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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
IN THE UNPREDICTABLE PACIFIC,
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{\an7}EVEN THE BEST LAID PLANS
\h\h\h\h\hHAVE A PRICE.
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{\an7}Man: THEY BEGAN SCREAMING
\hAND MAKING AWFUL NOISES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hI WAS GLAD TO BE ALIVE
WHEN I GOT OFF THAT DAMN PLACE.
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{\an7}Narrator: AMERICA FIGHTS
FOR TWO ISLANDS AT ONCE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO CLAW WITHIN
STRIKING DISTANCE OF JAPAN.
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{\an7}[BOOM]
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{\an7}\hIF THESE NEW WARPLANES
CAN GET OFF THE GROUND.
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{\an7}\h\hMan: CREWS WHO HAD GONE
BEFORE US DID NOT COME BACK.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
WITH COLOR COMBAT FOOTAGE...
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}...AND A GENERAL’S
\hOWN HOME MOVIES,
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{\an7}\h\hHEAR THE VOICES
AND FEEL THE FIGHT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hMan: THE BEACH
WAS A SHEET OF FLAME,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THOUGH
THE ISLAND WAS ON FIRE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: THESE ARE HOME MOVIES
OF INDIA IN 1944.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE TRAVELER CAPTURES
EVERYTHING FROM STREET KIDS
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{\an7}TO THE TAJ MAHAL.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE FILMMAKER
IS NOT A TYPICAL TOURIST.
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{\an7}THIS IS GENERAL CURTIS LEMAY
OF THE U.S. ARMY AIR FORCES.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS PERSONAL FILMS
FROM THE SMITHSONIAN ARCHIVES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hHAVE NEVER
BEEN BROADCAST BEFORE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY REVEAL
HIS NEW CLASSIFIED ASSIGNMENT.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hCurtis Lemay:
THE PROJECT WAS TOP SECRET,
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{\an7}AND I KNEW NOTHING OF IT
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{\an7}UNTIL I GOT ORDERS TO GO OVER
\h\h\h\hTO INDIA IN JULY 1944.
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{\an7}Narrator: AT AGE 37,
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{\an7}HE’S ONE OF THE YOUNGEST
\hGENERALS IN THE ARMY.
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{\an7}HE’S JUST BEEN SENT TO INDIA
\h\h\hON A DARING MISSION--
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{\an7}BOMB JAPAN FROM HERE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hON PAPER,
IT’S POSSIBLE, BARELY.
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{\an7}AMERICANS ARE SECRETLY
\hDEVELOPING THE B-29,
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{\an7}KNOWN AS THE SUPERFORTRESS.
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{\an7}IT’S THE LONGEST-RANGE BOMBER
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEVER DEVELOPED.
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{\an7}IN THEORY, IT COULD BOMB TARGETS
MORE THAN 1,500 MILES AWAY.
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{\an7}BUT THE AIRPLANE IS BEING
\h\h\hRUSHED INTO SERVICE,
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{\an7}UNPROVEN AND UNPREDICTABLE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLemay:
IT WAS IN PRETTY BAD SHAPE
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{\an7}INSOFAR AS BEING READY
\h\h\h\h\hFOR COMBAT.
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{\an7}Narrator: B-29 CREWS WONDER
\h\h\h\hIF THEY’VE SIGNED UP
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{\an7}FOR A CUTTING-EDGE AIRPLANE,
\h\h\h\h\h\hOR A DEATH TRAP.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hRaymond Halloran:
CREWS WHO HAD GONE BEFORE US,
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{\an7}AND THERE WEREN’T TOO MANY,
\h\h\h\h\hDID NOT COME BACK.
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{\an7}Narrator: DESPITE THE SETBACKS,
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{\an7}AMERICA IS DESPERATE
\h\hTO STRIKE JAPAN.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hCURTIS LEMAY WILL TRY
TO MAKE INDIA THE SPRINGBOARD,
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{\an7}MORE THAN 3,000 MILES AWAY.
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{\an7}IT WILL BE, QUITE LITERALLY,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA LONG SHOT.
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{\an7}ANOTHER FLASH POINT
\hIN THE PACIFIC WAR
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{\an7}IS FAR CLOSER TO JAPAN--
\h\hTHE MARIANA ISLANDS.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hONE ISLAND IS ALREADY
UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL--SAIPAN.
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{\an7}IT’S NOW BEING TRANSFORMED
\h\h\hINTO A FORWARD BASE
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHAT COULD LAUNCH
THE B-29 AGAINST JAPAN.
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{\an7}JAPANESE STILL OCCUPY
\h\hTWO NEARBY ISLANDS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHAT THREATEN
AMERICAN AIR OPERATIONS.
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{\an7}TINIAN HAS FOUR AIRFIELDS,
\hMAKING IT A KEY TARGET.
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{\an7}GUAM ALSO HAS AIRFIELDS,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT ITS VALUE
IS MORE THAN TACTICAL.
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{\an7}IT’S PERSONAL.
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{\an7}BEFORE THE WAR, GUAM WAS A U.S.
TERRITORY WITH A MARINE BASE.
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{\an7}THIS RARE PREWAR COLOR FILM
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{\an7}SHOWS LOCAL KIDS PARADING
\h\hFOR MILITARY PERSONNEL
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{\an7}IN THE CAPITAL, AGANA.
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{\an7}GUAMANIAN NATIVES,
\h\hTHE CHAMORROS,
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{\an7}ARE AMERICAN NATIONALS.
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{\an7}[MAN SPEAKING JAPANESE]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT IN 1941,
THE JAPANESE OVERRAN GUAM
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{\an7}\h\h\hJUST THREE DAYS AFTER
THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THIS NEWSREEL TOUTS THE VICTORY.
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{\an7}[MAN SPEAKING JAPANESE]
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{\an7}20,000 AMERICAN CIVILIANS
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{\an7}\hINSTANTLY BECAME
JAPANESE SUBJECTS.
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{\an7}THEY HAVE BEEN FORCED
\h\hTO LEARN JAPANESE
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{\an7}AND DIG DEFENSES AT GUNPOINT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\hNOW THE AMERICANS
ARE READY FOR REVENGE.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\hMORE THAN 800 SHIPS
SURROUND THE MARIANAS,
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{\an7}\hTHE BIGGEST ARMADA YET
GATHERED IN THE PACIFIC.
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{\an7}PRELANDING BOMBARDMENT
\h\h\h\h\hIS RUTHLESS.
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{\an7}[ROCKETS ROARING]
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}THIS TIME, CAMERAS CAPTURE AGANA
FROM ABOVE,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBEING PUMMELED
BY ITS FORMER OCCUPIERS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAMERICA IS FLEXING
ITS GROWING AIR AND SEA POWER,
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{\an7}BUT ITS MANPOWER IS ERODING.
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{\an7}THE BATTLE FOR SAIPAN
\h\hTOOK A HEAVY TOLL.
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{\an7}\h\hNOW THEY PLAN TO FIGHT
FOR TWO ISLANDS AT ONCE--
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{\an7}GUAM AND TINIAN.
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{\an7}REPLACEMENT TROOPS POUR IN,
\h\h\hFRESH FROM BOOT CAMP.
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{\an7}THEY TRY TO GET A READ ON WHAT
\hIT’S LIKE FROM THE VETERANS.
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{\an7}Roy Roush: THEY WERE TRYING
\h\h\h\hTO ENGAGE SOME OF US
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{\an7}INTO A LITTLE CONVERSATION,
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{\an7}ASKING "WHAT’S IT LIKE HERE?
\h\h\hWHAT’S IT LIKE HERE?"
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{\an7}AND WE DIDN’T SAY MUCH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
JAPAN ALSO FEELS THE STRAIN.
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{\an7}\hON TINIAN, 9,000 TROOPS
ARE COMPLETELY SURROUNDED
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{\an7}BY THE AMERICAN NAVAL BLOCKADE.
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{\an7}JAPANESE TROOPS ARE ABOUT
\hHALF NAVY AND HALF ARMY.
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{\an7}THEY LOATHE WORKING TOGETHER.
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{\an7}THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
\h\hDEFENSIVE PLANS
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND STEAL
EACH OTHER’S PROVISIONS.
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{\an7}BUT THEY ARE STILL UNITED
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THEIR FERVOR
TO DEFEND THE HOMELAND.
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{\an7}ONE SOLDIER WRITES...
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{\an7}Man: WE HAVE SPENT 20 DAYS UNDER
UNCEASING ENEMY BOMBARDMENT,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT EVERYONE
IS FULL OF FIGHTING SPIRIT.
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{\an7}Narrator: NOW THEY WAIT FOR THE
AMERICANS TO TEST THEIR METTLE.
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{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
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{\an7}[RADIO CHATTER]
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{\an7}\h\hSOME OF THE AMERICANS
ARE ALREADY PLENTY TESTED.
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{\an7}VETERANS OF PREVIOUS INVASIONS
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{\an7}WONDER HOW MANY TIMES THEY CAN
\h\hSTORM A BEACH AND SURVIVE.
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{\an7}\h\hWilliam Steele:
BEFORE AN INVASION,
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{\an7}THEY FEED YOU STEAK AND EGGS
\h\hAT 4:00 IN THE MORNING.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIT’S LIKE A GUY GOING TO
THE ELECTRIC CHAIR OR SOMETHING.
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{\an7}WELL, I’D BEEN WOUNDED
\h\h\h\h\h\hAT TARAWA,
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{\an7}BEEN WOUNDED ON SAIPAN,
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{\an7}AND THIS WAS MY THIRD TIME
\hGETTING STEAK AND EGGS,
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{\an7}AND I JUST URINATED
\h\hALL OVER MYSELF.
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{\an7}I MEAN, THAT’S HOW SCARED I WAS.
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{\an7}I WAS SHAKING.
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{\an7}Narrator: INVASION DAY ON TINIAN
IS NICKNAMED JIG-DAY.
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{\an7}THE MASSIVE FORCE APPROACHES
THE ONLY BEACHES WIDE ENOUGH
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{\an7}\hFOR A LARGE-SCALE
AMPHIBIOUS LANDING.
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{\an7}HERE, THE JAPANESE ARE WAITING.
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{\an7}SHIPS RUN INTO THE TEETH
\h\h\hOF THEIR DEFENSES.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
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{\an7}THE BATTLESHIP COLORADO
TAKES A DEVASTATING HIT
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{\an7}THAT KILLS 43 SAILORS.
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{\an7}SHE HAS TO LIMP BACK TO SAIPAN.
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{\an7}AMERICANS PRESS ON.
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{\an7}MARINES CLIMB DOWN NETS
\h\hINTO LANDING CRAFT.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}THEY HEAD FOR SHORE.
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{\an7}THEN THEY STOP.
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{\an7}SHIPS BEGIN PULLING BACK.
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{\an7}\h\hA JAPANESE DEFENDER
WONDERS WHAT’S GOING ON.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMan: IT BECOMES QUIET
AFTER THE ENEMY WARSHIPS LEAVE.
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{\an7}MAYBE THE ENEMY IS RETREATING.
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{\an7}Narrator: THEY ARE NOT.
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{\an7}IT’S A LARGE-SCALE DIVERSION.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAT THE SAME TIME,
MARINES ARE QUIETLY APPROACHING
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTINIAN’S
NARROW NORTHERN BEACHES.
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{\an7}AMERICANS HAVE NEVER ATTEMPTED
\h\hA MAJOR AMPHIBIOUS LANDING
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{\an7}ON SUCH NARROW BEACHES.
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{\an7}LEADERSHIP HOTLY DEBATED
\h\hIF THEY WOULD WORK.
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{\an7}TROOP TRACTORS HAVE TO COME IN
\h\h\h\h\hALMOST SINGLE FILE.
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{\an7}CHARLES PASE IS ABOUT TO JUMP
ONTO AN EXPOSED PATCH OF SAND.
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{\an7}\h\h\hCharles Pase:
THE BEACH WAS TINY.
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{\an7}\hIT WAS THE KIND YOU TAKE YOUR
GIRLFRIEND TO GO SKINNY-DIPPING.
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{\an7}Narrator: PROTECTED ONLY
\h\h\h\hBY STEEL HELMETS
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{\an7}AND COTTON UNIFORMS,
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{\an7}\h\hMEN ARE BOTTLED UP
ON THE NARROW BEACHES.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}\h\h\hIT COULD QUICKLY
TURN INTO A SLAUGHTER.
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{\an7}BUT RESISTANCE IS LIGHT.
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{\an7}THE JAPANESE ARE FOOLED.
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{\an7}\hBY DAY’S END, MORE THAN
15,000 TROOPS ARE ASHORE,
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{\an7}ALREADY OUTNUMBERING THE ENTIRE
JAPANESE FORCE ON TINIAN.
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{\an7}25,000 MORE ARE ON THE WAY.
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{\an7}IT’S A MAJOR TACTICAL VICTORY,
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{\an7}BUT THEY AREN’T RELAXING.
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{\an7}NIGHTTIME COUNTERATTACKS HAVE
BEEN COMMON ON OTHER ISLANDS.
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{\an7}MARINES DIG INTO THE SAND,
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{\an7}FIGHT OFF THE URGE TO SLEEP,
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{\an7}AND WAIT.
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{\an7}THE JAPANESE DON’T DISAPPOINT.
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{\an7}THE FIRST NIGHT, THEY RACE NORTH
TO MEET THE INVADING AMERICANS.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}THOUSANDS RUSH THE MARINES
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{\an7}IN A BLOODY BANZAI ASSAULT
\h\h\h\h\hIN THE DARKNESS.
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{\an7}IT’S A CLOSE-FISTED RUMBLE
\hOF HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}DAYLIGHT REVEALS THE AFTERMATH.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hRobert Neiman:
YOU DON’T NEED TANKS.
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{\an7}YOU NEED UNDERTAKERS.
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{\an7}I NEVER SAW SO MANY DEAD JAPS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}Narrator: IN ONE FRANTIC NIGHT,
AMERICANS KILL 1,200 JAPANESE,
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{\an7}ONE SEVENTH OF THE ENTIRE
\hDEFENSE FORCE ON TINIAN.
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{\an7}THE NIGHT ATTACKS
\hARE TERRIFYING,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBUT MARINES
BEGIN TO HOPE FOR THEM.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY’D RATHER
WIPE OUT THE JAPANESE IN WAVES
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{\an7}THAN DIG THEM OUT OF HIDING,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE BY ONE.
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{\an7}\hJAPAN ALSO LAUNCHES A FEW
SURPRISE ATTACKS IN THE AIR.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}THEY ARE DETERMINED,
\h\h\hBUT DECIMATED.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}IT’S HARD TO SNEAK UP
\hON AN 800-SHIP NAVY.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEd Harrell:
IF THEY CRASHED CLOSE TO US,
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{\an7}WE SENT SOMEONE OUT TO RESCUE
\h\h\hTHEM AND BRING THEM IN.
202
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{\an7}WHEN THEY CAME ABOARD OUR SHIP,
MARINES STOOD GUARD OVER THEM
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{\an7}AND WOULD TAKE THEM IN
\h\h\hTO INTERROGATE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
SINCE TAKING HEAVY LOSSES
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THE BATTLE
OF THE PHILIPPINE SEA
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hA MONTH EARLIER,
JAPAN’S AIR POWER IS WEAKENING.
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{\an7}ON TINIAN, AMERICA HOPES TO LAND
THE KILLER BLOW.
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{\an7}TINIAN’S FOUR AIRFIELDS
\h\hARE THE KEY TARGET.
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{\an7}THE ONE CLOSEST TO THE LANDING
\h\h\h\hBEACHES IS USHI POINT.
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{\an7}\hAMERICANS EXPECT
STIFF RESISTANCE.
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{\an7}INSTEAD, THEY FIND
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAN UNDEFENDED,
WINDBLOWN GHOST TOWN.
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{\an7}\h\hAMERICANS POKE
THROUGH ITS RUINS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hNOW BOMBERS
GIVE WAY TO BUILDERS.
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{\an7}♪
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{\an7}A NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION
LAYS DOWN A 4,700-FOOT RUNWAY.
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{\an7}\h\hWHILE SMALLER PLANES NOW
COME AND GO FROM USHI POINT,
219
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{\an7}THE LANDING STRIP IS LONG ENOUGH
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{\an7}FOR AMERICA’S NEWEST PLANE,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE B-29.
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{\an7}ABOUT A YEAR FROM NOW, ONE WILL
TAKE OFF FROM THIS VERY SPOT--
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{\an7}ITS NAME, THE ENOLA GAY.
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{\an7}WITH USHI POINT IN HAND,
224
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{\an7}AMERICANS HAVE YET ANOTHER
AIR BASE IN THE MARIANAS.
225
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{\an7}\h\h\hPLANES BUZZ OVER TINIAN’S
ORDERLY AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE.
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{\an7}Pase: IT WAS NOTHING
\h\hLIKE THE JUNGLE
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hAT BOUGAINVILLE
OR GUADALCANAL OR BORNEO
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{\an7}OR ANY OF THOSE PLACES.
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{\an7}Narrator: THE ENEMY STILL HAS
\h\h\h\h\hMANY PLACES TO HIDE,
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{\an7}SO PLANES CUT ACROSS THE ISLAND
AND TAKE PICTURE AFTER PICTURE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hROLLS OF FILM
BECOME REAMS OF INTELLIGENCE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hPHOTOS BECOME
AS IMPORTANT AS FIELD WEAPONS.
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{\an7}\hEXPERTS TURN THEM
INTO ACCURATE MAPS.
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{\an7}SOME ARE STEREOSCOPIC PICTURES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hA STEREOGRAM SHOWS
THE LANDSCAPE IN RELIEF
236
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{\an7}\hAND CAN EVEN REVEAL
A CAMOUFLAGED HIDEOUT.
237
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{\an7}PREVIOUS INVASIONS LIKE TARAWA
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWERE MORE LIKE
FUMBLING IN THE DARK.
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{\an7}\hFOR TINIAN, THEY HAVE
THE CLEAREST PICTURE YET
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hOF ANY ISLAND
INVADED IN THE PACIFIC.
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{\an7}\hBUT THERE IS ONE THREAT
THAT REMAINS OUT OF SIGHT
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{\an7}UNTIL IT’S TOO LATE...
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}...MINES.
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{\an7}\hWITH AMERICA’S INCREASING
CONTROL OF THE SEA AND SKY,
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE JAPANESE TRY TO SLOW
THEIR ADVANCE ANY WAY THEY CAN.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}THEY USE ANTI-TANK MINES,
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{\an7}UNDERWATER MINES,
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00:16:07,066 --> 00:16:10,069
{\an7}AND ANTIPERSONNEL MINES.
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{\an7}\h\h\hTHE INEXPERIENCED
ARE THE MOST IN DANGER.
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
253
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{\an7}Thomas Baye: WE HEARD A BOOM
\h\h\h\h\h\hAND LOOKED BACK,
254
00:16:17,610 --> 00:16:21,380
{\an7}AND ONE OF THE REPLACEMENTS
\h\h\hHAD STEPPED ON A MINE.
255
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{\an7}NOBODY EVEN KNEW HIS NAME.
256
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
TINIAN IS RIDDLED WITH THEM.
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{\an7}MARINES USE THEIR OWN EXPLOSIVES
TO DETONATE THEM SAFELY.
258
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{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
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{\an7}MOST MINES ARE IMPROVISED.
260
00:16:40,433 --> 00:16:44,270
{\an7}MANY ARE DUDS.
261
00:16:44,303 --> 00:16:47,573
{\an7}THEY CAUSE MORE HEADACHES
\h\h\h\h\hTHAN CASUALTIES,
262
00:16:47,607 --> 00:16:50,076
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBUT EACH ONE
IS LIKE A SPEED BUMP.
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00:16:50,109 --> 00:16:54,013
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNO ONE ADVANCES
UNTIL IT’S EXPLODED SAFELY.
264
00:16:54,046 --> 00:16:55,748
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
265
00:16:58,918 --> 00:17:03,623
{\an7}ALSO SLOWING THE AMERICANS
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS SUGAR CANE.
266
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{\an7}FIELDS THAT LOOK ORDERLY
\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE AIR
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00:17:06,058 --> 00:17:10,029
{\an7}ARE DENSE THICKETS
\h\hON THE GROUND.
268
00:17:10,062 --> 00:17:11,297
{\an7}THE ENEMY COULD BE HIDING
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hANYWHERE
WITHIN THE 10-FOOT STALKS.
270
00:17:16,035 --> 00:17:19,472
{\an7}BUT MARINE VICTOR MAGHAKIAN
\h\h\h\h\h\hTURNS THE TABLES
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00:17:19,505 --> 00:17:23,976
{\an7}AND USES THE SUGAR CANE
\h\h\hTO HIS ADVANTAGE.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hVictor Maghakian:
I WENT ON A RECONNAISSANCE
273
00:17:25,545 --> 00:17:29,382
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND SPOTTED
A LARGE ENEMY PATROL.
274
00:17:29,415 --> 00:17:34,186
{\an7}\h\h\hTHEY MOVED INTO POSITION
ABOUT 50 FEET FROM MY PLATOON.
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{\an7}THEY WERE DIGGING IN,
MAKING LOTS OF NOISE,
276
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{\an7}\h\hAND DIDN’T SUSPECT
THAT WE WERE SO CLOSE.
277
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{\an7}\hI PASSED THE WORD DOWN
TO FIRE UPON MY SIGNAL.
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{\an7}\h\h\h\hWE OPENED UP
AND LET THEM HAVE IT
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{\an7}AS FAST AS WE COULD
\hPULL OUR TRIGGERS.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}KNEE-HIGH GRAZING FIRE
\hINTO THE CANE FIELD.
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{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
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{\an7}\h\hTHEY BEGAN SCREAMING
AND MAKING AWFUL NOISES.
284
00:18:02,582 --> 00:18:07,654
{\an7}\h\h\hNEXT MORNING, WE FOUND
BETWEEN 35 AND 40 DEAD JAPS.
285
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{\an7}I DID NOT LOSE A MAN.
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{\an7}Narrator: IN THE QUIET INTERIOR
OF TINIAN,
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{\an7}\hANY SOUND YOU MAKE
COULD BE YOUR LAST.
288
00:18:19,565 --> 00:18:22,034
{\an7}[ENGINE RUMBLING]
289
00:18:22,068 --> 00:18:26,739
{\an7}BUT ON THE COAST, AMERICANS ARE
MAKING AN INDUSTRIOUS RACKET.
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00:18:26,772 --> 00:18:28,907
{\an7}[ENGINE RUMBLING]
291
00:18:30,576 --> 00:18:32,845
{\an7}Baine Kerr: WE HAD TO PUT
\h\h\hTWO DIVISIONS ASHORE
292
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{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hACROSS THESE
ALMOST NONEXISTENT BEACHES.
293
00:18:37,650 --> 00:18:39,986
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU HAD
VERY LITTLE LANDING AREA.
294
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{\an7}\h\hNarrator: ENGINEERS
COME UP WITH THE ANSWER.
295
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{\an7}THIS IS A PONTOON CAUSEWAY,
\hA TEMPORARY FLOATING PIER.
296
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{\an7}SHIPS CAN PULL UP TO IT
\h\h\h\h\h\hLIKE A DOCK
297
00:18:53,633 --> 00:18:59,105
{\an7}\h\h\h\hAND UNLOAD EVERYTHING
FROM FOOD TO HEAVY MACHINERY.
298
00:18:59,138 --> 00:19:04,910
{\an7}ONE SHIP UNLOADS 30 TRUCKS
\h\h\h\hIN JUST 6 MINUTES.
299
00:19:04,944 --> 00:19:08,448
{\an7}COUNTLESS BOXES CAN NOW MOVE
\h\h\hFROM SAIPAN TO TINIAN
300
00:19:08,481 --> 00:19:13,252
{\an7}WITHOUT EVER TOUCHING
\h\h\hANYONE’S HANDS.
301
00:19:13,285 --> 00:19:16,088
{\an7}FEARS OF THE SMALL BEACHES
\h\hBECOMING A CHOKE POINT
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00:19:16,122 --> 00:19:19,092
{\an7}ARE SOON DISPELLED.
303
00:19:19,125 --> 00:19:23,529
{\an7}WITH PONTOON CAUSEWAYS, SUPPLIES
ARE FLOODING IN WITHOUT A HITCH.
304
00:19:26,499 --> 00:19:29,602
{\an7}ENGINEERS AREN’T JUST WORKING
\h\h\h\h\hON THE SUPPLY LINE.
305
00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:31,871
{\an7}THEY’RE WORKING ON WEAPONS.
306
00:19:37,276 --> 00:19:41,947
{\an7}\h\h\h\hCONVENTIONAL BOMBS
DEMAND PINPOINT ACCURACY.
307
00:19:41,981 --> 00:19:45,518
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
308
00:19:45,551 --> 00:19:48,988
{\an7}BUT TARGETING BY SIGHT
\h\h\h\h\h\hIS TRICKY.
309
00:19:49,021 --> 00:19:51,457
{\an7}AMERICANS OFTEN DROP
\h\h\hSEVERAL BOMBS
310
00:19:51,490 --> 00:19:55,527
{\an7}AND HOPE ONE HITS THE MARK.
311
00:19:55,561 --> 00:19:58,464
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
312
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{\an7}DURING THE BATTLE OF TINIAN,
313
00:20:00,332 --> 00:20:03,869
{\an7}OFFICERS GATHER ON SAIPAN
\h\h\hTO WATCH THIS FILM.
314
00:20:09,842 --> 00:20:13,145
{\an7}IT SHOWS THE FIELD-TESTING
\hOF A NEW TYPE OF WEAPON.
315
00:20:13,179 --> 00:20:15,348
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
316
00:20:15,381 --> 00:20:19,118
{\an7}IT’S CALLED NAPALM,
317
00:20:19,151 --> 00:20:22,554
{\an7}A COMBUSTIBLE MIXTURE
OF STICKY GEL AND FUEL
318
00:20:22,588 --> 00:20:25,257
{\an7}DESIGNED TO SPREAD AND BURN.
319
00:20:27,793 --> 00:20:32,831
{\an7}AMERICANS HAVE NO PROBLEM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hUSING FIRE.
320
00:20:32,865 --> 00:20:37,837
{\an7}\h\hIT’S ALREADY POURING OUT
OF FLAMETHROWERS AND TANKS.
321
00:20:37,870 --> 00:20:42,241
{\an7}BUT THIS IS A WHOLE NEW LEVEL
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF DESTRUCTION.
322
00:20:42,274 --> 00:20:46,845
{\an7}\h\hNOW AN AIRPLANE
CAN BECOME A DRAGON.
323
00:20:46,879 --> 00:20:50,916
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH ONE BREATH,
IT CAN SET A BRIDGE ABLAZE...
324
00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:55,588
{\an7}...SET WATER ON FIRE...
325
00:21:01,861 --> 00:21:03,996
{\an7}...OR TURN A FIELD
\h\hOF GREEN EARTH
326
00:21:04,029 --> 00:21:06,832
{\an7}\hINTO A LIFELESS,
CHARRED DEAD ZONE
327
00:21:06,866 --> 00:21:08,968
{\an7}WHERE NO ONE CAN HIDE.
328
00:21:11,604 --> 00:21:17,477
{\an7}\hAFTER WATCHING THIS FILM, THE
BRASS ON SAIPAN DON’T HESITATE.
329
00:21:17,510 --> 00:21:20,747
{\an7}THEY ORDER 8,500 POUNDS OF IT.
330
00:21:23,749 --> 00:21:29,054
{\an7}INSIDE OF A YEAR, AMERICA’S USE
OF NAPALM IN THE PACIFIC
331
00:21:29,088 --> 00:21:32,692
{\an7}WILL SPREAD LIKE WILDFIRE.
332
00:21:32,725 --> 00:21:39,966
{\an7}♪
333
00:21:39,999 --> 00:21:44,570
{\an7}AMERICANS ARE MORE THAN HALFWAY
THROUGH THE ISLAND.
334
00:21:44,603 --> 00:21:46,405
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE ENEMY
COULD BE HIDING ANYWHERE
335
00:21:46,438 --> 00:21:51,243
{\an7}\h\h\h\hIN THE ISLAND’S
TALL SUGAR CANE FIELDS.
336
00:21:51,277 --> 00:21:54,147
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTANKS OFFER
A HIGHER VANTAGE POINT
337
00:21:54,180 --> 00:21:57,216
{\an7}AND EXTRA FIREPOWER.
338
00:21:57,249 --> 00:21:58,150
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
339
00:22:01,587 --> 00:22:04,190
{\an7}CREWS LIKE TO NAME THEIR TANKS.
340
00:22:04,223 --> 00:22:09,628
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRUMBLING THROUGH TINIAN
ARE "ILL WIND" AND "KING KONG."
341
00:22:13,866 --> 00:22:19,038
{\an7}\h\h\hTUCKED INSIDE, DRIVERS
AND GUNMEN ROAM THE ISLAND,
342
00:22:19,071 --> 00:22:22,474
{\an7}SYSTEMATICALLY ENGAGING
\h\hTARGET AFTER TARGET.
343
00:22:22,508 --> 00:22:28,314
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
344
00:22:28,347 --> 00:22:33,986
{\an7}♪
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00:22:38,390 --> 00:22:43,495
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE AMERICAN ADVANCE
IS A STEADY, GRINDING PUSH,
346
00:22:43,529 --> 00:22:46,799
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE JAPANESE
ARE ABOUT TO STRIKE BACK
347
00:22:46,832 --> 00:22:49,468
{\an7}WITH SUDDEN FATAL FORCE.
348
00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:57,209
{\an7}ACROSS AN EXPOSED LANDSCAPE,
349
00:22:57,243 --> 00:23:01,647
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hJAPANESE OPTIONS
FOR COUNTERATTACKS ARE LIMITED.
350
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:05,717
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHEY TEND TO FALL BACK
TO MORE DEFENSIBLE POSITIONS.
351
00:23:07,753 --> 00:23:09,622
{\an7}ON TINIAN, THERE ARE FEW,
352
00:23:09,655 --> 00:23:14,126
{\an7}\h\hEXCEPT THE CLIFFS
ON THE SOUTHERN COAST.
353
00:23:14,159 --> 00:23:19,031
{\an7}\h\h\hTHIS IS WHERE THE JAPANESE
MAKE THEIR FEROCIOUS LAST STAND.
354
00:23:19,064 --> 00:23:22,234
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
355
00:23:22,268 --> 00:23:24,537
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
356
00:23:24,570 --> 00:23:27,840
{\an7}\h\h\hMORTARS RAIN DOWN
WITH A MENACING WHISTLE.
357
00:23:27,873 --> 00:23:32,544
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
358
00:23:32,578 --> 00:23:35,314
{\an7}AMERICAN CASUALTIES
\h\hBEGIN TO SPIKE.
359
00:23:35,347 --> 00:23:36,915
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
360
00:23:36,949 --> 00:23:40,352
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hON PREVIOUS ISLANDS,
CLIFF FIGHTING PROVED COSTLY,
361
00:23:40,386 --> 00:23:44,323
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSO ON TINIAN,
THEY SHARPEN THEIR STRATEGY.
362
00:23:44,356 --> 00:23:48,627
{\an7}LEADERS ORDER GROUND TROOPS TO
HUNKER DOWN IN THEIR FOXHOLES.
363
00:23:48,661 --> 00:23:51,697
{\an7}THEN THEY CALL IN THE NAVY.
364
00:23:51,730 --> 00:23:55,767
{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
365
00:23:55,801 --> 00:23:57,703
{\an7}FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS,
366
00:23:57,736 --> 00:24:02,975
{\an7}FIVE SHIPS COORDINATE
AN ALL-OUT FIRESTORM.
367
00:24:03,008 --> 00:24:09,715
{\an7}\h\h615 TONS OF SHELLS
CRASH INTO THE CLIFFS.
368
00:24:09,748 --> 00:24:12,117
{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
369
00:24:15,387 --> 00:24:21,360
{\an7}PLANES LAUNCHED FROM SAIPAN
\h\h\hDROP ANOTHER 69 TONS.
370
00:24:21,393 --> 00:24:23,862
{\an7}THE CONCENTRATION OF FIRE
\h\h\h\h\hIS MORE INTENSE
371
00:24:23,896 --> 00:24:27,099
{\an7}\hTHAN ANYTHING SEEN
ON TARAWA OR SAIPAN.
372
00:24:27,132 --> 00:24:28,600
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
373
00:24:33,305 --> 00:24:34,940
{\an7}AS THE SMOKE CLEARS,
374
00:24:34,974 --> 00:24:38,945
{\an7}\h\hMARINES GET THE SIGNAL
TO ADVANCE ON THE CLIFFS.
375
00:24:38,978 --> 00:24:40,680
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
376
00:24:40,713 --> 00:24:43,983
{\an7}\h\h\hSOMEHOW, THE JAPANESE GUNS
HAVE SURVIVED THE NAVY ASSAULT.
377
00:24:44,016 --> 00:24:46,285
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
378
00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:50,055
{\an7}ONE KEEPS FIRING WITH IMPUNITY,
379
00:24:50,089 --> 00:24:53,459
{\an7}AND AMERICANS CAN’T FIND IT.
380
00:24:53,492 --> 00:24:55,094
{\an7}WITH MARINES ON THE CLIFF,
381
00:24:55,127 --> 00:24:59,698
{\an7}THE NAVY CAN NO LONGER
\h\hUSE BLANKET FIRE.
382
00:24:59,732 --> 00:25:03,936
{\an7}SAILORS CAN ONLY WATCH
HELPLESSLY FROM AFAR.
383
00:25:03,969 --> 00:25:05,103
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hArt Anderson:
WE WITNESSED THE FIGHTING
384
00:25:05,137 --> 00:25:07,272
{\an7}ON THE MOUNTAINS UP ABOVE US
385
00:25:07,306 --> 00:25:08,941
{\an7}AND THE CANNONS
386
00:25:08,974 --> 00:25:10,776
{\an7}AND THE FIRING
387
00:25:10,809 --> 00:25:12,644
{\an7}AND THE HOLLERING.
388
00:25:12,678 --> 00:25:14,313
{\an7}IT WAS TWO OR THREE MILES AWAY,
389
00:25:14,346 --> 00:25:19,384
{\an7}BUT YOU COULD HEAR IT
\h\h\h\h\hOUT AT SEA.
390
00:25:19,418 --> 00:25:22,955
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: PINNED DOWN BUT
SO CLOSE TO VICTORY ON TINIAN,
391
00:25:22,988 --> 00:25:29,294
{\an7}\h\hA HANDFUL OF MARINES TAKE
MATTERS INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.
392
00:25:29,328 --> 00:25:33,999
{\an7}ONE JUMPS UP, RUNS TEN YARDS,
\h\h\hAND DROPS ON HIS BELLY.
393
00:25:34,033 --> 00:25:39,272
{\an7}\h\h\hANOTHER DOES THE SAME,
LEAPFROGGING PAST THE FIRST.
394
00:25:39,304 --> 00:25:42,073
{\an7}AND WITHOUT A PLAN,
\h\hWITHOUT ORDERS,
395
00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:46,278
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEY ZIGZAG
TOWARD THE JAPANESE GUN.
396
00:25:46,311 --> 00:25:49,481
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
397
00:25:49,515 --> 00:25:53,986
{\an7}FINALLY THEY GET CLOSE ENOUGH
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTO POINT IT OUT.
398
00:25:54,019 --> 00:25:58,724
{\an7}A TANK BLASTS AWAY.
399
00:25:58,757 --> 00:26:02,527
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHEN THE NAVY
LAUNCHES BIG SHELLS AT IT.
400
00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:13,205
{\an7}♪
401
00:26:13,238 --> 00:26:16,575
{\an7}20 BODIES SURROUND THE BUNKER,
402
00:26:16,608 --> 00:26:20,912
{\an7}\h\h\hA CONCRETE DUGOUT HIDING
A 47-MILLIMETER ANTI-TANK GUN
403
00:26:20,946 --> 00:26:24,416
{\an7}THAT FIRED OUT OF A NARROW HOLE.
404
00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:26,585
{\an7}IT’S ALMOST INDESTRUCTIBLE.
405
00:26:29,455 --> 00:26:32,892
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH THE LAST RIDGE
FINALLY UNDER AMERICAN CONTROL,
406
00:26:32,925 --> 00:26:35,461
{\an7}THE BULK OF THE BATTLE IS OVER.
407
00:26:37,629 --> 00:26:43,568
{\an7}♪
408
00:26:43,602 --> 00:26:47,506
{\an7}THE CAMPAIGN FOR TINIAN
\h\h\h\hTAKES NINE DAYS.
409
00:26:47,539 --> 00:26:54,513
{\an7}\h389 AMERICANS ARE KILLED,
AND MORE THAN 1,800 WOUNDED.
410
00:26:54,546 --> 00:26:57,983
{\an7}TINIAN IS NOT AS DEADLY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS SAIPAN,
411
00:26:58,016 --> 00:27:01,019
{\an7}NOT AS SHOCKING AS TARAWA,
412
00:27:01,053 --> 00:27:04,890
{\an7}NOT AS INFAMOUS AS IWO JIMA,
413
00:27:04,923 --> 00:27:08,393
{\an7}BUT FOR THE MEN LEFT HERE
\h\h\hUNDER WHITE CROSSES,
414
00:27:08,427 --> 00:27:13,032
{\an7}IT’S THE END OF THEIR WAR.
415
00:27:13,065 --> 00:27:16,802
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRAISING THE FLAG
IS A SYMBOL OF VICTORY,
416
00:27:16,835 --> 00:27:19,204
{\an7}BUT NOT THE END OF VIOLENCE.
417
00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:24,944
{\an7}AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE
TO FIND JAPANESE TROOPS
418
00:27:24,977 --> 00:27:27,680
{\an7}HIDING ALL OVER TINIAN.
419
00:27:27,713 --> 00:27:29,048
{\an7}A MARINE REGIMENT PULLS
420
00:27:29,081 --> 00:27:32,484
{\an7}THE UNGLAMOROUS DUTY
\h\h\hCALLED MOP-UP.
421
00:27:32,518 --> 00:27:35,955
{\an7}AFTER A BATTLE THAT OFFICIALLY
\hLASTED LESS THAN TWO WEEKS,
422
00:27:35,988 --> 00:27:37,823
{\an7}THEY WILL SPEND FIVE MORE MONTHS
423
00:27:37,856 --> 00:27:40,625
{\an7}CRISSCROSSING THE ISLAND
\h\h\h\h\hSEVERAL TIMES,
424
00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:42,027
{\an7}KILLING AN AVERAGE
425
00:27:42,060 --> 00:27:46,464
{\an7}OF ALMOST FOUR JAPANESE HOLDOUTS
EVERY DAY.
426
00:27:46,498 --> 00:27:51,036
{\an7}Pase: WE HAD TO BLOW THEM OUT,
\h\h\h\h\h\hEXPLODE THEM OUT.
427
00:27:51,069 --> 00:27:53,004
{\an7}NONE OF THEM WOULD SURRENDER.
428
00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:54,506
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
429
00:27:57,142 --> 00:28:00,512
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: CHARLES PASE WAS
ON THE JIG-DAY INVASION FORCE
430
00:28:00,546 --> 00:28:03,349
{\an7}AND STAYS FOR MOP-UP ON TINIAN.
431
00:28:03,382 --> 00:28:05,384
{\an7}Pase: WE HAD BIG LOUDSPEAKERS
432
00:28:05,417 --> 00:28:08,320
{\an7}\h\h\h\hUP ON THE CLIFFS
OVERLOOKING THESE CAVES
433
00:28:08,353 --> 00:28:09,621
{\an7}AND INTERPRETERS TELLING THEM
434
00:28:09,655 --> 00:28:13,359
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTO COME OUT
WITH THEIR HANDS UP.
435
00:28:13,392 --> 00:28:16,161
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: HERE, SOLDIERS
AND CIVILIANS FINALLY EMERGE
436
00:28:16,195 --> 00:28:20,232
{\an7}FROM A CRAMPED COASTAL HIDEOUT,
437
00:28:20,265 --> 00:28:23,802
{\an7}\hALMOST THREE WEEKS AFTER
AMERICANS DECLARE VICTORY.
438
00:28:26,205 --> 00:28:32,144
{\an7}HIDDEN FROM THE WAR, THEY HAVE
NO IDEA WHICH SIDE IS WINNING.
439
00:28:32,177 --> 00:28:35,547
{\an7}MANY ARE IN RAGS.
440
00:28:35,581 --> 00:28:39,752
{\an7}\h\h\hA FEW COME OUT
IN BUSINESS ATTIRE.
441
00:28:39,785 --> 00:28:42,821
{\an7}BUT THEY ALL NOW SHARE
\h\hAN UNKNOWN FUTURE
442
00:28:42,854 --> 00:28:45,323
{\an7}UNDER A NEW OCCUPIER.
443
00:28:45,357 --> 00:28:54,166
{\an7}♪
444
00:28:54,199 --> 00:28:58,070
{\an7}ALTHOUGH THE ENEMY STILL HIDES
\h\h\h\h\h\hIN SMALL POCKETS,
445
00:28:58,103 --> 00:29:02,841
{\an7}\h\h\hTINIAN’S MAIN OBJECTIVES
ARE FIRMLY IN AMERICAN HANDS--
446
00:29:02,874 --> 00:29:05,877
{\an7}THE AIRFIELDS.
447
00:29:05,911 --> 00:29:09,848
{\an7}IN 1941, JAPAN STAGED
\hAN AUDACIOUS ADVANCE
448
00:29:09,881 --> 00:29:15,754
{\an7}ACROSS THE PACIFIC FROM THESE
\h\hVERY AIRFIELDS ON TINIAN.
449
00:29:15,787 --> 00:29:22,727
{\an7}NOW AMERICANS WILL USE THEM
TO PUSH BACK TOWARDS TOKYO.
450
00:29:22,761 --> 00:29:26,398
{\an7}MOST OF THE BURNED-OUT JAPANESE
ZEROS HAVE BEEN SWEPT ASIDE
451
00:29:26,431 --> 00:29:30,001
{\an7}AND REPLACED BY LONG ROWS
\h\hOF AMERICAN FIGHTERS,
452
00:29:30,035 --> 00:29:34,907
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWINGS FOLDED UP
LIKE RESTING BUTTERFLIES.
453
00:29:34,940 --> 00:29:37,075
{\an7}THEY WON’T BE DORMANT FOR LONG.
454
00:29:37,109 --> 00:29:40,346
{\an7}THE MARIANAS WILL SOON BECOME
\h\hTHE LATEST AND LARGEST HUB
455
00:29:40,379 --> 00:29:44,183
{\an7}\hOF AMERICAN AIR POWER
IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
456
00:29:44,216 --> 00:29:47,086
{\an7}GIVEN WHAT’S HAPPENING
\h\hON MAINLAND ASIA,
457
00:29:47,119 --> 00:29:49,922
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE TRANSITION
CAN’T COME SOON ENOUGH.
458
00:29:52,758 --> 00:29:56,161
{\an7}CURTIS LEMAY IS A RISING STAR.
459
00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:57,762
{\an7}IN THE EUROPEAN THEATER,
460
00:29:57,796 --> 00:30:00,499
{\an7}\hHE WAS PROMOTED
TO MAJOR GENERAL,
461
00:30:00,532 --> 00:30:03,902
{\an7}ONE OF THE YOUNGEST
\h\h\h\hIN THE ARMY.
462
00:30:04,002 --> 00:30:07,439
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHESE ARE
HIS OWN PERSONAL FILMS,
463
00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:12,377
{\an7}REVEALING HIS NEW TOP SECRET
\h\h\h\hASSIGNMENT IN INDIA.
464
00:30:12,411 --> 00:30:18,817
{\an7}\hHIS MISSION--USE THE UNPROVEN
NEW B-29 BOMBER TO STRIKE JAPAN,
465
00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:22,454
{\an7}MORE THAN 3,000 MILES AWAY.
466
00:30:22,487 --> 00:30:25,924
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE STRATEGY
IS LITERALLY A STRETCH.
467
00:30:25,957 --> 00:30:29,160
{\an7}THE PLAN IS TO LAUNCH THE PLANES
FROM INDIA,
468
00:30:29,194 --> 00:30:33,031
{\an7}FLY OVER THE HIMALAYAS,
\h\h\hAND LAND IN CHINA.
469
00:30:33,065 --> 00:30:34,633
{\an7}THERE, THEY WILL REFUEL,
470
00:30:34,733 --> 00:30:38,070
{\an7}FLY OVER JAPANESE-OCCUPIED
\h\h\h\hCHINESE TERRITORY,
471
00:30:38,103 --> 00:30:41,406
{\an7}AND STRIKE JAPAN.
472
00:30:41,440 --> 00:30:43,208
{\an7}\h\h\h\hNewsreel announcer:
SOMEWHERE IN WESTERN CHINA,
473
00:30:43,241 --> 00:30:45,844
{\an7}THESE FARMERS TRANSFORMED
\h\hSATURATED RICE PADDIES
474
00:30:45,877 --> 00:30:48,446
{\an7}INTO AIRFIELDS.
475
00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:50,148
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AMERICAN NEWSREELS CAPTURE
476
00:30:50,182 --> 00:30:54,853
{\an7}SOME OF THE 10,000 CHINESE
WORKING ON EACH AIRFIELD,
477
00:30:54,886 --> 00:30:57,155
{\an7}BUILDING RUNWAYS BY HAND
478
00:30:57,189 --> 00:31:00,359
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH STONES
HAULED OUT OF THE RIVER.
479
00:31:00,392 --> 00:31:02,261
{\an7}Lemay: THERE WERE WORKERS
\h\h\h\h\h\hPULLING WAGONS
480
00:31:02,294 --> 00:31:05,364
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH TIRES
THEY HAD TAKEN FROM CARS,
481
00:31:05,397 --> 00:31:06,765
{\an7}WHICH WERE NOW USELESS
482
00:31:06,798 --> 00:31:10,001
{\an7}\h\h\hBECAUSE THERE WAS
NO LONGER ANY GASOLINE.
483
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,838
{\an7}\hNarrator: ROCKS ARE ABOUT
THE ONLY RESOURCE AVAILABLE,
484
00:31:12,871 --> 00:31:16,108
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hSINCE JAPAN CONTROLS
THE SURROUNDING SUPPLY ROUTES.
485
00:31:16,141 --> 00:31:18,977
{\an7}THERE’S NO EASY WAY
TO IMPORT ANYTHING,
486
00:31:19,010 --> 00:31:22,580
{\an7}INCLUDING AN AIRFIELD’S
\h\h\h\hLIFEBLOOD--FUEL.
487
00:31:28,887 --> 00:31:33,558
{\an7}SO THE B-29s COMING FROM INDIA
\hARE BASICALLY SUPPLY PLANES,
488
00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:35,527
{\an7}CARRYING FUEL INSTEAD OF BOMBS
489
00:31:35,560 --> 00:31:38,696
{\an7}OVER THE TALLEST MOUNTAIN RANGE
IN THE WORLD,
490
00:31:38,730 --> 00:31:41,533
{\an7}NICKNAMED THE HUMP.
491
00:31:41,566 --> 00:31:46,638
{\an7}B-29 NAVIGATOR DAVID BRADEN
KNOWS THE PROBLEM FIRSTHAND.
492
00:31:46,671 --> 00:31:47,939
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hDavid Braden:
FOR EVERY GALLON OF GAS
493
00:31:47,973 --> 00:31:50,442
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWE COULD HAUL
OVER THE HUMP IN A B-29,
494
00:31:50,475 --> 00:31:55,046
{\an7}\h\hIT TOOK TWO GALLONS OF GAS
FOR THE PLANE TO FLY IT OVER.
495
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,884
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
THE MATH ISN’T SUSTAINABLE,
496
00:31:58,917 --> 00:32:04,890
{\an7}BUT THE ENTHUSIASM TO BOMB JAPAN
OVERRULES THE LOGISTICS.
497
00:32:04,923 --> 00:32:06,725
{\an7}THEY PROCEED WITH THE PLAN.
498
00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:13,865
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE RAIDS BEGIN
IN THE SUMMER OF 1944.
499
00:32:18,770 --> 00:32:21,006
{\an7}AFTER SO MUCH TRIAL AND ERROR,
500
00:32:21,039 --> 00:32:25,577
{\an7}\h\hTHE B-29’S PROMISE
IS FINALLY IN THE AIR,
501
00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:28,947
{\an7}AND CURT LEMAY’S STRATEGY
\h\h\h\h\hIS ON THE LINE.
502
00:32:28,980 --> 00:32:31,282
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hLemay: WE BELIEVED
THAT IF STRATEGIC AIR POWER
503
00:32:31,316 --> 00:32:33,118
{\an7}WERE PROPERLY APPLIED,
504
00:32:33,151 --> 00:32:35,587
{\an7}AN ENEMY COULD BE DEFEATED
\hWITHOUT HAVING TO EXPEND
505
00:32:35,620 --> 00:32:39,157
{\an7}AS MANY AMERICAN LIVES
\hON THE BATTLEFIELDS.
506
00:32:40,826 --> 00:32:42,661
{\an7}Narrator: A SQUADRON OF B-29s
507
00:32:42,694 --> 00:32:46,731
{\an7}\h\h\h\hFINALLY MAKES IT
INTO JAPANESE AIRSPACE.
508
00:32:46,765 --> 00:32:49,768
{\an7}AMERICA HAS HIGH HOPES.
509
00:32:49,801 --> 00:32:53,805
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
510
00:32:53,839 --> 00:32:56,909
{\an7}THESE ARE THE FIRST AIRSTRIKES
\h\h\h\h\h\hON MAINLAND JAPAN
511
00:32:56,942 --> 00:33:02,281
{\an7}SINCE THE DOOLITTLE RAID
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hOF 1942.
512
00:33:02,314 --> 00:33:05,184
{\an7}THAT RAID DIDN’T DESTROY MUCH.
513
00:33:05,217 --> 00:33:10,556
{\an7}NOW, TWO YEARS LATER, AMERICA
\hRUNS INTO THE SAME PROBLEMS.
514
00:33:12,524 --> 00:33:16,094
{\an7}TARGET INTELLIGENCE IS SPOTTY.
515
00:33:16,127 --> 00:33:19,697
{\an7}CLOUDS PREVENT GOOD SIGHTING.
516
00:33:19,731 --> 00:33:23,868
{\an7}WINDS BLOW THE BOMBS OFF COURSE.
517
00:33:23,902 --> 00:33:27,672
{\an7}SOME MISS BY 20 MILES.
518
00:33:27,706 --> 00:33:30,008
{\an7}IN NINE SEPARATE RAIDS
\h\h\h\h\hFROM CHINA,
519
00:33:30,041 --> 00:33:33,444
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONLY FIVE PERCENT
OF THE BOMBS HIT THEIR TARGETS.
520
00:33:33,478 --> 00:33:34,646
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
521
00:33:34,679 --> 00:33:36,447
{\an7}Braden: A LOT OF IT DIDN’T WORK,
522
00:33:36,481 --> 00:33:39,284
{\an7}AND THEY JUST HAD TO FIND OUT
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTHE HARD WAY.
523
00:33:44,523 --> 00:33:49,695
{\an7}\h\h\hNarrator: THIS IS JAPANESE
FOOTAGE OF ONE RAID’S AFTERMATH.
524
00:33:49,728 --> 00:33:51,563
{\an7}IT’S NOT BOMB DAMAGE.
525
00:33:51,596 --> 00:33:57,335
{\an7}IT’S A FALLEN B-29
IN EASTERN CHINA.
526
00:33:57,369 --> 00:34:02,741
{\an7}THIS IS THE PRICE OF TESTING
\hA NEW AIRPLANE IN COMBAT.
527
00:34:02,774 --> 00:34:05,210
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLemay:
IF WE LOST HYDRAULIC FLUID,
528
00:34:05,243 --> 00:34:07,812
{\an7}THE PROP WOULD FLY OFF.
529
00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:10,148
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSOMETIMES
THE WHOLE DAMNED ENGINE SEIZED
530
00:34:10,282 --> 00:34:13,152
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND TWISTED
RIGHT OUT OF THE WING.
531
00:34:15,854 --> 00:34:17,222
{\an7}Narrator: IN RAIDS FROM CHINA,
532
00:34:17,255 --> 00:34:21,292
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNEARLY 100 B-29s
ARE LOST TO MECHANICAL FAILURE.
533
00:34:23,261 --> 00:34:25,830
{\an7}PIECES OF THIS PRECIOUS
\h\h\h\hSECRET AIRPLANE
534
00:34:25,864 --> 00:34:31,503
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hARE NOW STREWN
ACROSS ENEMY TERRITORY,
535
00:34:31,536 --> 00:34:34,072
{\an7}ALONG WITH THE REMAINS
\h\h\h\h\hOF ITS CREW.
536
00:34:36,942 --> 00:34:38,577
{\an7}THIS IS THE STATE
537
00:34:38,610 --> 00:34:43,348
{\an7}OF THE MOST EXPENSIVE WEAPONS
\h\h\hPROGRAM OF WORLD WAR II.
538
00:34:43,381 --> 00:34:44,816
{\an7}RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS LIKE
539
00:34:44,849 --> 00:34:48,419
{\an7}A $3 BILLION INVESTMENT
\h\hIN WISHFUL THINKING.
540
00:34:51,756 --> 00:34:56,928
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hCURT LEMAY’S JOB IS
TO TURN THINGS AROUND SOMEHOW.
541
00:34:56,962 --> 00:34:59,965
{\an7}Lemay: IT WAS GREAT TO FINALLY
\h\h\h\hBE ABLE TO BOMB JAPAN,
542
00:34:59,998 --> 00:35:04,636
{\an7}BUT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO BETTER,
A LOT BETTER.
543
00:35:04,669 --> 00:35:06,704
{\an7}Narrator: HE HAS SOME IDEAS,
544
00:35:06,738 --> 00:35:08,907
{\an7}BUT FIRST HE NEEDS TO MOVE
\h\h\h\h\h\hHIS OPERATION
545
00:35:08,940 --> 00:35:11,876
{\an7}FROM THE DISTANT AIRFIELDS
\h\h\h\h\h\hOF SOUTH ASIA
546
00:35:11,910 --> 00:35:17,048
{\an7}\hTO THE MARIANA ISLANDS,
RIGHT ON JAPAN’S DOORSTEP.
547
00:35:17,082 --> 00:35:21,320
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hHE CAN’T
UNTIL AMERICANS TAKE BACK GUAM.
548
00:35:25,757 --> 00:35:29,794
{\an7}\h\h\h\hTHE BATTLE FOR GUAM IS
NEARLY SIMULTANEOUS TO TINIAN.
549
00:35:29,828 --> 00:35:32,297
{\an7}THE LANDING IS CALLED W-DAY.
550
00:35:35,300 --> 00:35:38,870
{\an7}WHEN THE JAPANESE TOOK GUAM
\h\hMORE THAN TWO YEARS AGO,
551
00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:42,573
{\an7}LESS THAN 500 AMERICAN TROOPS
\h\h\hWERE THERE TO DEFEND IT.
552
00:35:46,077 --> 00:35:50,148
{\an7}NOW 54,000 ARE COMING ASHORE
\h\h\h\hTO WRESTLE IT BACK.
553
00:35:53,418 --> 00:35:56,821
{\an7}JUST AN HOUR AFTER LANDING,
\h\hMARINES TAKE HEAVY FIRE
554
00:35:56,888 --> 00:35:59,324
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hFROM THE TOP
OF A 1,000-FOOT BARRIER
555
00:35:59,357 --> 00:36:01,292
{\an7}CALLED CHONITO RIDGE.
556
00:36:01,393 --> 00:36:08,467
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
557
00:36:08,500 --> 00:36:10,802
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hBilly Sherrill:
I COULDN’T SEE ANY JAPANESE,
558
00:36:10,835 --> 00:36:13,671
{\an7}BUT THE FIRE WAS JUST SUSTAINED,
559
00:36:13,705 --> 00:36:15,540
{\an7}REALLY HEAVY FIRE.
560
00:36:18,643 --> 00:36:22,147
{\an7}Narrator: MARINES GET PINNED ON
THE SLOPE FOR TWO STRAIGHT DAYS,
561
00:36:22,180 --> 00:36:25,350
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hBARELY 100 YARDS
FROM THE ENEMY AT THE TOP.
562
00:36:25,383 --> 00:36:28,386
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
563
00:36:28,420 --> 00:36:31,423
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hALL THEY CAN DO
IS THROW LEAD BACK UPHILL
564
00:36:31,456 --> 00:36:33,191
{\an7}AND HOPE IT HITS SOMETHING.
565
00:36:33,224 --> 00:36:36,694
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
566
00:36:36,728 --> 00:36:40,732
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hONE COMMANDER
FINALLY GETS OVER THE RIDGE.
567
00:36:40,765 --> 00:36:44,202
{\an7}HE NEVER COMES BACK.
568
00:36:44,235 --> 00:36:48,506
{\an7}ANOTHER MARINE TUMBLES DOWNHILL,
SHOT THROUGH BOTH LEGS.
569
00:36:48,540 --> 00:36:52,811
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
570
00:36:52,844 --> 00:36:57,082
{\an7}\h\h\hTHE JAPANESE HAVE EVERY
ADVANTAGE, INCLUDING GRAVITY.
571
00:36:57,115 --> 00:36:59,884
{\an7}THEY BEGIN ROLLING HAND GRENADES
DOWN THE SLOPE.
572
00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:02,187
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
573
00:37:02,220 --> 00:37:05,390
{\an7}FOR 50 STRAIGHT HOURS,
\h\hMEN PICK FORWARD,
574
00:37:05,423 --> 00:37:09,460
{\an7}\h\hUP THE UNFORGIVING TERRAIN
AND THROUGH UNRELENTING FIRE.
575
00:37:09,494 --> 00:37:12,931
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
576
00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:15,300
{\an7}FINALLY, THE DECIMATED MARINES
577
00:37:15,333 --> 00:37:18,269
{\an7}GLIMPSE THEIR OWN COMRADES
\h\h\h\h\hON THE RIDGETOP.
578
00:37:20,538 --> 00:37:24,108
{\an7}ANOTHER UNIT HAD SCRAMBLED UP
THE BACK SIDE OF CHONITO RIDGE
579
00:37:24,142 --> 00:37:26,511
{\an7}AND FINALLY WON IT OVER.
580
00:37:30,782 --> 00:37:34,452
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAFTER TWO DAYS
OF FIERCE FIGHTING ON GUAM,
581
00:37:34,486 --> 00:37:38,824
{\an7}THE VIEW FROM THE TOP
\h\hIS NOT COMFORTING.
582
00:37:38,857 --> 00:37:43,195
{\an7}THE LANDING BEACHES REMAIN
\h\hIN SIGHT BEHIND THEM,
583
00:37:43,228 --> 00:37:45,931
{\an7}AND THE REST OF THE ISLAND
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hLAY AHEAD.
584
00:37:49,367 --> 00:37:52,303
{\an7}\hFROM THE RIDGE,
AMERICANS FAN OUT.
585
00:37:52,337 --> 00:37:57,576
{\an7}SOME APPROACH GUAM’S CAPITAL,
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAGANA.
586
00:37:57,609 --> 00:38:01,947
{\an7}THIS RARE PREWAR COLOR FOOTAGE
\hREVEALS AGANA AS A TIDY TOWN
587
00:38:01,980 --> 00:38:05,183
{\an7}WITH OLD SPANISH ARCHITECTURE,
588
00:38:05,216 --> 00:38:09,520
{\an7}OVERLOOKING A PEACEFUL SHORE.
589
00:38:09,554 --> 00:38:14,893
{\an7}♪
590
00:38:14,926 --> 00:38:17,962
{\an7}NOW IT’S A DEBRIS FIELD.
591
00:38:17,996 --> 00:38:23,268
{\an7}♪
592
00:38:23,301 --> 00:38:26,571
{\an7}CENTURIES OF HISTORY
\h\h\hLIE IN RUINS.
593
00:38:26,604 --> 00:38:35,446
{\an7}♪
594
00:38:35,480 --> 00:38:39,617
{\an7}FOR MARINES STATIONED ON GUAM
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hSINCE 1898,
595
00:38:39,651 --> 00:38:41,820
{\an7}THIS WAS HOME AWAY FROM HOME.
596
00:38:45,857 --> 00:38:49,127
{\an7}AGANA HAD MORE THAN 40 YEARS
\h\h\hOF AMERICAN INFLUENCE
597
00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:50,528
{\an7}WOVEN INTO IT.
598
00:38:50,562 --> 00:38:54,800
{\an7}♪
599
00:38:54,833 --> 00:39:00,472
{\an7}\hNOW IT’S LIBERATED,
BUT ALSO OBLITERATED,
600
00:39:00,505 --> 00:39:03,775
{\an7}MOSTLY BY AMERICA’S OWN BOMBS.
601
00:39:03,808 --> 00:39:09,380
{\an7}♪
602
00:39:12,817 --> 00:39:14,619
{\an7}AWAY FROM THE FRONT LINES,
603
00:39:14,652 --> 00:39:17,522
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAMERICANS TRY
TO ESCAPE THE DESTRUCTION
604
00:39:17,555 --> 00:39:19,690
{\an7}WITH A LITTLE CONSTRUCTION...
605
00:39:22,727 --> 00:39:25,163
{\an7}...LIKE TURNING A FOXHOLE
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hINTO A HOME.
606
00:39:27,732 --> 00:39:30,735
{\an7}AMERICAN CAN-DO CULTURE
IS CROSSING THE PACIFIC
607
00:39:30,768 --> 00:39:33,671
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hALONG WITH
ALL THE BATTLE HARDWARE.
608
00:39:35,506 --> 00:39:40,845
{\an7}TROOPS TAKE PRIDE IN MAKING
\hTHE BEST OUT OF THE WORST.
609
00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:42,581
{\an7}\h\hONE EVEN BUILDS
HIS LIVING QUARTERS
610
00:39:42,614 --> 00:39:47,519
{\an7}UNDER A WRECKED LANDING CRAFT.
611
00:39:47,552 --> 00:39:50,855
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hOTHER FOUND OBJECTS,
LIKE THIS JAPANESE DIVING SUIT,
612
00:39:50,889 --> 00:39:53,725
{\an7}BRING LAUGHS TO THOSE
\hWHO NEED THEM MOST.
613
00:39:53,758 --> 00:39:55,893
{\an7}♪
614
00:39:55,927 --> 00:39:58,029
{\an7}[LAUGHTER]
615
00:39:58,062 --> 00:40:01,966
{\an7}\hA STRAY PUPPY BRINGS
A WELCOME DISTRACTION.
616
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,536
{\an7}THEY CALL HER SAKE,
617
00:40:04,569 --> 00:40:07,238
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hA NAME INSPIRED
BY THE DEEP STASH OF LIQUOR
618
00:40:07,272 --> 00:40:11,042
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hTROOPS FIND
IN A CAPTURED SUPPLY DEPOT.
619
00:40:11,075 --> 00:40:16,581
{\an7}IT’S PROBABLY THEIR FIRST TASTE
OF JAPANESE CULTURE.
620
00:40:16,614 --> 00:40:19,617
{\an7}BUT THE ESCAPE FROM REALITY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS BRIEF.
621
00:40:19,651 --> 00:40:25,857
{\an7}♪
622
00:40:25,890 --> 00:40:26,858
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
623
00:40:26,891 --> 00:40:28,760
{\an7}AS THE BATTLE MOVES NORTH,
624
00:40:28,793 --> 00:40:31,362
{\an7}BOTH SIDES KEEP TRADING VOLLEYS.
625
00:40:31,396 --> 00:40:36,334
{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
626
00:40:36,367 --> 00:40:39,670
{\an7}THE NASTY BUSINESS OF FLUSHING
\h\h\h\hTHE ENEMY OUT OF CAVES
627
00:40:39,704 --> 00:40:42,874
{\an7}BRINGS OUT PACKS
OF RAW DYNAMITE.
628
00:40:42,907 --> 00:40:46,077
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
629
00:40:46,110 --> 00:40:51,082
{\an7}MERLE HATCH SNEAKS UP TO A CAVE
WITH JAPANESE HIDING INSIDE.
630
00:40:51,115 --> 00:40:53,351
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hMerle Hatch:
WE COULD HEAR ’EM TALKING.
631
00:40:53,484 --> 00:40:57,455
{\an7}OUR GUY FIRED HIS FLAMETHROWER
\h\h\h\hIN FOR A FEW MINUTES,
632
00:40:57,488 --> 00:41:00,124
{\an7}AND THEY WERE ALL DEAD.
633
00:41:00,158 --> 00:41:02,093
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
AMERICANS LEAVE THE BODIES
634
00:41:02,126 --> 00:41:07,465
{\an7}BUT TAKE THE CRATES
OF JAPANESE WHISKY.
635
00:41:07,498 --> 00:41:11,502
{\an7}JAPANESE ARE DYING BY THE SCORE,
636
00:41:11,536 --> 00:41:15,907
{\an7}BUT THEY’RE MAKING AMERICA PAY
\h\h\hFOR EVERY MILE OF GUAM.
637
00:41:15,940 --> 00:41:21,245
{\an7}♪
638
00:41:21,279 --> 00:41:25,049
{\an7}\h\h\hON THE SAME BEACHES
THEY STORMED AT THE START,
639
00:41:25,083 --> 00:41:30,622
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hWOUNDED AMERICANS
ARE HEADING BACK OUT TO SEA.
640
00:41:30,655 --> 00:41:36,194
{\an7}\h\hINVASION WAVES COME IN,
AND EVACUATION WAVES GO OUT,
641
00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:39,130
{\an7}AS INEVITABLE AS THE TIDE.
642
00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:40,498
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRalph Ketcham:
I WAS GLAD TO BE ALIVE
643
00:41:40,598 --> 00:41:43,968
{\an7}WHEN I GOT OFF THAT DAMN PLACE.
644
00:41:44,002 --> 00:41:46,538
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: THE LUCKY ONES
CAN LEAVE WITH A CLOSE CALL
645
00:41:46,571 --> 00:41:49,340
{\an7}AND A GOOD STORY.
646
00:41:49,374 --> 00:41:52,911
{\an7}\hTHE UNLUCKY ONES
WILL NEVER LEAVE.
647
00:41:57,048 --> 00:42:03,354
{\an7}THE DEAD ON GUAM AND TINIAN
\hCREATE A BLEAK LANDSCAPE.
648
00:42:03,388 --> 00:42:06,725
{\an7}\h\hDECOMPOSING BODIES
BRING RISK OF DISEASE,
649
00:42:06,791 --> 00:42:09,727
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hAND THERE IS
NO ESCAPING THE STENCH.
650
00:42:09,761 --> 00:42:10,862
{\an7}\h\h\h\hRichard Williams:
WE HAD TO COVER THEM QUICK
651
00:42:10,895 --> 00:42:13,464
{\an7}BECAUSE OF THE STINK.
652
00:42:13,498 --> 00:42:14,766
{\an7}IT WAS BAD.
653
00:42:18,169 --> 00:42:23,441
{\an7}Narrator: AMERICANS BEGIN
\h\h\h\hA GRISLY ROUTINE.
654
00:42:23,474 --> 00:42:27,111
{\an7}DOG TAGS WILL BE SENT TO FAMILY.
655
00:42:27,145 --> 00:42:33,118
{\an7}FINGERPRINTS WILL BECOME PART
\h\h\h\h\hOF A GRIM DATABASE.
656
00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:35,420
{\an7}THERE IS ONLY AS MUCH HONOR
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAND REVERENCE
657
00:42:35,453 --> 00:42:38,990
{\an7}AS CIRCUMSTANCES ALLOW.
658
00:42:39,023 --> 00:42:44,295
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN THE END,
SPEED AND EFFICIENCY WIN OUT.
659
00:42:44,328 --> 00:42:45,863
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWilliams:
SOMETIMES THERE WAS NO WAY
660
00:42:45,897 --> 00:42:50,502
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hYOU COULD KNOW
WHOSE BODY WAS GOING IN WHERE.
661
00:42:50,535 --> 00:42:52,303
{\an7}ONLY GOD KNOWS.
662
00:42:55,239 --> 00:42:57,675
{\an7}Narrator: AMERICANS TRY TO GIVE
EVERY ONE OF THEIR OWN
663
00:42:57,708 --> 00:42:59,577
{\an7}A MARKED BURIAL SITE.
664
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:09,220
{\an7}BUT THE JAPANESE BODY COUNT
\hIS OFTEN TEN TIMES HIGHER.
665
00:43:09,253 --> 00:43:12,323
{\an7}FACING THOUSANDS OF CORPSES
\h\h\h\h\h\hON EVERY ISLAND,
666
00:43:12,356 --> 00:43:15,359
{\an7}AMERICANS RESORT TO MASS GRAVES.
667
00:43:15,393 --> 00:43:20,598
{\an7}♪
668
00:43:20,631 --> 00:43:23,033
{\an7}HERE, THEY MAKE JAPANESE POWs
669
00:43:23,067 --> 00:43:28,172
{\an7}GATHER THEIR OWN WAR DEAD
\h\h\h\h\hFOR PIT BURIAL.
670
00:43:28,206 --> 00:43:29,908
{\an7}IN THIS RARE CASE,
671
00:43:29,941 --> 00:43:34,879
{\an7}\hAMERICANS GIVE A JAPANESE
OFFICER A MILITARY FUNERAL.
672
00:43:34,912 --> 00:43:37,114
{\an7}\hTHEY IDENTIFIED HIM
AMONG THE OTHER BODIES
673
00:43:37,148 --> 00:43:41,285
{\an7}AND HONOR HIM ACCORDINGLY.
674
00:43:41,319 --> 00:43:45,390
{\an7}\hBUT MOST OF THE MEN
WILL REMAIN NAMELESS.
675
00:43:45,423 --> 00:43:48,126
{\an7}EVERY ISLAND IN THE PATH
\h\h\hOF THE PACIFIC WAR
676
00:43:48,159 --> 00:43:50,862
{\an7}IS BECOMING A KILLING FIELD,
677
00:43:50,895 --> 00:43:55,400
{\an7}AND AMERICANS WILL SOON DECIDE
\h\h\h\hWHICH ISLAND IS NEXT.
678
00:43:55,433 --> 00:44:02,040
{\an7}♪
679
00:44:02,073 --> 00:44:03,608
{\an7}Officer: TEN-HUT!
680
00:44:03,641 --> 00:44:05,076
{\an7}Narrator: ON AUGUST 10th,
681
00:44:05,109 --> 00:44:09,614
{\an7}\hOFFICIALS DECLARE GUAM
BACK IN AMERICAN HANDS.
682
00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:12,650
{\an7}COMMANDER OF ALL FORCES
IN THE CENTRAL PACIFIC,
683
00:44:12,683 --> 00:44:17,821
{\an7}\h\h\h\hADMIRAL CHESTER NIMITZ
IS THERE FOR THE FLAG RAISING.
684
00:44:17,855 --> 00:44:19,824
{\an7}\h\h\hNIMITZ WILL SOON
MOVE HIS HEADQUARTERS
685
00:44:19,857 --> 00:44:23,294
{\an7}FROM PEARL HARBOR
\h\hHERE TO GUAM.
686
00:44:23,327 --> 00:44:26,564
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE IS CONFIDENT THAT THE
AMERICAN PUSH ACROSS THE PACIFIC
687
00:44:26,597 --> 00:44:28,499
{\an7}IS UNSTOPPABLE.
688
00:44:28,533 --> 00:44:34,205
{\an7}♪
689
00:44:34,238 --> 00:44:36,974
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMEN AND MIGHT
WILL SOON POUR INTO GUAM
690
00:44:37,008 --> 00:44:41,846
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hAND TRANSFORM IT INTO
A THUNDERING U.S. MILITARY BASE
691
00:44:41,879 --> 00:44:44,882
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hFAR LARGER
THAN IT WAS BEFORE THE WAR.
692
00:44:48,886 --> 00:44:50,254
{\an7}THE LOCALS WILL NEVER RETURN
693
00:44:50,288 --> 00:44:53,024
{\an7}TO THE SIMPLER LIVES
\h\hTHEY HAD BEFORE.
694
00:44:53,057 --> 00:44:57,261
{\an7}♪
695
00:44:57,295 --> 00:45:01,633
{\an7}BUT SMILES REVEAL THAT FREEDOM
IS ALL THAT MATTERS RIGHT NOW.
696
00:45:01,666 --> 00:45:06,337
{\an7}♪
697
00:45:08,673 --> 00:45:11,709
{\an7}\h\h\hWITH AMERICANS FINALLY
IN CONTROL OF THE MARIANAS,
698
00:45:11,742 --> 00:45:16,213
{\an7}THE B-29 WILL MOVE
OFF MAINLAND ASIA.
699
00:45:16,247 --> 00:45:21,753
{\an7}CURT LEMAY’S EXPERIMENT IN INDIA
AND CHINA HAS LARGELY FAILED.
700
00:45:21,786 --> 00:45:23,488
{\an7}Lemay: CHINA HAD PROVED TO BE
701
00:45:23,521 --> 00:45:27,558
{\an7}A HORRIBLE, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
\h\h\h\hLOGISTICAL SITUATION,
702
00:45:27,592 --> 00:45:30,862
{\an7}AND WE KNEW IT.
703
00:45:30,895 --> 00:45:33,030
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNarrator:
NOW HE’LL BRING HIS OPERATION
704
00:45:33,064 --> 00:45:37,068
{\an7}AND HIS HOME MOVIE CAMERA
\hTO THE CENTRAL PACIFIC.
705
00:45:37,101 --> 00:45:40,004
{\an7}\h\hLemay: AS SOON AS AMERICAN
FORCES CAPTURED THE MARIANAS,
706
00:45:40,037 --> 00:45:43,173
{\an7}WE MOVED OVER TO GUAM.
707
00:45:43,207 --> 00:45:45,209
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hTHE MARIANAS
WOULD BE THE BEGINNING
708
00:45:45,243 --> 00:45:47,545
{\an7}OF THE END OF THE ROAD
\h\h\h\h\h\hTO TOKYO.
709
00:45:50,047 --> 00:45:53,751
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: FROM HIS NEW BASE,
LEMAY WILL BECOME THE MASTERMIND
710
00:45:53,784 --> 00:45:56,720
{\an7}OF THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE
\hBOMBING RAIDS TO DATE
711
00:45:56,754 --> 00:45:59,390
{\an7}IN THE HISTORY OF WARFARE.
712
00:46:02,393 --> 00:46:05,529
{\an7}[EXPLOSIONS]
713
00:46:05,563 --> 00:46:08,232
{\an7}THE AMERICAN AIR STRATEGY
\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIS EVOLVING,
714
00:46:08,266 --> 00:46:11,770
{\an7}BUT THE GROUND STRATEGY
\h\h\h\hREMAINS BLUNT--
715
00:46:11,802 --> 00:46:16,874
{\an7}SEND WAVE AFTER WAVE OF MEN
\h\h\h\hACROSS THE PACIFIC.
716
00:46:16,907 --> 00:46:21,445
{\an7}\hHERE, TROOPS IN HAWAII TRAIN
FOR A LAND INVASION OF JAPAN.
717
00:46:21,479 --> 00:46:24,716
{\an7}THEY RUN TROUGH A MOCKUP
\h\hOF A JAPANESE TOWN.
718
00:46:24,749 --> 00:46:26,751
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
719
00:46:26,784 --> 00:46:29,553
{\an7}PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT IS ON HAND.
720
00:46:29,587 --> 00:46:31,689
{\an7}\h\h\h\hHE’S IN HAWAII
FOR A CRUCIAL MEETING
721
00:46:31,722 --> 00:46:36,060
{\an7}TO PLOT THE NEXT STEPS
\hOF THE PACIFIC WAR.
722
00:46:36,093 --> 00:46:39,296
{\an7}HE HAS SUMMONED HIS TWO PRIMARY
COMMANDERS IN THE FIELD,
723
00:46:39,330 --> 00:46:43,267
{\an7}\h\h\h\hADMIRAL NIMITZ
AND GENERAL MacARTHUR.
724
00:46:43,301 --> 00:46:46,871
{\an7}THE TRIO FIRST MEETS
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hBALTIMORE.
725
00:46:46,904 --> 00:46:50,207
{\an7}EACH PLAYS TO THE CAMERAS--
726
00:46:50,241 --> 00:46:53,077
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hNIMITZ
IN HIS BRILLIANT DRESS WHITES,
727
00:46:53,110 --> 00:46:55,779
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hMacARTHUR IN HIS
DISTINCTIVE LEATHER JACKET,
728
00:46:55,813 --> 00:46:57,581
{\an7}DESPITE THE HEAT,
729
00:46:57,615 --> 00:47:01,319
{\an7}AND ROOSEVELT, SEATED TO HIDE
\h\h\h\hHIS INABILITY TO WALK.
730
00:47:03,921 --> 00:47:07,324
{\an7}\h\hAS THE MOTORCADE PROCEEDS
THROUGH MILITARY CHOREOGRAPHY,
731
00:47:07,358 --> 00:47:11,262
{\an7}\hEACH MAN’S MIND
IS SURELY TURNING.
732
00:47:11,295 --> 00:47:16,267
{\an7}THE PENDING MEETING IS LACED
WITH LONG-SIMMERING TENSION.
733
00:47:16,300 --> 00:47:18,602
{\an7}ROOSEVELT ONCE CALLED MacARTHUR
734
00:47:18,636 --> 00:47:22,807
{\an7}"ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS MEN
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hIN AMERICA."
735
00:47:22,840 --> 00:47:25,343
{\an7}\hMacARTHUR WOULD
LATER DESCRIBE FDR
736
00:47:25,376 --> 00:47:29,547
{\an7}\hAS "A MAN WHO NEVER TOLD THE
TRUTH IF A LIE WOULD SUFFICE."
737
00:47:34,685 --> 00:47:39,190
{\an7}WITHIN THE LUSH SURROUNDINGS OF
THE HOLMES ESTATES IN WAIKIKI,
738
00:47:39,223 --> 00:47:42,660
{\an7}THE MEN CONCLUDE A DAY OF POMP
\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWITH DINNER.
739
00:47:42,693 --> 00:47:47,431
{\an7}THEN THEY FINALLY RETIRE
\h\hTO THE LIVING ROOM.
740
00:47:47,465 --> 00:47:50,835
{\an7}\h\hNIMITZ ARGUES THAT PUSHING
FARTHER UP THE CENTRAL PACIFIC
741
00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:54,538
{\an7}\hWILL CHOKE OFF THE JAPANESE
MAINLAND AND FORCE SURRENDER.
742
00:47:58,676 --> 00:48:00,144
{\an7}MacARTHUR ALL BUT DEMANDS
743
00:48:00,177 --> 00:48:04,448
{\an7}THAT AMERICANS RETAKE
THE PHILIPPINES FIRST.
744
00:48:04,482 --> 00:48:06,751
{\an7}THE MEN ARE CORDIAL,
\h\hBUT OFF CAMERA,
745
00:48:06,784 --> 00:48:13,057
{\an7}\h\hMacARTHUR ISN’T SHY TO RAISE
THE TEMPERATURE OF THE ARGUMENT.
746
00:48:13,090 --> 00:48:16,360
{\an7}\h\h\hROOSEVELT LATER CONFIDES
THAT NOBODY EVER TALKED TO HIM
747
00:48:16,394 --> 00:48:19,631
{\an7}THE WAY THAT MacARTHUR DID.
748
00:48:19,663 --> 00:48:20,998
{\an7}THE MEETING SETS THE TABLE
749
00:48:21,031 --> 00:48:24,134
{\an7}\hFOR THE NEXT PHASE
OF THE PACIFIC WAR.
750
00:48:24,168 --> 00:48:25,770
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hNIMITZ WILL
CONTINUE ISLAND-HOPPING
751
00:48:25,803 --> 00:48:27,405
{\an7}TOWARD THE MAINLAND,
752
00:48:27,438 --> 00:48:31,409
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\hINCLUDING A ROCKY
NO-MAN’S-LAND CALLED IWO JIMA.
753
00:48:31,442 --> 00:48:34,679
{\an7}THE PHILIPPINES IS FINALLY
\h\h\h\h\h\hON THE AGENDA.
754
00:48:34,712 --> 00:48:38,115
{\an7}\h\hMacARTHUR’S INVASION
IS PLANNED FOR OCTOBER.
755
00:48:38,149 --> 00:48:41,019
{\an7}NEARBY THERE’S AN ISLAND
WITH A JAPANESE AIRFIELD
756
00:48:41,051 --> 00:48:42,986
{\an7}THAT MIGHT CAUSE TROUBLE.
757
00:48:43,020 --> 00:48:45,756
{\an7}THEY DECIDE TO TAKE THAT FIRST.
758
00:48:45,790 --> 00:48:48,092
{\an7}IT’S CALLED PELELIU.
759
00:48:48,125 --> 00:48:53,030
{\an7}♪
760
00:48:53,063 --> 00:48:55,098
{\an7}COMPARED TO BIGGER TARGETS,
761
00:48:55,132 --> 00:48:59,703
{\an7}PELELIU IS ALMOST
\hAN AFTERTHOUGHT.
762
00:48:59,737 --> 00:49:05,142
{\an7}ONE GENERAL THINKS IT WILL BE,
\h\h\h\h\hQUOTE, "A QUICKIE."
763
00:49:05,176 --> 00:49:08,946
{\an7}\hSOME JOURNALISTS PEEL OFF
LOOKING FOR BIGGER STORIES.
764
00:49:11,449 --> 00:49:13,217
{\an7}BUT FOR SOME OF THESE MEN,
765
00:49:13,250 --> 00:49:17,221
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hPELELIU WILL BE
THE STORY OF THEIR LIVES.
766
00:49:17,254 --> 00:49:20,991
{\an7}Fred Fox: I WAS 18 YEARS OLD.
767
00:49:21,025 --> 00:49:24,862
{\an7}I WAS ONLY IN ONE BATTLE.
768
00:49:24,895 --> 00:49:28,332
{\an7}\h\h\h\hBUT THE TWO DAYS
THAT I FOUGHT AT PELELIU
769
00:49:28,365 --> 00:49:33,804
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\hMARKED MY LIFE
MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE.
770
00:49:33,838 --> 00:49:38,776
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
771
00:49:38,809 --> 00:49:43,580
{\an7}[ARTILLERY FIRE]
772
00:49:43,614 --> 00:49:46,217
{\an7}Narrator: FROM THE TERRAIN
\h\h\h\hTO ENEMY STRENGTH,
773
00:49:46,250 --> 00:49:48,419
{\an7}\h\hAMERICANS DO NOT
HAVE A CLEAR PICTURE
774
00:49:48,452 --> 00:49:50,821
{\an7}OF THE ISLAND THEY’RE INVADING.
775
00:49:50,855 --> 00:50:02,467
{\an7}♪
776
00:50:02,500 --> 00:50:07,005
{\an7}\h\h\hFOR TROOPS ON APPROACH,
THE PICTURE IS ALL TOO CLEAR.
777
00:50:09,673 --> 00:50:11,775
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\h\hEugene Sledge:
THE BEACH WAS A SHEET OF FLAME
778
00:50:11,809 --> 00:50:16,013
{\an7}BACKED BY A HUGE WALL
\h\h\hOF BLACK SMOKE,
779
00:50:16,046 --> 00:50:18,882
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hAS THOUGH
THE ISLAND WAS ON FIRE.
780
00:50:18,916 --> 00:50:21,318
{\an7}[GUNFIRE]
781
00:50:21,352 --> 00:50:23,454
{\an7}Man: ALL RIGHT, EVERYBODY OUT!
782
00:50:23,487 --> 00:50:27,024
{\an7}♪
783
00:50:27,057 --> 00:50:29,026
{\an7}\h\hNarrator: AMERICANS
ARE FRESH OFF VICTORIES
784
00:50:29,059 --> 00:50:30,994
{\an7}AT GUAM AND TINIAN,
785
00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:33,264
{\an7}\h\h\h\h\h\h\hWHICH HAD
A CLEAR SENSE OF PURPOSE
786
00:50:33,297 --> 00:50:35,599
{\an7}AND WENT ACCORDING TO PLAN.
787
00:50:35,633 --> 00:50:42,807
{\an7}♪
788
00:50:42,840 --> 00:50:48,779
{\an7}BUT THE PACIFIC WAR FOLLOWS
NO ONE’S PLAN FOR VERY LONG.
789
00:50:48,812 --> 00:50:52,449
{\an7}♪
790
00:50:52,483 --> 00:50:53,451
{\an7}[EXPLOSION]
791
00:50:53,484 --> 00:50:57,955
{\an7}♪
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