China Beach (TV Series)

Tet '68 (1989)

Jeff Kober: Sgt. Evan 'Dodger' Winslow

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Quotes 

• 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.

• 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.