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here are the latest recon photos sir

have a look

these are the infrareds made last night

at andrew runways

long enough for migs set up a special

recon mission right away

i'd like to have a better look at these

by daylight oh

another marriage request who's

requesting this time a girl

father father he's the head of the

society for the preservation of japanese

shrines

seems he considers his daughter in the

nature of a shrine and he wants to

preserve her

from whom cosbo one of our best crew

chiefs

obviously has the father complained to

the provost marshall yet

if he had cosgrove would be in the guard

house i'm trying to negotiate we can't

afford to lose a good crew chief

there's a female reporter outside she's

been waiting quite some time

all right ever come in

general hail this is miss jane carter of

united syndicate how do you do mr you're

very nice to give me your time general

hail

colonel likert told me how busy you are

i'm always busy so far as collector is

concerned

won't you sit down thank you now i

suppose you're going to ask me a great

many questions that security won't

permit me to answer

i hope not of course i can tell you all

about operation strangle even the

comments know about that

well i hear let's take a look on the map

here's the enemy blow up the bridge

there's no way to cross it

destroy the marshalling yards the trains

can't run clobber the highways the

rivers the harbors

keep supplies ammo food and replacements

from reaching the front line troops you

uh you strangle

that's fascinating and it's wonderful

but men can report that much better than

i

what's your angle the women the wives of

your pilots

women who kiss their husbands goodbye in

the morning and wait for them to come

home at night

only their men haven't had a hard day at

the office they've had a hard day at war

that story needs to be told i understand

there's a gate

where the women assemble to greet them

i'll show you

there it is

there's helen daniels she's always the

first

she's going to have a baby what's wrong

with that

what kind of security will that baby

have what kind of security would it have

under the communists

i got your point here comes susan

crenshaw

betty finally got her best friend's in

the hospital having a baby sounds like

an epidemic

my wife will introduce it all wonderful

i thought i'd call my story i waited at

the gate at a duzuki oh i see and have

one of these girls son

no that won't be necessary you call me

miss carter a minute ago

yes well that's just my byline i'm

really jane manton

this is gilbert manton you're not

married to gilman

didn't he brief you on me well sure i

knew he had a wife back in the state

somewhere but but you don't give a close

mouth well there's no secret about it

my job's in new york his job is here so

when my editor wanted this story

naturally i chose this base i didn't

even have a chance to notify gil i was

coming

skills in one of those jalopies come on

uh colonel eckert would you please take

ms carter down the flight line to see

the savers come in

of course and after the pilots have been

debriefed i'm sure she'd like to see

them meet their wives at the

gate thank you general hale goodbye to

scotty

sergeant klinger this uh carter's

colonel martin's wife

yes sir they'll need quarters how about

measure goldman sachs sir

isn't there uh anything else available

that's the only vacancy sir

isn't this goldman still there she's

booked out tonight

with the major's body

well if there's nothing else yes sir

15 i get one short what's your count one

so

so

here was my story

here were the young women who had

followed their young husbands to war

in a strange country what were they like

what made them do it how did they live

what did they think about were they

happy

were they miserable

this is what i had to find out

and here were their husbands home from a

hard day's work

some work

starved what's for dinner

oh i'll bet you've forgotten what day

this is i have not it's our anniversary

one month today

i'd have bought you a present that we

drove past this torture susan

susan and he knew sometimes betty

promised you wouldn't have the baby

until you got to walk

but i think you better hurry oh yeah

yeah that's right

i've seen this a hundred times before

westport no rochelle

great neck wives waiting at little

stations to pick up their husbands

there's gail you know him

slightly i'm his wife

and he doesn't know you're here no

then i'll let you surprise you thank you

colonel question he isn't here helen

calm down he's being picked up where

air rescues got him in the channel he

had to ditch

we had a call this morning i know i

shouldn't

but i didn't take it back helen is all

right

come on honey let me walk home

i'm sorry

hello darling

i had to come here an important

i assignment have known that sir general

hale wants to see you right away

right let me take mrs man and mrs hales

until your quarters are ready

quarters what quarters major mrs goldman

sir i'll see the year things are moved

over as soon as possible

i'll speak to general hill about this i

wouldn't if i were you colonel

my story is very close to general hale's

heart

did you tell him anything about us i can

be close mom too

i'm ready sergeant

yes all right it's heaven then

the girls are all in a tizzy at having

you immortalize them in print

and me i love a party would it be out of

line for the colonel's lady to tell the

generals lady that she's a doll

thank you jay won't you sit down thanks

these girls are darling

of course they're really just kids i

feel like an old mother hen

yes fuji hello sir

commissary said wrong thing again oh

well never mind just cook that roast

beef for dinner

no cook roast beef but not roast beef

hamsters and lamb all right then cook

the lamb

general no like lamb like roast beef

generously

well don't worry fuji i'll explain to

the general so he won't break neck

only wanted to tell so general won't

break neck

no sweat hello sir

why do i always have to be a commie why

can't he get killed once

bobby gary father has a guest speak

nicely to mrs madden

hello sir they picked that up from fuji

you're

red i'm gonna get you

how do you stand it oh you get used to

boys

they're noisier than girls but i

wouldn't trade no no you don't

understand

i mean your boys playing that game

it's one thing to see it in scarborough

pretending war pretending death but here

when their own fathers your bags are in

our room i know you'll want to shower

and i'm dying to see what they're

wearing stateside

so i walk in with my little notebook and

15 minutes later he tells me that if

i'll wait six months

i can be wife number 12.

i just don't get it who would want 12

wives

you'd be surprised i don't blame you for

staring

how long have you been separated what i

mean how long since you've seen each

other

two years two months 21 days

why bill and i have never been separated

well i just died

i reckon now that colonel matton's wife

is here

honestly your husband is the meanest man

what dastardly thing have you been up to

gail go on gail

tell her what a hornet's nest you

stepped into

i'm still not admitting i had anything

to do with it oh yes you did

i know you did well colonel eckert and

some of the others thought it best

the wise go back home we're still here

what happened

these girls wanted to be with their

husbands

so they got up a petition sent it to

general stratton himself

every woman signed it including me now

you know who the real brad is

oh i have some new records if anyone's

interested

besides married couples shouldn't sit

together all evening

shouldn't they well that's why i married

bill

don't you think you should go home

darling they'll understand

there's nothing wrong with me that three

more months won't cure

i can't flannigan won't you come in

finish third what was it

a baby he got a baby

congratulations is it a candidate for

west point or bassey

how do you mean sir what the general

wants to know is is it a boy or a girl

well i forgot to ask

hello yes george

would you repeat that please george

thank you sergeant

must be a big deal to get sergeant

klinger out of the sec

what's up george here are your runways

loaded with pigs and yak-9s

must be 60 or more when were these taken

early tonight i wish you could see this

by daylight

we tried this afternoon they didn't get

back we allow makes to operate south of

the border the eighth army better learn

to swim

you mind if i stick my neck out sir now

go ahead

well if it were my show i'd move the

f-80s to kimbo to give them more range

b-29s with heavy demolition bombs

sabers from here to fly cover one big

concentrated mission and we clobber them

could be expensive too expensive but it

must be a maximum effort sir

we lost four reconnaissance planes last

week they flew at thirty thousand

something sudden something got them

here's your answer to that migs

i'll get on the teletype of general

stratton right away

maximum effort strike requires

coordination between supreme

headquarters and far east air force

it would take a week to put it together

the time's running out on us so the

rainy season

all right take this may i remind you

rainy season starts next week

it must wipe them out before they get

more mates in there

i'll take it under advisement you'll

have a new directive

tomorrow i

guess all we can do is wait

i understand you're flying missions

again

you're running an operational command

you are not to fly missions unless it's

absolutely necessary

is that clear question mark

yes sir unless

absolutely miss

now what sergeant

besides you're too old sign stratton

yes i am

well call me and i'll give you the

recipe thanks good night

good night good night it was a lovely

party marge

thanks a lot they're nice people

strange they seem so happy

i've been to a lot of suburban parties

and this is a suburban community if you

ever saw one there always seems to be at

least

one couple that has a knock-down

drag-out fight

it's usually because some husbands get

tight and start making somebody else's

wife in the pantry

nobody got tight the moments together

are too precious to waste with dull

senses

and as for quarreling you don't want to

if you did want to you wouldn't dare

we have a slogan here keep them happy

and those jet fighters if their judgment

should falter and

you thought you were any way to blame

what called general hail gill away

i don't know i'll never know

but won't you ask the general when he

comes home tonight

all i know is it must be something very

important but you're a woman

aren't you curious of course i'm curious

not asking questions was the hardest

thing i had to learn

no not the hardest

come on let's sit down i'm sure bob and

gil will be back for soon

is it true that most of the pilots wear

good luck charms

most of them bob wears a bracelet the

children gave it to him

you mean an intelligent man like general

hale is superstitious

well i suppose you could call it

superstition

haven't you ever seen gill's good luck

charm

no i haven't i'm sure he has one

we women have our little beliefs too

for example it's bad luck to look at

them as they take off

and as for mentioning the number of

missions your man still has to fly

before he's sent back to the states well

we just don't do it it's fascinating

wonderful copy i wasn't talking to a

reporter jay

i was briefing a wife

sorry we had to duck out oh jane and i

had a nice talk

may i fix you some coffee nope gil has

to go home is that an order general it's

an order

and it isn't top secret there are my

bags darling

thanks again marge this evening has been

great for me

we've just begun the real stories no

party

thank you darling good night general

hale we'll be seeing a lot of you from

now on good night marge bob

good night night girl

hi

little it's okay fine fix the drink

you know you were beautiful tonight

i felt like an old prompt beside jane

wasn't that the most stunning dress

you look beautiful to me in anything

which just goes to show you never look

at me

i'm a habit nice habit

say it's wonder you haven't lost this we

better get it fixed

tell me something mike do you worry much

no not more than i should

but sometimes when you're flying flying

over that

big big world out there your world isn't

very big is it

the biggest world there is you and the

boys

and our home

good party tonight wasn't it yeah would

i solve it

you know we'll see a big change in girl

now that his wife's here

maybe he'll come out of that shell nice

girl isn't she

very but there's something wrong

with her no with the marriage

honestly marge the things you can dream

up

well it was a lot of little things they

just didn't act like people who were

glad to see each other

and then when she and i were alone well

it was things she didn't say

you know something you're cute

did you take my word for it the

mountains are a very happy couple

tonight

all right all right but why did you have

to come to this particular base they're

wives like these all over japan

but i don't have husbands all over japan

are you gonna give them the background

of our so-called marriage

i won't embarrass you i was embarrassed

a long time ago what do you mean by that

it's embarrassing wouldn't you say to

find you of a marriage only when it

doesn't interfere with your wife's

career oh

girl is not getting us anywhere nothing

ever gets us anywhere together

well that's not fair we used to have fun

together

remember our honeymoon look like flaccid

don't blackmail me

in the miles we danced at the waldorf

that was a long time ago

i got wonderful italian food in that

little place in the village

what was it called luigi's oh yes

you stood me up there on our second

wedding anniversary remember

darling i was sent out on some rush

assignment you remember the assignment

i want to tell you the truth i don't i

do

you interviewed a mrs anna crumb her

husband was dying in the electric chair

that night

you came into luigi's afterward your

eyes all shiny you've gotten a wonderful

story

he had probed and prodded to see just

how that poor pitiful creature felt

that was a terrific story great woman's

angle

i remember now some angle tearing a

woman's heart out

okay that's my job job's all right so

will you take it as if you were

insulated against all emotion yourself

you'll never feel anything unless it

happens to somebody else

what are you doing making some notes on

some things that march to him

i'm going to call my story i waited at

the gate

is that yours

something left by the former tenant

why didn't you get the divorce you were

in the service

now that wouldn't look good would it so

now it's paid off i waited at the gate

what's the use of quarreling besides

march that we shouldn't if you're flying

tomorrow

good night

don't be childish there's no reason to

play the happy married couple when we're

alone

search yourself i'm going to bed

hey

if i'd known my coming here would make

you so unhappy i was thinking about us

in this house

a couple that used to live here

last time i saw them together

she was sitting there she was over here

ernie goldman rigged that up because

loretta was so fair she couldn't take

the sun

they

they went through fire to be together

those people

everything was against them even their

religions

and they told me she broke with her

family that's how much loretta wanted to

be with him

and if you use one word of that in your

story i'll ring your neck

i'm coming back flying at these again

sir got a ground support job

highway supply dumps north of sewell i

see the gravity captain franken today

sir

he had a rough night had a baby

so

squadron leader to flight leaders

contact your ford controllers for

targets

maintain your flight of twos that is all

over

foreign

oh

so

so

oh

this is pineapple uncle flight hello

pineapple uncle this is willie three

south of tanyang along the road there

you'll find an ammunition dub

it's camouflage looks like a house good

honey

thanks really three here we go kid

oh

well what do you know thanks really

three nice spotting

you're welcome nice shooting how much

fuel have you left

bingo minus what just got

what's your name buddy buddy

what's yours just call me willy freezer

just willy three

uh

oh

don't forget that raise

that's really something to tell your

little girl mommy where was i

born darling you were born in an air

force hospital in italy japan

no i've got lots of things to tell her

that's one of the reasons i'm glad she

was a girl

girls are more companionable don't you

think

i wouldn't know don't you have any

children

look mrs flanagan i'm supposed to be

interviewing you

well i'd like a big family bert and i

both come from big families

but if last night is a sample of how

he's going to act every time i have a

baby

i don't know whether i can take it or

not

how do you feel she feels as if she's

had a baby

but this is jane carter kennel mansion's

wife oh pleased to know you

we met last night captain did we

oh you must have been in fine shape

pappy

you'll excuse us i wanted to get your

diamond bracelet but they're fresh out

of diamonds

i brought you this

and this at the doll's for her

and i got my one of those great big teak

tables

bert baby these are beautiful but don't

buy anything else

we have plenty of lug home now are you

going back to the states soon

yes bert's done 95 missions he only has

five to go

i'm

forget it

so

so

so

go inside gail i'll be in the minute

strong at long last colonel that long

last

have a nice trip routine

it's general stratton he's shooting the

works

you bought your plan gill when

they after the morals to be a dawn

attack the f-80s will strike with

rockets and napalm at 0-4-5-5

b-29s exactly 4 minutes later that's

cutting it mighty close they can make

three or four passes and get out of the

way

we've got to knock out the commient

aircraft

it's got to be concentrated

yeah that's enough time

the uh sabre jets will rendezvous here

with the b-29s at 30 000.

apply top cover yes sir cut your frag

order to the group commanders

i'll sign it you can put it on the

ticket right away they'll need all the

time they can get

who do you want to sign to this special

reconnaissance mission i'm taking it

myself

bob you can't do it general stratton

stratton turned over this wing to my

discretion

get a saber ready for the first thing in

the morning stupid of everything but

fueling cameras

don't cut your frag order you're not

pretty enough to be a nurse

10 other guys in this outfit including

me who can fly that recon

when are you going to quit acting like

an overage test pilot if i'm going to

command this attack i've got to know the

objective first

hand not from reports and the safe maps

but i'm flying your wing

i'll be safer alone look i don't want to

hit below the belt but what about marge

what about jane you've got kids

if you and the rest of this outfit can

fly missions for my kids so can i

you're grounded tomorrow colonel

why don't you try spending a little time

with your wife

yes

i'd love to see bobby and gary's faces

when you give them these

i thought you didn't like kids yes i do

i love them

other people's that's not it at all

hadn't been for the war we'd stayed

together kids demand a lot of time

and affection well how can anybody bring

children into a world like this

the world's always like this women

stopped having children while their men

tried to clean up the mess

no reason to try to clean it up you're

always confusing me

and no queen

it's good coffee don't act so surprised

that was a pretty good dinner tonight

too i'm glad you noticed you seem so

preoccupied

there's something big in the wind isn't

there who's asking that question

the colonel's wife or the war

correspondent can't we forget for one

evening that i'm a newspaper woman

whoever you are the question is highly

irregular hand me that tape

when i was a little girl i fixed my kite

with chewing gum and hairpins

together of course not

i guess this is how the other half lives

what do you mean

cranshaws cranes daniels

nice quarters good food

to come home too

yeah somebody at the door

cable sir thanks sergeant

it's addressed to miss jane carter

what does it say

cable soonest one can expect first

installment gate story

regards bartlett united

that can wait till morning

just toss it on the table

i couldn't help it

i'm glad it did i'd almost forgotten a

lot of things what do you mean by that

you figured out

miss carter that wrangles doesn't it you

should have married somebody who'd be

grateful just to be mrs gilbert manson

a little slave to bring your slippers

and light your pipe

yes dog no darling anything you say

darling how much longer gonna be here

not a second longer than i have to

lock out on that

you know like onion soup for dinner

no not particularly why don't you make

some cream of mushroom soup

made cream mushroom last time

tastes like onion yes i wondered about

that

cooked onions before same pot we haven't

had onions for days i don't understand

no sweat fuji don't understand either

hello sir

oh i forgot to tell you darling you can

have the car today gil's picking me up

oh fine

then i can take jenny to the commissary

how long do you think the world asks

daddy

don't talk with your mouth full honey

i'm gonna be a jet pilot and kill a

million reds

you're bloodthirsty this morning

up here come back

we gave that bracelet didn't we day you

certainly didn't i wear it all the time

will you fly especially when i fly when

you sleep

when you go to the bathroom sure sure

oh i'll be late for work that's the boy

don't forget dad fly low and small your

daddy's been ordered not to fly

unless it's absolutely necessary who

told you

your jacket you wanted me to talk to you

what did you say did you do what you had

to do

and i love you for it

i assume today it's absolutely necessary

you always know when i'm flying don't

you

don't forget that fly low and slow and

absolutely necessary

so

bracelet where'd you find it

general hail please

hello sergeant klinger this is mrs hale

is the general there

when thank you come on children we have

to hurry

up to find your dad

so

look there's daddy playing

let's watch

daddy

general hill's office please

sergeant klinger colonel mountain

if you get any word from general hail be

sure to call me at once

yes i'm at home now right

are you off to marge is taking me to the

commissary

any objections i should object

that's right why should you

i just want you to know i'm not wasting

any time

can of pears and a can of milk

i guess i better have two cans i'm

drinking a lot of it now

see half a pound of

calves liver oh helen not again oh

morning sickness for hold on day

that poor child

hi susan hi look real live oranges

oh wow i know just how you feel honey

can't stand that canned stuff either

i gotta try to get vitamins down what

are y'all having for dinner susan

i got a letter this morning from bill's

mother oh sent me another recipe

no german dishes bill just loves it

you take thin slices of round steak and

inside them you wrap a dill pickle

slice of onion and a piece of salt fork

then you tie a whole thing up and you

let it simmer for about an hour

and a can of beer here

thank goodness my mother-in-law doesn't

know how to cook i'm not too sure about

mine

but if it's phil's favorite i guess i

gotta try it what are you having for

dinner

oh i don't know but it'll be something

expensive

i ought to try to keep the bills down

but ronnie likes steaks and

i always get the best cuts because

i don't know i want him to have whatever

he wants

well you know how it is

i mean if he just had a regular job

and we were sure how can you think about

putting

money in the bank when

go on see it

say it right out when every meal you

have with you may be the last one

when you hear him sitting in the shower

that may be the last time i shall i

don't talk like that

when you trip over his bedroom slippers

he may never wear them again

and go ahead and say lee we're all in

the same boat

didn't mean that you're always

overwrought when you're pregnant

it'll be gone in a moment

i'm sorry

see what a nice store this is of course

it may not be a supermarket but

we have almost everything here you could

find back home

we think this is the best commissary in

japan

heard from general haley

he should be over and you just about now

so

relay from kimball sir forget

target our grid coordinates 3.9

4.7 it is phony

camouflage lockup plaster

grids 9.5

4.8 real target there

real target there heavy black

concentration

over heaven

there's your target angel and it's a

phony mock-up

where's the other fix it says plaster

grids 9.5-4.8

real target there real target there

cinnamon 40 miles away

what a feeling we would have taken if

we'd walked into that trap

the f-80s low on fuel saber jets with

only 10 minutes time over target

b-29s plastering a phony position

the whole thing was a setup for the

mates and they went about experience

with a cocktail

for each air force better know about it

quick

jumped by heavy make formation

and what's the rest

so there is

who's gonna tell marge

you're the senior officer now gil

out wolverine see you later

yes once in a while one of the girls

cracks up a little

like helen today but never in front of

their men

won't the general ever tell you what he

did today

maybe when it's no longer important

it's a funny thing an ordinary man comes

home at night and

beefs about his hard day at the office

and his wife tells him how much smarter

he is than the boss and

why does he take it but

when bob comes home i'll ask him how it

was and

he'll say a little rugged

and that's all well doesn't that make

you feel rather

futile no in wartime if a woman's lucky

enough to be with her man she has just

one

function to be there when he wants her

to be a lover a wife a mother whatever

he needs at the moment

you mean you wouldn't want it any other

way

of course i would but

this is the way it is excuse me

why gill come in

what a pleasant surprise you're just in

time we're having a cup of tea

i uh rather talk to you alone

oh i have no secrets from jane she's

probed around like a doctor with a

scalpel and i've been burying my soul

i hope you won't make me sound like

florence nightingale

sit down gill i'll get another cup marge

yes

bob didn't make it

how do you know i got part of a radio

message

big formation jumped and then he was cut

off

marge he's not dead you

don't ask me how i know but i do

bob is not this then we'll find him

you know we'll do everything we can

don't you

yes i do know

come on jane now i'll stay with marge

if you need anything you'll call me but

i'm all right

don't worry about it

marge how can you go find him

please sit down

silver service was a wedding present

where it's been you see

the first five years bob and i were

married we lived in boarding houses on

second lieutenant's pay not even

quarters on the post

and then the day his promotion finally

came through

he had to go and call his commanding

officer immediately

of course that's what he was but so

bob was a second lieutenant again that

night

and then he turned down ten thousand a

year from north american

why did he do it because he had to

because he was bob hale and the air

force was his life

i've got to go who have you

you forgot your notes

oh colonel message from general stratton

sir

read it

pending confirmation from far east air

force you will assume command of this

wayne

general hale had the utmost confidence

in you i know you will do a good job

tell him i'll do my best yes sir

club

have something to tell yes it's very

important about how the widow reacted to

the news

quite a scoop for you wasn't it gail

please

this is about me about us there's

nothing left to talk about

won't you listen to me please yes

these orders sir they need your

signature

scarter's finished her assignment

tell captain grady to arrange her

departure

soon as possible

haven't you had any sleep enough

heal what's wrong nothing why

i hear your wife's leaving

what's the matter with that i don't know

you've got a big mission coming up you

can't afford to think about anything

else

but sweating i'll handle a mission you

won't handle them very long if you don't

take better care of yourself

so you look

i know how close you were to bob so was

i let's not talk about it

did you send out the missing action

report yet negative

were to keep it quiet six weeks

intelligent thinks he might have bailed

out

the reds would dig out every cave in

north korea if they thought he was

hiding in one of them

let's get the war over with

roger better start the briefing those

b-29s will be taking off in an hour

so

you all right sir fine

good luck sir thanks

let's get them started

so

so

such something big is going on all the

jets are gone

what's the idea of the bag well i

finished my assignment

i'm going home

i've been meaning to ask you i don't

know much about the newspaper business

but

couldn't you just mail your story to

them and stay

i'm afraid not gee i wish you could

bill was real happy when you came he

says

some may can get along fine without a

wife but not the colonel

he needed someone he was lonesome

lil says he'd be lonesome without me too

well i didn't mean to tell you this but

girl's sending me home

oh don't pay any attention they get

nervous

the clown's awfully high strung they all

say things they don't mean

he meant what he said how do you feel

about going no

it's so funny yesterday i wanted to go

and then i saw something happened to me

and now all i want is to stay here with

gail

you used to love me remember

saber flight leader here approaching

rendezvous

watch for b-29s and f-80s will orbit

till they arrive

b six o'clock low

roger

they're the f-80s

f-80 flight leader here there's the big

base

we've got just four minutes before those

bombs drop

let's flatter them

foreign

big formation 12 o'clock high coming

fast

really come to nine o'clock

we're after the 29th let's get them

foreign

rancho is a nick

shooting at you

thank you

so

approaching target get ready roger

nice going here

so

so

so

bombs away

listen

here they come

before they come

four

eight

shoot

do

so

so

so

so

how bad we hurt george we lost three

i saw cranshaw get it who else norton

and flanagan

at least norton wasn't married yeah

did you see jane this morning no i

didn't

about 30 minutes ago

hey

you never knew what hit him

you