Tour of Duty (1987) s01e14 Episode Script

Under Siege

MISSION OF THE DUTY I am absolutely vain, considering that in 1965… … the enemy was earning, and today he is losing.
The hope of the enemy, is declared insolvent.
General William C.
Westmoreland 21 of November of 1967 LINE OF ATTACK LADYBIRD Attack arriving! They are protected! Mortar 2.
Direction 3-8-7.
Fast, shoots! You are Baker well? We go, we go, we go.
That type of weapon is this? I am not certain, but the advance observer said… … that he can be something as rude artillery, made in Russia.
Charlie goes to arrasar this base if the Division of Artillery not to annul them.
We do not know where it is the weapon.
Some signal of the inquiry? Not, exactly.
We are having low, Lieutenant.
This place is not prepared to receive this type of attack.
Sir, We have a helicopter Arriving.
Well, it alerts it.
Already I alerted.
They had said me not to whet.
Fast, shoots! Fast, shoots! Is certain, Sir? To cease Fire! It has a helicopter arriving! They take off this helicopter daqui! I do not know who is this idiot, but if it to try another time… … I will return it to I myself for the sky.
She is Goldman Lieutenant? I am Captain Larry Heath.
I am here for assuming the command of the Brave Company.
Sir, we did not wait it before monday.
, When it knew of the danger, I decided well to come before.
I sighted some flashes of the helicopter.
I believe that I know where they are these weapons.
Where it is the command rank? We go the fastest possible gentlemen.
Pass these coordinates for the Artillery: Alpha-Rasp 1-9-7 7-8-0.
Alpha-Rasp 1-9-7 7-8-0.
It keeps this line opened for the pilot of the helicopter.
A shot.
Redleg confirms a shot for this coordinate.
It will be furnishing with artillery the way.
Redleg, is the helicopter here.
Its initial shot fell to the 200 meters to the south of the target.
Understood, helicopter.
It is well, it makes the adjustment and it shoots again.
Adjustment and shoots again.
Understood, I copied.
Good Redleg shot, directly reached trenches of the Charlie.
Already it does not have plus no face.
Brave.
Welcome the Ladybird Base, gentleman.
But I make my work, Lieutenant.
What he finds of this? Good, well they are scared.
It sees, take everything what they can.
We go to speak with the captain.
This new Captain must have good contacts to bring this.
It is not one year with General Woodman in Saigon without having things, Ru.
He is, this face is definitively well in my book.
She is Nancy Sinatra.
Mini sees this skirt! The Captain! They rest.
They know, I know one face in the services special… … that in they go to send the estréias most recent as soon as they leave.
in case that they do not know… … my rank was next to General Woodman in Saigon.
It had a good and pretty office, a good workshop with conditional air.
E I renounced everything to be here.
I suffered to come here, know reason? You only could be wild.
Because we have the chance to make history, gentlemen.
We have the chance to finish with this war.
We need a victory, and we are to the way of it.
We go to bolt this valley all.
Thus, when Charlie to try to advance… … we are here, we know of them and we will cut its neck.
The risks are great.
You reward them to E, gentlemen, are well bigger.
The Brave Company, will be, the best strongest one… … and more effective unit of combat in the Vietnam.
Vocês is welded, and as welded, its work… … for what they are paying, it is to kill Asian.
They had to be glad in making it.
What we will make, is to give an allowance when to make good work.
Of now in ahead, every month… … the squad who to kill more… … he gains a weekend of rest and amusement in Vung Tau.
The main beach of the Vietnam.
The main beach.
They continue, gentlemen.
Now we have a man with ideas.
I find that taste of this face.
Sir.
He forgives, Sir.
What he has, Lieutenant? Well, Sir I find that it has reason how much to the advance of the Charlie.
It saw refugee the rejection of the fence? Obviously it has something soon to start.
It is.
, Sir.
I wait that the captain notices that our defenses need work very.
I want to say, about the perimeter never was finished.
However we need to strain 10 or 12 coils hen house wire.
We are not constructing a farm here, Sergeant.
It is, Sir, I am knowing of this.
Also I am knowing what it passed with the Frenchmen in Diên Biên Phu.
, I am certain well that they give account that the nature of the war… … it finished dramatical in Diên Biên Phu.
We are protected 24 hours to the day… … for the sophisticated system more of military history.
I do not wait that Charlie is crossbow, the point to attack this base.
Moreover, we do not go to dig a mount of hollows.
Yes, Sir.
Well, now that he finds of this face.
He can be that some day arrives to be a General… … but very he is maken a mistake how much to our defenses.
He sees this.
Lieutenant, I want to occupy 3º squad, digging these trenches.
Well, they dig in silence.
I will make a plan to cover them.
Very well, I wait that our lives do not interrupt its ambitions.
Then, how many bond we earn for this, Johnson? Between zero and none.
It is, then they go to want that let us sing the songs that say DooDa, DooDa.
They want to rest? Very well.
Very well.
It gives this to me.
How much days had given Doctor to it? It goes, this is excellent.
What he will make when will be civil, doctor? Not even I think about this now.
I find to realistar that me.
You what? I will realistarei myself.
Summer, has this new program.
I gained a military uniform in the School of Medicine.
E I serve the remaining portion of the time later to graduate that me.
He is, Doctor, he is the only one that I know that wants to leave this disaster… com much scar in bunda.
Not, all good.
Appositive that its parents are proud, not? He is.
, they are.
Both had been in fields of internment in World War II.
They had lost everything, the house, everything.
My father always said: He has all education of can.
, … this nobody take off can you.
It knows, to give one of doctor would not make me badly.
It can prescribe all the dangerous drugs that to want.
It will have a mount of nurses pursuing… … and everything what it has to make is if to firm per 6 years.
I would not make this Doctor.
It has reason.
He goes then.
We will see in them.
It thinks about this doctor, thinks about this.
Sergeant, what it has here? Good, we are digging trenches and already I put wire in return of the area.
Who gave these orders? Sir, I gave the orders to the Sergeant.
I thought that these men were to make recognition of the valley.
but they are very busy here digging hollows.
He sends another squad.
Yes, Sir.
I want to see it in the rank of command, one hour.
Yes, Sir.
Santucci, brings its men, goes to leave.
Apparently we have different ideas how much to the command chain.
I do not know what it is mentioned, Sir.
It does not know what I mention myself? The Sergeant of the squad, seems to have a imensurável influence… … to take the decisions this way.
The Sergeant of the squad is in its third mission of combat.
E me pride to say that I learned sufficiently with it.
I think that the sense of any good officer is to be made use to listen.
I am listening, Lieutenant.
Sir, we need to fortify this base… I am not against in fortifying the defenses of Ladybird.
In contrast, I want that it is made fastest than in they allow our forces them.
It is clearly? Yes, Sir.
But each order has its priorities.
E ours is the recognition and aggressive patrolling.
It is clearly? Yes, Sir.
We need real data of movement of the enemy troops.
Charlie has planned informs, them of Intelligence had confirmed.
That they will go to use this valley for an attack surprise in Dinh Nang and Chu Lai.
Good, if this is the case, gentleman, does not go to pass Ladybird.
They would be leaving an active base, in the rear.
It listens to now me.
Charlie cannot attack this base.
It would spend its asset it would delay, it, and it would lead it the certain destruction.
It will pass in this extension.
I become to understand, Lieutenant? Yes, Sir.
Good.
Lieutenant, you I had I start full of slips.
Moan this.
I also, gentleman.
I am here of fast ticket, Lieutenant.
The possibilities to never advance had been so great.
I know that we can work together.
I am certain of this.
Sergeant, somebody will have that in them to bring more wire.
Uau.
the squad of the Santucci came back and had brought a prisoner.
Something is not certain.
It stops right now! Where she is its leader of squad? Where it is Santucci? Which is the problem? I do not know, Sir.
What it is making, is wild? NVA, of the army of infantry 490.
Charlie started to advance.
The last one informs of the unit is that they were to the north of Hanói.
They see direct to our hands.
That devils are making close to the base? Probably they wanted to make us a visit personally.
A time that advances for the valley, had tried in them to keep prisoners.
Or it comes on of us.
I know I eat I think this people.
This base does not have strategical importance for them.
It hears, can be that Santucci still is alive.
Better to send another patrol.
It sees what it had with them.
It is, Sir.
It shot very well, Sergeant.
I go to recommend it the third Squad to it for these three deaths.
This will exhibit well in the show window of trophies of General Woodman.
It brings its squad, Anderson.
We go to finish this.
Johnson, we go.
Baker, what he was? I thought to have seen something.
Ei, we go, man.
It looks at, I want this weekend in the beach.
My back one is very tired for a program of this type.
Baker, is well? I am sick.
Took its salt tablet? It drinks a little of water, we go.
Which is the problem? It is dehydrated, Sergeant.
We have that to take off it of the sun.
Is being wild, Baker? It loads as much ammunition that it knocks down until a mule this heat.
It very wants to go to surfar.
He does not say me? he leaves to speak me.
This program of incentive goes to kill some faces here.
Ei, Sergeant, give one looked in this.
Baker, takes off a little of this from above.
Not too much.
What it has, blood? Not, the blood is darker and if it can smell.
She is cosmolina.
What it is this? grease or thing thus? Good, not accurately.
It uses it to the NVA to protect its weapons in transit.
Normally, rockets and mortars.
It has this way, Sergeant more than.
It is, and had left track of tires.
It must all have last a squad of weapons this way.
They never clean these things until they are ready to shoot.
Sergeant! it is better to go up here.
Private.
It would not surprise me if all a company camped here.
Some signal of the squad of the Santucci? It swims.
Very well boys.
We can be here risking our heads.
I want each one of vocês to 100% Vamos going.
Sergeant.
Santucci.
Very well, they keep the open eyes and the closed mouth.
Percell, we will follow the footprints.
The remaining portion, exhausts, goes.
Sargento.
ê Sergeant.
Sergeant.
Sergeant! Santucci.
Oh! man, I go to vomit.
We go to leave daqui, Sergeant.
Not, we have that to lower them.
Thus they had given the return and they had run away? Not, Sir, we remove in them.
Devils, could have enclosed us when they wanted.
How many it saw? It believes Sir, are there, they wanted that we found the bodies.
They had taken shots? Not, Sir, is wanting scaring in them.
He had footprints for the side all, us we find an encampment.
Its work… … and for it they are being paid, is to find its enemy.
e to inform so that it can call air support and artillery.
The life of my men would not go to risk more.
I want to say, we have the test that we need.
I cannot go to General Woodman with a tatter piece.
Necessary of evidence concrete, and conclusive… … that the enemy is advancing through this sector.
Good, we need more men.
Not, what we need is of competent leadership.
What we need is of a certain classroom of aggressiveness.
E if is not classified for this work… Attention, attention all the soldiers of the Brave Company.
they are surrounded by the Popular army of Vietnam of the North.
They will not have possibility.
They surrender now, or they will die.
They lower its weapons, welded.
Reason fights an unjust and immoral war in Long Bihn? How much time goes to last this? Until the Charlie is without the ammunition.
It is goes there.
This already is lasting the day all.
Vocês is victims of the capitalist oppression.
They look at to its redor.
It does not have children of the elites fighting to its side.
Besteira, man! They had not spoken of the Horn? It was university, certain? They are surrounded.
Unless they surrender, they will only have few hours of life.
We are in air, baby.
It is depressing! It is singing the missed song, the mouth of chupeta.
Vocês is that they must surrender.
Vocês its crossbows catfish head.
This is its last possibility.
Or they go to be with the leftovers of a fight with razors.
Ei head, comes here, comes here.
It speaks on the mothers of Ho Chi Minh.
Spoken well, pretty… Of the one to translate this? They had been enojados? Very well, catfish heads.
This is the Radio of Ladybird-- It arrives of colloquy, soldiers.
This night will die.
It finished the water? Almost.
It is and also it is finishing the ammunition for mortars.
The vocês, soldiers.
It makes to circulate.
I know that vocês they are worried about the fogos of artifices… com the scarcity of the ammunition and water.
I finish to speak with the brigade.
The aid is the way.
E while the bombing, not of the o air of the favor in this base.
The intention of the Charlie is fulling in them and disturbing, nothing more.
Charlie will come direct to our hands.
The great advance is the way.
While to need we will concentrate the troops… … our fighter aircrafts and to our will destroy them artillery.
Gentlemen, what he is occurring, here, in this valley… … he could lead in directly to the end of the war.
We will be able in march a historical event.
They will be proud to say its grandsons who had been here.
Now they keep the high spirit, they lower the heads, and they will be well.
He has my word.
They cover themselves! Very well men, cover themselves! They cover themselves! They take position, we go, we go! Position of battle! Ready mortar.
Load one.
Fire! Percell.
Good, in them they only remain 40 liters.
The Asians had almost blown up the few canteens in the last minutes.
He only keeps the high spirit and the lowered head, Lieutenant.
e we will be well.
He is.
, clearly.
Gentleman, gentleman! He has a call.
He is Dalby Colonel in the person of General Woodman.
Here Brave 6, exchange.
What it occurs 6? We receive intense to be able from fire, gentleman.
We need immediate support of the artillery.
We have problems in all part.
The attack in its base is direct of the artillery support.
its base and the fire direction is of reach.
E aerial the tactical command? Negative, its protection was sent to the one has attacked Lon Vi.
It is a disaster.
We have action in all part.
Sir, we need aid here.
It makes optimum that it will be able, Larry.
We will send something, as soon as will be available.
Yes, Sir.
If he does not worry, in them will send the support soon.
Nor that he has that to go to General Woodman.
Caldwell, Caldwell! He supports Teddy, supports.
He goes to be well, we go, we go.
He aches! He stops to cry out we will save, it! This way Doctor! Bunkers has taken it, is taking all there.
We go, Doctor, aches very.
Ei, I do not have more morphine.
We go! That I said, Lieutenant.
There he comes our suppliment.
He must be full of the ammunition, and water.
Brave 6, we are in danger.
We are receiving fire heavy from machine gun.
We go to leave, we go to leave! We will come back, good Brave luck 6.
They had played of the other side of the fence.
Captain, if not to catch the ammunition, we will have that to shoot rocks in the Charlie.
We will cover them.
We go! They take everything that can load! We have that to go! They go, go go! We go! They cover them, cover them! Sir, this is ammunition wastefulness, is of the reach.
Fire of covering! They leave daqui! They leave daqui! Good work, Sergeant.
It brought most.
They are useless for our pipes.
She is one 60 millimeters, we need 81.
Which age the name of the face that said that we were the best ones? Ei, Randy.
Yes? So that it is this? My grandmother who gave to me, I find that of the good luck.
Then, because giving it is me? Because I find that it goes to be an one doctor of success some day.
It only wanted that it knew… … that if one of us to leave living creature daqui, preferred that you were.
We embed if it, the least the Asians will not be with our things.
It knows that I started to write my mother in English.
It very goes to be difficult to understand this in Spaniard, Sergeant.
Very well, now they listen to all.
I want that they take off its plates of identification and they place in the boots.
Certain? Sergeant? Yes? We do not have no possibility, certain? Oh, yes we have, Percell.
We always have a possibility.
It goes to give all certainty.
Ei, Ruiz, when this to finish, I want that cut the hair, wise person… I am not soon still, Sergeant.
Oh.
, man, nobody is ready, knows? Cadê the support that promised to me? Where devils are? They had been deviated to the north.
General Woodman is along with the situation? Affirmative.
I, Larry know so of the problem as well as.
We cannot send will be furnishing with artillery to the sector without a confirmation.
We take risks in all part.
we will come back to speak.
Yes, Sir.
Which the orders, gentleman? Orders, so that orders? To defend the base.
The enemy will attack this night.
If the argento had followed my orders would not be enclosed.
Sir, to be just with the Sergeant.
Everything what Anderson Sergeant would have that to make age… … to revirar the trees and to shake an army of 3a.
classroom.
Artillery would have destroyed the aerial them.
Everything what it had that to make age to compel the enemy to fighting.
If it had made this, would have lost my squad all.
In the war, to the times losses to gain an objective are necessary.
If it does not understand this, Sergeant.
It does not deserve this verge.
Sir! we are without the ammunition.
We are surrounded and the enemy plans an attack to this base.
Now, which the orders? It does not have nothing that can make.
This base is lost.
I request permission to burn the book of codes, gentleman.
It goes in front.
Lieutenant, now does not import me what this man said.
We can give return for backwards and not dying here.
We will not make it.
Still we have the mortar projectiles? It is.
, and blocks of C4.
It is… It is… Very well, all of foot.
We have things that to make.
Taylor, searchs the handle detonator.
Baker y Horn, inside has some boxes of pregos of the tents.
They go with them, they catch, nuts, screws, and all metal that will be able.
Very well, Percell, you and the Johnsons, help the Lieutenant.
We go, we go, we go.
We have that to make it.
I caught the handle detonator.
Very well boys, the time is if finishing.
Baker, prepared the tambores of gasoline as I spoke to you? Yes, already I placed the barrels in each I sing of the base.
Good work, has the manual Here that it shows as to install.
Ruiz, Fulls the hand.
Soap in dust? It is.
, they take the detergent with vocês.
We go to need the handle detonator and many garnets of match… they will be able to bring it to com, even in its hands, certain? Percell, Horn, bring these projectiles of mortar.
It found that it was of the wrong type.
We go to use anyway.
They listen to now me, listen well.
They go to disassemble the metal rings… … they take off the pipe and they put the handle detonator with a little of C4.
e mounts the metal rings of new.
They involve them with electric wire… … and they place more far in the perimeter than they will be able.
E moors the electric handle to this old detonator, had understood? It is… They had understood? yes, they do not say now.
I understand.
What it has? Very well, we go to establish three lines of defense.
The perimeter, of bunkers of the command rank… … and small surprise for the Charlie to think itself about passing beyond the perimeter.
Very well, hands to the workmanship.
We go.
Johnson, you is the new canhoneiro.
Yes, Sir, but I do not have the ammunition.
It catches some pregos and wire.
A weight column will arrive.
When? To the dawn.
Captain, to the dawn will not remain nothing except bones and the nails of the foot.
You never will understand as the modern army works.
The reason has all.
The last water.
The last water, boys.
Taylor, Johnson, the last water.
It takes a little of water, Obliged Sergeant.
It drank a little? it is.
? Ei, Danny.
It drinks well to devagar.
Vocês is well? It is.
, it is.
.
We are well.
Very well, story with vocês.
I also.
I finish to hear the battalion.
It is.
? It swims.
He is ready? Yes and you? It is… waits until they are on us, Zeke.
Yes, Sir.
Attack arriving! Very well, when to blow up the projectiles, they protect the heads! Charlie goes to be behind them! Fire! This is everything that I can make for the moment, certain? it goes, goes.
There they come.
They do not shoot until they hear the machine gun.
They do not shoot, now! They do not shoot! Very well, I go to set in motion mortars.
Very well, she comes they there.
They do not shoot, they wait to arrive at the fence and there they order bullet.
Very well, to go off machine gun! There they come, Fire! Granada! This is for vocês communist! They lead to the command rank! It leaves them! Machine gun without the ammunition! Machine gun without the ammunition! They bring more teams for here.
We need the doctor! Doctor! skirt from there! They come back to the command! To the devil with the priority of Readleg! We are being invaded! It deviates the central fire all! It copies me? It copies me? It hears me? The antenna is broken, and is moved away from the door.
All lowered! here shaken ours goes second! It listens.
Very well, Charlie is digging.
Very well, all move away the maximum that will be able.
We see in them in the hell.
They advance very with well-taken care of, Eagle seven.
It does not have signals of the enemy.
For certain, it does not have life signals, it is everything destroyed.
This place is really is destroyed.
Larry, You is well? Yes, gentleman, Dalby Colonel.
We lose a great amount of good men.
E I recommend this soldier for a silver star You made a great work.
The General goes to be very proud of you.
All vocês had made a good work.
The cursed ratio of deaths must be lesser of what 11 for 1.
We massacre them.
This is the category of combat for which we have waited.
E with a little of luck, will have many days more as this.
Legenda: aRGENTeaM Tradução: Marza Zerbinato/A.
Morinico Revisão: J.
Ritter
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