But after the press got a hold of it, they promoted him to full colonel instead.
6 seconds sound clip from the Apocalypse Now movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:03:06 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- October 1967, on special assignment, Kon Tum Province, II Corps.
- Kurtz staged Operation Archangell with combined local forces, rated a major success.
- He received no official clearance. He just thought it up and did it.
- They were gonna nail his ass to the floorboards for that one.
- But after the press got a hold of it, they promoted him to full colonel instead.
- Oh, man, the bullshit piled up so fast in Vietnam, you needed wings to stay above it.
- This sure enough is a bizarre sight in the middle of this shit.
[...]
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Actors: Marlon Brando (Colonel Walter Kurtz), Martin Sheen (Captain Benjamin Willard), Dennis Hopper (American photojournalist), Robert Duvall (Lt. Col. William "Bill" Kilgore), Frederic Forrest (Jay "Chef" Hicks)
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