Word Of Honor: -2003 Film-

He clears his throat. "No, sir," he says. "I did not give that order."

Silence. Then Tyson’s rasping voice: "We made a promise, Vic. Word of honor." word of honor -2003 film-

The word of honor, broken long ago, is finally made whole—not by silence, but by the shattering cost of telling the truth. He clears his throat

"Do you remember their faces?"

Thirty-two years later, Vic Deakins is a successful pharmaceutical executive in upstate New York. He has a beautiful wife, a son in college, and a reputation for quiet integrity. The war is a locked drawer in his mind. Benjamin Tyson, however, never left the jungle. He teaches military history at a small college, drinks too much, and stares at the ceiling at 3 AM. The ghosts of My Lai—for that is what it was—follow him everywhere. Then Tyson’s rasping voice: "We made a promise, Vic

"I’m sorry," Deakins whispers.

But Deakins’s son, home from college, looks at him with cold, new eyes. "Dad, is it true?"