Uncommon Valor Page #2

It's good to see you, man.

There are compounds

all over Northern Laos.

There are choppers we left behind.

We'll use them to get

into the P.O.W. camp.

They're used all the time,

so they should be well maintained.

Excuse me, please.

You going out?

Mm-hmm.

Early, isn't it?

I want to make happy hour.

Want to come along?

No. I think

I'll stay home tonight.

No kidding.

What's that mean?

It means, no kidding.

I don't feel like going out.

He never feels like doing anything.

That's not true.

Every night it's the same.

He listens to that crap.

That crap happens to be George Gershwin.

It's like I'm not even here.

He's like a turtle hiding in his shell.

He hasn't taken off

those sunglasses in six years.

He hasn't taken off

those sunglasses in six years.

I've given up trying to figure him out.

Maybe you should take him

back to Vietnam.

He doesn't give a damn

about anything here.

It was nice meeting you, Colonel.

Nice meeting you.

If he did go,

how much would he be paid?

Nothing in dollars.

I haven't flown a helicopter in a while.

I'd probably get somebody killed.

There's unfinished business

over there, MajorJohnson.

Not mine.

Is this the Distinguished Flying Cross?

Yeah.

How'd you get that?

Ah... pulling a cub pilot

out of Laos.

Must have been more to it than that.

Not really.

Tell me about it.

I'd like to hear it.

I got him out

after a lot of good people

went down trying.

It was a hell ofa day.

We'd already lost

a good man named Hendricks,

couple of F-4jocks,

even Sandy Low Lead.

Lost a lot of good friends.

How many?

Oh, I don't remember.

It just seemed like everybody.

You lost 11 men and 9 aircraft.

You were shot down, and you went back.

Why?

If you know that, you tell me.

Why?

It was my job!

Right!

We couldn't let good men die for nothing!

That's why we're going back now.

Wait! Back up!

Don't lay that guilt on me!

No!

I'm sorry, but the answer is no.

What do you want from me?

I run half this hospital.

I'm off to Bermuda next week

and not off to some fantasy war.

I cannot save the goddamn world!

At ease, Major.

[Telephone Rings]

MacGregor Oil.

Mr. MacGregor, please.

Mr. MacGregor's office.

This is Jason Rhodes calling.

Jason, how's it going?

We're on our way.

How many?

Three. One chopper pilot

turned me down.

Is two enough?

I'll do it with one if I have to.

I can't turn back now.

Is there anything more I can do?

Just keep the cash coming.

I'll get our boys back.

What about Sailor?

He's in Houston.

I'm going there now.

The replica of

the P.O.W. camp is ready.

Great.

Keep in touch.

All right.

Talk to you.

Don't worry.

He can't see you.

It's a two-way mirror.

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