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Old rivals are pitted against each other in basic training and fight over the same woman.
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00:01:27Flight C returning from bombing mission.
00:01:29Ground crew, attention.
00:01:30Flight C returning from bombing mission.
00:01:33Ground crew, attention.
00:01:35I'll see you.
00:01:48Only two of them back.
00:02:02We got through all right, sir. Smashed the tankers and the hangar.
00:02:06Good. What happened to Lieutenant Davis' ship?
00:02:09I don't know for sure, sir. We were up ahead tearing for home,
00:02:13and Davis cut in on the radio and reported zeros on his tail.
00:02:16Right after that, his radio went out.
00:02:19Hmm.
00:02:21Well, get yourself some food and then turn in your reports.
00:02:23I'm afraid they're lost, sir.
00:02:26As long as there's gas in the tank, there's still a chance.
00:02:29Yes, sir.
00:02:44Well, the boys certainly did a job. Take a look at those pictures.
00:02:53Nice work.
00:02:54Hmm.
00:02:55No use holding up the intelligence report any longer, is there?
00:02:59I suppose not.
00:03:06G-2, Major Stanlock.
00:03:10Report on Operation 6W.
00:03:13Mission successful.
00:03:15Two bombers returned.
00:03:17One missing.
00:03:18One missing.
00:03:19Yes?
00:03:21Lieutenant Jonathan Davis and crew, compose of the following.
00:03:26Co-pilot Lieutenant Jack Sarnoff.
00:03:29Bombardier Sergeant Harold Trask.
00:03:32Radio Sergeant.
00:03:34Ground crew, attention.
00:03:35Bomb are coming in.
00:03:36Ground crew, attention.
00:03:37Hold that ball.
00:03:37I'm coming in.
00:03:38I'll call you later.
00:04:05Holy Christopher.
00:04:18Sonoff.
00:04:19Killed in action.
00:04:22Sergeant Trask.
00:04:23Killed in action.
00:04:26Sergeant Blasville.
00:04:30Sergeant Pettis.
00:04:33Missing.
00:04:35Missing?
00:04:38I'd have never been able to bring the bomber back if it hadn't been for Pettis.
00:04:41You want to give us the details now? We're holding up the report.
00:04:45It's kind of hard to explain in ordinary reports, eh?
00:04:49What happened out there is all mixed up with what happened years ago.
00:04:56You see, Pettis and I went to school together.
00:04:59He was a typical slum kid, kicked around from the start.
00:05:04He had a chip on his shoulder against the whole world, and me in particular.
00:05:09It wasn't his fault.
00:05:11His father was in the pen most of the time, and my father was a school principal.
00:05:17Lost track of him after we grew up.
00:05:21So I went in the district attorney's office.
00:05:24Had a few run-ins with him.
00:05:26In my line of work.
00:05:29I could never hang anything on him.
00:05:32One day last year, I went down to Coney Island, where he was running a shooting gal.
00:05:57One day last year, I went down to Coney Island, where he was running a shooting gal.
00:06:04You see, it's as easy as eating cake.
00:06:06Here, let me show you.
00:06:07Get it up there.
00:06:07Is that a cake?
00:06:08That's it.
00:06:10What do I do now?
00:06:11Squeeze, baby.
00:06:12Squeeze.
00:06:15Oh, Foxy, I thought you were going to teach me.
00:06:17Oh, the trigger, baby.
00:06:21I hit it!
00:06:22A bullseye!
00:06:29Hello, Foxy.
00:06:35Hit the road.
00:06:36But, Foxy!
00:06:37Shove off!
00:06:38Well, of all the sluggy guys!
00:06:42What do you want, copper?
00:06:45Sorry about your father, Foxy.
00:06:48What are you trying to do?
00:06:49Salve your conscience?
00:06:51What happened wasn't my fault.
00:06:53I just took him in for a routine checkup.
00:06:55Oh, sure.
00:06:57Every time the old man would get a job, you'd show up and they'd bounce him.
00:07:00You never let him forget for a minute that he was an ex-con.
00:07:02That isn't true.
00:07:03You hounded him to death.
00:07:05I have a good mind.
00:07:06Go ahead.
00:07:08You're a brave muzzler, aren't you?
00:07:10The gun holds only seven shots.
00:07:12He knocked down seven ducks, so...
00:07:14Very sharp.
00:07:16But you always were.
00:07:19What about your father, Foxy?
00:07:21I had to do a job.
00:07:23Came here to tell you I'm sorry.
00:07:25And I'm telling you I won't forget it.
00:07:28Someday I'm going to get you just the way you got my old man.
00:07:32The Japs might beat you, too.
00:07:34I enlisted yesterday.
00:07:36So long.
00:07:38So long, sucker.
00:07:46Nice chat.
00:07:47That was Foxy.
00:07:49To him, any guy who'd enlist would be a sucker.
00:08:01They assigned me to Kelly Field.
00:08:04I came out as a flying sergeant.
00:08:07Wanted all the fundamentals, so...
00:08:09I volunteered for gunnery school.
00:08:12They sent me to Hags.
00:08:14That's Harlingen Army Gunnery School.
00:08:17The tip of Texas, near the Gulf.
00:08:33The G ΡΡΡΠ°Π½an Anadial Spring.
00:08:36I don't know.
00:08:36There, too.
00:08:50He's who told you.
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00:10:09You're all volunteers, and I'm not going to pull any punches.
00:10:12Your navigator may map your course.
00:10:14Your pilot may take you there.
00:10:17Your bombardier will destroy the objective.
00:10:19But it's up to you, the gunner, to smash the attacking enemy so that your bomber will come home safely.
00:10:25We can't take any chances on you.
00:10:27If you don't make good, you'll be washed out.
00:10:30You're either a good gunner or you're a dead gunner.
00:10:32And the operation on which your ship is sent will die with you.
00:10:37The safety of your ship, your safety, the safety of the entire crew depends on what you learn here.
00:10:44Remember that, and I'm sure that you'll come through as the best gunners in any man's army.
00:10:48Second squadron, attention.
00:10:53Back to the left shoulder, fight.
00:10:59Second squadron, six paces forward, march.
00:11:04Squadron, halt.
00:11:06Left face.
00:11:09Forward march.
00:11:21Right face.
00:11:24Flight A, one step forward.
00:11:26Hire.
00:11:29Adhease.
00:11:35Each flight will have an instructor who will stay with you throughout the entire course.
00:11:41Instructor for flight A, Sergeant Pettis.
00:11:51Sergeant Jones.
00:11:53Glad to know you, Jones.
00:12:01You can put the bag down.
00:12:03What's your name?
00:12:04Private Laswell.
00:12:06Sleepy?
00:12:07Kind of.
00:12:08Hey, caught up just my last job.
00:12:11Yeah, what was that?
00:12:12Night clerk in an auto court.
00:12:15Relax.
00:12:20Gadget plane.
00:12:21Private plane, sir.
00:12:23Radio operator.
00:12:24Glad to know you, Gadget.
00:12:26Button up.
00:12:32Private lunch, sir.
00:12:33Sure glad to be in your class.
00:12:36Where are you from, son?
00:12:37Well, my home's not far from here.
00:12:39I sure hope I get to be a gunner, sir.
00:12:41Yeah.
00:12:43Well, keep your nose clean and your eyes peeled, and you'll make it.
00:12:50Hello, Foxy.
00:12:52Well, fancy meeting you here.
00:12:54Small war, isn't it?
00:12:56Yeah.
00:12:57And not very exclusive.
00:13:01All right, men, you're on your own.
00:13:04Until 5.30 in the morning.
00:13:08The middle of the night.
00:13:13Hey, Foxy.
00:13:17Listen, I can't help you being in my flight, copper.
00:13:20But outside of class, give me room.
00:13:22Oh, forget the grudge, Foxy.
00:13:24We're both in the army for the same reason.
00:13:25Yeah.
00:13:26I'm in it because I was drafted.
00:13:27You're in it because you're a chump.
00:13:29You're just blowing off steam.
00:13:30Okay, you be the hero.
00:13:32I got me a soft touch where I can order stoops like you around for the duration.
00:13:37Say, I bet it'd break your heart to get washed out, wouldn't it?
00:13:40Wouldn't make me happy.
00:13:41Well, that's splendid, Sergeant.
00:13:44I'll see you in class.
00:13:52No weapon is any safer than the man behind it.
00:13:55Even though the gun is a gunner's best friend.
00:13:58And now, it's a knife and a fork.
00:14:03Blaine.
00:14:07Yes, sir.
00:14:08Uh, what is that thing?
00:14:09Oh, it's just a gadget I invented.
00:14:12America's secret weapon.
00:14:13Oh, no, sir.
00:14:14It's a tool of a hundred uses.
00:14:17You see?
00:14:19First, ice pick.
00:14:21Mm-hmm.
00:14:22Knife.
00:14:23And a fork.
00:14:26And like that, a coat hanger.
00:14:29And a bottle opener.
00:14:34Corkscrew.
00:14:35Well, isn't that wonderful?
00:14:36Yes, sir.
00:14:37Folks back in Mahoney's garage in Peoria said I was a mechanical wizard.
00:14:41You don't say.
00:14:42Yes, sir.
00:14:44Anybody got any, uh, tobacco?
00:14:46Tobacco?
00:14:47Yes, sir.
00:14:48Oh, I forgot to tell you.
00:14:50It's a pipe, too.
00:14:52Now, sit down.
00:14:53Pay attention.
00:14:54Yes, sir.
00:14:59Sergeant Davis, what is meant by a vertical lead?
00:15:02A vertical angle by which a gun must be moved.
00:15:05Above or below a straight line from the muzzle to the target.
00:15:07So the projectile will pass through the target.
00:15:11You're pretty smart, aren't you?
00:15:13Mm-hmm.
00:15:14Very smart.
00:15:18Laswell.
00:15:19Laswell, what is meant by a vertical lead?
00:15:22The vertical angle by which a gun must be moved above or below a straight line in the muzzle to
00:15:25the target.
00:15:26So the projectile will pass through the target.
00:15:37Look, Sandy.
00:15:38You handle it this way.
00:15:40I'll never get through this course.
00:15:42Being a gunner means a lot to you, doesn't it?
00:15:44I've got to make it if I don't...
00:15:46Davis.
00:15:47What do you think we're running here, a day nursery?
00:15:49You expect to carry your own personal mechanic in combat?
00:15:51Little help doesn't do any harm, does it?
00:15:53Well, you stick to your own chopper.
00:15:56Don't let him get your goat, kid.
00:15:58He's riding you because he can't get a rise out of me.
00:16:07Well, that's a fine-looking junk pile.
00:16:09You're supposed to line up everything orderly.
00:16:11How are you going to put that garbage together in two minutes blindfolded?
00:16:13Easy.
00:16:14Try me.
00:16:15Gather round, gents.
00:16:17The great mechanical wizard is about to perform the blindfold test.
00:16:20Two minutes, huh?
00:16:21This I've got to see.
00:16:23All right, now go.
00:16:31Hey, you are.
00:16:31Completely assembled.
00:16:33That's wonderful, Gadget.
00:16:34Simply wonderful.
00:16:35Yes, sir.
00:16:35All assembled?
00:16:36Yes, sir.
00:16:37Uh-huh.
00:16:37Now, what do we do with this piece?
00:16:43There's a malfunction in every one of these guns.
00:16:45Pick one and fire it until it jams.
00:16:47Then find out what's wrong with it.
00:16:49All right, let her go.
00:17:09All right.
00:17:10All right.
00:17:21Davis, that's your gun.
00:17:44That's how you stop it.
00:17:45The star pupil always gets the runaway gun.
00:17:48Thanks.
00:18:01Paul!
00:18:05Miss.
00:18:08Paul!
00:18:11I got it!
00:18:12I got the son of a gun!
00:18:13Eight out of twenty-five.
00:18:15That's enough to pass, isn't it?
00:18:16Yeah, by a hit.
00:18:17You're up next.
00:18:18I did all right, huh?
00:18:19You bet you did.
00:18:22Go ahead.
00:18:25Paul!
00:18:28Miss.
00:18:31Pull!
00:18:34Miss.
00:18:40First time, I thought it was a mistake.
00:18:42I don't know what you're talking about.
00:18:43You're purposely trying to miscore me.
00:18:45Don't be a dope.
00:18:46You missed.
00:18:47If you're going to wash me out,
00:18:48that's about as nasty a way as any.
00:18:50Are you calling me a liar?
00:18:51Yes, I am.
00:18:52And if you weren't in uniform,
00:18:53I don't let that stop you.
00:19:03Hey, the scrapbook.
00:19:04They'll be tossed out.
00:19:05Stop it.
00:19:05Cut it out!
00:19:07Which of you started this fight?
00:19:11I'm afraid I lost my temper, sir.
00:19:14You have an excellent training record at Kelly Davis.
00:19:17Won't happen again, sir.
00:19:20Another such incident won't be overlooked.
00:19:22You understand, Sergeant?
00:19:24Yes, sir.
00:19:25Here we go.
00:19:39Well, if you think I'm going to thank you for that, you're nuts.
00:19:41I don't expect anything from you.
00:19:42All right, then go back to your rover boys and tell them about your good deed.
00:19:45Why are you...
00:19:45Go ahead.
00:19:46Why don't you hit me?
00:19:52Well, sucker, that time it almost worked.
00:19:55Hmm.
00:20:08What happened?
00:20:09Oh, they threw me in the bullpen for a few hours.
00:20:11Then the old man decided to give me a second chance.
00:20:14Well, that's a good deal.
00:20:15Next time I think I'll finish the job.
00:20:17Why don't you two guys get together?
00:20:19Foxy's not such a bad guy.
00:20:21I don't want to discuss it.
00:20:23Well, you're lucky, John.
00:20:24They just busted a buddy of mine for breathing at a general.
00:20:27What do you mean, breathing?
00:20:28Just breathing.
00:20:29Of course, one of his front teeth was missing.
00:20:31He made a funny noise.
00:20:45John.
00:20:46Hmm?
00:20:47John.
00:20:50Hmm?
00:20:51We get 24 hours leave Saturday.
00:20:53Did you wake me up just to tell me that?
00:20:55No, but would you like to spend the weekend down at our ranch?
00:20:59Son, you got yourself a guest.
00:21:00Good.
00:21:01Good night.
00:21:02Good night, sir.
00:21:03Good night.
00:21:15Overnight pass.
00:21:16Baby, I'm leaving.
00:21:18Hitting for Holland?
00:21:19Ah, not enough gals to go around.
00:21:21Same situation all through Texas.
00:21:23Okay.
00:21:33Have you seen Private Ludd around?
00:21:35Not that I know of, Sergeant.
00:21:37You're supposed to meet me here.
00:21:40Okay.
00:21:40Thanks.
00:21:59Not so fast, soldier.
00:22:01You pass.
00:22:12Oh, there you are, Foxy.
00:22:14Sorry to be late.
00:22:15All set, Sandy?
00:22:15Yep.
00:22:16Let's go.
00:22:16Say, what is this?
00:22:18You don't think I'm going to spend the weekend with him, do you?
00:22:19Well, gee, fellas, you can't walk out on me now.
00:22:22After I had my sister drive all the way up to get us.
00:22:25What's the matter, Sandy?
00:22:26We're going to have to rope your guests?
00:22:28Sister?
00:22:28Your sister?
00:22:29Well, that's different.
00:22:30Come on.
00:22:32Well, we were only kidding.
00:22:35Sure, Sandy's a sucker for a rib.
00:22:36My sister Peggy, Sergeant Pattinson, Sergeant Davis.
00:22:39How do you do?
00:22:40Hello.
00:22:40Sandy's written to me about both of you.
00:22:42Well, I hope he kept it decent.
00:22:43He's been keeping you a secret.
00:22:44Well, I'll drive.
00:22:47Yuck.
00:22:54How are you doing back there, Sandy?
00:22:56Fine.
00:22:56I'm doing fine.
00:23:01You know, one more piece of that southern fried chicken,
00:23:03and I'll be talking with a Dixie accent.
00:23:06Oh, it was wonderful.
00:23:07It's a lot better than the barracks.
00:23:09I'll say it is.
00:23:09Sandy, why don't you show Sergeant Davis some of your work?
00:23:13Oh, he wouldn't want to be bothered, Mother.
00:23:15What is that, Mrs. Lund?
00:23:16Well, he paints, and he's very good, too.
00:23:18Go on, Sandy.
00:23:19Come on, let's have a look.
00:23:20All right, if you want to be bored.
00:23:23Excuse me.
00:23:23Surely.
00:23:25Save the next look for me, will you?
00:23:27That's a problem.
00:23:28Now, you children have fun.
00:23:29I'm right in the midst of a great mystery.
00:23:31There are more murders.
00:23:32Don't forget to let us know who done it.
00:23:34I won't.
00:23:37You're quite close to Matamoros across the border here, aren't you?
00:23:40Mm-hmm.
00:23:41Just about 15 miles.
00:23:42There's a new band at Pablo's out of this world.
00:23:45Yes.
00:23:46So I heard that's that new spot, isn't it?
00:23:48That's all right.
00:23:49How about taking a run over?
00:23:50Oh, that's just a grand idea.
00:23:52I'll tell you what.
00:23:53You gather up, Sandy and John, and I'll go get the car out.
00:23:56Gather up, sir.
00:23:57Oh, sure, sure.
00:23:58I'll gather them up.
00:23:59Well, meet me out front.
00:24:00Good.
00:24:16You know, it's funny they'd want to stay home and study.
00:24:20I thought they came down here to relax.
00:24:22Yeah, I thought it was kind of funny myself, but, you know, after all, people are...
00:24:42Anybody who can paint like that ought to be in the camouflage division.
00:24:45Not me.
00:24:46I'm going to be a gunner.
00:24:47Say, you're a ferocious guy.
00:24:53Excuse me, Sandy.
00:24:54I got this dance with your sister.
00:25:00This one's mine.
00:25:09You know, if this class comes through okay, I may get a commission.
00:25:12Oh, that's grand.
00:25:13Tell me more about yourself.
00:25:15Oh, you wouldn't be interested.
00:25:16Well, of course I would.
00:25:17I'd like to know about people.
00:25:19Really?
00:25:20All right.
00:25:21My mother was a Hindu princess, and my father was a pirate.
00:25:23It was a case of love at first sight, so he kidnapped her, and I was born on a South
00:25:27Sea
00:25:27island.
00:25:27I've never known anyone quite like you.
00:25:30Well, that goes double.
00:25:31You know, I've never known anybody quite like you.
00:25:34Let's see what the army's done for you.
00:25:35Yeah.
00:25:36Yeah, it's all right.
00:25:46That's funny.
00:25:47I was sure this was a shortcut.
00:25:50Very nicely done.
00:25:52What?
00:25:53I've used this gag lots of times.
00:25:55It's perfect.
00:25:56Moonlight, orange blossoms.
00:25:58Beautiful.
00:26:03Now, wait a minute.
00:26:05All I said was I thought this was a shortcut.
00:26:08Well, that's what I mean.
00:26:09Why go the long way around?
00:26:32Can I say any more?
00:26:33Well, of course not.
00:26:34From your viewpoint, it was just a natural mistake.
00:26:39Welcome home.
00:26:39Hello.
00:26:41So you ran out on us, huh?
00:26:44You know, Emily Post says that isn't very nice.
00:26:47But I thought you wanted to study.
00:26:53Foxy.
00:26:54Is that what he told you?
00:26:58Well, it's been a lovely evening.
00:27:00Good night, kiddies.
00:27:01Good night.
00:27:03What a guy.
00:27:05What a guy.
00:27:06I'm quite a guy myself.
00:27:08You'll only give me a chance to prove it.
00:27:09Really?
00:27:10You know, you promised me a dance.
00:27:12We Yankees are very, very stubborn.
00:27:19So, Foxy, outsmarted you in the first round.
00:27:23I admit I felt like a wounded pigeon.
00:27:25But he had one advantage.
00:27:27He could leave the post every night, and I couldn't.
00:27:54We progressed to firing 30 caliber of machine guns at stationary targets.
00:27:59Sandy was doing better now, and I, maybe because I had Peggy on my mind, was getting worse.
00:28:06Foxy did everything he could to wash me out.
00:28:08Came the big day when we advanced to firing .50 calibers and moving targets.
00:28:12There was to be a post dance that night.
00:28:15Foxy had invited Peggy and gotten her a pass to watch the firing trials.
00:28:34Foxy failed.
00:28:36Foxy failed.
00:28:37Foxy failed.
00:28:38Let me go.
00:28:43Ready, Barclay.
00:28:45Roger.
00:29:02Ready for firing.
00:29:04Roger.
00:29:13Better watch your eardrums.
00:29:16Short bursts.
00:29:17And watch your traces for lead correction.
00:29:57If they all fire at the same target, how can you tell who hits it?
00:30:00Each one has different colored bullets.
00:30:02They need their marks on the target.
00:30:28I've been thinking about you all week.
00:30:32I've been thinking about you all week.
00:30:37All right, Jitterbug.
00:30:38The Army can wait.
00:30:40Don't forget.
00:30:47You look mighty good up there, Sandy.
00:30:49I'm glad you were here to give me moral support.
00:30:53Load your guns while I pick up the target.
00:31:02I suppose these target trials are very important.
00:31:05This and the last step.
00:31:06Firing for one plane of targets towed by another.
00:31:08If they pass these last two phases, they're in.
00:31:10And if they don't?
00:31:12We trade them to the Brooklyn Dodgers.
00:31:22That one's ready.
00:31:23Here's your dirty laundry.
00:31:24On the next batch, give me some real speed.
00:31:26I've been running the car at 35.
00:31:28I'll run at full speed this time.
00:31:29But my instructions say...
00:31:31Say, listen.
00:31:31There's a guy out there.
00:31:32I want to slap his ears down.
00:31:33For the car's allowed to jump the track.
00:31:35What's the matter?
00:31:36You chicken?
00:31:36I tell you, it's not geared to hold the track at full speed.
00:31:39Anyhow, I'm not supposed to.
00:31:40Okay, I'll do it myself.
00:31:41How are you going to get off if it gets going too fast?
00:31:44Shut up.
00:32:03Runaway car.
00:32:04Sergeant Pettis is on it.
00:32:05Out cold.
00:32:06Runaway car.
00:32:07Sergeant Pettis is on it.
00:32:08Out cold.
00:32:09Ah, that's it.
00:32:10You can't let, Harry.
00:32:12He's going to put it down.
00:32:17He's going to put it down.
00:32:20He's going to put it down.
00:32:21Hey, that's a headquarters car.
00:32:25It's all course!
00:32:42Well, Steve, they're doing nothing! Go ahead, Tripp it.
00:32:44The automatic Tripp won't work. He snagged an accelerator, I can't stop him.
00:32:48I've got to do something, he'll be smashed to bits.
00:33:03You'll be killed.
00:33:27You'll be killed.
00:34:01Foxy, darling.
00:34:02Foxy, are you all right?
00:34:07What's all the commotion?
00:34:13Sleeper, come here.
00:34:16Miss Jones, Private Lasso.
00:34:17How do you do?
00:34:18Miss Cassidy, Mr. Blaine.
00:34:19How's the weather up there?
00:34:20Miss O'Donnell, Gadget, Sleeper.
00:34:23Let's go inside, buddy.
00:34:28Yeah, I...
00:34:36Having trouble with the drinking machine, sir?
00:34:38I put a nickel in it, nothing happened.
00:34:40Well, you just let me at it.
00:34:42I don't know whether I told you not, honey, but I'm a mechanical lizard.
00:34:44So that's what you are.
00:34:45I was wondering.
00:34:46You better let him fix it, girls, or he'll pout all evening.
00:34:49Here, hold my hat.
00:34:50I've got work to do.
00:34:54This is interesting.
00:34:55I told you not to start with anything.
00:34:57Reminds me of something I once took a part of Peoria.
00:35:00Get that fixed or I'll take you apart.
00:35:02Give him a chance, boys.
00:35:10How is he?
00:35:11I...
00:35:11You were in there so long.
00:35:12The doctor says he can leave by morning.
00:35:14Oh, that's fine.
00:35:16I know you...
00:35:17You came down as his day, but...
00:35:19How about going to dance with me?
00:35:21Well, it's been sort of a strenuous day, John, and...
00:35:24I think maybe I'd better go on home.
00:35:26I understand.
00:35:30Ship shape.
00:35:31Never even bust my hair.
00:35:32My hat, please.
00:35:33Who's got a nickel?
00:35:34There you are.
00:35:41What'd I tell you?
00:35:42She's working.
00:35:44It's all yours, Lieutenant.
00:36:00Peggy, I'll only be here another week.
00:36:04I know this sounds kind of sudden, but...
00:36:06I see the war's changed a lot of times.
00:36:08I'm sorry, John.
00:36:09What were you saying?
00:36:10Gosh, do I have to start all over again?
00:36:14John.
00:36:16Foxy just asked me to marry him.
00:36:20You marry Foxy?
00:36:21You surprised?
00:36:24Yeah, sort of.
00:36:26Well, to tell you the truth, I am too a little bit.
00:36:29You know Foxy.
00:36:30Yeah.
00:36:33I know Foxy.
00:36:35Well, see you at graduation.
00:36:39Bye.
00:36:39Bye.
00:36:46The trouble with you, Davis.
00:36:47You played the game too straight.
00:36:49Sprague, you're a confounded cynic.
00:36:51She had a right to make up her own mind.
00:36:53We had a lot of work to do.
00:36:56I tried to forget.
00:36:59We had learned the preliminaries.
00:37:01Now came the real test.
00:37:02Firing from a plane in simulated combat at a towed target.
00:37:06Two such flights might mean the difference between getting our gunner's wings
00:37:09or being grounded for the duration.
00:37:12We were plenty nervous that day in the flight room,
00:37:14waiting for our turn to go up.
00:37:21You'll need those fingers, Sandy.
00:37:22This is worse than waiting to have a tooth pull.
00:37:26Flight D coming in from air to air trial.
00:37:29Flight A up next.
00:37:31On the line in five minutes.
00:37:32All right, boys.
00:37:33That's us.
00:37:34Check your equipment.
00:37:44Hey, button up your Mae West.
00:37:45You never can tell when you'll end up in the Gulf.
00:37:50I'm glad that's all.
00:37:52How'd you do, chubby?
00:37:54How should I know?
00:37:55I had my eyes closed most of the time.
00:37:57Don't worry about our flight.
00:37:58We'll lick the pants off of you guys.
00:38:00Wait me when the score comes in.
00:38:03Uh-oh.
00:38:04Here comes the bad news.
00:38:13Well, I'm mighty proud of you fellas.
00:38:15Average of up passing with only one exception.
00:38:17Exception?
00:38:17Hope it ain't me.
00:38:19Three?
00:38:21There must be some mistake.
00:38:24I'm sorry, Johnson.
00:38:25That was your second try.
00:38:27You'll be okay with the ground crew.
00:38:28Yeah, but I want to be a gunner.
00:38:31That's what I joined up for.
00:38:33I'm sorry, Johnson.
00:38:39Never mind, kid.
00:38:40You tried.
00:38:52Flight A to the flying line.
00:38:54Flight A to the flying line.
00:38:57So you think you did pretty good up there today, huh, Benson?
00:38:59Well, even money off flight doesn't score as well.
00:39:02That takes over that.
00:39:03Wait a minute, wait a minute.
00:39:04This is strictly between Benson and me.
00:39:06A month's salary, we beat you.
00:39:08How about it, sucker?
00:39:10You got a bet, soldier.
00:39:11Better draw that money in advance.
00:39:13I'm going to need it for a wedding ring.
00:39:16Okay.
00:39:18Hey, where's Gadget?
00:39:22Come on, Gadget.
00:39:23We're up.
00:39:24Hey, what the devil are you so interested in?
00:39:32Come on, lug, will you?
00:39:41Hey, John, what is it?
00:39:42Come on, bud.
00:39:44Hey.
00:42:26Sergeant Davis, lane 25, go ahead.
00:44:01Take me down! I can't tire! Take me down!
00:44:12What are you going into?
00:44:57I can't tire!
00:44:58I can't tire!
00:45:00I can't tire!
00:45:01but i couldn't you tried i could excuse you if you tried and missed i tried a fire i tell
00:45:06you but
00:45:06something happened i can't explain it i got sick you didn't get sick you're just scared spitless
00:45:13i ought to smack your sildarjan
00:45:26slow down kid that happens to lots of guys let me alone will you just let me alone
00:45:35i hated to see that happen in my flight what about sandy what happens now he'll go up tomorrow and
00:45:41score or else we'll break the kid's heart finishing up like this if only he'd volunteer you'd think a
00:45:54guy would know inside whether he could take it or not at last not scared not the way foxy thinks
00:46:00what
00:46:00do you mean we've all got reasons for being here maybe we're convinced we've got to wipe out the
00:46:07nazis and japs to keep them from taking us over maybe we're fighting for an ideal maybe we just
00:46:14want to get out there and cover ourselves with glory but not sandy he has some personal reason keeps
00:46:21driving keeps them tied up in knots that's what happened today get tied in knots talk like you know
00:46:30johnsy i've seen fellas like him quiet gentle kids they worry themselves sick but once they get
00:46:39into combat with dive bombers screaming overhead and lead whistling around their ears they're out in front
00:46:45showing the tough guys what are real soldiers like wait a minute you mean you've seen action i was with
00:46:52the british at dunkirk i've got to get some things how do you like that jonesy the british at dunkirk
00:47:05huh
00:47:06and i thought that guy was a powder puff i hope he's right about sandy the way foxy wrote him
00:47:11i don't
00:47:12think he'll be any better tomorrow than he was today where's lunch i saw him a while ago heading toward
00:47:17the chapel button up foxy yeah look sandy'll want his second chance do you think he ought to go up
00:47:24tomorrow let him get his nerve up i'm in charge of this flight davis if i want any advice i'll
00:47:30ask for it
00:47:42why do i have to be like that
00:47:47why can't i have just a little of the courage my father had he
00:47:56he gave his fight for his country i know he was never afraid
00:48:05let me carry on for him i promised i would
00:48:15please i've tried so hard can't can't you give me some help
00:48:31dear lord help me to find this train be with me tomorrow when when i'm
00:48:42up there again i've got to make good i i've just got to
00:49:22i've got to make good i buy you
00:49:24I'm sorry about what happened this afternoon.
00:49:26I, uh, I just hated to see you mess up your firing test.
00:49:29I can't blame you.
00:49:31Now, look, kid, there were loads of jobs in the Army.
00:49:33Suppose you got into administration.
00:49:35You'd be near home.
00:49:36I'm entitled to another trial tomorrow.
00:49:37Well, sure you are.
00:49:39But I just hate to see you go up, that's all.
00:49:41Thanks for trying, Foxy.
00:49:43I'll be all right tomorrow.
00:50:19After what happened yesterday, I sure got ahead of you, kid.
00:50:52I'll be all right.
00:51:03I'm in luck, plane 24.
00:51:05Go ahead and fire.
00:51:08Go ahead and fire.
00:51:08Let's go.
00:51:46Let's go.
00:51:47Let's go, quick!
00:52:05Sandy didn't bail out.
00:52:07Banks 25, 23, and 22 return to the post.
00:52:11I'll go.
00:52:14Stay where you are!
00:52:21Crashboat, come in. Crashboat.
00:52:23Crashboat, Lieutenant Savage, speak. Go ahead.
00:52:25Jilt plane packed up.
00:52:27Three miles beyond lifeguard station.
00:52:29Fly a captain plane. Hurry!
00:52:31Come on, boys. Let's go.
00:52:43The End
00:53:05Not too long, please.
00:53:23Hello, Sandy.
00:53:27Foxy.
00:53:30I should never have let you go up.
00:53:33My own fault.
00:53:36Runaway gun.
00:53:38What did you say?
00:53:40I had sent that gun myself.
00:53:45Never was any good at those things.
00:53:51How'd the boys make out?
00:53:54Oh, fine.
00:53:56They all passed.
00:53:57Sleeper and Gadget are outside.
00:54:00They'll be getting their wings Saturday, dear.
00:54:05So will you in a month or so.
00:54:08No use kidding, Foxy.
00:54:12I'm washed out for good.
00:54:19I tell you, it's Foxy's fault.
00:54:20If he hadn't called him a coward in front of the company, it'd force him to go up again.
00:54:26Good evening, Miss Lund.
00:54:27We were waiting around to hear about Sandy.
00:54:37You know, there's something you really ought to invent.
00:54:40Yeah.
00:54:40What?
00:54:41A zipper for your lip.
00:54:44I'd better let you get some rest, kid.
00:54:47Wait.
00:54:51Is this what you want?
00:54:58My father's...
00:55:02All he sent back from Hawaii.
00:55:06Don't talk, Sandy.
00:55:09They came over at Don Hickam Field.
00:55:16He never woke up.
00:55:20They sent us this.
00:55:24I swore I'd carry it over Tokyo.
00:55:29You will, Sandy.
00:55:30You and me.
00:55:32We fly over Tokyo together.
00:55:34Are you going to ask for combat?
00:55:39Sure.
00:55:40We'll both get in the same outfit.
00:55:43Take it.
00:55:46Well, now, look, Sandy.
00:55:47Carry it for me, Foxy.
00:55:51You're a good fighter.
00:55:55Like my father.
00:55:59I've never made it any more.
00:56:16Doctor.
00:56:20Hey.
00:56:27Sandy!
00:56:29Oh, Sandy.
00:56:32Oh, Sandy.
00:56:37Peggy, I...
00:56:38You made him go up after you knew how he was and you made him do it.
00:56:42Peggy, there was nothing I could do.
00:56:44Don't touch me.
00:57:20Peggy, there was nothing I could do.
00:57:51Peggy, there was nothing I could do.
00:57:52Men of Hollingen, within the next few weeks you will be fighting for your country in Alaska, the South Seas,
00:57:59Britain, Africa, on all the battlefronts of this globe-circling war.
00:58:05That you are ready is evidenced by the fact that you stand before me to receive your gunner's wings.
00:58:10Wear them proudly, for they are your mark of achievement.
00:58:18Sergeant Michael O'Banion.
00:58:27Sergeant Henry Jones.
00:58:35Sergeant Jonathan Davis.
00:58:38Sergeant Jackson Lasswell.
00:58:41Sergeant Lancelot Blaine.
00:58:44Sergeant Lancelot Blaine.
00:58:52We pause to honor a member of your class who is no longer with us.
00:58:57He did not find the going here easy, but above all else he wanted to be a gunner.
00:59:02He knew his handicaps, yet despite a first failure, he came back to try again.
00:59:07His was the kind of courage which inspires the rest of us to keep fighting no matter what the odds,
00:59:13no matter what the personal cost.
00:59:16On behalf of the Army Air Corps and this class, we award, posthumously, to Sergeant Sanford Lunt, the wings of
00:59:25an aerial gunner.
00:59:29Mrs. Lunt, you may be sure of our deep sympathy and friendship.
00:59:34My boy would have been very proud, Colonel.
00:59:37Very proud.
00:59:47For the first time since he was a kid kicking around the gutters of New York, spitting in the face
00:59:52of fate, Foxy seemed licked.
00:59:55I suppose the girl was through with him.
00:59:59It was a tough break for him.
01:00:01But then I was in love with her, too.
01:00:03She let me kiss her goodbye, no promise, of course.
01:00:07But I left with the feeling that when I came back, I had a chance.
01:00:11A few days later, I got my commission. I was assigned here.
01:00:14You mean you left without kissing Foxy goodbye?
01:00:17He wouldn't even see me.
01:00:20I guess he hated me more than ever.
01:00:23After I was here a few weeks, you sent for me.
01:00:28Remember?
01:00:35You sent for me, sir?
01:00:37Yes, the San Francisco plane brought something for you.
01:00:40A new tail gunner.
01:00:42Sergeant!
01:00:50I understand you two know each other.
01:00:52Yes, sir, we do.
01:00:53Take charge from the lieutenant. I'm due on the line.
01:00:56Yes, sir.
01:01:00I thought you didn't want any action.
01:01:02A guy can change his mind, sir.
01:01:04Never mind the formality.
01:01:06Yes, sir.
01:01:07Coincidence in sending you down here.
01:01:09Coincidence my foot, sir.
01:01:10I asked to be sent.
01:01:11Look, Foxy.
01:01:12If you're gonna let that grudge carry you 5,000 miles...
01:01:15Oh, no, it wasn't that, sir.
01:01:16No, indeed.
01:01:16It was a picture of a South Sea babe that I saw in a magazine.
01:01:19Oh, she was gorgeous.
01:01:21And you know how I am about this.
01:01:21Come on.
01:01:22Meet the rest of the crew.
01:01:23Yes, sir.
01:01:31Hey, cut!
01:01:33At ease.
01:01:36Look what just dropped in.
01:01:38Hi, Gadget. Hello, sleeper.
01:01:39Getting caught up on your napping?
01:01:41Hi.
01:01:42Hello.
01:01:45Sergeant Trask, our bombardier.
01:01:47Foxy Patterson, tail gunner.
01:01:48Glad to know you.
01:01:49Same here.
01:01:49Packet right here.
01:01:50I'm upstairs.
01:01:51Oh, swell.
01:01:52Say, uh, uh, wasn't Jonesy with you fellas?
01:01:55That was his bunk.
01:01:57They're shipping him back on the same plane that brought you in.
01:02:00Jonesy?
01:02:01Yeah.
01:02:03One unlucky slug from a zero.
01:02:06Oh, that's tough.
01:02:08He was a good guy, Jonesy.
01:02:10Down right he was a good guy.
01:02:11And so was Sandy.
01:02:12Gadget.
01:02:14What's the matter?
01:02:15Headed out.
01:02:18See you guys later.
01:02:24Here, let me help you.
01:02:27Let's get on over to PX before it closes.
01:02:29Closed it?
01:02:30Why, they don't close to leave.
01:02:31They know that.
01:02:32Let them alone, Trask.
01:02:37I thought it was going to be hot in the South Seas.
01:02:45Sleeper and Gadget resented Foxy's presence from the beginning.
01:02:48They still blamed Foxy for what had happened to Sandy.
01:02:51They didn't want him around.
01:02:52But he had such close quarters.
01:02:54Sooner or later, there was bound to be a blow-off.
01:02:58You forgot to jump, sucker.
01:02:59I'm not very good at this.
01:03:01Sandy taught him how to play.
01:03:02He wasn't very good at it.
01:03:05I've taken all the riding I'm going to take, see?
01:03:07Yes.
01:03:07If either one of you mentions Sandy's name again, I'll...
01:03:09Hey, shut up!
01:03:11What's the matter with you guys?
01:03:13Nothing, sir.
01:03:13He was just...
01:03:14Now listen to me, both of you.
01:03:16We've got to work together.
01:03:17Otherwise, we're no good as a bombing crew.
01:03:19If you don't want a team with Foxy, then you can ask for a transfer.
01:03:22And by George, I'll recommend it, too.
01:03:24We don't want that, sir.
01:03:25Then stop acting like a couple of schoolgirls.
01:03:27Yes, sir.
01:03:28Get out on the line and make the ship ready for a bombing mission.
01:03:31You mean we're going up?
01:03:32I don't know.
01:03:32We've got orders.
01:03:33Go out and check the ship.
01:03:34I hope this isn't just another fire drill.
01:03:36Foxy, go on out there and check your guns.
01:03:38Yes, sir.
01:03:39And, uh, thanks.
01:03:41What?
01:03:43Thanks.
01:03:44They were getting me down.
01:03:45I thought I heard wrong.
01:03:47You're welcome, Foxy.
01:03:50Wait a minute.
01:03:52Got something for you.
01:04:03Now, when you reach this point, you'll each head for your own target.
01:04:07Lieutenant Brandt, you'll concentrate on the hangars.
01:04:10Yes, sir.
01:04:11If you get the ships in the open, get them, too.
01:04:14Right, sir.
01:04:16Lieutenant Davis, your objective is the barracks.
01:04:18You saw the pictures.
01:04:20Yes, sir.
01:04:21Ferguson gets the tanker.
01:04:22Is that clear?
01:04:23Yes, sir.
01:04:24Now, if you meet any fighters, don't stop to spar.
01:04:27Your job is to unload your bombs and get your ships home safely.
01:04:30We can't afford to lose any of them.
01:04:32We understand, sir.
01:04:34That's all.
01:04:35Set your watches.
01:04:36Takeoff is set for 1330 hours.
01:04:40Good luck and give them the works.
01:04:42Yes, sir.
01:04:43Well, here we go.
01:04:44All right.
01:04:46Move out.
01:04:47Yeah.
01:04:49Yeah.
01:05:02Oh, my God.
01:05:21Sergeant Trask, Lieutenant Davis. We're in the danger zone. Be on the alert.
01:05:27Wide awake, sir. No signs of any life yet.
01:05:33Sergeant Blaine, Lieutenant Davis. Getting close, Gadget. Going up, sir.
01:05:45Take over, Sarnoff.
01:05:47Oh.
01:05:47There.
01:05:52Hey, Foxy. How's everything back there in the caboose?
01:05:56Pretty long, sir.
01:05:58I'll speak to the colonel. Maybe the next time he'll send a hostess along.
01:06:03More than one for me, too, Lieutenant.
01:06:13Here it is, men. Right straight ahead. Lieutenant Brandt. Ferguson. Lieutenant Davis. This is where we park company. Pick your
01:06:22spots.
01:06:23Roger.
01:06:25Roger.
01:06:33Roger.
01:06:33Going in low and fast. Is that the way you want it, Trask? Roger.
01:06:42Come in, Trask.
01:06:44Roger.
01:06:49Roger.
01:06:56Get a little, Trask.
01:06:59Get a little, Trask.
01:07:21Good work.
01:07:22Good work, Trask.
01:07:23Sorry. Give him one for my uncle.
01:07:26Your uncle?
01:07:27Yeah. He used to sell them scrap iron. Let's give him some free.
01:07:31Okay. Here's for your uncle.
01:07:32Let's sleep, huh?
01:07:37Okay. Here's for your uncle.
01:08:00Let's sleep, huh?
01:08:00Come on. Give me a chance, Adam. I want to break in this chopper. Not this, Trask. We've done our
01:08:12good deed for today. Let's see if the others are ready to go home. Lieutenant Sarnoff to Lieutenant Brandt. Ferguson.
01:08:21How's Triggs?
01:08:25They got the hangers and the tanker. They're up ahead of us going home. Good.
01:08:30Funny, we haven't seen any chap planes.
01:08:32Well, we may have caught them all in the hangers.
01:08:34I hope so.
01:08:36That's a beautiful fire you left back then.
01:08:47Uh-uh. Zero's way up on my left.
01:08:50Everybody on the interphone. Heads up. Zero's on our tail. Upper left. Don't try to run them out. Put your
01:08:55guns on them. Understood? Okay.
01:08:58They're coming like bats.
01:09:02I count five. I can't see them from here.
01:09:06Better call the others to meet them.
01:09:08Lieutenant Davis. Brandon Ferguson. Some block of zero's on our tail.
01:09:13Need a hand?
01:09:14Don't be a chump.
01:09:16I heard what the colonel said. No matter what happens, get these ships home.
01:09:19Right. Here's the lock, colonel.
01:09:21Now step on it. Don't wait.
01:09:25Don't wait.
01:09:28Don't wait.
01:09:36Don't wait.
01:09:41Don't wait.
01:09:44Don't wait.
01:09:45Don't wait.
01:09:45Don't wait.
01:09:46Don't wait.
01:09:47Don't wait.
01:09:48Don't wait.
01:09:49Don't wait.
01:09:50Don't wait.
01:09:51Don't wait.
01:09:51Don't wait.
01:09:51Don't wait.
01:10:07First blood.
01:10:38Hey, sleeper! One's going downstairs. Get him!
01:11:00There's only three of them left.
01:11:02Three down.
01:11:03Okay!
01:11:24I got mine. Okay. Chalked up another one.
01:11:31Sleeper! Get him! He's gone down under! Sleeper!
01:11:37Packs of me!
01:11:54That's all, sir. He ran out.
01:11:57Sanoff! Sanoff, take over on the hit!
01:12:03Sanoff!
01:12:07Gadget! Gadget, come on down and help me. I...
01:12:12I gotta make a landing. I... Gadget.
01:12:16They got the motors.
01:12:18I gotta make a landing. There's a clear field ahead.
01:12:56Trask. Sanoff. Sleeper.
01:13:02Yeah. You'll get plenty of sleep now.
01:13:06Foxy. We made none of us come out of this alive.
01:13:11I'd feel a lot better if you and I could make it up.
01:13:16I never learned how to talk, John.
01:13:19Maybe this will help.
01:13:27Dear Foxy.
01:13:30John wrote that you were down there with him.
01:13:33I know now I did you a terrible injustice.
01:13:36And I'm writing to ask you to forgive me.
01:13:39You were all just doing your job.
01:13:42Sandy would have gone up again, no matter what happened.
01:13:46He had to do his job, too.
01:13:49About you and me, it's better that it ended as it did.
01:13:55You must realize that now.
01:13:58I'd never known anyone quite like you.
01:14:00And you felt the same way about me.
01:14:03With John, it's different.
01:14:06I haven't told him yet, but...
01:14:08When he comes back, I'll be waiting.
01:14:12Please don't feel too bitter toward me, Foxy.
01:14:15Someday, when all this is over...
01:14:18I'd like to see you again.
01:14:21Sincerely, Peggy.
01:14:25Well, we can't all win.
01:14:28She's a great girl.
01:14:29We can say that again.
01:14:31Lieutenant!
01:14:32Suppose I told you I could get in the mode for you.
01:14:34Can you?
01:14:35You're asking me? The mechanical wizard?
01:14:37It's just the ignition wiring?
01:14:39Give me about five minutes.
01:14:41But are you sure you can lift her out of here?
01:14:43You fix it, and we'll see.
01:14:45I'll fix it.
01:14:47Hey, we got company.
01:14:48Yeah, sniper.
01:14:49Hurry up, get that wiring.
01:14:50Well, how about that?
01:14:51Shut up!
01:14:51Get to work, John.
01:14:52You get it, the control's ready to take off.
01:14:56There must be more than one of them.
01:14:58Gadget, how long will it take you to get that wiring off?
01:14:59Well, about five minutes, anyway.
01:15:00Well, I'll hold them off as long as I can.
01:15:02And Gadget, don't start taking things apart.
01:15:04Put them together.
01:15:29The curious, the jerk has got a little bit more...
01:15:32Move on.
01:15:33Move the air.
01:15:36Move the air.
01:15:37Move the air.
01:15:40You can get that.
01:15:41I'll take the air.
01:15:41I'll take that.
01:15:41Get that.
01:15:42The priest is alive with him.
01:15:44Hurry up, Gadget.
01:15:46He can't hold him off much longer.
01:15:47I'm doing the best I can.
01:16:07Okay, try now.
01:16:08Atta boy.
01:16:20Atta boy, Gadget.
01:16:22He brought back the signal, Foxy.
01:16:27Foxy!
01:16:28Come on, we're ready to go.
01:16:30Tell him to take off.
01:16:31Get going.
01:16:33But, Foxy, we can't leave you.
01:16:37Foxy!
01:16:38I can't make it.
01:16:40They'll have their grenades at you before you get off.
01:16:43He won't come.
01:16:45Send the gun before he made it.
01:16:46He wants you to leave.
01:16:47He's raising it back.
01:16:53Foxy!
01:16:54Come on!
01:16:55Get that bomber out of here before I let you have it.
01:16:58Get going!
01:17:08Keep coming, you lizards!
01:17:10You'll never get that bomber!
01:17:30All right, here goes.
01:17:57So long, sucker.
01:18:10How are we doing, Sandy?
01:18:20He gave his life so we could fly our bomber home and use it again.
01:18:23We will, Foxy, for you and Sandy and Sandy's father, and all the others who died to keep
01:18:28the stars and stripes flying over free America.
01:18:31We'll keep smashing at them again and again until we finish them for good.
01:18:35That, Foxy, I promise you.
01:18:50Okay.
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