Dewey Martin: Lt. Johnny Reardon

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• [first lines] 

  Lt. Johnny Reardon : This is the territory - Arizona - 1868. This is the fort, such as it is. These are the men. Ex-mutineers, deserters, Confederate prisoners. But mixed in with these are a handful of the finest regulars on earth, all of them soldiers at $13 a month. My name is Reardon.

• [last lines] 

  Lt. Johnny Reardon : Sixteen thousand miles of enemy frontier to be patrolled... a handful of men to do it. This is what had to be done.