“The Boys in Company C” quotes

“I decided to keep a journal and write about our experiences in the Marine Corps. Maybe I can get it published someday, that is if anyway wants to read about what happens to a bunch of guys they're gonna send to Vietnam.”
James Canning - Alvin Foster

- Billy Ray Pike: I'm not going to sit here and let no one call me a quitter. Or calling me crazy.
- Tyrone Washington: That' not what you got to worry about. What you got to worry about is your kid running around calling somebody else "daddy".
Andrew Stevens - Billy Ray Pike
Stan Shaw - Tyrone Washington

“August 27th, 1967, we took the oath this morning. Tyrone Washington - Chicago, Illinois. Billy Ray Pike - Galveston, Texas. Me, Alvin Foster - Emporia, Kansas. Vinnie Fazio - Brooklyn, New York. Dave Bisbee - Seattle, Washington and a bunch of other guys from all over the country.”
James Canning - Alvin Foster

“Jesus, how the hell do they expect me to train fucking marines when they won't even send me human god-damn beings to start with?”
R. Lee Ermey - Sgt. Loyce

“Here's your body count Captain. Three chickens and a duck!”
Stan Shaw - Tyrone Washington

“You're an asshole, you're gonna be dumb enough to pull a gun on a man you better be smart enough to pull the trigger!”
Stan Shaw - Tyrone Washington

“- Lt. Archer: General Sloan was so impressed with what we did that he set it up. Foster, do you realize that we took out a communication outpost, captured an enemy stronghold and wiped out an entire company of NVA regulars? Do you believe everything I just said Foster?
- Alvin Foster: Well, yes sir.
- Lt. Archer: Well then, I guess they should...” (continue)(continue reading)
James Whitmore Jr. - Lt. Archer
James Canning - Alvin Foster