1 00:02:02,878 --> 00:02:06,879 This is the story of a squad of marines, a rifle squad. 2 00:02:07,257 --> 00:02:10,818 I'm Corporal Robert Dunne, a member of that squad. 3 00:02:11,177 --> 00:02:14,737 We were at Guadalcanal, and when it was secure 4 00:02:15,098 --> 00:02:19,939 we were pulled out for rest, refitting, replacements and retraining. 5 00:02:20,352 --> 00:02:24,432 The Marine Corps is long on training and retraining... 6 00:02:24,815 --> 00:02:26,654 Let that go. 7 00:02:26,942 --> 00:02:30,903 After the canal, we were sent to Camp Paekakariki in New Zealand. 8 00:02:31,281 --> 00:02:35,641 Here we received our replacements, marines from Stateside, 9 00:02:36,036 --> 00:02:40,596 a long way from Stateside, 8,000 miles. 10 00:02:44,502 --> 00:02:47,902 I can see you're a man who knows how to live. 11 00:02:48,258 --> 00:02:50,257 - Solid comfort. - Solid malaria. 12 00:02:50,550 --> 00:02:55,470 - Malaria, huh? Contagious? - No, not this week. You can stay. 13 00:02:55,890 --> 00:03:00,249 Nice place you got here. Regazzi's my name, Benny Regazzi. 14 00:03:00,643 --> 00:03:02,803 Bob Dunne. I'm duty NCO today. 15 00:03:03,104 --> 00:03:07,064 Great. Meet my friends. This big guy is "Handsome" Dan Shipley. 16 00:03:07,441 --> 00:03:09,401 - Hi. - What a physique! 17 00:03:09,692 --> 00:03:14,372 The girls see him and faint. He comes through this, I'll make him a movie star! 18 00:03:14,781 --> 00:03:17,901 Those two guys, Flynns. That's Eddie and that's Frank. 19 00:03:18,242 --> 00:03:20,201 - Hi, Eddie. - Hello, Bob. 20 00:03:20,496 --> 00:03:22,935 They don't drink. I got their beer ration. 21 00:03:23,247 --> 00:03:26,287 - And Georgie Hellenopolis, an Irishman. - Hello, sport. 22 00:03:26,626 --> 00:03:29,906 - Where did you get those cards? - Off your sack on the ship. Why? 23 00:03:30,254 --> 00:03:34,574 - They're mine, that's why. - I've seen lots in those bags that aren't. 24 00:03:34,967 --> 00:03:37,727 - Come on, give me. - "Semper fi", Mac. 25 00:03:38,970 --> 00:03:42,131 - Hey! - Leave them. It happens 20 times a day. 26 00:03:46,229 --> 00:03:50,269 You know where those guys come from? Philadelphia, the city of brotherly love. 27 00:03:52,904 --> 00:03:57,143 - By the way, who's the squad leader? - Sergeant Stryker. 28 00:03:57,531 --> 00:03:59,491 - What's he like? - You'll find out. 29 00:03:59,783 --> 00:04:02,983 I've been in New Zealand two hours and already they're clamming up on me. 30 00:04:10,377 --> 00:04:13,337 - I hope he knows his stuff. - Maybe we'll get liberty. 31 00:04:13,671 --> 00:04:18,471 - We ain't replacements any more. - Where is he? Where's the sergeant? 32 00:04:18,884 --> 00:04:20,845 He's here. 33 00:04:21,138 --> 00:04:24,576 - Well, what do you know? Stryker. - Hello, Thomas. 34 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:29,571 - Thought you were in the First. - I was. Sit down. 35 00:04:29,978 --> 00:04:32,139 Just sit down, Thomas, anywhere. 36 00:04:37,861 --> 00:04:41,822 My name is Stryker, Sergeant John M Stryker. 37 00:04:42,199 --> 00:04:45,000 You're gonna be my squad, a rifle squad. 38 00:04:45,328 --> 00:04:49,929 Three of us have seen action: Corporal Dunne, Charlie Bass and myself. 39 00:04:50,333 --> 00:04:54,294 You'll learn from us. In boot camp you learned out of a book. 40 00:04:54,671 --> 00:05:00,351 Here you gotta remember the book and learn things that haven't been printed. 41 00:05:00,800 --> 00:05:02,762 You gotta learn right and fast. 42 00:05:04,429 --> 00:05:10,029 Any man that doesn't want to cooperate, I'll make him wish he hadn't been born. 43 00:05:10,477 --> 00:05:15,036 Before I'm through with you, you're gonna move and think like one man. 44 00:05:15,439 --> 00:05:20,280 If you don't, you'll be dead. You guys have had a nice easy day. 45 00:05:20,695 --> 00:05:25,816 I hope you enjoyed it because it's the last one you'll get for a long time. 46 00:05:26,241 --> 00:05:30,602 You joined the Marines to fight and you'll get your chance. I'll show you how. 47 00:05:30,995 --> 00:05:35,395 If I can't teach you one way, I'll teach you another. But I'll get the job done. 48 00:05:35,793 --> 00:05:38,793 The skipper of this outfit is Captain Joyce. 49 00:05:39,129 --> 00:05:43,649 Platoon leader is Lieutenant Baker. Platoon sergeant is Sergeant Wright. 50 00:05:44,050 --> 00:05:46,010 Any questions? 51 00:05:47,513 --> 00:05:49,473 That's all. 52 00:05:53,852 --> 00:05:56,893 10,000 sergeants in this corps and I draw Stryker! 53 00:05:57,232 --> 00:05:59,271 You knew this guy before? 54 00:06:00,442 --> 00:06:03,884 Yeah. We were stationed together in China. 55 00:06:04,239 --> 00:06:07,758 Twice he kept me from promotion. Turned me in once. 56 00:06:08,118 --> 00:06:13,717 30 days I got. He was a sergeant major then. 57 00:06:14,164 --> 00:06:17,283 Must have done something to get busted to three stripes. 58 00:06:17,625 --> 00:06:20,185 What did he turn you in for? 59 00:06:20,502 --> 00:06:26,062 For... That's not important! What's important is that he turned me in! 60 00:06:26,509 --> 00:06:30,908 Maybe he didn't write the manual, but you can bet he can recite it backwards! 61 00:06:31,303 --> 00:06:38,143 - It's probably tattooed on his chest. - Front and back, Mac. 62 00:06:38,644 --> 00:06:42,044 - Say, isn't your name Al Thomas? - Yeah. 63 00:06:42,399 --> 00:06:45,358 - Weren't you a fighter? - Just in the Marines. 64 00:06:45,694 --> 00:06:51,295 - Runner-up in the heavyweight division. - Tell him who you were runner-up to. 65 00:06:51,741 --> 00:06:55,023 Stryker. Lucky punch. 66 00:06:55,370 --> 00:06:57,810 Meet your new manager. 67 00:06:58,124 --> 00:07:01,604 Tell him why you lost your stripes. 68 00:07:01,961 --> 00:07:07,401 My natural dislike for you is gradually developing into a great hate. 69 00:07:07,842 --> 00:07:12,402 Don't let this guy do your thinking. You'll get a square deal from Stryker. 70 00:07:12,804 --> 00:07:14,843 You bet. Square deal. 71 00:07:15,138 --> 00:07:20,699 I'm looking forward to the first time he and I come head to head off duty. 72 00:07:21,145 --> 00:07:24,705 Hey, take it easy with that hand, champ! 73 00:07:28,236 --> 00:07:29,676 Saddle up! 74 00:08:18,617 --> 00:08:22,177 - All right, take a break. - Take a break. 75 00:08:24,705 --> 00:08:31,186 - How does your squad look? - See me in about six months. Conway! 76 00:08:36,719 --> 00:08:41,598 I was checking the records. Your father was Colonel Sam Conway. 77 00:08:42,013 --> 00:08:47,093 - What if he was? - I was with him ten months ago. 78 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,360 He was my CO before he got killed. 79 00:08:50,690 --> 00:08:55,010 One of the best officers and finest men I ever served under. 80 00:08:55,403 --> 00:08:58,963 - I thought if you... - Thanks. I'll keep it in mind. 81 00:09:07,248 --> 00:09:10,208 - For that, you sleep with your rifle. - It was an accident. 82 00:09:10,544 --> 00:09:13,705 - Nobody in this outfit drops their rifle. - Fall in! 83 00:09:14,047 --> 00:09:17,287 All right, saddle up. Pick it up. 84 00:09:18,509 --> 00:09:22,509 Sometimes I don't know which I hate worse, him or the Nips. 85 00:09:26,893 --> 00:09:31,172 - Your father was a good marine. - Until ten months ago. 86 00:09:31,562 --> 00:09:36,803 - You shipped in when he was killed. - I shipped in because I was expected to. 87 00:09:37,235 --> 00:09:40,916 In war the men of my family join the Marines. 88 00:09:41,281 --> 00:09:44,120 I'm the last Conway, so here I am. 89 00:09:44,450 --> 00:09:48,050 He'd be proud that you're carrying on the tradition. 90 00:09:48,412 --> 00:09:52,693 Not my father. He'd have expected me to find some soft duty somewhere. 91 00:09:53,083 --> 00:09:56,563 - In fact, he told me so. - I don't get it. 92 00:09:56,921 --> 00:10:01,722 I embarrassed my father. I wasn't tough enough for him. Too soft. 93 00:10:02,133 --> 00:10:07,454 "No guts" was the phrase he used. He wanted me to be like Stryker. 94 00:10:07,890 --> 00:10:13,810 "The finest man I ever served under." I bet they got along just fine. 95 00:10:14,271 --> 00:10:19,632 Both with ramrods strapped on their backs. I'm a civilian, not a marine. 96 00:10:20,069 --> 00:10:24,070 They're not going to strap one on mine. I'm in here strictly for tradition. 97 00:10:24,448 --> 00:10:27,286 - That the only reason? - Yeah. Why? 98 00:10:27,617 --> 00:10:31,297 Nothing... Stryker knows his business. 99 00:10:31,663 --> 00:10:33,823 So did Jack the Ripper. 100 00:10:34,124 --> 00:10:37,965 Knock off the skylarking. You're in the wrong column. 101 00:10:42,799 --> 00:10:45,638 Left foot close in there. 102 00:10:45,969 --> 00:10:47,647 Look alive! 103 00:11:01,150 --> 00:11:04,550 Choynski, you're all left feet! 104 00:11:04,903 --> 00:11:08,785 Choynski! What do you think you're doing? 105 00:11:09,158 --> 00:11:12,718 - Running the bayonet course, sir. - Not in this league. 106 00:11:13,078 --> 00:11:15,038 Yes, sir. 107 00:11:17,916 --> 00:11:20,997 Your men are pretty ragged, Stryker. 108 00:11:21,337 --> 00:11:23,297 Yes, sir. 109 00:11:25,132 --> 00:11:29,412 That ought to take some starch out of Stryker. His boys didn't do so well. 110 00:11:29,804 --> 00:11:33,284 Hanging him up between those poles, we'd do a lot better. 111 00:11:35,933 --> 00:11:37,934 Choynski! 112 00:11:39,103 --> 00:11:40,663 OK, so I'm left-handed. 113 00:11:40,938 --> 00:11:43,898 - On guard. Give me your rifle. - What is this? 114 00:11:44,233 --> 00:11:48,753 You can't learn the easy way, you'll learn the hard way. Make a thrust. 115 00:11:49,154 --> 00:11:52,434 - Without a scabbard? - You heard me. 116 00:11:53,659 --> 00:11:57,218 - You mean this way? - Yeah, like this! 117 00:12:00,123 --> 00:12:03,603 You get the idea? Corpsman! 118 00:12:05,294 --> 00:12:09,495 All right, saddle up. We'll do it again. Pick it up. 119 00:12:18,267 --> 00:12:20,908 You're the only unkissable guy in camp. 120 00:12:21,229 --> 00:12:27,187 This thing hurts. It ain't funny. No dame's going to come near a mouth like this. 121 00:12:27,651 --> 00:12:31,571 Don't worry, I got the scoop. No liberty for three months. You got time. 122 00:12:31,948 --> 00:12:36,467 - Three months? How did you get that? - I got spies everywhere. 123 00:12:36,867 --> 00:12:40,389 They ought to throw the book at Stryker for doing this. 124 00:12:40,747 --> 00:12:44,787 They won't. They'll give him a citation for teaching us to be good marines. 125 00:12:45,167 --> 00:12:47,448 Choynski! 126 00:12:49,464 --> 00:12:53,503 They tell me you're going to live. You were lucky today. 127 00:12:53,883 --> 00:12:59,243 Someone had been instructing you that didn't like you, you might not have been. 128 00:12:59,681 --> 00:13:04,481 You better put in a little homework on that bayonet course. 129 00:13:05,979 --> 00:13:11,378 Somebody who didn't like me? I wonder what he does to the guys he hates. 130 00:13:14,363 --> 00:13:18,723 365 days in a year and I gotta pick this one to nick myself! 131 00:13:19,117 --> 00:13:21,157 You need a blow torch on your stubble. 132 00:13:21,454 --> 00:13:24,854 Look who's putting out the scuttlebutt. No liberty, he says! 133 00:13:25,207 --> 00:13:28,167 Somebody made a mistake. You got no kick coming. 134 00:13:28,502 --> 00:13:31,781 You have, so don't go turning your back. 135 00:13:35,175 --> 00:13:39,134 Will we take Hollywood with them physiques! 136 00:13:40,679 --> 00:13:43,680 - First Platoon! - That's for me! 137 00:13:46,101 --> 00:13:50,023 - Here, Wright, any mail for Stryker? - No. 138 00:13:50,398 --> 00:13:52,478 It's going to be rugged again tonight. 139 00:13:52,775 --> 00:13:55,735 He won't solve his problems with whiskey. 140 00:13:56,070 --> 00:13:59,031 What would you do if your wife left with your kid? 141 00:13:59,365 --> 00:14:03,324 - After five years I'd forget it. - Stryker's not much on forgetting. 142 00:14:09,832 --> 00:14:13,351 - Sorry, no letter for you. - I know it. 143 00:14:13,710 --> 00:14:19,591 You know ten-year-olds. There could be a thousand reasons why he didn't write. 144 00:14:20,050 --> 00:14:22,170 - A million. - Cut it out. 145 00:14:22,470 --> 00:14:26,191 - Cut what out? - Brushing me. The kid's all right. 146 00:14:26,557 --> 00:14:30,597 - Maybe Mary influenced him not to. - That she wouldn't do. 147 00:14:30,978 --> 00:14:33,578 Of course not. 148 00:14:33,899 --> 00:14:37,539 Stryker, you're a very unusual character. 149 00:14:37,903 --> 00:14:40,863 - Can this be love? - You know what I mean. 150 00:14:41,198 --> 00:14:47,996 A lot of guys wouldn't see that a woman needs a husband who's not always away. 151 00:14:48,496 --> 00:14:53,456 A woman wants a home and a guy to come in and out on time every day. 152 00:14:53,875 --> 00:14:58,355 - You can tell me to shut up. - If you can't talk to me, who can? 153 00:14:58,755 --> 00:15:02,315 - Don't do it, just for once, don't do it. - Do what? 154 00:15:02,676 --> 00:15:07,394 Don't start out to get blind, staggering, stinking, falling down drunk. 155 00:15:07,805 --> 00:15:11,766 Nobody starts out to get blind, staggering, stinking, falling down drunk. 156 00:15:12,144 --> 00:15:15,102 Some do. Why not leave half your dough with me? 157 00:15:15,438 --> 00:15:19,157 You got an old maid's failings. You worry. 158 00:15:19,524 --> 00:15:24,525 Don't try to follow me tonight or I'll put a dent in that ugly head of yours. 159 00:15:26,867 --> 00:15:28,826 - Ready? - Just a minute. 160 00:15:29,119 --> 00:15:30,478 - What's up? - Nothing. 161 00:15:30,744 --> 00:15:35,025 Benny didn't strip his M1 fast enough for Stryker, so he turned him in. 162 00:15:35,416 --> 00:15:37,575 They cancelled his liberty. 163 00:15:37,878 --> 00:15:44,078 Perhaps our sergeant hasn't got a heart of gold after all, but he certainly is... 164 00:15:44,551 --> 00:15:49,790 You talk too much. You think I restricted Flynn for my own amusement? 165 00:15:50,222 --> 00:15:56,183 The punishment's unreasonable, to cancel his liberty for a minor mistake. 166 00:15:56,645 --> 00:16:01,484 I'm gonna tell you something, Conway. I'm gonna tell all of you. 167 00:16:01,900 --> 00:16:05,539 I'm gonna make it simple so you'll all understand it. 168 00:16:05,904 --> 00:16:09,783 They handed me you guys as a present, a regular Easter basket. 169 00:16:10,157 --> 00:16:14,398 They told me to get you into shape so you can handle a piece of this war. 170 00:16:14,788 --> 00:16:21,229 That's what I'm gonna do and that means I'm gonna tell you what to do every day, 171 00:16:21,710 --> 00:16:25,390 how to button your buttons and when to blow your noses. 172 00:16:25,756 --> 00:16:31,278 If you do something I don't like I'm gonna jump and when I land it'll hurt. 173 00:16:31,721 --> 00:16:38,402 I'll ride you until you can't stand up. When you do, you'll be marines. 174 00:16:38,895 --> 00:16:41,655 Flynn stays here. 175 00:16:43,023 --> 00:16:49,544 Extra-hard product of a hard school. Tough luck, Flynn. 176 00:16:50,030 --> 00:16:53,070 - If my brother doesn't go, I'm not going. - Shut up! 177 00:16:53,449 --> 00:16:55,809 - Who are you telling to shut up? - You! 178 00:16:56,119 --> 00:17:01,079 Let's go before we all lose our liberty. I wanna see those Wellington babes. 179 00:17:24,563 --> 00:17:29,202 - How do you feel, boy? - Like a little bird with feathers on it. 180 00:17:29,609 --> 00:17:34,571 - Don't fly away, little bird. - I can't. I'm still in the egg. 181 00:17:37,617 --> 00:17:40,458 Beautiful, beautiful! I wanna dance. 182 00:17:40,788 --> 00:17:42,909 You're gonna sit down. 183 00:17:43,206 --> 00:17:47,327 Yes, ma'am, Tennessee, that's where I come from. 184 00:17:47,712 --> 00:17:51,871 The greatest state in the Union. They call it the volunteer state. 185 00:17:52,257 --> 00:17:58,417 Right there is where I'm from. Smithville, Tennessee, what a town! 186 00:17:58,889 --> 00:18:03,969 These are all my cousins on my mama's side and these are on my papa's side. 187 00:18:04,393 --> 00:18:07,074 We got the best tobacco there is, too. 188 00:18:07,396 --> 00:18:13,078 More fertiliser comes from Tennessee than any other place in the world. 189 00:18:15,153 --> 00:18:18,112 Listen to that band! Zombies! They're all dead. 190 00:18:18,449 --> 00:18:22,408 - Maybe they like music that way here. - Or don't know any other kind. 191 00:18:22,785 --> 00:18:27,545 - I'm talking these boys into a session. - Maybe they don't have it in them. 192 00:18:27,955 --> 00:18:31,397 After I'm through, they will. They're breaking my heart. 193 00:18:31,753 --> 00:18:34,713 Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! 194 00:18:47,770 --> 00:18:50,810 - There is a happy man. - Wait until tomorrow. 195 00:18:51,148 --> 00:18:55,149 - Don't be a killjoy, dance. I'll watch him. - I'm not much on dancing. 196 00:18:55,528 --> 00:18:59,087 - You might try just this once. - No, thanks. 197 00:19:35,774 --> 00:19:38,975 - Pete's my name, Pete Conway. - Allison. 198 00:19:39,318 --> 00:19:42,800 - Hello, Allison. - Hello, Pete. 199 00:19:58,336 --> 00:20:03,538 - You're warm. Want to sit down? - No. I don't want to lose you. 200 00:20:03,969 --> 00:20:06,928 - Cutting in. - Shove off, Mac. 201 00:20:46,675 --> 00:20:49,836 What would you say if I suggested we get some air? 202 00:20:50,179 --> 00:20:55,900 I'd say I'm not supposed to leave the club with servicemen, but to you I'd say yes. 203 00:21:00,064 --> 00:21:03,225 Now what? We know all about each other. 204 00:21:03,568 --> 00:21:08,568 - You'll be missing your train. - I'll float back on thin air. 205 00:21:08,988 --> 00:21:11,748 Don't do that. You might catch cold. 206 00:21:12,075 --> 00:21:16,035 Funny, I've just met you and I feel I've known you all my life. 207 00:21:16,414 --> 00:21:18,933 I feel that way, too. 208 00:21:19,248 --> 00:21:22,769 - Ten thousand miles away. - Not now. 209 00:21:23,128 --> 00:21:26,168 I wanna see you again, every time I get liberty. 210 00:21:26,506 --> 00:21:29,864 I'll be here. 211 00:21:30,217 --> 00:21:34,018 - Allison... - Yes? 212 00:21:34,388 --> 00:21:37,228 I'm glad I met you tonight. 213 00:21:49,528 --> 00:21:52,209 - The train... - I know. 214 00:21:53,409 --> 00:21:56,648 I'll walk you to the station. I can get a taxi from there. 215 00:21:56,995 --> 00:21:59,315 - No, I'll walk you home. - No. 216 00:21:59,622 --> 00:22:03,702 You might miss your train. I might not see you again for a long time. 217 00:22:06,420 --> 00:22:12,340 Any time I get liberty, she says, just call her up. Man, what a barmaid! 218 00:22:12,801 --> 00:22:18,001 - I'll finish the war right here. - Drink any more and you probably will! 219 00:22:18,432 --> 00:22:24,352 New Zealand ain't got rats because they killed them all with that whiskey! 220 00:22:24,813 --> 00:22:27,373 We'll drink worse before we get through. 221 00:22:27,690 --> 00:22:32,490 They may bury me at sea tomorrow, but tonight I got that nice, warm feeling. 222 00:22:32,905 --> 00:22:36,023 I got a great future for the next two hours. 223 00:22:36,365 --> 00:22:39,005 You're bleeding! 224 00:22:39,325 --> 00:22:40,647 Lipstick! 225 00:22:40,912 --> 00:22:43,831 - Hey, fellas, look what I found! - Hey, sports... 226 00:22:45,457 --> 00:22:47,098 look. 227 00:22:49,376 --> 00:22:52,337 - Boy, he's really carrying a load! - Gyrene! 228 00:22:54,424 --> 00:22:57,386 Hey, Mac, you're a little off your course. 229 00:22:58,763 --> 00:23:03,445 - Well, what do you know! Stryker. - He's sure a mess. 230 00:23:03,851 --> 00:23:08,251 Now I know what happened to those stripes. Come on. 231 00:23:15,029 --> 00:23:16,348 Shore Patrol. 232 00:23:16,613 --> 00:23:20,733 - That's what it is. Give me a hand. - You're going to help him? 233 00:23:21,117 --> 00:23:25,877 If he cut my mother's throat five minutes ago, I wouldn't let them get him. 234 00:23:26,288 --> 00:23:31,408 What a break! He's all set to drop two stripes and Shore Patrol shows up. 235 00:23:31,837 --> 00:23:37,557 - But look what he done to me! - Don't tell me he kissed you. 236 00:23:38,007 --> 00:23:39,687 That's a great one! 237 00:23:39,968 --> 00:23:44,768 Did I tell you about the guy on a train and the funniest thing happened... 238 00:23:45,180 --> 00:23:49,621 - I don't know why you're helping him. - I'll take care of it. 239 00:23:50,019 --> 00:23:54,140 - Where did you come from? - Never mind. He don't need you guys. 240 00:23:54,525 --> 00:23:58,405 - How do you like that? - He must follow Stryker like a little dog. 241 00:23:58,778 --> 00:24:03,100 What do you care? At least he took him off our hands. 242 00:24:05,494 --> 00:24:10,294 A day after our leave, we drew a 22-mile hike over terrain carefully selected. 243 00:24:10,707 --> 00:24:15,587 All uphill, and it was a weary bunch of marines who pitched tents that night 244 00:24:16,004 --> 00:24:19,084 and gratefully folded themselves inside. 245 00:24:31,935 --> 00:24:35,015 Do you believe in love at first sight? 246 00:24:35,355 --> 00:24:37,835 All kinds. 247 00:24:38,150 --> 00:24:41,550 I never did before but I sure do now. 248 00:24:43,321 --> 00:24:48,721 - Why do you have to tell me now? - Because I'm thinking about it now. 249 00:24:49,161 --> 00:24:53,080 - I'm gonna marry that girl. - What girl? 250 00:24:53,455 --> 00:24:58,537 - The girl I met last night. - You'll feel better in the morning. 251 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:03,401 I couldn't feel any better than I do right now. 252 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,921 I've been thinking, why do men get married during a war? 253 00:25:09,347 --> 00:25:13,667 - Don't know. - It's the worst time. 254 00:25:15,270 --> 00:25:18,630 I fooled around but I never thought about marriage. 255 00:25:18,981 --> 00:25:22,462 I know a lot of girls back in the States but... 256 00:25:22,820 --> 00:25:27,579 I think it's because when you get out here you're close to things. 257 00:25:27,989 --> 00:25:32,510 You realise way down inside, no matter how much you try not to think about it, 258 00:25:32,911 --> 00:25:36,952 that maybe something's got your number on... 259 00:25:37,332 --> 00:25:41,172 and you want to leave a bit of yourself behind. 260 00:25:41,545 --> 00:25:47,424 Doesn't matter if it's a boy or a girl, just so long as you won't be forgotten. 261 00:25:47,883 --> 00:25:53,165 There'll be someone who'd never have lived if it hadn't been for you. 262 00:25:55,349 --> 00:25:57,949 Am I right? 263 00:26:01,354 --> 00:26:04,115 I think I'm right. 264 00:26:22,462 --> 00:26:26,381 - Hey, Conway, got a pass? - I have. 265 00:26:26,756 --> 00:26:29,835 All right, hop in. I'll give you a lift. 266 00:26:39,641 --> 00:26:43,163 - I hear you got a girl in town. - What if I have? 267 00:26:43,521 --> 00:26:48,201 - They say she's a very nice girl. - They talk too much. 268 00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:51,568 Are you serious about her? 269 00:26:54,281 --> 00:26:59,881 With things the way they are, this is no time to start getting serious with a girl. 270 00:27:00,328 --> 00:27:05,048 Don't know how long you're gonna be here or when you'll be back again. 271 00:27:05,459 --> 00:27:07,940 Don't even know how long you'll live. 272 00:27:08,252 --> 00:27:12,374 If it's in the line of duty, you can tell me to do something and I'll do it. 273 00:27:12,759 --> 00:27:15,798 As for my personal life, keep your hands off. 274 00:27:16,136 --> 00:27:19,376 - Your father would've said it. - I wouldn't have listened. 275 00:27:19,723 --> 00:27:22,164 - You never did. - How do you know? 276 00:27:22,477 --> 00:27:25,997 - He told me. - What did he say? 277 00:27:26,356 --> 00:27:29,956 I'll tell you. He said I was a disappointment, right? 278 00:27:30,317 --> 00:27:34,116 He said I wouldn't be able to stand up for myself, right? 279 00:27:34,488 --> 00:27:37,847 - You're doing the talking. - No, my father is. 280 00:27:38,198 --> 00:27:43,040 Every time you open your mouth, he's talking. Every thought you think is his. 281 00:27:43,455 --> 00:27:46,655 It's as though he's at my shoulder. 282 00:27:46,999 --> 00:27:51,000 But he didn't always say or think the right thing. 283 00:27:51,380 --> 00:27:57,778 You're gonna find that out when the time comes. Until then leave me alone. 284 00:27:58,260 --> 00:28:01,020 - You want a lift or not? - Yeah, sure. 285 00:28:06,684 --> 00:28:10,805 - What's the matter? - Nothing. Why? 286 00:28:11,190 --> 00:28:16,070 - You've hardly said a word. - You're right. I've been thinking. 287 00:28:16,486 --> 00:28:19,408 - About us? - Myself. 288 00:28:19,741 --> 00:28:21,860 That's selfish. 289 00:28:22,160 --> 00:28:25,240 Honey, do you think I'm a brave man? 290 00:28:25,580 --> 00:28:29,900 - What a funny question to ask. - Well, do you? 291 00:28:30,292 --> 00:28:33,212 I don't know. Why? 292 00:28:34,421 --> 00:28:38,180 - I've got to prove something to someone. - Who? 293 00:28:38,550 --> 00:28:41,510 You don't know him. He's dead now. 294 00:28:43,387 --> 00:28:46,668 Yes, Pete, I think you're brave. 295 00:28:47,016 --> 00:28:50,976 That helps. You don't know how much that helps. 296 00:28:51,354 --> 00:28:54,274 Let's not talk about it any more. 297 00:28:54,606 --> 00:28:59,646 We should have been talking about ourselves all this time, 298 00:29:00,070 --> 00:29:02,029 what's going to happen to us. 299 00:29:02,322 --> 00:29:06,282 - What do you want to happen? - I want to marry you. 300 00:29:06,660 --> 00:29:09,300 I want that, too. 301 00:29:11,455 --> 00:29:14,616 Funny, we barely know each other. 302 00:29:15,835 --> 00:29:21,796 We see each other for what seems only moments. And yet... 303 00:29:22,259 --> 00:29:25,019 I know what you mean. 304 00:29:41,361 --> 00:29:46,640 - Choynski, not going to the wedding? - No. 305 00:29:47,073 --> 00:29:53,634 I'd better get a transfer. I can't learn this bayonet business. I'm all thumbs. 306 00:29:57,544 --> 00:30:00,703 - On guard. - No, Sarge, not again! 307 00:30:01,047 --> 00:30:04,406 - I'm not well from the last time. - On guard! 308 00:30:09,762 --> 00:30:13,162 - Play that thing again. You lead. - What? 309 00:30:14,685 --> 00:30:16,485 You lead! 310 00:30:23,567 --> 00:30:26,248 Shift your weight. 311 00:30:27,614 --> 00:30:30,335 Left, left! 312 00:30:35,747 --> 00:30:40,427 There. Keep it up. You'll get the knack of it. 313 00:30:40,836 --> 00:30:43,997 Practise that about a half an hour every day. 314 00:31:06,485 --> 00:31:09,044 Hey, Sarge! I got it! 315 00:31:21,082 --> 00:31:24,042 I haven't been in church since I was 14. 316 00:31:24,375 --> 00:31:29,097 - Kissing the bride's a great invention. - Sure makes me homesick. 317 00:31:29,508 --> 00:31:32,509 - What's the matter? - He looks the same. 318 00:31:32,843 --> 00:31:37,805 - How do you expect him to look? - Married, wrinkled, worried, like me. 319 00:31:38,226 --> 00:31:41,985 - 44 hours and 34 minutes left. Go! - Excuse me, sports. 320 00:31:43,648 --> 00:31:46,886 Here's your wedding present from the gang. 321 00:31:47,233 --> 00:31:49,354 You've all been wonderful. 322 00:31:49,653 --> 00:31:53,492 - Are you sure you've got the right guy? - I'm sure. 323 00:31:53,863 --> 00:31:56,384 Come on, get going! 324 00:32:03,958 --> 00:32:09,757 - "Sempre felice", Mac! - Keep the situation well in hand, Pete! 325 00:32:10,214 --> 00:32:14,094 We got 44 hours and 33 minutes. What are we gonna do? 326 00:32:14,466 --> 00:32:17,307 Al, if I was a girl, I'd marry you. 327 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:20,516 Knock it off! I've had a hard day. 328 00:32:20,848 --> 00:32:23,128 What am I doing? 329 00:32:24,893 --> 00:32:29,534 44 hours and 32 minutes. That isn't very long, is it? 330 00:32:29,940 --> 00:32:33,261 No, not long at all. 331 00:32:33,611 --> 00:32:37,771 I wonder how many other people have had 44 hours and 32 minutes. 332 00:32:38,158 --> 00:32:40,877 Lots I guess. 333 00:32:41,201 --> 00:32:44,963 - We'll make it seem a long time. - Years. 334 00:32:54,922 --> 00:32:57,883 - Shall I open it? - Sure, go ahead. 335 00:33:08,895 --> 00:33:10,854 They're in a hurry! 336 00:33:11,146 --> 00:33:13,346 Others were in a hurry. 337 00:33:13,648 --> 00:33:18,569 The order said move out and the Marines moved out. 338 00:33:18,987 --> 00:33:24,028 11 days at sea. Destination? Only the top brass knew. 339 00:33:24,451 --> 00:33:29,931 Though, of course, scuttlebutt knew the answer, a hundred answers, all wrong. 340 00:33:30,373 --> 00:33:35,334 Boat Squad... halt, one, two! 341 00:33:37,004 --> 00:33:39,486 Dismissed! 342 00:33:42,469 --> 00:33:46,070 Too bad you couldn't see her again. You didn't get long. 343 00:33:46,433 --> 00:33:50,392 We knew it might happen. I'll be back. I've got to believe that. 344 00:33:50,768 --> 00:33:53,769 - Sure. We'll all be back. - Gangway! 345 00:33:56,358 --> 00:34:02,718 That's no way to carry a flag, Regazzi. I've got to teach you everything. 346 00:34:03,197 --> 00:34:07,997 Now watch this... What are you gonna do with this, Benny? 347 00:34:08,412 --> 00:34:11,491 I'm gonna put that up in Tokyo, right in the middle of Times Square. 348 00:34:11,832 --> 00:34:18,471 - There isn't any Times Square in Tokyo. - There will be when I get there. 349 00:34:18,963 --> 00:34:23,722 Now that's the way to fold a flag, with the blue field showing. 350 00:34:24,133 --> 00:34:26,093 What do you know! 351 00:34:30,516 --> 00:34:32,596 - You got my shirt! - It's my shirt! 352 00:34:32,891 --> 00:34:36,052 - I'm telling you, it's my shirt! - It's my shirt! 353 00:34:41,359 --> 00:34:45,081 Here, fellas. You'd better quit fighting so much. 354 00:34:45,448 --> 00:34:48,407 If you don't, one of you's apt to get hurt. 355 00:34:51,411 --> 00:34:53,930 Corpsman! Corpsman! 356 00:34:57,126 --> 00:35:01,927 - What's that? - Relax. It's the Navy clearing its throat. 357 00:35:02,339 --> 00:35:04,818 Sure don't sound like no squirrel gun. 358 00:35:05,131 --> 00:35:09,132 I hope they practise real good. What island do you think we're aiming at? 359 00:35:09,511 --> 00:35:11,471 We'll get word. 360 00:35:12,974 --> 00:35:15,575 - Here it is. - It looks like a pork chop. 361 00:35:15,894 --> 00:35:18,293 - What's its name? - Tarawa. 362 00:35:18,605 --> 00:35:21,005 Never heard of it. It's the wrong place. 363 00:35:21,316 --> 00:35:24,115 It's part of an atoll called Tarawa Atoll. 364 00:35:24,444 --> 00:35:28,883 This particular island is called Betio. Don't ask me how you spell it. 365 00:35:29,280 --> 00:35:33,239 You'll have to stick your faces into it but you don't have to spell it. 366 00:35:33,617 --> 00:35:38,777 - This is Red Beach Three. That's us. - What have they got there? 367 00:35:39,207 --> 00:35:43,167 Everything. This island's held by a special naval landing force. 368 00:35:43,543 --> 00:35:47,745 That means Japanese marines. They're dug in and they're mean. 369 00:35:48,132 --> 00:35:52,374 They'd just as soon die as stick a nickel in a jukebox, but that's all right. 370 00:35:52,762 --> 00:35:56,363 Let the other guy die for his country. You'll live for yours. 371 00:35:59,812 --> 00:36:02,933 - What's the matter? - Nothing. 372 00:36:03,272 --> 00:36:05,952 - Get over there. - I can hear him. 373 00:36:06,276 --> 00:36:11,596 Get over there. I don't want anybody hurt because you didn't listen. 374 00:36:38,681 --> 00:36:42,760 - Schoolteacher, do me some homework. - What's your problem, son? 375 00:36:43,144 --> 00:36:47,344 Put down 5,000. Scuttlebutt says that's how many Nips are on that rock. 376 00:36:47,732 --> 00:36:51,892 - The Navy fired 1,000 tons of shells. - Don't forget the fly-fly boys. 377 00:36:52,279 --> 00:36:56,040 Those B-24s have really been working them over. 378 00:36:56,409 --> 00:37:00,809 Now add the tons of explosives, divide it by the Nips and get the answer. 379 00:37:01,204 --> 00:37:05,723 - Maybe we'll be back for noon chow. - Don't figure that way. 380 00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:10,845 The Navy and the fly-fly boys unloaded plenty on the canal before we went in. 381 00:37:11,256 --> 00:37:15,896 When we got ashore there were still a lot of those lemon-coloured guys waiting. 382 00:37:16,301 --> 00:37:21,582 Only way that island was taken was by putting marines on the beach. 383 00:37:22,016 --> 00:37:28,135 You've heard the naval foray's a waste of time and metal. Stryker knows better. 384 00:37:28,606 --> 00:37:33,685 - Who cut you in on this conversation? - You say when I can and can't talk? 385 00:37:34,108 --> 00:37:38,349 - Just when you can't talk to me. - Knock it off, Conway. 386 00:37:38,740 --> 00:37:42,340 I've had enough of your "hardbitten sergeant" attitude. 387 00:37:42,701 --> 00:37:47,461 You're so big everybody's been afraid to take a punch at you. I'm not! 388 00:37:47,872 --> 00:37:50,473 Cool off! 389 00:37:50,793 --> 00:37:56,754 Forget that pencil and paper routine and worry about staying alive on that beach. 390 00:37:57,218 --> 00:38:01,017 - Don't expect any soft touch! - "Now hear this"! 391 00:38:01,388 --> 00:38:05,348 All troops report to your debarking stations! 392 00:38:49,765 --> 00:38:53,926 All right, men, sound off when your name's called. 393 00:38:54,311 --> 00:38:57,592 Now hear this, there'll be no movies tonight! 394 00:40:00,293 --> 00:40:03,414 The place is opened up for business. 395 00:40:08,426 --> 00:40:11,067 - Missed! - Maybe they're firing blanks. 396 00:40:11,389 --> 00:40:15,909 - Maybe a two-headed kid's aiming. - Maybe this is just manoeuvres. 397 00:40:41,083 --> 00:40:45,205 Get out now. We're crossing the line of departure. Lock and load! 398 00:41:32,341 --> 00:41:36,302 - Good luck, Sarge! - Charlie, give me a hand here! 399 00:41:39,056 --> 00:41:43,216 Lieutenant, hit the deck! How is it? 400 00:41:43,603 --> 00:41:45,281 I got hit! 401 00:41:45,562 --> 00:41:48,842 Corpsman! You'll be all right. 402 00:41:59,657 --> 00:42:03,739 They got us pinned down! We can't get over these logs! 403 00:42:04,122 --> 00:42:07,082 - I'm going while I can! - Stay here, kid! 404 00:42:24,850 --> 00:42:28,652 We're gonna be killed here. I'd like to get at them! 405 00:42:29,022 --> 00:42:31,582 Why rush? This is a nice place. 406 00:42:39,781 --> 00:42:43,741 - They got the lieutenant! - They'll get all of us if we don't move. 407 00:42:44,120 --> 00:42:47,999 We are like fish in a barrel lying here. 408 00:42:50,124 --> 00:42:55,524 - Did we train to take it lying down? - Sarge, do something about it! 409 00:42:57,673 --> 00:43:00,233 Stay where you are until I tell you. 410 00:43:06,515 --> 00:43:09,755 You gotta get us out of here! 411 00:43:10,102 --> 00:43:14,462 If you're nervous count your toes. I'll do the masterminding around here. 412 00:43:23,366 --> 00:43:26,327 - Where's Lieutenant Baker? - Machine-gunned. 413 00:43:26,661 --> 00:43:30,301 - Is your squad all right? - All but one. What's holding us down? 414 00:43:30,665 --> 00:43:35,626 That bunker, an old power plant. All these bombs and they're still killing us. 415 00:43:36,046 --> 00:43:39,725 - Smoke, sir? - Thanks. 416 00:43:40,090 --> 00:43:44,610 I've sent for flame-throwers to assist. Your squad will support. Follow me! 417 00:43:45,012 --> 00:43:48,092 You heard! Move out and stay down! 418 00:44:12,330 --> 00:44:14,930 We've gotta silence that bunker! 419 00:44:36,019 --> 00:44:39,979 Request naval gunfire be lifted on target areas, coordinates... 420 00:44:40,358 --> 00:44:44,956 two-four-six-zero-sugar-tare. Over. 421 00:44:47,989 --> 00:44:49,949 Roger and out. 422 00:45:04,129 --> 00:45:08,049 Flame-throwers out! Demolition in! 423 00:45:45,253 --> 00:45:47,413 Demolition out! 424 00:46:02,978 --> 00:46:05,138 Shipley! 425 00:46:14,864 --> 00:46:18,304 Give me a hand with this pack. 426 00:46:55,945 --> 00:46:57,306 Throw it! 427 00:47:16,005 --> 00:47:17,965 Move out! 428 00:48:11,936 --> 00:48:14,657 Get him out of there! 429 00:48:24,656 --> 00:48:28,218 - There goes one of your nine. - Now we got tanks. 430 00:48:28,576 --> 00:48:31,057 Better late than never. 431 00:48:31,372 --> 00:48:33,331 Come on! 432 00:48:35,876 --> 00:48:40,357 Corpsman! Corpsman! This way! 433 00:48:40,757 --> 00:48:47,476 Don't wait. They'll find me. Keep going. Hit 'em for me. 434 00:48:48,890 --> 00:48:51,730 Find Stryker. Stick with him. 435 00:48:52,935 --> 00:48:55,454 He's good people. 436 00:48:55,772 --> 00:48:58,371 Tell him I... 437 00:49:42,066 --> 00:49:45,106 I'd like to know where the rest of the squad went. 438 00:49:45,444 --> 00:49:49,084 - What's this place? - Whatever it is it ain't healthy! 439 00:49:49,449 --> 00:49:50,929 Let's go! 440 00:50:00,836 --> 00:50:04,354 That was close. Next time don't be in such a hurry. 441 00:50:04,714 --> 00:50:08,273 - You're across, ain't you? - Across what? To where? 442 00:50:08,632 --> 00:50:12,993 - I'm running low on ammo. - I am too. 443 00:50:13,387 --> 00:50:17,348 Forgot about that. We gotta get some more. 444 00:50:17,725 --> 00:50:21,365 - I'll go. - Wait! Pick a number from one to six. 445 00:50:21,729 --> 00:50:24,008 - Two. - Five. 446 00:50:24,314 --> 00:50:27,234 You're both wrong. 447 00:50:36,826 --> 00:50:39,586 That guy kills me. 448 00:50:49,340 --> 00:50:51,900 Thomas better hurry! 449 00:51:00,975 --> 00:51:04,497 - How about some bandoliers, Mac? - Help yourself. 450 00:51:08,441 --> 00:51:12,801 - How are things going up front? - Pretty rough. 451 00:51:13,194 --> 00:51:16,154 - Keep it coming. - Good luck. 452 00:51:28,419 --> 00:51:32,137 - Is that coffee? - It sure is. Do you want some? 453 00:51:34,091 --> 00:51:37,050 Do I want some, he says! 454 00:51:39,178 --> 00:51:43,138 I haven't had any joe since we left the ship. 455 00:51:49,313 --> 00:51:53,235 You mortarmen sure live the life of Riley here. 456 00:51:53,611 --> 00:51:55,570 Here you are. 457 00:52:01,243 --> 00:52:03,443 Beautiful! 458 00:52:07,791 --> 00:52:10,312 - Where's Thomas? - Probably dead. 459 00:52:10,626 --> 00:52:13,627 No, not that guy. Let's get out of here! 460 00:52:34,441 --> 00:52:39,200 - Can I have some for my buddies? - Sure. Break out your canteen. 461 00:52:39,612 --> 00:52:43,173 Tell me, how's everything been going? 462 00:52:44,949 --> 00:52:49,032 Couldn't be better, Mac. Oh, this is the life! 463 00:52:54,711 --> 00:52:59,592 Come and get it, you guys! Ammo and fresh hot joe! 464 00:53:00,007 --> 00:53:01,288 Hellenopolis! 465 00:53:01,551 --> 00:53:03,511 Bass! 466 00:53:29,495 --> 00:53:31,455 Hey, Greek! 467 00:53:36,794 --> 00:53:38,793 Hey, Greek! 468 00:53:41,672 --> 00:53:45,273 - What kepts you, Thomas? - Where's Bass? 469 00:53:45,634 --> 00:53:47,394 Gutted. 470 00:53:47,678 --> 00:53:49,958 No ammo. 471 00:53:51,098 --> 00:53:53,699 What kept you, sports? 472 00:54:18,169 --> 00:54:20,127 Major Crowe, sir. 473 00:54:22,837 --> 00:54:26,278 - Jim? How you doing? - "It's tough going, Dave". 474 00:54:26,632 --> 00:54:30,312 I've committed every man. We're dug in and staying. 475 00:54:30,678 --> 00:54:37,320 Good. I've been getting reports all day that the Nips are slipping in to your front. 476 00:54:37,811 --> 00:54:44,289 If it's "banzai" tonight, target area 2-41 is a hot spot. 477 00:54:44,775 --> 00:54:47,534 What outfit have you got there? 478 00:54:49,197 --> 00:54:51,556 Joyce and Stryker. 479 00:54:51,866 --> 00:54:55,665 Pass the word they gotta dig in and stay put. 480 00:54:56,036 --> 00:54:58,435 No noise or movement. 481 00:54:58,746 --> 00:55:05,708 Don't risk anybody unless you have to. Hold on until we get more men there. 482 00:55:10,050 --> 00:55:11,331 Yes, sir. 483 00:55:11,594 --> 00:55:15,914 Major Crowe says the Nips have been filtering into these tank traps. 484 00:55:16,307 --> 00:55:19,388 Disperse your squad along this section. 485 00:55:19,727 --> 00:55:24,487 Tell your men there's to be no smoking, no moving or unnecessary talking. 486 00:55:24,897 --> 00:55:28,857 If they find out how thin we are, they can get to the beach. 487 00:55:29,236 --> 00:55:33,996 That's a platoon area. All I got's a beat-up squad, short three men. 488 00:55:34,408 --> 00:55:37,366 - Couldn't you...? - Can I give you three men? 489 00:55:37,701 --> 00:55:42,861 The battalion can't give the whole company three replacements. 490 00:55:43,291 --> 00:55:46,811 Your squad is covering the hottest spot in the line. 491 00:55:47,168 --> 00:55:52,208 If it's an attack tonight they'll strike you first. They want to know our disposition. 492 00:55:52,632 --> 00:55:55,752 I repeat, your men are not to move. 493 00:55:56,095 --> 00:56:01,175 - Aye, aye, sir. - Stryker, we're going to hold this line. 494 00:56:01,599 --> 00:56:04,960 - Aye, aye, sir. - Good luck. 495 00:56:15,282 --> 00:56:17,922 All right, saddle up. Follow me. 496 00:56:19,118 --> 00:56:20,837 Everybody go! 497 00:56:26,041 --> 00:56:31,321 Drop off at intervals, two-man foxholes. We're gonna be spread out thin tonight. 498 00:56:31,755 --> 00:56:38,475 Don't give away your position or strength. You Flynns stay here, and no quarrels. 499 00:56:41,722 --> 00:56:45,402 Dunne and Smith, drop out here. 500 00:56:45,767 --> 00:56:49,407 No gab tonight! 501 00:56:52,649 --> 00:56:55,649 You and Harris here! Come on, Conway. 502 00:57:16,172 --> 00:57:18,132 Corpsman! 503 00:57:18,424 --> 00:57:20,385 Listen. 504 00:57:23,972 --> 00:57:26,973 - Corpsman! - That's a marine. 505 00:57:30,355 --> 00:57:32,353 Corpsman! 506 00:57:36,484 --> 00:57:39,443 - Stryker! - Get down and stay down! 507 00:57:39,779 --> 00:57:43,099 - You had your orders! - Somebody's wounded! 508 00:57:43,449 --> 00:57:45,648 - Quiet. - Let's get him! 509 00:57:45,951 --> 00:57:50,391 Stay down! It may be an old Jap trick. They pulled it on the canal. 510 00:57:50,790 --> 00:57:57,188 - It doesn't sound like a Jap to me. - I don't care. You'll tip our position. 511 00:58:00,673 --> 00:58:02,553 Stryker! 512 00:58:02,842 --> 00:58:06,442 It's Bass! How many Japs know your name? 513 00:58:06,805 --> 00:58:08,804 - You know his voice. - Shut up. 514 00:58:11,975 --> 00:58:16,137 Aren't you human at all? A friend of yours may be dying! 515 00:58:16,524 --> 00:58:18,085 Knock it off! 516 00:58:18,359 --> 00:58:22,318 This is what my father taught you. Be a great marine, be tough. 517 00:58:22,695 --> 00:58:27,975 Sit here if you want. I'm getting him. The only way you'll stop me is to kill me. 518 00:58:28,409 --> 00:58:31,130 That's just what I'll do! 519 00:58:52,015 --> 00:58:53,976 Stryker! 520 00:58:56,020 --> 00:58:57,579 Stryker! 521 00:59:06,237 --> 00:59:08,197 Sarge! 522 00:59:10,574 --> 00:59:12,534 Stryker! 523 00:59:17,707 --> 00:59:19,788 Please, Sarge! 524 00:59:30,260 --> 00:59:36,502 Tarawa was officially declared secure at 13.30 on the fourth day of battle. 525 00:59:36,976 --> 00:59:42,655 The replacements came ashore, our wounded were cared for 526 00:59:43,106 --> 00:59:46,666 and the assault troops were relieved. 527 00:59:56,412 --> 01:00:00,411 - How am I doing, Chaplain? - God has been good to you. 528 01:00:00,791 --> 01:00:03,149 You're going home. 529 01:00:04,377 --> 01:00:09,177 Per istam Sanctam Unctionem, et suam piisimam, 530 01:00:09,590 --> 01:00:14,470 indulgeat tibi Dominus "quidquid deliquisti. Amen". 531 01:00:40,788 --> 01:00:43,669 Somebody beat me to it. 532 01:01:28,167 --> 01:01:32,847 Skipper gave out some news. Part of it's good, part of it's bad. 533 01:01:33,255 --> 01:01:37,016 - They found Hellenopolis. He's dead. - He was a good Greek. 534 01:01:37,385 --> 01:01:41,985 Choynski, Soames and Bass are on a hospital ship Stateside-bound. 535 01:01:42,390 --> 01:01:45,350 - I wish I was with them. - Let's get cleaned up. 536 01:01:45,684 --> 01:01:49,644 Wash out those dungarees and let's look like marines. 537 01:01:53,566 --> 01:01:56,326 You too, Thomas. 538 01:02:02,283 --> 01:02:04,324 - Dunne. - Yeah? 539 01:02:07,663 --> 01:02:12,262 I got a couple of bottles of sake in my gear. Give it to the squad. 540 01:02:12,667 --> 01:02:16,586 - Right. - Tell them you got it off a dead Nip. 541 01:02:16,962 --> 01:02:20,203 Why don't you break down a little? 542 01:02:20,550 --> 01:02:23,069 You got it off a dead Nip. 543 01:02:23,386 --> 01:02:25,426 Aye, aye. 544 01:02:48,328 --> 01:02:52,608 - What's eating you? - Know what Stryker plans tomorrow? 545 01:02:53,000 --> 01:02:57,118 Another squad problem and I'm so tired of problems! 546 01:02:57,502 --> 01:03:01,543 I'm tired of Stryker! I'm also tired of beautiful Hawaii. 547 01:03:01,924 --> 01:03:03,885 Me, too. 548 01:03:05,887 --> 01:03:10,006 Hey, champ, what do you think of beautiful Hawaii? 549 01:03:10,390 --> 01:03:16,430 - I don't want to talk about it. - Clamming up again, ever since Tarawa. 550 01:03:16,896 --> 01:03:19,336 - Why the silence? - Knock it off! 551 01:03:19,649 --> 01:03:24,570 - Hi! You got room for me? - What do you know! 552 01:03:24,987 --> 01:03:27,748 - You got time off for good behaviour? - Yeah. 553 01:03:28,075 --> 01:03:32,034 - Where were you? Pearl Harbor? - Yeah, nice place. Pretty nurses. 554 01:03:32,410 --> 01:03:35,690 I'll give somebody $5 to shoot me in the foot. 555 01:03:36,040 --> 01:03:38,880 - I'll do it for $2.50. - You're too willing! 556 01:03:39,210 --> 01:03:42,651 Some replacements out here assigned to our squad. 557 01:03:43,006 --> 01:03:46,565 We build up the joint and they come and live in it. 558 01:03:46,926 --> 01:03:50,286 This is Stein and Fowler and McHugh. 559 01:03:50,639 --> 01:03:55,519 He's Fowler. Mike McHugh, from Cedar Rapids to see this war's over in a hurry. 560 01:03:55,936 --> 01:03:58,295 - How old are you? - Nineteen. 561 01:03:58,603 --> 01:04:02,044 - How old? - Well, eighteen... going on eighteen. 562 01:04:02,399 --> 01:04:05,359 We heard that the squad leader's tough. 563 01:04:05,695 --> 01:04:10,895 - There are rumours to that effect. - Tough sergeants roll off my knife! 564 01:04:11,324 --> 01:04:17,005 You're gonna find your first few days with Sergeant Stryker very interesting. 565 01:04:17,455 --> 01:04:20,415 You new men come with me. 566 01:04:28,049 --> 01:04:32,249 - Attention! - Charlie! How are you? 567 01:04:32,637 --> 01:04:35,677 - Certified fit for duty, so the medics say. - Good. 568 01:04:36,015 --> 01:04:39,335 The replacements came up with me. 569 01:04:39,685 --> 01:04:42,046 They get younger all the time. 570 01:04:42,355 --> 01:04:45,115 - Or we're getting older. - Or both. 571 01:04:45,442 --> 01:04:48,641 - I can stand having you back. - I can stand being back. 572 01:04:48,987 --> 01:04:52,988 What happened to the squad, besides the Greek, Shipley and Thomas? 573 01:04:53,365 --> 01:04:56,846 Choynski... Thomas? He never got a scratch. 574 01:04:59,120 --> 01:05:01,840 - I was sure he got it. - Why? 575 01:05:02,165 --> 01:05:07,405 When we got stuck in a trench he went back to get ammo. Never came back. 576 01:05:07,838 --> 01:05:12,398 How long between the time he went back and you got overrun? 577 01:05:12,800 --> 01:05:15,242 About 40 minutes. 578 01:05:15,553 --> 01:05:17,514 40 minutes? 579 01:05:18,848 --> 01:05:20,809 Stay here. 580 01:05:28,941 --> 01:05:31,381 Thomas! 581 01:05:31,694 --> 01:05:34,615 - Yeah? - Outside. 582 01:05:44,498 --> 01:05:48,340 - What's that about? - Don't ask me. I haven't any spies. 583 01:05:50,171 --> 01:05:52,891 - That's far enough. - What's this about? 584 01:05:53,215 --> 01:05:55,536 Just that I hate your guts! 585 01:06:16,446 --> 01:06:17,886 Get up. 586 01:06:19,116 --> 01:06:23,755 You doped off and got one of my men killed and one of them bayoneted! 587 01:06:24,161 --> 01:06:27,161 - You haven't had enough. Get up! - Stryker... 588 01:06:28,330 --> 01:06:31,011 Attention! All right, break it up. 589 01:06:33,630 --> 01:06:37,549 - What's your name? - Sergeant Stryker. Able Company, sir. 590 01:06:37,924 --> 01:06:39,284 And you? 591 01:06:39,551 --> 01:06:43,751 Pfc Thomas. Able Company, sir. 592 01:06:44,139 --> 01:06:49,101 This may take some explaining before a court martial. Help that man up. 593 01:06:57,069 --> 01:07:00,150 - You'll need medical attention. - I'll be OK, sir. 594 01:07:00,489 --> 01:07:05,850 That's debatable. You know it's not permissible for an NCO to strike a man? 595 01:07:06,288 --> 01:07:08,847 - Yes, sir. - Who struck the first blow? 596 01:07:11,833 --> 01:07:15,393 Colonel, there wasn't any first blow struck exactly. 597 01:07:15,754 --> 01:07:18,713 A simultaneous explosion perhaps? 598 01:07:20,300 --> 01:07:24,260 Judo, sir. The sergeant was showing me how to break a judo hold. 599 01:07:24,637 --> 01:07:28,437 No more judo exhibitions. Understand, Sergeant? 600 01:07:28,808 --> 01:07:30,808 Aye, aye, sir. 601 01:07:39,816 --> 01:07:42,377 At least you're no stool pigeon. 602 01:07:42,695 --> 01:07:45,136 Wait a minute, Stryker. 603 01:07:46,324 --> 01:07:49,323 I'm wrong, dead wrong. I know it. 604 01:07:50,703 --> 01:07:55,265 I doped off for some coffee, but I didn't think a few minutes mattered. 605 01:07:55,668 --> 01:07:59,588 - It did! - I know that now, but I didn't then. 606 01:07:59,964 --> 01:08:02,364 It's killing me. I can't sleep. 607 01:08:02,675 --> 01:08:08,594 A hundred times I wanted to tell you, tell somebody. I... 608 01:08:09,054 --> 01:08:13,655 I liked that Greek... I'd do anything for him. 609 01:08:15,269 --> 01:08:19,630 If I could I'd change him for me right now. 610 01:08:20,024 --> 01:08:22,904 I think you would. 611 01:08:23,234 --> 01:08:29,474 Guys make mistakes but every one we make, a stack of chips goes with it. 612 01:08:29,951 --> 01:08:33,911 We make a mistake and some guy don't walk away! 613 01:08:34,287 --> 01:08:37,287 For evermore he don't walk away. 614 01:08:38,791 --> 01:08:42,390 I guess all we can do is just take it... 615 01:08:43,838 --> 01:08:48,318 and hope we don't make the same mistake again. 616 01:08:48,718 --> 01:08:50,478 I won't. 617 01:08:55,933 --> 01:08:57,974 Let's get back. 618 01:09:01,856 --> 01:09:04,417 Mail call! First Platoon. 619 01:09:09,824 --> 01:09:13,984 A letter from my wife after 18 months. Know where she is? 620 01:09:14,369 --> 01:09:16,930 In England, entertaining troops. 621 01:09:17,247 --> 01:09:22,646 Entertaining troops? Why isn't she here entertaining me? I'm a troop. 622 01:09:23,085 --> 01:09:28,646 "They're all such nice boys. There's a lieutenant here..." A lieutenant! 623 01:09:29,091 --> 01:09:35,250 When I get back she'll need standing up for a month! I put on muscle lately! 624 01:09:39,893 --> 01:09:45,653 Darling, this is a funny way for a man to find out he's a father, but you are. 625 01:09:46,107 --> 01:09:50,787 It happened the day before yesterday, just in time for breakfast. 626 01:09:51,196 --> 01:09:55,555 He's a boy and looks beautiful like me and intelligent like you. 627 01:09:55,948 --> 01:10:02,551 I should have told you it was going to happen, but I didn't want to worry you. 628 01:10:03,042 --> 01:10:07,602 I don't know what to call him. We never discussed that. 629 01:10:08,005 --> 01:10:11,965 - I'm a father! Hey, I'm a father! - Let's see! 630 01:10:12,342 --> 01:10:16,822 - I'm a father! - All right, let's fall in! 631 01:10:20,059 --> 01:10:21,618 Come on! 632 01:10:27,523 --> 01:10:31,682 Finally we got our leave. Ten days in Honolulu. 633 01:10:32,069 --> 01:10:36,149 All of us were out on the town. All except Stryker. 634 01:10:36,532 --> 01:10:39,132 He was still the same. 635 01:10:59,095 --> 01:11:02,734 - Lonesome? - Drift. 636 01:11:08,062 --> 01:11:10,661 - Whiskey. - Two? 637 01:11:10,982 --> 01:11:15,144 - Please. - OK. 638 01:11:15,529 --> 01:11:20,329 Thanks. A drink'll be good. I'm tired. It's been a rough day... 639 01:11:20,743 --> 01:11:23,262 Knock it off! 640 01:11:23,578 --> 01:11:26,339 I'm sorry, Sergeant. 641 01:11:31,334 --> 01:11:33,694 - Right. - Thanks. 642 01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:39,359 65 cents for a drink. It's too much. They cheat servicemen. 643 01:11:41,552 --> 01:11:44,192 We could drink cheaper at my house. 644 01:11:44,514 --> 01:11:47,195 Don't throw your arm out of joint. 645 01:11:50,727 --> 01:11:56,047 Thanks for the drink. I didn't mean to make too much buzzing in your ear. 646 01:11:56,484 --> 01:11:59,244 It's all right, finish your drink. 647 01:12:04,659 --> 01:12:10,340 - I didn't mean to sound so tough. - I know. You're just unhappy. 648 01:12:14,876 --> 01:12:17,238 Me, too. 649 01:12:18,590 --> 01:12:20,590 My name's Mary. 650 01:12:23,468 --> 01:12:26,749 The long arm of coincidence, or something. 651 01:12:28,099 --> 01:12:30,058 Her name, too. 652 01:12:33,187 --> 01:12:36,067 That invitation still hold? 653 01:12:49,035 --> 01:12:52,595 Make yourself comfortable. I'll fix us a drink. 654 01:13:00,670 --> 01:13:04,869 Oh, dear! Well, I can get us some more in a jiffy. 655 01:13:13,433 --> 01:13:15,393 I see. 656 01:13:17,438 --> 01:13:20,039 Will a sawbuck do it? 657 01:13:20,357 --> 01:13:24,198 Go on, take it. It's only paper. 658 01:13:25,904 --> 01:13:28,825 Well, I'll be right back. 659 01:14:35,721 --> 01:14:40,240 - I hope this is your brand. - Any brand is mine. 660 01:14:54,156 --> 01:14:58,037 - She says she's hungry. - He. 661 01:15:00,621 --> 01:15:03,381 Advise him against joining the Marines. 662 01:15:10,255 --> 01:15:16,333 Mummy's fixing you something. Her boy'll be quiet while she has company. 663 01:15:16,802 --> 01:15:21,123 Knock it off... Where's his father? 664 01:15:22,684 --> 01:15:24,645 Gone. 665 01:15:28,189 --> 01:15:32,150 Well, I guess into each life a little rain must fall. 666 01:15:37,282 --> 01:15:42,722 There are a lot tougher ways of making a living than going to war. 667 01:15:49,834 --> 01:15:52,995 You know about babies. 668 01:15:55,299 --> 01:15:57,819 Yeah, I know about babies. 669 01:16:19,529 --> 01:16:21,089 So long, Mac. 670 01:16:26,662 --> 01:16:31,024 - Wait! - I can't spend it on a coral reef. 671 01:16:31,418 --> 01:16:37,018 - You're a very good man. - You'll get odds on that in the Marines. 672 01:16:37,465 --> 01:16:39,426 So long. 673 01:16:40,759 --> 01:16:44,080 So long, Sergeant. I'll pray for you. 674 01:16:44,430 --> 01:16:47,751 Let's not get religion. 675 01:16:48,102 --> 01:16:51,620 - I'll pray for you, Sergeant! - Good luck. 676 01:16:55,357 --> 01:17:00,116 You got a lot of bloodhound in you, Charlie, but you can call off the dogs. 677 01:17:00,528 --> 01:17:03,208 I'm smarter than I was 30 minutes ago. 678 01:17:03,531 --> 01:17:06,450 Catch me feeling sorry for myself again 679 01:17:06,785 --> 01:17:09,945 and you got my permission to belt me in the nose! 680 01:17:10,288 --> 01:17:13,886 - Buy you a drink? - Lock and load, boy! 681 01:17:22,299 --> 01:17:24,380 - Thanks! - Two bourbon and ice. 682 01:17:29,598 --> 01:17:32,560 - A baby's a big event. - Conway! 683 01:17:36,772 --> 01:17:40,414 - Treating the boys? - Crack open the hatch! 684 01:17:40,776 --> 01:17:46,218 That's great. A fellow always gets more kick out of a boy, I guess. 685 01:17:46,658 --> 01:17:50,138 I got a kid. Sam, I named him... 686 01:17:52,911 --> 01:17:54,872 after your old man. 687 01:17:55,165 --> 01:17:59,205 Wait till he gets to be ten and doesn't write. You'll be mad enough to hit him. 688 01:17:59,586 --> 01:18:04,666 No, I won't, Stryker, because he won't have to write. I'll be where he is. 689 01:18:05,091 --> 01:18:09,731 And I won't insist that he be tough. I'll try to make him intelligent. 690 01:18:10,137 --> 01:18:15,616 And I won't insist that he read the Marine Corps manual. I'll get him Shakespeare. 691 01:18:16,059 --> 01:18:19,659 I don't want him to be a Colonel Conway or Sergeant Stryker. 692 01:18:20,022 --> 01:18:25,222 I want him to be intelligent, considerate, cultured and a gentleman. 693 01:18:25,653 --> 01:18:28,932 - You're out of line, kid. - Let him be. He has a right to dislike me. 694 01:18:29,280 --> 01:18:32,680 Thanks, and I intend to exercise that right. 695 01:18:33,035 --> 01:18:38,156 - I don't like you, Stryker. - Let's talk sense for a minute, Conway. 696 01:18:38,582 --> 01:18:41,383 I can't have friction in the squad. 697 01:18:41,710 --> 01:18:47,351 I've tried every approach to you that I know. Got nowhere. You're intelligent... 698 01:18:47,800 --> 01:18:52,239 Don't patronise me. Your opinion of my IQ doesn't interest me in the least. 699 01:18:52,638 --> 01:18:58,357 Let's get this straight. On duty I jump when you holler. 700 01:18:58,810 --> 01:19:02,969 Off duty I exercise my God-given rights under a democracy 701 01:19:03,355 --> 01:19:06,075 and dislike whom I please. 702 01:19:07,443 --> 01:19:10,404 Do we understand each other? 703 01:19:17,036 --> 01:19:20,516 - Beat it. - Come on, you guys, let's go. 704 01:19:32,301 --> 01:19:35,261 I don't understand why you don't belt him. 705 01:19:35,595 --> 01:19:39,395 - Mellow in my old age, I guess. - Too bad. 706 01:19:39,767 --> 01:19:42,567 "Screaming Sam" couldn't be proud of him. 707 01:19:42,894 --> 01:19:48,296 He could. There's something inside a guy, always proud of a kid. 708 01:19:48,735 --> 01:19:51,215 - Two more? - Not for me. 709 01:19:51,527 --> 01:19:54,448 - I'll sail again. One. - OK. 710 01:19:54,782 --> 01:19:58,062 - Maybe you can steer me home? - Charge! 711 01:20:01,579 --> 01:20:03,299 Pull pins! 712 01:20:03,580 --> 01:20:05,580 Prepare to throw! 713 01:20:05,875 --> 01:20:07,834 Throw! 714 01:20:14,216 --> 01:20:17,457 - All right, fifth relay! - What an arm! 715 01:20:17,803 --> 01:20:20,283 Pick it up! 716 01:20:20,598 --> 01:20:23,116 Right in the groove! 717 01:20:23,433 --> 01:20:26,672 - Look, boy, this is a live grenade. - Gee! 718 01:20:27,020 --> 01:20:30,580 - You know what they can do? - Yes, sir. 719 01:20:30,939 --> 01:20:36,900 Right hand. Wait for the order to pull pin and pitch grenade. 720 01:20:37,364 --> 01:20:39,204 - Got it? - Yes, sir. 721 01:20:39,491 --> 01:20:41,450 Ready? 722 01:20:42,994 --> 01:20:44,914 Pull pin! 723 01:20:45,205 --> 01:20:47,565 Prepare to throw! 724 01:20:47,874 --> 01:20:50,275 Throw! 725 01:20:52,837 --> 01:20:55,357 Grenade! Hit the deck! 726 01:21:01,972 --> 01:21:07,732 When will you wake up? You wanna see her again, keep your mind on your work! 727 01:21:08,185 --> 01:21:12,185 - What happened here? - Little accident, sir. 728 01:21:12,564 --> 01:21:15,484 You're wounded. Corpsman! 729 01:21:15,817 --> 01:21:18,858 - Yes, sir. - Take care of the sergeant. 730 01:21:19,197 --> 01:21:22,156 Come right over here, Sergeant. 731 01:21:23,449 --> 01:21:27,408 You may not know it, but you just got your life saved. 732 01:21:27,787 --> 01:21:29,747 You'll get a medal. 733 01:21:32,125 --> 01:21:35,244 Again the word came and the Marines moved out. 734 01:21:35,585 --> 01:21:39,545 Again scuttlebutt knew a hundred destinations, all wrong. 735 01:21:39,923 --> 01:21:43,964 This time we were a sound fighting unit, blooded and trained. 736 01:21:44,345 --> 01:21:48,066 Tarawa had blooded us. Stryker had trained us. 737 01:21:59,319 --> 01:22:03,840 - Now, I'll show you something. - What you got there? 738 01:22:04,240 --> 01:22:06,320 - What does it look like? - A flag. 739 01:22:06,618 --> 01:22:11,577 - What are you gonna do with it? - Occupy this island in the USA's name. 740 01:22:11,998 --> 01:22:16,036 - You think we'll have an easy time? - You got me with you. 741 01:22:16,417 --> 01:22:21,018 - Maybe we need two of you. - One was enough in Tarawa. 742 01:22:21,423 --> 01:22:24,983 Stick with me. I'm a battle-hardened veteran. 743 01:22:25,344 --> 01:22:30,943 Know how many Japs I knocked off in Tarawa? 32. Did I get anything for it? 744 01:22:31,390 --> 01:22:34,111 I got enemies in Washington. 745 01:22:34,435 --> 01:22:37,995 If the Marines didn't have me, they'd never have made it. 746 01:22:38,355 --> 01:22:42,036 Now, this is how you fold a flag! 747 01:22:45,363 --> 01:22:48,122 Do you believe in intuition? 748 01:22:48,449 --> 01:22:51,968 Yeah... in women. Why? 749 01:22:52,328 --> 01:22:56,528 It's hard to explain. I've a feeling I'm not coming out of this operation. 750 01:22:56,917 --> 01:22:59,356 Don't talk that way. 751 01:22:59,669 --> 01:23:03,068 - I can't help it. It's the way I feel. - Why? 752 01:23:03,422 --> 01:23:07,823 I don't know. It's like a voice in my ear. I can't shake the feeling off. 753 01:23:08,219 --> 01:23:10,779 Take my advice, shake it off. 754 01:23:11,098 --> 01:23:17,096 No dice. When things like that get in you, it's no use trying to fight them. 755 01:23:24,776 --> 01:23:28,095 If a marine waits long enough he gets the word. 756 01:23:28,445 --> 01:23:32,406 Our sealed orders came aboard after five days at sea. 757 01:23:34,703 --> 01:23:37,501 This island is volcanic and sandy. 758 01:23:37,829 --> 01:23:42,190 It's five and a half miles long and two and a half miles wide. 759 01:23:42,583 --> 01:23:47,424 This mountain here is a dead volcano. It's called Suribachi. 760 01:23:47,838 --> 01:23:53,438 There's nothing on the island except three airfields and about 20,000 Japs. 761 01:23:54,763 --> 01:23:59,884 The Army Air Corps B-24s have been bombing this place for 62 days. 762 01:24:00,312 --> 01:24:04,671 - Maybe it'll be an easy operation then. - We can't be sure. 763 01:24:05,065 --> 01:24:08,386 Every yard is covered by some kind of fire. 764 01:24:08,736 --> 01:24:14,736 There are two possible landing beaches, one on the east side, one on the west. 765 01:24:15,200 --> 01:24:18,519 The rest of the coastline is cliffs. 766 01:24:18,870 --> 01:24:20,911 They'll try and keep us off the beaches. 767 01:24:21,205 --> 01:24:25,085 If they don't, they'll try and catch us at this first airfield, 768 01:24:25,460 --> 01:24:30,459 between the heights of Suribachi and these high rocky ridges in the north. 769 01:24:30,881 --> 01:24:36,721 They'll shell us from both sides. Nobody knows what they've got on this island. 770 01:24:37,181 --> 01:24:40,180 But they've had 40 years to put it there. 771 01:24:43,809 --> 01:24:46,129 Saipan was our last stop. 772 01:24:46,436 --> 01:24:50,837 The men who were going to hit the beach first transferred to LS Ts. 773 01:24:51,234 --> 01:24:55,315 A few more days at sea and the time for landing came. 774 01:25:41,491 --> 01:25:42,931 Saddle up! 775 01:25:43,201 --> 01:25:46,161 Skip along and into the amtracs. 776 01:26:45,054 --> 01:26:48,092 Anyway, it's a good day for it. 777 01:26:48,431 --> 01:26:51,352 - It's cold. - Stick around, it'll get warm. 778 01:26:51,684 --> 01:26:55,324 Yeah, that's what I'm afraid of. Hey, look! 779 01:27:00,525 --> 01:27:05,286 - Driver, you the joker that wrote that? - "Semper fi", Mac! 780 01:27:05,697 --> 01:27:08,657 We should take you in along with us. 781 01:27:10,746 --> 01:27:16,147 Hey, McHugh's going in with his pocket full of books! Five books he's got! 782 01:27:16,584 --> 01:27:20,344 So? The kid's a reader. That shouldn't worry a dope like you. 783 01:27:20,713 --> 01:27:25,914 When we're through with this operation, I'm gonna break both your legs! 784 01:27:40,399 --> 01:27:45,479 - I feel sick. - I know. I felt the same way at Tarawa. 785 01:27:45,903 --> 01:27:49,024 Hey, Stein, "Shalom aleychem". 786 01:27:49,365 --> 01:27:52,005 Aleychem shalom. 787 01:27:54,954 --> 01:27:58,515 - Sarge, I'm scared. - So am I. 788 01:27:58,874 --> 01:28:03,595 - Not you! - Fowler, I'm always scared. 789 01:28:04,004 --> 01:28:06,803 Line of departure! Get down! 790 01:28:07,133 --> 01:28:12,173 Lock and load! Drop those lifebelts when we hit the beach! 791 01:28:59,934 --> 01:29:02,693 All right, hit the beach! 792 01:29:45,436 --> 01:29:47,318 It ain't Brooklyn! 793 01:29:47,606 --> 01:29:51,726 If this place was a blanket I'd pull it over my head! 794 01:29:52,111 --> 01:29:57,110 This is the poorest soil I ever saw. What does anyone want an island like this for? 795 01:29:57,533 --> 01:29:59,492 - That's war. - What's war? 796 01:29:59,784 --> 01:30:01,904 Trading real estate for men. 797 01:30:02,201 --> 01:30:08,081 When God made the world, he must have put all the rubbish left over here. 798 01:30:08,542 --> 01:30:11,502 Corpsman! Corpsman! Take it easy. 799 01:30:11,837 --> 01:30:16,596 Doggone it, almost the same place they got me before! 800 01:30:18,427 --> 01:30:20,387 Getting shot for this! 801 01:30:21,636 --> 01:30:25,038 They're sure pouring it into Suribachi. 802 01:30:30,939 --> 01:30:35,699 Not enough. Those Nips are shooting right down our throats. 803 01:30:36,110 --> 01:30:39,231 - Stryker! - Yo! 804 01:30:42,117 --> 01:30:45,916 - Lieutenant Shrier wants to see you. - Lieutenant Shrier? 805 01:30:47,705 --> 01:30:49,145 Stand fast. 806 01:31:02,386 --> 01:31:04,826 - Stryker reporting, sir. - I know. 807 01:31:05,137 --> 01:31:09,297 Your platoon's been hit hard. What's left has been assigned to me. 808 01:31:09,683 --> 01:31:13,604 - Yes, sir. - Naval gunfire lifts at 1100. Stand by. 809 01:31:13,980 --> 01:31:15,260 Aye, aye. 810 01:31:37,629 --> 01:31:39,908 Move out! 811 01:31:40,215 --> 01:31:42,936 Keep your distance! 812 01:33:23,730 --> 01:33:28,490 - Go on, go on! - Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! 813 01:33:31,738 --> 01:33:34,498 Spread out! Dig in! 814 01:33:43,627 --> 01:33:48,386 - Dunne, where's my brother? - Back there. He's hit. 815 01:33:52,343 --> 01:33:53,623 Flynn! 816 01:34:02,977 --> 01:34:05,537 That's enough! 817 01:34:11,027 --> 01:34:16,347 I told you you'd need this bad some day. Thanks, Marine. 818 01:34:23,914 --> 01:34:25,874 Flynn! Get down! 819 01:34:28,877 --> 01:34:35,517 - You ain't got the sense of a rabbit! - You can still be a hero crawling! 820 01:34:36,009 --> 01:34:40,690 - Corpsman! - Ma'll dust me off if I don't get him back! 821 01:34:43,058 --> 01:34:45,058 Harris! 822 01:34:48,522 --> 01:34:52,442 Well, I'll get a good night's sleep tonight. 823 01:34:52,818 --> 01:34:54,939 Corpsman! 824 01:34:55,238 --> 01:34:57,517 He won't need him. 825 01:35:13,421 --> 01:35:17,022 - Pillbox too big to handle with these. - A bazooka? 826 01:35:17,383 --> 01:35:22,783 - If we had one. - I got nothing to do. I'll go pick one up. 827 01:36:01,093 --> 01:36:03,093 Regazzi didn't make it. 828 01:36:03,387 --> 01:36:06,586 You never know what's happening. 829 01:36:06,932 --> 01:36:08,931 Listen. 830 01:36:11,185 --> 01:36:14,185 - It's a tank. - Yeah, but whose? 831 01:36:17,066 --> 01:36:18,346 Ours! 832 01:36:40,422 --> 01:36:42,781 It's Regazzi. 833 01:37:03,737 --> 01:37:06,536 Pillbox at 2 o'clock. 834 01:37:11,620 --> 01:37:14,460 OK, give 'em a hot foot! 835 01:37:27,008 --> 01:37:28,968 Thanks, Mac. 836 01:37:35,015 --> 01:37:39,737 - I couldn't find a bazooka. - You did all right. Saddle up! 837 01:38:13,554 --> 01:38:19,394 No one had ever seen anything like it. No one would have believed it possible. 838 01:38:19,851 --> 01:38:22,851 That smoking, miserable, bloody island. 839 01:38:29,904 --> 01:38:33,903 After three days and three nights, and at the end of that time, 840 01:38:34,283 --> 01:38:39,962 we'd barely reached the foot of Suribachi, where we were the first day. 841 01:38:45,793 --> 01:38:49,154 - We'll sack here for the night. - Best news today. 842 01:38:49,505 --> 01:38:54,064 Pair off and one man awake at all times. Keep alert. Let's go. 843 01:39:05,396 --> 01:39:08,397 It'll start getting rough tomorrow against Suribachi. 844 01:39:08,733 --> 01:39:13,133 It started getting rough when you put on that uniform. 845 01:39:13,530 --> 01:39:16,730 You wanna see a good-looking kid? 846 01:39:18,241 --> 01:39:20,841 Husky little boot. What's his name? 847 01:39:21,161 --> 01:39:25,442 We're gonna name him Sam, Sam Conway. 848 01:39:25,831 --> 01:39:30,792 A name that's been awarded the Navy Cross is good enough for any kid. 849 01:39:31,212 --> 01:39:36,373 There's something I've been trying to say but... I can't find the words. 850 01:39:36,802 --> 01:39:41,721 Two universities and you can't find the words to say you were out of line? 851 01:39:42,140 --> 01:39:47,421 - OK, I'm out of line. - No, you were. There's a difference. 852 01:39:50,689 --> 01:39:55,289 We'd better get some sack time. Wanna sleep first or watch? 853 01:39:55,693 --> 01:39:58,253 - I'll watch. - OK. 854 01:40:02,661 --> 01:40:06,861 Everybody gets out of line once in a while. 855 01:40:08,917 --> 01:40:10,476 Thanks, gyrene. 856 01:40:13,836 --> 01:40:16,279 Where's Sergeant Stryker? 857 01:40:16,590 --> 01:40:19,270 - Stryker? - Right there. 858 01:40:22,220 --> 01:40:26,020 - What do you want? - Lieutenant Shrier wants to see you. 859 01:40:29,186 --> 01:40:31,145 - Stryker, sir. - Yes, sir. 860 01:40:31,437 --> 01:40:33,678 I'm taking a patrol up Suribachi. 861 01:40:33,982 --> 01:40:37,263 Get your men squared away and be ready at 0700. 862 01:40:37,610 --> 01:40:41,690 - The rendezvous is that Nip tank there. - Aye, aye, sir, 0700. 863 01:40:51,665 --> 01:40:55,624 That little voice whispering in your ear again? 864 01:40:56,002 --> 01:41:00,523 Don't worry. I've known a million guys that have heard it. 865 01:41:00,924 --> 01:41:05,885 Most of them make it. A few don't. The percentage is on your side. 866 01:41:06,306 --> 01:41:10,065 - Did you ever hear it? - No. 867 01:41:10,434 --> 01:41:14,394 - Don't you ever worry about it? - What good would it do? 868 01:41:14,772 --> 01:41:18,533 - You're indestructible. - Stick close. It might rub off! 869 01:41:18,901 --> 01:41:20,501 I'll do that. 870 01:41:20,778 --> 01:41:26,937 Banner Three, this is Easy Five. Patrol is ready to move. Request supporting fire. 871 01:43:00,081 --> 01:43:01,400 Ow! 872 01:43:40,787 --> 01:43:48,068 Sh'ma Yisrael, Adonai elohenu... Adonai echad. 873 01:43:49,880 --> 01:43:51,840 Amen. 874 01:44:43,180 --> 01:44:45,220 Radio! 875 01:44:48,311 --> 01:44:51,592 Banner Three, this is Easy Five. Over. 876 01:44:51,940 --> 01:44:57,219 This is Easy Five. Cease fire, we're preparing to move over the top. 877 01:44:59,697 --> 01:45:04,097 - Roger and out. Stryker! - Yes, sir. 878 01:45:04,492 --> 01:45:08,654 Colonel's ordered that we put up this flag when the top's secure. Get it there. 879 01:45:09,039 --> 01:45:11,200 Aye, aye, sir. 880 01:45:14,461 --> 01:45:16,461 What is this? 881 01:45:16,754 --> 01:45:20,195 Put yours away. This is the one we're gonna use. 882 01:45:20,551 --> 01:45:26,073 First squad. Find something we can use as a standard and we'll put this up. 883 01:45:33,148 --> 01:45:37,108 - Conway, you made it. - I guess that little voice was wrong. 884 01:45:37,485 --> 01:45:40,365 - I feel better. - I feel better, too. 885 01:45:40,695 --> 01:45:44,295 I never felt so good in my life. How about a cigarette? 886 01:46:00,923 --> 01:46:03,402 - Is he...? - Yeah. 887 01:46:03,718 --> 01:46:07,797 If he had to get it it's the way he'd have wanted. 888 01:46:13,309 --> 01:46:16,150 It's a letter to his kid. 889 01:46:24,488 --> 01:46:30,129 "Dear son, I guess none of my letters have reached you." 890 01:46:30,578 --> 01:46:33,259 "I thought I'd try again as I'm feeling" 891 01:46:33,580 --> 01:46:38,581 "that this may be the last time I can write you." 892 01:46:39,877 --> 01:46:43,557 "For a long time I've wanted to tell you many things." 893 01:46:43,925 --> 01:46:46,205 "Now that you're a big boy, I will." 894 01:46:47,386 --> 01:46:50,186 "If we'd been together even for a while," 895 01:46:50,512 --> 01:46:56,112 "I could've explained many things much better than writing them." 896 01:46:56,561 --> 01:47:02,281 "You've gotta take care of your mother, and love her and make her happy." 897 01:47:02,732 --> 01:47:05,733 "Never hurt her or anyone as I did." 898 01:47:08,071 --> 01:47:11,271 "Always do what your heart tells you is right." 899 01:47:11,617 --> 01:47:16,777 "Maybe someone will write you some day and tell you about me." 900 01:47:17,204 --> 01:47:23,286 "I want you to be like me in some things, but not like me in others." 901 01:47:23,753 --> 01:47:29,194 "When you grow older and get to know more about me, you'll see I've failed..." 902 01:47:30,928 --> 01:47:33,408 "...in many ways." 903 01:47:33,724 --> 01:47:38,483 "This isn't what I wanted but things just turned out that way." 904 01:47:38,894 --> 01:47:42,015 "If there was only more time I..." 905 01:47:46,026 --> 01:47:48,347 Guess he never finished it. 906 01:47:57,161 --> 01:48:00,280 I'll finish it for him. 907 01:48:08,922 --> 01:48:11,322 There she goes. 908 01:49:05,978 --> 01:49:09,418 All right, saddle up! Let's get back in the war!