Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
Doug E. Doug: SP4 Harvey (H.A.) Ashford
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Quotes
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Capt. T.C. Doyle : Does anybody else here know how to work an elephant?
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : I was in love with a fat woman once, but she never listened to me.
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Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : [Bo-Tat has vomitted on the boat deck] My kids are gonna ask me: "Daddy, what's the worst thing you saw in the war?" After this, there's no contest!
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[as Harvey rushes towards the village to help his comrades, a crow lands in his path]
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : [scoffs and racks the bolt of his rifle] Bird if I were you, I'd get the hell out of here!
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Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : [into radio] Request fire mission and expedite. Target coordinates Bravo-Romeo seven-four-five-six-five-seven-two-niner. Fire one marking round.
[as Quang watches through his binoculars, a shell lands just aft of the Marie Antoinette. His crew laughs at the Americans' incompetence]
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Barney, that was perfect, man!
Capt. T.C. Doyle : No, it wasn't perfect, it almost hit us! Give him the coordinates...!
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Captain, we're moving! Those coordinates should be perfect, right about...
Capt. T.C. Doyle : Better be right...
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : [into radio] Fire for effect!
Capt. T.C. Doyle : Better be right...
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Now.
[Quang looks through his binoculars again, and sees the Americans laughing and waving goodbye]
Lt. Quang, NVA : GET OFF THE BOAT!
[His crew stop laughing and dive overboard just before a shell blows it out of the water]
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[as the team prepares to move out, a crow lands in a branch over Harvey's head. He freezes]
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Hey, you know what? All of a sudden my legs don't work.
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Goddard : Would anyone like some wine?
David Poole , Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Yeah!
Capt. T.C. Doyle : Wine? No! What is this, the opening of an art gallery? The Green Beret motto is "Live Free or Die!" not "Eat, Drink and Be Merry!"
Capt. Sam Cahill : [as Goddard uncorks a jug] Yeah, now it is!
Capt. T.C. Doyle : [skyward] What did I do? What did I do?
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[preparing to jump out of the cargo plane]
Capt. Sam Cahill : Stand by...!
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Ready?
Sp5 Lawrence Farley : Yeah.
Harvey (H.A.) Ashford : Okay.
Capt. Sam Cahill : Go, go, go!
David Poole : Uh, I can't go, guys, I left something back inside...
[Harvey and Farley exchange a look...]
David Poole : I'm an office guy, man, I work in an office...
[they grab him and all three tumble out of the plane together]
David Poole : ... *behind a desk!*
