Blood Road Page #5

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and soak in the atmosphere

and feel like I was finally

moving closer to my goal.

Instead of just thinking about

it and dreaming about it,

I was actually doing it

and making progress.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

NGUYEN:
(IN VIETNAMESE) So far, the

biggest challenge to me is my stamina.

And the thing I worry about

the most,

that I ponder a lot about,

it's how to become

a real friend to Rebecca.

MAN:
(AS STEPHEN)

"Dear Judy, Sharon and Becky,

"I'm what they call

the weapons systems operator

"in the back seat of the F-4E

Phantom fighter jet.

"What we're really called is

a GIB, for 'guy in the back.'

"Aside from being responsible

for navigation,

"we do just about everything

the pilot does.

"We can carry just about

any type of weapon made,

"but a normal load would be

"about three tons

of bombs or napalm.

"We generally

release that at speeds

"ranging from

about 400 to 600 knots.

"The ground really comes up

at you pretty fast.

"I usually fly

about twice a day,

"which is quite exhausting.

"There is no such thing

as a day off.

"We work seven days

a week all year.

"It does make the time

go faster, however.

Be good. Steve."

Stephen was a heck of a guy.

I can't call him Stephen.

He was Steve.

Steve was a heck of a guy.

He went to Vietnam.

He didn't want to go to Vietnam.

Nobody wants to go to war,

but it was his duty,

and he was gonna do it

to the best of his ability.

In Rebecca,

I see a lot of her dad.

I see a lot of Steve

in a lot of different ways.

She loves animals,

she loves pets,

and her dad did too,

just adored them.

She definitely has a wanderlust

the way her dad did.

She definitely wants to do

things outside, not inside.

I see those things,

and I see the seriousness.

Steve was a serious guy,

he wasn't a goof-off.

And Rebecca's got

a very serious mode,

and her dad was

very much the same way.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

RUSCH:
One big climb

and then here a river.

Here maybe we buy

some food and water.

We need to really

get this secured down better.

In fact,

I think I'm gonna pop this dude.

RUSCH:
Meeting up

with the support team

is taking more time

than I thought.

We have a hard cutoff

to get to the end of

the riding and get on a boat.

Given the schedule

and the goal

that I've set for us,

we're gonna have to figure out

a better rhythm

in order to make it

to the crash site

on the anniversary.

If we don't make this cutoff,

that's gonna put us behind

the next day

and the next day

and the next day.

Time's ticking!

(MUSIC PLAYING)

It finally feels like this

is truly the Ho Chi Minh Trail.

There's a simplicity to it.

The terrain is different.

This is where I wanted to be.

(THE BLACK ANGELS'

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