We Were Soldiers Quotes

[first lines]
French Captain: Anything?
French Lieutenant: No, Captain.
French Captain: ****ing heat. ****ing grass. ****ing country. [Vietnamese bullet hits him in the head]
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Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: American soldiers in battle don't fight for what some president says on T.V., they don't fight for mom, apple pie, the American flag... they fight for one another.
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Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: I wonder what was going through Custer's mind when he realized that he'd led his men into a slaughter?
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Sir, Custer was a pussy. You ain't.
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Maj. General Henry Kinnard: The White House anticipates a buildup and wants a victory over cavemen in black pajamas.
General in Hallway: We wouldn't be there if they hadn't already beaten the French Army.
Maj. General Henry Kinnard: French Army? What's that?
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[At night]
Specialist Galen Bungum: I can't see a thing, but I can smell them.
Sergeant Ernie Savage: Dead bodies smell, Bungum.
Specialist Galen Bungum: No it's not the dead ones! I can smell them creeping up on us.
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[the Viet Minh look down on wounded French soldiers]
Viet Minh Sergeant: Do we take prisoners?
Lt. Col. Nguyen Huu An: No. Kill all they send... and they will stop coming.
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