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His friend Stevie tells him, "Come on, Ronnie, you're crazy."
”No, you're crazy.” (0:17)
Ronnie prays: "Sometimes, God, I'm so confused." (0:24)
Ronnie tells his captain, "It was a very confusing day."
”Very confusing.” (0:35)
Male nurse: "Hit him with some morphine." (0:48)
A doctor tells Ron, "... we have a very good psychologist here." (0:49)
Physical therapist Willie: "You’re one crazy marine, Kovic." (0:50)
Willie asks Ron, "You going off the deep end?"
”Ron: ”Trying to keep me drugged so I don't know what's going on around here, man.” (0:55)
Ron's mother tells him, referring to Ron's brother Tommy, "He's hanging around with those creepy long hairs who take drugs and smoke pot." (1:07)
A flashback of combat interrupts Ron’s speech. (1:13)
His friend Timmy tells Ron, "That's crazy, man."
”It was crazy.”
Referring to headaches: “They just come, like I'm going crazy or something.”
”Well, mostly I do a lot of drugs.”
”It was insane over there. It was crazy.” (1:15)
Ron tells his high school sweetheart Donna, referring to letters he wrote, "Crazy stuff, huh." (1:22)
Protestors share a joint. (1:24)
Ron tells Donna, "Boy, was I crazy that night." (1:24)
Jenny tells Ron, "I think you’re really crazy."
Man, referring to Ron: “He’s... shitfaced.” (1:32)
His mother asks Ron, "Are you drunk again?”
”He's drunk again. Eli, we have a drunk for a son." (1:33)
Paraplegic Vietnam veteran Charlie: "You know you're really drunk on this mescal shit..." (1:41)
Flashback of combat (1:49)
Ron tells Charlie, "You're nuts, you know that? You're nuts." (1:53)
Ron visits the grave of Wilson, the soldier he killed by mistake in Vietnam. (1:57)
Mr. Wilson describes his son’s funeral.
Ron describes the day he killed Wilson: “It was very confusing.”
”And then it got really crazy... I was, uh, confused...” (2:00)
Police radio: "Drugs, marijuana..." (2:07)
A television reporter describes "... disabled veterans protesting the Vietnam War." (2:10)
Protestor: "... Piscatelli’s got a concussion." (2:13)
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