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Heat. Heat.

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>> Heat up here.

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>> Heat.

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>> Hey, look who's here.

>> Hi, Jay.

>> I thought I'd have to walk. How are you,

kid?

>> Fine. Here, let me take that. You know,

everybody around here is pretty proud of

you, Sergeant.

>> It was a breeze. Wait till I make

general.

>> What's it like out there, Cuckoo? You

know what they did? They rounded up all

the Indian GIS and made us radio men cuz

they figured if we talk Indian to each

other, the enemy never break the code.

But they didn't figure that a puma

doesn't know what the heck a Cherokee's

talking about or vice versa. So now I'm

back with my old outfit again.

>> What I mean, Jay, the guys in your

outfit, are they okay?

>> Oh, sometimes you've got to bite on a

nail pretty hard, but they're not too

different from us. Hello, Mr. Alvarez.

Heard from your son?

>> He's in Africa now. How are you?

>> Great.

Uh, Jay, I mean, are they friendly?

>> Sure they're friendly. Come on now. Tell

me about here. I want to know

everything.

>> Jay, I just got a

>> How's my wife? You seen her?

>> Oh, she's fine. She going to have a

baby. But I guess you know that.

>> I should. They doing anything about

water around here? But all that stopped

when I went into the army.

>> No, they're they're still talking. You

know,

>> talk. They'll talk themselves right into

the Museum of Natural History. You ought

to see the ditches and paleface country.

Full enough to breed whales in and

swimming pools. I bet I saw a thousand

flying over Phoenix.

>> Jay, I just got to show you this.

Oh, come on. You're just a kid. But my

parents have to sign. They don't know

about it yet.

>> I'll be a son of a gun. Ira Marine.

That's tremendous.

>> You're the first one I told.

Mom. Hey.

White man sends his judge coach to lead

our boys to the slaughter.

>> Come on, Kenny. Don't turn it off. Oh,

>> you're cleaning up.

>> I was speaking.

>> Boys, be quiet. Uncle was speaking.

>> Hey, he's no relation. How can we call

him uncle?

>> Mom, I have to talk to

>> the big sergeant now. Mr. Knowit all. A

white man in Judith go to lead our boys

to slaughter.

>> Uncle, are you talking about J Marago?

>> I'm talking with the fools who leave the

old folks to scratch the ground while I

follow the white man onto the field of

shame. Shane, uncle, but the war's for

everybody.

>> You know only what a prairie dog knows.

How to lie in the sun and dream.

>> He knows what I taught him.

>> Ira is no dreamer. He's a good boy.

>> Did you teach him the history of our

betrayals? Of the peaceful life we had

here in the Garden of the Lord, where

the earth was like butter and the healer

river was full. My people helped the

white man, fought with him against the

Apaches.

My people fed his armies.

>> Uncle, don't you mean our people?

>> Mine?

I'm a puma. I don't know what you are.

They deeded us the waters of the river

forever. Year after year, they took it

away. Until now, we're like fish dying

in a pool of dust.

>> Uncle, they promised us water. We'll get

it. You'll see.

>> The white man is the enemy.

And those who fight his war are traitors

to the tribe.

>> Uncle, if that's a traitor, well, I

guess I'm a traitor, too.

>> I'm enlisting in the Marines. Uh, I'm

supposed to go tomorrow.

>> Boy, that's great. Isn't that great? All

I need is for you and pop to sign.

[music]

When you were 4 years old,

you saw some [music] man kill a cow.

You came home

and you looked at the meat in your dish

and you got real sore at me. You said,

"Mother,

I'm not going to eat cow meat anymore.

I'm only going to eat meat that you buy

from the store."

How you going to shoot someone when you

couldn't even stand to watch them kill a

cow?

>> Don't show me.

>> Who? The white men.

You hardly ever talk to one.

How you know they're even going to talk

to you? I'll listen when they talk to

each other.

>> Smart boy.

>> You're going to be in the same uniform.

That don't mean they're going to be your

friend

or that it's going to be easy for you.

>> I'll do like Jay did. I'll bite on the

nail. He got along fine. He says they're

just like us.

Mom, I got to have a clean pair of

socks.

Mom, I'm not a baby anymore.

I know you're scared for me.

>> Not scared.

>> But someday you're going to have to let

me go. And I've got to do this.

Mom, I got to be the best Marine they

ever saw.

Please, Mom.

Hey, Mom. You going to let him go?

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I know you're going to be a good Marine,

but don't forget to be a good Puma boy

and go to church.

Mom, I won't miss once.

Yo, people get off the truck.

Off the truck.

Off the truck.

I line up four rows like four rows of

corn.

Hurry up. Get in there.

Face me quickly.

That's down the man in front of you.

Turn around.

>> Hold up. The hand you eat with.

>> That is your right hand. You will find

your right foot is on the same side of

your body as your right hand.

You will place your gear by your right

foot.

Do it.

Heels together,

toes pointed at a 45° angle.

Palms in,

>> arms along the seam on your trousers,

>> shoulders back,

>> chest out,

chin in,

your eyes looking at the hole in a man's

head in front of you.

You will live this way from now on.

Your plateau number is 701.

I am Sergeant Kylie, your drill

instructor.

your nostrils for the past 2 minutes.

You are going to learn something about

discipline.

Now, I'm not your mommy.

Your mommy's not here to protect you or

to pick up after you or to kiss it where

it hurts. You treat me like you do your

mama and you'll wish you were dead.

>> You got a name, girl.

>> Sorenson. Sir,

>> best man on a campus at military school.

>> Yes, sir.

>> No, I did not give the command about

face. I did not give the command

attention. But you did those things

anyway, didn't you?

>> Yes, sir.

>> And you did them perfectly, too, didn't

you?

>> I think so, sir.

>> You think too much, General. From here

on out, you have nothing between your

ears except a blood clot. And the only

one that thinks is me. Is that clear?

>> Yes, sir.

>> What are you grinning at cow eyes? You

in love with me?

[screaming]

>> No.

>> No, sir.

No, sir.

>> How many scalps you got in your pocket?

>> None sir. I'm a puma Indian, sir. We

don't do that, sir.

>> You just think I'm about the funniest

thing you ever saw, don't you?

>> No, sir.

>> Why are you as happy as a duck? Can you

quack like a duck?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Well, just don't say yes. Let me see you

do it. Get out of that squat down and

put your hands on your head.

Ah, let's hear it.

>> Quack, quack, quack.

>> Well, let's see you waddle like a duck.

Back and forth.

>> Quack, quack, quack.

>> Keep waddling and keep quacking until

that idiot grin goes away.

>> Quack, quack.

>> That will be the last grin out of any of

you. If anybody thinks it's funny, I'll

visit his grave

>> because that's where you all end up if

you think there's anything funny about

war. Quack.

>> Now pick up your gear.

>> Quack. Quack.

>> You too, Chief.

>> When I say so, you will move into that

building as fast as you can.

Now go.

>> A regular old cuddle bunny.

>> Get out of my sight, you meatthead.

>> Yes, sir.

>> All right, you strip queens. Finish up.

Bring on that. Get it up.

>> You will scrub those slimy bodies and

remove all dirt, grease, and animal

life. When you come out, you will be

sweet smelling and newborn. Because

that's what's happening to you,

meattheads.

>> Why are you bleeding? House mouse.

>> Sir, I cut myself shaving. Did I tell

you to bleed?

>> No, sir.

>> Then stop.

>> Let's go.

>> Come on, chief. That water's not going

to hurt you.

>> Don't you ever fa.

>> Dear parents and brothers, your head.

>> Well, here I am in boot camp. Just about

the first thing they did was give us a

shower. Hot water, cold water, or both

mixed together.

>> Dad, I bet what I used on me alone, you

could irrigate a whole cotton crop.

My drill instructor is [music] a great

man and he sure likes me.

>> He even calls me chief.

[laughter]

>> You should hear the bull sessions we

have. And I'm always in them. One of the

gang. I'm finding real good buddies

here.

It sure is great.

You will swim the width of the pool five

times. When I say on your marks, go, you

will jump into the water and you will

go. Is that clear?

>> Yes, [screaming] sir.

>> Let's see you do it.

>> On your marks.

>> Yes, sir.

>> [screaming and groaning]

>> Hey. Hey, General. Over here.

Grab that guy, General.

Why didn't you tell me you can't swim?

>> You You didn't ask me, sir. [cough]

>> You will get back into the water and you

will learn. Esther Williams here will

teach you. Because when I ordered Esther

Williams to jump, she decided to die.

Esther Williams will teach you how to

swim better than she does, won't you?

Yes, sir. I get in the water.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Any more of you birds didn't speak up,

you better do it now.

>> All right, let's head.

>> You know how to do anything.

>> I'm sorry. All right. All right. Now,

look, let's learn how to make some

bubbles, huh? Now, watch me breathe.

Right.

>> Right.

Like this?

>> No, no, no.

>> Like this. Like this. Yes. You got that?

>> You parents and brothers.

>> The most popular guy in my platoon is

teaching me to swim.

>> His name is Senson and he's really swell

to me.

>> Come back here. Come on. That's it.

Away.

>> [cheering]

>> Oh, Billy, you'll never make your join a

Girl Scout.

[cheering]

>> Well, just don't stand there. Goose get

on the P.

>> I want to lose that one. Oh, man. Your

butt. You're not going to lay that

tight. Let's go. Let's go.

>> Hey, General. Sir, your papoose can't

get over the wall.

>> Yes, sir.

Yo [screaming]

yo

yo [screaming]

yoo.

>> [screaming]

>> Dear parents and brothers, when you

wrote me how Jay Marago got a

battlefield commission, it sure made me

proud to be a puma.

[screaming]

>> You sound like a bunch of old ladies.

Well, I'm making the guys know a puma

Indian makes a real gung-ho marine, too.

Us pumas are doing pretty good.

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Heat. Heat. [music]

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>> [music]

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>> What are you doing? Pitching pebbles.

>> Yep.

I bet you're sad about losing our tigers

tomorrow.

>> Easy come, easy go.

>> I should have rode this bunch, man.

How's it discipline now?

They're uh cleaning equipment.

How's your discipline?

>> Fine, [screaming] sir.

>> Do you love the Marine? Yes,

>> sir.

>> It sure makes me sad to think boot camp

is over.

>> I'm going to miss all this, but my life

belongs to the Marines now.

>> Here we are. Button up. Button it up.

Button it up.

>> My buddies are getting ready to go into

San Diego on our first Liberty. And they

invited me to go with them.

>> Come on. Come on, you guys. Let's get

weaving before the Navy takes all the

goodies. Huh?

>> I'm ready. Take the far house mouse.

I'll be stepping on you.

>> See you, Chief.

>> Hey, where you guys going? What are you

going to do?

>> Oh, I don't know. We We got some plans.

>> Hey, come on. You troops.

>> Hey, wait a minute. Be seen, Chief.

>> [music]

>> I guess we'll [music] catch a show or

something.

But whatever we do, we'll be together

as this is the only chance we'll [music]

have to celebrate before some of us are

split up.

Hand shut.

>> Relax, Tiger. Just checking.

>> I sir,

>> why didn't you go in town with your

buddies?

>> I thought I'd finish this letter, sir.

>> Okay, Chief,

carry on. I I sir.

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>> [music]

>> Yeah.

Heat. Heat.

Heat. Heat.

[music and bell]

[music]

Everyone

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is my

>> [laughter]

>> Where is that happy?

[music]

Where

are you?

>> Where are you?

[cheering]

>> Where have you gone without me?

I thought you

>> All right, let's go.

>> I can let me down. I can go and do

anything. Leave me alone. Let me out of

here. I can do this.

>> Hey, chief. Chief, over here.

>> Come on.

I get it.

>> Welcome, O Chief, from the great green

grassy Limpopo.

>> Grab a chair and grab a bow. Sin is

flowing free.

>> Oh, he's lost her playing this song. You

know,

>> I'd like you to meet Lucy the moose.

>> All right, everybody, listen. House

mouse is going to do it alone this time.

By the numbers, right?

>> Are you ready?

>> One. One, sir.

2

3

go.

All the way. 71. All the way. 71. All

the way. 71. All the way. All the way.

701. All the way.

>> Come on, honey. Dance with me. I

>> I don't know how.

>> But it's easy. Let me teach you. I'm

afraid I'd get to like it.

>> Well, well, well. Papoos.

>> I saw instant.

>> Hey, any of these knuckleheads order a

drink?

>> No, no, but it's okay.

>> Hey, Tyler. Tyler, come on. Drinks for

my foster child here. I go.

>> No, it's all right. I'm just happy just

to sit here and watch. It's fine.

>> Well, then flee.

No one stays and doesn't share the cup,

right?

>> Anyway, it's against the law to sell an

Indian liquor.

If you're good enough to be a marine,

you're damn well good enough to have a

drink. Now, where's the pig that's

serving this soup? Hey,

>> piggy piggy. Hey,

>> oi, I'm right here.

>> Now, you will bring another round for

all personnel.

You will bring three for my friend here.

You will bring him what you bring me.

Bourbon and coke

>> and a popcorn.

>> Now go. Get out of my sight. Go, go, go.

>> Yes, sir.

>> All right. Now, wait. We got to find out

what he's going to drink to. The floor

is open for suggestions. Toas, to the

Indian on. And to the Marines. You have

to drink to that. Right. Right. Right.

Now, I think what we should do right

here is sit here and count the polka

dots on polka dots by the numbers. And

one. And wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Where are you going? I

>> I I'll be back. I'll be back in a

minute.

>> No, look. We're going to have a drink.

>> I know. Uh, I've got to go to Do you

know where the uh

>> Oh, yeah. It's It's at the end of the

bar. End of the bar. Right on your left

there. See? Right on the left. Hey, 2

minutes. Knucklehead. Look. Right.

All right. Now, smile.

>> I can't smile. I want one serious.

>> Just a little smile. Come on. Natural.

It'll make your mama happy.

>> [music]

>> Hey, there he is. Here

he is. Get out of there.

Thank you. Thank you, Donald.

Hey, I've been lucky for you.

>> Little Baboose take off without his

bottle.

>> Little Baboo's naughty boy.

>> Little Baboose like a drink of toaster.

Shame shame shame. Uh uh Sorenson, I I

never had a drink. I'm afraid what would

happen. That's the truth.

>> Can we ask him once more?

>> It's just half a bottle of alcohol.

>> Do the Marine Corps bamboo to the Marine

Corp.

>> Yeah.

All right. Well,

one drink to the Marines.

[screaming]

>> It's It's a thought that counts.

>> It's the thought that counts.

>> Isn't that cute?

>> Halloween,

baby.

>> All right. Just come on.

Come

on.

I'm sorry.

I swear to God. I'm sorry.

So much.

>> I guess I'll go have a drink.

You guys go on ahead if you want to. You

get me home.

>> Yes.

Yes. I I I'll I'll take him home.

cockadoodle doo. Hello.

>> Where is everybody? What are we doing

here?

>> I didn't want to take you back the way

you was, so I let you sleep it off.

>> Who's the papoose now? Huh?

Hey, [clears throat]

you got a weed?

You sure do look a mess.

>> So do you.

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>> You just sit here all night.

I like to look at water.

You talk a lot about water.

We don't have much at home,

but someday [music] when the war is

over, me and some of the boys, we're

going to try to get us some.

>> I never heard of a Puma till I met you.

>> That's the way it goes. About the only

ones you ever heard of were the Apache

cuz they raised all [music] the hell.

>> We never spilled [music] a drop of white

man's blood.

Are you kidding?

[laughter]

You know something? Everything.

>> You're the first white man that ever was

my friend.

You're the first Indian that ever was

mine.

>> If you're about to kiss me, Banjo Butt,

I can tell you you're the wrong type.

Heat. Heat.

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Dear parents and brothers, dear

everybody who is alive, when you're in a

war, you're dead already.

And the reason you fight is to come back

to life.

I wonder how it would look if you could

see it all at once.

A million ships.

half the young men in the world.

Sometimes I can't believe this is me,

but that I'm here.

The sand on Euima tastes like sulfur.

That's all you know. What things taste

like or what you can see under your

helmet.

There's not millions of anything. Only

me and Sorenson.

Now, what are you doing out on a day

like this? Ain't you got no sense?

>> I think my foxhole.

>> Keep your head down, crab.

>> [screaming]

>> A

somebody just die.

Osmos.

The two greatest things that can happen

are when you're born and when you die.

When you're born, you're with someone.

I mean, you're with your mother.

But when you die,

you see, you never know when it'll

happen, and

you could be with nobody. You know what

I mean?

I heard the last thing most people say

when they die is mama.

Isn't that amazing?

I I mean, even guys 80 years old whose

mothers have been dead for ages. Even

them,

it's like

like nothing's happened in all that

time.

It's all they think of.

At least if you die here,

you die with somebody. I mean,

you die with your friends.

You sleep closer than you ever did

before.

And you make yourself breathe in time

with the other person because it makes

you know that there's somebody else in

the world.

>> Diamond, this is Diamond Five. Do you

read me over?

>> How's your company doing?

>> We lost half the guys we came with.

Diamond. This is diamond five. Do you

rate me over?

We got to have some more muscle on the

end of this pipe.

>> Hey, get off your tails. You guys give

us a hand with this thing. We'll put a

bigger one up here so everyone can see

it.

>> Come on, Chief. You two

Am

I on your way?

>> No, you're all right.

>> I sure hate to have my picture taken.

They always ask you to smile and I never

can.

>> Say cheese.

One, two, three.

[music]

>> Did you get it?

>> Yeah, but I wish I could have seen their

faces.

>> [music]

>> Hey, search.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Boy,

that's something.

Look at that.

Ain't that something?

>> Did anyone identify the man who rode

Washington across the Delaware? Did they

identify the men in the Spirit of 76?

These things are symbols, and the boys

in that picture are symbols. They're

fighting men. They're not salesmen.

General Bridges, the president has gone

to the people for money six times now.

Six war loan drives, and each time we've

had to find a bigger gimmick. The public

just won't shell out any more money

without getting some kind of a show. I

wonder if you realize just how much

excitement this picture has caused. And

you want me to pull six riflemen off of

you for a show? Maybe you haven't seen

our casualty list.

Don't you realize there's a hell of a

scrap going on in that island,

>> General? Believe me, we understand.

This is a directive from the White

House, sir. They want them here and they

want them now.

>> Take cover.

It's rough. My god. Where are they

coming from?

>> We'll make it on the next try. I bet you

we're up there before it's dark.

Jeez.

Hey, you guys.

Hotel back to the CP. There's an urgent

message for you.

>> What message?

>> I don't know. Get good.

All

>> [music]

[music]

>> right, Captain Brown, off you go. Good

luck. Colonel.

Doctor, any message?

>> Colonel, that was easy company. Hayes

should be here any second. Sorenson's

dead.

>> That means you only have three men left,

Sergeant Bole. Three out of your

original six.

>> Yes, sir. Gagnon, Hayes, and the Navy

Corman.

>> I thought Bradley was killed.

>> Now he's back at his feet again. We'll

pick him up at the hospital on Juan.

>> Sir, PFC Hayes reporting. CP is a order,

sir. That is Hayes.

>> Yes, sir.

>> You've been pulled off the line to go

back to Washington. They want you mentor

in that flag raising picture to head up

the seventh warbond drive back there.

>> Okay.

>> You'll proceed by water transportation

to Guam with Gagnon and your conducting

officer, Sergeant Everett Bole. Low

hands.

>> Sir,

that

>> that was the urgent message.

Bradley will join you there. You will

then proceed by military air transport

to Washington where you will be assigned

the bomb.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Okay, now let's wait for the engine.

Wait for the engine.

There he is. Hey over there.

How's

>> it feel to

[music]

reported out and went from committee to

the Senate floor. There was another item

on the Senate agenda today. The three

survivors of the Eoima flag raising who

arrived in the capital this morning were

given a hero's welcome when the entire

Senate rose for a standing ovation.

Later, the president took time out from

a busy day to meet them in his White

House office. The Puma Indian boy, Ira

Hayes, probably the greatest Indian hero

since Jim Thorp, was the focus of

Hey, everybody's waiting for you in the

dining room. What are you doing?

>> I was getting a little shutye.

>> Well, let's go. We ordered you a steak.

>> I ain't hungry.

>> Hey, you're a front page in the evening

papers. Take a look.

>> Oh, why don't you guys go ahead and

start without me?

Boy, I thought all you frontline troops

ever dreamed of was white tablecloths

and pretty waitresses and milk.

>> No, I don't want to.

>> What's wrong, Chief? What's bothering

you?

>> Uh, nothing. Nothing. I'm I'm doing

fine.

>> Level with me. What are you hiding from?

It's a detail, Hayes.

When you're on me duty, you scrub parts.

Now, maybe you don't like it, but you

scrub them. When you're on a bond tour,

you smile and answer questions. You take

it all in stride. I never was much of a

talker.

>> And you were never a hero either. So,

there's a first time for everything.

>> I'm no hero. I'm nothing.

All the heroes are dead.

>> Look, don't make me feel like I'm asking

you to rob a bank.

Boil, you're a nice guy and I appreciate

everything you've done for me. But

>> listen, Ira, people make their heroes.

Don't you know that? They make them when

they need something to believe in. They

made you. Now you got to play along.

>> I'm no hypocrite. My mother told me

you're what God made you, not people.

>> Your mother was an uneima for crying

aloud. Now was she?

Come on now.

I like you. I respect you. But don't let

yourself get all loused up by this

thing.

If you get hungry, come on down. I got

to go or my steak will be cremated.

And Ira,

I wouldn't go spreading it around about

all the heroes being dead. Nobody's

going to believe it. That's not what

they want to hear. And they're going to

end up hating your guts. You've got to

help me, Saurin.

You got to help me, Boil. [music]

That's what I'm here for.

[music]

>> [music]

>> It's all right.

>> I told you I call a cop. Sure.

That's fair.

>> I told you I'm not flying.

>> What's a celebrity like you doing on the

loose? Come on over here and I want to

shake that hand.

>> We're taking you to a fabulous party and

everybody's going to drool.

>> Can you see Cynthia's face when he walks

in?

>> You heard the ladies. Come on. Ira. No,

excuse me. Thank you just the same. But

but I'm I'm meeting a buddy of mine down

uh right here.

>> So bring him along. Who's going to come?

Little drink.

>> No, thank thank you. Just the same.

Thank you.

>> Come on. Ah,

let's go.

>> Hooray. Two word. Hooray.

>> How

we

coke will be fine.

>> I'm buying chief. Scotch bl than

anything. It's on the house.

>> Uh,

>> you know who I am, too.

>> Oh, don't give me that.

>> Who could miss that mug?

>> Do you know who I am? Come on. What will

it be? [snorts]

>> Coke will be fine.

>> Sure.

Why don't you smile, bud? Are you happy?

>> Uh, let me show you a terrific trick.

Now, turn your head for just a minute,

would you?

The American flag ought to be worth a

drink to your buddy boy. I was a

veteran, too, you know.

>> All right, out bum the two of you. You

and your glass eye. Take it to Mory's.

Hang it up at half fast. But blow.

[snorts]

Hi class.

It's a pleasure to have you chief. When

you come to Numis, you come to the right

place. And if any slob bothers you

again, out.

Thanks.

>> Would you like something to eat, kid?

I'll send out for hamburger.

>> No, no, no, no thanks.

>> Uh, do you know what time it would be in

Arizona?

>> About 3 hours early, ain't it? Why?

>> I wanted to call my folks. We just got

in today and

I don't know. Everything's been [snorts]

kind of mixed up.

>> What's the number?

>> It's just Sack Town. It's near Phoenix.

>> I'll get it for you.

>> Oh, that's all right.

>> I said I'll get it. When the war's over,

you could buy me a box of candy. Okay,

chief.

Where

are you?

Where have you gone

without me?

I thought you cared about me.

Where are you?

Where's

my heart?

Where is the dream we started?

I can't believe we're parted.

>> [music]

>> It'll take an hour for them to get the

folks. They have to send a truck.

[music]

>> [cheering]

>> Numei's babysitting service.

>> Who? Where? Oh, yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Look,

hold on. He He'll be right there.

>> Hey, Chief. Hey. Hey. Sleeping Beauty.

Come on. Raw's on the phone. I

>> I want to sleep.

>> Oh, come on now, boy. That ain't no way

to talk. Boy, what a sack of potatoes.

I'm telling you.

>> Where's mom?

>> On the phone.

>> Oh, mama. Mama, you know something? I

feel good. Am I drunk? Sh.

>> Look,

say hello.

>> Hello.

>> No. Talk in here. It's your mom. Oh,

>> hey. You know something? I feel like big

eagle flies around in my head. You know

that? I feel great. I feel great. Yeah.

Well, go ahead. Talk.

>> Hello, Ma.

This is your son, Ira Hayes.

>> But don't I sound like me?

>> It's Ira, your son.

>> What? What?

>> Will you say hello? It's your mom.

>> Oh, hello ma. How are you? How's pop?

>> This is your son, Ira Hamilton. Hey,

>> hey, how come you wasn't on Ewok?

>> Oh,

hello. Uh, this is a pal of Iris. Yeah,

well, I'm sorry they they took him away

from the phone. There's a big shindig on

here. Your boy's a big deal. Now listen,

don't you worry now. Your boy is fine.

He'll call you tomorrow.

>> That's okay.

>> You're welcome. Goodbye.

>> Ask her what I'm supposed to do. Ask her

that. Ask her what I'm supposed to do.

>> I did. She said for you to go home to

bed. Come on. I'll take you.

>> Ask her what I'm going to do.

>> We're going to settle war bombs. That's

what we're going to do. And we are proud

that the three survivors of the historic

flag raising are here to launch the

seventh war loan drive. Let me introduce

>> these heroes to you. The sixth man, Ira

Hayes.

>> I'm glad to be here by Bonds.

>> Which one were you, Mr. Hayes?

>> The chief

>> an Indian brave. I'm going to save you

for last.

>> Who took the spirit of the tomahawk to

the very summit of that mountain. A

superb example of Indian courage. The

time has come to show our gratitude by

deeds,

>> not words alone. We on the home front

have been called to battle six times. We

must give as these heroes gave. We must

reach down into our pockets as they

reached into their hearts and give not

till it hurts us but till it hurts the

enemy. [applause]

Now first we have a surprise for you

today. Ladies and gentlemen on my right

are the mothers of the three flag

raisers who did not come back. Mrs. Carl

Sorenson.

>> [applause]

[music]

>> First in America, first in our hearts,

and first to speak, the indomitable

Indian Private First Class Ira Hamilton

Hayes.

[applause]

>> I'm glad to be in your city.

Buy Bonds.

>> Where the hell are we anyway? Boston.

>> Chicago? That's where you are. Soldiers

feel Chicago. But boy, you better shape

up. General Bridges is here on an

inspection tour and he's just liable to

inspect you.

You're a great guy, boy. I like you. You

know why? You're terrific. You're just

terrific.

[music]

Ladies and gentlemen, generator now at

the car track of the heroes of Gima here

to dedicate the seven drive in Chicago.

Yay.

Yep.

[music]

>> Hey, what are you people looking at?

Can't you pay for your own wall without

us? Well, you need a side show. Ira

>> over here.

[music]

>> Hey,

pharmacist mate, second class John H.

Bradley, United States Navy. Private

First Class Renee Gagnan, United States

Marine Corps.

And Private First Class Ira Hamilton,

Chief Hayes. In Private Hayes, we see

the great fighting blood of the Indian

merged with the invincible spirit of the

United States Marines. You can't beat

that for a combination.

>> They've already given us 14 gold

watches.

40.

>> That great picture also captured a

moment of truth about America. Six of

our boys, all equally born, all equally

entitled to freedom. All equally

entitled to opportunity and the pursuit

of happiness. Fighting side by side to

preserve their precious heritage.

I'm entitled to 14 gold watches.

Who needs a buddy when when I got 14

gold watches?

>> Get him out of there. I want to see him

first thing in the morning.

[applause]

>> Come on, chief. You're going back to the

hotel. I come.

>> General's orders.

>> Few moments.

>> You're going to call Marshall me.

>> I wouldn't be surprised.

>> That's okay.

>> From the crest of Mount Surabachi

will be raised to fly again. Hey, I'm

going to make a speech.

>> Not tonight, Joseph.

>> Ladies and gentlemen, I ain't no hero.

How about a shot?

>> I only got in that picture because it

was windy and they couldn't raise a flag

without me helping. It's just on account

of the wind. And that's the truth. It's

It's just on account of the wind.

PFC Hayes reporting, sir.

Didn't you go through boot camp Haze?

You certainly distinguished yourself and

the Marine Corps last night. It's lucky

for you that the press has enough

respect for the core not to have printed

anything about it. What the hell kind of

a Marine are you? I'm a good Marine,

sir.

>> That was the general opinion before you

went on this tour. But it proves you

can't always trust opinion, doesn't it?

>> Hayes,

being a Marine means more than fighting

well in combat. Now, what's your

problem? Let's have it.

>> All right. What's the color of your

uniform? Marine green, sir.

>> What the color of mine?

>> Marine green, sir.

>> Well, if something's eating you, do you

know of a better place to spill it?

>> Hayes, what's the matter with you? Come

on, open up.

>> Sir, I'm glad my best I'm glad most of

my buddies are dead so they can't see

what I'm doing.

>> Just what do you think you are doing?

>> Just nothing, sir.

>> Nothing. You think raising $13 billion

is nothing? Who gave you the right to be

the best judge of that?

>> Sir, I haven't got the stomach to act

like something I'm not. Now, you can

call Marshall me. You can put me in the

brick for the rest of my life. You can

shoot me, but I ain't going to be a

hypocrite no more. I just ain't

Hayes. I'm I'm cutting orders to

transfer him.

Yes, sir.

You're going back to your outfit for

combat duty.

>> Yes, sir.

>> I I sir,

>> one more thing.

Hayes, you're a public figure now.

Whether you like it or not, you don't

belong to yourself anymore. As long as

you remain in the Marine Corps, you'll

be protected against your fame. But the

day will come when you'll have to deal

with it alone. Just bear it in [music]

mind.

>> Thank you, sir.

[music]

Heat. Heat.

I bet your people be glad to have him

over again.

Heat.

[music]

Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

[music]

>> All

right.

Hi, Leonard. I'm

>> Kennethy.

L's in the other bed.

How come you weren't on the train?

>> We better be quiet now.

>> Mom cried when you didn't come.

What happened?

>> You know something, Kenny?

I must have slept in 100 beds since I

last saw you. And this room is the only

the only place left in the whole world

for me. I'd like to lock myself up in

here and never go out no more.

>> Everybody here is sure proud of you.

Some of the guys were saying that you're

the most famous Indian since Ganono.

Even more famous than Jim Thorp. Don't

you hear about Jay? He's been elected

chief of the tribe.

>> Yes, I I read.

What's it got to say? They say anything

about me.

>> No, not to me.

Tell me all about what happened on

Ewoko.

>> Forget that hero junk Kenny. All I am is

your brother and I love you.

I don't want to hear no more about being

famous.

>> Hello, Ira.

Hello.

Mom, turn off the light.

Please turn it off.

It's all right.

It's all finished now.

It's all over now.

>> Give us a smile, Chief.

Uh,

>> pull the kids in a little closer.

>> Look at me, Lisa.

There you are. Thank you, Mr. Hayes.

>> Mr. Hayes, we know you must be tired and

everything,

>> but could you sign this? We drove all

the way from Tucson.

>> Mr. Hayes, please turn this way.

>> Now, will you stand on your head?

>> Just waiting, Fanny.

>> Hi, Jay.

>> Hey,

where you been hiding, Jerkpot? You've

been home three days and you never even

came to say hello.

Well, I've been catching up on my sleep

and stuff. You look you look great. Mom

wrote me about your battlefield

commission.

>> Ah,

>> how about that EO deal? And how about

that bond tour?

>> What do you mean how about it? What did

you hear?

>> What did I hear?

>> Boy, every time I picked up the stars

and stripes, there was old Ira just

grinning away with the president's arm

around you. You don't realize who you

are, kid. You're the greatest thing

that's ever happened to our tribe.

>> This for a worthy cause, Hayes, and we

need you to kick this off.

>> I'm not very good at speech making, sir.

>> All you have to do is take a bow, say a

few words. You did that last week.

>> Well, you might even meet a few of your

old Marine Corps buddies.

>> I guess it'll be all right. Okay,

>> now you're talking.

A marvelous tableau of the flag raising

picture with you and five actors to play

the part of your buddies. Very

realistic. 250 a week against 10% of the

gross. What do you say?

Will you at least take my card? Think

about it.

>> You appeared for the Legion.

>> My son is eating his supper. Please go

away.

>> Well, I must say you're terribly

friendly.

>> Ira, can I see you for a minute? Just

give me a while.

Washington just turned us down again.

Council wants to talk to you.

>> The council took a vote, Ira. We want

you to go to Washington to talk to the

commissioner. We'll pay all your

transportation and expenses out of the

tribal fund.

>> Why me? I mean, it's a great honor, but

I'm not qualified to talk to them.

[laughter]

>> Irish not qualified.

>> Have you got all the water you need?

>> No. Well, isn't it the same all over the

reservation? Every time new industries

move into Phoenix or somebody starts a

ranch, our water ration drops. Every

time we even mention digging wells, the

white farm block starts screaming and

Washington says, "No dice."

>> Listen, Ara, please. They can dig all

the wells they want without permission.

They grow wheat and we grow cactus.

>> Jay is the real leader. He knows how to

talk to these people. Jay, you really

got things going for you. I mean, you

got things to be proud of. This stuff

isn't addressed to me.

>> Look, Ira Hayes. Ira Hayes. Ira Hayes,

Washington. Nebraska, Ireland, Africa.

You're not asking for a thing that isn't

yours by rights. All you want is the

water they stole. This is what we fought

for, kid. You got to do it, Ira. [music]

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Hello. Um, may I please speak to the

commissioner? Ira Hayes from Sacatan.

Ira Hayes.

Thank you.

>> Hello,

Mr. Harrington.

It's just that I'm surprised that you

remember.

Oh, yes. I'm fine. Fine. Yes. Thank you,

sir.

tomorrow

>> if you have to catch a plane at 11:00. I

>> 9:00 sharp. Yes, sir. I'll be there.

Yes, 9:00. I'll be on time. Thank you,

Mr.

Hey,

the next time you bring me a present, do

me a favor. Would you bring me the dame

that goes with it? They've been razing

me about this robe.

I'm only pulling your leg. I'm nuts

about it. No kidding.

So, how did it go with Mr. Big Shot?

>> He remembered me. All right. Yes. I see

him tomorrow morning at 9:00.

>> Then you're home. What are you worried?

>> I never had to ask for a favor before.

>> You should have seen that building

with all those big people.

>> Big, small, I tell you, they all went to

bed once upon a time. And I swear

>> not one of them has liked a single thing

since.

>> Cheers.

>> All you got to do is you be yourself.

Yeah,

boy.

>> If my name didn't used to be smeared all

over the papers, they never would have

sent me.

>> Numei, I feel like such a phony.

I feel like I stole something and nobody

has caught me yet.

>> So, welcome to the human race. Look, we

all stole something, but I ain't asking

you and you ain't asking me. You know,

you shouldn't ought to be so deep. All

you have to do is you get born, you have

a good time, you go into that locker

room and the big coach calls time on the

game. Right.

>> Right.

>> Well,

I I have to be going. I'll see you.

>> Okay. Let me know what happens, will

you?

>> Sure.

>> Hey, where do you think you're going,

meatthead? Did I tell you to fall out?

>> Kyle,

>> what's the first word out of your mouth,

girl?

>> Sir,

>> gee, am I glad to see you. How But how

come you're here? Oh, Kylie, I'm so glad

to see you.

>> We'll drink a toast of the 70.

>> You know, I must have thought about you

a million times. I swear.

>> People, I want you to meet the eagerst I

ever saw in my life. Now, you've seen

him on the posture stand. You've seen

him in the newsroom. I present to you

Ira Hayes Papoo's first class.

Sergeant Harrison Sergeant Gil.

>> How are you sergeant?

>> Come on. Sit down. Sit down. Sit up.

>> Yeah.

Are you still in the Marines?

>> Oh, sure. We're all stationed here in

Washington. They dust us off an honor

guard whenever somebody died. [laughter]

>> You You sure got it made?

>> Hey, whatever happened to that kid? You

remember the one I had on your your tail

all the time? The uh the general

>> Sorenson.

>> Yeah, what a wise anchor he was. But he

was a good marine. I had to make out.

>> Yeah.

>> Well, you know, sometimes I look at

those platoon pictures and I I wonder

just how many of those kids are still

around.

>> That's the thing I hate about war.

>> Well, uh, you have to admit it does a

boy's character a lot of good to go out

get himself killed. [laughter]

>> You're about as funny as Dracula, boy.

[laughter]

>> Come on, Chief. Quit. Come on. Come on.

Quit. Chief, quit. You remember the day

we taught you how to swim? [laughter]

We'll drink a toast of the 70s.

All the way. 701. All the way.

>> All the way. 701. All the way.

>> You walk like a duck. You waddle like a

duck. Are you duck?

>> Yes.

>> Yes, sir.

>> Yes.

>> Yes, sir.

Can you Can you talk like a

>> duck?

How quack quack quack quack quack quack

of our team?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Quack.

>> Are you happy?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Do you love the marine?

>> Yes, sir.

>> Come on. H.

>> Yes, sir.

Where

are you?

Ira Hayes.

Ira Hayes,

get over here, Hayes, or someone wants

to see you.

Hello, Aaron.

>> Hey, did you come to get me out? Uh,

what time is it? I I I've got a very

important thing at 9:00.

>> It's 2:00 in the afternoon.

>> It's 2. Hey, look. You got to get me out

of here. Hey, please don't do that.

>> You're still new, Zra. I'm sorry. Oh,

>> come on. Come on. Please be fair.

I don't understand.

I know the Hayes family all my life, and

he was always a good boy.

>> But he sure picked a great time to go

sour. That's all we need. Another

drunken Indian.

>> It's easy to throw stones, Jerry. Even

the paper doesn't call him that.

>> No. Well, the people in Phoenix are. You

give a guy a name. You ask him to do

something important since the whole

Indian cause back 50 years. He's no

hero. He's a damn disgrace.

>> I see where Harra was arrested again.

This time Cincinnati.

>> That boy's going to run out of cities.

>> Jails, too.

>> If he had to be born an Indian, why did

he have to be born a puma?

>> Good afternoon, Mr. T. Not alone these

days.

Please give Jay the 14 gold watches that

I got on the bond tour to pay back the

money they gave me.

Maybe I get a job here and try to make

up for disgracing my people and making

such a mess.

Last week, this veteran outfit found me

and I got [music] drunk at their big

reunion and forgot to show up for work

at the garage. Everybody sure tries to

be nice to me. They keep bailing [music]

me out, but I just get in trouble again.

I even thought of changing [music] my

name, but that don't seem right somehow.

My heart hurts when I think of you and

all your friends knowing what I turned

into.

I promise I'm going to try and make it

different this time. I got this good job

here [music] at the airport.

>> North Central Airlines announces the

departure of flight 106 now boarding at

gate 2 for Green Bay, Grand Rapids,

Lancing, and Detroit. All aboard,

please.

>> Hello, Ira.

How are you?

I'm okay.

You're going to mop right through that

floor, kid. Why don't you quit a minute

and talk to me? Huh?

>> I can hear you.

What made you break down and tell your

mother where you were?

Ira, for crying out loud, what are you

trying to do to yourself?

Get off the map. I've got to work.

>> This is no job for you.

>> Look, I sell my sweat. You sell yours.

What I do with it is my business. Now

get your foot off the mop.

>> I came to bring you home.

>> What for?

What have I got to go home for?

>> If you don't, you're going to end up on

a slab with a tag around your toe. Fine.

>> Do I have to draw you any more pictures?

>> Fine.

>> Yeah, that' really be fine.

>> I know why you want to get me back

there. So, don't give me any of that

sincere bull. You want to stick me in a

hut and take away the booze? When

anybody ask why, you're just going to

tell them I'm dead and buried? You don't

have to draw me no pictures.

>> I'm not talking for the tribe. Don't you

know that? They can take anything you

dish out and a whole lot more. But what

happened to my friend? You draw me a

picture of that.

>> What happened to that great little Puma

kid who wanted to burn up the world?

>> He didn't come back from the war. He's

gone. I ain't been the same since they

tried to make me out something I'm not.

I can't do your errands. I can't talk to

commissioners. I can't go home. I can't

look at you. I can't do nothing cuz I

ain't got the right no more.

No.

No. Just get away from here. Go on.

>> I

>> get away. I mean it. I don't like you,

big chief. I don't like you or your damn

battlefield commission either.

I'm sorry I sent you to Washington.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know how you felt.

Ira, please

just come back home.

Nobody will make you do anything you

don't want.

You can't just disappear from the mind

of man.

Even a judge wouldn't give you a

sentence like that.

Goodbye, Jay.

Take care of yourself.

[music]

[music]

Come on. Let's go.

Hey.

[music]

[music]

>> [screaming]

>> What have you got to say for yourself?

>> I don't mind telling you there's not

much pleasure in this. Look at you. A

national hero. If you had any shame,

you'd straighten yourself out.

Now, I'm going to give you a suspended

sentence if you promise me in the

presence of that flag that you're never

going to do this again.

What about it, Hayes?

>> All right, take him away. 90 days in the

House of Correction.

Hi, Chief. Remember me? Sergeant Bole.

Chief, sit down.

Okay,

I'm going to read you a telegram I

received. Are you listening?

Kindly extend to Mr. Ira Hayes

invitation to attend dedication

ceremonies, Marine Corps Memorial,

Arlington National Cemetery, 10

November.

Important impress on Hayes his presence

extremely meaningful. for this

commemoration

signed Bridges President Memorial

Foundation.

They hope you accept it, Chief. So do I.

>> I got to stay here forever. Don't you

think the taxpayers have something to

say about that?

>> I know what will happen again.

There'll be big parties and drinking,

all that hero stuff.

I don't want to see Bradley or Gagman.

>> You want them to look at your empty

chair, then they'll know what kind of

marine you turn out to be.

Come on, Ira. Pull yourself together.

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat.

[music]

Mr. President, distinguished guests,

ladies and gentlemen, our purpose today

is a simple one. to pay homage to our

fallen Marine heroes and to their

comrades in arms from other services who

in the campaigns of nearly 200 years

have suffered and died in the cause of

liberty and humanity.

In the profoundest sense the heroes we

honor were engaged in building their own

memorial not in temporal stone or bronze

but in the timeless boundless realm of

the human spirit. It is a statement to

man's highest hopes and greatest

expectations.

The men depicted on this monument were

real men. Three are gone and three are

present here today. It is not their act

alone which we memorialize, nor any

single act. It is not these men alone,

nor any single man. In this sense, they

are but symbols which bespeak the

numberless acts of honor that went

before.

Although we hail the fallen, we hail the

living, too. For death is not the

prerequisite for heroism.

Whether men fall or live, to be there,

to be willing is to be heroic.

The five white boys who raised that flag

were willing men before they came to

that mountain. So they are symbols now

of willing men.

The Indian boy who raised that flag was

a willing man. And he too is a symbol

now of all the Indian boys who stood the

ground. He stood willing and therefore

heroic

now and forever.

Mr. President, it is with these thoughts

that I have the honor on behalf of the

Marine Corps and the Marine Corps War

Memorial Foundation to present this

monument to the people of the United

States.

[applause]

Hat.

Heat. [music]

Heat.

[music]

I promise I'll make it.

I promise myself.

I promise you.

I promise.

I promise.

I'll just run and check it over. You go

ahead down to the house.

>> All right,

>> I came home.

Then it was like some kind of a miracle.

It was like God said everything's okay

now.

You know this this thing is just a

symbol.

You don't you don't have to carry it

around in your guts no more. It's out.

It's not you.

So go on and be yourself.

>> It really is like a miracle. I mean it.

>> You know, I thought a lot about

time you came to see me. I said some

pretty crummy things.

>> Forget it. What else could you do?

Listen, you came back when you could,

didn't you?

>> It's going to be tough here, Jay.

People aren't going to pass it off like

you did.

But I promise you, I'm really going to

get my butt in gear. You know, I'm going

to work like there's no tomorrow.

You can even send me to Washington if

you like.

>> Okay.

Now, I'll promise you something. You do

those things and you forget about the

people. Cuz I guarantee that if you do,

they're going to have just one thing to

say about Ira Hayes. He's a man to

respect.

That's what they'll say. You wait,

you'll see.

Dear Sergeant Bole, well, I guess you're

surprised to hear from me, but I've been

wanting to say [music] thanks for all

you've done for me on the bond tour and

[music]

making me go to the dedication when

[music] I was too ashamed.

I thought you might like to know how

hard I've been working. I really been

pitching, pulling more than my load.

Doing anything I can to help anybody,

making them know I mean it this time.

And I haven't took one drink since you

got [music] me out of jail.

The reason is that ever since what

happened on the bond tour, I got this

terrible pain inside me that my own

people are ashamed. I got to make it up

to them for all the shame I brought on

them. The one chance I have is this

nomination [music] to the tribal

council. I know I could do some good for

my people if they would only nominate

me. I sure hope that they do cuz that'll

mean that they forgive me.

If they only knew how much this means to

me. But I can't tell anybody about this.

They got to do it themselves or don't

mean anything.

Maybe the way I behaved. I [music] got

no right to hope, but I sure do just the

same.

Sergeant Bole, they just got to nominate

me cuz a guy's got to belong somewhere.

And now I know this is where I belong.

>> I'm going to nominate you.

>> Shut up.

>> Why'd you say shut up?

>> Because you talk crazy. You say another

word about that and you can call me out

as your brother.

>> Why?

>> Because people can make up their own

minds without no help from you.

I ain't interested in the council

anyway.

What do you think you're doing? Keeping

everybody awake here in the middle of

the night.

Now, hammer blowing horns.

Mrs. Jose told the visiting nurse that

she'd maybe lose her baby if she didn't

get some sleep.

>> I hear the chief say something.

>> Do you know what time it is, Ara?

No, it's 12:30.

Why don't you go home now?

>> I heard Mr. Cinn was having trouble with

his tractor, so I just thought I'd fix

it. That's all.

>> Every night. Hammer, hammer, hammer.

>> Okay, fine.

Why don't you finish it tomorrow?

>> Okay,

Uncle, next time I'm in town, I'll I'll

buy you some some earplugs.

>> Good night, Jay. Good night,

Some men make boastful speeches.

Some men do boastful work.

Irish lectionering.

You will write your first choice, your

second choice, and your third choice for

the people you think will make good

councilmen. The three names that get

written the most times, they'll be the

ones you will vote for next week at

election time. Now, this is district

number three.

>> Do you think Iris's got a chance?

>> Huh? What are you talking about?

>> Nomination to the council.

>> Ara,

he's had his belly full of fame. He's

not interested in that.

District three.

You people have been standing out here

in the cold a long time. So, your

governor is going to read you the

results before we post them at the

schools. Jay,

from district number one, Juan Perez,

Joseph V. Carlson, Franklin Galloway.

from district number two, John Grady,

David Peterson, Robin York. From

district number three, William Grant,

George Griffin Jr., Donald Howard

Miller.

[applause]

>> Hi, Rock.

>> Don't worry, Bobby. I'm okay.

[music]

I'm okay. You're hailing me low.

I don't need nobody.

Nobody.

What you doing there? Hey, Martin. What

you doing there? Huh?

All the way 701. All of way 70.

Yes, sir. Yes, sir. Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

[music]

Hey, come back here.

[music]

Siren.

[music]

Sensson.

Heat.

Heat. [music]

[bell]

>> [music]

>> Whoa.

What am I doing?

Where am I going?

God, what happened to me?

Will you tell me that?

Please.

[gasps]

I promise.

I promise. I promise. I promise.

Remember

this.

God.

Ah,

no. No.

I I want to go home. I want to go home.

You get damn drunk. What will you have a

good for? Heat. Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> Quiet, quiet, quiet.

Wonderful.

[music]

[music]

>> [music]

>> I'm sure every time I picture you, I

always ask you to smile and I never can

say cheese.

>> [music]

>> Heat.

Heat. [music]