Franz's quote...


Back at the camp when Franz issues his famous speech 'I'm gonna save your life and you're going to save mine'he also mentions 'City of Chicago got the clap from my sister 'I always wondered what that meant.
Somebody help me please.

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'my dad drinks, my mother coughs blood, the city of Chicago got the clap from my sister...'; on other words, the new guys should not think of home & their lives & problems there-they needed to focus on being in the jungles of the A-Shau Valley & keep themselves & their comrades alive.
During the battle at firebase ripcord ( a year later but in the same area & the same unit) a highly experienced NCO from US Spec Forces was promoted to Lt's rank & given command of a rifle company--as he had his troops fortify their part of the perimeter, he gave them a speech that said, in effect: in order to survive you must ONLY think of War & nothing else.

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