"A secret mission that Nixon asked him to go on. Yeah. And Nixon told him, I'm taking this secret to my death so no one will ever know.
Yeah. And you can cut the deal, 'cuz you're a bona fide war hero. Okay, John?
Yeah that's it. That's what happened."
....then, Nixon gave him his lucky hat ....
NOT THE LUCKY HAT!
And...and...and...he wasn't in Cambodia. He was in Paris!
Or near Paris. Whatever, it's seared--seared--in his memory.