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You guys, follow me in.

Hit the dirt!

So far, only one Corsair has been
positively identified.

Because of the 20 Japanese flags.

Carter says you ordered the strike,

and when you discovered
you'd made a mistake,

decided to lay it off on him.
- Carter's a liar.

Ted, there were casualties.

You try to hang that on me you'll find
this war come crashing down around you.

Carter's family buys and sells
senators like you deal in Scotch.

What is it that you're
suggesting that I do, sir?

Resign your command.

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Out of my way, Larry.

Now, wait a minute, Jim.
Don't go jumping to conclusion.

It's time somebody taught
that little boy a lesson.

Just wait for confirmation, huh?

Come on, you guys.
Jim's going after Carter.

I'm gonna have to knock some ice into
you, you get so hot, you can't see anymore.

You stay away from me, Gutterman.

Keep him off...
Get him off me, get him off me!

You keep that maniac away from me.

Cut it out, you, James!
All of you!

Stay away from me.

All right, you guys.
Knock it off! Knock it off!

Now get out of here.

Get out of here and get yourselves
a cool walk. Get going.

I'm not gonna forget about this, Major.
- Carter...

You're lucky to be alive. Any one of these
men could've planted you with my blessings.

Now, I'll see you in the up shack
in five minutes.

You got that, mister?

VMF 214 reporting a close air support strike.

Sector 118,

grid alpha charley 202,

that's the northern end of the Sengai Valley.

As soon as you get strike confirmation,
let me know.

Negative.

Black Sheep One.

I wanna say something.

That is with your permission, Major.

Sergeant, why don't you
get yourself a cup of coffee?

What happened out there today,
it wasn't my fault.

I'm not interested in whose fault it was.

Well, I am.
I took ground fire today.

I felt the slugs in the aircraft.

Sit down.

Somebody made a mistake today.

You try to hang that on me, you'll find
this war come crashing down around you...

as though you were the enemy.

You really have that much
horse power, Carter?

Push me. Find out.

You get your gear.

You're going to Espritos.
You're out of here this afternoon.

You're really gonna try it,
aren't you, Boyington?

I've had it with you, Carter.
With you and your silver spoon.

I probably should've grounded you,
but I didn't.

Now, that's going to be up to
the flight sergeant to decide.

You tell him about your family tree
and your father's influence,

and whatever great career
someone's carved out for you.

You think you can get me on a Section 8?
I got news for you...

Your way way off your head.

What exactly did you see?

I saw a panel marker that was red
or orange, I don't know what color.

Anybody else see it?
- No.

Any markings on it?
An arrow or something?

Hey, did anybody see Carter?

If I were him, I'd go down to the beach
with my fancy pistol and blow my brains out.

If you was him, Boyle, you'd probably miss.

Any of you guys see Carter, tell him
he got his orders. - Orders?

Wait, wait...

Hey...

What does it say?

Pappy sending him to the flight surgeon.

It's about time.
That guy's got monkey fever.

Remember the time Greg flamed that Zeke
and the pilot bailed out?

Oh, and Carter dove down in his parachute?

I thought I'd heard of a thing like that,
never thought I'd see it.

The man loves killing.

Bob, you mind?

So Carter's gonna get a Section 8 and go home.

It's fine.
What's gonna happen to us?

There's gonna be an investigation.

Maybe even a court-martial.

Wait a minute. We don't know
those were our troops down there.

I saw the panel markers.

You saw something, Jim.

Going 340, trying not to bounce off
trees, you can't be sure what you saw.

Yeah, but if it was...

It's been confirmed.

Fifth Marines were on a mop-up
operation taking prisoners.

Any losses?

Yeah.

But they don't know how many yet...

All the reports aren't in.

My God.

So Carter's gonna get out on Section 8?

I don't know what's gonna happen to Carter,
and I don't give a damn.

We have been removed from combat status,
pending a full investigation.

Now, when the brass and the press get here,

I would appreciate it, men, if you would
keep your mouths closed for a change.

One of your pals are looking for you.

I don't have any pals here.

My heart bleeds.

Hey, Ted!

Here. Your orders.

Yes.

Maybe I'll see you around, Larry.

Maybe.

We got word from the rear area.

It was one of our own units.

They should've put the markers out.

You can't tell anything from the air
without the markers.

I don't know. Maybe they got
covered up or something, you know.

Yeah, maybe.

There's your plane.

Did you see any markers?

No, I didn't.

But I was in the last flight,
we aborted before we got over the valley.

They didn't put the markers up.

It's their own fault.

Ted, there were casualties.

I thought you'd wanna know.

We have ground reports of repeated
attacks, Boyington. Repeated!

Now, how did that happen?

One of my pilots made a mistake. He was
separated from the rest of the squad...

He took a run down the valley
and he saw enemy troops...

What he thought were enemy troops.

He radioed his position for assistance,

and since he knew where the ground
fire was coming from,

he was the first one to fly the first pass.

Ground fire! Enemy troops!

My God, Boyington, those were United States
marines guarding Japanese prisoners!

I know that now, sir.

Well then, what the hell happened out there?

Sir, it's possible that...

That Carter... That he got confused and
he attacked the wrong position.

But the point is, sir,

that when we realized what happened
and I gave the orders to abort,

my men followed those orders and they aborted.

The point, Boyington,

is that United States Marines
were wounded in that strafing.

And what was supposed to have been
a routine mop-up operation

turned into a full scale battle.

It took six hours to secure the area!

And more men were lost in that fighting.
Men that would be alive now!

You said, Carter? Ted Carter?

Yes, sir, I said Ted Carter.

Get him in here, rightaway.

Sir, I sent him to Espritos
for a medical evaluation.

Do you know who Ted Carter's father is?

Yes, sir.
He wouldn't let us forget it.

General Kane has ordered a full-scale
investigation, Boyington.

So far, only one Corsair has been
positively identified.

The marines remembered it.

Because there were at least 20
Japanese flags on the fuselage.

Oh, Carter's looks very
pleased with himself today.

Major Boyington.

Major, I'm Preston Sawyer from General
Kane's headquarters' in New Caledonia.

You know General Moore,
Colonel Lard and Colonel Richardson.

Major.

Sit down, Greg.

This is a formal hearing, Major.

What you say will be recorded and transcribed
and you'll be asked to sign it.

I understand you have waived the right
to be represented by counsel at this hearing.

For this hearing, that's right. Yes, sir.

Then tell us what happened
on your last mission over Sengai.

We were flying close air support
for the Choiseul invasion,

the enemy was honeycombed into the hill sides
and we were dropping 500 pounders...

I wonder why it's taking so long.

I don't know, but I don't like it.

These MP's remind me of a bunch of
vultures, sitting on a tree

waiting for old mule to die.

At least General Moore's in there.

He won't let Pappy get railroaded.

He's coming out.

Lieutenant Robert Boyle.

Oh, I got to go in there first.

Just go in there, Bob.

I don't trust that character Sawyer.

Well, he's General Kane's right-hand
man. I've been studying up on all this.

I'm supposed to be
the squadron's legal officer.

What'd you tell them, Pappy?
We ought to keep our stories straight.

I told them the truth.

And that's what I expect all you guys
to do, I expect you to tell them the truth.

Go ahead, Lieutenant, tell us what happened.

Yes, sir.

Well, we just flew an air strike...

Relax, Lieutenant, go ahead.

Yes, sir.

...at the Japanese emplacement.

We went upstairs and we regrouped
and then Carter got on the radio...

Lieutenant Ted Carter?

Yes, sir.

He was over the north end of the valley.

But somehow he got separated
from the rest of us.

He said he that he was receiving ground
fire and he needed assistance.

So Pappy led us over there...
- Excuse me?

By Pappy, I assume you mean Major Boyington?

Yes, sir. Major Boyington.

Thank you.

So Carter knew where the ground fire
was coming from,

so he led us in.

I was in the back, with Casey,

it's Lieutenant Larry Casey,

and still coming in over the hill
when I heard Pappy on the radio...

saying that there was a friendly position
down there and telling us to abort.

So I pulled up.

Then Carter said that Pappy,
the Major, was crazy,

that there were a friendly troop for
Marines pinned down there in the valley.

And then Carter came around to make pass.

Pappy, chased down after him and told
him to get back in the formation.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

Is that all, sir?

We have a number of people to interview.

Don't you wanna ask me anymore questions?

I don't think that'll be necessary.

Yes, sir.

Thank you very much, Lieutenant.

You're welcome, sir.

That's the last of them.

General?

It's preposterous.

Not a single man has corroborated
Carter's testimony.

Why should they?

They're loyal to their commanding officer.

Captain, eight men sat in here
and told the same story,

even down to the words
in the radio transmissions.

Carter's story was completely different.

Those eight men have had 48 hours
to collaborate on their story.

I'm not surprised they used the same words.

General...

I know the history of this squadron.

If it hadn't been for Boyington, those
pilots would have been court-martialed

or sitting behind desks,
and probably court-martialed.

Well... Look at the charges Colonel Lard
has filed against this unit...

in the last six months.

They're derelicts, undesirables...

And liars. And that is documented.

Whereas Lieutenant Carter's
service record is spotless.

I don't think we can ignore the fact

that Boyington asked for psychiatric
examination of Carter

following the incident.

The doctor's preliminary indicates a clean bill.

Go get Carter.

Not one of them supported your story.

I told you they wouldn't.

Ted...

I hope to God you know what you are doing.

Once a thing like this gets started,
it's hard to stop it.

What am I supposed to do?

Protect Boyington?

Protect the stainless image
of the Marine Corps?

Look, it is my job to
protect the Marine Corps,

and your job to protect yourself.

But I want you to be sure

if this thing gets all the way to court-martial,

that you will be able to go through with it.

What are you talking about?

Why wouldn't I go through with it?

You think I'm lying?

No.

No.

No, I don't think you're lying.

Lieutenant, you've made serious
charges in this inquiry.

If there is any doubt in your mind
as to the accuracy of your recollection,

or any part of the testimony,

or if you would like to reconsider,

I suggest you do so now.

I stand behind everything
I've said, General.

It's the truth.

Very well, Lieutenant, you're dismissed.

Wait for us outside.

I wanna wait a few days.

Washington wants to know
how we're handling this...

and how we're gonna
keep it out of the press.

Are you aware, General, that

Navy censors have caught over two dozen
letters describing the incident?

Every man in the Fifth Marines
is talking about it.

I don't buy Carter's story.

I wanna wait until the flight sergeant
has more time with it.

Sir...

General Kane made one thing clear to me,

Ted Carter is not leaving his command
with a Section 8 on his record.

Then General Kane wants a court-martial?

No. General Kane does not
want a court-martial.

He feels it would be tremendously embarrassing.

It would raise questions in Washington
as to why VMF 214 exists...

as a combat squadron under Boyington's command.

It exists, Captain,

because I authorized it.

Sit down, Greg.

What I'm gonna say to you in this room
is completely off the record.

Come on, come on.
What's going on?

Carter says you ordered the strike,

and when you discovered
you'd made a mistake,

decided to lay it off on him.

Do you believe him, sir?

Colonel?

Doesn't matter whether we
believe it or not, Boyington.

There are five officers who are gonna
have to be convinced that it isn't true.

You're going for a court-martial.

Pappy's gonna be court-martialed.

Wha...

What did he say?
- Shut up!

You have become a thorn in the side
of a two-star general.

He wants your wings.

And he's got you right between
the rocks and the shoals.

That still doesn't alter the fact
that Carter is a liar.

Well, what is it that
you're suggesting I do, sir?

Resign your command.
Now, wait a minute!

I'll transfer you back to Pearl Harbor
and I'll do my best bury this whole thing.

Give it a year and I guarantee you eagles.

And the Black Sheep?

The squadron will have to be broken up.

They'll all go into the pilots pool.

What happens if I don't jump on
this hand grenade, if I just...

If I just let it go off?

Then you'll be charged with dereliction
of duty as a commanding officer.

If you're convicted, it'll go on
your record and it'll never come off.

You'll be forced to resign your commission.

What happens if I'm not convicted?

Greg,

Ted Carter's family buys and sells
senators like you deal in Scotch.

Presidents come to his father's home for dinner,

generals run errands for him.

What do you think the fate of one fighter
pilot would mean to a man like that?

Joe Carter has plans for his son.

He wants a war hero in the family.

I'll marry his daughter.

What do you want from me, General?

There's only one thing matters to me, Greg.

I want to be able to look you in the eye
the next time I see you.

How much time do I have?

Forty-eight hours.

I accept the court-martial.

You're early today, Colonel.

I'm on duty.

There's supposed to be a Major Boyington here?

In the back.

Colonel Ellis?

A sad fact but true.

I'm Greg Boyington, sir.

This is T.J. Wylie, that's Jim Gutterman.
Why don't you sit down.

Yeah.

Any particular reason to meet in here, Major?

Well, I needed an office.
As much as I am up for court-martial,

so I figured I'd set up shop
someplace where I can be comfortable.

You're pretty cheerful about it.

Colonel?

Tell me, Major, we got a lot of bright
young men in the section,

why'd you pick me to represent you.

T.J. checked up on those bright young men.

And none of them were criminal lawyers.

It so happens I was a lousy criminal lawyer.

You're in deep water, Major,
and you're sinking fast.

You've got a two-star general
out to get your wings

and a prosecuting attorney I would've
been afraid of in my prime,

if I'd ever had a prime.

You might as well let this sea lawyer
represent you for all the good I can do.

I got news for you, Colonel.

I think I can beat this court-martial.

You're going to beat it?

Well, you got the right to represent yourself.

I think you should.

Better you to have a fool for a client than me.

Pappy.

I got the names on the court-martial board.

The good old rocks and shoals. Everyone
of them's a personal friend of General Kane's,

except the president.
That's odd.

The president is Colonel Lard.

He doesn't have to be a friend of Kane's.
He's been trying to put me away for six months.

He's going to get his wish.
You're going down the pipe, son.

And you're an old shyster who doesn't
know a winner when he's sitting with one.

You, sea lawyer.
I want a deposition on this Lt. Carter.

You know how to take a deposition?

I was pre-law in college before they
kicked me out... - Just do it.

And you, get over to Lared's office
and tell him... - Lard.

Lard. And tell him I want a copy of
every charges ever been made against...

this Black Sheep squadron or anything
else that pertains to this case

and if he holds out anything on me,

tell him I'll file appeals
all the way to Washington

and he won't hear the end
of this case till the end of the war.

If he's lucky!

Get going!

Yes, sir.

And you

just keep pouring.

I'm in.

Me, too.

I fold.

You know what's spooky about all this?

I think Carter really believes
you ordered him to strafe that valley.

I mean, he really thinks we're all
out to get him to protect ourselves.

Call.

Case Section 8 twice over.

What's that make him, Bobby?
Section 16?

Section 116.

Everybody out?

Gentlemen, I wanna thank you for
your contribution to my defense fund.

All right.

T.J., when you talked to
Carter did he act differently?

Different from what?
He's always been a yo-yo.

Yeah, I know that.
But you know, if he's gone bananas

he'll act a little differently.

That's not necessarily so, you know.

I had an uncle who's crazy as a fruit tree

until he sat down with a psychiatrist
or a lawyer or doctor, he was normal as you.

Well, normal as normal people.

You call that normal?

Hey, you know what I was wondering?

I was wondering if Carter just all
of a sudden had an accident.

You guys know what I was thinking?

You know, it wouldn't be all that hard
to blackmail Lard,

and he's the president of the court.

Pathetic bunch of hooligans you all are.

Commanding officer is responsible
for the actions all his men, crazy or not.

Look here, old man, aren't you the buffalo
who said they're trying to railroad Greg?

Now it just seems to me...

You just proved Carter's point for him.

Maybe you're all out to get him.

I thought you were sleeping.

It's a common misconception.
I was thinking.

Thinking of your strategy?

I was thinking how I can
get out of this assignment

before you derelicts pull me down with you.

Ten. Hut!

I want to talk to you.

You're rapidly losing your one chance
to get out of this situation intact, Major.

If you think you can save yourself by
discrediting the Marine Corps

or Ted Carter,

I will personally guarantee you one deep
hole with your name at the bottom of it.

You're already scared of this,
aren't you, General?

You know that Ted Carter's lying.

I don't believe you heard...

I heard what the General said.

Carter needs psychiatric help.

I was in command of the squadron.

You want to discipline me
for what happened, do it, sir.

But don't take my squadron away from me.

Boyington, I'll take everything
you ever had away from you.

Before I'm through,

you're gonna wish you went down in that
last mission over Sengai.

We entered the Sengai Valley from
the northern pass, at 0715.

We were a flanking operation
under the command of Captain Taylor.

Our job was to contain the enemy...

as he was flushed from
the caves on the hillside,

where the main force was on a sweep,

Colonel Fein commanding.

But you were under
the command of Captain Taylor?

Yes, sir.

Where is Captain Taylor now?

On a hospital ship off Guadalcanal.

He got shot up pretty bad by the Corsairs.

I see.

When did you first see the Corsairs?

We were rounding up prisoners.

Most of them were confused and disoriented.

They hadn't eaten in a week,

they were out of ammo,

we were giving them chocolate bars and C-rations.

What's with that guy, is he lost?

He's coming around again.
What's he doing?

Sarge!

Hit the dirt!

Damn! Oh, God, I got hit!

Get on the radio and try to call that idiot!

We tried, sir.
We can't raise them by radio.

Why'd they do it? Why?

The markers!
Where the hell are the markers?

You stupid maniac, what are you doing?

So the panel markers were not in position?

The panel markers were in position,

but they were not in the area that we
were holding prisoners.

They were all over that valley.

What were the markings on that airplane?

I couldn't see them, sir.

What in the name of God is going on here?

I don't know, but you better get down, sir!

Captain!

Radio them... Tell them...

Can't raise them, sir.

Our radios were set at 133.8,

by pre-arrangement with the ground forces
for whom we were flying support.

It's not surprising the Fifth Marines
couldn't raise us,

since they didn't know
what frequency we were on.

And how did you happen to be split off
from the rest of the squadron, Lieutenant?

After dropping my ordnance,
the Major ordered me to fly high cover.

The wind at my assigned altitude was
in excess 40 knots out of the west,

and it carried me over the Sengai Valley.

Major, I got ground activity at Sector 118,
looks like it could be trouble.

Take a run, Carter, get a closer look.

Hard to tell what's going on down there, Major.

There's a war going on down there, Carter,

and if it wouldn 't be too much trouble,
maybe you could lend a hand with it.

You saying I should attack, Major?

I want you to drop flowers.

Come on, Jim, let's show them what
these planes are made for.

Getting to the boys in the valley?
Blast it!

So Major Boyington ordered you to attack,

despite the fact you weren't sure what
was really happening in the valley?

Yes, sir.

Only I couldn't do it.

So when I came over the valley the second time...

Major, those are friendly troops down there!

Friendly troops?
Pull up, you guys.

Break off!
- You don 't give orders up here, I do.

But Greg, if they're friendly...

Do what I tell you to!

Major, there are some panel markers down there!

Carter, you get upstairs
and stay there, on radio silence!

I'll settle with you on the ground.

The rest of you guys, follow me in!

Isn't it true, Major, that you never
personally liked Ted Carter?

Resented having him in your unit,
and felt that by recommending

psychiatric observation of him
following the incident,

that you could protect yourself by using
Carter as a scapegoat?

I object, Colonel.
That's a leading question.

I'd like to answer that question,
if it's all right with you.

No, I never liked Carter personally,
but he was a member of my unit,

I supported him just like
I supported anyone else.

And when he radioed me that he was getting
ground fire from the Sengai Valley...

Major, I'm receiving ground fire over
the north end of the valley.

Are you hit?
- Affirm.

Looks like a company of friendlies
pinned down in the mouth of the valley.

I could use some help.

Jim, T. J., can you see his position?

Negative, Greg. He must be
on the reverse side of the hill.

Carter, come up to angels one, we'll rendezvous.

I led the squadron over to assist him.

When a pilot's in trouble,
you don't question his judgment.

You try and help him.

I see your position, Carter, where's
the ground fire coming from?

Why don't I lead you in, Major?

Roger.

Jim, you guys see a panel marker down there?

There's one down there, I just saw it.

Abort! Abort!
Everybody upstairs!

What're you talking about?

Those are friendlies down there, Carter!

You're crazy! I'm going down.

Carter!

Carter, get upstairs.

Major, those are friendlies pinned down there.

Maybe you won 't do
anything about it but I will.

I gave you an order, Lieutenant!

Jim,

keep everybody up here and keep them frosty.

I'm going down after Carter.

Carter, you don 't follow orders and get upstairs,

I'm personally gonna blow you out of the sky!
You got that, Lieutenant?

Carter, they're friendly.
Don't fire!

Carter!

Carter! Carter!

Lieutenant Carter made the final pass
with me behind him.

Then I escorted him up and I ordered
him to stay with the squadron.

And then I made one last pass.

To verify the friendly position we'd attacked.

Major,

how do you account for the discrepancies

between your version of the incident
and Lieutenant Carter's?

I can't account for it, sir.

Two weeks ago, Lieutenant,

the aircraft that you were flying was
shot down off the coast of Choiseul.

You were in the water 14 hours

before Air Sea Rescue picked you up.
Is that right?

That's right.

When you got back to your squadron...

Do you remember your first mission
after you were rescued?

What about it?

A Zero was shot down, the pilot bailed out.

What did you do after you saw the parachute?

Why?

Answer the question, Lieutenant.

We were off the coast of Bougainville.

I knew the pilot would be picked up, alive,

uninjured,

able to fly against us the next day.

So what did you do?

Isn't it true that you dove on the parachute
and Major Boyington had to order you to stop?

What was your intention?
To kill the Japanese pilot?

That's right.

Are you aware that that's in violation
of the Geneva Accord?

What does it feel like to be in
the cockpit during combat, Lieutenant?

What's that supposed to mean?

Are you frightened?

This is a ridiculous line of questioning.

Is it?

How would you know?
Have you ever been in combat?

Colonel, what is the purpose of these questions?

To establish Lieutenant Carter's state of mind
at the Sengai incident.

Lieutenant Carter is not on trial here.

That's right.
Major Boyington is.

Colonel...

This isn't a court of law where

skilled lawyers fence with
each other for semantic points.

A military career is on trial here.
A career that's worth saving.

But I can't prove that to you,

I am just a lawyer that wears
a uniform, I'm not a soldier.

It's provided in the Navy courts and boards
that the defendant in a court-martial can conduct

his own cross-examination of a witness.

With your permission,

I would like Major Boyington to take
over questioning Lieutenant Carter.

We'll have a 10 minute recess.

What did you pull out of your sleeve?
I'm not the lawyer, you're the lawyer.

It's a stall.

A stall? What for?

Beats it out of me, Major.

We are dying in there.

We're dying in there?
I'm the one that's got to die in there.

Look, I can badger that kid and
use legal tricks on him all day

but what does that prove?
That I'm a good lawyer?

I've got to prove you're
a good commanding officer.

Put us up there.
We'll tell them.

Oh, sure. With service records
like yours? Not a chance.

Pappy!

Courier plane was late, but he made it.

Hey, Sarge, you got all dressed up.

Ain't he beautiful?

You wanna find out how I earned
some of fruit salad, sonny?

Not now. Thanks for coming, Sarge.

I got 20 airplanes lined up.

No one to fly.
I want you back at work.

I found five.

Am I gonna be able to smoke in there?

You may not have to go in there,
Sergeant. These are what I need.

And the affidavit.

This pilot of yours, is he any good?

T.J.?

He's one of my best.

If you ever want to get rid of him,
send him to me.

I could make a lawyer out of him.

Now let's see what I can do with Teddy Carter.

Major, you have the court's permission to proceed.

That won't be necessary, Colonel.
I'll continue questioning Lieutenant Carter.

I understood...
With the court's permission.

All right, get on with it.

I never fired on the valley.

I refused to fire.

I saw they were friendly troops.

Then they wouldn't have fired at you?

Why would they have fired at me?

Oh, that is a good question, Lieutenant.

Colonel,

these bullets

taken from the underside of

Lieutenant Carter's aircraft
following the Sengai mission.

This is a sworn statement
by the man who found them,

Sergeant Andy Micklin,
maintenance chief for the 214.

You see those bullets were fired from an
M1 rifle, as Sergeant Micklin has verified.

The question is,

why would our troops have fired at
Lieutenant Carter's aircraft

unless Lieutenant Carter was firing at them?

You did fire at them, didn't you?

No. They were friendly troops.

We know that now.

But at the time you radioed Major Boyington,
you thought you'd seen enemy troops.

I don't know what you're talking about.

You radioed Major Boyington
for assistance. Why?

I told you, I saw...

Panel markers.
I asked him what I was supposed to do.

What color were the markers?

I don't know...yellow.
- They were orange.

All right, orange.
- What did you really see in that valley?

Panel markers.
Friendly troops.

But you received ground fire.

I didn't say that.

There were bullets in your aircraft.

How many times do I have to repeat myself?

I was over the valley.

I saw activity and I went
down to see what it was.

When I was coming in over the hills I saw...

What did you see?

I saw troops. Our troops.

I reported it. I reported it.

I saw the enemy.

And uh...

I mean, the panel markers

and the prisoners.

Jim, do you see a panel marker down there?

There is one down there.

Abort! Abort!
Everybody upstairs!

You're crazy!
- ...panel marker down there?

Abort! Abort!

Abort! Abort!

Abort!

I tried to tell you.
I tried to tell you...

what was happening.

I told him I saw the enemy down there,

the prisoners, I saw the prisoners.

And he told me...

He told me to attack and there
wasn't any time to confirm.

Maybe the panel markers were there,

but the enemy could have taken the position
after the panel markers were there.

And they could have been
wearing the American uniforms.

It is a war, isn't it?

Ain't no rules in a war?

You think Hitler's playing
a parlor game? Stalin?

You know...

I don't know what you want from me.

Am I supposed to take down the name and
address of every Japanese soldier I see?

Am I?

I think we ought to have a 10 minute recess.

No, Colonel, I think we have to hear this.

And we're going to, proceed.

I think we ought to leave this boy alone.

Whether Carter ever fired at friendly
troops really isn't important,

troops were fired at, there were casualties.

It shouldn't have happened, but it did.

I think Ted Carter saw enemy troops
in the Sengai Valley

firing at him and acted accordingly.

There were no enemy troops firing
at him but Carter believed there were.

It wasn't an error in judgment,
it was a delusion.

None of us will ever be sure
what Ted Carter saw that day.

Carter himself, he's not
even sure what he saw.

But Carter isn't on trial here,

as Captain Sawyer pointed out.

Major Boyington is.

Carter asked his commanding officer
for assistance

and Major Boyington gave him assistance.

As a result, Major Boyington

fired on friendly troops.

When he realized it, he aborted the attack,

brought his squadron home and
reported what had happened.

Can any of you say you wouldn't
have done the same thing...

if one of your men were in trouble,
whether that trouble was real...

or imaginary.

Should that constitute dereliction
of duty as a squadron commander,

is up to you to decide.

Well?

I don't know.

Anybody's got a smoke?

Thanks, Jim.

Carter's...

I did know one thing.

Ted Carter was due for
a long spell with the doctors,

and I doubt he had quite the future
ahead of him his father had hoped for.

I hadn 't liked doing what I did to him,

he deserved rest and care,

but maybe at last he was going to get it.

Major,

they dropped the charges.

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