China Beach1988

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.