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III.






IN THE CHAPEL - ROCKLAND AIR FORCE BASE - DAY



It's a multi-faith altar with a plain bronze cross, above 

which is a Hebrew star.



THE CONGREGATION: A room filled with Airmen, 


Specialists, Sergeants, officers of every rank. On collars are 

gold and silver bars, spaghetti on caps. The tense 

atmosphere of a pre-military-engagement briefing.



The speaker is Maj. Gen. "Red Dog" Sorkin, handsome and 

charismatic hero to these spellbound military men, 


ennobled and spellbound by his stirring, evangelistic 

military fervor.



MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: ...Lord, those were blessed times, 

when words like DUTY and GOD and COUNTRY and 

NATIONHOOD had meaning and were not diluted by 


politicos and diluted by media but RAISED UP to 

holiness by the fist of the LORD -- WHO GAVE US this 

country, which tonight we are defending. FOR ALMOST 


FIVE DEC- ADES --



He pauses, slowly pacing back and forth, looking into the 

eyes of his men.



MAJ. GEN. SORKIN: -- We stood as the nuclear 

deterrent to the Satans of the world! Rock- land Air Base 

Firepower stood Sentry for the Globe! Our ICBMS and 


TITANS have been the an- gels guarding this nation for 

30 years with the missile deterrent force of a billion 

exploding suns -- and now they want to demonize us, 


DEVIL-IZE us, SHUT DOWN this great Air Base while at 

this very moment hundreds of our brave airmen are










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