We Were Soldiers (2002)
Vien Hong: Mr. Nik
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[after Ouellette takes a NVA prisoner just after landing in Ia Drang, the prisoner talks in Vietnamese to Moore and the rest of the solders]
Mr. Nik : [translating] He say he deserter.
Sergeant Major Basil Plumley : Bullshit, he's a lookout.
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore : Ask him where his friends are.
[Mr. Nik asks the prisoner in Vietnamese and the North Vietnamese lookout responds in Vietnamese]
Mr. Nik : He say this is basecamp for whole division. 4,000 men.
Lt. Colonel Hal Moore : Where?
[Mr. Nik firmly asks the prisoner in Vietnamese who responds by speaking Vietnamese and points to the nearby Chu Pong Massif]
Mr. Nik : [still translating] 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.