And they say if you're gonna get killed in the Nam, it's better to get it in the first few weeks. The logic being you don't suffer that much.
9 seconds sound clip from the Platoon movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:11:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- I'm so tired. We get up at 5:00 a.m., hump all day, camp around 4:00 or 5:00, dig a foxhole, eat.
- Then put out an all-night ambush or a three-man listening post in the jungle.
- It's scary, 'cause nobody tells me how to do anything 'cause I'm new.
- Nobody cares about the new guys. They don't even want to know your name.
- The unwritten rule is a new guy's life isn't worth as much 'cause he hasn't put his time in yet.
- So, maybe you sleep three, four hours a night, but you don't really sleep.
- I don't think I can keep this up for a year, Grandma.
- I think I made a big mistake coming here.
- We've got beaucoup movement.
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Sound bites of the best quotes, memorable one liners and sound fx from the Platoon (1986) movie soundboard. All the audio clips can be downloaded in .mp3 format.
Actors: Charlie Sheen (Private Chris Taylor), Tom Berenger (Sgt. Bob Barnes), Willem Dafoe (Sgt. Elias Gordon), Keith David (King), Kevin Dillon (Bunny), John C. McGinley (Sgt. O'Neill), Reggie Johnson (Junior), Francesco Quinn (Rhah), Dale Dye (Captain Harris)
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