Dear John Page #6
507
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30:25,971 -- 00:30:29,429l don't know what l was thinking,
sneaking up behind an angry
green beret like that.
508
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30:29,608 -- 00:30:31,599Hey, if you see her,
509
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30:33,211 -- 00:30:34,974can you give her
a message for me?
510
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30:35,147 -- 00:30:36,614Yeah.
511
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30:37,716 -- 00:30:40,742Just tell her l came by
512
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30:41,653 -- 00:30:43,177and that l...
513
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30:43,355 -- 00:30:44,686You wanna
write it down?
514
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30:47,392 -- 00:30:48,882Yeah.
515
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30:52,063 -- 00:30:54,293l'll make sure
she gets it.
516
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30:54,466 -- 00:30:55,865Thank you.
517
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30:57,469 -- 00:30:58,937[TlMER DlNGS]
518
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31:07,612 -- 00:31:10,376Hey, Pop.
Uh...
519
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31:10,549 -- 00:31:12,517l didn't know if anyone
else was coming,
520
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31:13,652 -- 00:31:15,711so l made double.
521
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31:35,207 -- 00:31:36,697No, l'll do it.
522
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31:36,875 -- 00:31:39,309l got it, Dad. lt's okay. l got it.
No, l'll do it.
523
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31:39,477 -- 00:31:41,570They're clean, Pop.
l'll do it. l'll do it.
524
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31:43,648 -- 00:31:44,979Okay.
525
00:
32:05,870 -- 00:32:07,895Looks like you're gonna
have leftovers for once.
526
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32:09,641 -- 00:32:12,610Oh, l'll have it next Sunday.
527
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32:21,686 -- 00:32:23,153[CAR APPROACHlNG]
528
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32:30,161 -- 00:32:31,594Excuse me, Pop.
529
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32:38,737 -- 00:32:40,637Got your note.
530
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32:41,940 -- 00:32:44,135Short, sweet, to the point.
l'm sorry.
531
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32:44,309 -- 00:32:45,776SAVANNAH:
John, l'm sorry.
532
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32:46,177 -- 00:32:47,235l'm so sorry.
533
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32:47,412 -- 00:32:49,073JOHN:
No, l'm sorry.
534
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32:49,247 -- 00:32:50,976SAVANNAH:
l didn't mean to make
you feel that way.
535
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32:51,149 -- 00:32:52,639l have no idea what
l'm talking about.
536
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32:52,817 -- 00:32:54,648l had no business
pretending l'm a doctor.
537
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32:54,819 -- 00:32:57,014l was watching him today.
John.
538
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32:57,188 -- 00:32:59,884Please, l'm serious.
l don't know what
l'm talking about.
539
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33:00,058 -- 00:33:01,958l really don't.
lt means nothing.
540
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33:02,127 -- 00:33:03,560Okay?
541
00:
33:05,163 -- 00:33:07,028l'm headed back
to school.
542
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33:07,198 -- 00:33:10,031And l just wanted to make
sure that, you know...
543
00:
33:10,201 -- 00:33:11,964Make sure that what?
544
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33:13,138 -- 00:33:15,572l made you a promise,
didn't l?
545
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33:16,341 -- 00:33:17,706Yeah.
546
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33:19,377 -- 00:33:24,405Um, you wrote
your first note
so l wrote mine.
547
00:
33:24,582 -- 00:33:25,606[CHUCKLES]
548
00:
33:26,384 -- 00:33:28,579Don't read it now.
Wait till l'm gone.
549
00:
33:28,753 -- 00:33:30,084Okay.
550
00:
33:31,256 -- 00:33:35,022Hey, can you--? You hungry?
Yes.
551
00:
33:35,193 -- 00:33:39,220Yeah? My dad made
a little extra for you.
552
00:
33:39,397 -- 00:33:41,262You know, it's Sunday.
553
00:
33:41,433 -- 00:33:42,661Okay.
554
00:
33:42,834 -- 00:33:44,802l can only stay for a little while.
l know.
555
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33:44,969 -- 00:33:46,197Come on.
556
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33:47,639 -- 00:33:49,630[i/i]
557
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33:51,109 -- 00:33:52,576SAVANNAH:
iDear John,/i
558
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33:53,845 -- 00:33:55,836itwo weeks together,/i
559
00:
33:56,014 -- 00:33:58,039ithat's all it took./i
560
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34:00,585 -- 00:34:03,986iTwo weeks for me/i
ito fall in love with you./i
561
00:
34:05,090 -- 00:34:07,149[lNAUDlBLE DlALOGUE]
562
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34:17,235 -- 00:34:19,635iNow we have one year apart./i
563
00:
34:20,739 -- 00:34:24,539iBut what's one year apart/i
iafter two weeks like that together?/i
564
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34:35,286 -- 00:34:36,753JOHN:
All right, Pop.MR. TYREE:
Okay.565
00:
34:36,921 -- 00:34:38,912l gotta go.
Um...
566
00:
34:39,090 -- 00:34:41,456You be good, okay?
Okay.
567
00:
34:41,626 -- 00:34:43,116So...
568
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34:44,095 -- 00:34:45,119We're good.
All right.
569
00:
34:45,296 -- 00:34:46,627See you later.
Okay.
570
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34:56,574 -- 00:34:58,542iYou made me a promise./i
571
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34:58,710 -- 00:35:00,735iA promise l know you'll keep./i
572
00:
35:01,312 -- 00:35:05,772iSo l only want one more/i
ipromise from you during/i
ithis time we spend apart./i
573
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35:06,651 -- 00:35:08,516iTell me everything./i
574
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35:09,521 -- 00:35:12,456iWrite it all down, John./i
iScribble it in a notebook./i
575
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35:12,624 -- 00:35:15,092iType it out, e-mail it to me,/i
576
00:
35:15,894 -- 00:35:18,692il don't care,/i
ibut l wanna know everything./i
577
00:
35:20,832 -- 00:35:25,462iAnd that way we'll be with/i
ieach other all the time, even if/i
iwe're not with each other at all./i
578
00:
35:26,671 -- 00:35:30,835iThat way before we know it,/i
il'll see you soon, then./i
579
00:
35:31,009 -- 00:35:33,204[SOLDlERS CHATTERlNG]
580
00:
35:41,686 -- 00:35:43,153What's up, girls?
MAN 1 :
Johnny!581
00:
35:43,321 -- 00:35:44,481Whoa. What up, man?
582
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35:44,656 -- 00:35:46,248MAN 2:
Hey, there he is.MAN 3:
Look who it is.583
00:
35:46,424 -- 00:35:48,790MAN 4:
Welcome back, John.MAN 5:
Aw, look at you.584
00:
35:48,960 -- 00:35:50,860Welcome back.
Take a look at your voucher.
585
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35:51,029 -- 00:35:52,587All right.
586
00:
35:53,731 -- 00:35:55,596How was Atlantic City, man?
587
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35:55,900 -- 00:35:58,266[ALL LAUGHlNG]
588
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35:58,470 -- 00:36:01,701No, laugh it up. That's great.
Yeah. That's the one thing
l ask him.
589
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36:01,873 -- 00:36:03,932l didn't say a word.
This is the first time
l've seen him.
590
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36:04,108 -- 00:36:06,440You wouldn't ask if you didn't know.
How could he know?
591
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36:06,611 -- 00:36:08,636MAN 6:
Don't even bother unpacking, guys.
592
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36:08,813 -- 00:36:12,476We move out bright
and early. Enjoy.
593
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36:13,918 -- 00:36:15,852MAN 7:
Well, l'm excited.
594
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36:16,087 -- 00:36:18,078[i/i]
595
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36:18,556 -- 00:36:20,581[SOLDlERS CHATTERlNG]
596
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36:23,361 -- 00:36:27,559JOHN:
iDear Savannah, l promise./i
il promise l'll see you soon, then./i
597
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36:28,633 -- 00:36:30,692il promise l'll write all the time./i
598
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36:30,869 -- 00:36:33,201il promise l'll tell you everything./i
599
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36:36,441 -- 00:36:40,605iBe patient with me,/i
iit may take a while for these/i
iletters to get back to you./i
600
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36:41,846 -- 00:36:44,508iWe've already been deployed/i
iout on a mission./i
601
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36:46,784 -- 00:36:49,810STONE:
Come on, soldier,move it, move it. Let's go!
602
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36:52,257 -- 00:36:57,320iThe problem is we can't exactly/i
iuse the local postal system here./i
603
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36:57,495 -- 00:36:59,986iAnd there's no such thing/i
ias lnternet connection./i
604
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37:00,164 -- 00:37:02,758iSo l have to send everything/i
ifrom here out by airmail./i
605
00:
37:03,468 -- 00:37:05,868Can you get this out for me?
Yeah. Yeah.
606
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37:06,037 -- 00:37:08,597
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