All language subtitles for The naked and the dead.2_Eng

You chippie hounds better
live it up while you can.

We're shoving off soon.

Nice goin', Pearly!

Shake it, baby, shake it!

Save that for Lily. Who's paying
for your beer, anyway?

- You are.
- And why?

We know, Wilson. So we'll
give your Lily a big hand.

Don't let it slip
your mind again, see?

When Lily does her act, I want
you to tear this place down.

Jump on chairs. Scream, holler.

Break up bottles.
I want to see you..

Hey, Croft, if you come
here and hoot and holler

'while my little baby shows
herself, I'll buy the beer.'

Come on, Sergeant,
be sociable for a change.

Buy a poor thirsty girl a drink.

You shut your mouth, or I'll
belt you deep down your throat.

Wilson, I think you
better go see a headshrinker

or give up women.

- They're killing you.
- Give up my Jersey Lily?

Why, I'd rather give up
these corporal's stripes.

See what I mean?

The potato peeler thinks
he's a corporal now.

Hey, you been having
any hot flashes

or head noises lately?

No. No more than usual.

You're headed
for the booby hatch.

He thinks I'm crazy?
He thinks he's a general.

Brew.

Why, you're
Sergeant Croft, ain't you?

How about a bottle
of wine, dearie?

- Knock it off, sarge.
- Why, you dirty..

Hi, you baby.

I hardly recognized you
with all your clothes on.

What did I come in here for?

Oh, yeah, the bloodhounds are
out front. I thought I better

come in and warn you
not to take everything off.

Thanks, honey, but I gotta have
integrity with my public.

Even if I gotta pay for it.

- Here, do my back.
- You won't have to pay for it.

'Cause if they pinch you
the treat's on me.

That's how we first met.
Jail, back there in Mobile.

You were loaded.
I mean, you had money too.

You bailed us both out.

Oh, I don't care if I do die,
do die. I don't care.

Something's the matter
with you lately, baby.

I think you're gonna forget me
when they ship you out.

Oh, I won't. I won't
think of nothin' else

if I can just think.

- There's my cue.
- Oh.

Will you meet me
after the show?

Yes, ma'am.

- And we'll go crazy together.
- Oh, yes.

Go in there and
set 'em on fire, hon.

You girls are wonderful.
You're really wonderful.

But my compass points that way.

Whoo.

"He restoreth my soul.

"He guideth me in straight
paths for His name's sake.

"Yea, though I walk through the
valley of the shadow of death

"I will fear no evil."

I don't fear nothing,
where we're goin'.

Only what's goin' on at home.

Brown, you married the right
broad. You ain't got no worries.

Oh, man, there's no right broad.

What with all the 4-Fs
and USO commandos

sucking around the home front.

Not around my wife,
they ain't. No, sir.

Now don't be simple, man.

First, they go on a little date.

And then, they have
a little dance.

'And then, pretty soon,
she closes her eyes'

'and pretends it's you.'

Mine's got somethin'
to make her remember.

She's seven months pregnant.

What am I playing this game
with you bums for, huh?

They can use the dough.

- Hey, come on.
- A little draw.

Give me your card now.

You fellas the new
replacements, huh?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Oh, brother.

Yeah, I know. It's
a reconnaissance outfit.

- That's rough, huh?
- I wasn't thinking of that.

You haven't met our fearless
leader, Platoon Sergeant Croft.

- Have you?
- No.

Well, you've got a real
experience ahead of you.

Oh, is he a good leader of men?

If you're on your way to hell

he'll sure see you get there
in a hurry, does that help you?

This bloke sounds
like a real macher.

Yeah, a real macher.

- L'chaim.
- L'chaim.

Hey, hey. I got Lily
all wrapped up here.

- Come on. Come on.
- That Wilson's meshugganah.

She's finished.
Done by the finest pen

that ever laid
a brush to a privy.

As you might suppose,
gentlemen, I'm in love.

And the worst thing
about being in love

is when a man has
it nice and steady.

Well, then he can't remember
what it's like without it.

And when he hasn't got it,
there's nothing he can do

to remember what it's like.

Gentlemen, I don't
aim to forget.

Ta-da!

Come rain, come storm,
come everything

we're always together.
Whoo-hoo, hoo-hoo.

Ah, yes. It's going to be
lovely in the foxhole.

You gentlemen will
pardon me while we

get a little closer together?

- Kiss me, baby.
- 'Hey, here comes Croft!'

'Here comes Croft!'

I will dance through
this whole war to get out.

Wilson, you're heading
right for a straitjacket.

That big Honolulu blonde
sapped your brain

like a monkey with a coconut.

Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.

That Lily's got him
jumpin' over matches.

Martinez, where are
Rhidges and Roth?

In the galley.

Thing is the landing
and that's all..

- You're the new guys, huh?
- Yeah.

What did you
run into, Spencer?

Roth.

Stand up when
you talk to me.

Well, I didn't know he was
a Golden Gloves fighter.

What was the beef?

What was the beef?

He called me a lousy Jew.

I saw it, sarge.

Uh, it was sort of like
David and Goliath.

The good lord that
delivered the Israelites

out of the paw of the bear
and the paw of the lion

done delivered him out of
the hand of this Philistine.

Any of you guys know
what he's talkin' about?

I don't.

I don't know either.

Looks like a very
pleasant guy to me.

Get some shuteye. We're
shoving off in the morning

in the third wave.

They whispering to me.

Uh-huh. Whoo.
Whoo, a little natural.

Suey! Look out! Sue.

- Keep a going for.
- Shootin' three dollars.

Make a name.
Anybody want to cover?

That's it. That's it.

Uh-huh. Comin' through
the rye. Look out now.

'Comin' out. Red bonnet,
little beaver. Look out--'

- Alright, break it up.
- Dollar bills. Put it down.

- 'Go ahead. Break it up.'
- There's plenty of room.

Plenty of room.
Alright. Alright.

Like clockwork.

First wave, 0600.

Second wave, 0620.

Third wave, 0640.

Estimated casualties
at this point, 150.

Only 130, so far.

I was a little off there.

Admiral, I'll be
in the chart room.

Like clockwork.

That fits the
general rather well.

At least that's the way
he seems to work.

Hit it there. Over there.

The beach stinks already.

Give it a couple of days,
it'll really stink.

- It stinks already.
- What are you waiting on?

I got orders to stay here until
I get more men for my platoon.

Alright.

That was real, Harry.

This ain't even
amphibious maneuvers.

We can all lay down
and go to sleep.

Look at this poor little bird.

Just flyin' around,
singing and wham.

Birds and things,
I don't understand it.

They never hurt anybody.

Off your butts, all of you.
Dig in, right away!

Dig what? We got
enough holes already.

That's enough out of you, Red.
From now on, it's enough.

What's the matter, Croft,
you ain't got enough medals?

Want some of mine?

Julio.

Who is he, four-star general?

Thinks the whole war's
got his name on it?

Don't tangle
with the bull moose.

He thinks he's head of the heap.
And you know something? He is.

Hey, who we gonna hide from,
the Japs or Croft?

Oh, you're very funny,
Minetta, at a time like this.

You're lucky to have a guy like
Croft to do the thinking.

Why do I need Croft?

Look, when we hit New Guinea,
remember how many guys we lost?

Eleven guys,
including the captain.

Do you know how long
that slowed Croft down?

He was asking for a patrol
the next day and getting it.

He may be mean, but he's
a hell of a platoon sergeant.

Come on, let's get out of here.

Brown. Brown,
keep your men here.

Julio.

Someday he's gonna
go off like that and

he ain't gonna come back.

I'm betting when he comes back,
he'll make us dig more holes.

Yeah.

Julio, try to cut
those guys off down there.

Brown.

Red, go over,
take a look at 'em.

- Finish 'em off.
- They're all dead.

I said finish 'em off.

Get him, Croft!

You gonna lay there
all day, Red?

Your boyfriend wasn't as dead
as you thought, was he?

- You guys sure took your time.
- Quit your squawking.

'I could've got him, Red.
You were in the way.'

Looks like
something important, huh?

Red, uh, see if any of those
generals have gold teeth, huh?

What about him?

- We'll take care of him.
- Okay.

Look, come on,
let's get going, huh?

Take it easy.
Just take it easy.

Doka. Doka.

Aw, come on, let's cut
that doka stuff out.

You just keep your hands
where we can see 'em.

'Give him a smoke.'

'For what?'

'Let him smoke, that's why.'

Ah..

Arigato.

Sit down.

Sit down.
Down.

Got anything to eat?

Yeah, I got some of that
cast-iron chocolate.

Let's have it.

Hey, what is all this?
What are you feeding him for?

That's it. Keep 'em
where I can see 'em.

Yeah?

My wife's gonna have a baby
in a couple of days.

- Huh?
- Chiisai.

Chiisai.

Ha ha. Chiisai.

Gallagher, go check Red.

I don't trust him
with those gold teeth.

Go on.

- What did you do it for? Why?
- He was gonna make trouble.

No, that ain't the answer.
I saw the way you looked at him.

- Man, you enjoyed it.
- Shut up.

You're a killer, Croft.

I heard it,
I didn't believe it.

But you must've been a killer
before you joined the army.

I said, shut up.

Well, I tell you, you ain't
gonna get away with it, mister.

Take 'em over there
and strip 'em down.

Julio, you'll get a couple
of medals for this.

Julio.

See if they got
any gold nuggets.

What's the matter with you?

I got hit.

Get on your feet
when you talk to me.

I got a bullet in my elbow.

Don't cry on his shoulder.

- Okay, boy?
- Yeah.

- You're lucky you're walking.
- Yeah, lucky.

Hey, paisan, that's
a million dollar wound.

That's a ticket home and beer
money coming in every month.

Yeah, yeah.

I'd give my leg
to be outta this.

I mean it.

Hurry up, you guys.

Hey, Red, don't forget this guy.

Bring me the Tommy.

This is gonna get you
into a lot of trouble, Croft.

If you don't wanna
see it, take a walk.

- In the belly.
- Right.

'Sergeant!'

Let's not rush things, huh?

We might wanna ask them a few
questions, alright, Sergeant?

Alright, if that's the way
you wanna fight the war.

- What company are you?
- Headquarters.

We were on the beach and this
mortar started hitting us.

Thought we better
do something about it.

- What do you got there?
- A map case.

I took it off
this dead guy here.

Cap.

Run this back to regiment.

Hello, Boxcar.
This is Wolf-4.

'Uh, that enemy mortar
at 8-9-3..'

Better hide these gold teeth, or
he'll take them away from you.

'Right. There's something here
that might be interesting.'

It's a map case with some
papers and overlays.

Right. I'm sending
it back by runner. Out.

Alright, Sergeant.

Take your prisoners
back to headquarters.

That's the way
a smart lieutenant

gets himself a silver star.

Come on. Get those showers
ready. The officers need 'em.

- Wilson.
- Yeah, sarge?

I found a place for
the still back in the camp

in those woods over there.

Yeah, sarge.

We need that more
than we need this.

- Yes, sir.
- Go on.

'Attention.'

At ease, gentlemen.
Be seated.

Oh, by the way, this is
my new aide Lieutenant Hearn.

Lieutenant Hearn
was instrumental

in capturing these
Japanese documents

which have provided us with
extremely valuable knowledge.

Thank you, Lieutenant.

'As you know, these
Japanese papers captured'

'by Lieutenant Hearn'

'indicate that we are up against
General Toyako himself.'

General Toyako is shrewd.

A clever tactician given
to flashes of brilliance.

Believe me, he's one
of the best the Japanese have.

That's why I'm anxious, along
with the taking of this island

'we make sure
Toyako doesn't escape.'

Until we reach the Toyako line
and mount our major attack

I'll be content
with an orderly advance

moving forward at
the rate we calculated.

But there must
be no slacking off.

'I will have every
soldier understand'

'if I have to rub his face
in the dirt, gentlemen'

that the line of
his least discomfort

lies in winning this campaign.

We have ten weeks.

Very well, Colonel Dalleson.

You may proceed
with your briefing.

Maybe I didn't
make myself clear, sir

But those documents
were captured by

a Sergeant Croft
of I&R platoon.

- He handed 'em over to me.
- I know that, Robert.

I thought I'd give you a little
plug in front of the team.

It isn't as if I'd made out
that you'd won the war.

Lieutenant, I understand
you've made general's aide.

Yeah, that's right, Sergeant.

I was wondering maybe you could
do me a personal favor

being as, uh,
maybe I did you one.

- Shoot.
- I need replacements real bad.

I know there are a lot
of men around headquarters

being orderlies and
chambermaids.

Sergeant, I..
I'd like to help you.

I know it's tough
when you're short of men.

I don't need sympathy.
I need men to do the job.

Try personnel?

I've been to personnel.

They won't give me
the time of day.

I lost two men in the landing.

The platoon was short
when we got here.

I thought maybe
you could do something.

I wish I could, Sergeant.

Thanks, Lieutenant.

Once one, always one.

Attention.

At ease, gentlemen.

'More coffee.'

There was this liberty ship
in the harbor yesterday.

Horton and me found out
there was meat on it.

So we requisitioned a barge.

But there was one character
on the merchant ship

who wouldn't even cooperate.

Wouldn't give us anything
but bully beef.

However, I managed
to run into a frat brother

who promoted 100 pounds of meat

'which we smuggled
onto the barge.'

Oh, the dirty shame of it is,
you go to all that trouble

and the cooks
go and louse it up.

What is it?
Parboiled.

Too bad you weren't able
to wangle a charcoal broiler.

Yeah. Huh?

While you were at it,
you might've picked up

a couple of bottles
of steak sauce

or didn't they
have the right brand?

- Hey, Bob, lay off.
- What're you talking about?

Colonel, I'm very fond of canned
peaches. The next time you go--

Listen, Hearn, we know
you're pretty damn smart.

Yeah, what kinda
smart aleck are you, Hearn?

How do you think
the enlisted men feel

when they see us
eating fresh meat?

Gentlemen, please.

You wanted to see me, sir?

Lieutenant, you did
a stupid thing today.

Yes, sir. A colonel
is a colonel is a colonel

and a lieutenant had better
keep his trap shut, huh?

Just remember this.
When you act like a fool

you make me look foolish for
having chosen you as my aide.

When I learned that Bill Hearn's
son was in my division

I was delighted. I thought
I was getting somebody

made of the same
tough fiber as your father.

Alright, sir, I acted like
a fool, but how do you think

the enlisted man feels when he
sees us eating fresh meat?

Doesn't make him love us any.

What makes you think
they should love us, Lieutenant?

War is a dirty business and
neither you nor I are in it

because of any inborn
desire to kill others.

To win, you've got to kill a
number of the enemy and in

killing the enemy you're bound
to get some of your own men

killed. And somebody has
to take the responsibility

of directing a campaign and
issuing orders which may indeed

inevitably will result in a
percentage of our own people

being killed. Someone has to
lead, someone has to follow.

I know that, sir.

I just don't like
the idea of officers

getting extra privileges,
that's all.

And that brings us to the meat.

Every time an enlisted man
sees an officer

getting an extra privilege,
as you call it

makes him fight a little harder.

I don't see that, sir. I think
they just hate us a little more.

'They do, but they
also fear us more.'

I don't care what kind
of a man you give me.

If I have him long enough,
I'll make him afraid.

Americans have never been
militaristic and some way

has to be found to make
them tough enough to match

the enemy soldiers to whom
battle comes more naturally.

I do it by making
him more afraid of me

than he is of the enemy.

I don't think it's a good idea
to have your men hate you.

You're not alone. You probably
won't find another general

in the army who
thinks the way I do.

But I daresay a great many
of them will come around

to my way of thinking
when the war drags on and

the casualty rates go up.
They'll realize that my way

of discipline saves
lives in the long run

and my theory will be proven.

I doubt it, sir.
You haven't convinced me.

You're stubborn, Robert.

It's the chief fault I'm finding
with you. But you'll give in.

Under that mask of humanism

you're a reactionary,
just as I am.

Of course, you're
afraid of that word.

Hello?

I'll be right over.

Give me my poncho.

Boy, it's coming down like
pouring water out of a boot.

You know, back home on a day
like this, my old grandpappy

used to get out them bagpipes
and just whistle away.

- Who's your man?
- You're my man.

You know it.

I better know it.

I'm a calf.

I'm a loving calf.

- Moo.
- Moo.

I was raised in a barn too.

Couldn't think of a nicer place
to have a honeymoon.

Oh, you crazy boy, you.

I love you better
than anybody can, don't I?

You know you do, sweet stuff.

You and me, we,
we ain't never gonna stop.

You hear me?
Never.

Hmm.

Now I got you,
I'm gonna keep you.

You ain't gonna keep me
in a barn though?

Don't I rate better
than a hay mow?

Sure do, honey, but...
you liked to have bust me

wanting that
big yellow diamond.

Couldn't hardly buy the license.

Well, you listen
to me, soldier.

Don't get butt-heavy.

You get a promotion.

I sure will, honey.

Man needs a wife
to geese him along.

We're gonna live
right...and good.

And we're gonna be righteous.

Moo!

Honey, I'm home.

Mildred, it's me, Ferdinand.

Moo!

Huh? Huh?

Hmm.

Sam, baby.

How come you didn't
write or nothin'?

I just wanted to surprise you.

You just sit right down here.

And, and I'll take
your shoes off.

A man should be
comfortable at home.

I can get more
comfortable than this.

Sam, don't go in there.

- Wanna take my army stuff off.
- Oh, not in there.

- It ain't made up or anythin'.
- Well, what's the difference?

If you would have wrote...I
could have tidied up the place.

Tidied?

Honey, this is
Haystack Sam, remember?

You think it's gonna bother
me to look at a messy..

What's in there?

What's in there?

Nothing!

Sam, don't hit him.

He's from the finance company.

Oh!

Call me later.

Ya big fathead,
you spoiled everythin'!

- Five dollars, I'm shooting.
- Yeah, when it rains, it pours.

I just got a letter from my
wife, wants me to sign over

more allotment to her.

Would anybody like
to cover $5?

So what's wrong with that?
Just send her the money.

- Five bucks.
- Are you kiddin'?

Give her more money to go out
and play around with?

Five soaking-wet dollars,
I'm shooting here.

Look, it's your wife, isn't it?
Just send her the money.

Look, let her complain
to her congressman.

Maybe they'll ship me home. We
can sit down and talk about it.

What happened?

I made the point.
You owe me five bucks.

You did?

Ten goes. I'm shooting $10.

Whoo.

You may be wet,
honey, but, uh..

...you ain't cold.

We got a report.
Our right flank's

getting clobbered. I think we'd
better pull back a mile or two

and try to delay the attack.
It would be the safest thing.

Our lines are still too weak
to take much of a beating.

If we could pull our lines back
about two miles from the river--

Did you land a second battalion
through from here?

- Yes, sir.
- Ring them for me, please.

Get me Paragon White, please.

Second battalion, sir.

Get me Samson.

Samson, this is Camel.

Are your lines through
to Red and Blue?

Good, very good.

Samson, at 0400, a small force
will reach you by vehicle.

Have a guide meet them.

Instruct your men
to hold their ground.

There is to be no retreat.

If the enemy can
penetrate, let him.

'Anything that breaks through
will be handled by the reserve.'

'I'll court-martial any officer
who pulls his unit back.'

I want to reinforce Samson.

If it's temporary, how about
I&R of headquarters company?

Fine. Hello, Samson?

'Firehouse will
reach you at 0400.'

You will deploy them
between George and Easy. Right.

Pick it up, get the lead
out back there.

Where are we going, Brown?

Going up to Easy Company,
they're expecting an attack

and we're invited, my friend.

Oh, I know we'd had it
too soft for too long.

Hurry up and wait.

This man's army got
fouled up when they put

Washington on a horse.

I hear you found a
hideout for your still.

That's right. I'm getting
thirsty for a drop.

Stole all the parts. I'll
put it together we get back.

I'd like to help you build.

What do you know
about building stills?

What do I know about soldiering,
but I'm a soldier, ain't I?

I'm Captain Willis,
we're moving up the river.

You man these positions here.

Okay, come on, men, let's go.
Let's go, move out of here.

I'll leave this section
with you, tie in close.

Main attack
may come through there.

Take your positions, men.
Rhidges, over here.

Gallagher, Goldstein,
hold out in there.

Our big guns are
really pouring it on.

There ain't gonna
be no Japs left.

Don't worry about that.
There's enough for me.

Those creeps come out
of caves and rocks.

Don't let anybody get trigger
happy till I start it.

Pass the word.

Croft, Minetta got hit.

Get him out of here,
get him out of here!

Hold it.

Hold it, I said!
Hold it!

Sir, there's
a message coming in.

It's from second battalion, sir.

"The enemy has withdrawn.

"It's all quiet
along the river."

Let's get some breakfast.

Sir, I-I'd like to say..

...well, may I express
my admiration?

It was Toyako's
blunder, Colonel.

We are the little lady
who let the lecher beside her

put his hand on her knee before
she cut it off at his wrist.

I like the way you put it, sir.

Toyako has expended
his striking force.

Offensively,
he's finished.

Gentlemen, in a week,
we launch Operation Plunger.

In another week, the
campaign should be finished.

Now, I want all this
headquarter area cleaned up.

We can bring up sand from the
beach and lay in some walks.

'And I see no reason why there
shouldn't be a recreation tent'

'for the officers.'

I think we all deserve
a little reward.

- You know how to make a still?
- Of course I know.

I come from a long line
of whiskey makers.

My father and grandfather made
some of the finest corn whiskey.

His fame spread so much that
people stood in line to buy it.

Of course, after they drank it,
they didn't stand around.

They were sort
of lyin' in a line.

And I can see
my grandmother Wilson.

Sittin' in a tree,
knitting with a shotgun

picking off them revenuers.
Hand me the condenser there.

Hole digger,
carpenter, bootlegger.

My kid will be
very proud of me.

- Here's your condenser.
- That is the spigot keg.

- Now, give me the condenser.
- I don't know what a condenser.

- This a condenser?
- That's the condenser.

I got your figs and
raisins you ordered.

What are we making?

- Fruit punch or whiskey?
- The boys are doing good here.

Here's enough sugar cane.
I had to cut it myself.

A bag of sugar
and five cans of peaches.

Quiet, quiet!

How can you make noise quietly?

You guys wanna get caught here
like a bunch of sitting ducks?

- Brown, get up, keep a lookout.
- I wanna tell you something.

Sarge, I'm glad you're here.
I know you're a drinking man.

'I made this for you. These bums
don't appreciate good stuff.'

'When you drink it, you're
gonna cry like a baby.'

- You're gonna really--
- Cut out the cryin' baloney.

- When is it gonna be ready?
- It'll take a while, sarge.

You gotta have lot of age.
Maybe even, uh, 2 or 3 hours.

How you feel, Minetta?

Not so good.

Well, you look spry
as a junebug.

I'll be back in a minute.

Hello, Henry.

Hey, you guys should feel
a lot better this morning.

I said a little prayer
for you last night.

The doc says
I'm getting out today.

Have I got the guts?

You're all Japs!

Japs, you're all Japs!
You, you're a Jap!

Where are your guns,
men? They're attacking!

Here comes Rhidges
on the double.

He's never ran this fast.

Hey, sarge!

Ain't no use in rushing,
we ain't ready to pour it yet.

Minetta, I think
he went out of his mind.

He's acting plumb crazy. You
should see him running around.

Like a chicken
with his head off.

He ain't gonna blame it
on my jungle juice.

He ain't had a drop of it yet.

I thought you was
doing the laundry.

'You're surrounded by Japs!'

You're all..
You're Japs!

Shut up! What's the
matter with him?

- He's gone crazy.
- He's off his rocker.

Don't give him the hypo. He's
my man, I'll take care of him.

I don't know, Sergeant.
He's pretty violent.

- Let him up, I said.
- Okay, Let him up.

You're a Jap. You're a Jap!

You're the head Jap.
You're General Fujiyama.

You see any Japs now?
Get back in the platoon!

Hey, here's
six cans of sterno.

It's all I could get.

- What do we need with sterno?
- Oh, that give it the age.

Oh.

Don't you take 'em
out of the can?

Oh, no. It'll dissolve
right there.

- Son of a gun.
- What'd I tell you?

You can go blind
drinking that stuff.

Good. What's to see
around here, anyway?

Gallagher, Chaplain
wants to see you.

- Oh, what about?
- I don't know.

Maybe he wants to
tell you his troubles.

How about a slug?

Not much of a kick to it.

Oh, it'll sneak
up on you, Sergeant.

The way I got it
figured, it's about..

Yes, it's about 120 proof.

That stuff will eat the
enamel right off your teeth.

Father Leary,
you wanted to see me?

Gallagher, yes, I did.

- What about, father?
- Go ahead and smoke.

Thank you.

You get much mail
from home, Gallagher?

Oh, yes, sir.
My wife writes me every day.

She's gonna have
a baby any day now.

I have some bad
news for you.

Oh, what about, sir?

You know, Gallagher

there are a lot of
things which are

difficult to understand.

You just have to
believe that it's right

and there's a good
reason for it.

That God understands, sees

and does what's best.

Even if we don't
understand right away.

- My wife hasn't left me yet?
- No.

There's been a death.

- My mother?
- Not your parents.

I'm afraid
it was your wife.

What?

Your wife died
in childbirth, Gallagher.

They were able
to save the child.

It's not without meaning
that your child was saved.

This liquor seems to
have sobered everybody up.

What this party
needs is a gal.

Here, partner.
Read 'em that.

Now, that's a very
personal letter.

Don't make no difference.
These are my friends.

What's mine is theirs.
What's theirs is mine.

- Read it to them there.
- Okay.

"Dear honey pie, Woody

"I promised you I'd write
from East St. Louis

"where I opened last night and
closed in jail this morning."

"It is very cold here

"because they locked me up
in my costume

"which, as you know, could be
put in an aspirin box."

"They gave..
They gave me 30 days.

"But I did my act for the judge
in his private chamber

"and he immediately
suspended the sentence.

"In the future, if my
letters are a little late

"you will know some judges
don't appreciate real art.

"Enclosed is the $75

"I promised to
send you each week.

"Your appealing
peeler, Lily."

There's 90 here.
I think she sent him a bonus.

He can't drink at all.

'He blew tough
and passes right out.'

My uncle could drink.

He walked around
the house like this.

He didn't want
to spill any.

Platoon, ten-hut!

- 'You better--'
- Ah, go on.

Hey, is this
the I&R platoon?

Fellas, he wants to know if
this is the I&R platoon.

- No.
- Nobody knows.

Yeah, this is the
I&R platoon, soldier.

What's the matter, sonny,
you can't find your mommy?

I'm Private Wyman,
replacement.

Well, that's just fine.

Take your gear off, sit down.

Hey, you're not supposed
to give liquor to kids.

You're not supposed to give
liquor to Indians either

but you're as drunk
as the rest of us.

- Drink up, sonny.
- I don't drink, sir.

Ah, he don't drink.

Listen, my name's Minetta.

I'm a very nice guy.
A very nice guy.

Ask anybody here
about Minetta.

Anybody will tell you about
Minetta that he's no good.

No good.

Let me tell you
something, kid.

The whole bunch
of us are no good.

Old Red's funny when
he gets drunk.

You call this drunk?

That's drunk.

That's the way
I want to be drunk.

'I'd sleep off this
whole stinking war.'

Oh, you shouldn't
talk like that, Red.

You don't want people to think
you don't like the army.

You know what's wrong
with the army?

I want to tell you
what's wrong with the army.

This army ain't
never lost a war.

Let's make Red happy.
Let's lose a war.

You think we should
lose this one?

What do I care?

You think I care about
this stinkin' island?

Or whether General Cummings
gets another star?

Let the Japs keep
the island, and Cummings

and I'll go home
in a rowboat.

I ain't mad at nobody.

You shut your mouth.

There ain't nothing
wrong with this army

except people like you in it.

Blow it.

You don't mess around
with the army.

I don't care who you are.
You take orders.

The generals take orders
just like I do.

It's just as much
my army as it is theirs.

Get that into your head.

And you're part of something.

That's right,
that's right.

You people, you..

You ain't even in the army.

You ain't got nothing
here but the body.

Instead of doing a job

you sit around,
thinking about your wives.

You're out in the middle
of the Pacific Ocean.

You ain't got no wives.

They're home,
spending your money.

Runnin' after
other guys, cheatin'.

Why don't you
lay off it, Croft?

I had me a no-good,
two-timing wife once.

Did I sit around
and mope about it?

No.

I just figured
another guy came along.

Same as I would have
done with his wife.

So to hell with it.
Just forget about it.

- Do your job.
- I'll buy that.

You don't fight it

and you don't fight the army.

You fight the army,
it'll run right over you

and there's nothing
you can do about it.

Because they're right,
and you're wrong.

Blow it.

That's because you
ain't with it, Red.

You don't belong to it.

The difference between
me and you people.

You got nothing to belong to.

This stuff's pretty good.
I think I'll have some more.

Hey, Wilson, wake up.

The sergeant just made
a beautiful speech.

Hey, sarge

tell the speech to Wilson.

Hey, Woody

Croft says we ain't got
nothing to belong to.

Ha ha. He may have
nothing to belong to

but old Wilson's got
something to belong to.

It is pure as the Lily.
That's the name she goes under.

Her real name's
Willa Mae.

I'll tell you
a little more about her.

Here, hold that.
Show it to 'em when I tell you.

She's from Texas, see?

And she's married to this
no-account rump rustler

'handle anything on four feet.'

'And that old Willa Mae,
she bounced him right off'

and come running
into the waiting arms

of Woodrow Wilson.

Here, I'll show you
a picture of her.

- Show 'em, man.
- Ta-da.

There it is!

Thank you there, men.

Lovely. I love it.
I'll tell you about this..

Martinez, take these
drunken bums

and double-time them into
the hills till they sober up.

Follow me. Come on.

He never could
hold his liquor.

Guy sees a naked dame
and goes nuts.

Get going.

'Get going, get going.'

Clellan, do you know
where Lieutenant Hearn is?

Well, I reckon he's over
at the mess tent, sir.

Bring another cup and
tell him to report to me.

Yes, sir.

Tell him there was a mouse
in here this morning.

Keep him out of here.

Yes, sir.

Pass.

- Three hearts.
- Pass.

You know,
I don't resent Hearn

for having the softest
job in the division.

But I can't understand
what the general sees in him.

'It's his sparkling
personality. What else?'

General wants you to report
over at his tent, sir.

Yeah.

Uhh.

My master's voice.

Run to papa.

Yes, sir.

Robert, how are you?

Fine, sir.

Have a cup of coffee.

Thank you.

Thanks.

You know, Robert,
I can't help feeling

that you've been
avoiding me.

Not intentionally, sir.

A commander's life
can be a lonely one.

There aren't many people
I can talk to.

Even though we disagree,
I enjoy our conversations.

Well, thank you, sir.

I thought we might finish
that game of chess.

Alright.

Put that table out
under the light.

You're still annoyed with me
about the meat, aren't you?

No, sir.

Well, you've been
thinking about my logic.

Do you agree with me?

Well, I'll tell you, general

maybe everything you
say makes sense.

Maybe in wartime..

...your logic is right.

But when you talk about
instilling fear

and breaking men down,
I'll never agree with you.

Well, we'll see.

Now, I think it was
my move with the white.

Ah.

Check.

Chess is inexhaustible.

What a concentration
of life it really is.

I don't think
there's anything

remotely like it
in life, general.

Well, we seem
to be off again.

Just what do you think
warfare is, essentially?

I don't think
it's chess.

You're dealing
with men, not pawns.

You're not unlike
my father, general.

To him, all his factory
workers aren't humans.

They're some sort of lower
animal, closer to machines.

I wish we had more men
like your father.

General, when you take
a company of men--

Check.

How do you know what's
going on in their minds?

How do you calculate
whether it's better

some of them get killed
and the others get home sooner

or whether they stay here

but go to pot wondering if
their wives are cheating on 'em?

How do you tote
something like that up?

What do you use?
Calculus? Geometry?

Do you draw graphs?

The answer is, I don't
concern myself with that.

I didn't know
you were married.

I'm not.

Leave a girl behind?

Couldn't take her
with me.

All 300, eh?

Have you ever thought of
marriage? Thought seriously?

I suppose I have, but then
I think of all the women

just waiting for little
old Hearn, and..

The right woman
can help a man.

Marriage isn't just
lovemaking, Robert.

My wife, for instance,
has been of tremendous help

to me in my career.

I'm sure she has, sir.

On the other hand,
I don't have a career.

The right woman
can help you find one.

I suppose, I hate to see
any man waste his life.

Perhaps, that's why I'm
talking to you as I'd talk

to a son of my own,
if I...had one.

- You have no children?
- No.

I wanted to, of course.

But the fact is that..

She..
Well, you understand.

I found out a year
after the marriage

too late, of course.

My wife is a wonderful woman.

It's my only regret.

It isn't funny.

No, I was thinking
of something else.

- What?
- Nothing.

You're not really
human, are you?

You don't grant
a thing, do you?

I don't know
what you mean, general.

You're thinking that
it isn't my wife, aren't you?

- But me.
- I had no intention, sir.

Stand up!

I am tired of this division

looking like a partnership
between you and me.

Suppose we get back
to first principles.

Stand at attention.

Now, I suppose you salute me.

For the time being, you will
forget everything but your job.

But you're going
to do that job well.

That happens to be
dirt, Lieutenant.

And that happens to be dirt.

I can see
quite well, sir.

Filthy.

Perhaps if you
supervised Clellan

a little more closely,
there wouldn't be all that dirt.

In future, I want every strap

every pencil, every
article within this tent

in proper order.

- I'll do my best, sir.
- You'll do better.

And there's one other thing.

See to it that there
are fresh flowers

'placed on my desk
every morning.'

- Flowers, sir?
- Yes.

It seems to me there
are plenty in the jungle.

Am I to pick them
personally, sir?

As you prefer.

I think we can rely
on Clellan's judgment

properly supervised
by you, of course.

May I ask, sir

whether the general is
trying to impress me

with his godlike powers?

Yes, I am.
You're dismissed.

This is the kind of thing that
backs right up to Washington.

You can imagine
the conversations.

"What's happening out there?
What's holding them up?

"What are they doing?"

But do we have
any air support? No.

They switched priorities on us.

'We're the only division
in combat at the moment'

'that doesn't have
dependable air support.'

In the past week

we have advanced
a grand total of 400 yards.

Time has run out, gentlemen.

No doubt the troops
would be happier

with another general in command.

A butcher who would waste
their lives to no purpose.

Well, if they don't perk up,
they'll be having their butcher.

Don't stand too close
to papa today. He's ferocious.

Yeah, what's eating him now?

There was a lonely-hearts
letter last night.

Told Cummings
to get the lead out.

I wouldn't be surprised
if he ordered me

to lead headquarters company
in a banzai charge.

Mantelli, you couldn't
charge a chow line.

Good job on the bed, Clellan.

Thanks, sir, Lieutenant.

The track ain't up, Lieutenant.

Huh?

Oh, I'm sorry, Clellan.

It's a lot of hard work.

You don't work
so hard, Clellan.

Can't say as though
any of us do.

Well, I guess.

Yes, sir?

I guess that
does it for today.

Oh, don't forget the flowers.

I'll tell you, Lieutenant

it don't seem to me
as though the general

cares much about
having flowers.

Well, I'll tell you, Clellan,

I don't care either.

All I want is out of this job,
and back to my old outfit.

I'm the guy that's got
to hear the complaints.

So, uh, change
the flowers, huh?

Yesterday, the general
say to me...he say

"Clellan, whose idea
is them damn flowers, anyhow?"

I said,
"Phew, I don't know.

"But I reckon they's
the lieutenant's."

The general say that?

Now, Lieutenant

you just want to remember

the general's a man.

And he ain't no better
than you or me.

So there ain't no sense
in being scared of him.

Alright, take off, Clellan.

Yes, sir.

Flowers, huh?

I want to land the battalion

on this beach here, Botai Bay

and have them drive inland.

These men would be
in the enemy rear

without any possibility
of retreat.

Their only security would lie

in making contact
with our own troops.

In short, they would
have to advance.

Conversely, the troops
attacking frontally

would do so with
more enthusiasm.

Sir, what about the
Japanese beach defenses?

We'll need naval support
for a landing.

I've already requested support.

But quite frankly,
my naval friends tell me

there isn't much chance for it.

It's the air support
all over again.

I'm expected to win
this campaign without it.

However, I have
an alternative.

Supposing we send
a few men, a squad or two

around to this
uninhabited south shore.

Have them land there
and strike inland

with two objectives,
this patrol would set up

an observation post
on Mount Anaka

and two, it would descend
secretly into the Japanese rear

and report on enemy strength,
weapons, positions

and routes into this area.

'Colonel Dalleson,
you will develop this plan'

'as a corollary
to the main attack.'

Yes, sir.

However, I haven't given up hope
of our navy's support.

If necessary,
I'll appeal personally.

Thank you, gentlemen.

Lieutenant, have Sergeant Croft
report here at 1100 hours.

- Yes, sir.
- Dismissed.

This is General Cummings.

Find Lieutenant Hearn,
and send him to my tent.

'Sergeant, I have a rough
assignment for you.'

We must have information about
this area within four days.

Now, your patrol

will leave from here
this afternoon, board a boat

which will bring you
around to this spot.

From here, you will
make your way inland

and set up an
observation post

on this mountain.

I must know the enemy's
strength, positions

weapons, and routes
from Botai Bay inland.

Now, you'll make radio contact
with one of our planes

who will fly over your position
on the second and third days

informing him of any
information you have to report.

His call sign will be "Raven."

Yours will be "Lobo."

On the fourth day,
a boat will stand offshore

to pick you up here.

Now, are there any questions?

No, sir.

Good luck.

Thank you.

You sent for me, sir?

Yes, Robert.
Sit down.

I want to talk to you.

How are you and Clellan
getting along?

Beautifully, sir.

I think you might tell him,
though, general

that the flowers
are your idea.

May I have a cigarette?

Sure.

I didn't know
you indulged, sir.

Ordinarily, I don't.

You're remarkably neat.

Family upbringing, sir.

Have you ever wondered, Robert

why we're fighting this war?

I'm not sure.

I assume it's a bad thing when
millions of people are killed

because a few jokers want to get
something out of their systems.

It seems you can do
a little better than that.

Maybe.

I don't pretend to be able to
read history in advance, sir.

Well, I do.

I like to call this war a
process of historical energy.

There are countries which
have latent powers.

'These countries may
be our allies today.'

'Tomorrow they may be our
enemies, or vice versa.'

I can tell you, Robert
that we are in

the middle ages
of a new era.

We are waiting for the
renaissance of real power.

We're out of the backwaters
of history now.

That's quite
a speech, general.

You think we're
destiny, do you?

Precisely.

Very interesting.

I am trying to
impress on you, Robert

that the only morality of the
future is a power morality.

And that the man who cannot find
his adjustment to it is doomed.

And there is one
thing about power.

It can only flow
from the top down.

When there are little
surges of resistance

at the middle level,
it only calls for more power

to be directed downwards
to burn them out.

If you don't mind,
it's time for chow.

You will go to chow
when I release you.

Yes, sir.

You threw a cigarette
on my floor, didn't you?

I figured that was the
point of all this talk.

If I were to throw this on the
floor, would you pick it up?

I'd tell you
to go to hell, sir.

I wonder.

Suppose you understood that
if you didn't pick it up

you might spend five years
in a prison stockade.

I wonder if you have
that much power, sir.

I do.

That's pretty steep.

Tremendously steep.
It has to be.

The only way
you can generate

the proper attitude
of awe and obedience

is by immense and
disproportionate power.

With this in mind,
how do you think you'd react?

I don't think that's
a fair proposition--

It isn't an accident
that I have this power

nor is it that you're in
a situation like this.

If you'd been more aware

you wouldn't have thrown
that cigarette down.

You don't quite believe
I'm serious, that's all.

Maybe I don't.

Now..

...suppose you pick it up.

I hope you do
pick it up, Robert.

For your sake.

Alright.

You want to play games?

Now, if you want to,
you may go to chow.

I'd like to transfer
to another outfit, sir.

Supposing I don't care
to arrange it?

Don't worry, Robert.

I certainly don't care to have
you around as my aide anymore.

Perhaps a return to a line
outfit is what you need.

I'd like nothing
better, sir.

- General?
- Yes?

Short of bringing in all
6,000 men of the outfit

and letting them pick up
your cigarettes

how are you going
to impress them?

I'll manage that, Lieutenant.

Get out.

Get me Colonel Dalleson.

Dalleson, this is Cummings.

Who are you sending
on that patrol?

Sergeant Croft.

They don't have
an officer, do they?

Nevertheless, I feel
an officer should be along.

I have a suggestion.

Get aboard, get aboard.

Hey!

- Sergeant Croft?
- Yes, sir?

I've been assigned
to lead the patrol.

You all set?

Yes, sir.

Good. I'll talk
to you on the boat.

Men, we haven't had a chance
to get to know each other

and maybe that's the way
you'd like to keep it.

I've been made
your new platoon leader.

And there's not much any
of us can do about that.

You'll probably
hate my guts

about the time
your tails are draggin'

and I tell you to move on,
but just remember one thing.

I'll feel the same way, and mine
will be draggin' just as far.

What a stinkin' trick.

Throwin' a 90-day
wonder in on us.

You've been leadin' this for a
long time without an officer.

We've been doing alright.

If they had to have
a lieutenant

why couldn't they make you one?

Alright, put your gear on.

Alright.

The best bet is to follow,
follow the river about 8 miles

and then cut brush
till we hit open country.

- About half a mile.
- Yeah.

Nothing else we can do.

Lieutenant, we're not gonna make
as much time as you think.

Yeah? Why's that?

Them very old maps,
you can't trust.

Them little streams there

they change quicker
than the maps do.

We can get started
and see what happens.

Yeah, that's right.

Alright, tell the men, Sergeant.

Alright, listen.
This is what we're gonna do.

We're gonna go up
the river as far as we can.

You might expect
to get your butts wet.

You've already been told
there are Jap patrols in here.

So don't walk like a bunch
of sheep lookin' for grass.

Keep your heads up
and your eyes open.

Alright? Let's go. Brown.

'Spread out.'

Too open down there.

What do you think?

Better make a raft
and cross here.

Okay. Might as well
get started.

Brown, Gallagher, Goldstein

find some driftwood
right away.

On the double, boys.

Let's take our gear off, boys.

When we go across,
I'm gonna hold onto the raft

because I don't swim too well.

- You'll keep an eye on me?
- Oh, I'll be glad to.

I can't swim at all.
We'll both hold onto the raft.

Oh, yes, sir.
Yes, sir.

- Let's move out.
- Alright, let's go.

Look at him,
trying to win the war

all by himself,
the hard way.

I don't know, Red.

The bum never asked us to do
anything he wouldn't do himself.

Hey, Minetta,
what are those bags

the sergeant has hanging
around his neck?

That's his gold teeth
from the dead Japs.

He kills 'em and then..

He's gonna be a rich man
when the war's over.

This stinkin' hole
has got everything.

Chiggers, mosquitoes,
tarantulas.

You name it, it's here.

Nice place to send
my wife on a vacation.

Something bit me!

Oh!

Oh! Oh!

My leg!

- Wilson.
- Yes, sir?

It's on the other side.
Get that medical kit here.

Oh, my leg, my leg! Please!

A-ah!

Hold him!

You'll be alright.

A-ah!

A-ah!

He's dead.
Snake bit him.

Minetta saw it going
off through the rocks.

Dog tag.

I got him!
I got him!

Lieutenant, the jungle's
too heavy down there.

We could never cut
our way through.

We better go this way.

Right. Alright,
hurry it up, men.

You gave him a nice
service, Rhidges.

Thank you, sir.

Took it from the 31st chapter
of Job, first verse.

Private Wyman,
killed in action.

By a snake.

Okay, might as well get started.

Everyday we eat this.
I still don't know what's in it.

Well, it's got ham,
pork, bacon grease.

Looks like we got some company.

'Nature's undertakers.'

Lieutenant, I think
we better get going.

Men, clean up your mess
and bury it.

Cigarette butts, cans,
wrappers, everything.

Martinez...scout.

Let's go.

'Something must
have scared them.'

Yeah. Better take a look, sarge.

Brown.

They're coming through
the high grass.

Use grenades.

Psst, psst.

What was it, Sergeant?

Jap patrol,
but we took care of 'em..

...with grenades.

Alright, hold it, men.

Alright, we want
to be in position

behind Jap lines
by tonight.

That means we got..

...at least 15 miles
to go before dark.

Sergeant, anything
you wanna say?

Remember where the trail is,
and what it looks like.

We're gonna be
in open country pretty soon

and we're gonna keep
patrol discipline.

Cross a ridge line,
you do it fast and low.

I don't know if we're gonna make
fifteen miles or five.

But whatever we do,
we'll do it right.

That's all, sir.

Alright, men.

The pass.

Yeah.
Looks pretty open.

'Seems to me
they'd be watching it.'

'No, I doubt it.'

They have enough
to do without that.

It's far
behind their lines.

I don't know, Lieutenant.

Looks like six men could hold it
till hell freezes over.

That's what
we gotta find out.

That's right.

Split into two squads.
One cover the other.

Yeah. That's what we'll do.

After the first squad
reaches those trees

the other can come on up.

I'll take the first squad.

No, I'll take it, Sergeant.
You cover me.

- I don't know, Lieutenant--
- I said I'll take it, Sergeant.

Well, you better take
Martinez's gang.

First squad.

What if we can't
get through the pass?

Don't ask me. Ask Hearn.
He's in command.

Grenades.

Looks like Wilson.

The way he moved them in there
they should've all got it.

Well, he's not gonna slow us up.

Leave him here.
Pick him up on the way back.

Oh, leave him for
the buzzards, huh?

Yeah.

Wilson's in bad shape. I'll need
two men to send him back.

We can't spare any men now,
Lieutenant.

I said, I'm sending him back.
Minetta.

See if you can get
through to regiment.

Paragon, Paragon. This is Lobo.
This is Lobo. Over.

Would you like a drink
of water, Wilson?

Might make you feel
a little better.

I've about had it, Rhidges.

Well, no Jap bullet's gonna kill
a tough, old hillbilly like you.

They have to beat us
to death with a stick.

Paragon, Paragon, this is Lobo.
This is Lobo. Over.

I feel like I'm comin'
to the end of the road.

I feel, I feel numb all over.

H-help me to my feet, Rhidges.

A man don't die on his feet.

Bury him here. Make it quick.
Red, Gallagher, here.

We're going into those woods
and take cover.

Sergeant, there's something
we gotta get straight right now.

You've been leading
a long time

and I know it's tough
having me take over.

But that's the way it is.

It's my platoon now, and
that's the way it's gonna stay.

- Alright, we're turning back.
- Back?

Right. The pass is closed.
There's no way to get through.

We ought to
at least look around.

What's the point? The Japs know
we're here. They can guess why.

I hate to think we're
giving up too soon.

Those Japs might not even
be in there anymore.

Why wouldn't they be?

Judging from the gunfire..

...couldn't have been more
than a squad of them.

We're pretty far back here.

I think they probably had orders
to retreat if they saw anybody.

We got a chance to make it
through the pass.

I doubt it.

You don't even want
to take a chance, huh?

Sergeant, how can I,
after what happened?

Look, Lieutenant, we got to.

For all we know, this patrol..

...might turn
the whole campaign.

We could send
a man out tonight

and let him reconnoiter.

Alright.

We'll send a man back

but if he runs into anything,
we're turning back.

Send Martinez.

Tell him to let me know
as soon as he gets back.

Alright.

Got your knife?

If you see them, try to figure
out how many there are.

When you're back,
don't say anything to anybody

until you talk to me.

If the lieutenant's awake,
don't tell him anything.

I wanna handle this myself.

Okay.
If you say so.

You're my boy, Jap bait.

What happened?

Lots of Japs. I had to kill one
with my knife.

Get out quick.

- Where is your knife?
- I left it sticking in him.

That was a dumb thing to do.

They'll find it,
and know we're still here.

Remember now, you
didn't see anything.

You understand?

I'm relieving you, Croft.

Who was on guard when
Martinez came back?

I was.

I told you to wake me.

Figured you might as well sleep.

Nothing anybody
could do till morning.

You let me decide that.

Martinez.

- Yeah, Lieutenant.
- Come here.

Look, Lieutenant, I was figuring
I wouldn't stir up the men.

What'd he see?

Pass was empty
as far as he went.

'Oh, you mean they just pulled
back and left it open?'

Looks that way.

'That doesn't sound right
that they'd..'

'...leave it empty like that.'

We might try goin'
over the mountain.

No, that's impossible.

We may have a chance to
make it through, though.

We'll give it
another try.

Whatever you say,
Lieutenant.

Men, there's something
I want to tell you

before we move out.

Martinez reconnoitered
the pass last night.

He found it was empty.

'Chances are it's still empty.'

'I'm not gonna ask
for the impossible, but..'

'...we'll just do our best.'

Alright, on your feet.

We bump into the Japs,
we're turning back.

Sergeant.

I'm gonna take point.
There.

Oh.

Get him.

Alright, come on.

Over here.

Spread out.
Keep us covered.

Brown, Roth, Goldstein.

Cut some poles
for a stretcher.

I'm sending the lieutenant back.

Okay. Come on.

How do you like that?

He's rushing the lieutenant
back, so he can take over.

Poor, old Wilson.
God, he couldn't spare nobody.

You know, you're right, Red.

I tell you
that Croft is a madman.

Take it easy, Lieutenant.

You're going to be alright.

'Rhidges.'

What do you think
his chances are?

He's done for, sarge.

Unless we can get him back.

We're sending you back,
Lieutenant.

No. I can't go back.

I can't leave the platoon.

I can't go back.

I can't go back.

No, I..

Just take it easy, Lieutenant.

We'll get you back to the boat.

'Found him back there.'

What are you people doing?

Hey, Roth found a little bird
here with a busted wing.

- Roth?
- Yes, Sergeant.

Give it to me.

Can I have it back, Sergeant?

Why'd you do that for?

You got no right
to kill a little bird.

It's like killing a baby--

Shut up.

Both of you, shut up.

Pick up the poles.

Come on, hurry up.

- Red.
- Hey, what's going on?

It's alright, Lieutenant.
It's alright.

Roth found a little bird
with a broken wing.

Croft took it
and squeezed it to death.

Alright, come on.
Get the stretcher made.

You know, we get hit.

We pop off here.
Ain't no priest.

That's right. Damn, ain't that
just like the army?

Ain't what just like the army?

No priest.

You don't care?
What happens if you get hit?

I want a medic.

You don't believe in God?

Ah, if there is a God,
he sure must be a character.

Get him on it.

Brown, you know your way back
to the trail we cut?

I think so.

You take him back
to the beach, then.

If he's still alive,
get on the boat with him.

Tell them to send us
another boat.

Okay.

'Take Rhidges and Goldstein.'

If he kicks off,
you three guys come back, huh?

I got you, Croft.

Get going.

Ready?

I'm in charge
of this platoon now.

On your feet.

There's a break in the cliffs
about five miles east.

If we start now,
we can make it.

- Why don't we go back?
- We got what we came for.

We found the joint
crawling with Japs.

Lieutenant said
we'd go back.

That's not what they
sent us out to do.

We're going over the mountain.

Scout ahead, Gallagher.

Move.

I wish you didn't
have to go.

I haven't any choice.

If I can wangle the support

we should be able
to knock this off.

Yes, sir. The general's plane
is laying off Yellow Beach.

Keep up pressure
all along the front.

If any enemy weakness develops,
this command takes advantage.

I'm quite certain
things will be quiet.

- Yes, sir.
- I'll be back tomorrow morning.

Good luck, sir.

Come on. Get with it.

Martinez.

'We'll work through that fog.'

'It'll give us good cover.'

- Easy, buddy. What happened?
- It's just my ankle.

Come on.
I'll give you a hand up.

Give me your rifle.

Come on. Come on.

I can't.

Sergeant, we're in trouble.

Roth, just grab my hand.

It's only a little further.
Come on.

I can't make it.
Leave me here.

What's the matter?

I don't think he can make it.
He's got a bum ankle.

I know what to do.

Come across, you lousy Jew.

A-ah.

Get moving.

Put him down here.
We'll rest.

This is the place where
we burned up those Japs.

Goldstein.

Yeah?

You think Japs has got a soul?

Everybody's got a soul.

Give me some water.

Give me,
give me a glass of water.

Just take it easy, you know
we can't give you no water.

- It'll kill ya.
- Give me water. Water.

C'mon, a little water won't make
him any worse than he is now.

You know what
it would do to him.

Court martial.
Every one of you.

- Water.
- Give him the water.

Maybe, it'll stop his whining.

We better keep moving.
We'll never get him back.

You giving the orders
around here, Rhidges?

Look, Brown, I'm just
stating a plain fact--

Yeah, well, state your facts
to somebody else.

Please. Water.

- Now, come on now, Brown.
- You're not gonna do it.

Oh, he's gonna die anyway--

That's better
than we've done to him.

Think you're doing him a favor
letting him suffer like this?

He's not gonna make it, none of
us will, if we don't leave him.

That's his privilege to suffer.
We're not gonna leave him.

Rhidges and I are gonna
take him back to the beach

if it's the last thing we do.

Brown is right.

I've had it.

Yeah, here.
Keep me here.

I can't go on any longer.

Off your feet.

I'll take a look ahead.

Oh, we're stumbling around
in this fog for what, huh?

Where are we going, Red?
What are we trying to prove?

Even if we make it over,
the whole company couldn't.

'I tell you, this Croft
is crazy. I mean it.'

- I don't know.
- You don't know?

He's gonna
get us all knocked off.

This mountain is a trap.
We ain't got a chance.

Not one chance.
I tell you it's suicide.

Martinez.

Maybe you oughta
tell Croft to go back.

What's the matter,
you chicken? You wanna quit.

Only you ain't got
the guts to say so.

You think it's gonna be fun
going on that mountain today?

Next time,
you're gonna get it.

Maybe me.

Leave me alone.

Where's your knife?

- I lost it.
- You lost it where?

In a Jap?

You killed a Jap
in the pass, didn't you?

- Do you say anything about it?
- I said--

Don't give me that, Martinez.

You let the lieutenant
walk right into that pass

knowing there were Japs,
didn't you?

I tried to tell him.
He don't listen.

- Christ!
- No, I swear--

Alright,
here he comes.

Hat on.

Let's move out.

Croft.

We ain't going.

What do you mean by that
"we ain't going" stuff?

You wanna climb that mountain so
bad, you can climb it yourself.

Martinez will take
the rest of us back.

Get your pack on, Red.

Blow the pack.

I ain't going up
that hill, Croft.

Come on, let's go back!

You shut up!

- Put your pack on.
- It ain't only me, Croft.

Nobody's going with you.

Huh, is that a fact?

You can't go back,
can you, Croft?

You lied to Lieutenant about
there being no Japs in the pass.

You let him walk right into that
machine gun fire, didn't you?

That's why you got to
get over this mountain.

And it don't matter
to you who gets killed.

Red, I told you twice
to put that pack on.

Right away or I'll
blow your guts out.

Bull, you can't fire that
without tipping off the Japs

where to come and get us.

If that happens,
you won't be here.

Okay, Croft.

You win.

Alright, let's go.

Am I--

It's OK, Lieutenant.
You're alright.

Huh.

You just lost some blood,
that's all.

Where's the platoon?

They went
on with Croft, sir.

We're taking you back
to the boat.

Am I dying?

Oh, no, we wouldn't
have toted you this far

if you was gonna die on us.

We're just tying you on.

Make sure we get you
to the other side.

We wouldn't want you
to swim off and leave us.

You ready, Brown?
Okay, let's shove off.

I'll scout ahead.
You cover me.

Martinez, get over there.

Gallagher, over here.

Red, over there.

We stay here.

I'll take a look
on the other side.

Gallagher, I told you
someday Croft would go out

and wouldn't come back.

That's right, Red.
You did say that.

I don't know.
Old Croft had some guts.

Oh, cut it, Minetta.

Nobody liked Croft.

I make it a point
not to like nobody.

The closer you get to people,
sooner you get your head kicked.

You gotta keep on moving.

You can't look back.

Guys come and guys go.

Pretty soon you don't even
remember their names.

- What?
- Place full of Japs.

Big bunch of them
moving toward the beach.

- Towards the beach?
- Tanks. Artillery. Everything.

Got to get the word back.

Minetta, get that thing working.
Tell 'em all about the movement.

Tell 'em? Tell who?

We're supposed
to contact an airplane.

Have you seen an airplane?
Show me an airplane.

We haven't seen a
plane since we left the beach.

There's two or 300 radios, must
be somebody you can talk to.

- We got a mountain in between--
- Shut up and get on with it.

Raven, Raven, this is Lobo.
This is Lobo. Over.

Raven, Raven, this is Lobo.
This is Lobo. Over.

- Forget the plane.
- Alright.

Anybody.
This is Lobo.

This is urgent.
This is urgent.

Any station, please answer.

Keep trying.

Lobo calling anybody.
Lobo calling anybody.

'Lobo, Lobo, this is Mike 1-5.
Repeat. Mike 1-5.'

Hey, it's a boat.
It's a boat.

Answer 'em.

This is the patrol.
The D patrol.

Tell 'em this side of the island
is lousy with Japs.

All going the other way.
Tanks, artillery, everything.

Colonel, word from
Lieutenant Hearn's patrol.

They've contacted the boat,
enemy troop concentration

moving back through the pass,
appears to be a withdrawal.

That's what all the noise was
for on the F company front.

A cover up. Where was
this concentration?

Coordinates 24776098.

Right here, Colonel.

Get division artillery and
the regimental commanders.

- What are we doing?
- We're mounting a major attack.

And if the patrol is successful,
I'll send in a company

reduce the beach defenses,
and land a battalion.

Gentlemen, if I can get the air
and naval support that I need.

I'll be able to bring this
campaign to a swift conclusion.

My best bet is a second landing,
but I need added support.

Well, General Cummings, our
information doesn't substantiate

'the kind of opposition
you've referred to.'

'With all due respect, general'

'intelligence reports have
been known to be inaccurate.'

'I speak from
first-hand knowledge.'

'I appreciate that, but--'

Excuse me, gentlemen.

General Cummings, this report
states that the officer whom

you left in temporary command
is launching a major assault.

I suggest, that you return
to your command as quickly

as possible, and you'd better
reappraise the situation.

Yes, sir.

They're getting closer.

I don't care.
I'm dead already.

We ain't dead.
We just smell dead.

You don't collect
insurance for that.

We'll all be dead by tomorrow.

This stinking patrol. I told
you we'd never make it back.

I'm gonna get back.

'Yeah? What makes
you so different?'

I've got a kid I've never seen.

I'm goin' back.

Me too.

Lord..

...I ain't never asked
much for myself.

But I'm asking now.

Help us get this man back alive.

Rhidges. It's a boat.
A boat.

How is he?

Depends on how fast we can get
him back to the hospital.

Where's the rest of your patrol?

- We don't know.
- Who sent the message?

We don't know
anything about that.

We're just detailed
to bring Lieutenant back.

- What message?
- One of your guys radioed in

enemy position last night.

That's what started
the bombardment.

Where...where's my platoon?
Where's my men?

- They're not back yet.
- They'll be alright.

There'll be a boat
to pick them up.

- Wait..
- Start 'em up.

- No, wait.
- Sir.

- Wait for my men.
- I'm sorry.

But we can't hang around.
There will be a boat.

That's an order.
Wait for my men.

Hold it, men!
Here they come.

You boys did a hell
of a job out there.

We did?

There's sure a hole in
that Jap line.

- That was me. That was me.
- How come there's a hole?

They sent a regiment
to help you boys.

- How's the lieutenant?
- This everybody?

Yeah. We're the only ones left.

Let's go.

Julio..

Tell the men..

...thanks.

Yes. Well, come in,
Samson, come in!

Yes. Sir, there's still no
contact from Samson.

Well, keep trying.
Keep trying. Let me see this.

'Sir.'

Of all the damned
unbridled stupidity

I told you to keep up
the pressure.

- Not to mount a major attack.
- Yes, sir.

- But you said if the enemy--
- You've created a disaster.

Without air support, you can't
sustain a frontal attack, fool!

What? Sir, we've broken through.

We've overrun enemy
headquarters.

It's a complete rout.

Hello, Robert.

Hello, general.

I wrote to your father.

I'm sorry you were wounded.

Thank you.

Well, that's all
I wanted to say.

General..

I've been thinking a lot
about the things you said.

Especially what you said
about the power of fear

and the fear of power.

And?

I never agreed with your point
of view before.

But I wasn't sure
you were wrong.

Now I'm sure.

Two men carried me
18 miles through the jungle.

A Baptist minister
and a wandering Jew.

But they didn't
do it out of fear.

They did it out of love.

'But they did something else,
besides save my life, general.'

'They showed me
something I've known..'

...all my life,
but I'd forgotten.

There's a spirit in man..

...that'll survive
all the reigns of terror.

And all the hardships.

'Man cannot achieve
the authority of God.'

And no man, whether
he's a politician

or a general, should try.

'The spirit in man is God-like.'

'Eternal.'

Indestructible.