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Show And he aid, ''Y u crazy little bastard!" Do you want some more coffee? JA : Yes, please. I got to tell you, that's an incredible story. BILL: It was ... When I tell you now - it still, I can't tell you how ... And I never got the feeling, ever that I was going to be killed. Never felt. I knew I'd probably get wounded. I mean hell, marine infantry: if you've only got one purple heart you're still a kid. I mean, three and four. I should have five. It's nothing, really. Chesty Puller , one of the best regimental commanders, he was Mr. Marine. The marine corps would have followed him to hell. He stood up on the lines, stood up on the lines one day, and took a hit. Shot. JAS: Took a bullet? BILL: Yeah! And his battalion was down below him, just dug in. They weren't dug in, they were pinned down. He took the hit and said, "See, they can't kill you. What the hell are you waiting for?" Boy, they got up and they killed a lot of people that day. JAS: Man, that's ridiculous. BILL: That Chesty Puller, he was something. But, anyway, I never felt that I would be killed or anything. I never, I never had that feeling. But that day ... Oh! It's a wonder I lived. It's a wonder I didn't have a heart attack. I can't believe that I lived through that. And that's probably the most memorable thing. And, you know, other things, so many things happened to you. And in all the movies, it always shows a coward, complete coward, always, all the way through the movie. And then, at the very end he'll do something heroic and die for his friends. And then there's another guy who is a hero 42 |
