The village, which had stood for maybe 1000 years, didn't know we were coming that day. If they had, they would have run.
9 seconds sound clip from the Platoon movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:45:20 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
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- We had to get to the village before dark.
- So we left Elias with some men to keep looking and to wait for the engineers.
- But it was King who found him, about 1000 yards downriver, not far from the village.
- It was the end of the mystery.
- Barnes was at the eye of our rage. And through him, our Captain Ahab.
- He would set things right again. That day, we loved him.
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