We Were Soldiers Quotes

We Were Soldiers is a TV show that first aired in 1970 . We Were Soldiers stopped airing in 1970.

It features Bruce Davey as producer, Nick Glennie-Smith in charge of musical score, and Dean Semler as head of cinematography.

We Were Soldiers is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of We Were Soldiers is 138 minutes long. We Were Soldiers is distributed by Paramount Pictures.

The cast includes: Ryan Hurst as Sergeant Ernie Savage, Sam Elliott as Sergeant Major Basil Plumley, Barry Pepper as Joseph Galloway, Barry Pepper as Joe Galloway, Taylor Momsen as Julie Moore, Greg Kinnear as Crandall, and Sam Elliott as Sergeant.

We Were Soldiers Quotes

Sam Elliott as Sergeant Major Basil Plumley

• (Mr. Nik) "He say he deserter."
• (Sam Elliott) "Bulls***, he's a lookout."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Ask him where his friends are."
• (Mr. Nik) "He say this is basecamp for whole division. 4,000 men."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Where?"
• (Mr. Nik) "That mountain. He say, it's same army that destroyed French. They want to kill Americans very badly -- but they have not been able to find any yet."

• (Sam Elliott) "You can't take any pictures from down there, sonny."
• (Barry Pepper) "I'm a non-combatant."
• (Sam Elliott) "Ain't no such thing today."

• (Sam Elliott) "That's a nice day, Sergeant Savage."

• (Colonel Tim Brown) "Last night, the enemy hit our Special Forces camp here at Plei Me."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "How many casualties did we sustain?"
• (Colonel Tim Brown) "None. The enemy forces withdrew here towards this mountain, Chu Pong, that sits right on the Cambodian border. How many men do you have battle ready at your disposal give or take?"
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Sergeant Major?"
• (Sam Elliott) "395 sir -- exactly."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "What do you estimate the enemy strength is?"
• (Sam Elliott) "We praise their numbers as manageable."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "You mean -- you have no idea?"
• (Colonel Tim Brown) "No, sir. We have no idea. But we have our orders. Simple orders from High Command: find the enemy and kill him. Nothing more."

• (Sam Elliott) "If any of you sons of bitches calls me grandpa, I'll kill you."

• (Sgt. Ernie Savage) "Good morning, Sergeant Major."
• (Sam Elliott) "How do you know what kind of god**** day it is?"

• (Sam Elliott) "Sent us another bunch of officers."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Uh-huh"
• (Sam Elliott) "Real green."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Gotta train 'em up. Makes me think I'm starting a new unit."
• (Sam Elliott) "They sent new rifles too"
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "The M-16. That's supposed to be a pretty good weapon."
• (Sam Elliott) "Lots of plastic. Feels like a BB gun to me. Believe I'll stick with my pistol."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "You think we're gonna get close enough to the enemy to use that?"
• (Sam Elliott) "What do you think, sir?"

• (Sam Elliott) "Gentlemen, prepare to defend yourselves."

• (Sam Elliott) "Seen the new rifles too, the M-16."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "That's supposed to be a pretty good weapon."
• (Sam Elliott) "Ahh, lotsa plastic. Feels like a BB gun to me. Believe I'm gonna stick with my pistol."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Think we're gonna get close enough to the enemy to use that?"
• (Sam Elliott) "What do you think, sir?"

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "They attack us; no casualties. They run and hide in the mountains. Naturally we chase them, of course. Smell like an ambush to you?"
• (Sam Elliott) "If they're trying to get us close enough to kill, I rekon we'll be close enough to kill them."

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "I wonder what was going through Custer's mind when he realized that he'd led his men into a slaughter?"
• (Sam Elliott) "Sir, Custer was a p*****. You ain't."

Ryan Hurst as Sergeant Ernie Savage

• (Ryan Hurst) "Beautiful morning, Sergeant."
• (Sam Elliott) "What are you a f***ing weatherman now?"

Taylor Momsen as Julie Moore

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Greg Kinnear as Crandall

• (Greg Kinnear) "My men call me Snakes***, sir."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Why do they call you that?"
• (Greg Kinnear) "Because I fly "lower than snakes***," sir."

• (Unnamed) "Crandall. You led my men into a hot LZ."
• (Greg Kinnear) "Yeah, somebody had to fly out the wounded --"
• (Unnamed) "No, no, don't you play hotshot with me. Now, you know the rules. You suckered us in there. You ever do it again, I'm gonna have you busted."
• (Greg Kinnear) "You've got the balls to face me but not enough balls to face the enemy?"
• (Capt. Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman) "Hey. Hey, hey, hey. Whoa."
• (Greg Kinnear) "If I ever see you again, I'll kill you. That's right --"
• (Capt. Ed 'Too Tall' Freeman) "Hey -- what a day, huh?"
• (Greg Kinnear) "Tomorrow will get worse. If they make it to tomorrow."

Barry Pepper as Joseph Galloway

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Where you from, son?"
• (Barry Pepper) "Refugio, Texas, sir."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Well, that's the first thing I've heard today that makes any sense."

• (Barry Pepper) "These are the true events of November, 1965, the Ia Drang Valley of Vietnam, a place our country does not remember, in a war it does not understand. This story's a testament to the young Americans who died in the valley of death, and a tribute to the young men of the People's Army of Vietnam who died by our hand in that place. To tell this story, I must start at the beginning. But where does it begin? Maybe in June of 1954 when French Group Mobile 100 moved into the same central highlands of Vietnam where we would go 11 years later."

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "I'll never forgive myself."
• (Barry Pepper) "For what, sir?"
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "That my men -- that my men died and I didn't."

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "You got a death wish, Galloway?"
• (Barry Pepper) "No, sir."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Then why are you here?"
• (Barry Pepper) "Cause I knew these dead boys would be here, sir."

• (Barry Pepper) "We who have seen war, will never stop seeing it. In the silence of the night, we will always hear the screams. So this is our story, for we were soldiers once, and young."

• (Barry Pepper) "Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other."

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Glad you made it son."
• (Barry Pepper) "Thank you, Sir, You too."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "I'll never forgive myself."
• (Barry Pepper) "For what, Sir."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "That my men; that my men died and I didn't."
• (Barry Pepper) "Sir, I don't; I don't know how to tell this story."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Well you got to Joe. You tell the American people what these men did here. You tell them how my troopers died."
• (Barry Pepper) "Yes, Sir."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Thank you."

• (Barry Pepper) "In Saigon, Hal Moore's superiors congratulated him for killing over 1,800 enemy soldiers. Then ordered him to lead the Seventh Cavalry back into the valley of death. He led them and fought beside them for 235 more days. Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, the fought for each other."

• (Barry Pepper) "Some had families waiting. For others, their only family would be the men they bled beside. There were no bands, no flags, no Honor Guards to welcome them home. They went to war because their country ordered them to. But in the end, they fought not for their country or their flag, they fought for each other."

• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "I'm glad you made it, son."
• (Barry Pepper) "Thank you, sir. You too."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "I'll never forgive myself."
• (Barry Pepper) "For what, sir?"
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "That my men -- That my men died and I didn't."
• (Barry Pepper) "Sir, I don't -- I don't know how to tell this story."
• (Lt. Colonel Hal Moore) "Well, you got to, Joe. You tell the American people what these men did here. You tell 'em how my troopers died."
• (Barry Pepper) "Yes, sir."

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