China Beach (TV Series)
Tet '68 (1989)
Robert Picardo: Dr. Dick Richard
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Quotes
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Dr. Dick Richard : I didn't save these men just so they could die.
Dodger : We're dead already, nobody here gets out alive. Breathing maybe, eating, sleeping. They ride the bus to work, cash a pay check, wait. But your life is out there, here, always.
Dr. Dick Richard : You're very chatty tonight.
Dodger : 55
[feet from where they are to the mortar they just heard impact]
Dodger : We were dead the day we got off the plane.
Dr. Dick Richard : You know, you'd make a great recruiter.
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Dodger : [counting after each mortar explosion] 381... 217... 96...
Dr. Dick Richard : 96?
Dodger : 96 feet.
Dr. Dick Richard : 96 feet what?
Dodger : The drop.
[another mortar round explodes nearby, shaking the building]
Dr. Dick Richard : Damn it!
Dodger : 77... they're good.
Dr. Dick Richard : This is a hospital. Can't they see the great big red cross?
Dodger : Don't care.
Dr. Dick Richard : We should get these men out of here.
Dodger : There's no place to go. Out there, the V.C., they own it. They'll come in along the river. Through the wires in twos. Break off along the perimeter, 25 men a side. Satchels first, then clearance, they'll come through that door one up, one down.
Dr. Dick Richard : Not the outside door?
Dodger : No. Never what you'd expect.