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DEAD HUNTER 6, ARE YOU GUYS EVEN
UP?
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I GOT EYES ON ABOUT SIX ZULU
HEADING YOUR WAY.
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DEAD HUNTER 6, ARE YOU GUYS
AWAKE?
I ADVISE ABOUT SIX ZULU HEADING
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CORRECTION ON LAST,
DEAD HUNTER 6.
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DEAD HUNTER 6.
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>> OH, ***! WHAT THE ***?!
LAND MINES DIDN'T DO ***!
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>> AMMO, GOD DAMN IT! AMMO!
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>> COME ON, ***!
>> FRAG OUT!
>> ***!
>> CEASE FIRE! CEASE FIRE!
>> *** YOU!
>> *** CEASE FIRE!
CEASE FIRE! CEASE FIRE!
*** CEASE FIRE!
PUT IT DOWN!
>> HOW THE *** DO YOU KNOW?!
>> THEY'RE NOT MOVING!
CEASE FIRE.
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THIS IS 36.
WHAT'S YOUR STATUS?
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DEAD HUNTER 6.
THIS IS 36.
WHAT'S YOUR STATUS?
I GOT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE
UP THERE.
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DEAD HUNTER 6.
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>> ***.
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>> DEAD HUNTER 6.
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I HAVE LIVED A LIFE IN A
VACUUM -- OR IN A SHELL,
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU LOOK AT IT.
MY WRITTEN WORDS HAVE ALLOWED ME
TO ENJOY A LIFE OF COMFORT AND
PLENTY.
WHEN THE UNDEAD BEGAN TO SHOW
UP, A LOT OF US IN THE MEDIA
WERE LUCKY.
WE GOT TO REPORT ON THE EVENTS
OF THAT TROUBLED TIME IN OUR
HISTORY FROM MILES BEHIND THE
FRONT LINES.
BUT THIS STORY THAT I BRING TO
YOU NOW IS NOT ABOUT A WRITER'S
STRUGGLE TO PUBLISH A BOOK TO
EXPOSE THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
GOVERNMENT'S MISTAKES DURING THE
GREAT WAR AGAINST THE UNDEAD.
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THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE
INFANTRYMEN WHO WERE SENT
DIRECTLY INTO THE INFERNO OF
CONFLICT AT THE HEART OF THAT
WAR.
I'M WRITING IN THE COMFORT OF MY
OWN HOME.
BUT THE ACCOUNTS THAT I'M ABOUT
TO SHARE ARE OF THE MEN WHO
NEVER KNEW WHAT COMFORT WAS, WHO
DURING THE DARKEST HOUR OUR
NATION WAS EVER FACED, WERE SENT
INTO ONE OF THE WORST HELLHOLES
IMAGINABLE.
I HAVE BEEN ENTRUSTED TO SHARE,
WITHOUT BIAS, THE STORY OF THE
ONLY THREE SURVIVORS OF THE
BRUTAL BATTLE FOR GORY RIDGE, AS
THEY EXPLAINED TO ME WHEN THEY
WERE KIND ENOUGH TO TAKE ME BACK
TO THE PLACE THAT CAUSED THEM SO
MUCH PAIN.
MAY THEIR STORY ALLOW THOSE OF
US WHO LIVE IN COMFORT
APPRECIATE THOSE WHO ENDURE
ABSOLUTE MISERY SO THAT WE MAY
LIVE THE LIVES THAT WE DO TODAY.
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AS WE DROVE IN THE VALLEY,
PASSING HILLS AND RIDGES, THREE
YEARS HAVE ALREADY PASSED SINCE
THESE THREE SURVIVORS HAD LAST
BEEN HERE.
BUT AS I LOOKED AT THEIR FACES,
I COULD TELL THAT IT WAS LIKE
THEY HAD NEVER LEFT.
>> I HATE THIS *** PLACE.
>> AS I RODE SHOTGUN, JOHN BLAIR
WAS DRIVING.
HE WAS THE MOST WILLING TO TALK
BECAUSE HE WAS THE ONE THAT
CONVINCED THE OTHERS TO COME UP
HERE.
>> I STILL HATE LOOKING UP AT
THOSE HILLS.
>> HOW FAR DID YOU GUYS HAVE TO
WALK FROM VICTORVILLE TO GET TO
THE RIDGE?
>> UH, IT WAS LIKE 15 MILES.
RIGHT, GUYS?
>> YEAH. I THINK THAT'S RIGHT.
>> IT FELT LIKE 50.
>> SO, WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO
BE COMING BACK UP HERE?
>> I DON'T KNOW.
UH, EERIE, I GUESS.
I MEAN, LAST TIME WE CAME UP
HERE, THERE WAS SO MUCH TO WORRY
ABOUT.
WE WERE SO TIRED, FRUSTRATED.
AND WE COULD BE ATTACKED AT,
LIKE, ANY MOMENT.
I GUESS WHAT I FEEL NOW IS THAT
SAME BAD FEELING I FELT BACK
THEN.
LIKE "HERE WE GO."
BACK INTO THE ABYSS.
>> I JUST WISH THEY'D TURN THIS
PLACE INTO A GIANT DAMN PARKING
LOT.
[ BIRDS CHIRPING ]
>> WELL, WE'RE BACK.
>> YEP.
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>> TOLD YOU YOU'D HAVE A HIKE
AHEAD OF YOU.
>> YOU GUYS CAME UP HERE WITH
SIX MEN ON FOUR DAYS WITHOUT
SLEEP?
>> IT WASN'T OUR IDEA.
>> THAT'S AMAZING.
DOMINIQUE CARTER REMAINED QUIET
DURING THIS TRIP, AND I DIDN'T
ASK WHY.
HE SEEMED TO BE LOST IN HIS
MEMORIES, AND I WOULD SOON LEARN
JUST HOW PAINFUL THEY WERE TO
HIM.
>> HEY. WHERE'S GORDON?
>> IS HE GONNA BE ALL RIGHT?
>> [ SIGHS ]
>> I'LL GO GET HIM.
YOU COMING, BUDDY?
>> YEAH.
>> YOU DON'T HAVE TO COME UP
THERE.
>> LET'S GET THIS *** OVER
WITH.
>> [ TAPS ON DOOR ]
>> KYLE GORDON, WHOSE LEG WAS
AMPUTATED BECAUSE OF COMBAT HE
SAW LAST TIME HE WAS HERE AT THE
RIDGE, SEEMED TO TAKE THIS TRIP
THE HARDEST AND SEEMED ANGRY TO
BE DRAGGED UP HERE AGAIN.
WHAT'S ALL THESE CROSSES?
>> UH, SEE, MOST OF THESE GUYS
ARE 160 DUDES.
THAT'S WHO WE WERE SUPPOSED TO
REINFORCE.
UM, SO WHEREVER YOU SEE A CROSS,
THAT'S WHERE A GUY DIED.
MEANING WHERE THEY DIED FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
>> BEFORE THEY GOT INFECTED?
>> NO, BEFORE WHATEVER HAPPENED
HAPPENED TO THEM.
DOESN'T MATTER IF IT'S AN
INFECTION, A VIRUS, UNDEAD,
DEMON POSSESSION.
WHATEVER IT WAS CAME AND WENT.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT THEY KILLED
A LOT OF MY FRIENDS.
>> AND THEY WEREN'T SLOW.
I'M TIRED OF ALL THESE COLLEGE
KIDS SAYING THAT THEY DIDN'T
HAVE THE FUNCTION OR THE BRAINS
TO RUN.
ALL WE DID WAS RUN OUR ***
OFF.
>> GOT IT.
>> GOOD.
WOULDN'T WANT ANYBODY GETTING
THE WRONG IDEA.
>> SHALL WE?
>> AS I LOOKED UP AT WHAT SEEMED
TO ME TO BE MOUNTAINS BUT WHAT
THE VETERANS ASSURED ME WERE
HILLS, I COULD NOT IMAGINE WHAT
IT MUST HAVE BEEN LIKE TO BE
COMING UP HERE WEARING FULL
COMBAT LOAD AND WORRYING ABOUT
BEING ATTACKED BY THE UNDEAD AT
ANY MOMENT.
SO MANY THOUSANDS OF LIVES WERE
LOST TO THE UNDEAD -- ALMOST
HALF A MILLION IN AMERICA ALONE.
MEN, WOMEN, AND CHILDREN -- NONE
WERE SPARED.
THE SLAUGHTER CONTINUED UNTIL
THE MILITARY GOT THE UPPER HAND.
NOW I WALK WITH THESE THREE MEN
WHO HAVE HELPED MAKE THAT
VICTORY POSSIBLE.
I FELT ALMOST ASHAMED THAT I HAD
NOT BEEN ONE OF THEM WHEN OUR
COUNTRY WAS IN NEED.
AS WE WALKED DEEPER INTO THE
VALLEY, I COULD NOT HELP BUT BE
OVERWHELMED BY THE EXTRAORDINARY
HEAT.
AS I TOOK OFF MY COAT, I COULD
SEE THAT THERE WAS NO SYMPATHY
IN THESE MEN FOR ME.
AND NOW THAT I LOOK BACK, I
UNDERSTAND WHY.
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WHEN THEY WERE SENT UP HERE,
THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN UP FOUR
DAYS STRAIGHT FIGHTING IN
VICTORVILLE.
THE COMPANY OF 120 MEN WAS SO
BADLY TORN APART THAT AT THIS
POINT THEY ONLY HAD SIX MEN
LEFT.
THEY TOLD ME THAT AT THAT POINT
THEY WERE ALL BUT COMPLETELY
CRACKED UP.
THEY WERE RUNNING OFF OF MUSCLE
MEMORY AT THIS POINT.
AS THEIR NATIONAL GUARD UNIT,
THE 185, PULLED OUT OF
VICTORVILLE, THEIR BATTALION
COMMANDER ORDERED THE SIX OF
THEM TO RUCK THE 20 MILES UP TO
PHELAN TO REINFORCE ANOTHER
UNIT, CHARLIE 160.
AS SOON AS THEY MADE IT TO THE
BASE OF THE RIDGES, THEY ONCE
AGAIN CAME FACE-TO-FACE WITH THE
DEATH AND THE GORE THAT HAD
BECOME ALL TOO FAMILIAR TO THEM.
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AS WE RETURNED TO THE SITE,
DOMINIQUE STOPPED AND LOOKED AT
THE CROSS WHERE A SOLDIER
BREATHED HIS LAST.
WHEN I LATER ASKED HIM IF HE
KNEW THE SOLDIER WHO DIED THERE,
HE SAID NO BUT THAT HE FELT
SYMPATHY FOR THIS ONCE-ROTTEN
CORPSE, BECAUSE IF NOT FOR A
MIRACLE, HE WOULD HAVE WOUND UP
JUST LIKE HIM, ROTTING AWAY IN
THE SUN.
AMONG THE SIX OF THEM, THERE WAS
PFC BLAIR,
PRIVATE DOMINIQUE CARTER, AND
PRIVATE KYLE GORDON.
THEN THERE WAS A TALL, TOWERING
KID WHO THEY DESCRIBED AS "GOOFY
AND LOVED TO LAUGH" NAMED
PRIVATE TRAVIS O'LEARY.
THEN THERE WAS A BIG, STRONG
SOLDIER NAMED
PRIVATE SAMUEL T. BRIGGS WHO
CARRIED THE SQUAD AUTOMATIC
WEAPON.
I COULD TELL BY HOW GORDON
TALKED ABOUT HIM THAT THE TWO OF
THEM WERE EXTREMELY CLOSE.
>> [ GRUNTS ]
>> THEN LEADING THEM WAS
SPECIALIST DANIEL PEREZ, WHO,
THOUGH MEEK AND THOUGHTFUL,
MANAGED TO KEEP THIS SUFFERING
SQUAD MOVING.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
SO, TELL ME MORE ABOUT
SPECIALIST PEREZ.
WAS HE A NATURAL-BORN LEADER?
>> WELL, NO.
NOT REALLY.
WELL, ACTUALLY, NOT AT FIRST.
HE WAS REALLY QUIET, YOU KNOW?
WHAT STRUCK ME AT FIRST ABOUT
HIM WAS HOW KIND HE WAS.
SEE, THE REST OF US, WE'RE NOT
LIKE THAT.
I WAS ALWAYS WONDERING WHAT THE
*** HE WAS DOING IN THE
INFANTRY.
BUT...I DON'T KNOW.
ONCE HE CAME UP HERE, HE SORT OF
TOOK ON THIS RESPONSIBILITY.
LIKE, YOU COULD TELL HE REALLY
CARED FOR US, YOU KNOW?
HE TREATED US LIKE BROTHERS.
WE WERE SO TIRED.
I DON'T KNOW HOW HE DID IT.
WHEN WE WERE DOWN, HE WAS UP.
>> HE'D ALWAYS SAY HE WAS A
BETTER INDIAN THAN HE WAS A
CHIEF.
BUT I GUESS WAR KIND OF FORCES
YOUR HAND LIKE THAT.
I MEAN, I NEVER SAW HIM HESITATE
ON HIS OWN, BUT WHENEVER SOMEONE
NEEDED HELP, EVERYTHING STOPPED
FOR HIM.
HE'D NEVER LEAVE ANYONE BEHIND
IF HE COULD HELP IT.
>> HEY! HOLD UP!
>> BRIGGS! COME ON!
WE GOT TO MOVE!
>> YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> YEAH, I'M ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T KNOW IF BRIGGS IS GONNA
MAKE IT, MAN.
HE'S BEEN LUGGING THAT ***
AROUND ALL DAY.
>> JUST HOLD HERE.
I'LL GO GET HIM.
YOU ALL RIGHT, BUDDY?
>> I DON'T KNOW, PEREZ.
I'M SO TIRED.
I KNOW WE ALL ARE, BUT...
I DON'T KNOW.
MY BODY'S JUST TAKING THE ***
OUT OF ME.
>> SHOULD BE JUST OVER THE NEXT
HILL.
>> YEAH? AND THEN WHAT?
WE NEED SLEEP, PEREZ.
I C-- I CAN'T EVEN HARDLY HOLD
MYSELF UP ANYMORE.
THIS *** IS JUST TOO HEAVY.
I'M JUST TOO TIRED.
I JUST WANT TO -- JUST LET ME
STAY HERE.
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
>> I KNOW.
I KNOW, BRIGGS.
WE CAN'T STAY HERE.
WE'LL DIE FOR SURE.
>> THERE WAS A TIME WHERE I USED
TO CRINGE AT THE THOUGHT OF
DEATH.
BUT NOW THAT IT'S SO CLOSE, IT
DOESN'T SEEM SO BAD.
IT'D AT LEAST BE A BREAK.
>> YEAH, BUT BEYOND ALL THIS,
THERE'S A PLACE WHERE OUR BODIES
NEVER TIRE.
A PLACE WITH GOLDEN ROADS THAT
IF WE SEE IT, WE CAN NEVER
DESCRIBE HOW GOOD IT REALLY WAS.
BUT TO GET THERE, WE HAVE TO
GIVE THIS LIFE OUR ALL.
NOT JUST FOR OURSELVES, BUT FOR
THOSE WHO DEPEND ON US.
AND I DEPEND ON YOU.
>> [ GRUNTS ]
***.
IT'S JUST OVER THE NEXT HILL,
RIGHT?
>> ALL RIGHT.
LET'S GET READY TO MOVE.
>> COME ON.
WE'RE MOVING.
>> OH, ***.
>> FOR A MOMENT, GORDON SEEMED
LOST AS HE LOOKED BACK AT
SOMETHING.
DOMINIQUE FILLED ME IN AND SAID
THAT BRIGGS HAD STOPPED THERE
AND WAS READY TO JUST GIVE UP
AND LET THE UNDEAD TAKE HIM TO
THE NEXT LIFE.
BUT SOMEHOW THE GENTLE PEREZ RAN
OVER TO HIM AND SPOKE THE WORDS
THAT NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW.
WHATEVER HE SAID WAS ENOUGH TO
GET BRIGGS MOVING AGAIN.
>> HEY, MAN.
YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> YEAH.
I GUESS ONE GOOD THING ABOUT
BEING CRIPPLED -- PEOPLE TEND TO
WAIT ON YOU EVEN THOUGH YOU
DON'T ASK THEM TO.
>> NEVER LEAVE A MAN BEHIND,
RIGHT?
GORDON SEEMED ANGRY DURING OUR
WHOLE VISIT BACK UP TO THIS
PLACE.
I COULDN'T EVEN IMAGINE THE
FEELINGS THAT WERE BROUGHT BACK
AS WE WALKED THE GROUNDS WHERE
SO MANY OF HIS FRIENDS WERE
KILLED.
IT PROBABLY DIDN'T HELP THAT I
WAS SO OUT OF MY ELEMENT AND I
WAS ASKING SO MANY QUESTIONS.
SO I TOOK WHATEVER HE DISHED OUT
IN THE HOPE THAT I WOULD COME TO
UNDERSTAND THE PAIN THAT HE FELT
INSIDE.
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>> BET YOU NEVER THOUGHT WE'D
GET DRAGGED UP HERE AGAIN.
>> NEVER THOUGHT WE'D LIVE LONG
ENOUGH TO DO IT.
>> YEAH. WELL, HERE WE ARE.
BACK FOR MORE.
>> YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGHT TO
MAKE IT UP THERE?
>> ARE YOU?
>> OH, GOD.
I AIN'T READY FOR THIS.
>> YOU'D BETTER BE.
IT WAS YOUR IDEA.
>> YEAH.
WELL, NEXT TIME I HAVE AN IDEA,
SHOOT ME.
>> AS WE TRUDGED ALONG IN THE
HEAT AND UP THE STEEP GROUND, I
COULD SEE WHY GORDON HATED THIS
PLACE SO MUCH.
AS I LAGGED BEHIND, I WAS AMAZED
BY HOW FAST THESE MEN STILL WERE
ABLE TO MOVE UP THESE HILLS.
EVEN GORDON, WHO HAD A
PROSTHETIC LEFT LEG AND WALKED
WITH A CANE, KEPT UP WITH THE
OTHER TWO.
I TRIED TO KEEP UP, BUT IT
BECAME OBVIOUS THAT I WAS NOT
MADE FOR THIS.
MY HEART GOES OUT TO THESE MEN.
EVEN AFTER ALL THESE YEARS, THEY
STILL MOVE LIKE INFANTRYMEN.
>> [ SIGHS ] ***.
>> [ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
[ WOOD CRACKING ]
>> YOU INVITED HIM.
>> WELL, AT LEAST THIS TIME
WE'RE NOT IN FULL BATTLE RATTLE.
>> AT LEAST THIS TIME WE'RE NOT
*** ON FUMES, COVERED IN
BLOOD, TIRED AS ***.
>> YEAH. THERE'S THAT, TOO.
>> [ GRUNTS ]
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>> ***!
[ GRUNTING ]
***!
>> COME ON, BUDDY.
GET THE *** UP! COME ON!
COME ON!
>> [ GRUNTING ]
SO *** TIRED, MAN.
>> ME TOO, BROTHER.
COME ON.
WE'RE ALMOST THERE! COME ON!
>> HERE, THERE.
WHO GIVES A ***?!
>> I DO, ***.
>> ***.
I SAW YOU TRYING TO TAKE A BREAK
BACK THERE.
>> *** YOU!
I'VE BEEN CARRYING THIS ***
ALL DAY!
>> YOU WERE JUST *** FIVE
MINUTES AGO.
>> WELL, NOT NOW, ***.
NOW, DRINK WATER AND DRIVE ON,
***.
[ BOTH LAUGHING ]
>> ***.
SORRY.
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT.
LET'S KEEP GOING.
>> ALL RIGHT.
>> COME ON.
>> [ Laughing ] LET'S GO.
[ GROANS ]
>> ***'S NOT WORKING, MAN.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> EVEN THOUGH THINGS WERE HARD
AND TERRIBLE FOR THEM, AND EVEN
IF THEY SNAPPED AT EACH OTHER,
IT WAS QUICKLY FORGIVEN AND
FORGOTTEN.
THEIR EXPERIENCE IN THE HELL OF
THIS WAR HAD FORMED A BOND AND
CAMARADERIE THAT MEN LIKE ME IN
THE CIVILIAN WORLD WOULD NEVER
FULLY UNDERSTAND.
WHILE WE HIKED UP THE REMNANTS
OF AN OLD COMBAT OUTPOST,
DOMINIQUE SEEMED TO BE LOOKING
FOR SOMETHING -- SOMETHING HE
LOST IN MEMORY AND TIME.
I DIDN'T ASK HIM WHAT IT WAS,
BECAUSE HE SEEMED TO BE LOOKING
FOR IT FOR HIS OWN UNDERSTANDING
AND NOT FOR MINE.
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>> WHAT'S UP WITH ALL THIS ***?
>> LOOKS LIKE TAGGERS.
>> I MEAN, LOOK AT THIS ***.
UNGRATEFUL LITTLE ***.
>> [ GRUNTS ]
>> SURE YOU'RE GONNA BE ALL
RIGHT?
>> HOW'D YOU GET UP HERE SO
FAST?
>> INFANTRY, BABY.
>> YOU KNOW THERE'S GONNA BE
A LOT MORE WHERE THAT CAME FROM.
YOU SURE YOU'RE DOWN?
>> THERE'S NO GOING BACK NOW.
>> NOT ON GORY RIDGE.
>> [ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
SO, TAKE ME BACK.
WHAT WAS WAITING FOR YOU GUYS
WHEN YOU GOT UP HERE?
>> WHEN WE WERE SENT WITH THE
185 TO VICTORVILLE, CHARLIE 160
WAS SENT UP HERE.
THEY WERE TO PROVIDE OVERWATCH
OVER PHELAN, AND THEY WERE TO
SECURE THE BACK DOOR.
ONCE THEY GOT UP HERE, THEY GOT
INTO HEAVY CONTACT.
UH, SEEMED LIKE EVERY ZULU
POSSIBLE CAME UP AFTER THEM WHEN
THEY HEARD THERE WAS FRESH
BODIES UP HERE.
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
THEY HELD THEIR GROUND, BUT WHEN
WE GOT TO THEM, THEY WERE IN
TATTERS.
>> WHEN THEY ORIGINALLY WALKED
UP INTO THE OUTPOST, THEY WERE
SHOCKED BY THE LACK OF SOLDIERS
WHO WERE LEFT DEFENDING IT.
WHEN CHARLIE 160 FIRST CAME UP
HERE, THEY HAD 150 MEN.
BUT NOW THERE WERE ONLY FIVE AT
THE POST AND ANOTHER TEN OUT
SOMEWHERE FURTHER IN THE VALLEY.
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AND THE LIEUTENANT WHO WAS
HOLDING THEM TOGETHER WASN'T
TOGETHER HIMSELF.
GORDON SAID THAT IT SEEMED THAT
HE HAD ALREADY LOST HIS MIND
BEFORE THEY GOT HERE.
>> IS THERE ANYTHING YOU WANT US
TO DO?
IF, UH, IF NOT, SIR, THEN MY
GUYS COULD REALLY USE SOME
SLEEP.
WE'RE GOING ON FOUR DAYS OR SO
WITHOUT ANY.
>> IS THIS IT?
>> YES, SIR.
THERE'S SIX OF US.
>> THAT WON'T BE ENOUGH.
>> SIR, DO YOU AT LEAST HAVE ANY
FOOD?
>> ANY FOOD?
>> NO.
>> I'D KILL FOR A VEGGIE CHEESE
OMELET RIGHT NOW.
>> I'D KILL FOR SOME ***
SLEEP.
>> GO AHEAD.
WE AIN'T GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO
RIGHT NOW.
>> [ YAWNS ]
HEY. [ CHUCKLES ]
HEY, GORDON.
YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE WERE IN
BASIC TOGETHER AND IT WAS
LIKE -- I THINK IT WAS WEEK TWO
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AND -- I DON'T KNOW.
I HAD THE BALLS-TO-4 WATCH.
AND, UH, I WAS ROVING AROUND IN
THE HEAD, AND I WAS JUST HEARING
THIS NOISE.
AND I REMEMBER -- [ LAUGHS ]
I HAD, LIKE, NEVER SEEN YOU
BEFORE.
>> YEAH. I WAS JERKING OFF, MAN.
>> [ LAUGHS ] I WAS --
>> SHOULDN'T HAVE GAVE ME THE
PICTURE OF YOUR MOM.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> HEY, WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO
"DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL"?
>> THAT'S TRUE.
>> WHAT THE ***?
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> I'M TRYING TO GET SOME SLEEP,
MAN.
*** BEEN FIGHTING ALL DAY.
>> DUDE, I DON'T KNOW.
JUST -- I WAS SO PUZZLED AT THE
TIME, I DIDN'T KNOW IF I SHOULD
REPORT YOU OR JUST START
LAUGHING MY *** OFF.
YEAH.
THOSE WERE THE GOOD OLD DAYS,
MAN.
THEN WE GOT ATTACHED TO THIS
OUTFIT.
>> YEAH.
JUST THE WAY I GOT ATTACHED TO
YOUR MOM'S THONG FROM THE
PICTURE SHE SENT ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> OH, MAN.
IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THEN, I
THINK WE'D BE JUST SO MUCH
BETTER.
>> I'D KILL FOR A JERK-OFF RIGHT
NOW.
>> WELL, AT LEAST WE GOT EIGHT
HOURS OF SLEEP, TOO.
>> SEVEN HOURS AND FORTY-FIVE
MINUTES OF SLEEP FOR ME.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> YOU'RE SUCH AN ***.
YOU DON'T EVER STOP, DO YOU?
[ LAUGHS ]
>> GET SOME SLEEP, MAN.
>> [ SIGHS ]
I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN NOW.
I JUST REMEMBER THAT IMAGE OF
YOU IN THE HEAD JERKING IT.
>> [ LAUGHS ]
>> IT'S SCARING ME NOW.
[ LAUGHING ]
OH. THOSE WERE THE DAYS.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> SEE YOU LATER, GAY BOY.
>> [ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
DID HE ANSWER?
>> ALL THINGS WILL WORK OUT GOOD
FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE, WHETHER
WE SEE IT NOW OR IN THE END.
>> HOW DO YOU DO IT, MAN?
>> DO WHAT?
>> I MEAN, I NEVER SEEN YOU GIVE
UP.
I MEAN, YOU NEVER LOSE YOUR
COOL.
YOU SEEM TO ALWAYS KEEP PUSHING.
>> WELL, WE ALL DO.
WE ALL HAVE TO.
WE HAVE TO KEEP GOING.
>> BUT YOU'RE DIFFERENT.
I CAN TELL.
YOU SEEM TO PUT EVERYONE ELSE
ABOVE YOURSELF.
IT'S LIKE YOU'RE NOT AFRAID TO
DIE.
>> DON'T BE FOOLED, MY FRIEND.
I'VE BEEN SCARED EVERY STEP OF
THE WAY.
>> YOU AIN'T, PEREZ.
I'VE SEEN IT.
>> I AM AFRAID OF DYING.
JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE.
I'M AFRAID OF THE PAIN.
I'M AFRAID OF GETTING MY GUTS
TORN OUT UP HERE AND THAT I MAY
SUFFER AND DIE IN AGONY.
BUT DEATH?
I DON'T KNOW.
TO ME, IT'S A BEACH.
[ SIGHS ]
A PLACE WHERE NO PAIN AND NO
MISERY WILL EVER BE EXPERIENCED
AGAIN.
A PLACE FREE FROM ALL THIS --
THIS HATRED AND THIS -- THIS WAR
THAT WE EXPERIENCE HERE.
WHERE THERE'S ONLY GOOD AND
WHERE IF YOU FOUGHT THE GOOD
FIGHT, THEN ALL YOU HAVE TO
WORRY ABOUT IS BEING GREETED BY
JESUS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
>> MAN.
THINK HE'LL LET ME GET IN THERE?
>> WELL, IF YOU BELIEVE HIS WORD
AND FOLLOW WHAT HE TEACHES,
HE'LL PREPARE A PLACE FOR YOU.
I'LL EVEN HELP DECORATE THE
INTERIOR BEFORE YOU GET THERE.
>> WHAT MAKES YOU THINK YOU'LL
GET THERE FIRST?
>> WELL, IT BETTER NOT BE YOU.
NOT WITH YOUR SON ON THE WAY.
>> PEREZ?
YOU PROMISE IF YOU GET THERE
BEFORE ME, YOU'LL LEAVE
SOMETHING BACK FROM THE OTHER
SIDE SO I KNOW THIS IS ALL REAL,
SO I KNOW THAT I'LL SEE YOU
AGAIN, SO I KNOW THAT THIS PLACE
IS REALLY BEING PREPARED FOR ME?
>> I'M NOT SURE IT WORKS THAT
WAY.
>> MAYBE WHEN YOU GET UP THERE,
YOU CAN ASK HIM.
MAYBE HE'D BE COOL WITH IT.
>> IF AND WHEN THAT DAY COMES,
I'LL BE SURE TO ASK HIM.
IF HE SAYS COOL, THEN YOU BETTER
REMEMBER THIS CONVERSATION, KEEP
AN EYE OUT.
>> I DON'T THINK THERE'S MUCH UP
HERE THAT'S GONNA BE EASY TO
FORGET.
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>> DEAD HUNTER 6.
THIS IS DEAD HUNTER 33.
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[ WIND WHISTLING ]
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DEAD HUNTER 6.
THIS IS DEAD HUNTER 33.
HOW COPY? OVER.
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[ BEEP ]
DEAD HUNTER 6.
THIS IS DEAD HUNTER 33.
HOW COPY? OVER.
[ BEEP ]
[ BEEP ]
DEAD HUNTER 6, ARE YOU GUYS EVEN
UP?
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[ BEEP ]
I GOT EYES ON ABOUT SIX ZULU
HEADING YOUR WAY.
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>> [ SIGHS ]
[ SNIFFS ]
>> DEAD HUNTER 6, ARE YOU GUYS
AWAKE?
I ADVISE ABOUT SIX ZULU HEADING
YOUR WAY.
[ BEEP ]
CORRECTION ON LAST,
DEAD HUNTER 6.
I ADVISE ON ABOUT 20 ZULU
HEADING YOUR WAY.
HOW COPY? OVER.
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[ BEEP ]
CANNOT ENGAGE FROM OUR PRESENT
LOCATION.
HOW COPY? OVER.
[ BEEP ]
[ BEEP ]
DEAD HUNTER 6.
[ EXPLOSION ]
>> OH, ***! WHAT THE ***?!
LAND MINES DIDN'T DO ***!
[ GUNFIRE, INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
>> JUST AS THEY HAD THE CHANCE
TO SLEEP FOR THE FIRST TIME IN
DAYS, ANOTHER WRENCH WAS THROWN
INTO THEIR PLAN.
MORE CONTACT. MORE FIGHTING.
BUT NOW THEY DIDN'T EVEN THINK
ABOUT IT.
THEY JUST REACTED AND PULLED
THEIR TRIGGERS.
>> FRAG OUT!
>> SO THERE WAS A SQUAD OUT
FURTHER IN THE VALLEY?
>> YEAH.
IT WAS LIKE A FIRST SITE OF
DEFENSE.
THEY WERE ON THESE THREE
SEPARATE HILLS.
WE'LL SHOW YOU THAT LATER.
>> DID YOU GUYS REPLACE THEM
WHEN YOU GOT UP HERE?
>> WELL, PUT IT THIS WAY.
WE DIDN'T GET AS MUCH SLEEP THAT
NIGHT AS WE WOULD LIKE.
[ GUNFIRE, EXPLOSION ]
>> ***!
>> CEASE FIRE! CEASE FIRE!
>> *** YOU!
>> *** CEASE FIRE!
CEASE FIRE! CEASE FIRE!
*** CEASE FIRE!
PUT IT DOWN!
>> HOW THE *** DO YOU KNOW?!
>> THEY'RE NOT MOVING!
CEASE FIRE.
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>> DEAD HUNTER 6.
THIS IS 36.
WHAT'S YOUR STATUS?
[ BEEP ]
[ BEEP ]
DEAD HUNTER 6.
THIS IS 36.
WHAT'S YOUR STATUS?
I GOT TO KNOW HOW YOU GUYS ARE
UP THERE.
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[ BEEP ]
DEAD HUNTER 6.
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>> ***.
[ BEEP ]
>> DEAD HUNTER 6.
HOW COPY? OVER.
[ BEEP ]
[ GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE ]
[ BEEP ]
32 ALPHA.
HOW MANY YOU GOT ON YOUR SIDE?
[ BEEP ]
[ GUNFIRE, INDISTINCT TALKING
ON RADIO ]
>> CEASE FIRE! CEASE FIRE!
>> CALM DOWN AND GIVE A FIGURE
ON HOW MANY YOU HAVE ON YOUR
SIDE SO I CAN SEND SOME GUYS
OVER THERE.
[ GUNFIRE, INDISTINCT TALKING
ON RADIO ]
[ BEEP ]
[ EXPLOSION ]
>> DEAD HUNTER 36.
THIS IS DEAD HUNTER 6.
DO YOU COPY?
[ GUNFIRE IN DISTANCE ]
DEAD HUNTER 36.
[ BEEP ]
[ SCREAMING, GROWLING ON RADIO ]
[ BEEP ]
***.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> [ SIGHS ]
>> ALL RIGHT, PEREZ.
I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO TAKE YOUR
GUYS OVER THERE AND RELIEVE
THEM.
>> RELIEVE WHAT?
*** ISN'T WORKING.
>> IT'S THE ONLY STRATEGY THAT'S
WORKED SO FAR.
>> WHAT THE *** YOU TALKING
ABOUT, IT WORKS?
>> I'M THE L.T.!
I MAKE DECISIONS HERE!
>> ***!
>> YO! GORDO! GORDO!
>> WHOA! WHOA! WHOA! WHOA!
>> GORDO! WHAT THE ***, GORDO?!
>> MOVE YOUR *** OVER HERE.
CHILL THE *** OUT!
WHAT'S YOUR *** PROBLEM?
>> THIS ***'S GONNA GET US
*** KILLED.
I DON'T KNOW WHY WE DIDN'T JUST
FRAG HIS *** RIGHT THEN AND
THERE ANYWAYS.
HE WAS OUT OF HIS DAMN MIND.
>> YEAH. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT?
IF WE HADN'T LISTENED TO THAT
L.T., WE PROBABLY WOULD'VE
GOTTEN SLAUGHTERED THAT NIGHT.
I MEAN, THERE WAS NO WAY WE WERE
GONNA STAY UP FOR WATCH.
AND WE DIDN'T EVEN HAVE NODS, SO
IT WOULDN'T HAVE MATTERED.
>> PROBABLY NOT.
WE COULD TALK ABOUT WHAT SHOULD
HAVE HAPPENED, BUT IT'S NOT
GONNA CHANGE WHAT DID HAPPEN.
>> WELL, DID YOU FOLLOW HIS
ORDERS?
>> WE WOULDN'T BE HERE TALKING
TO YOU IF WE DIDN'T.
>> INSTEAD OF SHOOTING THIS
L.T., AS MUCH AS WE WANTED TO.
IT WASN'T IN US.
SO WE JUST CHARLIE-MIKED AND
SWALLOWED WHATEVER ANGER AND
PRIDE WE HAD LEFT IN US AND...
CONTINUED ON.
SO WE LOADED UP AND MOVED OUT.
>> I ASKED THEM WHAT FEELINGS
CAME OVER THEM AS THEY GOT READY
TO HEAD BACK INTO THE FIGHT.
DOMINIQUE SAID THAT WHAT HE FELT
WAS FEAR.
BUT NOT OF THE UNKNOWN.
NOT THIS TIME.
THEY KNEW WHAT LIED BEFORE THEM.
THEY HAD ALREADY BEEN BAPTIZED
BY CARNAGE.
BUT SOMEHOW THEY STILL HAD THE
SENSE OF DUTY.
GORDON SAID HE WAS PISSED AND
READY TO RUN FOR IT BUT THAT HE
COULDN'T LEAVE HIS FRIENDS TO
DIE ALONE.
SO THERE THEY WENT, BACK INTO
THE ABYSS, NEVER TO BE SEEN
AGAIN.
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ WORD PROCESSOR CLICKING ]
[ KNUCKLES CRACKING ]
AS WE WALKED UP TO THE HIGH
RIDGE, I SAW GORDON STRUGGLING
WITH HIS CANE.
I TRIED TO HELP HIM, BUT HE
PULLED AWAY.
>> [ GRUNTS ]
I GOT THIS, MAN.
>> HE JUST DIDN'T LIKE PEOPLE
WAITING ON HIM.
I FELT LIKE I HAD WRONGED HIM IN
SOME WAY, BUT THE OTHERS ASSURED
ME NOT TO WORRY.
THEY SAID THAT SOMETHING
HAPPENED UP HERE TO GORDON WHERE
HIS LIFE WAS SAVED BUT HE DIDN'T
FEEL THAT HE DESERVED IT, SO IT
WAS HARD FOR HIM TO ACCEPT HELP
ON HIS BEHALF.
DURING THIS TIME, DOMINIQUE SAID
THAT THERE WAS A POEM THAT
ALWAYS STUCK WITH HIM OVER THE
YEARS THAT HE NEVER REALLY
UNDERSTOOD UNTIL HE CAME UP
HERE...BUT THAT WAS THE ONLY
THING THAT REMINDED HIM OF WHAT
HE FELT LIKE TO FIGHT IN THIS
WAR.
[ PAPERS THUD, SLIDE ]
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
[ CHAIR SLIDES ]
[ WORD PROCESSOR CLICKING ]
IT GOES LIKE THIS.
"I KNEW A SIMPLE SOLDIER BOY WHO
GRINNED AT LIFE IN EMPTY JOY...
SLEPT SOUNDLY THROUGH THE
LONESOME DARK, AND WHISTLED
EARLY WITH THE LARK.
IN WINTER TRENCHES, COWED AND
GLUM, WITH CRUMBS AND LICE AND
LACK OF RUM, HE PUT A BULLET
THROUGH HIS BRAIN.
NO ONE SPOKE OF HIM AGAIN.
YOU SMUG-FACED CROWDS WITH
KINDLING EYE WHO CHEER WHEN
SOLDIER LADS MARCH BY, SNEAK
HOME AND PRAY YOU'LL NEVER KNOW
THE HELL WHERE YOUTH AND
LAUGHTER GO."
THESE TIRED, HUNGRY, AND
TERRIFIED YOUNG MEN RAN INTO
THEIR SEPARATE POSITIONS ON
THREE DIFFERENT HILLS, WHERE
THEY COULD OVERLOOK THE ROADS.
AS SOON AS THEY REACHED THEIR
POSITION, THEY CAME FACE-TO-FACE
YET AGAIN WITH THE REALITIES OF
WAR.
THOSE MEN THEY HEARD IN THE
DISTANCE ON THE RADIO HAD BECOME
NOTHING MORE THAN A PILE OF
GORE.
[ WORD PROCESSOR CLICKING ]
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
>> JUST GO ON AHEAD.
I'LL CATCH UP TO YOU.
>> PEREZ LEFT THEM FOR A FEW
MINUTES.
HE SAID THAT HE DIDN'T KNOW WHY
BUT WAS CONFIDENT THAT HE WOULD
COME BACK.
HE KNEW PEREZ WOULD NEVER LEAVE
THEM THERE ALONE.
HE STILL WONDERED WHERE HE WENT
OFF TO AND ASSUMES THAT HE
ALWAYS WILL.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> I CAN'T STAND LOOKING AT
THIS.
O'LEARY, COME HELP ME OUT.
[ INHALES DEEPLY ]
[ SQUISHING ]
OH! *** ME!
>> OH, ***.
>> GOD DAMN IT.
>> ***, DUDE.
>> [ SIGHS ] ***.
>> I *** HATE WAR, DOM.
*** HATE IT.
>> YOU'RE TELLING ME.
>> DOMINIQUE LOOKED OVER HIS
FIGHTING POSITION FROM YEARS
BEFORE AND SEEMED TO BE AFFECTED
BY IT.
HE SAID THAT WHEN HE FIRST
ARRIVED HERE, THAT THE SIGHT WAS
SO HORRIBLE THAT HE DIDN'T WANT
TO TALK ABOUT IT.
HE SAID THAT IT WAS SO BAD AND
THAT HE WAS SO WORRIED, THAT HE
WAS DRIVEN TO DO SOMETHING HE
NEVER DID BEFORE IN HIS ENTIRE
LIFE.
HE BEGAN TO PRAY TO GOD.
>> [ GRUNTING ]
>> THESE MEN WERE UP HERE FOR
FOUR DAYS STRAIGHT, FIGHTING AND
RUNNING THE ENTIRE TIME.
AT THIS POINT, THEY HAD TROUBLE
EVEN THINKING.
THERE WAS NO POSSIBILITY OF THEM
STAYING AWAKE, AND THEIR ENEMY
TOOK FULL ADVANTAGE OF THAT.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> [ Whispering ] YOU WILL SAVE
THEM.
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYING ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC FADES ]
[ WORD PROCESSOR CLICKING,
BEEPING ]
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> [ SNIFFS ]
>> [ GROWLING ]
>> ZOMBIE!
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING, MOANING ]
>> OH, ***!
[ SHELLS CLATTERING, ZOMBIES
GROWLING ]
>> ***!
*** YOU!
>> [ COUGHS ]
MY *** NECK.
OH, ***!
MY NECK. MY *** NECK!
>> *** MOVE! WE GOT TO GO!
>> WHERE'S MY GUN AT?!
>> *** YOUR GUN!
WE GOT TO GET OUT OF HERE!
>> [ GROANING ]
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
[ ZOMBIE GROWLS ]
>> ***.
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
>> ***!
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
GET THE *** OUT OF HERE!
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
>> YOU READY TO GET THE ***
OUT OF TOMBSTONE, BROTHER?
>> YEAH. *** YEAH.
COME ON.
>> GO.
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> [ GRUNTING ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
>> YOU ***!
>> SET!
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
[ SHELLS CLATTERING ]
>> SET!
>> SET!
>> [ GRUNTS ] SET!
>> GORDON, WHAT THE *** YOU
DOING OVER THERE?!
OVER HERE!
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
[ INDISTINCT SHOUTING ]
>> GO! GO! GO!
>> SET!
[ SHELLS CLATTERING ]
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> SET!
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> SET!
>> SET!
[ GUNFIRE CONTINUES ]
>> [ GRUNTS ]
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
[ GROANS ]
>> GORDON!
WHAT THE *** IS TAKING SO LONG?
HOLY ***!
>> OH!
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> [ SCREAMING ]
MY *** SHOULDER!
GET HIM OFF OF ME!
[ SCREAMS ]
>> MY GUN!
[ SCREAMING ]
[ GUNSHOT ]
***!
[ ZOMBIE GROWLS ]
[ GUNSHOTS ]
[ GROWLING STOPS ]
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
>> CARTER.
CARTER!
CARTER!
>> [ GRUNTS ]
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
>> AS DOMINIQUE LOOKED DOWN AT
THE GRAVE OF HIS FRIEND, THEY
EXPLAINED TO ME THAT DOMINIQUE
FELT PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
O'LEARY'S DEATH, IN THAT HAD HE
BEEN IN FRONT OF O'LEARY WHEN
THE UNDEAD RUSHED THEM THAT HE
WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SHOOT
THEM BEFORE THEY GOT TO HIM
INSTEAD OF GETTING PINNED UNDER
HIS FRIEND AS THEY TORE HIM
APART.
I BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND THE PAIN
THESE MEN FELT.
THEY HAD BEEN THROUGH THE WORST
WAR HAD TO OFFER AND NOW WERE
LEFT TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THEY
COULD HAVE DONE TO CHANGE
THINGS.
WHAT IF THEY ACTED DIFFERENTLY?
BUT CONSIDERING EVERYTHING, NO
ONE COULD BLAME THEM FOR WHAT
HAPPENED.
THESE MEN WERE THROWN TO THE
WOLVES.
>> YOU GONNA BE ALL RIGHT?
>> YOU KNOW, IT ALL COULDN'T
HAVE BEEN CHANCE.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
>> WELL, IF ANYTHING HAD CHANGED
JUST SLIGHTLY, THE THREE OF US
MIGHT NOT HAVE MADE IT OUT.
SOMEBODY WAS LOOKING OUT FOR US.
>> LIKE FATE OR SOMETHING.
>> NO, GORDO.
LIKE SOMEONE.
THAT SOMEONE SHOWED US A LOT OF
MERCY THAT DAY.
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
[ BREATHING HEAVILY ]
GET ME THE *** OUT OF HERE.
[ EXPLOSION, GUNFIRE IN
DISTANCE ]
>> WE'VE GOT TO GO.
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> SET!
[ SHELLS CLATTERING ]
>> SET!
>> SET!
>> TWO!
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> ***!
>> IS THAT YOU, MAN?
I GOT YOU.
>> [ GROWLING ]
>> [ SCREAMING ]
>> [ GROWLING ]
>> BRIGGS! BRIGGS!
[ GROANING ]
>> ***.
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
>> [ GRUNTS ]
GET OFF, ***!
DIE, ***!
>> HEY, GORDON! YOU ALL RIGHT?
>> *** NO, I'M NOT ALL RIGHT!
[ GROANS ]
[ ZOMBIES GROWLING ]
OH, MY GOD. MY LEG, MAN.
[ CLICKING ]
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ WIND WHISTLING ]
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
>> NOW THE PAIN AND ANGER GORDON
HAD SHOWED THAT DAY BECAME CLEAR
TO ME.
AS WE WALKED BACK TO THE SITE
WHERE HIS BEST FRIEND GAVE HIS
LIFE FOR HIM, I COULD SEE WHY HE
WAS THE WAY HE WAS, WHY HE
COULDN'T ACCEPT HELP AND WHY HE
FELT SHAME AT TIMES.
HE CARRIED WITH HIM A LIMP THAT
WOULD ALWAYS BE THERE TO REMIND
HIM OF THE MAN WHO LAID DOWN
HIS LIFE TO KEEP HIM SAFE.
SAMUEL T. BRIGGS WAS BORN A
FIGHTER WHO, GORDON SAID, HAD
HIS DAYS AND MOMENTS WHERE HE'D
HAD ENOUGH, JUST LIKE THEY ALL
DID.
BUT WHEN IT COUNTED, HE GAVE IT
HIS ALL UNTIL HE BLED OUT AND
DRIFTED AWAY.
GORDON QUESTIONED WHY -- WHY DID
O'LEARY AND BRIGGS HAVE TO GET
TORN APART?
HE SAID THAT THE SIX OF THEM
NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN ORDERED
UP HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.
HE SAID THAT THE BRASSES WERE
JUST COVERING THEIR *** TO SAY
THAT THEY SENT SOMEONE UP AFTER
THE 160 ISSUED A DISTRESS CALL.
THESE ARE THE TERRIBLE QUESTIONS
THAT WILL LINGER IN THESE
VETERANS' MINDS FOR YEARS TO
COME.
THESE ARE THE SCARS THEY WILL
CARRY FOR THE REST OF THEIR
LIVES.
[ WORD PROCESSOR CLICKING,
BEEPING ]
SO YOU, GORDON, HAD A MASSIVE
SLASH IN YOUR LEG WHILE YOU WERE
BEING CARRIED BY THESE TWO AND
YOU GUYS HAD A HORDE OF UNDEAD
CHASING YOU?
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
>> HOW ON EARTH DID YOU GUYS
MAKE IT OUT OF HERE?
>> PEREZ.
>> PEREZ.
>> PEREZ.
[ WORD PROCESSOR CLICKING,
BEEPING ]
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
>> THEY RAN AND RAN AND RAN.
THEY WERE BEING CHASED BY THE
UNDEAD THE ENTIRE TIME THEY WERE
CARRYING GORDON, WHO WAS IN
AGONY.
THEY TOLD ME THAT IF SOMETHING
HADN'T CHANGED QUICK, THEY WOULD
HAVE ALL BEEN RIPPED TO PIECES
IN MINUTES.
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
BUT FOR SOME MEN, THERE COMES A
TIME HE GOTS TO MAKE A CALL,
WHEN THINGS ARE SO BAD THAT HE'S
ONLY PRESENTED WITH TWO OPTIONS.
EITHER THEY ALL GET IT OR HE
BITES THE BULLET AND GOES IN THE
PLACE OF HIS FRIENDS.
PEREZ MADE THAT CALL.
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ TEMPO INCREASES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ SLOW MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ TEMPO INCREASES ]
THERE'S ALWAYS GOING TO BE A
PART OF THEM THAT'S MISSING,
WHETHER IT BE A PHYSICAL PART OF
THEIR BODY OR THAT THING THAT'S
MISSING FROM THEIR SOULS.
DOESN'T MATTER WHAT IT IS OR
WHY, BECAUSE THEY KNOW WHERE IT
WENT.
IT GOT LEFT UP ON THE RIDGE.
THERE'S ALWAYS GONNA BE THAT
22-YEAR-OLD KID THAT'S UP THERE
FIGHTING TO STAY ALIVE AND
TRYING TO KEEP HIS BUDDIES FROM
GETTING TORN APART.
AND THAT WE CAN NEVER FORGET.
THEY HAVE TO CONTINUE LIVING.
BUT NOW THEY KNOW THAT WHEN
THINGS REALLY GOT TOUGH, THERE
WAS A BROTHER RIGHT THERE NEXT
TO THEM, KNEE-DEEP IN THE SAME
BLOOD AND GORE THEY WERE SUCKING
IN, TRYING TO FIGHT THROUGH
EXHAUSTION SO THAT HE COULD
KEEP THEM SAFE, PULLING GUARD SO
THAT THEY MAY SLEEP, DYING SO
THAT THEY MAY LIVE.
AND THAT'S WHY THEY GO ON -- IN
HONOR OF THE FALLEN.
THE ONES WHO NEVER EVEN CAME OF
AGE TO BUY THEMSELVES A DRINK IN
A BAR...
>> IT'S ALL RIGHT, MAN.
>> THANK YOU.
...WHO WERE NEVER CONSIDERED MEN
BY A GENERATION WHO FORGOT THEY
WERE STILL FIGHTING A WAR.
THEY LIVE FOR THE ONES WHO WENT
UNTIL THEY COULD NO MORE.
FOR THE GRUNTS WHO PUT DOWN
THEIR LIVES FOR ALL OF US.
THEY LIVED, BUT THEY NEVER
REALLY MOVED ON.
THAT'S THE PRICE OF SACRIFICE.
THAT'S THE PRICE WE PAY FOR WHAT
PEACE WE DO GET.
THAT'S WAR, SCARS AND ALL.
NO MAN WALKS AWAY FROM THAT
WITHOUT LEAVING SOMETHING
BEHIND, NO MATTER WHAT SOCIETY
THINKS HE SHOULD DO.
ONCE A WARRIOR, ALWAYS A
WARRIOR.
[ CHAIR SLIDES ]
[ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
>> FOR THE FALLEN.
>> [ EXHALES DEEPLY ]
>> DID PEREZ WRITE THAT?
>> NO.
HE WROTE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS WALL RIGHT HERE.
>> SO WHO WROTE THAT?
[ MID-TEMPO MUSIC PLAYS ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]
[ MUSIC CONTINUES ]