Going All the Way

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Train now leaving.

Destination... Kansas city,

Independence, Lee's Summit,

Warrensburg, Sedalia,

Jefferson City, Kirkwood,

St. Louis, East St. Louis,

Centralia, Effingham,

Terre Haute, Indianapolis.

All aboard! All aboard!

I'm so sorry.

Here, let me.

I'm so sorry.

It's OK.

Excuse me, sir.

Hey, gimme a bud,

will you?

Yes, sir.

Right away, sir.

Thank you.

Here you are, sir.

Thank you very much.

You're welcome.

Hey... Indianapolis.

Am I right?

Shortly high?

Yeah, Short...

Yeah, I went there.

Yeah. That's what I thought.

Tom Casselman,

class of'48.

Sure. Gunner.

Hell, everybody knows you.

Yeah. How are you?

Have... a seat.

And you're, uh... um...

Willard Burns.

You're "Sonny" Burns.

Right? Yeah!

Right. That's what they called me.

Yeah. I remember you.

You're the photographer,

right?

Took pictures for

The Daily Echo.

Yeah, just sports stuff,

you know.

You might've seen it.

Actually, I got...

There was one of you

in particular.

It was in...

You were scoring in the Southport game.

Right. I remember that.

That's a great picture.

Yeah. Action stuff, Right?

Damn good, too.

Damn good stuff.

Yeah. This is great,

running into you.

Oh, yeah?

Yeah. As a matter

of fact, I've been...

Well, I've been doing a little

photography myself.

I picked me up a Nikon

over in Japan and...

I mean, I'm not worth

a damn yet...

post card shots

and tourist crap...

but I wanna learn.

Here you go.

Oh, thank you.

Sure.

So, um...

Korea, huh?

You must've seen some combat.

Mmm. Yeah.

You know, I caught a little shrapnel

in the ass is all.

Yeah. I didn't...

you know, I didn't really, uh...

Got stuck in Kansas City.

Public Information.

Good conduct.

Well, hey, you know, somebody's

gotta hold down the fort, right?

Exactly. That'd be me.

You know what? There's really only

one thing you missed.

Yeah? What's that?

Japan.

Yeah? Yeah?

You really liked it, huh?

Oh, God.

I mean, it...

it changed

my whole approach.

Right. Sure. To what?

Everything, you know?

You name it.

I mean, I never really...

Hell, I never really thought

about anything before I went to Japan.

I mean, in college,

I memorized stuff,

but I mean really think, you know?

Question.

I mean, take your

Zen Buddhism, OK?

- Okay.

- They got these riddles,

and they really make you think about

things differently.

Do you know any zen?

Uh... well, I had

some sukiyaki once.

You know...

in Chicago.

Well, uh...

you ever have

any sake?

Um,

not that I know of.

Did you play

any sports at all?

No. I always wanted to...

Ha ha ha!

Hey, at least you

didn't get arrested.

Hey, at least you got your fingers

worked out, huh?

Fuck it.

Maybe you'll never return.

- Cheers.

- Ha ha ha!

Last stop!

Indianapolis!

Feel like I got

hit by a truck.

You know, uh...

we should get together some time, huh?

No shit.

Yeah, that'd be great.

Fantastic.

You got a lift home?

Yeah. Yeah, I think...

my mother's picking me up.

Christ died for our sins!

Communism is the religion

of failures!

Christ died for our sins!

Communism is the religion

of failures!

Gunner!

Hey, see you later,

all right?

All right.

Gunner!

Gunner! Oh!

Gunner!

Ha ha ha!

There he is! Sonny!

Oh, it's Sonny!

Sonny! Sonny!

Oh! You're home!

Oh, You're home.

Welcome home, son.

Thank you, sir.

We thank you, oh, Lord,

for protecting this dear child

and for bringing

him home safe...

from the horrors of war.

Mother, I was only in Kansas City.

There's danger everywhere.

We're in a "no parking"zone, folks.

Elwood. Your father...

such a worry wart.

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