I wanted to see exotic
Vietnam, the jewel of

Southeast Asia. I wanted to meet interesting

and stimulating people of an ancient culture
and ... kill them. I
wanted to be the first kid
on my block to get a confirmed kill.

Pick'em up and set'em down, Pyle!
Quickly! Move it up! Were you born a fat
slimy scumbag, you piece of shit, Private
Pyle? Or did you have to work on it? Move
it up! Quickly! Hustle up! The fucking war
will be over by the time we get out there,
won't it, Private Pyle?

HARTMAN
What's your name, scumbag?

SNOWBALL
(shouting)
Sir, Private Brown, sir!

HARTMAN
Bullshit! From now on you're Private
Snowball! Do you like that name?


SNOWBALL
(shouting)
Sir, yes, sir!

HARTMAN

Well, there's one thing that you won't like,
Private Snowball! They don't serve fried
chicken and watermelon on a daily basis in
my mess hall!

SNOWBALL
Sir, yes, sir!

No problem. Welcome aboard. By the way, my
name's Schinoski. Walter J. Schinoski. My
people call me Mister Touchdown. I played a
little ball for Notre Dame.

Well, I don't think
there's any question about
it. I mean we're the best. I mean all
that
bullshit about the Air Cav ... When the shit
really hits
the fan, who do they call? They call
Mother Green and her killing
machine!

If you ladies leave my island, if you survive
recruit training ... you will be a weapon, you
will be a minister of death, praying for war.
But until that day you are pukes! You're the
lowest form of life on Earth. You are not even
human fucking beings!
You are nothing but unorganized grabasstic pieces of amphibian shit!
Because I am hard, you will not like me. But
the more you hate me, the more you will
learn. I am hard, but I am fair! There is no
racial bigotry here! I do not look down on
niggers, kikes, wops or greasers. Here you
are all equally worthless! And my orders are
to weed out all non-hackers who do not pack
the gear to serve in my beloved Corps! Do
you maggots understand that?

Holy dogshit! Texas! Only steers and queers
come from Texas, Private Cowboy! And you
don't look much like a steer to me, so that
kinda narrows it down! Do you suck dicks!

The thousand-yard stare.
A marine gets it
after he's been in the shit for too long.
It's like ... it's like you've really
seen beyond. I got it.
All field marines got it. And you'll have it
too.

Toejam, pop that Blister!

I want you to get straight up to Phu Bai.
Captain January will need all his people

Now you might not believe it but under fire
Animal Mother is one of the finest human
beings in the world.

Laughter.

All he needs is somebody to throw hand
grenades at him the rest of his life.

Uh, excuse me, ma'am. Now what we
have
here, little yellow sister, is a magnificent...

(takes out his dick)
. . specimen of pure Alabama blacksnake.

But it ain't too goddamn boo-coo.

The girl looks at it.

Hoots and
catcalls.

TEENAGE HOOKER
Okay. Okay. Emjee.

I will never forget this day. The day I came
to Hue City and fought one million N.V.A.
gooks. I love the little Commie bastards, man,
I really do. These enemy grunts are as hard
as slant-eyed drill instructors. These are
great days we're living, bros!'We are jolly
green giants, walking the earth with guns.
These people we wasted here today ... are
the finest human beings we will ever know.
After we rotate back to the world, we're gonna
miss not having anyone around that's worth shooting.