?
Sure.
To learn things,
to make friends.
Raymond and I good friends.
We go away.
We live in mountain.
We build house.
Where? In America?
Not America. Here.
He said that you'd
build a house here?
In Korea?
Sure.
Well, he can't make
a promise like that.
One day we'll all be going home,
and he'll have to go home, too.
Raymond do what he like.
Well, he lied to you, Charlie.
He'll have to go back.
He not go back.
He not lie! You lie!
Charlie,
what's the matter with it?
You no talk to me.
You stay away!
Boy, you leave that bird alone.
Give it to me.
I've been talking to Charlie.
He thinks you're gonna stay
here with him after the war ends.
He also said something about
a house in the mountains.
If you really care
about that boy,
you've got to
tell him the truth.
That he's got to go to
an orphanage right here.
His clothes may not
be anything special.
The food they give him will probably
be just enough to keep him going.
But there'll be
other children there,
and he'll play games,
children's games.
And there'll be a teacher.
If you don't put that boy where he belongs,
I will.
I mean that,
and I'll go to the Colonel if I have to.
But I don't want to.
It's important to Charlie
that it comes from you.
Do you understand that?
You.
Butt out.
Butt out, or I'll kill you.
Hey. Smell that.
It's all right. Dan?
It's all right.
It's him that smells.
All right, here you go.
Read it and sign
after your name.
What's up?
You'll maintain posts
throughout the day.
It's a ceasefire.
Here.
Sign there.
It's a mirage.
"After 2200 hours
there will be no hostile acts"
"by any of the Armed Forces
of the United Nations."
"I have read and
understand the foregoing."
We're really voting
to go to Manchuria.
Your signature signifies
that you have read
and/or heard the order
and understand it.
I don't understand anything.
Is this really happening?
It's not over until00 tonight,
so let's not have a pig rush.
Crotty, Crotty.
It's over!
Hey, it's over.
Go on home. It's over!
It's over!
But do I believe it?
It's over.
Go on home!
I'm gonna get stoned.
Charlie, it's over.
The war is over, Charlie.
Yeah, somebody ought to give Karl
Marx the word. That guy burns me.
Oh, God.
Medic! Medic!
Medic!
Man, easy.
Easy with him.
Hold me.
All right, take it easy,
kid. Take it easy.
You're gonna be okay.
Ask me something,
anything at all.
What's your name?
Joshua.
How old are you?
Ask me something else.
Where are you from?
Keep on asking me.
Where are you from?
Wait, where's my bandana?
It's over there.
We've got it.
My father gave that to me.
Did he?
Ask me how old I am.
How old are you?
God, I'm so scared.
Hey! Hey!
Hey, can you hear me?
Can you hear me, you dirty...
Hey! What do you think
you're doing?
Get back there!
Karl Marx got Fresno.
Shut up. Get back there.
Come on. Come on.
A sniper got Hugasian, sir.
And these men tried to
get even? Is that right?
Is that right?
As far as I know, sir.
Uncover him.
Now I'm gonna have to write a
letter to the parents of this man
describing the circumstances
of his death.
I don't like
writing these letters,
and I intend this
to be my last one.
Now, you've all signed
the ceasefire order.
Until 2200 hours
you are still at war.
Now, protect yourselves
accordingly and initiate no action!
Is true, war stop?
He's trying to send you away
to a place where they'll hit
you if you break one little rule.
But they don't know who you are.
What time is it?
One more hour.
No more Dragon Lady.
She must have
taken off for Moscow.
You know, I've been thinking.
This here war has lasted three years,
one month, and two days.
One day too much for Fresno.
Dan,
what are you going to do when you go home?
Are you gonna go back to a farm?
Why is it all you Yankees
think we're all farmers
and belong to the KKK?
No, my daddy's got
a gas station.
Hey...
Hey, ask me what I'm gonna do.
All right.
Well, ask me.
Okay.
You wanna know
what I'm gonna do?
Yeah.
"It's hard to believe
it's really over."
I hope...
You wait here.
Sir, I need to talk to you.
Go ahead.
Could you come
outside for a minute?
It's important.
Well, what is it?
Sir, this is Loomis.
Well, what is it, Loomis?
Go ahead, tell him.
Sir, I just saw Endore.
He had his knife and that stuff
he puts on his face
when he goes out.
I saw him.
He took Charlie with him
this time. They went out.
I don't understand.
You're saying "out"?
He went out tonight?
Doesn't he understand
there's a ceasefire order?
Yes, sir. He signed the
order just like the others.
You wouldn't be trying to kid me,
now would you, Loomis?
No, sir.
My God, man.
Oh, boy, this is impossible.
Does anybody else know
about this, Loomis?
Yes, Crotty, Showalter.
I told them.
Well, I don't want you to tell
anybody else, and I mean anybody.
Must be some kind of a mistake.
Oh, boy.
Anybody find out anything?
No, sir. No one's seen
a trace of either of them.
Well, that's it.
Let's shake hands anyway.
Crotty.
Hey, look at this.
If he's out there
and them Chinese spot him...
What would happen?
To the ceasefire?
I don't know. I don't
even want to think about it.
If they even saw that boy...
Well, if he is out there,
wouldn't he come back
in the morning like always?
No.
I don't think so.
Here, Charlie.
Come here, Charlie.
Sir, we better notify Battalion.
Tell them we have a man missing.
I don't wanna open up
that can of beans.
Battalion notifies Regiment,
Regiment notifies Division,
Division notifies Corps.
There's no telling what they'll
do with this at Panmunjom.
Who gave you people
permission to leave your posts?
Corporal Bohnhoff, sir.
Well,
you tell him to forget it! Yes, sir.
All right.
I agree with Loomis.
I don't think we can count on
his coming back on his own,
but we'll wait until sunrise.
Captain, that zone's
demilitarized.
So?
Nobody's supposed to be
out there after midnight.
All right.
We'll go as a graves detail.
We'll need a litter
and some markers.
Sir, I'm a 20-year man.
I don't have a black mark yet.
Luther, if that boy
disturbs the ceasefire
before you see your wife
and little girl again,
it's going to be
another 20 years.
Sometimes we have to
take the initiative.
Now, the way I figure it...
Now, if anybody feels different about this,
I want you to tell me.
If he's out there,
he's still gonna be
in our sector till morning.
He's not gonna go where he
doesn't know the mine fields.
But comes daylight,
he's gonna take cover.
He's not gonna walk
around in the daylight.
We're not gonna find
him out there, sir.
There's too many places
for him to hide.
I don't think he's hiding.
Sir, I'd like to go.
I think I can talk to the boy.
All right.
We'll need a man with a radio,
but if there's any talking to do,
I'm gonna do it.
Captain, nothing, sir.
Give me those.
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
All right. Now,
what are you gonna tell Lieutenant Sanders?
Well, you're going out
to look for them men
that didn't return from
that last patrol we sent out.
And what else? And that
you'll be calling in every hour.
All right. We've
waited long enough.
Let's go.
Endore!
Endore!
Endore!
What'll the Chinese think, sir?
They may have
observers out here.
They'll think
we're trying to find
one of our wounded,
which we are.
One of ours, Loomis.
Mark it.
Come on,
mark it. What's the matter with you?
Nothing.
I've just never seen them
in daylight.
Come on.
Endore!
I know a village
that's been burned out.
The people are gone,
but some of the houses
are all right.
And outside,
the snow will be falling,
cold and white.
And the world will be so quiet.
The sun on the snow.
Cold, clean air.
And in the spring, wild flowers.
Endore!
And I'll show you my secret.
Secret?
Don't you wonder why
no one's ever seen me at night?
It's because I'm invisible.
The truth can blind.
Endore!
There he is, Captain.
Raymond.
Raymond, it's Captain Pratt.
When you didn't
come back this morning,
we figured you might
need some help.
I won't be coming back anymore.
I'm not ready.
I don't think you understand
about the ceasefire order, son.
We're supposed to stay
back behind the lines now.
It's the rules.
The war is over.
Which war?
Come on down now, son.
You and the boy,
you must be hungry.
I've got some candy
bars here in my pocket.
Listen, Raymond,
your DSC came through.
How about that? I knew
that would make you happy.
The General himself is coming
down to pin it on you tomorrow.
Raymond, why they come?
Because he doesn't understand.
You not come up!
We suffer because
he doesn't understand.
We're just here
to help you, Raymond.
You're confused.
I understand.
We all understand.
We've all been confused
at times, Raymond.
But you'll come
back with us now.
Won't you, son?
The war is over.
There'll be another!
Now, it's all right now, son.
Raymond, put that knife down.
Drop that knife, Raymond.
Now, you're a soldier in the
United States Army, Raymond,
and I'm your commanding officer.
I am commanding.
The command is that I am
commanding the commandment.
I, I am commanding.
Drop that weapon.
Wait a minute, Captain. No.
I am commanding.
Now, Raymond and I are friends.
He wouldn't do anything to me,
not after all we've
been through together.
Wait!
Captain, we gotta
get out of here.
They'll have heard
that shot for miles.
Charlie! Charlie!
Mark him.
Soldier!
Soldier!
Soldier!
You all right, soldier?
No.
Once you get out of training,
you're funneled into
what's called the pipeline,
and you become a number
while you're traveling it,
until you get spewed out
somewhere at the other end.
After you land,
you look for signs of war.
A bullet scar in a wall,
a bombed out building.
You don't have
to look very hard.
You see a lot of poverty,
kids starving.
When you get on the trucks,
after the ship and the train,
you know the pipeline is carrying
you further towards the front.
You're going to be
a combat infantryman,
the tip of the spear.
You don't know what it will
be like or what will happen,
and you wonder whether
you're going to get killed.
We got a funny
kind of a war here,
a war that we can't really win
because it's gotta be settled
around a conference table.
In the meantime, we have to keep
fighting and we have to keep dying.
And I think you men
have a right to know why.
It's as simple as this.
The enemy has got
to keep getting hurt.
Every day he stalls at Panmunjom
has gotta be a day
that costs him good.
The more pain, the more
casualties he suffers,
the easier the job our
negotiators are gonna have
and the sooner
this thing will end.
Now, tomorrow we'll be moving up
to the MLR,
the Main Line of Resistance.
Good luck, men.
That's all I have, Corporal.
All right, you guys,
fall in outside.
You and you, right here,
and the rest of you guys,
line up on these two.
Follow me.
How far are we from the MLR?
Oh, about five miles.
Hold it.
You're in here, Loomis.
Raymond is sleeping.
I got a new man for Van Horn.
I take. He have job work.
Okay.
Charlie will take care of you.
Okay, let's go.
I show you picture,
beautiful girl. You keep.
Get away from the fence!
What? Are you crazy?
All right, Mama-san,
just take it easy.
She is no mother.
Smells bad here.
GI,
welcome to Korea.
I hope you don't die.
Here.
First squad, third platoon?
Yeah.
Are you Sergeant Van Horn?
Yeah. Are you a replacement?
That's right. The name is Loomis.
Hey, hold the racket.
I'm sorry. What?
Name's Loomis, Roy Loomis.
Okay, Loomis.
Glad to have you with us.
Thank you.
Who's the kid?
Oh, Charlie, he's...
One of the guys in the squad looks
out for him. His people are dead.
Oh. So you're in
the first squad?
Yeah.Showalter's
your squad leader.
He's over by the jeep.
Go report.
Right.
Hey, I didn't tell
you guys to quit.
Come on! Let's go.
We haven't lost a war yet,
but we sure are pussyfooting
our way through this one.
How long have you
been in the army, Crotty?
1937, but I'm thinking
about quitting.
What would you do?
Well, I'd...
You better stick with it.
You'll stay out of jail.
Yeah, that's what
my mother says.
You are still here because
of the dishonest tactics
employed by
imperialist negotiators.
The People's Army of China
desires peace.
You desire peace.
Yet, because Wall Street
does not desire peace,
each morning's sun shines
upon the bodies of young...
What a station.
One lousy beat-up record,
and for a commercial,
the Communist Manifesto.
Yeah, you know,
I like that old Dragon Lady.
She's sexy.
Who?
She's on their loudspeakers
up at the MLR.
Loudspeakers?
Yeah.
This is a crazy war.
She plays music for us.
It's very romantic.
This baby's ready.
Baby?
Yeah, what's saying?
What was that?
Endore.
Where's he going?
To work. You want some?
No, no. Where?
Out behind their lines.
Alone?
Every night.
I'll see you around?
Yeah.
Hello.
Hi.
I love you.
You got trouble, GI?
Come on, I fix.
Come on. I show you place
you can get through fence.
No worry. No MP.
Sweetheart,
you know what my trouble is?
I good. I fix.
I can't even believe I'm here.
Hey, how about some quiet?
What do you think is
happening up there?
Nothing much.
Not as long as the politicians
are still jabbering away there.
Now, any time things
go sour at Panmunjom,
that's when
we really get slammed.
Peiping Radio always
tells Crotty what's going on.
Hey, still got that sandpaper?
Is there coffee in the
weapons carrier? Yes, sir.
All right, you guys,
mount up! Let's go!
Yeah.
You all set?
Yes, sir.
Looks like we ain't gonna
get there before dawn.
How's AT&T doing?
What's that?
And they say we're capitalists!
Was that a mine?
No, they just sent
season's greetings.
That's all.
I guess they know we're coming.
Yeah, they dropped
that one to remind us
we're not out
for a Sunday drive.
If they thought
we were worth it,
they might give us three,
four, maybe a dozen more.
Their artillery's zeroed in
on this stretch.
There's not a thing
we can do about it
except keep moving,
which I wish we'd do.
I'll tell you something. I first got
over here, my wife sent me a letter,
a little clipping from
our hometown newspaper.
I don't know what she had in mind,
but, anyway, this writer said
that the Chinese army
had to get hopped up
on opium before
they could stage an attack,
that they had lousy clothes,
worse equipment and no discipline at all.
God, oh!
All right, Showalter,
get your squad together, follow me.
All right, let's dance.
Keep the guys here. I'm
gonna check with the Captain.
I'll be right back.
Other side of these
sandbags is no man's land.
See that ridge?
The first one?
No, the big, dark one.
That's the Chinese.
We got an outpost about
200 yards straight out.
You'll be able to see it
during the day.
Hey, what's that light?
They got a beacon
over there at Panmunjom.
Wanna make sure nobody
lobs a shell over there by mistake.
When you're out on patrol,
you learn how to get your bearings by it.
Welcome back, Captain Pratt,
and all of you
who have returned.
To those who are
replacing dead or wounded...
That's the old Dragon Lady.
...or men now in the embrace
of their sweethearts
in America...
She'll tell you whether
we got scrambled eggs...
welcome to the Main Line of
Resistance... or sunny-side up tomorrow.
I wonder how many of you
in the coming weeks will die
for somebody's dividend.
Well, we'll try to make your
journey on as pleasant as we can.
But now we have a delightful
selection for your listening pleasure.
Hope she's got
some Charlie Parker tonight.
Drop dead! We want
to hear her voice!
They got the Dragon
Lady. We got bigmouth!
We're on the wrong side!
Yeah, well,
as long as them loudspeakers
are chewing at each other,
we ain't.
We got the same
bunkers as last time.
I need you and three members
of your squad for patrol tonight.
You pick them and meet me
at the CP in about 15 minutes.
Keep two men
on the line all night.
Rest of you guys can flake out.
Crotty, you and Loomis
have from-00 to-00.
Hey, Loomis,
you and me are on guard
from-00 to-00.
There ain't nothing to it.
What's patrol like?
It's real easy.
You work slow, stay on the path,
keep your eyes and ears open.
If you get caught
in a flare, freeze,
and just hope
they don't see you.
What about their patrol?
Oh, no sweat.
You run into one,
it's real simple.
Throw all your grenades,
fire every round you got, and run.
Oh, yeah?
Hey, Charlie.
Hey, say, Raymond.
He'll take that bunk.
Yeah, sure.
He's tired.
Well, kids need their sleep.
What was that?
I said,
"Kids need their sleep."
You're right, absolutely right.
Go to sleep and I'll,
I'll be back in the morning.
I no tired.
When I go with you?
Soon?
We'll see.
Hey, hey, fall on in, Belotti.
Must have added another step.
Where's my socks?
Where's Van Horn?
He's over at the CP.
Well, somebody tell him,
if he's going to be in Ruby tonight,
that I'll be there sometime.
Them poor China men.
Boy, how long has
that guy been here?
A little less than a year.
I remember the first day
he joined the outfit.
I remember thinking
he was afraid.
Boy,
you are a red-hot judge of character.
First thing he did was to
volunteer for two-man patrols.
Then one night
he went out on his own.
Yeah, like AWOL
but in the wrong direction.
Captain liked the information he
brought back, so he let him go again.
At least he never stopped him.
You know, I used to
wonder about that guy.
I'm sure glad he's on our side.
Come on.
Okay, I'm watching.
What's the story?
We're trying to
locate a buddy of ours,
took a shot at Doyle
this morning.
But he's not buying.
Yeah, well,
he'll take a crack at it.
Yeah, he's got the helmet
in his sights
and a finger on the trigger
right now.
I can feel it.
The finger's getting itchy.
Yeah, the finger's
getting itchy.
I'm gonna tantalize him now.
Did you see him? I didn't see a thing,
Crotty. The sun's all wrong.
Fresno,
you wasn't watching! Yes, I was.
All right.
We'll try again
tomorrow after chow.
Now, at 2300 hours corps
artillery is gonna fire a mission
on that supply dump
that Endore spotted.
We'll probably hear it go over.
We'll observe and report back
the effects of the barrage.
SOP on the patrol formation.
Observe radio silence.
Password tonight's "Yankee,"
countersign's "Stadium."
Crotty, I saw that
training film, too,
so knock off that phony coughing,
will you?
I'm telling you, I'm sick.
And I'm telling you,
one cough out of you out there,
and I'll cut your throat
with my rusty bayonet.
Now, come on.
Get your squad ready
to go in half an hour.
Get to it.
This is Snooper One, over.
Gibraltar Red Easy,
this is Snooper One.
Have reached objective.
All right, let's bug slowly.
Hey.
Hey. Hey.
Hey.
My fish on ground.
Black smoke,
grass burning everywhere.
Hey, take it easy.
Now talk English.
You wanna talk about it?
Knock it off,
will you, Chaplain?
Well, the kid's
having a bad dream.
So? I was having
a good one.
We'll talk about it
in the morning, okay?
All right?
Hey, your mail.
Well, thank you, Charlie.
Okay. I got to get
Raymond mail.
How would you like to
toss the ball around?
Okay, I try.
All right.
Hey, guys,
can we borrow those mitts a minute?
You say
there's a battalion here?
And a brand-new
mortar battery right here?
That's right.
They're building up a new,
a new supply dump about here.
What about their security?
It's there.
Plenty strong, too.
I had some time,
so I went by Sheba.
They've got a new two-man
listening post about here.
One of them was asleep.
You don't suppose you could
recheck this for me tonight, do you?
What for?
All right.
I'm gonna send this
on to Battalion.
And I'm also putting through a
follow-up on your commendation.
I'm seeing to it that
it goes through soon.
That's all right, Captain.
Ten-hut!
Soldier, haven't you been
taught to call attention
when a superior officer enters?
I forgot.
Well, be sure you
remember it the next time.
At ease.
Colonel, this is the man
I was telling you about.
Endore, sir.
Bastogne in the dead of
winter and not a sniffle.
Mortars here?
Tell the Colonel, Endore.
Dug in solid, too.
Colonel, I don't suppose
you've had a chance
to read the recommendation.
I have.
How long have you
been here, Endore?
Ten months.
Ten months, what?
Ten months straight.
When was your last R and R?
I... I was just...
Just in reserve.
That's not what
I asked you, soldier.
Well, I have the power to...
To do...
Colonel, he hasn't had a
chance to get any sleep yet.
Take him off patrol for a while.
I'll do that, sir.
Your men need a little work
on military courtesy.
Yes, sir.
Otherwise, all right.
A valuable man.
Take care of him and yourself.
Thank you, sir.
You sure about this?
Well, I could...
I could check tonight,
sir, if you wished, sir.
Better get some rest.
This war is going on
for a while.
Ten-hut.
Raymond, you've gotta say
"sir" to men like the Colonel,
especially when they're
Battalion Commander.
I don't want to go to Japan.
You won't.
He... I just got
back in the line.
Don't worry.
Now listen to this.
"At great risk to
his personal safety,"
"he consistently exercised
individual initiative,"
"making perilous night probes
into enemy territory."
"On numerous occasion,
he engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand..."
That's the way
the commendation begins.
He said something
about not going on patrol.
Well, you don't go on patrols
with the others.
You better get some sleep
if you want to recheck
that mortar battery tonight.
I can't.
Sure you can.
You're letting it go up here.
Bring it down.
Okay. Right here.
All right.
Fresno tells me
you're from the North.
Pyongyang.
Did they kill your people?
You.
Jet firebomb. I run.
I see home fire.
Gee, I'm sorry.
Okay. It mistake.
How did you meet Endore?
I work for girls in the
city. He and me talk.
He tell, he give me
better job. Belong him.
Join army.
Oh, speak of the devil.
Devil?
Morning.
Loomis, isn't it?
Yeah, that's right, sir.
Come on, Charlie.
Loomis.
Sir?
Leave that kid alone.
He belongs to Endore.
What do you mean?
Endore's a valuable man.
You must know that by now.
Sir, I was just
showing the boy...
Just stay away from Charlie.
Endore is nobody to fool with.
Okay, Loomis?
Karl Marx is improving.
He's been getting
a lot of practice lately.
Give me a butt?
I wonder if he's got
one of those
skinny mustaches
that hangs down?
I wonder if any of them has.
You go on patrol
and it's like crawling
around in your own backyard.
And those three nights I was at
the listening post, I never heard one.
Yeah, and dandy thing
they didn't hear you!
Charlie.
I remember the first one I saw.
In a flare. He got scared and stood up,
kind of an old guy.
He saw me and he stared.
I looked at him.
And I think I'd still be looking
at him if he hadn't started to run.
You see them
every night, Endore.
What are they like?
Young.
How do you kill
a man with a knife?
I'll tell you.
It takes knowledge and practice.
And I've got good eyes.
Often, he'll be
looking right at me
and not see me,
but I'll... I'll see him.
Then,
if you know where to put the knife, it's...
It's not difficult.
And afterwards, how do you feel?
How do you feel?
Get the first-aid kit, Charlie.
You get hit?
Hey, if it's a wound, report it!
It's worth a Purple Heart.
You want a Purple Heart,
Crotty? Just keep talking.
Hey, you better get
to the aid station.
No aid station.
They're coming.
Tonight, tomorrow night, soon.
It means they'll have to
beef up Outpost Marilyn.
Yeah, it's our turn.
Well, it's a change anyway.
What's the matter?
You don't look happy.
You ought to.
It's your chance.
How do you know they're coming?
I read their mail, Loomis.
All clear to the Outpost.
All right, follow me.
Let's go.
What was that?
Rats.
There's all kind of
cans and stuff out there.
It's a great warning system
if they get by the trip flares?
You know it.
Anybody coming up that slope
is up to his butt in garbage.
The General, he...
He don't care how
sloppy it is on their side.
You know everything, don't you?
What?
I wasn't talking to you.
Where did they get that record?
They got it at the PX.
Come here.
There's a new man out there.
I'm supposed... I'm supposed
to act like I'm used to it?
You're supposed to
act like a squad leader.
I'll buy you a drink tomorrow.
It's when she stops playing,
that's when we screw
on our belly buttons.
Sergeant Van Horn,
Captain's come up to check the position.
He wants to see you in here.
Right.
Gibraltar Red.
This is Gibraltar
Red Easy Six. Over.
This is Gibraltar Red Easy Six.
How do you hear me? Over.
Gibraltar Red
Easy Six. Roger. Out.
Battalion loud and clear,
Captain.
We're all set, sir.
Good.
Endore, what do you think?
I think you ought to
go back to the MLR.
Find yourself a hole, man.
See anything?
Stand by searchlights
and flares.
Check Charlie and Fox Company
and see if they got
any patrols out.
Gibraltar Blue Charlie,
this is Gibraltar Red Easy Six. Over.
Negative on patrols, Captain.
Then flares.
Not yet.
We'll be able to
see in a second.
All right. Good work.
Two minutes.
Easy Six.
It's Captain Pratt, sir.
Wally, go easy with your flares.
Let's not look jumpy.
What?
Well, if I send more people
to help your people,
where would you put them when
they got there, which they wouldn't?
You've got about two hours
before getting nervous.
Maybe they're not coming.
Maybe they'll just pound us to pieces,
and then play
I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now.
You ever been in one
like this before, Doug?
No, sir.
Neither have I.
Flares.
Flares!
Lights! Turn on the lights
and request final protective fire!
Hey!
All right, we're pulling out!
We're pulling out!
All right, we're pulling out!
Halt.
Stars.
Stripes. Help me. Help me.
Wait.
Oh, my leg.
The enemy was
turned back at the MLR.
They didn't want
the ground they gained.
They just wanted to
give us a hard time.
My knee is badly sprained,
but I'm still useful
around here,
and I'm working as a clerk for the
supply sergeant for the time being.
That's why this letter
is being typed.
My first combat is something
I'll never forget.
I'll write you about it later.
I don't think
I'll be as scared the next time.
Hey, Loomis. Hey,
you're in supply now.
Why don't you pull some strings,
get us some air mattresses,
requisition some booze?
All right.
What don't you drink?
Hey, you know, you're right.
Hiya, boy.
He doesn't want it.
Why can't I do something
nice for this kid?
What are you afraid of?
I'm not afraid. If...
If Crotty had seen you chicken,
he'd have killed you.
Why didn't you kill me?
It really doesn't matter.
I like you this way.
Hey. Hey! Don't
mess with that guy.
So all those kids are tough,
the ones who ain't
starved to death.
In Pusan,
they were eating things off the street.
All right, what's your hero
been saying about me?
Did he tell you
that a man kills?
What about when
peace comes, Charlie?
When the war ends?
Raymond said maybe it not end.
Well, it will, one day.
The fighting is going to stop.
It's got to.
Things will return to normal,
and you'll start school.
You want to go to school,
don't you?
School?
Sure.
To learn things,
to make friends.
Raymond and I good friends.
We go away.
We live in mountain.
We build house.
Where? In America?
Not America. Here.
He said that you'd
build a house here?
In Korea?
Sure.
Well, he can't make
a promise like that.
One day we'll all be going home,
and he'll have to go home, too.
Raymond do what he like.
Well, he lied to you, Charlie.
He'll have to go back.
He not go back.
He not lie! You lie!
Charlie,
what's the matter with it?
You no talk to me.
You stay away!
Boy, you leave that bird alone.
Give it to me.
I've been talking to Charlie.
He thinks you're gonna stay
here with him after the war ends.
He also said something about
a house in the mountains.
If you really care
about that boy,
you've got to
tell him the truth.
That he's got to go to
an orphanage right here.
His clothes may not
be anything special.
The food they give him will probably
be just enough to keep him going.
But there'll be
other children there,
and he'll play games,
children's games.
And there'll be a teacher.
If you don't put that boy where he belongs,
I will.
I mean that,
and I'll go to the Colonel if I have to.
But I don't want to.
It's important to Charlie
that it comes from you.
Do you understand that?
You.
Butt out.
Butt out, or I'll kill you.
Hey. Smell that.
It's all right. Dan?
It's all right.
It's him that smells.
All right, here you go.
Read it and sign
after your name.
What's up?
You'll maintain posts
throughout the day.
It's a ceasefire.
Here.
Sign there.
It's a mirage.
"After 2200 hours
there will be no hostile acts"
"by any of the Armed Forces
of the United Nations."
"I have read and
understand the foregoing."
We're really voting
to go to Manchuria.
Your signature signifies
that you have read
and/or heard the order
and understand it.
I don't understand anything.
Is this really happening?
It's not over until00 tonight,
so let's not have a pig rush.
Crotty, Crotty.
It's over!
Hey, it's over.
Go on home. It's over!
It's over!
But do I believe it?
It's over.
Go on home!
I'm gonna get stoned.
Charlie, it's over.
The war is over, Charlie.
Yeah, somebody ought to give Karl
Marx the word. That guy burns me.
Oh, God.
Medic! Medic!
Medic!
Man, easy.
Easy with him.
Hold me.
All right, take it easy,
kid. Take it easy.
You're gonna be okay.
Ask me something,
anything at all.
What's your name?
Joshua.
How old are you?
Ask me something else.
Where are you from?
Keep on asking me.
Where are you from?
Wait, where's my bandana?
It's over there.
We've got it.
My father gave that to me.
Did he?
Ask me how old I am.
How old are you?
God, I'm so scared.
Hey! Hey!
Hey, can you hear me?
Can you hear me, you dirty...
Hey! What do you think
you're doing?
Get back there!
Karl Marx got Fresno.
Shut up. Get back there.
Come on. Come on.
A sniper got Hugasian, sir.
And these men tried to
get even? Is that right?
Is that right?
As far as I know, sir.
Uncover him.
Now I'm gonna have to write a
letter to the parents of this man
describing the circumstances
of his death.
I don't like
writing these letters,
and I intend this
to be my last one.
Now, you've all signed
the ceasefire order.
Until 2200 hours
you are still at war.
Now, protect yourselves
accordingly and initiate no action!
Is true, war stop?
He's trying to send you away
to a place where they'll hit
you if you break one little rule.
But they don't know who you are.
What time is it?
One more hour.
No more Dragon Lady.
She must have
taken off for Moscow.
You know, I've been thinking.
This here war has lasted three years,
one month, and two days.
One day too much for Fresno.
Dan,
what are you going to do when you go home?
Are you gonna go back to a farm?
Why is it all you Yankees
think we're all farmers
and belong to the KKK?
No, my daddy's got
a gas station.
Hey...
Hey, ask me what I'm gonna do.
All right.
Well, ask me.
Okay.
You wanna know
what I'm gonna do?
Yeah.
"It's hard to believe
it's really over."
I hope...
You wait here.
Sir, I need to talk to you.
Go ahead.
Could you come
outside for a minute?
It's important.
Well, what is it?
Sir, this is Loomis.
Well, what is it, Loomis?
Go ahead, tell him.
Sir, I just saw Endore.
He had his knife and that stuff
he puts on his face
when he goes out.
I saw him.
He took Charlie with him
this time. They went out.
I don't understand.
You're saying "out"?
He went out tonight?
Doesn't he understand
there's a ceasefire order?
Yes, sir. He signed the
order just like the others.
You wouldn't be trying to kid me,
now would you, Loomis?
No, sir.
My God, man.
Oh, boy, this is impossible.
Does anybody else know
about this, Loomis?
Yes, Crotty, Showalter.
I told them.
Well, I don't want you to tell
anybody else, and I mean anybody.
Must be some kind of a mistake.
Oh, boy.
Anybody find out anything?
No, sir. No one's seen
a trace of either of them.
Well, that's it.
Let's shake hands anyway.
Crotty.
Hey, look at this.
If he's out there
and them Chinese spot him...
What would happen?
To the ceasefire?
I don't know. I don't
even want to think about it.
If they even saw that boy...
Well, if he is out there,
wouldn't he come back
in the morning like always?
No.
I don't think so.
Here, Charlie.
Come here, Charlie.
Sir, we better notify Battalion.
Tell them we have a man missing.
I don't wanna open up
that can of beans.
Battalion notifies Regiment,
Regiment notifies Division,
Division notifies Corps.
There's no telling what they'll
do with this at Panmunjom.
Who gave you people
permission to leave your posts?
Corporal Bohnhoff, sir.
Well,
you tell him to forget it! Yes, sir.
All right.
I agree with Loomis.
I don't think we can count on
his coming back on his own,
but we'll wait until sunrise.
Captain, that zone's
demilitarized.
So?
Nobody's supposed to be
out there after midnight.
All right.
We'll go as a graves detail.
We'll need a litter
and some markers.
Sir, I'm a 20-year man.
I don't have a black mark yet.
Luther, if that boy
disturbs the ceasefire
before you see your wife
and little girl again,
it's going to be
another 20 years.
Sometimes we have to
take the initiative.
Now, the way I figure it...
Now, if anybody feels different about this,
I want you to tell me.
If he's out there,
he's still gonna be
in our sector till morning.
He's not gonna go where he
doesn't know the mine fields.
But comes daylight,
he's gonna take cover.
He's not gonna walk
around in the daylight.
We're not gonna find
him out there, sir.
There's too many places
for him to hide.
I don't think he's hiding.
Sir, I'd like to go.
I think I can talk to the boy.
All right.
We'll need a man with a radio,
but if there's any talking to do,
I'm gonna do it.
Captain, nothing, sir.
Give me those.
Yes, sir.
No, sir.
All right. Now,
what are you gonna tell Lieutenant Sanders?
Well, you're going out
to look for them men
that didn't return from
that last patrol we sent out.
And what else? And that
you'll be calling in every hour.
All right. We've
waited long enough.
Let's go.
Endore!
Endore!
Endore!
What'll the Chinese think, sir?
They may have
observers out here.
They'll think
we're trying to find
one of our wounded,
which we are.
One of ours, Loomis.
Mark it.
Come on,
mark it. What's the matter with you?
Nothing.
I've just never seen them
in daylight.
Come on.
Endore!
I know a village
that's been burned out.
The people are gone,
but some of the houses
are all right.
And outside,
the snow will be falling,
cold and white.
And the world will be so quiet.
The sun on the snow.
Cold, clean air.
And in the spring, wild flowers.
Endore!
And I'll show you my secret.
Secret?
Don't you wonder why
no one's ever seen me at night?
It's because I'm invisible.
The truth can blind.
Endore!
There he is, Captain.
Raymond.
Raymond, it's Captain Pratt.
When you didn't
come back this morning,
we figured you might
need some help.
I won't be coming back anymore.
I'm not ready.
I don't think you understand
about the ceasefire order, son.
We're supposed to stay
back behind the lines now.
It's the rules.
The war is over.
Which war?
Come on down now, son.
You and the boy,
you must be hungry.
I've got some candy
bars here in my pocket.
Listen, Raymond,
your DSC came through.
How about that? I knew
that would make you happy.
The General himself is coming
down to pin it on you tomorrow.
Raymond, why they come?
Because he doesn't understand.
You not come up!
We suffer because
he doesn't understand.
We're just here
to help you, Raymond.
You're confused.
I understand.
We all understand.
We've all been confused
at times, Raymond.
But you'll come
back with us now.
Won't you, son?
The war is over.
There'll be another!
Now, it's all right now, son.
Raymond, put that knife down.
Drop that knife, Raymond.
Now, you're a soldier in the
United States Army, Raymond,
and I'm your commanding officer.
I am commanding.
The command is that I am
commanding the commandment.
I, I am commanding.
Drop that weapon.
Wait a minute, Captain. No.
I am commanding.
Now, Raymond and I are friends.
He wouldn't do anything to me,
not after all we've
been through together.
Wait!
Captain, we gotta
get out of here.
They'll have heard
that shot for miles.
Charlie! Charlie!
Mark him.
Soldier!
Soldier!
Soldier!
You all right, soldier?
No.