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Subway the enemy had EST points however

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Roundy and throughout the sunny two

hours at noon the sky was full of Allied

planes giving close support and bound on

bombing

Mission late last night Frontline

correspondents reported that General

patches 7th Army pressing toward the

German border had linked up with General

Patton's third Army south of the

frontier the Japanese

be the start of retreat so cheer up you

guys out there you may be seeing that

New York skyline sooner than you think

and that's all from The Newsroom we'll

be with you again first thing tomor

morning

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let

Adams welcome to India sir Captain

Gunther Area Public Relations officer

Captain General Kempton asked me to meet

you do you have a good trip well I was

having a good trip till I Got Hijacked

on that crate in Columbo I think you'll

find it a little quieter here than a

normally and let me take care of the

formalities here Colonel General ton

would like to see you at headquarters as

soon as

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possible this is corpal pter he'll be

your

driver

the service always this good we aim to

please Colonel we aim to

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please

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how much for that then mush for the last

time limey if you want a genuine antique

fire antique of your own now don't come

that with me yank I bought the swining

thing and I'm going to pay for it you've

got a lot to

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learn

we've got our own private war here

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sir come on you guys break it up now

come on move it

Sergeant you get those clowns out of

here on the double yes

sir all right you guys come on now break

it

up

all right let's

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of General won't keep you long sir I

know that two of your men were roughed

up how are things in Europe well what I

can see from the King George the fth

hospital lant bedfordshire England whole

situation STS from

that I've already acquainted General

Cunningham with the reasons for this

4-we delay I'm aware of that sir so you

can give the general my personal promise

that the affair will be cleared up this

week the court Marshal will take place

on Monday undoubtedly Winston will

hang I do that 2 hours ago now get

moving get C mcari over here right away

yes sir barley barley my boy my gosh

where is that skinny second Lieutenant I

left at Fort Brag what is this that's

what 8 months in the hospital bed does

to General how is the leg and Johnny

I'll need that transport break down come

on yes sir sir will it keep maor sir see

me after I finish with Colonel Adams

okay sit down Bonnie sit down what do

you hear from your father he still

sweats vinegar sir I'll bet he does

General Adams I can imagine that man in

retirement

yes youve Got Me Wrong Colonel I didn't

propose Replacements I ordered

Replacements well Bonnie I'd hope to see

you a full bird colonel by now so would

I sir maybe if I jumped instead of

ducked sit down Bonnie sit down I've got

an assignment here for you Bonnie that's

write down your rally we're going to put

some of that legal training of yours to

good use legal training I haven't

cracked a law book since the judge

Advocates Department that's 14 that's 15

years ah don't give me that you did

pretty well in law at the point and you

know it we're holding an important Court

Marshal here next week I need your help

well how those urgent Johnny yes sir let

me give you the facts

anyway there's a hill station called

back Cree about 50 mi from here four

weeks ago staff sergeant Alfred Quinn of

the British army was murdered by second

Lieutenant Charles Winston of the army

of the United States I'll keep this one

for the conference Johnny Quinn was

unarmed Winston shot him at close range

there were 11 eyewitnesses he's

confessed thank you

Johnny those are the facts well I'm

ready for any assignment you have for me

General let me tell you why the case is

important Bonnie we have dual

responsibility with the British in this

theater it's no secret that all is not

joy and Brotherhood between us and our

British cousins so I've noticed 11

eyewitnesses Bonnie we couldn't play it

down the effect on morale was

devastating I've canceled all leaves

I've clamped down a curfew but damn it

you can't put a whole Army on the lock

and key it's getting so a man can't

cross town without getting into an alley

fight bnie this theater is the

springboard for the last all out

offensive I can't tell you because I

don't know myself when that offensive

begins but when it does my God I want to

see us fighting the enemy and not each

other so for the sake of this theater

The Alliance and the war Lieutenant

Winston will be tried found guilty and

hanged I'm with you General I'll be glad

to handle the

prosecution I don't want you for the

prosecution but I want you for the

defense but if he's guilty

anyway Chiefs of Staff conference in 5

minutes sir I'm on my way Johnny he's

guilty as hell Bonnie and obviously the

Army wants a conviction but it's got to

be a conviction without loopholes I've

got to have a satisfactory intelligent

and responsible defense I shouldn't

think that would be too difficult sir

and there's somebody in the judge

Advocates office no no no I don't want

any of those two bit time serving

civilian lawyers I'm an army man I want

an army man behind me this is an

important Court Marshal I want I want a

good prosecution I want a good defense I

want you baronnie with me when do I

start sir you started you've got an

appointment with a Judge Advocate at

2:00 as for me I've got an appointment

right now it's good to see you Bonnie

when you write to your father give her

my

best not now major I left five minutes

ago Colonel Adams I'm honored to make

your acquaintance colon Thompson sit

down may I say that you come highly

recommended I've seen your record I was

tempted to demand you as a permanent

member of my staff you might feel

differently after the trial Colonel

we've got some good men here the trial

officer major Fred Smith fine fell 11

years with bullist good and honey set

you know the firm no but I saw the

movie Colonel look I never practiced

civilian law military law either to any

extent you have your ribbons there's a

war on Willison good and honey said

don't amount to a row of beans a purple

heart and a silver star do that's

impressive I tell tell you I could have

used you as a trial officer well it's my

understanding that it makes no

difference who's Prosecuting and who's

defending in terms of a conviction

you're right there's too much talk that

Winston will hang because our British

cousins want it sure they want it they

got every right sure it's important the

unity of the theater is important but

more important is the fact that this man

is a murderer and he will die because

murder cannot be tolerated right well I

am the defense counsel indeed you are

sir and I'm looking to you to acquire a

thorough knowledge of the case your

client is waiting for you go and see him

remember that I'm always at your

disposal feel free to use the department

in any way that you wish we're here to

serve remember Barney we've been with

this for weeks and now there's nothing

we want more than to finish with it and

wipe the Slate clean so that the whole

world can look at this case and say

there by God is due process of the law

do you play Golf the British have a very

good club

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here my name is Adams I've been

appointed your defense

can on your feet

Winston look I'm here to help

you

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wow Silver

Star Purple

Heart big

deal you won't get any medals for

defending me

colonel

medals or not you've agreed to me as

your defense

Council I would have agreed to a gorilla

being my defense Council Colonel look

Winston I've got four days in which to

prepare your case I've got a lot of

people to see and a lot of papers to

read so when I walk in here you cut out

the Wise Cracks and when I ask a

question you answer it

right you really want to help me Colonel

that's what I'm here

for

every morning when they bring in my

breakfast I ask for rye

bread every morning they bring in whole

wheat could you do something about that

Colonel you're a great comedian Winston

unfortunately I had no sense of

humor

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God

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that

glad to see you here Colonel your

quarters comfortable great thanks room

quiet enough to work in if it isn't I

could always organize you an office oh

no I'll make up

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thanks Kate

Dy half French half Chinese on

Ted anything else I can tell

you Barney Adams yes Fred Smith I'm in

the opposite corner excuse me Colonel

how's that we meet on Monday I'm

handling the prosecution oh I hear

you're going to give it the good old

College tribe I hope so you uh you met

your client yet wow who let him in the

Army the

Navy very good well we'll meet in the

trenches

huh oh oh dear me have you ever thought

of looking where you're

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going I don't think we've been

introduced we'll just skip the

formalities the pleasures entirely mine

meanwhile we'll make sure that our

esteemed Ally has left his revolver as

home why don't you just go to

bed I apologize

Colonel I'll take care of him

come on you bloody fool you think it'll

stay it be quite all right don't worry

you excuse

me this Mar so you just might be able to

interest her in the news from Europe

I'll thank you son we can get a real

drink at the bar Captain that's the

happiest suggestion I've heard since I

landed here let's

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uh morning sir Lieutenant Harvey Bender

pleas Lieutenant Oscar moris your

assistant sir we very pleased to be

assigned to this case I'm taking the

liberty of ordering your breakfast sir

hope we're not too early we understood

you wanted to make an early

start and a good morning to you we're

both familiar with court Marshal

procedure and of course we were both

lawyers back in New York I was with

General mertile Oscar with Pete Spence

and Richmond any relation to Willis and

good and honey

said well we're ready to start right in

you name the hours we'll work them

remember the army versus Corporal

Frederick we worked 48 Hours twice

around the clock on that one oh I don't

think that'll be necessary gentlemen we

thought we discuss a possibility of

asking for delay it's been made pretty

plain to me that the Army doesn't want

any further delay we've got 3 days you

men must know there's a hell of a lot of

unrest about this case but that's

unreasonable it's not unreasonable it's

military

necessity we have a list of the officers

assigned to the court here sir we

thought it might be a good idea if we

went over them mhm Court of 10 officers

president not yet appointed law offic

sir colonel maybert colonel maybert says

it's law it is Law and you can depend on

it colonel Kelly regular sound man

Colonel Hardy judge

Hardy what' he say judge Hardy type sir

it's true he is a judge in Elizabeth New

Jersey can we say in effect this

conversation is privileged sir can we

talk frankly oh sure go ahead Colonel

Burnside Southern gentleman fine manners

of meable but uh not over intelligent

would you agree Oscar bird brain bird

brain is right sir he'll agree with you

he'll agree with the prosecution but in

the long run he'll agree with the man in

charge I don't think we need to go any

further

gentlemen we'll

uh we'll go over this just before the

trial we're just trying to say who's for

us and who again what about your

challenges we have a replacement list of

17 officers want to go over them I don't

propose to use any

challenges

I'm afraid I don't follow you

Colonel I'm not going to challenge any

member of the court in order to

challenge an officer I've got to show

cause right I know sir you made a

civilian lawyer you've got a living to

go back to I make my living right here

in the Army

gentlemen can't you just see me

challenging a senior officer on the

grounds that he's a bird

brain have you men talked to Winston no

sir it's a difficult man to deal with

with examined by a lunacy commission

found sane fit to stand

trial I think I'll just Mosey on over to

the hospital thought to all those

doctors see if I can't get a lead on the

best way of getting through to them you

must appreciate Colonel that I've got

12200 cases here not only disease chera

malaria dentry I'm the base General

Hospital for the Burma War wounds

infections battle fatigue how do you

feel there's a constant airlift hundreds

of new cases every day I do appreciate

that Colonel but I'm just trying to get

a general picture of the man something

that might help me get through to him we

weren't concerned with getting through

to him our job was simply to establish

that he could distinguish right from

wrong thank you sir well anything you

remember Colonel after all you did have

the lumy commission oh he was uncu he

was UN officer like uncooperative you

must realize Colonel that lunacy boards

are well perhaps normal is the wrong

word but let me say if they're not

unusual in this theater We Men cracking

up every day one way and another you

asked for an impression you know my only

clear impression is that there was no

reason to send Winston to this Hospital

in the first place good morning good

morning sir I suppose somebody was just

laying it

safe I don't want to waste your time can

you remember who recommended Lieutenant

Winston to the lumacy board well again

it's difficult my psychiatrists are

shipping people over to me every day I'm

afraid they're inclined to make a

schizophrenic out of every case of

battle fatigue yes Miss from Dr Kaufman

hello thank you

N I could check through my records I

suppose oh that probably won't be

necessary Colonel I'm going to see

Winston again today we'll just see how

it turns out I don't envy you your job

defending that man it's an assignment

sir I apologize for being so busy is

there anything else I can tell you thank

you sir I shouldn't think so sorry to

have intruded I'm afraid I haven't been

much helped if there's anything anything

further I can do please call me I'm sure

we can find some time together thank you

sir Colonel

Adams I know your name too Kate Dev I

didn't tell me you were a nurse or had a

reported sick you are defending Winston

yeah Colonel Burton knows very well who

examined Winston it was Dr Koffman the

head of Psychiatry I was there work for

him well then getting down to cases will

he let you have the evening on major

Koffman found Winston insane don't take

any notice of Colonel Burton he hasn't

got anything like Dr koffman's

qualifications he's the commanding

officer honey that gives him

qualifications I don't like it when men

like Leon Koffman get shoved around what

you're telling me lady is that a major

had a run in with a colonel and the

colonel won Colonels usually do you know

now how about

thenner no thank you I'm

busy

take it easy Soldier the first 10 miles

of the

roughest right outside Colonel thank you

Sergeant oh come in Colonel Adams please

sit

down

I'm uh sorry I blew my stack

yesterday uh place like this makes you

like that but get

it like I said I'm just here to help you

you can't help me Colonel I can defend

you in court no matter what you did

you're entitled to a fair trial I killed

a man Colonel they say there's no

defense for that why did you do

it you wouldn't believe me try

me

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Colonel do you know what this war is all

about I've got a couple of theories yeah

they'd be wrong believe me the war is

nothing it's what's going to happen

after that counts it's going to start

right here in

Asia East against West black against

White

well suppose we put the political

discussions aside for the moment and get

down to cases H all right then Sergeant

Quinn was not on our side he was on the

other he was a bad influence he was

spreading sedition he was altogether an

evil

man he'd sit and spout democracy then

he'd go out where'd he go up into the

hills one of those native Villages he

had women up

there black women I saw him

and then he come back and tell us about

this Brave New World that he and his

black brothers are going to make after

the war was over well I mean Colonel I

could just take so much of

that Winston it's my experience that a

man rarely kills for an ideal didn't you

have some uh personal reason for killing

Quinn you haven't listened to one word

I've said have you I'm just trying to

understand

you you know men like you make me sick

you're so busy at acting the hero and

winning your war and scrambling up your

little atce for promotion you can't see

further than the next

rung you make me want to throw

up there anything else you'd like to

tell me

Lieutenant Winston

Sergeant you can send for me anytime you

need

me

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take me to the hospital again Yes

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again nurse can you tell me where I can

find Dr kofman's office please uh last h

on the left Colonel thank

you Hing Dr Frank please go to's office

iMed cman Colonel my name is Barney

Adams mind if I ask you a few questions

let me say at once Colonel Adams that

nurse stav had no authority to introduce

my name to you no Authority

whatever I don't need any authorities

major I have my

own very well then in what way can I

help you you examined Winston right M

why was he brought here in the first

place it was a formality he killed a man

in Cold Blood and apparently without

reason obviously he had to be examined

what were your

conclusions that is

confidential

major I the defense counsil in a murder

trial

admittedly you don't have to talk now

but I can order you to appear before me

and tell me everything I want to know so

why don't we discuss this like sensible

people there's nothing to discuss I

wrote a report on Winston's condition

which my co found unacceptable I know

you wrote a report major I want to know

what was in that

report Colonel for a senior officer you

seem to know very little about Army

protocol I wrote a report on Winston

which was

rejected I was ordered to discharge him

from the hospital and I refused from

that point on he was no longer my

responsibility he is not my

responsibility now Colonel you must see

my commanding officer I'll see your

commanding officer in due time right now

I want that report I am unable to give

it to you oh major have I got news for

you you're able to give me anything I

want very well then I've been ordered

not to give it to

you are you telling me that Colonel

Burton has forbidden you to give me that

report let's say he advised me not to

let's say that I'm demanding it kman

there is no document in this theater

which I cannot obtain why what good

would it do you can't save Winston I

can't save him you know he's got to hang

so why don't you just leave me alone to

go away major I am ordering you to give

me that report K

Adams would you excuse us n

K Adams if you wish to interview members

of my staff I'd take it as a courtesy if

you'd see me first this happens to be my

office Colonel it happens to be my

Hospital major if you wish to interview

major Kaufman I'm afraid I'll have to

ask you to do it on his own time Colonel

Burton I am the defending officer in the

trial for a man's life I don't know what

your powers are in this theater but

believe me M or greater there is no one

repeat no one whose presence is

forbidden to me from General Kenton

himself on downward that goes for major

cman and Bank on this it goes for you

too major you will report to the senior

office's mess at 6:00 tonight and bring

that report on Lieutenant Winston with

you Colonel

Adams is a still open sure ever tried

Chinese food I'll settle for Indian do

you know the Akbar Restaurant I'll check

with the American Express about 9:00

okay to that newscast the other day fin

Eisen got the German High command sign

up now we're pushing ah head

back it's my guess that the war in

Europe will be

over with that maj

good evening good evening sir good

evening I got the list of prosecution

witnesses I don't think any of them will

be much used to us okay we'll go over

those later do you need us any more

tonight

sir yeah I might I'm meeting with major

Kaufman in a few minutes major Kaufman

sir you going to get a statement from

him if he's got anything to say I am

fell better stick around yes sir that

off to start the ball rolling oh I hear

the brother-in-law has approved to VI as

defense

councel what brother-in-law the

congressman Winston's brother-in-law the

congressman kept objecting to the

defense Council that's why the case was

delayed didn't you know sir I guess he

reckoned you fill the

bill that ease in conference

gentlemen that's what I like to see

working by day and night I've been

talking to

Smith he tells me you're going to give

him a run for his money I hope so you'll

need to you've got one hell of a sous

trial judge who is a trial judge

sir I am my

boy see you dinner

Bonnie excuse me sir there is an officer

waiting to see you you me wait

here one huh we're moving

Harvey

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even Colonel can I get your a drink no

thanks I'm just looking for major C I

don't think you'll find him here sir

there was an urgent requirement for a

doctor at the malaria Hospital up at

secre he sends his

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apologies what the hell do you mean he

senses apologies Captain I ordered them

here well it was a pretty urgent

transfer sir they sent him up this

afternoon what's he going to do

psychoanalyze

mosquitoes well I understand there's a

shortage of Staff up there who shed them

up there Burton Colonel Burton the B

colel uh the order came direct from

General tempton

himself what did H what would you like

to Colonel Adams is here sir Colonel

Adams show him man show them

in you there

Bonnie General do you want me to defend

Winston or just get up in court and tell

jokes I'll be within a minute you've

already handed me a rifle loaded with

blanks do you have to take away the bolt

too I'm not with you Barney I don't wish

to be impertinent General but you have

just plucked my only witness right out

from under my

nose stuff luck H me got T would you

General damn it I've got two days in

which to preper a

case Bonnie Bonnie if you had a year

you're still defending a confessed

murderer it's a formality you know it's

a formality and with that

robe General why was cofman transferred

oh no Barney you don't think that every

time I transfer an officer I can take

time out to check if he's going to be

needed as a court Marshal witness don't

startall with me please General why did

you transfer cofman the exigencies of

War by

all right play it that

way but for my part I want off the

case would you locate General Cunningham

for me please he may still be at

headquarters all right Bonnie I'll lay

it on the table for

you I have no doubt that by

now you've heard about Winston's

brother-in-law you mean a congressman

now that's another thing I meant to tell

you about him but I was in a hell of a

rush Bonnie this fellow is a oneman

Washington I've got a file of wires from

him as thick as your arm who's defending

Winston water his qualifications

objection objection then the British

sniping at me banging for blood why is

from the Pentagon by what Authority have

I postponed a court Marshal well Bonnie

I'm no hero I've had the Army behind me

on this case but they've taken all the

delay and dithering they're going to

take so if you're worried Bonnie you'll

have to stay worried I will not have

another Poston General have you

considered that Winston might be insane

oh the hell with that obviously he's not

normal normal people don't shoot other

people dead so if that's your idea of a

defense forget it what other defense is

there that's your job not mine but we do

have the word of a lunacy Bo that

Winston can recognize right from wrong

and you haven't got a snowball's chance

in hell approving otherwise so do us

both a favor find a defense that can't

be tossed out in 2 and 1/2 minutes flat

right look do you think I fixed this

trial no sir do you think I fixed the

lunacy board no

sir bnny we're not strangers you're the

son of one of my best friends we share

something we're Army you must understand

that when I say that anything is worth

the price if it brings Unity then you

know what I'm talking about I know

General but I'm not so sure we bring

Unity by hanging a sick man if Winston's

death could shorten this war even by

moments it becomes the one positive fact

of his

life Hell's Bells Bonnie what are you

kicking at I'm not asking you to judge

Winston I'm asking you to handle a

crisis if before this war is over I'll

have a thousand problems like this one

I'm asking you to take just one of them

off my back I still don't like it I'm

not asking you to like it colonel I'm

telling you to defend Winston and I'm

telling you to get on with

it you'll do your job Colonel like it or

not you'll do it and you'll do it the

Army's way yes oh hello Peter mhm yes

yes yes that's exactly how I feel about

it great good is it

what time oh yes I'm sure I can manage

it colonel Adams this way

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Madam well how are you curious join the

club what do you have uh Martini please

another large Scotch for me

sir you know what they have done to Leon

kofman well I know they transferred and

what else have they done taking away a

stethoscope are are you going to let

them get away with it I tried to call

the White House but the lion was

busy you are just as angry as I am about

Dr kofman's transfer why try to joke

about it so I know how to relax you're

not relaxing you're just bottling it

up well we have doly chicken hot doly

chicken cold chicken tanduri just how

much you want to help Winston just how

much you like chicken because it's

either that a mad lamp do you know that

Dr kman destroyed his report before he

left doesn't surprise me a bit how about

wine you like

wine here's a copy of

it I took it from the confidential file

well then you're an idiot what are you

some kind of a kleptomaniac now you take

that thing right back where you found it

aren't you going to read

it it's a carbon copy it's unsigned it's

unauthorized and it's

stolen that look pretty funny bringing

that up in court wouldn't I why would it

harm you your

career oh come on honey I've got my own

conscience I don't need yours too if you

want to take on the big bad Army Dragon

that's okay by me just let me do my job

my way huh that's been a long hard day

if you want to eat let's eat if you want

to argue about principle about Hospital

politics about the true course of

Justice that's the way out right

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there

chicken dolly for

one

hot oh there you are sir we got a

message from Captain Gunther he forgot

to tell you there's a press conference

on Sunday at 12:00 noon incidentally

Colonel how'd you make out with

Kaufman

Lieutenant this is a private room not an

Annex to the office's mess in the future

When You Wish food and drink you will go

out and get it at the proper time yes

sir how do you get to

bee McCree sir you heard me the first

time I

trained we're going up there tomorrow

you're in charge of Arrangements

Lieutenant why are we

going how many witnesses do we have in

by Creek 11 sir but they're all

prosecution witnesses they all saw the

Mur frankly I think we'd be wasting our

time I'm not telling you to think

Lieutenant 11 Witnesses that's 11

different stories I want every statement

checked against every other statement I

want every discrepancy examined and that

is the day's work if you say so Colonel

we'll just be going through the motions

all right so we'll go through the

motions whose side is he on the

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armies about a third degree in there wow

next time I see those guys are going to

bring my own lawyers all right Z back to

work not the King's Birthday on the

fourth of July you know which hand did

he have the gun in his right hand no

left hand I think you saw him fire the

gun yet you can't remember what hand he

held it in but I don't see it makes much

difference he still shot him he's got a

point

then now

according to the diagram here where was

your bed located right here now if your

bed was here

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Sergeant

John where the devil do you think you

are wimble state

which of you are supposed to be on sick

Parade Where Sergeant Johnson in there

sir being questioned what the hell are

you talking

about are you responsible for all this

cing about out

here that I am maor well you might have

given us a bit of warning I've got three

hell hoes like this to visit before

nightfall and there's nothing but 50 Mi

of dam all between every one of them

sorry sir I a scrub around it they're

all mingers in any case Kensington by

the way Bary Alam and now you here you

better have a quick one this

way don't be

alarmed I have to go to Great Lengths to

outwit these thieving nits up

here sorry that a shies over there I

don't mind you wasting your own time i'

always take it rather a miss when people

waste mine water well I'll take it

neat what makes you think I'm wasting my

time well it's a bit of a f isn't

it been out here

long do you know Winston well as well as

I know anyone

here I'm up at Supply headquarters this

is only one of half a dozen stations on

my Parish but I spoke to him

occasionally tell you the truth I

developed the habit of nipping very

smartly around the side of a h when I

saw him coming completely OB his jump

you now what do you

mean these crackers you know

that I've never heard of a murderer yet

but someone didn't say he was crazy hook

major I'm not a doctor I'm not even a

lawyer just a soldier the only thing I

do know is that Winston's a confessed

murderer well you're defending him

ducky why not you got to get through the

motions haven't

you now wait a minute now come up it I

know the

score you complete anything for Winston

except Insanity because if he's insane

he's not guilty right but he's got to be

found guilty because he's got a hang and

he's got to

hang if only to save the American

command from a good deal of

embarrassment he's got to hang because

he's a murderer he's mad all the time

the m is a paranoid he's an incurable

psychopath what are your qualifications

for saying

that I'm pist well then what are you

doing in a dump like this you may well

ask I happen to take the view that a

certain liaison officer was too sick to

resume his duties they happened to need

a liaison officer at that time of the

war more than they needed the

psychiatrist so here I am inspecting

nether portions at the suggestion I may

say of the American

command I take it you don't like

Americans oh I can take them all even

them you seem to have all the clever

answers major if you're so sure that

Winston is insane why haven't you come

forward and said so well why the hell

should I I was told pointedly enough

there was none of my business when I

sent him down to the

hospital I have been specially ordered

to keep my na out of it all and that

I'll do good grief man if you want to

prove him insane the suon down there

they can do it for you to fight minutes

cman go and see

cman when did you last see

win the night of the murder as they say

I was called over to see if I could do

anything for poor old Quinn Winston and

rather sensibly retired to his Hut and

there were about four Gods guarding

him did you talk to him yes I did and a

rather difficult job it was too I simply

sat there staring in front of him

however eventually he began to talk what

about all the usual junk all about the

teaming Millions plotting to through the

world surely he's mentioned

it you talk about Quinn no he seem to

have forgotten all about

Quin I can tell you why he killed him if

that's what weing you major Kensington

yes corpal reporting six sir go inside

you you see there's no British off

officer here in

barree a senior British NCO Quinn had

roughly the same responsibilities as

Winston had as an American officer this

always nettled

Winston he held that there was some

mysterious plot of foot to keep him from

a more responsible J perly

true the chap is totally incompetent

that's still no reason for killing a

man it is if you're a

psychopath it's my knee sir

keep it clean I'll look at it Thursday

lock the door and give the key to the

sergeant yes sir cheer up ducky the top

brass is on your

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side

my laundry ready do you know what time

it

is another long hard day yep

how did you know where to find me I've

got connections for the

FBI I heard you went up to backy yeah I

met a uh major Kensington up there I

used to know him he's a brilliant

man you got some kind of a thing about

psychiatrist haven't you he's a very

honest man too if he tells you something

you can believe

it

yeah

I'm sorry you don't want to talk about

it can I cook you something you mean

girls still do the cooking W have I been

out of

touch aren't you married nope why oh

don't take me too literally I was

married once she just got tired of

chasing me around from Camp to Camp

after a while she forgot who she was

chasing and since then what do you mean

since then half the world is women don't

any of them love

you oh I suppose some up and do some

don't any happiness that

way happiness is not very high on the

list of army priorities hone you just

take it where you can even the place

doesn't make any difference because

tomorrow you're someplace

else

like

Kaufman just don't give up do

you

no the trouble with the Winston Affair

Kate is that everybody's in the

right some people think he's insane and

shouldn't be hanged and some of them

couldn't give a hoot in Hell whether

he's sane or insane saying they think

that there are bigger things at stake

than Winston if there's a war to be won

he's just there to be sacrificed like

anyone

else what do you believe

Bonnie I don't know honey I just don't

know look at me

Bonnie look at

me I am part French part Chinese can't

you imagine how much I despise the

Winston of this

world but I couldn't be his

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executioner Jasmine it only comes out at

night yeah Jasmine and me

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both it's verying

wait

uhhuh on the other hand you did offer to

do the

cooking all right on the other hand I'm

not

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hungry if you want to put your

conscience on my

pillow it's all right by

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me

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for

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gentlemen this briefing has been called

as your request because of the

widespread interest in the Winston case

in our respective countries now you all

know the rules this is strictly an off

the reccord session for background use

only no direct quotes you can ask a

question of anyone you like if you get a

no comment then the decision holds right

now it's Sunday and the bar is open

we've all got a lot to do so fire away

Colonel Thompson was Colonel Adams

brought into the theater specifically to

handle this case no he wasn't by fur his

circumstance a courageous soldier with a

brilliant legal background was dropped

into our laps at this most difficult

time what chance does Colonel Adam think

he has of saving Winston's life I have

no idea I was assigned to defend

Lieutenant Winston and I shall do that

to the best of my ability Alec what are

the political issues involved here here

no comment this is a military trial and

there are no political issues involved

oh come off adelic do be a bit more

flexible let's face it this case is a

hot potato because an American officer

murdered a British noncom there are

political

implications no comment and you may

quote

me yes sir go ahead on the subject of

political consequences I think it is

right to say that this is a very broad

topic for not only the murderer but the

sir this is not a forum now if you have

a question would you please ask it I was

merely trying to explain sir that my

readers would ask this question is there

any justice apart from

might well who's that question directed

that I think possibly the gentleman for

the

defense Justice exists only in its own

right it exists a part from power and a

part from might expedience can have no

part in

Justice

thank you sir any more questions no good

Court convenes the low 900 hours

tomorrow press facilities in room 307

Lieutenant serson will take care of

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you by the

way how's your client I'm just on my way

to see him Colonel well you get a good

rest Bary see you in cour tomorrow

morning yes sir you know that's a good

line expedience can have no part in

Justice good

quote here it is Colonel all wrapped up

full brief and all the depositions

fine now my advice to you gentlemen is

to get out of here go someplace cozy and

get

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stoned Jackson out there I haven't had

my dinner yet you mean Sergeant Jackson

you'll get your

supper

Winston I have to enter a plea of not

guilty at your trial the only case I

have is that you were not responsible

for your actions when you shot Quinn

that was responsible well there are some

people who hold that you were

not what

people who you been talking to Winston

I'm your counsel you have to trust

me

all

right I'll Trust

You shall I tell you why I shot Sergeant

Quinn

yes will you believe me I'll believe

you I watched him this was no sudden

decision Colonel I watched him for

months I followed him you never knew it

I used to follow him up that hill and

watch him with those black witches up

there he was defiling the race

Colonel he was defiling the white race

he wasn't fit to live in a white man's

world then he come back and he starts

swaggering around and giving orders

canding my orders I was the only officer

there I was responsible I had to kill

him will you tell the story in Court

Winston I kept a book and every little

thing that that man did I wrote down in

that book I had it in the book

June 15th appear to parade in civilian

shoes June 14th back up the hill June

15th

whistling and he stole it he stole my

book nobody else could have done

it will you say all this in

court what are you mister some kind of

lousy lover I'm your counsel Winston

you said you trusted me I don't trust

anybody

you're like that Dr creepy C and you're

always sniveling around you've got to

trust me let me help

you big All American Boy blue-eyed hero

so you were talking to cman weren't

you what were you doing spending your

time there crawling around with W lovers

come on Winston sit down I won't sit

down you cut pcking

take your brother out of

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here does he do that often he does

it you don't let it bother you no poor

Fell's

crazy okay Lieutenant

exercise

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la

beat it for a while he kids just beat it

eh come on get lost that's good now you

get your sweet

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s well I don't want to rob you guys but

I've got 10 bucks says he'll be a full

bird colonel a week after Winston gets

it you really think so sure it's The Old

City Hall handout you seen anything in

Lieutenant Mor or think he went to that

enjoy just standing up hind legs and

saying just what he's been told to say

because you could be right I know I'm

right I once knew a case you mind

repeating that I said look here wait a

minute ah nuts he knows what I'm saying

I was only saying that oh you've got a

lousy assignment as of now CH so

you

may I come in after a little more

happiness I think I left a report here

this

morning

how far is it to the secre

hospital nearly 100

miles I'm going to have a long

drive you are going to see major Koffman

yes are you sure he's going to help you

I think think I know my man why not Bary

why have you suddenly decided to defend

Winston I'm not defending Winston Kate

I'm defending

myself I suppose you think it's a little

late for

that you have been an army man for 18

years you had been on the Winston case

for 4 days you haven't been doing too

badly

well you can take that and use it to

wrap souvenirs in I want you to prepare

me a new brief for feeding

Insanity yes sir Bender I want you to go

to records break in if necessary get

everything every possible word you can

find on Colonel Burton and all the other

officers on the lunacy board Colonel

Burton will never admit Insanity sir no

but cofman will he's up country I know

that you want us to contact him no thank

you you mentioned kofman's name on the

telephone he'll be out to the

Philippines by morning I want to hear in

court because without him we haven't got

a case you bring me the brief gentleman

I'll bring you the

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witness can I help you sir where can I

find the officer's quarters block 34

straight up right and then left thank

you you're

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welcome

thanks

maor cman what is

it what are you doing

here hey

quiet I want you to come down to the

trial in the morning and give evidence

for

Winston come a long way to ask a silly

question Colonel hey keep it down

huh I'm not asking major I'm

ordering you can order me to appear but

you can't order me to give the testimony

you

want you prepared to see him hang hey

for crying out loud shut up huh look

Buster unless you can pull rank on me

and I'm a lieutenant colonel you just

stick a pillow over your

head are you prepared to see him hang

look I've done all that I could do when

Burton asked me to declare Winston Saye

I refused I didn't have to refuse I just

couldn't sign that

paper and what happened I'm a senior

psychiatrist today I'm handing out

charcoal pills in the middle of the

Jungle now you want me to go even

further you tell me why because you're a

doctor because you're the only man who

can save

them

look the other day Winston asked me if I

knew what this war was all about I'm

sure he's asked you the same

question well right

now this war is all about a man named

Winston it's uh it's easy to fight for

the innocent but when you fight for the

sick for the war for the Lost then you

got

Justice it's a big word I know it is you

know bigger than my

career

bigger than

yours what time do you want me

there 11:00

a.m. I've got my round to do at

7: you'll make it

major it's all right I'll be

there thank you doctor now according to

the diagram that's exhibit B sir your

bad Corporal Zimmerman was opposite and

to the left of Staff Sergeant Quinn's

cuticle yes sir and if Sergeant Quinn

had made any mo AAL to defend himself

you would have seen yes sir and did he

try and defend himself no sir he didn't

have a chance did he reach out for his

own gun no he couldn't and you were an

eyewitness to this cold blooded killing

yes sir no further

questions you may cross-examine Colonel

Adams I I have no questions

sir Colonel Adams as you have elected

not to make an opening statement it

would be improper for me to aress you on

your line of defense however the court

has noted that so far four Witnesses

have taken the stand without any

cross-examination by defense councel if

it will help the court sir the defense

is prepared to concede that Lieutenant

Winston did shoot staff sergeant Quinn

in the manner described

as far as I'm concerned there's no need

for any further eyewitnesses that is for

the court to decide Colonel Adams what I

require is that you satisfy me that

Lieutenant Winston will be provided with

an active and alert defense with respect

to the court sir I claim the right to

present my defense in the way that will

most benefit the Accused at this moment

all I intend to say is that at the time

of the murder Lieutenant Winston could

not distinguish right from

wrong

Corporal Zimmerman you have testified

that you knew Lieutenant Winston for 4

months yes sir in that time did you

notice any peculiarities or

eccentricities of any kind in his

behavior no sir nothing at all that

would have led you to suspect even for a

moment that Lieutenant Winston was not a

perfectly normal rational

officer no sir are you sure you have no

questions before I release this witness

Colonel

Adams Corporal

zland what did you do in civilian life I

moved around you know there was this

bowling alley no time in your career

where you were practicing

psychiatrist no no sir thank you that's

all I sir I'd like to draw your

attention to paragraph three here under

Vehicles i' suggest yes yes

Johnny no questions at all where the

hell's that defense he supposed to put

up how many more prosecution

witnesses call me

again sorry major go right ahead yes

well i' suggest it now you've told the

court Colonel Burton that when you had

heard from headquarters about the murder

you telephoned major calman and asked

him why he had admitted Lieutenant

Winston yes I did he said he was sick

that he was in a profound confusional

and depressed state and then you

examined Lieutenant won yourself yes I

did what were the results of your

examination he was suffering from

General fatigue he also suffers from a

nervous stomach and athletes foot apart

from that I'd say his health was normal

but did you find any indication at all

that Lieutenant Winston was mentally

sick I did not well having found that

Lieutenant Winston was sound of body and

mind what did you do having been been

advised by theater headquarters that

this man should stand trial as soon as

possible I suggested to Major Kaufman

that he'd be immediately discharged from

hospital and transferred to the stade

and was he so discharged col Burton he

was not major Koffman refused to sign

his discharge papers what did you do

then I reported this to

headquarters General Kempton instructed

me to convene a lunacy commission and to

examine Winston and what were the

findings of that commission the

commission found Lieutenant Winston to

be sa fit and responsible to stand

trial if the court pleases the United

States Arm is prepared to rest on the

evidence that has been taken I feel it

has been proven that the murder of Staff

Sergeant Quinn of the royal Army service

Corps on the night of August 16th at the

United States Army Corp Depot and bakree

was willfully and with forethought

committed by the defendant Lieutenant

Charles Winston while he is of sound

mind and in full possession of all of

his

faculty you may present your Witnesses

Colonel

Adams Colonel

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Adams the court is indeed distressed to

hear the death of major

kman however our first and only task is

to dispense Justice in the trial now

before us the court will recess on half

off if only we'd subpoenad Coffman 3

days ago he wouldn't have been

transferred what's the use in saying if

only we didn't and he was if only we'd

cross-examined mois Bender shut

up gentlemen the only Court Marshal case

I ever defended was 16 years ago when I

got a not guilty verdict for a master

sergeant accused of stealing by finding

a 10ton truck so I can honestly say I

have never lost a case yet now we're

going to fight this thing through and

the hell with Thompson and all the rest

of them out there yes

sir

Lieutenant I want to open up by putting

you on the witness stand why I want you

to tell the court exact L as you told me

why you killed Quinn I've already

confessed to the murder nothing else to

say I want you on that stand the court

will

rise I'm not getting on that stand I

don't have to and you can't make

me well I know my rights Colonel or do

you think I am some kind of a nut Court

will come to

order that's a joke Colonel all parties

of the trial who are present when the

court recessed are again present in

court

Adams try the

report

sir major coffman's evidence is no

longer available to

us this is a report written by him and

respect of Lieutenant Winston with your

permission I would like it read into the

record may I see that

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please

this is a carbon copy Colonel Adams have

you the

original the original has been destroyed

well this is neither signed nor

certified a true copy as law officer I

must rule that this document cannot be

admitted as an authentic copy of major

coffman's report without proof that he

was the author of it do you intend to

produce that proof I intend to try

sir call Colonel

Burton even if they won't accept the

reporter's evidence you can put it on on

the record for the information of the

court I could put a comic book on the

record if I wanted to I want that report

admitted as the evidence of a qualified

psychiatrist Colonel

Burton car Bon I will remind you that

you are still under oath Colonel Adams

you may cross-examine the witness

thank you

sir Colonel Burton is lunacy commission

who were the members Colonel hail major

Frank and myself Colonel hail is some

kind of a surgeon is he not he is a

surgeon and major Frank is a dentist yes

and you sir before you were commissioned

you were the resident company physician

of the Hamilton Truck Works in Detroit

yes are you a psychiatrist sir not in a

formal sense well in an informal sense

no I've read books on the subject oh

which

books I repeat sir what

books I don't recollect the titles

uhhuh and in this uh General Hospital of

yours do you have a department of

Psychiatry we have a neuros Psychopathic

ward in other words you do have a

psychiatric Department I suppose so you

suppose

so and uh how many psychiatrists are on

the staff of that department three I

believe three you believe and what you

telling the court is that none of them

was competent to sit on the lunacy

commission that is so and yet when one

of them major kman submitted a report to

you on Lieutenant Winston's condition

you rejected that

report yes as I said the report was

neither competent nor scientific you

read it carefully yes I did and this uh

surgeon and this dentist they also read

the report I don't know well I submit

that you do know sir was the report

given to

them possibly not as I rejected it and

so you Colonel Burton are the only man

who has read major kofman's

report I believe so thank you

sir if the court Reon I would like this

to be stamped for Colonel Adams the law

officer has already ruled this document

cannot be admitted I believe that what

Colonel Adams wishes to do is to have

Colonel Burton authenticate the report

is that so Colonel with the Court's

permission Major Smith do you wish to

examine this not at present very well I

rule that this document be admitted into

evidence as an anonymous report of

unspecified origin it's up to the

defense to authenticate it as the work

of any particular

person thank you

Colonel Burton would you read this

please you ready

yes in uh 45

seconds is that the time you usually

allow for reports submitted to

you now Colonel would you tell the court

please is this a copy of the report

submitted to you by Major Leon

kofman I don't know you don't know

Colonel you have sworn to the court that

you read major coffman's report

carefully and you rejected it must I

remind you that you were under oath

please the court Colonel Burton is not

on trial I object to this whole line of

questioning Colonel Adams will confine

his questions to the

examination I ask you again is this a

copy of the report submitted to you by

Major

cofman no do you recognize any part of

it as the work of major

cman that's impossible to say he was in

the habit of making several drafts of

his reports it might be an earlier draft

getting back to your days with the

Hamilton truck company did you resign or

were you

discharged I resigned were you not

discharged because you diagnosed a heart

attack as acute indigestion objection

certainly not all right we'll uh put

your civilian career to one side for the

moment I'm going to ask you once more

about this report and I again remind you

that you are under oath I object Colonel

Adams your constant reminders to Colonel

Burton that he is still under o or

offensive you are not examining a

criminal but An Officer and a Gentleman

who accepts the role of a Cooperative

witness do you have any more questions

for this witness yes sir I do in that

case we will recess for lunch the court

is recessed till 2:15 this afternoon at

which time those persons having business

before it will appear here

again

why was he ever Saved by the

Bell got a minute

sir

sure come in Bonnie

smoke

thank

you what a luxury to be in a room

without a

telephone well Bonnie I made a mistake

didn't I we all make mistakes general

what are you doing to Burton are you

trying to destroy that man yes I am why

for God's sakes why because he's a liar

a cheat and a coward because he's

covered himself with dirt it rubs off

everywhere he does his job he's required

to contribute to the war effort by

running a base Hospital smoothly and

efficiently he does that anyway Burton

can take care of himself it's you I'm

thinking about Barney are you trying to

throw your career out the window no sir

what are you trying to do what are you

trying to prove I'm trying to prove that

the system works General you asked me to

put on a demonstration I'm doing that no

man is above the law we know that but no

man is below it either and that's what

I'm

proving well

Bonnie you'd better go ahead and prove

it for myself I don't deal in

individuals it's a luxury I can't afford

I'm here to fight a war I still say that

you don't buy Victory by rigging a

murder trial I don't know whether you do

or not but that's your pigeon now I'm

already on the next

Crisis you know

Bonnie I was hoping to tell you soon

that you'd been made full colonel

does that sound like

bribery well it wasn't meant to be give

my regards to your old man when you

write to him I'll do

that well if you will B googes and long

hops inevitable that's 207

for never mind good

morning have you just got up or did you

manage to stagger and to court we got

there beer I think don't you two beers

please well have you rang down the

curtain on the high Dr of the C we

pressed and what's the brilliant defense

self-preservation provocation or didn't

he know the gun was loaded if you must

know the brilliant defense is insanity

now if you'll excuse us why do English

officers always use our bar we never use

theirs all right ducky the beer's too

warm tell me are you putting C in the

Box coffman's dead cracked up his car

racing to get

here good God I'm sorry so you'll

appreciate we're having a difficult time

enough without a running commentary from

you

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sir brilliant

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doctor well I hear you're making a

complete nonsense of it

I'd like a large cold glass of water yes

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sir

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it's

Court will

rise Court will come to

order all parties who were present when

the court recessed are again present in

court I would remind the witness that

he's still under

oath col

Adams I have no more questions for this

witness

sir Major Smith no question

sir other the witness May stand

down if the defense rest has the

prosecution any defense does not rest

sir I have one more witness to call

very

well you swear that the evidence you

shall Give In the case now in hearing

shall be the truth the whole truth and

nothing but the truth will help you God

I do state your full name rank

organization and station John Gerald

Kensington major Royal Army Medical

Corps and the area medical officer B

District be

seated major kington what are your

medical qualifications please

sir I'm a doctor of medicine London

University I have the diploma in

psychological medicine I'm a fellow of

the Royal College of Physicians and I

was lecture at G Hospital in

Psychopathology late Whitely fellow in

psychological medicine at London

University I'm the author of a chapter

on psychosomatic illnesses in Taylor's

medical Juris Prudence thank you

sir this is a report written by a

medical practitioner after an

examination of Lieutenant Winston would

you read this please I object the

defense has introduced an unsigned

uncertified document there's no proof at

all that this is a report onut Winston's

condition the report is typed on

Hospital stationer it is headed

Lieutenant Charles Winston it Bears his

serial number it is titled history and

prognosis now what more does the trial

Judge Advocate want Colonel Adams the

law officer has already ruled that this

is an anonymous and unspecified document

I would suggest that defense council is

pursuing an unorthodox course to say the

least if it will help the court I will

concede that this is an anonymous report

written about an anonymous patient even

if the court so wishes a non-existent

patient that is in order the objection

is

overruled thank you

sir major

Kensington you've read the report

yes is there anything in this report

major that is not consistent with your

diagnosis of Lieutenant

Winston it is almost word for word what

I would have written myself

liutenant Winston was the only

commissioned officer bee he had the

power and the authority but Sergeant

Quinn broke down this Authority he

undermined Lieutenant Winston he laughed

at him and mocked him and the process of

disintegration

began he had an unhappy larly

childhood he married a woman who

terrified him his three sons apparently

treat him with contempt and pity and the

only reason he joined the army was in a

pathetic attempt to impress them after

Pearl Harbor he began to create a

fantasy of winning the war singlehanded

that was when he began to degenerate

from a mere neurotic into a

paranoic the murder of Sergeant Quinn

was the last desperate effort of

leftenant Winston to defend himself with

the exercise of power but already at

this point he was

insane he was insane then and he's

insane

now I'm safe I'm the only one to hear

who is sayane I'm sane you lousy limey

quack well tell him I'm sane come on you

big hero lawyer who side are you on and

I don't care for the lot of you you

think you're

sane WI a I know all about you

copro tell them who your sister married

a

Filipino yeah SC up but tell them tell

them and you yeah you'll get yours

you'll get yours I'm going to report on

how you operate their ster I could to Dr

myself to the Congress of the United

States of America I'm going to tell them

I watched them go up that hill I watched

them and I get it off my I had it I had

it my

black

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the court well

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recess

well it's been an interesting old day

taking it all

around under the circumstances I think

I'd be wiser to hot foot it up to the

hills don't you taking it all

around thanks it's all the same to me I

can dream about Harley Street up in

McRee just as well as I can down here

it's rather different for you isn't it

you're not just a wartime

officer

oh war or peace win or lose it's my

life good

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luck

I'll be right with you

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bter I'm going to miss the

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Jasmine come on say goodbye to

me

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Bonnie it was worth it wasn't

it yes K it really

was just because you can't lick him it

doesn't mean you have to join

them

they'll make out all

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right

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