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jamesDK Productions presents
a Vietnam play
GHOST OF WAR
2011
We are delighted to announce
that we are entering our Third
Year of Workshops,
Showcases and Productions for
GHOST OF WAR.~ 2011 is also
the 40th Anniversary of the
Vietnam Lottery Draft of 1971,
the "Inciting Incident" of this
Story. ~This is a "Writer
Produced" presentation.
(General Contact information
is placed at the end of this
webpage.)
~~~ Our next SHOW ~~~
The PRODUCER'S
CLUB
358 West 44th St. @ 9th Ave.
(212) 315-4743
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19th,
2011 ~ 8:00 PM
TKTS
$40 V.I.P.R.S.V.P.
$30 General Admission at
Door
$20 Students~Actors~Friends
FCFS
AGENTS ET ALR.S.V.P.
Lounge opens at 6:00 PM
MICRO SYNOPSIS
"The Tempest" meets
"Romeo and Juliet" in
Vietnam.
"In a sense, Mankind's
First War never ended.
The Losers simply
regrouped and came
back. Maybe it took 10
years, maybe 100. But
the sting of Defeat
cultivated the resolve
to reply.~~~ No War
affected our present
Society more than the
Viet-American War,
juxtapposing itself with
the "Cultural
Renaissance" of the
Sixties.~~~ But few
Wars have ever been
less understood.~~~ As
we approach a world of
ever expanding
complexity, it is
imperative that we
attempt to understand
how we got here. This
cycle of Ancient
Conflict will end some
day. We can choose the
easy way, working
together as a Global
Society, or the hard
way, continuing to pit
one culture against
another.
SETTING-OVERVIEW
"Retired" Army Sgt.
James D. Caine narrates
his own story from the
piano. After
encountering the ghost
of his old partner and
trainer Command Sgt.
Thomas E. Daniels, he
flashes back to his days
as a Vietnam scout and
sniper. The anguish of
war and the anxiety of
house arrest, however,
have turned Caine into
a "Split Personality."
CAST OF
CHARACTERS
in order of appearance
(Please click on pictures for
Artist Video Profiles)
JAMES DOYLE CAINE,
57............ Narrator,
piano, FBI DC OP
ROBERT QUINCY
MACKY, (1916-2002).......
Caine's 2nd Personality
THOMAS E. DANIELS,
mid 20's....... Caine's
first partner and ghost
lurp
MING TET SONG, early
20's.........LI MING'S
Aristocratic sister
LI MING SONG, mid
20's......... NVA OP
and Daniels' fiance
ANDY MIRKOVIC,
early 20's.....Caine's
college roommate-
confidante
JAMES DOYLE
CAINE, 18...........
College student
turned L.R.R.P.
GIDEON MAXWELL,
20's.....DELTA Scout,
Caine's 2nd partner
in Nam
CYNTHIA MILAGROS
SANTOS, 18.......
Caine's ex-girlfriend
ELI WEINBERG,
57...........Cynthia's
Poly Sci Professor
CMMDR TUNG
TRINH, TAK, ZACK,
HUNT, 20's.......Li
Ming's battalion

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A WORD ABOUT
THE PRODUCTION
GHOST OF WAR has
evolved into an
acoustic Play with
piano Interludes,
using no
microphones or
sound amplification.
But the Play was
originally conceived
as a "Multi-Media"
Musical with Rock
Music, Ballads and
Orchestral Music. A
companion DVD will
eventually be
released for the
Play with much of
the music written
with the original
concept in mind.
Here we offer a few
music videos that
we are developing
for that DVD.
"STRAY STREET"
"DANCE OF THE
DINOSAURS"
"GHOST OF WAR"
"SERGEANT CAINE'S
ANTHEM"
MACRO SYNOPSIS
JAMES CAINE grew
up with the
Vietnam War. But
that is not to say he
really knew
anything about it.
To him as a young
teenager it was only
a TV war. Half a
world away. But
then as a college
freshman he was
shocked to find that
the new "lottery"
draft excluded all
the usual college
deferments. The
war had become
very unpopular and
the attitudes of the
traditional draftees
had degenerated.
America's military
leaders decided that
the drastic new
measure of drafting
collegians right out
of school was the
best way to
transition to an all-
volunteer military
once the war was
over.
The new lottery
worked like this: All
365 days of the year
were placed in a
drum and
withdrawn. One by
one, each date was
given a number. For
example, the first
date drawn, January
17th, was assigned
number one, and so
on. College students
around the country
estimated that if
your birthdate was
one of the first 100
or so drawn, you
would probably be
drafted. (Before this
new "lottery" draft,
if you were a
college student in
good standing, you
were given a
"deferment," or
"pass" from the
draft.)
So when Caine's
birthdate came up
number 11, he knew
he could not avoid
being drafted, even
though he was an
engineering student
with an "A" class
average.
Caine's freshman
roommate in
college was the son
of a successful
Pittsburgh
businessman and
world-wise beyond
his years. He had
some advice for
Caine. Don't rebel.
Don't procrastinate.
Don't run away.
Run in! Enlist! Turn
this around. Make it
something positive.
Be somebody
important and
respected. Embrace
this as an
opportunity.
Caine qualified for
special training:
Long Range
Reconnaisance
Patrol. His first
partner and field
trainer was the best
"Ghost Warrior" in
country. But this
"lurp" wasn't the
best because he
hadn't learned the
ways of the enemy.
He was the best
because he had: in
every way.
Command Sargeant
THOMAS DANIELS
had lost faith in the
motives of his own
government and
now planned the
most egregious
transgression:
Defection. He had
fallen in love with a
beautiful and
aristocratic young
North Vietnamese
operative named LI
MING SONG.

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This all put Caine
into a terrible
situation. In order
to protect his new
partner, he must
now lie to his
recruiter and
commander,
COLONEL ROBERT
Q. MACKY, and tell
him that Daniels
was dead. But if the
Colonel ever found
out the truth, Caine
could be tried for
Treason!
SGT. JAMES DOYLE
CAINE
[Narrator-Piano]
SGT. JAMES CAINE'S
JOURNAL
In America we
always talk about
the "Vietnam" War.
But when I got to
Vietnam, I found
that the people
always talked about
the "American"
War. This was
because we were
only the last in a
long line of
invaders to their
country since
ancient times. We
found, a bit to our
surprise, that these
people had always
known war and
were almost
comfortable with it,
if that was possible.
We didn't know it
at the time, but we
were about to learn
from the best.
Vietnam could be
called "The
Crossroads of the
Orient," providing
the only land
passage between
the vast regions of
China and all the
territories of the
south. The invaders
were endless and
came from all
directions. From the
north came the
Chinese: the Hans,
the Tangs and the
Songs. From the
south, the traders
of the Malay
Peninsula. From the
west, the spectral
warriors from
Ankor, the Thai-
speaking tribes
from Siam, and
even absentee
landlords-by-proxy
from as far away as
the Hindu Kingdoms
of India.
Industrial
technology brought
European
dominance and
Vietnam fell under
the French colonial
sphere. World War
II brought Japanese
occupation, but
also, the
cooperation of a
"Vichy" style
French-Vietnamese
government. It was
during this time
that a nationalist,
civilian militia rose
up called the VIET
MINH, with its
political and
philosophical leader
HO CHI MINH. !--
(Although aligned
with Allied forces
against the
Japanese, the Viet
Minh successfully
fought against the
re-establisment of
French colonial rule
after WWII. The
subsequent peace
talks in Geneva in
1954 scheduled
national elections
for the following
year. These national
elections, however,
were never held,
and the country was
"temporarily"
divided into North
and South
Vietnam.)--!
This forced
separation did not
prove stable and
these civilian
fighters re-emerged
years later during
the "American" war
with a new name.
The name that I
would come to
know them by: the
VIET CONG.
COMMUNISM
Things don't happen
in a vacuum, do
they? I'll tell you
the same thing
about communism
that Colonel Macky
told me. After
WWII, the Allies
gave France back to
the French, we gave
Italy back to the
Italians, and Spain
back to the Spanish.
But the Russian
Communists refused
to leave eastern
Europe. The people
of the world had
legitimate cause to
be alarmed. Russian
Communism was a
militaristic
corruption of
socialist principles.
When word got out
that religion itself
was to be
eliminated, there
was no way to
reconcile. An
ideological war was
on. After the
Communist Koreans
tried to march on
Seoul, the "Domino
Theory" was
created. If Vietnam
fell, all of the
mainland Orient
would follow. So
John Forster Dulles,
the archetect of
SEATO, had every
reason to believe he
was doing the right
thing, even if it
denied democracy
to the people of
Vietnam. After all,
Ho Chi Minh was
just a puppet of the
Chinese "Reds."

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"The citizens are
not intelligent
enough to be told
the
truth."...Machiavelli
"No one is stupid.
But the people are
not well-informed
enough to make
important decisions
about
Policy."...Anonymous
political candidate
"But you
are?" ...Blackballed
political
correspondant
THE SUMMER OF
'64
In the summer of
1964 I was 11 years
old. And I can
remember it was a
different time in
America. A more
innocent time. No
one seemed to use
bad language.
Politicians seemed
to always tell the
truth. The police
were all polite and
nice. Our
institutions were
held in high regard.
And the only people
who had tattoos
were criminals or
veterans from the
war. It was a time
before Horror
movies and
Gangster movies (at
least in wide
release). Even loud
rock bands like THE
BEATLES wore suits
and had relatively
short hair.
It was a time before
drugs, before
promiscuous sex,
and a time before
viscious street
crime, at least for a
young kid growing
up in middle-class
Rochester, New
York. About the
only global
problems
encountered by us
kids was when we
were told to finish
our food by our
mothers because
there were starving
children in China.
But a series of
events occuring half
a world away would
conspire to shatter
this delicate
American innocence
forever...
THE GULF ON
TONKIN INCIDENT
On the evening of
August 4th, 1964, it
was hot, dark and
misty in the Gulf of
Tonkin as two
American
battleships, the USS
MADDOX and the
USS TURNER-JOY,
began their patrol
of these waters off
the coast of North
Vietnam. !--
(Although
Wahington and
Hanoi were not
officially at war, the
Americans had set
up SEATO, the
South East Asian
Treaty
Organization, in
direct opposition to
the Geneva Peace
Accords of 1954,
effectively blocking
national
elections.)--!
As the evening wore
on, a violent
thunder cell swept
up the slot from the
Indonesian Spice
Islands. As the
storm eventually
engulfed the ships,
the electrical
activity in the
swirling cell
wreaked havoc with
the sensitive RADAR
and SONAR systems
of the day.
First the RADAR
operator reported
possible contact,
but he couldn't be
sure. Perhaps two
or three small
gunboats. The
SONAR report was
inconclusive. There
was simply too
much electrical
interference for
accurate readings.
As a precaution,
several rounds were
discharged topside
in the direction of
the vector. As the
night continued,
though, no actual
contact was ever
established. Earlier
in the evening,
however, a radio
report had been
sent out informing
command of the
incident.
Six days later, in
Washington,
President Lyndon B.
Johnson used this
unsubstantiated
incident to ask
Congress to pass
the so-called GULF
OF TONKIN
RESOLUTION,
officially beginning
the "American" war
in Vietnam.
THE CURTAIN
RISES...
EXTERIOR SCENE A
jungle scene at
night. Two bushes
seem to slowly
move.
They are moving.
But they are not
bushes. Two
soldiers crawl along
the ground. They
wear "Ghillie" suits,
covering their head
and back with moss,
leaves and
branches.
One soldier moves
slightly ahead and
views with
binoculars. The
second holds back
and prepares a rifle
against a tree, but
seems hesitant.
BINOC GIDEON:
"Caine. That's our
tag."
RIFLE CAINE:
"Gideon. We're too
tight. We're on top
of'em."
GIDEON: "Caine.
That's our tag. The
fire. Three clicks to
the left. The old
man with the white
beard. That's our
tag. Now take it.
Stop your cryin'
and do your duty!"
RELUCTANTLY,
Caine locks down
the weapon and
FIRES. The BLAST
shatters the
stillness. After just a
moment,
SCREAMING,
YELLING, and then
weapons FIRE fills
the air.
GIDEON foolishly
keeps viewing as
the ammo RIPS by,
all around. Caine is
emphatic as he
commands.
CAINE: "Gideon. Get
down. Get the hell
down."
GIDEON turns and
runs back to the
now prone Caine,
but is hit and falls
as he reaches him.
Caine grabs the
limp Gideon by the
collar and drags
him into their
"Blind," a tiny
shelter in the
bushes they have
fashioned.
NVA REGULAR
soldiers run by,
pointing and
SHOUTING, but only
stopping to
circumview, and
then continue.
AS THE SOUND of
the soldiers fades,
Caine stealthily
leaves the
"Blind,"... alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTERIOR SCENE
Sgt. Caine is led
from a jail cell into
a meeting arena. He
stands before a
uniformed officer.
OFFICER:
"Command
Sargeant James D.
Caine! You have
been sentenced to
"Death by Firing
Squad" by the
United States
Martial Court of
South Vietnam on
this day, November
17th, 1972. Do you
have any last words
before execution of
sentence?"
CAINE: "Last words?
Of course I got
some last words. I
shouldn't even be
here. Colonel
Macky! I followed
every order you
gave me. Tell this
guy. Macky,
tell'em."
OFFICER: "That's
enough."
FROM THE
SHADOWS Colonel
Macky responds.
MACKY: "Caine.
Stand tall. Take
your punishment
like a man."
CAINE: "My
punishment?"
OFFICER:"Sargeant-
at-Arms!"
SGT-AT-ARMS:
"Ready arms. Aim.
Fire... Fire... Fire...."
TITLE: ONE YEAR
EARLIER...

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jamesDK Productions presents
a Vietnam play
GHOST OF WAR
2011
We are delighted to announce
that we are entering our Third
Year of Workshops,
Showcases and Productions for
GHOST OF WAR.~ 2011 is also
the 40th Anniversary of the
Vietnam Lottery Draft of 1971,
the "Inciting Incident" of this
Story. ~This is a "Writer
Produced" presentation.
(General Contact information
is placed at the end of this
webpage.)
~~~ Our next SHOW ~~~
The PRODUCER'S
CLUB
358 West 44th St. @ 9th Ave.
(212) 315-4743
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 19th,
2011 ~ 8:00 PM
TKTS
$40 V.I.P.R.S.V.P.
$30 General Admission at
Door
$20 Students~Actors~Friends
FCFS
AGENTS ET ALR.S.V.P.
Lounge opens at 6:00 PM
MICRO SYNOPSIS
"The Tempest" meets
"Romeo and Juliet" in
Vietnam.
"In a sense, Mankind's
First War never ended.
The Losers simply
regrouped and came
back. Maybe it took 10
years, maybe 100. But
the sting of Defeat
cultivated the resolve
to reply.~~~ No War
affected our present
Society more than the
Viet-American War,
juxtapposing itself with
the "Cultural
Renaissance" of the
Sixties.~~~ But few
Wars have ever been
less understood.~~~ As
we approach a world of
ever expanding
complexity, it is
imperative that we
attempt to understand
how we got here. This
cycle of Ancient
Conflict will end some
day. We can choose the
easy way, working
together as a Global
Society, or the hard
way, continuing to pit
one culture against
another.
SETTING-OVERVIEW
"Retired" Army Sgt.
James D. Caine narrates
his own story from the
piano. After
encountering the ghost
of his old partner and
trainer Command Sgt.
Thomas E. Daniels, he
flashes back to his days
as a Vietnam scout and
sniper. The anguish of
war and the anxiety of
house arrest, however,
have turned Caine into
a "Split Personality."
CAST OF
CHARACTERS
in order of appearance
(Please click on pictures for
Artist Video Profiles)
JAMES DOYLE CAINE,
57............ Narrator,
piano, FBI DC OP
ROBERT QUINCY
MACKY, (1916-2002).......
Caine's 2nd Personality
THOMAS E. DANIELS,
mid 20's....... Caine's
first partner and ghost
lurp
MING TET SONG, early
20's.........LI MING'S
Aristocratic sister
LI MING SONG, mid
20's......... NVA OP
and Daniels' fiance
ANDY MIRKOVIC,
early 20's.....Caine's
college roommate-
confidante
JAMES DOYLE
CAINE, 18...........
College student
turned L.R.R.P.
GIDEON MAXWELL,
20's.....DELTA Scout,
Caine's 2nd partner
in Nam
CYNTHIA MILAGROS
SANTOS, 18.......
Caine's ex-girlfriend
ELI WEINBERG,
57...........Cynthia's
Poly Sci Professor
CMMDR TUNG
TRINH, TAK, ZACK,
HUNT, 20's.......Li
Ming's battalion
A WORD ABOUT
THE PRODUCTION
GHOST OF WAR has
evolved into an
acoustic Play with
piano Interludes,
using no
microphones or
sound amplification.
But the Play was
originally conceived
as a "Multi-Media"
Musical with Rock
Music, Ballads and
Orchestral Music. A
companion DVD will
eventually be
released for the
Play with much of
the music written
with the original
concept in mind.
Here we offer a few
music videos that
we are developing
for that DVD.
"STRAY STREET"
"DANCE OF THE
DINOSAURS"
"GHOST OF WAR"
"SERGEANT CAINE'S
ANTHEM"
MACRO SYNOPSIS
JAMES CAINE grew
up with the
Vietnam War. But
that is not to say he
really knew
anything about it.
To him as a young
teenager it was only
a TV war. Half a
world away. But
then as a college
freshman he was
shocked to find that
the new "lottery"
draft excluded all
the usual college
deferments. The
war had become
very unpopular and
the attitudes of the
traditional draftees
had degenerated.
America's military
leaders decided that
the drastic new
measure of drafting
collegians right out
of school was the
best way to
transition to an all-
volunteer military
once the war was
over.
The new lottery
worked like this: All
365 days of the year
were placed in a
drum and
withdrawn. One by
one, each date was
given a number. For
example, the first
date drawn, January
17th, was assigned
number one, and so
on. College students
around the country
estimated that if
your birthdate was
one of the first 100
or so drawn, you
would probably be
drafted. (Before this
new "lottery" draft,
if you were a
college student in
good standing, you
were given a
"deferment," or
"pass" from the
draft.)
So when Caine's
birthdate came up
number 11, he knew
he could not avoid
being drafted, even
though he was an
engineering student
with an "A" class
average.
Caine's freshman
roommate in
college was the son
of a successful
Pittsburgh
businessman and
world-wise beyond
his years. He had
some advice for
Caine. Don't rebel.
Don't procrastinate.
Don't run away.
Run in! Enlist! Turn
this around. Make it
something positive.
Be somebody
important and
respected. Embrace
this as an
opportunity.
Caine qualified for
special training:
Long Range
Reconnaisance
Patrol. His first
partner and field
trainer was the best
"Ghost Warrior" in
country. But this
"lurp" wasn't the
best because he
hadn't learned the
ways of the enemy.
He was the best
because he had: in
every way.
Command Sargeant
THOMAS DANIELS
had lost faith in the
motives of his own
government and
now planned the
most egregious
transgression:
Defection. He had
fallen in love with a
beautiful and
aristocratic young
North Vietnamese
operative named LI
MING SONG.
This all put Caine
into a terrible
situation. In order
to protect his new
partner, he must
now lie to his
recruiter and
commander,
COLONEL ROBERT
Q. MACKY, and tell
him that Daniels
was dead. But if the
Colonel ever found
out the truth, Caine
could be tried for
Treason!
SGT. JAMES DOYLE
CAINE
[Narrator-Piano]
SGT. JAMES CAINE'S
JOURNAL
In America we
always talk about
the "Vietnam" War.
But when I got to
Vietnam, I found
that the people
always talked about
the "American"
War. This was
because we were
only the last in a
long line of
invaders to their
country since
ancient times. We
found, a bit to our
surprise, that these
people had always
known war and
were almost
comfortable with it,
if that was possible.
We didn't know it
at the time, but we
were about to learn
from the best.
Vietnam could be
called "The
Crossroads of the
Orient," providing
the only land
passage between
the vast regions of
China and all the
territories of the
south. The invaders
were endless and
came from all
directions. From the
north came the
Chinese: the Hans,
the Tangs and the
Songs. From the
south, the traders
of the Malay
Peninsula. From the
west, the spectral
warriors from
Ankor, the Thai-
speaking tribes
from Siam, and
even absentee
landlords-by-proxy
from as far away as
the Hindu Kingdoms
of India.
Industrial
technology brought
European
dominance and
Vietnam fell under
the French colonial
sphere. World War
II brought Japanese
occupation, but
also, the
cooperation of a
"Vichy" style
French-Vietnamese
government. It was
during this time
that a nationalist,
civilian militia rose
up called the VIET
MINH, with its
political and
philosophical leader
HO CHI MINH. !--
(Although aligned
with Allied forces
against the
Japanese, the Viet
Minh successfully
fought against the
re-establisment of
French colonial rule
after WWII. The
subsequent peace
talks in Geneva in
1954 scheduled
national elections
for the following
year. These national
elections, however,
were never held,
and the country was
"temporarily"
divided into North
and South
Vietnam.)--!
This forced
separation did not
prove stable and
these civilian
fighters re-emerged
years later during
the "American" war
with a new name.
The name that I
would come to
know them by: the
VIET CONG.
COMMUNISM
Things don't happen
in a vacuum, do
they? I'll tell you
the same thing
about communism
that Colonel Macky
told me. After
WWII, the Allies
gave France back to
the French, we gave
Italy back to the
Italians, and Spain
back to the Spanish.
But the Russian
Communists refused
to leave eastern
Europe. The people
of the world had
legitimate cause to
be alarmed. Russian
Communism was a
militaristic
corruption of
socialist principles.
When word got out
that religion itself
was to be
eliminated, there
was no way to
reconcile. An
ideological war was
on. After the
Communist Koreans
tried to march on
Seoul, the "Domino
Theory" was
created. If Vietnam
fell, all of the
mainland Orient
would follow. So
John Forster Dulles,
the archetect of
SEATO, had every
reason to believe he
was doing the right
thing, even if it
denied democracy
to the people of
Vietnam. After all,
Ho Chi Minh was
just a puppet of the
Chinese "Reds."
"The citizens are
not intelligent
enough to be told
the
truth."...Machiavelli
"No one is stupid.
But the people are
not well-informed
enough to make
important decisions
about
Policy."...Anonymous
political candidate
"But you
are?" ...Blackballed
political
correspondant
THE SUMMER OF
'64
In the summer of
1964 I was 11 years
old. And I can
remember it was a
different time in
America. A more
innocent time. No
one seemed to use
bad language.
Politicians seemed
to always tell the
truth. The police
were all polite and
nice. Our
institutions were
held in high regard.
And the only people
who had tattoos
were criminals or
veterans from the
war. It was a time
before Horror
movies and
Gangster movies (at
least in wide
release). Even loud
rock bands like THE
BEATLES wore suits
and had relatively
short hair.
It was a time before
drugs, before
promiscuous sex,
and a time before
viscious street
crime, at least for a
young kid growing
up in middle-class
Rochester, New
York. About the
only global
problems
encountered by us
kids was when we
were told to finish
our food by our
mothers because
there were starving
children in China.
But a series of
events occuring half
a world away would
conspire to shatter
this delicate
American innocence
forever...
THE GULF ON
TONKIN INCIDENT
On the evening of
August 4th, 1964, it
was hot, dark and
misty in the Gulf of
Tonkin as two
American
battleships, the USS
MADDOX and the
USS TURNER-JOY,
began their patrol
of these waters off
the coast of North
Vietnam. !--
(Although
Wahington and
Hanoi were not
officially at war, the
Americans had set
up SEATO, the
South East Asian
Treaty
Organization, in
direct opposition to
the Geneva Peace
Accords of 1954,
effectively blocking
national
elections.)--!
As the evening wore
on, a violent
thunder cell swept
up the slot from the
Indonesian Spice
Islands. As the
storm eventually
engulfed the ships,
the electrical
activity in the
swirling cell
wreaked havoc with
the sensitive RADAR
and SONAR systems
of the day.
First the RADAR
operator reported
possible contact,
but he couldn't be
sure. Perhaps two
or three small
gunboats. The
SONAR report was
inconclusive. There
was simply too
much electrical
interference for
accurate readings.
As a precaution,
several rounds were
discharged topside
in the direction of
the vector. As the
night continued,
though, no actual
contact was ever
established. Earlier
in the evening,
however, a radio
report had been
sent out informing
command of the
incident.
Six days later, in
Washington,
President Lyndon B.
Johnson used this
unsubstantiated
incident to ask
Congress to pass
the so-called GULF
OF TONKIN
RESOLUTION,
officially beginning
the "American" war
in Vietnam.
THE CURTAIN
RISES...
EXTERIOR SCENE A
jungle scene at
night. Two bushes
seem to slowly
move.
They are moving.
But they are not
bushes. Two
soldiers crawl along
the ground. They
wear "Ghillie" suits,
covering their head
and back with moss,
leaves and
branches.
One soldier moves
slightly ahead and
views with
binoculars. The
second holds back
and prepares a rifle
against a tree, but
seems hesitant.
BINOC GIDEON:
"Caine. That's our
tag."
RIFLE CAINE:
"Gideon. We're too
tight. We're on top
of'em."
GIDEON: "Caine.
That's our tag. The
fire. Three clicks to
the left. The old
man with the white
beard. That's our
tag. Now take it.
Stop your cryin'
and do your duty!"
RELUCTANTLY,
Caine locks down
the weapon and
FIRES. The BLAST
shatters the
stillness. After just a
moment,
SCREAMING,
YELLING, and then
weapons FIRE fills
the air.
GIDEON foolishly
keeps viewing as
the ammo RIPS by,
all around. Caine is
emphatic as he
commands.
CAINE: "Gideon. Get
down. Get the hell
down."
GIDEON turns and
runs back to the
now prone Caine,
but is hit and falls
as he reaches him.
Caine grabs the
limp Gideon by the
collar and drags
him into their
"Blind," a tiny
shelter in the
bushes they have
fashioned.
NVA REGULAR
soldiers run by,
pointing and
SHOUTING, but only
stopping to
circumview, and
then continue.
AS THE SOUND of
the soldiers fades,
Caine stealthily
leaves the
"Blind,"... alone.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTERIOR SCENE
Sgt. Caine is led
from a jail cell into
a meeting arena. He
stands before a
uniformed officer.
OFFICER:
"Command
Sargeant James D.
Caine! You have
been sentenced to
"Death by Firing
Squad" by the
United States
Martial Court of
South Vietnam on
this day, November
17th, 1972. Do you
have any last words
before execution of
sentence?"
CAINE: "Last words?
Of course I got
some last words. I
shouldn't even be
here. Colonel
Macky! I followed
every order you
gave me. Tell this
guy. Macky,
tell'em."
OFFICER: "That's
enough."
FROM THE
SHADOWS Colonel
Macky responds.
MACKY: "Caine.
Stand tall. Take
your punishment
like a man."
CAINE: "My
punishment?"
OFFICER:"Sargeant-
at-Arms!"
SGT-AT-ARMS:
"Ready arms. Aim.
Fire... Fire... Fire...."
TITLE: ONE YEAR
EARLIER...

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