Courage Under Fire1996

[Serling visits Captain Boylar's parents]

Don Boylar:
I guess we've been expecting you.

Nathaniel Serling:
Ahem. First of all, let me, um. Let me just say that, uh, there was nothing that, uh, Tom and I wouldn't do for each other. Nothing. He was a good soldier. He was like a brother to me. That night, uh, 25 February, there were enemy tanks in our lines. We thought... I... I thought that, uh, Tom's tank was an enemy tank. And, uh... I gave the order to fire. God help me. I, um... Yeah, I killed him. As for the funeral, the lies the Army told, and the lies that I told, to you, I can only beg for your forgiveness. As far as the, as far as that night, um, I guess there's no way that, uh, I can even begin to ask you to forgive me.

Boylar:
I know that, but it's a burden you're going to have to put down sometime.

Serling:
Thank you, sir.