...and then we get a piece of the puzzle, as in flashback, at night, a military transport truck comes to a stop somewhere. The soldier on the passenger's side of the cab hops out; he goes and knocks on the side of the truck, and calls, "Whitman!" Dick, in full gear, gets out, and the soldier that's been waiting for the truck's arrival is chagrined, as he was expecting twenty men, not just one, and the job that he expected to take two days will now stretch out to a month. The soldier from the cab is singularly unimpressed and takes his leave, and the other guy bails in disgust as Don follows. If it's any consolation, dude, Don does enough lying for twenty men.