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Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: - Sent us another bunch of officers.
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: - Uh-huh
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Real green.
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: Gotta train 'em up. Makes me think I'm starting a new unit.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: They sent new rifles too
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: The M-16. That's supposed to be a pretty good weapon.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: Lots of plastic. Feels like a BB gun to me. Believe I'll stick with my pistol.
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: You think we're gonna get close enough to the enemy to use that?
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley: What do you think, sir?
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Lt. Colonel Hal Moore: A leader must remain cool and calm. And second, he must learn to ignore explosions... the heat and dust, the screams of the wounded. This is normal on a battlefield. Normal!
Derrell Keith Lester
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