Born on the Fourth of July Page #3

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Go! Go!

Go, Massapequa!

Go!

My brother's at school

at Adelphi.

He said there will be a war in...

what is it?

Vietnam.

The Marines will be

the first in,

and it won't

last long.

So if we don't sign up

soon, we'll miss it.

I've already decided.

I'm going in.

Really?

Just like that?

I'm not waiting.

I'm going in now.

You're crazy.

Our dads

got to go to WWII.

This is our chance

to be part of history.

Yeah, just like

our dads.

Think about

what you're doing.

It could be dangerous

over there.

You could

get yourself killed.

Where are you going,

squirrel head? College?

I want to do something

with my life.

I can get a degree in

business administration.

You don't need

to serve your country?

Don't you care

about anybody but yourself?

Better dead than red.

They got missiles pointed

at us everywhere. ICBMs.

Coming in

all around us.

Cuba now.

90 miles away.

They're taking over.

When will we stop them?

You can't stop them

by yourself.

Communism is

moving in everywhere.

Where, Ronnie?

I don't see them.

They're not here

in Massapequa,

so I'll just take care

of number one.

That's right.

Me... Stevie, number one.

Someone's got to stay

with the women and children

while the men

go do the fighting.

All I'm saying is,

think about it.

Think about it,

Ronnie.

Stevie, who are you taking

to the prom?

Wendy Daniels.

Wendy Daniels?

Wendy Daniels?

He got desperate.

Well, who are you taking,

Joey, your mother?

Ronnie, who are you going

to take to the prom?

You don't know her.

She's a pretty girl

from Ronkonkoma.

What's her name?

You don't know her.

What's her name,

Ronnie?

Her name

is Lombardi.

Lombardi?

Yeah.

Vince Lombardi?

Rosanna Lombardi.

She's from

out of town, right?

She going

to get a motel?

'Cause I'd like

to get in on that.

Ronnie, would you take this

to section three?

Check the stock

for dog food.

Dog food.

Then finish

stacking the potatoes.

Come on. Let's go.

Let's do some work

for a change.

This goes

in section three?

Section three.

O.K., Dad.

Hey, Donna.

Hi, Ronnie.

Hi, Ronnie.

Hi, Ronnie.

How you doing?

How's...

Good.

I heard that you were going

into the Marines.

Yeah, yeah.

It's better than

working at A&P.

That's great,

Ronnie.

That's wonderful.

I'm going

to boot camp soon.

I joined

for four years,

so I go to Vietnam,

probably on

the front line.

Really?

I'll see

a lot of action.

Wow.

That's neat.

Heard you got

into that school.

The letter?

Yeah.

Yeah, Syracuse.

It's going to be

really hard.

Could I... Could I talk

to you in private?

Oh, yeah. Sure.

I've been meaning

to call you.

I was wondering,

are you going with

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