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    Page 79 BAN DIEGO - ITEM 35 OPEN ON TIGHT OU OF PACE OP TOUGH SALTY-LOCKING DRILL INSTRUCTOR SGT. THE INSTANT WE COME TO THIS SHOT (WE SEE HIM IN 3/4 PROFILE). HIS MOUTH OPENS AND HE BEL- LOWS A COMMAND. WE STAY WITH SHOT DURING HIS COMMAND. THEN HE TURNS HEAD OR MOVES OPP OUR CAMERA STARTS TO MOVE UPWARD (IS ON A FORK- LIFT) AND CAMERA PANS AS IT IS GOING UP TO GIVE US A ... WIDE VIEW OP SEVERAL PLATOONS OF RECRUITS CRISS-CROSSING AROUND THE DRILL INSTRUCTOR. THEY SHIFT RIFLES, ETC, WE HEAR THE CADENCED UNUSUAL SING-SONG CHANT OF THE MARINE DI. AFTER HOLDING THIS SHOT FOR ABOUT 25 SEC- ONDS, WE HEAR THE NOISE OF ROTORS GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. WE PAN UP FROM MARCHING MEN AND SEE A HELICOPTER (NOT ONE OF THE THREE IN ASSAULT). WE STAY ON 1COPTER AND PAN WITH IT AS IT FLYS BY, OR UP AND AWAY OFF CAMERA. CUT TO: LS OF THREE COMBAT HELI- COPTERS LANDING MARINE ASSAULT TEAM IN "VERTICAL ENVELOPMENT" OPERATION (DUST CLOUDS, SOUND OF MOTORS, CONFUSION OF BATTLE ACTION). THE CAMERA COMES IN FROM LS TO (DUST CLOUDS, SOUND OF MOTORS, CONFUSION OF BATTLE ACTION) MS UNDER A ?╟╓COPTER AS IT COMES DOWN AND RIFLE SQUAD JUMPS OUT OF DOORWAY, GARROWAY: And at San Diego, there are a breed of men apart ... and they are called Marines. In San Diego... that moment is not forgotten.