Faith of Our Fathers Page #2

keep looking forward?

Okay.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

You're packing too much stuff.

Just take absolutely

what's necessary.

Remember to

keep yourself hydrated.

Ready?

As I'll ever be.

Hey, everything okay?

That last phone call was kinda-

Oh yeah, no, it's fine.

It's different.

But you know, I think

I'm gonna stay the night, so-

Oh, so you

must be getting along web'.

Well, actually, you know,

he's kinda creepy and weird.

Like, haunted house

type of-

You want some coffee?

It helps me sleep.

Um honey, Wayne's making coffee.

I'll call you in the morning.

Get the roof!

What are you doing?!

I'm sawing off the roof!

I see that!

Why?!

You can't go on a road trip

without a convertible, Ringo.

What road trip?

No need to be yelling.

You'll wake my neighbors.

What road trip?

Don't drop the roof.

Get your bag.

I'm already packed.

Don't worry about locking up.

I'm not so worried

about locking up

as I am about

why you're sawing-

I'm not reading my

daddy's letters in that house.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute.

What letters?

Letters about Vietnam

which talk about your daddy.

Can I see 'em?

They're $500 a piece.

What are you talking about?

You wanna read 'em,

they're $500 a piece.

Now we're going to The Wall.

What wall?

Vietnam Wall.

- In D.C.?

- That's the one.

No, no, no, no, no.

lam not going to The Wall.

I'm getting married in 3 weeks.

I'm not going to The Wall.

Well, congratulations.

All right, gentlemen, listen up.

Last night at 2300,

one of our 047s went down

behind enemy lines.

There were no survivors.

We got picked for the mission to

go in and retrieve the bodies.

They're located

within a square mile

somewhere in the Mekong Delta.

It's not reachable by air,

so we're gonna have to

hump it all the way in.

The hump alone is 72 hours,

so stay alert

and do what! say.

And we will go in there

and find our boys

before the enemy

and bring them home.

Any questions?

No, Sarge.

Adams, George, take us out.

Saddle up.

Lock and load, boys.

I can't believe you're

making me pay to read these letters.

All right, I'll make you a deal.

I'll let you read one.

You like it, we move on.

Deal stands.

"Eleanor,

I can't begin to tell you

"how much I miss you and Wayne.

"It's only been a few weeks,

but it feels like an eternity.

"I can't wait to get home.

"1 met a guy from California.

"His name is Steven George.

"He's kind of religious.

He's gonna be a preacher or

something but he's a good guy."

My dad was gonna be a preacher.

I didn't know that.

That's why they're worth

500 bucks a piece.

"His wife back home

just had a little boy.

"That's all he talks about.

"He's naming the boy

after the Beatles.

"It makes me think of Wayne.

I miss you.

Eddie. "

Deal.

Why do we have to go to The We?

Why can't we just

read the letters here?

I don't need to see

my father's name on a wall

to find the answers

I'm looking for.

'Cause the answers

you're looking for

and the answers

I'm looking for are in D.C.,

but they're not names on a wall.

Steven!

We've gotta fall back!

Steven!

We gotta fall back!

I've got you covered.

Go!

Honey, it's

a 2- or 3-day drive.

I'll fly out of D.C.

or something.

I've already called work.

No, honey, of course I haven't

forgotten about the wedding.

You know, this is just

something I need to do.

I don't care about the flowers.

You pick the flowers.

White lilacs are fine.

They're fine because

they're not traditional.

Yes, yes, you are very

traditional, honey, so in that-

Hi, Cynthia?

This is Wayne Adams.

How you doing?

I understand how all this

must seem inopportune,

but I want you to know that

I asked John to accompany me

to the Vietnam Wall for closure.

It's been psychologically

taxing on us over the years,

which is difficult

for anyone to comprehend.

But let me tell you,

you are all he goes on about.

He just went to the restroom, so

he's gonna call you fightback.

That's how you talk to 'em.

You tell 'em

what they wanna hear.

It's 34 bucks.

She's gonna think

I didn't wanna talk to her.

Sounds to me like she

was doing all the talking.

That's how she is, Wayne.

She likes to talk.

She likes to control you.

Wow.

I'm traveling

with a psychologist.

The 365's coming up.

We need to take the next exit

so we can go straight up

through the state.

This is it.

You gotta get off fight here.

What are you-get off!

Take the exit!

Get off!

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Still can't drive through 'bama.

Wayne...

Wayne, this is ridiculous.

It's gonna take us

6 extra hours to get there.

You in a hurry?

Yeah, yeah, I kinda am, you see,

because I gotta

get back to California.

I got a wedding to plan.

You're not planning a wedding.

Excuse me?

Your girlfriend

is planning the wedding.

You're just nodding your

head yes to everything she says

'cause you can't say no.

You're afraid of her.

Really?

And you've come

to that conclusion

after knowing me for 12 hours,

having never met her,

and hearing one side

of one phone conversation?

It's impressive, isn't it?

Why can't you drive

through Alabama?

Oh no, no, no.

Don't change the subject on me.

Oh, no, no.

Tell me

you're not afraid of her.

I'm not afraid of her.

It's just easier to let her have

her way than to argue about it.

What's wrong with that?

That's gonna be

that way your whole life.

She's always gonna

tell you what to do.

No it's not.

And she doesn't

tell me what to do.

I just choose

to serve her needs.

By being here fight now?

If I were you, I would-

Okay web', you know what, Wayne?

You're not me.

You're not me.

And I would smack her!

I don't need-

I don't need relationship advice

from someone-

Smack her! I don't need

relationship advice from someone-

Smack her!

- Some backwoods hillbilly

whose never probably

even been in a relationship.

That's what I don't need.

You don't know

anything about me.

You're right, Wayne, I don't.

Why can't you drive

through Alabama?

Don't worry about it.

Not worried, just curious.

Why can't you drive

through Alabama, Wayne?

Told you I'm not gonna talk

about it, so quit asking me.

Why can't you

drive through Alabama?

Don't worry about it.

Why can't you drive

through Alabama, Wayne?

Hey!

I told you to stop asking me!

Get that through your thick

little skull and quit asking me!

You're like a little Woodpecker,

just pecking at me!

Pecking! Pecking!

Why can't you

drive through Alabama?

You okay?

Yeah.

You know,

I got your back, Stevie.

Nothing is gonna happen to you.

You okay?

I just wanna make

things right in my life.

I messed up a lot.

You know, I got a son too.

Yeah?

Yeah.

I just wanna get home.

With this mission, I don't know.

I know.

I wrote my just-in-case letter

before we left.

I had one of those feelings too.

You're more than welcome

to read my Bible.

It might make you feel better.

Not right now.

We move in 1 hour.

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