Third-generation West Point, top of his class, Korea, Airborne, about 1000 decorations, et cetera, et cetera.
11 seconds sound clip from the Apocalypse Now movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:22:37 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- You know, I've pulled a few special ops in here.
- About six months ago, I took a man who was going up past the bridge at Do Luong.
- I heard he shot himself in the head.
- At first, I thought they handed me the wrong dossier. I couldn't believe they wanted this man dead.
- I had heard his voice on the tape and it really put the hook in me...
- But I couldn't connect up that voice with this man.
- Like they said, he had an impressive career. Maybe too impressive. I mean, perfect.
- He was being groomed for one of the top slots in the corporation, General, Chief of Staff, anything.
- In 1964, he returned from a tour with advisory command in Vietnam and things started to slip.
[...]