Prosecutor:
So you don't feel responsible for the rape and murder?
Clark:
No, sir. I don't.
Prosecutor:
Is it your feeling, Corporal Clark that you are wrongly brought to trial by the U.S. Government?
Clark:
I don't have anything against the government. But I just think soldiers like Tony Meserve and me... belong out in combat... not here. Throw us in the stockade and you're helping nobody but the Viet Cong.
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Cct to Private Hatcher]
Prosecutor:
When Sergeant Meserve called you, did you go willingly into the hootch and rape the girl Tran Thi Oahn? Please answer the question.
PFC. Herbert Hatcher:
Y-yes sir.
Prosecutor:
Have you any idea why Eriksson stayed out of the hootch?
PFC. Herbert Hatcher:
Well, he was brand-new, sir. I was there a lot longer than him. At least three weeks longer than him.
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cut to Private Diaz]
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