Flight Of The Intruder

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Three Communist PT boats

attacked an American destroyer

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off the coast of Vietnam

yesterday,

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and today, President Johnson's

response was hard and tough.

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He has ordered the U.S. Navy

to continue patrolling there,

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and if they are attacked,

to destroy their attackers.

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I understand the feelings

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of those who regret that

we must undertake air attacks.

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I share those feelings.

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Some nights, we're

the only airplane going up...

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going up into the north

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and when you're thinking

you're the only Americans

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over North Vietnam,

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it kind of makes you wonder

just a little bit, you know.

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"What am I doing here?"

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We have carefully limited

those raids.

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They've been directed

at concrete and steel

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and not human lives.

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There are at least 850

antiaircraft and missile sites

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around Hanoi and Haiphong.

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These figures make

Hanoi's air defense

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the toughest in the world.

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If you can get between...

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a ridge between you

and that radar site,

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they can't guide

a missile at you.

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It's just when you get down

in the delta in the flatlands,

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that 30-mile ring around...

the city of Hanoi,

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it's... it's a bear.

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Representatives of Hanoi

simply returned our message

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in a plain envelope.

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Residents of North Vietnam's

capital felt confident

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in the knowledge

that their city was off-limits

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to U.S. warplanes.

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With American sons

in the fields far away,

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I shall not seek, and l

will not accept the nomination

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of my party for another term

as your president.

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The greatest honor

history can bestow

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is the title of peacemaker.

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Do you think it's worth it?

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Yeah, l... I don't know.

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They... they say we're

fighting for something.

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I don't know.

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Through a long and bitter

struggle in Vietnam,

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American fighting men

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have served the cause

of freedom magnificently.

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You're... you're pretty scared

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when you have to roll in

on something out there,

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especially when you look down,

and you see nothing

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but a black cloud or

a white cloud down below you.

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It's a... it's about as...

as scary a mission

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as I've ever been on.

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I think it tries you

to just about the maximum,

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you know, the missions.

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Hey, Morg.

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Did you ever notice how...

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how some nights you could see

more stars

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than other nights?

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Huh? You ever notice that?

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Hmm?

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The stars.

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Oh, yeah.

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I've got an update.

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I'm cycling to

the coast-in point.

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You're getting

in a rut.

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You're getting in a rut.

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I mean, did you ever

stop to think

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you're taking your job just

a little bit too seriously?

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Look at me--

I enjoy my work.

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Yeah, I'll bet.

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See, I'm happy.

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See? Look.

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Enemy search radar

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Iooking for company.

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Okay...

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Time to get on down.

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Here we go.

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Black Eagle, Devil 5-0-5.

Feet dry.

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That's a roger, 5-0-5.

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Look at that small-arms fire

down there, Morg.

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