Courage Under Fire Page #9

..is finally tested and proven.

And who among us really knows...

..how he might respond

when that moment comes?

(man) I guess we've been expecting you.

Ahem. First of all, let me, um...

Let me just say that, uh,...

..there was nothing that, uh,...

..Tom and I wouldn't do for each other.

Nothing.

He was a good soldier.

He was like a brother to me.

That night, uh, 25 February...

..there were enemy tanks in our lines.

We thought...

I... I thought that, uh,...

..Tom's tank was an enemy tank.

And, uh,...

..I gave the order to fire.

God help me.

I, um...

Yeah, I killed him.

As for the funeral,...

..the lies the Army told...

..and the lies that I told...

..to you, I can only...

..beg for your forgiveness.

As far as the...

As far as that night, um,...

..I guess there's no way that, uh,...

..I can even begin to ask you to forgive me.

I know that,...

..but it's a burden

you're going to have to put down sometime.

Thank you, sir.

Mr. President.

(engines roaring)

(Karen) Dear Mom and Dad,...

..well, this is it - the big push.

Looks like it's gonna really happen.

And I'm afraid,...

..not of being hurt or killed,...

..well, kind of, but not much.

My only regret will be

to never see you two again...

..and that Ill never see Anne Marie grow up.

But I know she's in good hands, the best.

What I'm really afraid of is that

I might let my people down, my crew.

These people depend on me.

They put their lives in my hands.

I just can't fall 'em.

Now, I know if you get this letter...

..it means I'm dead.

I only hope that I've made you proud,...

..that I did my job,...

..and I didn't let down my country,...

..my crew, my fellow soldiers.

I Love you guys.

Never stop telling Anne Marie

how much I Love her.

Your daughter, Karen.

You got it? All right.

(sighs)

(helicopter)

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