i'm sorry i haven't the only thing i didn't bring the playboy bunnies into hamburger hill i know what they did was they brought to us so girls right in to opposition. for i guess a half an hour and were just stared in from like a hundred yards away now we got to talk with them and they just were nice and they were just nice and we just like sit down and just having a conversation so to speak because we didn't have anyplace else to go actually because the position we were at was on top of a mountain. and then they. lifted back out. how long were you. active in vietnam that was the first tour and i was always only there for one tour i extended my time so i could. get in early out of this or i stayed fourteen months. total because they only had two years in the service if you had eighteen months when you return to the united states to get out of the world and that's what you and i had enough. but you did just got lucky and just did what i posted i did the last two months. burning the what we used to call the and light the showers. were sent me as well as out houses and they had. fifty fi

i will never forget the movie, hamburger hill. i had the clans to meet courtney hill. i said, do you realize you were me? he was that same kind of soldier and i said, where did you get that. the soldiers gathered around you when you were injured. they did the same thing with me. i am telling them to get away from me. all you are going to do is get me shot again. when the medic is hit, it has a psychological effect. doc has been hit, doc has been hit. i remember this sergeant, robinson, big, burly black guy. he came to me and looked down and said, doc, you been hit. i don't know if you gonna live or not. i said, thanks a lot. the chopper came down. we were up in a mountainous area in the morning and the area was thin. they loaded six of us on the chopper. the chopper had trouble getting altitude. i'm laying across this huey. my feet are out one end and my head out the other end. the chopper is struggling, struggling. i said, lord, the speed on me and that bullet is going to hit me head at any minute. they tried one time. it came back down. tried again and they finally go

guest: i got injured and of course everybody came running around me. all never forget the movie hamburger hill with the medic. i had the chance to meet courtney vance. i told them, do you realize you were me? he was that same kind of soldier. we laughed and reminisced. the soldiers all gathered around you when you were injured. they did the same thing with me. i'm telling them to get away from me because all you're going to do is get me shot again. when the medic is hit, that has a psychological hit that effect. a big burly black eye came to me and said doc, you've been hit. i don't know if you're going to live or not. i say, thanks a lot. of course, the chopper came down. we were in a mountainous area. the air was very thin. they loaded us onto the chopper. the chopper had trouble getting altitude. and -- oned out one end and my head laid out on the other end. they tried one time and came back down. they tried again. they finally got out of there. they got me to the hospital. i think from the time i was shot -- within 45 minutes, i was on the operating table at the hospital. doctort morning,

>> it was -- i got injured and, of course, everybody came running around me. and i'll never forget the movie "hamburger hill" and the medic. i had a chance to meet courtney vance sometime later who played that role. i told him later. i said, did you realize you were me? he was that same kind of soldier. i said, where did you get hit? we kind of laughed and reminisced about that. the only deal was like the soldiers gathered all around you when you were injured, they did the same thing with me. and i'm telling them to get away from me because -- all you're going to do is get me shot again. when the medic is hit, it has a psychological effect. doc has been hit, doc has been hit. i remember this old sergeant robinson, big, burly black guy. they came to me and looked. he said, doc, you've been hit. i don't know if you're going to live or not. thanks a lot. [ laughter ] of course the chopper came down and we were kind of up in a mountainous area in the morning. the air was very thin. they loaded six of us on the chopper. and the chopper had trouble getting altitude. and i'm laying across this hughy. my feet out o

>> it was -- i got injured, and of course everybody came running around me and i'll never forget the movie, hamburger hille the medic. and i had a chance to meet in advance. sometime later who played that role and i told him about it. i said, do you realize you were me? because he was that same kind of soldier and i said, where did you -- and we laughed and reminisce about that. and i said, only deal was, like the soldiers gathered all around you when you were injured, they did the same thing with me. and i'm telling them to get away from me. because all you're going to do is get me shot again. but when the medic is hit, it has a psychological effect on the guy. hey, doc has been hit. doc has been hit. i remember this little sergeant robinson, big burley black guy that came to me and looked down and said, doc, you been hit. i don't know if you're going to live or not. thanks a lot! and of course, the chopper came down and we were up in the mountainous area in the morning and the air was very thin. loaded about six of us on the chopper. this huey. my head is out one end and my feet the other end. i said, t