The Veteran

[first lines]

Title Card:
In the 1950's, the United States began sending American men and women thousands of miles to fight in the Vietnam War. Almost 3 million Americans participated.

Title Card:
30 years later, 1,835 American Prisoners Of War still remain unaccounted for.

Raymond Watson:
You're so beautiful.

Vietnamese Woman:
Not I'm not.

Raymond Watson:
What do you mean?

Vietnamese Woman:
In my country, the lighter you are the more beautiful you are considered. I'm dark.

Raymond Watson:
Well in my country, black is beautiful.

Capt. Ramsey:
[dug into beach bunker] You get any plans for when we get back to the real world?

Red Fuentes:
Yeah, I ain't going to a f***ing beach!

Raymond Watson:
He saved your life.

Mark 'Doc' Jordan:
Prolonged my life.

Raymond Watson:
Don't say that. Where there's life, doc, there's hope.

Mark 'Doc' Jordan:
Why didn't you shoot her? Why didn't you just pull the trigger and shoot. She was the enemy. Right? She was trying to kill us. Right?

Raymond Watson:
The streets were crowded, Doc. Just too many innocent bystanders.

Mark 'Doc' Jordan:
You don't get it, do you? Sarge, were all innocent bystanders. Every last one of us.

Raymond Watson:
It wasn't because you were gay, Doc. It was because you were weak.