“New Year's Day, 1968. Just another day, stayin' alive. There's been a...” – Chris Taylor, Platoon ... Movie Quotes Database

Chris Taylor

New Year's Day, 1968. Just another day, stayin' alive. There's been a lot of movement near the Cambodian border, regiments of NVA moving across. A lot of little firefights and ambushes. We drop a lot of bombs and then we walk through the jungle like ghosts in a landscape.

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