okay, guys, let's keep it short and sweet today. anybody got anything new?
rear-echelon paranoia.
they say the same thing every year.
all right . ann-margret and entourage are due here next week. i want someone to be there on the airfield and stick with her for a
get me some good low-angle stuff. don't make it too obvious, but i want to see fur and early
"diplomats in dungarees--marine engineers lend a helping hand rebuilding dong phuc villages . . ." chili, if we move vietnamese, they are evacuees. if they come to us to be
"n.v.a. soldier deserts after reading pamphlets --a young north vietnamese army
lawrence welk show's gonna go out on tv in two weeks. dave, do a hundred words on it. aftv'll give you some background stuff.
"not while we're eating--n.v.a. learn marines on a search and destroy mission don't like to be interrupted while eating chow." search and destroy. uh, we have a new directive from m.a.f. on this. in the future, in place of"search and destroy," substitute the phrase "sweep and clear." got it?
and, joker .  where's the weenie?
the kill, joker. the kill. i mean, all that fire, the grunts must've hit something.
joker, i've told you, we run two basic stories here. grunts who give half their pay to buy
well, that's why god passed the law of probability. now rewrite it and give it a happy ending--say, uh, one kill. make it a sapper or an officer. which?
grunts like reading about dead officers.
joker, maybe you'd like our guys to read the paper and feel bad. i mean, in case you didn't
joker, i've had my ass in the grass. can't say i liked it much. lots of bugs and too dangerous. as it happens, my present duties keep me where i belong. in the rear with the gear.
the enemy has very deceitfully taken advantage of the tet ceasefire to launch an offensive all over the country. so far, we've had it pretty easy here. but we seem to be the exception.
charlie has hit every major military target in vietnam, and hit 'em hard. in saigon, the united states embassy has been overrun by
joker.  i want you to get straight up to phu bai. captain january will need all his people.
and joker, you will take off that damn button. how's it gonna look if you get killed wearing
permission granted.
you still here? vanish, joker, most ricky-tick, and take rafterman with you. you're responsible for him.