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Private Reiben:
You wanna explain the math of this to me? I mean, where's the sense of riskin' the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?Captain Miller:Twenty degrees. Anybody wanna answer that?Medic Wade:Reiben, think about the poor bastard's mother.Private Reiben:Hey, Doc, I got a mother, all right? I mean, you got a mother. Sarge's got a mother. I mean, shit, I bet even the captain's got a mother.Private Reiben:Well, maybe not the captain, but the rest of us got mothers.Upham:"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die."Mellish:La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la. What the fuck is that supposed to mean, Corporal, huh? We're all supposed to die, is that it?Captain Miller:Upham's talking about our duty as soldiers.Upham:Yes, sir.Captain Miller:We all have orders, and we have to follow 'em. That supersedes everything, including your mothers.Upham:Yes, sir. Thank you sir.Private Reiben:Even if you think the mission's FUBAR, sir?Captain Miller:*Especially* if you think the mission's FUBAR
You wanna explain the math of this to me? I mean, where's the sense of riskin' the lives of the eight of us to save one guy?Captain Miller:Twenty degrees. Anybody wanna answer that?Medic Wade:Reiben, think about the poor bastard's mother.Private Reiben:Hey, Doc, I got a mother, all right? I mean, you got a mother. Sarge's got a mother. I mean, shit, I bet even the captain's got a mother.Private Reiben:Well, maybe not the captain, but the rest of us got mothers.Upham:"Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die."Mellish:La-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la, la-la. What the fuck is that supposed to mean, Corporal, huh? We're all supposed to die, is that it?Captain Miller:Upham's talking about our duty as soldiers.Upham:Yes, sir.Captain Miller:We all have orders, and we have to follow 'em. That supersedes everything, including your mothers.Upham:Yes, sir. Thank you sir.Private Reiben:Even if you think the mission's FUBAR, sir?Captain Miller:*Especially* if you think the mission's FUBAR
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You wanna explain the math of this to me
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Why risk the lives of the eight of us to save one guy
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20 degrees Anybody wanna answer
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Reiben think about the poor bastard's mother
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l got a mother all right
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l mean you got a mother Sarge has got a mother
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Shit l bet even the captain's got a mother
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Well not the captain but the rest of us
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''Theirs not to reason why theirs but to do and die ''
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What does that mean We're all supposed to die
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Upham's talking about our duty as soldiers
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Yes sir
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We have orders to follow That supersedes everything
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including your mothers
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Thank you sir
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Even if you think the mission's fubar sir
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Especially if you think the mission's fubar
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Movie Summary
Following the Normandy Landings, a group of U.S. soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

