Faith of Our Fathers Page #5

for your belongings.

Let's go, come on.

I don't got all day.

Morning boys.

Sign there.

That car was reported stolen.

They dumped it into

the yard 2 days ago.

Sent one of the boys out

to check things out last night

and apparently that little girl

put that sign on the car

just before you two showed up.

Say that makes you a pretty

smart little twig, wouldn't you?

Go on, get out of here.

Get down!

They let you go.

You're free.

They'll realize

their mistake soon enough.

I'm not going back.

Wayne, I really think

God's protecting us.

I mean, I've been praying about

it, and look what just happened.

Oh, you prayed.

Oh good. Thanks, man.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

Hm:
much money

you got left?

You want the last letter?

I don't have any money.

You have all my money.

Why, you giving up?

You want the last letter?

Wayne, I don't have any money.

I have just enough

for a bus ticket home

and that's it.

Ringo.

Fine.

I'll get you the money.

Let me see it.

I don't have it on me.

Of course.

See you later.

Ringo.

Ringo!

Lime Eh' to Big Dragon.

We are at checkpoint alpha.

Be advised we do not

have a visual on our plane.

Do you read me, over.

Henderson,

you keep working that radio

'til we find our plane.

I'm on it, Sarge.

Hey.

What?

Do you have a piece of paper?

I'll give you

a piece of my Bible.

Why, you feel like

writing something?

Yes.

Thanks.

Say, "Dear Wayne.

"I'm in a lot of trouble.

Don't be like me."

I'm not writing that.

He should be so lucky.

I don't know what to write.

Just speak from the heart.

You know, I...

I always struggled

with my belief in God.

Lately, We been thinking

about, thinking about it.

You know, there's a verse

in here and it says,

"If you seek, you will find."

You know what you'll find?

What?

Jesus.

He can heal every hurt, every

ounce of pain that you feel,

every wrung act

that you ever did.

He died on the cross

just for you, Eddie.

Why would he do that?

Why me?

He loves you, selflessly.

He wants to spend

an eternity with you

in a place where

there is no more pain,

no more fighting, no separation.

He loves you

as much as you love Wayne,

and he died for you,

just like you would die

for Wayne.

I don't wanna

die out here, Stevie.

The things that he's seen me do,

I don't think

he could forgive me.

We, that's the

beauty of our Father.

If you confess your sins,

Jesus will be faithful and just

to forgive us of our sins

and offer us

an eternal life in heaven.

Will you be there?

Yeah.

And so can you.

You and me here, it's temporary.

But paradise with him

is eternity.

Hello, this is Big Dragon, over.

Big Dragon? We

are at checkpoint alpha.

We are about to

proceed to target.

Can you read me?

I love you, John Paul George.

I'm sorry that

I gave you an ultimatum.

Will you forgive me.

Yeah.

I would be mad at me too.

This trip, you know-

Listen, you are so

much more important to me

than this wedding.

I want you to take

as much time as you need.

How did I get so lucky?

You know,

I was just on my way-

Are you okay?

Are you there?

Honey, I gotta go.

I love you. I gotta go.

Stop the bus!

Put your hands

on the counter, old timer.

This is my store.

It's not a company franchise.

Just open the drawer.

Wayne Adams, put the gun down

and your hands on your head.

Wayne!

Don't move.

You just keep selling me out,

huh Ringo?

On your knees.

Get on your knees, now.

Plastic gun, huh?

Up, nice and slow.

Get in the car, son.

What, me?

It's funny, you know.

You even sound like your dad.

What'd you just say?

When I heard the

ca about two young men

in possession

of a stolen vehicle

on the way to the Vietnam Wall

to visit their dead fathers,

I didn't think much of it,

until I heard your names.

Wayne Adams

and John Paul George.

I was your dads' sergeant

in the 25th.

Well, once I recognized

the names, sure.

See, your dads talked about

the two of you an awful lot,

the things they wanted to do

when you boys got older.

It was those

kind of good thoughts

that helped them

survive during combat.

I wanted to meet you guys,

too, one day.

What do you know, here we are.

What'd you know

about your dad, Wayne?

I don't know. Just been

reading his letters and stuff.

He was a tough man, like you.

Pain in my butt, I'll tell ya.

Picked a lot of fights,

but he won most of 'em.

Yeah?

Yeah.

So, what happens now?

You know, the store.

Don't worry about all that.

Chuck's a friend of mine.

We go to church together.

I'll talk to him.

He'll do what I say.

It's a good thing

that gun wasn't real

or you'd be looking

at armed robbery.

Now, your dad, John, all he did

was talk about God all the time.

Made me crazy.

I wanted to get him

kicked off my squad.

Bet you didn't know that.

No sir.

H! tell you something,

I learned a lot from him,

things that changed my life.

See, most men think

that their life only matters

while they're alive.

But some of the

greatest men I've ever known

are already gone.

Your dads are two of 'em.

I never thought

too much about God.

I wanted what I wanted

out this life

and pretty much

got it all on my own.

But We Earned that,

at some point,

each and every man

figures out that there's a void

deep down inside their soul.

There's nothing in this

world that can fill it.

About 10 years ago,

I hit that point.

My wife passed away

and that deep void came,

and I questioned God.

Everything in my life

seemed like sand.

And then the words of your dad,

John, came roaring back to me.

I remember him saying,

"It's the foolish man

"that builds

his castle on the sand

and the wise man

that builds it on the rock."

I'll never forget that.

I learned that a man doesn't

have to die when he dies.

Steven George taught me that.

See, I'd heard about Jesus,

but I didn't know him.

It wasn't until I started

to understand all that

that my life changed.

Thank God.

You two come with me.

I wanna show you something.

Now, this, gentlemen,

is some of the treasure

that I've stored up

here on earth.

Hopefully the good Lord

will forgive me.

I'm sure he will.

You like that?

Yes sir.

Good.

Here, take it.

No way.

Mr. Mansfield,

I'm not sure what...

Be sure, son.

Why are you two here?

What'd you set out to do?

We set out to go to The Wall.

A gift.

Sometimes one of

the hardest things to do

is just simply accept it.

Take it before I change my mind.

I accept it.

Mr. Mansfield,

how did my dad die?

We were on the

fast night of a mission

We were on the

fast night of a mission

to recover a downed

American flight crew.

Beth your dads

were on point together.

What's the plan here,

Sergeant Mansfield?

You boys stay here.

I'm gonna go in.

Let me go, Sarge.

You sure, Adams?

Yes, Sarge.

Shears?

Sarge?

I got your back.

No, you're staying

right here, Stevie.

Not a chance.

Boys, be careful now.

Yes sir, Sarge.

Will you hold this

for me, Sarge?

You got it.

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