Hey man, what happens in the field, stays in the field.
Eriksson
Michael J. Fox · 12 quotes
Sgt. Tony Meserve
Sean Penn · 12 quotes
Clark
Don Harvey · 5 quotes
Capt. Hill
Dale Dye · 3 quotes
Second Lieutenant Reilly
Ving Rhames · 2 quotes
Private Eriksson
Michael J. Fox · 1 quote
Most scenes together: Sgt. Tony Meserve & Eriksson (4), Sgt. Tony Meserve & Clark (4), Eriksson & Clark (3)
Casualties of War quotes
Page 1 of 2Everybody's acting like we can do anything and it don't matter what we do. Maybe we gotta' be extra careful because maybe it matters more than we even know.
Lt. Reilly
So what was I doing in jail? What I was doing, let me advise you, was fixin' to shoot some motha****a's working in that hospital, that's what I was doing.
Eriksson, these men **** up good. But you bringing formal charges against them, is that gonna help that poor girl one little bit?
Maybe if you'd have been there, sir. Maybe if you had heard her screaming, you'd feel—
YOU DON'T TELL ME SHIT ABOUT SCREAMING, BOY! I've heard a LOT of ****in' screaming in this country! Most of it's come from wounded American boys. [pauses] I'm gonna transfer you out of my company, Eriksson. That alright with you? I'll get you out of the bush, out of the infantry- any ****in' place you wanna go, you name it. I saw your 201 file in the rear. Said you volunteered to be a tunnel rat. Is that what you want, Eriksson?
I'd like to get out of this particular company, yes, sir.
Well, that's a Rog, Eriksson- you're a tunnel rat. We get to the rear, you pack your trash-
That's not gonna keep me from trying to bring this thing out, sir.
Nobody's trying to keep you from doing a goddamn thing. My function here is just to tell you just how something like this is gonna come down. And you oughta be advised that military court-martials are notoriously lenient, and stateside review boards are even more lenient. Even if these four guys get convicted they're not gonna do any real time.
Yes, sir.
In fact, they're gonna be out of the stockade before you can flick flies offa shit, Eriksson. And if I was them, I'd be pissed off- wouldn't you? I'd be lookin' for a little PAYBACK! Now, a man like you- wife, baby daughter- I'd be considering those factors very carefully.
Pardon me sir, what's your point, sir?
There ain't no point, Eriksson. I'm simply trying to illuminate the terrain in which we currently find ourselves deployed. You don't mind that, do you? And if you do, **** YOU!
Yessir.
You on my frequency?!
Yes, SIR!
YOU ****IN' MAGGOT! Who the hell do you think you are?! You're in that report recommending Meserve for a Bronze Star- he pulled you out of a VC tunnel, boy! Now the shit with that girl, that was wrong. But he's a kid, Eriksson, he's twenty goddamn years old! And you're gonna ruin his life! He saved yours.
You couldn't let it rest, could you? You had to push it?
Go to hell. SIR.
She was real.
The army don't wanna surprise us.
Leave it to the dinks for that, huh?
Give me a minute on this thing we're doing. I mean, what we're doing. What are we doing, sarge?
We have a VC suspect. Is that what you mean? She's a VC whore and we're gonna have fun with her.
She's just a farm girl.
You're the cherry here, right? So lighten up.
Let me carry the weight. What's the problem, sarge?
He don't think our VC whore is a VC whore.
Pardon me sir, what's your point, sir?
There ain't no point, Eriksson. I'm simply trying to illuminate the terrain in which we currently find ourselves deployed. You don't mind that, do you? And if you do, **** YOU! You on my frequency?
Yes SIR!
Who got hit Sarge?
Hawthorne The cherry. Man, that boy was bagged and tagged the minute they cut his orders to this place. They should've just shot him at home.
You sick son of a bitch!
I told you, cherry. What happen...
[Clark is hit in the face by Eriksson with a shovel]
Nobody cares, Meserve. I told everybody. I told them. You don't have to worry. You don't have to try to kill me, man. I told them, and THEY DON'T CARE!
Girl on Bus
You had a bad dream, didn't you?
Yes.
Girl on Bus
It's over now, I think. Chao ong.
Don't **** with me. You're taking your turn in there.
No! I ain't raping nobody!
You think you're sayin' no to ME? You ain't hotshot enough to be sayin' no to me. [Eriksson walks out of the hut] MOTHER****- MOTHER****ER! You think you're standin' up to me? HUH?!
I ain't doin' it! No way!
Well, what's the matter, don't you like girls? Ain't you got a pair, is that your problem?
What's goin' on here, Sarge?
Eriksson here don't wanna ball the dink.
Why?
I don' know.
I hate the army. I bet you like the army, don't you Eriksson?
This ain't the army, sarge.
You're taking your turn in there.
No! I ain't raping nobody!
You think you're sayin' no to ME? You're taking your turn.
No.
Well maybe when I'm through with her, I'm gonna come after you. Maybe when I'm done humping her, I'm gonna come hump you!