A Bright Shining Lie Page #4

those of our people who are also huang phi.

"The peasants are with us

because they hate the huang phi."

What do you believe?

Oh, I'm not interested in politics, Mr Vann.

What are you interested in?

My school.

I enjoy it.

You know, it allows me to decide my own life

and that's a very rare thing for a woman here.

I have to say this.

I think you're one of the most

beautiful women I've ever seen.

You did not bring me here

to translate, did you?

(John)... immediate kill, he disables

his enemy, then he kills him.

OK. Again.

(Burnett) These men

are kicking the Vietcong's ass.

It wasn't so much a lie as something

he knew he could make happen.

- Here he is, tiger of the delta.

- Colonel Vann.

Congratulations, commander.

Beautiful medal. I must have a photo.

(Burnett) Vann would charm, coax, cajole,

anything to rally the South Vietnamese.

At first it worked.

By God, the best US Vietnamese team

for fighting Communists.

(Broadcaster) American advisors

work to bring the level of training

and combat readiness of these forces

as high as possible.

Superior equipment and mobility

are used to full advantage

to carry the fight to the enemy, swiftly,

wherever his presence becomes known.

The Vietnamese soldier

is quick to grasp the techniques involved

in copter-born counteraction

to guerrilla raids on villages,

and he uses his new knowledge well.

(Speaks Vietnamese)

Colonel Cao, what is the mission?

- We are mounting an assault on Than Bin.

- Than Bin? We've already cleared Than Bin.

No, no, we must cleanse the village thoroughly.

- This is ridiculous.

- Colonel, please.

You have to understand,

I must follow the order of my president.

If I do not, then my family is in danger.

- He has told me no casualty.

- But you are at war with the Vietcong.

You want us to fight the Vietcong,

so we fight them.

My president needs your money

and your guns, because he has many enemy.

Thing are not as simple as in America.

Jesus H Christ. We're eyeball to eyeball

with the Communists all over the world

and these guys are out shooting rabbits.

"General Giap's instruction

for us to steal back the rice

"on behalf of the peasants

has paid great dividends."

This General Giap is a very clever man.

Tell me about your wife.

We're separated.

What does that mean?

Well...

It means that she lives on one side

of the ocean, and... I live on the other.

(Woman speaking Vietnamese on radio)

The Russians are taking

the missiles out of Cuba.

Ha! I knew it.

These are dangerous times, John.

But they're exciting times, Lee,

exciting times.

(Helicopter overhead)

Saigon Command has located

the enemy's radio transmitter here at Ap Bac.

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