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As I was leaving
my hotel this morning,
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the doorman asked me,
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"Where are you
bound for, sir?"
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When I replied, "West Point,"
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he remarked,
"It's a beautiful place.
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"Have you ever
been there before?"
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Duty, honor, country.
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Those three hallowed words reverently
dictate what you ought to be,
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what you can be,
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and what you will be.
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They are your rallying points.
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They give you
a temper of the will,
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a quality of the imagination,
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a vigor of the emotions,
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a freshness of
the deep springs of life,
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a temperamental predominance
of courage over timidity,
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an appetite for
adventure over love of ease.
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In this way, they will
teach you to be an officer
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and a gentleman.
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From your ranks come the
great captains who will hold
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the nation's destiny
in their hands
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the moment
the war tocsin sounds.
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The Long Gray Line
has never failed us.
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Were you to do so,
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a million ghosts in olive
drab and brown khaki,
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in blue and gray, would rise
from their white crosses
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thundering those magic words.
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Duty, honor, country!
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This does not mean
that you are warmongers.
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On the contrary, the soldier,
above all other people,
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prays for peace,
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for he must suffer and bear the
deepest wounds and scars of war.
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But always in our minds ring
the ominous words of Plato,
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"Only the dead have
seen the end of war."
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Heads up, soldiers!
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Heads up!
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Lieutenant?
Yes, sir?
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Major Huff's got
himself wounded.
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Would you look
after him, please?
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Right away, sir. Corporal,
would you take this?
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Major.
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So, one of the Battling
Bastards of Bataan, eh?
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Yes, sir. No mama,
no papa, no Uncle Sam.
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Well, help is on the way.
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I have Washington's
solemn promise on that.
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General Marshall, Admiral King,
will you go right in, please?
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Thank you.
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You said you wanted to talk
over the Corregidor problem.
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I certainly do. I've gone out
on a limb with the Filipinos.
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We should be getting more than
inspirational radio messages
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through the Japanese blockade.
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Have any of our ships made it?
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One ship has reached Mindanao,
two more made it to Cebu.
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The rest were
either sunk or captured.
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Thank you.
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So far we've lost better
than 80,000 tons.
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In other words, MacArthur has
received practically nothing.
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That's about it,
Mr. President.
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How long can they hold out?
Matter of weeks.
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But we're still dispatching
submarines to Bataan and Corregidor.
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We managed to land
some munitions and drugs,
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and evacuate a few of the wounded,
but that's all we can do.
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Unless you're one
to start stripping
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the defenses of the West Coast,
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the Panama Canal...
One bombing of the canal
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and it's out of
action for two years.
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It's a more vulnerable and important
target than Pearl Harbor.
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And Hitler will have the whole North
American continent for a target
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if we don't stop him in Europe.
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Exactly.
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But you know
what's going to happen.
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Like everything else,
Douglas is going
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to take our strategy personally.
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He thinks the blockade is
a figment of my imagination,
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and that I'm somehow deliberately
robbing him of glory.
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I wish you people would send
Douglas a globe of the world
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to remind him we have
obligations all around it.
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We have to support Stalin while he
fights the bulk of the Nazi army.
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We have to assist Churchill
to keep England functioning.
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We have to protect our flanks,
the Panama Canal,
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and General Douglas MacArthur.
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I need him.
The country needs him.
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We can't leave him
to the Japanese.
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He won't leave the Philippines unless
you order him off, Mr. President.
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Cut an order.
Put my name to it.
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Double 5, O, 673D, L926...
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So long, baby. That's 140
million bucks the Japs won't get.
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I'm army to the marrow
of my bones, Dick.
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I've never disobeyed
an order in my life.
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Now, for the first time,
I feel bound to disobey.
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Sir, you couldn't.
You'd be court-martialed.
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Then I'll resign my commission
and fight on here as a private.
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I want you to direct a statement
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for the president
to that effect.
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General, pardon me,
but you don't mean that.
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I will not leave.
I'll stay here with my boys.
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Sir, you are the only man alive
that can save the Philippines.
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They would never have issued
an order to this effect,
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unless they intended you to mount
an immediate counter-offensive.
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God damn it, those
convoys they diverted,
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the troops and supplies
that never got here,
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they're waiting
for you in Australia.
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And if you leave now, you can be
back before the food runs out.
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Sir, you cannot disobey
a presidential order.
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The president.
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Strange ways
destiny pulls men's lives.
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We have to believe that,
don't we, Jack?
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I can't even
find these supplies.
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Fresh meat is coming.
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File that goddamn requisition.
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Yes, sir.
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Major. Colonel Huff. Hi, Ah Cheu.
Is the general busy?
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The general busy?
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You come and see.
He lead a big parade.
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Excuse me, General.
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The submarine has
arrived to evacuate
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President Quezon and his
family, as you ordered.
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He still wants you to join them.
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No, Sid.
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Much more on the drums.
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Let's hear those drums.
Louder on the drums.
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Sir, President Quezon is
concerned about your safety.
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He advises...
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No, Sid.
If a commander sneaks out,
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how are the men
supposed to feel?
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I'll not skulk out of
here on a submarine.
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I'll go in one of
Johnny Bulkeley's PT boats.
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Sir, I know those boats.
Their engines are shot.
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They'll only make half speed.
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They're made of plywood.
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They've got gasoline
drums all over the deck.
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They're like floating coffins.
They'll go up like a bomb.
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At least put your family on a submarine.
They'd be safer there.
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No, Sid, no.
I will stay with the general.
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Jean, you don't understand.
Come here.
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We don't even know how many
Japanese are out there.
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A submarine might be the only
safe place for you and Arthur.
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We are staying with you.
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Don't forget those
other soiled clothes.
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Yes.
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Jeannie, Sid is right. It's gonna
be a very dangerous journey.
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I'd rather have you and Arthur...
Now, suppose,
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as you are so fond of saying,
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"We three are one.
We drink of the same cup."
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Jeannie...
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You're my finest soldier.
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How did Shakespeare put it?
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"The general's wife is
the general's general."
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Colonel Wainwright, sir,
General MacArthur's arriving.
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Thank you, son.
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There goes Dugout Doug and his
whole goddamn gypsy caravan.
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Goodbye, General, sir.
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Castro, keep up the good fight.
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A guerrilla force is forming.
I'm joining them.
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Very good.
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I've got my rifle.
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Ammunition?
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Enough.
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All right, then.
Cross over to Bataan.
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There are good men in the hills there.
Join them.
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Fight with them.
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Yes, sir.
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Good luck, Castro.
We'll meet again.
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Well, Jim, I have no choice.
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I know.
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If we get through to Australia,
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I'll be back as soon as I
can with as much as I can.
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I suppose I can't convince
you to go by submarine.
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No, no.
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If we can break through, it
will demonstrate to Washington
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that this blockade can be pierced
if you have the daring for it.
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In the meantime,
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you've got to hold on here.
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Yes, sir.
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Cigars, shaving cream.
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Thank you.
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Jim, let the men know
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that I'm obeying a direct
order from the president.
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I will. I will.
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When I return, I'll make
you a lieutenant general.
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I'll be here, or I'll be dead.
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Goodbye, Jim.
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Goodbye.
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Welcome aboard, sir.
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Thank you, Lieutenant.
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I'm saying hello
again to you boys on Corregidor.
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Especially you,
General MacArthur.
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On behalf of
the Japanese nation,
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allow me to
invite you to a party
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to celebrate our forthcoming victory.
A surprise party.
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In fact, a necktie party,
here in Tokyo.
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Sorry, General.
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Let's skip that
little party, shall we?
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Aye, aye, sir.
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What is it?
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Mines.
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I think that's
the last of them, sir.
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There's a pot of hot coffee up
forward, sir. Would you like some?
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No coffee.
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How do you feel, sir?
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I'm not exactly
a navy man, Phil.
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Well, when we get to Australia,
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the commissioner of railways has
ordered his own personal car
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for your trip to Melbourne.
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Anything I can do, sir?
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Can't sleep.
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We're safe.
They're doomed.
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I know what they're saying.
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"Dugout Doug MacArthur
lies a-shaking on the rock.
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"Safe from any danger
and any sudden shock."
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I've heard that song.
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Well, I'm sure that the men
who thought that one up
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were just
blowing off steam, sir.
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I'm only thankful my father
isn't alive to hear it.
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Sir!
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I knew the train
would be the best.
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This is the first time he's
really slept since Pearl Harbor.
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Mmm.
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Good crowd. And it looks
like all the Australian brass
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you want to talk to are out
there waiting for you, sir.
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All I see is people.
Where are the kangaroos?
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Well, I'm sure
we'll see some soon, dear.
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What I'd like to have is a
public address system by the back there.
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Hello, Dick.
Do you have a report for me?
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Uh, yes, I do, but...
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But there's a crowd waiting.
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Why don't you go out, and
I'll brief you in the hotel?
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Good news can wait, bad news can't.
Let's have it.
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Well, sir...
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I...
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Nobody knows anything about a
Philippine relief expedition.
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I'm sorry.
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In the whole of Australia,
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there is a grand total of
some 30,000 U.S. personnel,
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mostly artillery and engineers,
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scattered all over
the continent.
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At present, there's no
American infantry.
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Air units?
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There are about 250 planes of all
types, more or less, in commission.
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Sixty-five of them are
undergoing repairs, 122 of them
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are being assembled.
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There's almost no navy at all.
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And no infantry.
God help us.
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Well, there are approximately
300,000 Australian troops,
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but they've been described as
under-trained and under-equipped.
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You know what that means.
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Not only is
the Bataan rescue mission
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so much blue sky
over the horizon,
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it is even open to question
if we can defend Australia.
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Ready to go, Daddy?
Shh.
251
00:26:00,832 --> 00:26:02,972
However, there is
one more thing, sir.
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Headquarters here at Melbourne
has received a message for you
253
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from President Roosevelt.
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00:26:11,376 --> 00:26:13,906
He has awarded you
the Medal of Honor.
255
00:26:15,113 --> 00:26:16,953
Congratulations, sir.
256
00:26:16,982 --> 00:26:18,225
MacArthur! MacArthur!
257
00:26:18,249 --> 00:26:19,789
MacArthur! MacArthur!
258
00:26:19,818 --> 00:26:21,918
MacArthur!
MacArthur! MacArthur!
259
00:26:21,953 --> 00:26:24,623
MacArthur!
MacArthur! MacArthur!
260
00:26:29,427 --> 00:26:31,757
Congressional Medal of Honor.
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00:26:31,797 --> 00:26:33,697
MacArthur!
MacArthur! MacArthur!
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00:26:33,732 --> 00:26:34,909
MacArthur!
MacArthur! MacArthur!
263
00:26:34,933 --> 00:26:37,773
You know, my father was awarded
264
00:26:37,803 --> 00:26:40,073
the same decoration
when he was only 19.
265
00:26:42,708 --> 00:26:45,408
I had to wait just
a little bit longer.
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00:26:47,378 --> 00:26:49,378
MacArthur!
MacArthur! MacArthur!
267
00:26:49,414 --> 00:26:50,954
MacArthur!
MacArthur! MacArthur!
268
00:26:52,951 --> 00:26:58,421
But at this moment, I would swap
it for just one trained division.
269
00:27:22,113 --> 00:27:24,425
Excuse me, gentlemen. Would you
please shoot from a low angle?
270
00:27:24,449 --> 00:27:26,049
The general likes
that effect very much.
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00:27:30,822 --> 00:27:33,692
The President of
the United States...
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00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,840
The President...
273
00:27:58,984 --> 00:28:01,824
The President of the
United States ordered me
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to break through
the Japanese lines
275
00:28:05,323 --> 00:28:10,263
and proceed from
Corregidor to Australia
276
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for the purpose of organizing the
American offensive against Japan,
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00:28:15,867 --> 00:28:20,207
a primary object of which is the
retaking of the Philippines.
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I came through,
279
00:28:25,243 --> 00:28:26,743
and I shall return.
280
00:28:37,188 --> 00:28:39,388
This is General
Wainwright speaking.
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Subject, surrender.
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00:28:42,227 --> 00:28:45,757
To put a stop to further useless
sacrifice of human life,
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00:28:47,098 --> 00:28:50,568
I've decided to accept,
in the name of humanity,
284
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the formal surrender of all
American and Philippine army troops
285
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in the Philippine Islands.
286
00:28:57,876 --> 00:29:02,976
It became apparent that the garrisons
would be eventually destroyed.
287
00:29:03,014 --> 00:29:05,584
This dissension
was forced upon me
288
00:29:05,616 --> 00:29:09,856
by means entirely
beyond my control.
289
00:29:09,888 --> 00:29:12,888
Let me emphasize there must
be no thought whatever
290
00:29:12,924 --> 00:29:16,234
of disregarding
these instructions.
291
00:29:16,261 --> 00:29:20,871
My assistant chief of staff will repeat
the complete text of this letter
292
00:29:20,899 --> 00:29:24,099
by radio to General MacArthur.
293
00:29:24,135 --> 00:29:26,395
It's a trick.
It's a Japanese deception.
294
00:29:26,437 --> 00:29:28,937
No, sir. Everyone recognized
the general's voice.
295
00:29:28,974 --> 00:29:32,484
He struck Old Glory
and ran up a bed sheet.
296
00:29:32,510 --> 00:29:35,980
By what authority does he
issue such an unlawful order?
297
00:29:36,014 --> 00:29:37,854
He's the acting
commander. He's...
298
00:29:37,883 --> 00:29:41,193
The only possible explanation is
that he's temporarily deranged.
299
00:29:41,219 --> 00:29:44,019
For that reason alone,
his orders have no validity.
300
00:29:44,055 --> 00:29:47,425
I place no credence
on this alleged broadcast.
301
00:29:47,458 --> 00:29:49,998
Everybody up there believed
him, the Japanese included.
302
00:29:50,028 --> 00:29:51,498
The conditions...
303
00:29:51,529 --> 00:29:53,459
If it's true, then we
should get back at once.
304
00:29:53,498 --> 00:29:56,228
It's not too late to join
the guerrillas on Luzon.
305
00:29:56,267 --> 00:29:58,067
General, you can't be serious.
306
00:29:58,103 --> 00:30:00,313
They won't be
organized for months.
307
00:30:00,338 --> 00:30:02,168
Now, we both know
that Wainwright
308
00:30:02,207 --> 00:30:04,037
could not hold on indefinitely.
309
00:30:04,075 --> 00:30:06,035
He was not asked to
hold on indefinitely.
310
00:30:06,077 --> 00:30:09,347
His job was to defend the
island until help arrived.
311
00:30:09,380 --> 00:30:10,650
That was his assignment!
312
00:30:10,681 --> 00:30:13,021
He had no supplies,
no food left.
313
00:30:13,051 --> 00:30:15,091
The malaria was
totally out of hand.
314
00:30:15,120 --> 00:30:17,990
If he had tried to
hold out one more day,
315
00:30:18,023 --> 00:30:20,263
then we would've had
a dreadful massacre.
316
00:30:23,962 --> 00:30:25,362
General, would...
317
00:30:41,612 --> 00:30:43,652
Yes, yes, yes.
318
00:30:44,983 --> 00:30:47,293
I suppose it was
just a matter of time.
319
00:30:50,288 --> 00:30:52,388
General Blamey on Line 2, sir.
320
00:30:52,423 --> 00:30:53,423
I can't speak to him now.
321
00:30:57,963 --> 00:30:59,603
He'll call back later.
322
00:31:07,638 --> 00:31:09,208
There's some talk in Washington
323
00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:12,010
about a Medal of Honor
for Wainwright.
324
00:31:14,479 --> 00:31:16,409
They want you to recommend it.
325
00:31:20,418 --> 00:31:21,918
Medal of Honor?
326
00:31:27,692 --> 00:31:30,202
If Wainwright received it,
327
00:31:30,228 --> 00:31:31,698
it would constitute an injustice
328
00:31:31,729 --> 00:31:33,459
to others
who have done far more.
329
00:31:41,139 --> 00:31:44,009
Send the following radio
to General Marshall.
330
00:31:44,042 --> 00:31:48,012
"I believe that Wainwright has
become temporarily unbalanced,
331
00:31:48,046 --> 00:31:51,216
"and that his condition renders
him susceptible of enemy use."
332
00:31:53,384 --> 00:31:54,394
Unquote.
333
00:31:57,088 --> 00:31:59,033
General, this
training is all well and good,
334
00:31:59,057 --> 00:32:01,427
but it's just not enough.
335
00:32:01,459 --> 00:32:06,099
These troops are green corn.
They won't be ready for weeks.
336
00:32:06,131 --> 00:32:09,371
All soldiers are green
until their first battle.
337
00:32:09,400 --> 00:32:11,570
Shit, sir. Excuse me, I don't
even have the transport
338
00:32:11,602 --> 00:32:14,272
to supply a single
division for 24 hours.
339
00:32:14,305 --> 00:32:16,535
Hell, I can't even
land them on the beach.
340
00:32:16,574 --> 00:32:20,284
Harding, I want action
from you, not complaints.
341
00:32:20,311 --> 00:32:23,181
If I don't get going, the
navy's gonna win this war.
342
00:32:23,214 --> 00:32:26,484
Look what Nimitz did
up at Coral Sea and Midway.
343
00:32:26,517 --> 00:32:28,447
I know you don't have
everything you need, but...
344
00:32:28,486 --> 00:32:30,164
Look, sir, if I could just
have a little more time...
345
00:32:30,188 --> 00:32:32,188
That's because our
friends in Washington
346
00:32:32,223 --> 00:32:35,193
are sending it all to George
Patton in North Africa,
347
00:32:35,226 --> 00:32:38,326
so he can run around in the desert,
fighting a seesaw tank battle.
348
00:32:38,363 --> 00:32:39,640
General, if I could just have...
349
00:32:39,664 --> 00:32:41,108
Sid, I want to see
my new air commander.
350
00:32:41,132 --> 00:32:42,202
Where's General Kenney?
351
00:33:00,751 --> 00:33:02,091
General Kenney?
352
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:03,350
Good morning.
353
00:33:03,388 --> 00:33:05,658
Where'd
you get the B-17?
354
00:33:05,690 --> 00:33:08,260
It flew in from
the States this morning.
355
00:33:08,293 --> 00:33:10,833
We're putting together several
squadrons up in Brisbane.
356
00:33:10,861 --> 00:33:13,301
Good. How soon can you
get them in the air?
357
00:33:13,331 --> 00:33:15,201
Soon enough to get
the enemy off our back,
358
00:33:16,467 --> 00:33:18,597
and maybe go kick
his butt for a change.
359
00:33:18,636 --> 00:33:22,236
Good, good.
My boys say you can't do it.
360
00:33:22,273 --> 00:33:26,083
Well, your boys aren't fliers.
Give me five days to prepare,
361
00:33:26,111 --> 00:33:29,651
and I'll ship the whole goddamn United
States Army to New Guinea by air.
362
00:33:29,680 --> 00:33:32,120
Really?
363
00:33:32,150 --> 00:33:33,580
My staff hear about this?
364
00:33:33,618 --> 00:33:35,518
I doubt it.
365
00:33:35,553 --> 00:33:37,493
Don't tell them. You'll
scare them half to death!
366
00:33:37,522 --> 00:33:39,362
Attack!
367
00:34:17,195 --> 00:34:19,395
And you ram it
right down his throat!
368
00:34:19,430 --> 00:34:21,500
The recent bombings of
our northern airfields
369
00:34:21,532 --> 00:34:23,132
give us every reason to believe
370
00:34:23,168 --> 00:34:25,538
that the nips' next move will be
371
00:34:25,570 --> 00:34:27,540
a massive invasion of
the Australian continent.
372
00:34:29,374 --> 00:34:32,444
The garrison at Darwin, up here,
373
00:34:32,477 --> 00:34:36,177
doesn't have enough troops to
hold for more than 48 hours.
374
00:34:36,214 --> 00:34:39,924
So our best plan, therefore,
is to show token resistance
375
00:34:39,950 --> 00:34:44,720
and fall back rapidly to
this, the Brisbane Line.
376
00:34:44,755 --> 00:34:48,585
To the north, the enemy will
find only burnt offerings.
377
00:34:48,626 --> 00:34:51,896
Meanwhile in the southeast,
we will throw everything
378
00:34:51,929 --> 00:34:56,269
into the fight for the cities
and the farmlands around them.
379
00:34:56,301 --> 00:34:58,841
This is the living
heart of Australia,
380
00:34:58,869 --> 00:35:01,739
and we shall defend it
with our lives.
381
00:35:01,772 --> 00:35:03,412
General.
Thank you.
382
00:35:06,477 --> 00:35:07,477
Gentlemen,
383
00:35:09,980 --> 00:35:13,520
I've been deeply moved
and deeply stirred
384
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:18,590
by the Allied efforts,
385
00:35:18,623 --> 00:35:20,833
and by the courage and
determination of the Australians
386
00:35:20,858 --> 00:35:23,628
as expressed by General Blamey,
387
00:35:23,661 --> 00:35:28,201
but as supreme commander
of the southwest Pacific area,
388
00:35:28,233 --> 00:35:31,303
I will not be the leader
of another lost cause.
389
00:35:32,002 --> 00:35:35,242
We are attacking, gentlemen.
390
00:35:35,273 --> 00:35:38,313
I am going to make
the fight for Australia
391
00:35:38,343 --> 00:35:41,653
up here in New Guinea.
392
00:35:51,856 --> 00:35:55,686
Hey, Joe,
what are you doing out here?
393
00:35:55,726 --> 00:35:58,926
You should be home on the farm
walking with your girl,
394
00:35:58,963 --> 00:36:02,303
getting your chores done
and sitting down to supper.
395
00:36:02,333 --> 00:36:05,273
Or maybe you should be
taking in a show,
396
00:36:05,303 --> 00:36:08,813
walking down Broadway,
sipping Coke.
397
00:36:08,839 --> 00:36:11,939
The jungle's where we live.
It's where you die.
398
00:36:14,979 --> 00:36:16,649
Bob,
I sent for you
399
00:36:16,681 --> 00:36:18,725
because I don't think you like a
stalemate any better than I do,
400
00:36:18,749 --> 00:36:21,689
and that's what we've got here
in New Guinea.
401
00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:23,619
They tell me that American boys
402
00:36:23,654 --> 00:36:26,564
are actually throwing away
their rifles and turning tail.
403
00:36:26,591 --> 00:36:28,931
That hasn't happened since
the first battle of Bull Run.
404
00:36:28,959 --> 00:36:30,599
I want you to relieve Harding.
405
00:36:30,628 --> 00:36:34,298
This isn't
the Civil War, General.
406
00:36:34,332 --> 00:36:35,742
Harding's a good man,
he's a good officer.
407
00:36:35,766 --> 00:36:36,877
It's just that
he's up against...
408
00:36:36,901 --> 00:36:38,771
I'm sending you in, Bob.
409
00:36:38,803 --> 00:36:41,443
I want you to remove
all officers who won't fight.
410
00:36:41,472 --> 00:36:43,972
If necessary, put sergeants
in charge of battalions
411
00:36:44,008 --> 00:36:48,008
and corporals in charge of companies.
Anyone who will fight.
412
00:36:48,045 --> 00:36:50,545
I want you to take Buna
or don't come back alive,
413
00:36:50,581 --> 00:36:53,251
and that goes for
your chief of staff, too.
414
00:36:56,020 --> 00:36:57,460
Yes, sir.
415
00:36:59,957 --> 00:37:01,327
Bob.
416
00:37:04,729 --> 00:37:07,329
If you come
through this all right,
417
00:37:07,365 --> 00:37:09,395
I'll give you the
Distinguished Service Cross,
418
00:37:09,434 --> 00:37:11,904
I'll recommend you
for a high British decoration,
419
00:37:11,936 --> 00:37:14,766
and I'll release your name
to newspaper publication.
420
00:37:17,708 --> 00:37:19,378
Yes, sir.
Thank you very much, General.
421
00:37:31,055 --> 00:37:33,015
I don't care how
deep the goddamn mud is!
422
00:37:33,057 --> 00:37:36,287
I want you just to kick ass,
or I'm gonna relieve yours!
423
00:37:41,666 --> 00:37:44,796
Good news, General.
This battle is over.
424
00:37:44,835 --> 00:37:48,335
It says so right here
in Stars and Stripes.
425
00:37:48,373 --> 00:37:50,013
General MacArthur
won it yesterday.
426
00:37:50,040 --> 00:37:53,480
Well, the great Sarah Bernhardt.
Another dramatic moment.
427
00:37:54,712 --> 00:37:58,382
God, he tells the newspapers,
428
00:37:58,416 --> 00:38:00,386
but I wish he'd told
the Japanese.
429
00:38:01,151 --> 00:38:03,521
Son of a bitch.
"Mopping-up operation"!
430
00:38:03,554 --> 00:38:06,394
Now, what kind of a phrase
is that to ask men to die for?
431
00:38:06,424 --> 00:38:08,894
I'm surprised he didn't say
we're just "policing the area."
432
00:38:08,926 --> 00:38:11,396
I wonder who really
writes that propaganda.
433
00:38:11,429 --> 00:38:12,829
I don't know.
434
00:38:12,863 --> 00:38:15,973
I don't trust any of those
ass-kissers up there at GHQ
435
00:38:16,000 --> 00:38:17,870
surrounding MacArthur.
436
00:38:17,902 --> 00:38:21,342
Hell, he doesn't have a staff,
he's got a court.
437
00:38:22,573 --> 00:38:24,743
You ever see any of them?
438
00:38:24,775 --> 00:38:26,635
They remind me of
a bunch of barracuda
439
00:38:26,677 --> 00:38:29,847
I used to play poker with
in Shanghai years ago.
440
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,420
We had to put the goddamn cuspidor
in the center of the table
441
00:38:32,450 --> 00:38:34,450
because no one dared look away
long enough to spit.
442
00:38:34,952 --> 00:38:36,122
G'day.
443
00:38:36,153 --> 00:38:37,793
Where you off to?
444
00:38:37,822 --> 00:38:39,462
Gotta go to the latrine, sir.
445
00:38:40,190 --> 00:38:41,490
But I shall return.
446
00:39:08,986 --> 00:39:11,116
Australian. No tags.
447
00:39:11,989 --> 00:39:14,089
No tags?
Take care of him later.
448
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:19,500
U.S., 7705...
449
00:39:24,134 --> 00:39:27,474
Oh, my God.
Here comes General MacArthur.
450
00:39:27,505 --> 00:39:30,975
Yeah, yeah, and I bet he's got
Eleanor Roosevelt with him, too.
451
00:39:31,008 --> 00:39:32,678
No, I'm serious. Look.
452
00:39:36,481 --> 00:39:39,181
General, sir. Excuse me,
sir, but we just...
453
00:39:39,216 --> 00:39:41,916
We just killed a Jap sniper
here not five minutes ago.
454
00:39:41,952 --> 00:39:44,762
Fine, son. That's the best
thing to do with them.
455
00:39:44,789 --> 00:39:46,619
Thought you said there
were 1,500 Japs here.
456
00:39:46,657 --> 00:39:48,557
We ran into more like 6,000.
457
00:39:53,163 --> 00:39:58,903
U.S., 5813864.
458
00:39:58,936 --> 00:40:00,614
You mind repeating
the last four again?
459
00:40:00,638 --> 00:40:02,468
Three-eight-six-four.
460
00:40:05,075 --> 00:40:06,875
Not my idea of how to win a war.
461
00:40:08,212 --> 00:40:13,652
Australian.
00802. Protestant.
462
00:40:15,820 --> 00:40:17,860
Dennison, E.
463
00:40:31,268 --> 00:40:35,008
I'm thinking about
Hansa Bay still up ahead.
464
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:37,809
Yes, and Hansa Bay
is not some little outpost
465
00:40:37,842 --> 00:40:41,182
that we can overrun with
galoshes and determination.
466
00:40:41,211 --> 00:40:43,251
We need men, supplies.
467
00:40:44,715 --> 00:40:46,515
Plenty of both.
468
00:40:46,551 --> 00:40:50,091
Well, bombing Hansa Bay is one thing.
Taking it's another.
469
00:40:50,120 --> 00:40:52,090
You can say that again.
470
00:40:52,122 --> 00:40:57,232
Well, let's just say
we won't take Hansa Bay.
471
00:40:57,261 --> 00:40:58,831
We won't what?
472
00:40:58,863 --> 00:41:01,703
That's it.
We don't want it.
473
00:41:03,801 --> 00:41:07,711
General, the farther up
the New Guinea coast we go,
474
00:41:07,738 --> 00:41:09,238
the more trouble
we're gonna run into.
475
00:41:09,273 --> 00:41:11,813
And I hope you don't think it's
gonna be any easier at Wewak.
476
00:41:11,842 --> 00:41:14,112
There's 60,000 of them
holed up there,
477
00:41:14,144 --> 00:41:15,584
sharpening their samurai swords.
478
00:41:15,613 --> 00:41:18,823
Good. I hope there's more.
479
00:41:18,849 --> 00:41:23,319
We don't want Wewak, either. We'll
bypass their strong points,
480
00:41:23,353 --> 00:41:26,563
cut their supply lines and leave
them to wither and die on the vine.
481
00:41:26,591 --> 00:41:27,991
But what about my men?
482
00:41:28,025 --> 00:41:30,995
Starve Hansa Bay.
Starve Wewak.
483
00:41:31,028 --> 00:41:33,828
Starvation is my ally.
484
00:41:33,864 --> 00:41:36,834
Okay,
soldier, welcome to the fight.
485
00:41:36,867 --> 00:41:39,767
So the cut of the cards has dealt
you a tour of the Pacific.
486
00:41:39,804 --> 00:41:41,944
What's it going to be
like fighting the nips,
487
00:41:41,972 --> 00:41:45,312
and who is this man, Douglas
MacArthur, your new commander?
488
00:41:45,342 --> 00:41:48,812
Let's take a look at the general
who, in a few short months,
489
00:41:48,846 --> 00:41:50,276
has turned
the tide towards victory.
490
00:41:50,314 --> 00:41:53,954
Colonel Whitney. Yes.
We've been expecting you.
491
00:41:53,984 --> 00:41:55,061
Welcome to New Guinea.
Come in out of the light.
492
00:41:55,085 --> 00:41:56,745
I'm so sorry.
That's all right.
493
00:41:56,787 --> 00:41:58,957
Please,
have a seat right over here.
494
00:41:58,989 --> 00:42:02,059
Excuse me just a moment. I have
to watch this one section.
495
00:42:04,194 --> 00:42:06,034
Okay, that's more like it.
496
00:42:11,401 --> 00:42:13,947
I understand you're here to organize
Philippine guerrilla activity?
497
00:42:13,971 --> 00:42:15,341
Yes, that's right.
498
00:42:15,372 --> 00:42:16,683
But, you know, I've just
come from Washington,
499
00:42:16,707 --> 00:42:18,207
and I must tell you
straight off,
500
00:42:18,242 --> 00:42:21,952
you've done an absolutely top-notch
job on the general's press.
501
00:42:21,979 --> 00:42:23,779
He's America's
hero now, you know,
502
00:42:23,814 --> 00:42:26,154
and no small amount
of credit belongs to you.
503
00:42:26,183 --> 00:42:29,653
Well, we don't want the home folks
to forget about us out here.
504
00:42:29,687 --> 00:42:32,817
I don't think you realize the
dimensions of the excitement.
505
00:42:32,857 --> 00:42:35,757
Here. Letters from
congressmen, senators,
506
00:42:35,793 --> 00:42:38,063
corporation executives,
even two governors.
507
00:42:38,095 --> 00:42:40,355
And thousands of
just plain folks.
508
00:42:41,932 --> 00:42:45,072
"You are big, B-l-G,
509
00:42:45,102 --> 00:42:47,102
"enough to do
a complete housecleaning
510
00:42:47,137 --> 00:42:50,237
"of parasitic
bureaucrats in Washington.
511
00:42:50,274 --> 00:42:53,114
"As long as the war is on, only
a military figure like yourself
512
00:42:53,143 --> 00:42:55,783
"can unseat the man
in the White House."
513
00:42:55,813 --> 00:42:57,958
There's one from a lady in New
Jersey I want you to read.
514
00:42:57,982 --> 00:42:59,325
Excuse me a minute. I just
want to look at this closing.
515
00:42:59,349 --> 00:43:00,919
Oh, sure.
516
00:43:00,951 --> 00:43:03,751
Just remember,
America's greatest combat general
517
00:43:03,788 --> 00:43:05,388
will be leading you into battle.
518
00:43:05,422 --> 00:43:08,332
"Hit them where they ain't."
That's his motto.
519
00:43:08,358 --> 00:43:11,228
This is the MacArthur touch.
520
00:43:11,261 --> 00:43:14,401
Combining sea and air power
as never before,
521
00:43:14,431 --> 00:43:18,801
he's leapfrogging right over the enemy's
strongholds to cut their chow line,
522
00:43:18,836 --> 00:43:22,036
all the way to the Philippines.
523
00:43:22,072 --> 00:43:26,012
Now you get your chance to
fulfill the immortal pledge.
524
00:43:26,043 --> 00:43:29,713
I came through,
and I shall return.
525
00:43:33,250 --> 00:43:34,920
Good. Good.
526
00:43:34,952 --> 00:43:36,022
Some exciting stuff there.
527
00:43:36,420 --> 00:43:37,890
Thank you.
528
00:43:37,922 --> 00:43:39,962
Okay on this one to Washington.
529
00:43:41,391 --> 00:43:45,131
Wow. President MacArthur.
I like the sound of that.
530
00:43:45,162 --> 00:43:47,872
Only question is, how does
it sound to MacArthur?
531
00:43:47,898 --> 00:43:51,998
You know that I have no
political ambitions whatsoever.
532
00:43:52,036 --> 00:43:53,896
General...
533
00:43:53,938 --> 00:43:56,238
General, this country's
always had a hero.
534
00:43:56,273 --> 00:43:58,143
Washington, Lincoln, Lindbergh.
535
00:43:59,176 --> 00:44:00,206
Now you.
536
00:44:02,813 --> 00:44:05,053
It's in all the papers.
537
00:44:05,082 --> 00:44:06,052
The Republican ones.
538
00:44:06,083 --> 00:44:08,853
No, sir.
Democratic ones, too.
539
00:44:08,886 --> 00:44:11,186
Listen to this woman
in New Jersey.
540
00:44:11,221 --> 00:44:15,431
She says, "I have never wanted to
sin with any other man in my life,
541
00:44:15,459 --> 00:44:16,759
"but I would with you."
542
00:44:17,928 --> 00:44:19,858
How about it, General?
543
00:44:23,868 --> 00:44:27,138
Here's a little boy in Moline, Illinois.
Wants to know,
544
00:44:27,171 --> 00:44:29,811
"Why do you carry a cane?
Are you feeble?"
545
00:44:48,492 --> 00:44:52,262
General, what we want to do
is to print "I shall return"
546
00:44:52,296 --> 00:44:57,226
on candy bars, matchbooks, chewing
gum, sewing kits and pencils,
547
00:44:57,267 --> 00:44:59,197
and drop them on the
Philippines to boost morale.
548
00:44:59,236 --> 00:45:00,566
- First-rate idea.
- Yes, sir.
549
00:45:00,604 --> 00:45:03,216
But back in Washington, the Office
of War Information wants to know
550
00:45:03,240 --> 00:45:05,210
if, before things get going,
551
00:45:05,242 --> 00:45:07,812
you'd be amenable to a small
revision of the wording.
552
00:45:07,845 --> 00:45:09,775
What sort of a revision?
553
00:45:09,814 --> 00:45:13,554
Well, sir, they feel that "We shall
return" is more to the point.
554
00:45:13,583 --> 00:45:14,853
"We shall return"?
555
00:45:14,885 --> 00:45:15,915
Yes, sir.
556
00:45:17,254 --> 00:45:19,964
I fail to see what purpose
that would serve.
557
00:45:23,393 --> 00:45:26,233
Why does Roosevelt
want me at Pearl Harbor?
558
00:45:26,263 --> 00:45:27,873
What's he up to?
559
00:45:29,133 --> 00:45:31,903
Why haven't I been told
what this is all about?
560
00:45:33,971 --> 00:45:35,971
I'm perfectly
willing to discuss strategy
561
00:45:36,006 --> 00:45:38,176
with Admiral Nimitz,
if that's what they want.
562
00:45:41,912 --> 00:45:45,952
I suspect Roosevelt has been pulling
some strings to keep me in the dark.
563
00:45:48,152 --> 00:45:51,022
You know, he's always
favored the navy.
564
00:46:18,883 --> 00:46:20,623
That's our general.
565
00:46:20,650 --> 00:46:23,390
And you should see the fire-engine
red car he just drove up in.
566
00:46:24,654 --> 00:46:27,894
Douglas MacArthur,
starring Douglas MacArthur.
567
00:46:27,925 --> 00:46:29,285
He keeps me waiting
half an hour,
568
00:46:29,326 --> 00:46:31,396
and then he gets a bigger
reception than I did.
569
00:46:31,428 --> 00:46:33,028
Now I see what Eisenhower meant.
570
00:46:33,063 --> 00:46:35,473
He said he spent nine long years
571
00:46:35,499 --> 00:46:37,569
with MacArthur,
studying dramatics.
572
00:46:44,341 --> 00:46:47,381
Excuse me, sir.
Would you look this way?
573
00:46:47,411 --> 00:46:49,051
Keep talking and act natural.
574
00:46:52,649 --> 00:46:55,249
You're looking well, Douglas.
Tell me about your family.
575
00:46:55,285 --> 00:46:57,545
Just fine,
thank you, Mr. President.
576
00:46:57,587 --> 00:47:02,027
Sorry that I couldn't entertain
Eleanor when she was in Australia.
577
00:47:02,059 --> 00:47:04,259
She enjoyed visiting
with Mrs. MacArthur.
578
00:47:04,294 --> 00:47:07,134
You, as I recall, were out
of town fighting a war.
579
00:47:10,500 --> 00:47:14,070
Oh, and, Douglas, before
we get down to business,
580
00:47:14,104 --> 00:47:15,348
I'd like to take
this opportunity
581
00:47:15,372 --> 00:47:18,042
to present you
with a decoration.
582
00:47:18,075 --> 00:47:22,005
The Order of Merit for
conspicuous inspiration
583
00:47:22,046 --> 00:47:24,006
of the American people.
584
00:47:33,723 --> 00:47:35,235
General MacArthur,
we have asked you here
585
00:47:35,259 --> 00:47:37,329
because the Joint
Chiefs of Staff
586
00:47:37,361 --> 00:47:40,561
have been considering for about
a year, without a decision,
587
00:47:40,597 --> 00:47:43,627
the next step to be taken
in the Pacific War.
588
00:47:43,667 --> 00:47:47,467
The president has decided he
would like to hear firsthand
589
00:47:47,504 --> 00:47:50,314
the views of his commanders
in chief in the field.
590
00:47:50,340 --> 00:47:52,340
Admiral Nimitz, would you
please present the plan
591
00:47:52,376 --> 00:47:54,176
prepared by you
and Admiral King?
592
00:47:54,211 --> 00:47:55,281
Yes, sir.
593
00:47:56,746 --> 00:47:59,476
In our westward drive
across the Pacific,
594
00:47:59,516 --> 00:48:01,986
the navy's consistent goal
595
00:48:02,019 --> 00:48:05,359
has been to cut Japan's
line of communication.
596
00:48:05,389 --> 00:48:08,129
Now, as you know,
the central Pacific offensives
597
00:48:08,158 --> 00:48:10,188
have taken under control
the Gilbert,
598
00:48:10,227 --> 00:48:12,997
the Marshall and
the Mariana Island groups.
599
00:48:13,030 --> 00:48:16,630
Now, in our view, the sound
strategy for early victory
600
00:48:16,666 --> 00:48:20,736
is to occupy the western
Pacific and seize Formosa,
601
00:48:20,770 --> 00:48:23,370
both to control
the Formosa Strait
602
00:48:23,407 --> 00:48:26,537
and as a jumping-off
point against Japan.
603
00:48:26,576 --> 00:48:32,546
Now, this means bypassing the
main Philippine island of Luzon
604
00:48:32,582 --> 00:48:35,052
until Formosa is secured.
605
00:48:35,085 --> 00:48:37,415
After General MacArthur's troops
606
00:48:37,454 --> 00:48:40,524
have seized
the southern Philippines,
607
00:48:40,557 --> 00:48:43,527
the access of advance that
should get the highest priority
608
00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:46,760
is the central Pacific
offensive toward Formosa.
609
00:48:46,796 --> 00:48:50,226
General MacArthur
could then move into Luzon
610
00:48:50,267 --> 00:48:54,197
and recapture Manila after my
forces have taken Formosa.
611
00:48:54,238 --> 00:48:58,278
In fact, with the fall of Japan,
612
00:48:58,308 --> 00:49:01,548
the liberation of the northern
Philippines, including Manila,
613
00:49:01,578 --> 00:49:06,048
will follow de facto, without
any need for force of arms.
614
00:49:06,083 --> 00:49:11,323
We therefore propose to invade
Formosa at the earliest opportunity.
615
00:49:11,355 --> 00:49:16,655
And my planners are convinced that
a target date of March 1, '45,
616
00:49:16,693 --> 00:49:18,403
is not unreasonable.
617
00:49:20,797 --> 00:49:23,527
Well, Douglas,
how does it sound to you?
618
00:49:32,509 --> 00:49:35,479
I'm a soldier, and I'll hold
the horse if so ordered.
619
00:49:37,547 --> 00:49:40,447
To bypass isolated
islands is one thing,
620
00:49:40,484 --> 00:49:47,594
but to leave in your rear
250,000 Japanese troops
621
00:49:47,624 --> 00:49:50,764
drawing their sustenance
from the Philippines
622
00:49:50,794 --> 00:49:53,764
involves serious
and unnecessary risks.
623
00:49:53,797 --> 00:49:57,197
From Luzon,
I can clamp a blockade
624
00:49:57,234 --> 00:50:00,174
on all supplies
from the south to Japan,
625
00:50:00,204 --> 00:50:03,114
thus forcing her to
an early capitulation.
626
00:50:03,140 --> 00:50:08,650
Therefore, I propose that we
land at Leyte Beach on Luzon,
627
00:50:08,678 --> 00:50:11,848
and then carry
the fight to Manila.
628
00:50:11,881 --> 00:50:15,151
Given a successful landing, aren't you
afraid of a long and bloody campaign?
629
00:50:16,786 --> 00:50:22,226
With the kind of performance and
support provided thus far by the navy,
630
00:50:22,259 --> 00:50:24,329
I can be in Manila in five weeks
631
00:50:24,361 --> 00:50:27,561
from the day my troops
step ashore on the beaches,
632
00:50:27,597 --> 00:50:29,227
and well before next March.
633
00:50:29,266 --> 00:50:30,466
General, how can you say that?
634
00:50:31,901 --> 00:50:35,371
Because for two years, Filipino
guerrillas have been working
635
00:50:35,405 --> 00:50:39,635
behind the Japanese lines to set
the stage for our landings.
636
00:50:39,676 --> 00:50:43,206
It's your position to know, but I can't
conscientiously agree with this estimate.
637
00:50:43,247 --> 00:50:46,277
To take Luzon would demand heavier
losses than we can stand.
638
00:50:46,316 --> 00:50:48,416
It seems to me
we should bypass it.
639
00:50:48,452 --> 00:50:50,892
In my two years of fighting
in the southwest Pacific area,
640
00:50:50,920 --> 00:50:53,120
and they have been long,
hard years,
641
00:50:53,157 --> 00:50:54,817
fewer Americans have been killed
642
00:50:54,858 --> 00:50:57,088
than in the single
battle of Anzio.
643
00:50:58,328 --> 00:51:00,798
The days of
the frontal attack are over.
644
00:51:00,830 --> 00:51:03,530
Only your mediocre
commanders use it.
645
00:51:03,567 --> 00:51:07,567
Your good commanders
do not turn in heavy losses.
646
00:51:07,604 --> 00:51:09,644
Douglas,
Admiral Nimitz's victories
647
00:51:09,673 --> 00:51:12,183
have been no less than your own.
648
00:51:12,209 --> 00:51:15,649
Franklin, all the years
we've known each other,
649
00:51:15,679 --> 00:51:20,449
I don't believe I told you how my
father won his Medal of Honor.
650
00:51:20,484 --> 00:51:23,154
No, you never did, but you're
about to do it now, aren't you?
651
00:51:24,921 --> 00:51:27,761
It was during the Battle
of Missionary Ridge.
652
00:51:27,791 --> 00:51:30,491
At the height of the fighting,
he saw the flag go down.
653
00:51:30,527 --> 00:51:33,197
As others around him faltered,
he seized up the colors,
654
00:51:33,230 --> 00:51:34,660
and rallied the troops
to victory.
655
00:51:38,402 --> 00:51:41,272
Admiral Nimitz is one of
our greatest admirals.
656
00:51:41,305 --> 00:51:43,635
But just now,
as I listened to the plan,
657
00:51:45,475 --> 00:51:47,575
I thought I saw
our flag going down.
658
00:51:48,578 --> 00:51:51,218
Oh, did you?
659
00:51:51,248 --> 00:51:54,448
Mr. President,
had we the will to do so,
660
00:51:54,484 --> 00:51:57,494
we could have saved Bataan and
Corregidor in the first place.
661
00:51:57,521 --> 00:51:59,761
To sacrifice Luzon a second time
662
00:51:59,789 --> 00:52:01,029
cannot be condoned or forgiven.
663
00:52:01,691 --> 00:52:03,491
My dear General,
664
00:52:03,527 --> 00:52:06,757
bypassing Luzon is not
synonymous with sacrificing...
665
00:52:06,796 --> 00:52:11,896
But bypassing Luzon has implications
which stain American honor.
666
00:52:11,935 --> 00:52:13,913
Do you realize what the Japanese
propagandists are telling
667
00:52:13,937 --> 00:52:15,767
the Filipino people?
668
00:52:15,805 --> 00:52:18,275
That Americans will
never shed their blood
669
00:52:18,308 --> 00:52:20,178
to save the colored
peoples of the Earth.
670
00:52:21,010 --> 00:52:22,980
Your zeal is understandable.
I admire it.
671
00:52:23,012 --> 00:52:26,922
But we can't let it interfere
with a workable Pacific strategy.
672
00:52:34,558 --> 00:52:37,988
"I give to the Philippines
my solemn pledge
673
00:52:38,027 --> 00:52:41,297
"that their freedom
will be redeemed.
674
00:52:41,331 --> 00:52:44,401
"The entire resources of men and
material of the United States
675
00:52:44,434 --> 00:52:46,374
"stand behind that pledge."
676
00:52:47,837 --> 00:52:49,407
Your words, sir.
677
00:52:54,978 --> 00:52:58,748
Mr. President, General MacArthur's
points are well taken,
678
00:52:58,782 --> 00:53:00,722
and I'm sure that
the Joint Chiefs
679
00:53:00,750 --> 00:53:02,750
will wish to consider
them very carefully.
680
00:53:03,687 --> 00:53:04,887
I shall return.
681
00:53:04,921 --> 00:53:09,691
I am going back there next fall
if I have to paddle a canoe.
682
00:53:09,726 --> 00:53:13,356
If your decision be to bypass
Luzon, with its millions of people,
683
00:53:14,431 --> 00:53:16,831
thousands of
American prisoners of war,
684
00:53:16,866 --> 00:53:20,466
to continue to languish there
in agony and despair,
685
00:53:22,539 --> 00:53:25,979
I daresay that the American
public would be so aroused
686
00:53:26,009 --> 00:53:28,849
that they would register
complete resentment against you
687
00:53:28,878 --> 00:53:30,378
at the polls next fall.
688
00:53:34,551 --> 00:53:36,991
Arthur? Arthur Prettyman.
689
00:53:38,788 --> 00:53:43,458
Get me an aspirin tablet.
No, no, make it two.
690
00:53:43,493 --> 00:53:46,063
Nobody can talk me into a headache
the way General MacArthur can.
691
00:53:47,631 --> 00:53:50,431
Gentlemen, I think
it's time to call a recess.
692
00:53:50,467 --> 00:53:52,367
It's been a fatiguing day.
693
00:53:52,402 --> 00:53:53,702
Indeed it has, sir.
694
00:53:53,737 --> 00:53:56,607
Recess was my
favorite time in school.
695
00:53:56,640 --> 00:53:58,000
It's getting to be
that way in war.
696
00:54:02,045 --> 00:54:03,575
Douglas.
697
00:54:04,381 --> 00:54:05,921
Yes, Mr. President?
698
00:54:05,949 --> 00:54:08,619
Why haven't you come home
all these years?
699
00:54:08,652 --> 00:54:11,692
Well, I've had
my hands full out here.
700
00:54:13,723 --> 00:54:17,633
The country has evolved,
grown mature.
701
00:54:18,728 --> 00:54:20,698
Change is inevitable, you know.
702
00:54:22,366 --> 00:54:25,766
The things I value never change.
703
00:54:25,802 --> 00:54:29,042
My only regret is that my son
has never seen his country.
704
00:54:29,072 --> 00:54:30,772
He's never been home.
705
00:54:32,376 --> 00:54:33,906
Where is that for you?
706
00:54:36,513 --> 00:54:38,753
Well, in a sense,
the army is home.
707
00:54:40,384 --> 00:54:41,824
Even my swaddling
clothes were khaki.
708
00:54:45,389 --> 00:54:46,589
Mainly l...
709
00:54:48,091 --> 00:54:51,401
I think of West Point as home.
710
00:54:51,428 --> 00:54:55,058
The lecture halls, the football
fields where I became a man.
711
00:54:55,732 --> 00:54:56,732
And l...
712
00:54:58,468 --> 00:55:01,538
I also see a terrace
overlooking Manila Bay.
713
00:55:02,706 --> 00:55:04,766
Yes, the Philippines
are also home.
714
00:55:07,010 --> 00:55:09,650
I appreciate and understand
your feelings, Douglas.
715
00:55:12,449 --> 00:55:15,919
Now, I shall inform the Joint Chiefs
of Staff, upon my return home,
716
00:55:15,952 --> 00:55:19,062
that I have had two
excellent briefings.
717
00:55:19,088 --> 00:55:22,028
I'm sure they'll be
both pleased and delighted.
718
00:55:22,058 --> 00:55:24,138
And I shall ask them to make
their decision promptly.
719
00:55:24,994 --> 00:55:26,034
Thank you.
720
00:55:27,731 --> 00:55:30,671
I'd like to return to my
command as soon as possible.
721
00:55:30,700 --> 00:55:33,000
For 40 years,
I've held a firm conviction
722
00:55:33,036 --> 00:55:36,166
that a commander's place
is at the scene of the battle.
723
00:55:36,205 --> 00:55:40,635
I agree with you entirely, Douglas.
That is why I am here.
724
00:55:50,620 --> 00:55:54,920
"Southwest Pacific
forces to invade Leyte.
725
00:55:57,461 --> 00:56:02,001
"Target date
advanced to 20 October."
726
00:56:02,031 --> 00:56:03,701
Hot damn, we got it.
727
00:56:04,701 --> 00:56:06,601
This'll make the old man happy.
728
00:56:06,636 --> 00:56:08,013
He'll be returning
to the Philippines
729
00:56:08,037 --> 00:56:10,137
two months earlier
than he expected.
730
00:56:10,173 --> 00:56:12,485
Sergeant, I want you to get this
out immediately, if not sooner,
731
00:56:12,509 --> 00:56:13,809
to all top command headquarters.
732
00:56:53,249 --> 00:56:54,727
Good morning, Captain.
Good morning, sir.
733
00:56:54,751 --> 00:56:55,751
Good morning, General.
734
00:56:55,785 --> 00:56:56,945
Earplugs, sir.
735
00:56:56,986 --> 00:56:57,986
Thank you.
736
00:56:59,789 --> 00:57:01,089
Good morning, Mr. President.
737
00:57:01,124 --> 00:57:03,864
Good morning, General.
738
00:57:03,893 --> 00:57:06,033
President Osmena,
earplugs for your ears.
739
00:57:06,062 --> 00:57:07,062
Thank you.
740
00:58:08,191 --> 00:58:10,302
I hope to hell they do as well on the
beaches as they did in training.
741
00:58:10,326 --> 00:58:12,856
I don't think you have to
worry about that, General.
742
00:58:12,896 --> 00:58:15,596
I know the 5th Cavalry.
743
00:58:15,632 --> 00:58:19,272
When I was a little boy, my father
was a captain at Fort Selden,
744
00:58:19,302 --> 00:58:20,972
New Mexico territory.
745
00:58:22,138 --> 00:58:26,608
Geronimo, the Apache scourge,
was on the loose,
746
00:58:26,643 --> 00:58:30,613
and it was a troop from this same 5th
Cavalry that rode through to help us.
747
00:58:30,647 --> 00:58:33,147
They fought then.
They'll fight now.
748
00:58:34,250 --> 00:58:35,850
And they'll win.
749
00:58:41,791 --> 00:58:43,961
Look at that,
Mr. President.
750
00:58:43,993 --> 00:58:47,063
The second wave is
going in upright.
751
00:58:47,096 --> 00:58:50,366
Our intelligence reports said the
Japanese wouldn't let us on the beach.
752
00:58:50,399 --> 00:58:53,769
But just look at those boys.
Nothing will stop them.
753
00:59:30,373 --> 00:59:32,913
Where's my landing craft?
I'm going ashore.
754
00:59:32,942 --> 00:59:35,782
I had it delayed, sir. Heavy
enemy mortar fire on the beach.
755
00:59:35,812 --> 00:59:37,322
I felt it was unsafe for
the commander in chief...
756
00:59:37,346 --> 00:59:39,076
The landing craft, Captain.
757
00:59:39,115 --> 00:59:41,035
Aye, aye, sir. Bring the
general's landing craft.
758
01:00:02,071 --> 01:00:05,041
President Osmena,
you're home at last.
759
01:00:12,415 --> 01:00:13,975
Follow me.
760
01:00:14,017 --> 01:00:15,917
Correspondents,
please stay in the rear
761
01:00:15,952 --> 01:00:17,792
until after the general
makes his statement.
762
01:00:17,821 --> 01:00:21,121
No questions... Gerry, where
are you going with that?
763
01:00:21,157 --> 01:00:23,387
I'm gonna get a better shot
down the beach, sir.
764
01:00:23,426 --> 01:00:25,326
I want that camera
right where it was.
765
01:00:25,361 --> 01:00:27,401
I wanna see that wreckage
in the background.
766
01:00:27,430 --> 01:00:31,000
The general will think
this smoke is marvelous!
767
01:00:31,034 --> 01:00:32,874
Get back!
Correspondents, back!
768
01:00:32,902 --> 01:00:34,872
Low angle, remember.
769
01:00:42,311 --> 01:00:43,311
Stay.
770
01:00:50,219 --> 01:00:55,119
You see, General, my people are going
to laugh if I fell in deep water.
771
01:00:55,158 --> 01:00:56,888
I cannot swim.
772
01:00:56,926 --> 01:00:59,156
That's not so bad,
Mr. President.
773
01:00:59,195 --> 01:01:02,025
Everyone's about to see
that I can't walk on water.
774
01:01:46,075 --> 01:01:49,145
People of the Philippines,
775
01:01:50,579 --> 01:01:53,019
I have returned.
776
01:01:54,317 --> 01:01:56,917
By the grace of Almighty God,
777
01:01:57,987 --> 01:02:00,957
our forces stand again
778
01:02:01,457 --> 01:02:03,157
on Philippine soil.
779
01:02:05,394 --> 01:02:08,164
The hour of
your redemption is here.
780
01:02:09,132 --> 01:02:11,372
Rally to me.
781
01:02:11,400 --> 01:02:17,110
Let the indomitable spirit of
Bataan and Corregidor lead on.
782
01:02:17,140 --> 01:02:20,840
As the lines of battle
roll forward,
783
01:02:20,877 --> 01:02:23,507
rise and strike.
784
01:02:23,546 --> 01:02:28,886
For your homes
and hearths, strike!
785
01:02:28,918 --> 01:02:33,988
For future generations of your
sons and daughters, strike!
786
01:02:35,191 --> 01:02:39,331
In the name of your
sacred dead, strike!
787
01:02:40,529 --> 01:02:42,299
Let no heart be faint.
788
01:02:43,366 --> 01:02:45,426
Let every arm be steel.
789
01:02:47,170 --> 01:02:52,010
The divine guidance
of God points the way.
790
01:02:52,041 --> 01:02:58,081
Follow in His name to the Holy
Grail of righteous victory.
791
01:03:06,322 --> 01:03:10,362
Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
Hold it. Hold it.
792
01:03:10,393 --> 01:03:13,363
General, sir, you've arrived
at the front lines.
793
01:03:13,396 --> 01:03:16,566
Well, I see our boys
fully 100 yards up ahead.
794
01:03:16,599 --> 01:03:20,439
Sir, that's only a forward patrol.
The men are under enemy fire.
795
01:03:20,469 --> 01:03:23,939
You'd be in extreme hazard if
you go on up past this point.
796
01:03:23,973 --> 01:03:26,313
There's Japs right up there.
797
01:03:26,342 --> 01:03:28,053
You can't fight them
if you can't see them, son.
798
01:03:28,077 --> 01:03:29,147
Let's go.
799
01:03:36,019 --> 01:03:38,419
I don't believe it. That's the
first time I've ever seen
800
01:03:38,454 --> 01:03:40,364
a commander in chief
take the point.
801
01:03:42,125 --> 01:03:44,385
Yeah, he's the greatest
general since Sergeant York.
802
01:04:02,645 --> 01:04:05,175
Cease fire! Cease fire!
803
01:04:06,649 --> 01:04:08,019
Come on.
804
01:04:10,119 --> 01:04:12,364
Will you look at him? Does he really
think that he can't get hurt?
805
01:04:12,388 --> 01:04:14,488
God damn it, of course he does.
806
01:04:15,724 --> 01:04:18,534
I've got a little
surprise for the general.
807
01:04:21,130 --> 01:04:22,200
Morning, gentlemen.
808
01:04:22,231 --> 01:04:23,401
Good morning, sir.
809
01:04:25,268 --> 01:04:29,108
Sir, pursuant to
an act of Congress,
810
01:04:29,138 --> 01:04:31,708
you have been promoted to the
rank of General of the Army.
811
01:04:31,740 --> 01:04:35,380
Such promotion to take
effect 18 December, 1944,
812
01:04:35,411 --> 01:04:37,411
by order of the president.
813
01:04:37,446 --> 01:04:41,276
Sir, we thought that you should
get these on as soon as you can.
814
01:04:44,187 --> 01:04:46,957
You got your
fifth star, General.
815
01:04:46,990 --> 01:04:50,330
Well, I have no objections.
I like the look of them.
816
01:04:51,127 --> 01:04:52,127
Congratulations, sir.
817
01:04:52,161 --> 01:04:53,331
Thank you, Court.
818
01:04:59,735 --> 01:05:01,680
I think it would be a good
idea to take that mortar out
819
01:05:01,704 --> 01:05:03,574
before someone gets hurt.
820
01:05:52,088 --> 01:05:53,265
So good
to see you, General.
821
01:05:53,289 --> 01:05:54,366
Finally returned,
but a little late.
822
01:05:54,390 --> 01:05:56,060
May God bless you.
823
01:05:56,092 --> 01:05:57,392
So good to see you.
Thank you.
824
01:05:59,428 --> 01:06:01,728
Get me some more
shots of these people.
825
01:06:06,102 --> 01:06:07,542
Hello, sonny.
826
01:06:09,738 --> 01:06:12,208
You know, I've got a boy at
home just about your size.
827
01:06:12,241 --> 01:06:14,581
I have. Here we are.
828
01:06:15,378 --> 01:06:17,478
Nice going, General.
829
01:06:17,513 --> 01:06:20,353
Survivors of the death
march are in here.
830
01:06:40,369 --> 01:06:42,469
General, you really
made it back.
831
01:06:45,474 --> 01:06:47,114
Oh, I'm never gonna forget this.
832
01:06:47,143 --> 01:06:48,113
We're long overdue, sir.
Long overdue.
833
01:06:48,144 --> 01:06:49,384
It's okay.
834
01:06:49,412 --> 01:06:50,382
We knew you'd come back, sir.
835
01:06:50,413 --> 01:06:51,513
Thank you.
836
01:06:51,547 --> 01:06:53,117
We knew you wouldn't forget us.
837
01:06:53,149 --> 01:06:55,249
We tried. We're a little late.
I'm sorry.
838
01:06:55,284 --> 01:06:58,524
Colonel Fox here, sir. We're
sure glad to see you, sir.
839
01:06:58,554 --> 01:06:59,724
I'm a little late.
I'm sorry.
840
01:06:59,755 --> 01:07:01,285
Yes, sir.
841
01:07:01,324 --> 01:07:02,604
General? General?
842
01:07:03,726 --> 01:07:05,526
General?
843
01:07:05,561 --> 01:07:07,631
Thank God.
Thank God you're here.
844
01:07:07,663 --> 01:07:09,573
We're long overdue.
Long overdue.
845
01:07:27,183 --> 01:07:28,323
Castro.
846
01:07:28,351 --> 01:07:29,351
Yes, sir.
847
01:07:30,686 --> 01:07:32,616
I'm sorry I'm
so unpresentable, sir.
848
01:07:46,935 --> 01:07:49,565
You never looked
so good to me, Castro.
849
01:08:10,893 --> 01:08:13,603
Ladies and gentlemen,
850
01:08:13,629 --> 01:08:15,207
if you've ever had
a load of hay fall on you,
851
01:08:15,231 --> 01:08:17,571
then you know
how I feel right now.
852
01:08:17,600 --> 01:08:19,344
I don't know if any of
you pray, but if you do,
853
01:08:19,368 --> 01:08:21,538
you could pray God to help me.
854
01:08:23,206 --> 01:08:24,806
Good luck, Mr. President.
855
01:08:26,509 --> 01:08:27,886
I wish you didn't
have to call me that.
856
01:08:27,910 --> 01:08:31,310
I never felt so out of
place in all my life.
857
01:08:31,347 --> 01:08:34,777
Here is the caisson
of Franklin Delano Roosevelt,
858
01:08:34,817 --> 01:08:40,457
now making the turn off of 15th
Street into Pennsylvania Avenue.
859
01:08:40,489 --> 01:08:42,459
God give me strength to do this.
860
01:08:44,460 --> 01:08:48,460
And there is
the flag-draped coffin.
861
01:08:48,497 --> 01:08:53,637
The horses with black blankets
under their saddles.
862
01:08:53,669 --> 01:08:56,569
The horses on
the right side, unmounted.
863
01:08:58,574 --> 01:09:02,914
And it's moving ever so slowly
as the crowd stands
864
01:09:04,012 --> 01:09:06,782
to pay their last respects
865
01:09:06,815 --> 01:09:08,915
to the man who was their leader,
866
01:09:08,951 --> 01:09:11,421
their commander in chief,
and their friend.
867
01:09:14,390 --> 01:09:15,660
Mr. President.
868
01:09:15,691 --> 01:09:16,931
Hello, General.
869
01:09:17,760 --> 01:09:19,400
We need your authorization.
870
01:09:19,962 --> 01:09:21,502
What have you got?
871
01:09:28,271 --> 01:09:29,841
Well, the president...
872
01:09:34,577 --> 01:09:35,937
Mr. Roosevelt never told me.
873
01:09:35,978 --> 01:09:37,378
They never told me.
874
01:09:40,349 --> 01:09:43,449
We spent months of staff time,
875
01:09:43,486 --> 01:09:45,786
tens of millions of
dollars in preparation
876
01:09:45,821 --> 01:09:47,791
for the greatest
invasion in history,
877
01:09:47,823 --> 01:09:51,293
and when we're primed and ready,
878
01:09:51,327 --> 01:09:53,457
they send an Air Force officer
879
01:09:53,496 --> 01:09:57,696
to tell me they've
constructed this apparatus.
880
01:09:57,733 --> 01:10:00,543
General, what happens
if it doesn't work?
881
01:10:02,905 --> 01:10:04,735
What happens if it does?
882
01:10:44,513 --> 01:10:45,583
Yes?
883
01:10:47,015 --> 01:10:49,661
Excuse me, Admiral Halsey, the
representatives are all on board, sir.
884
01:10:49,685 --> 01:10:51,485
The British
commander of Singapore
885
01:10:51,520 --> 01:10:53,064
has just been released
from a prison camp.
886
01:10:53,088 --> 01:10:56,488
Percival. Good, good. What
about that Russian fellow?
887
01:10:56,525 --> 01:10:58,955
General Derevyanko. He's here.
888
01:10:58,994 --> 01:11:02,374
What gall. The Soviets
declared war after we'd won it,
889
01:11:02,398 --> 01:11:03,908
and now they wanna
horn in on the surrender.
890
01:11:03,932 --> 01:11:05,672
There's someone else
here, too, sir.
891
01:11:18,847 --> 01:11:19,847
General.
892
01:11:33,028 --> 01:11:34,058
Jim.
893
01:11:36,098 --> 01:11:37,098
General.
894
01:11:37,132 --> 01:11:38,502
Jim.
895
01:11:40,503 --> 01:11:42,103
I'm so glad to see you.
896
01:11:51,714 --> 01:11:54,424
General Wainwright, I don't
think you know Admiral Halsey.
897
01:11:54,450 --> 01:11:55,550
Welcome aboard, sir.
898
01:11:55,984 --> 01:11:57,054
Thank you, sir.
899
01:11:57,085 --> 01:11:58,545
Jonathan, good to see you.
900
01:11:58,587 --> 01:11:59,687
Yes, yes, of course.
901
01:11:59,722 --> 01:12:00,799
And Admiral Nimitz.
902
01:12:00,823 --> 01:12:02,563
General.
Admiral.
903
01:12:02,591 --> 01:12:04,561
Come and sit down, Jim.
904
01:12:06,028 --> 01:12:07,558
I'm sorry.
905
01:12:07,596 --> 01:12:08,707
No, no, don't talk like that.
906
01:12:08,731 --> 01:12:10,871
I've disgraced you and the army.
907
01:12:10,899 --> 01:12:12,839
You have not.
That's not true.
908
01:12:12,868 --> 01:12:14,438
We were starving.
909
01:12:14,470 --> 01:12:15,870
You don't have to
say anything, Jim.
910
01:12:17,473 --> 01:12:18,913
I had to shoot my horse.
911
01:12:21,143 --> 01:12:24,413
I realize they'll never
restore me to active duty.
912
01:12:24,447 --> 01:12:27,117
That's not true, Jim. You
can have whatever you want.
913
01:12:31,720 --> 01:12:34,690
Command of a corps.
That's all I want.
914
01:12:36,892 --> 01:12:40,932
Your old corps is yours
whenever you're ready, General.
915
01:13:20,969 --> 01:13:23,809
Sid, what did I do with Jean's pen?
Yes, sir?
916
01:13:25,173 --> 01:13:26,713
Here we go, sir.
917
01:13:42,925 --> 01:13:46,895
We are gathered here, representatives
of the major warring powers,
918
01:13:46,929 --> 01:13:50,699
to conclude a solemn agreement
whereby peace may be restored.
919
01:13:52,735 --> 01:13:57,065
The issues have been determined
upon the battlefields of the world,
920
01:13:57,105 --> 01:14:00,875
and hence, are not for our
discussion or debate.
921
01:14:02,277 --> 01:14:05,177
The representative of
the Emperor of Japan,
922
01:14:05,213 --> 01:14:08,083
and of the Japanese
Imperial General headquarters,
923
01:14:08,116 --> 01:14:10,916
now sign the instrument
of surrender.
924
01:14:13,756 --> 01:14:16,956
General Sutherland, will you
show him where to sign, please?
925
01:14:56,198 --> 01:14:59,328
The supreme commander
of the Allied powers
926
01:14:59,367 --> 01:15:03,937
will now sign on behalf of all
the nations at war with Japan.
927
01:15:14,116 --> 01:15:17,816
Will Generals Percival and
Wainwright come forward, please?
928
01:16:10,939 --> 01:16:14,209
The representative of the United
States of America will now sign.
929
01:16:18,180 --> 01:16:21,720
The representative of the
Republic of China will now sign.
930
01:16:21,750 --> 01:16:24,990
The representative of the
United Kingdom will now sign.
931
01:16:25,020 --> 01:16:27,720
The representative of
Canada will now sign.
932
01:16:27,756 --> 01:16:29,826
The representative of France...
933
01:16:29,858 --> 01:16:33,098
The representative
of Australia will now sign.
934
01:16:33,128 --> 01:16:34,372
The representative of the
Netherlands will now sign.
935
01:16:34,396 --> 01:16:37,926
The representative
of New Zealand will now sign.
936
01:16:37,966 --> 01:16:40,278
The representative of the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics
937
01:16:40,302 --> 01:16:41,842
will now sign.
938
01:16:44,272 --> 01:16:45,312
Today,
939
01:16:47,075 --> 01:16:48,975
the guns are silent.
940
01:16:49,011 --> 01:16:51,051
A great tragedy has ended.
941
01:16:52,347 --> 01:16:57,287
I speak for the thousands
of silent lips forever stilled
942
01:16:57,319 --> 01:16:59,819
among the jungles
and the beaches
943
01:16:59,855 --> 01:17:03,425
and in the deep waters of the
Pacific which marked the way.
944
01:17:05,127 --> 01:17:09,197
I pray that
an omnipotent providence
945
01:17:09,231 --> 01:17:11,701
will summon
all persons of goodwill
946
01:17:11,734 --> 01:17:16,074
to the realization of
the utter futility of war.
947
01:17:16,104 --> 01:17:20,914
We have known
the bitterness of defeat,
948
01:17:20,943 --> 01:17:25,183
the exultation of triumph,
and from both we have learned
949
01:17:25,213 --> 01:17:28,183
that there can be
no turning back.
950
01:17:28,216 --> 01:17:34,256
We must go forward to preserve
in peace what we won in war.
951
01:17:34,289 --> 01:17:37,789
The destructiveness
of the war potential
952
01:17:37,826 --> 01:17:40,726
through progressive advances
in scientific discovery
953
01:17:40,763 --> 01:17:43,433
has, in fact,
now reached a point
954
01:17:43,465 --> 01:17:47,395
which revises the
traditional concept of war.
955
01:17:49,104 --> 01:17:50,244
War,
956
01:17:51,073 --> 01:17:54,913
the most malignant scourge
957
01:17:54,943 --> 01:17:57,313
and greatest sin of mankind,
958
01:17:57,345 --> 01:18:01,415
can no longer be controlled,
only abolished.
959
01:18:06,021 --> 01:18:10,061
We are in a new era.
960
01:18:10,092 --> 01:18:15,032
If we do not devise some greater
and more equitable means
961
01:18:15,063 --> 01:18:17,303
of settling disputes
between nations,
962
01:18:19,134 --> 01:18:22,204
Armageddon will be at our door.
963
01:18:25,107 --> 01:18:29,377
We have had our last chance.
964
01:18:46,361 --> 01:18:49,431
Court, I want you to tell
Washington that I'm transferring food
965
01:18:49,464 --> 01:18:51,834
and medical supplies
to the Japanese authorities.
966
01:18:51,867 --> 01:18:53,097
Yes, sir.
967
01:18:53,135 --> 01:18:56,135
The next priority is
to get those men home,
968
01:18:56,171 --> 01:18:58,471
get them to work
rebuilding this country.
969
01:18:58,506 --> 01:19:02,106
I don't know. In terms of communication,
transport, industrial plant,
970
01:19:02,144 --> 01:19:03,384
there isn't any country.
971
01:19:03,411 --> 01:19:06,851
Yeah, well, they'll
have to build a new one.
972
01:19:06,882 --> 01:19:11,522
A new Japan with new ideas, but
preserving the best of the old.
973
01:19:11,553 --> 01:19:13,093
Yes, sir.
974
01:19:13,121 --> 01:19:15,321
All of our troops
will be judged by me
975
01:19:15,357 --> 01:19:17,927
for their conduct
as men and as soldiers.
976
01:19:17,960 --> 01:19:19,570
I want them to
understand that the Japanese
977
01:19:19,594 --> 01:19:22,334
must be treated with
courtesy and respect.
978
01:19:24,266 --> 01:19:28,136
Alexander, Caesar,
Napoleon all failed
979
01:19:28,170 --> 01:19:29,870
as occupiers of
conquered countries
980
01:19:29,905 --> 01:19:32,065
because of the harshness
of their policies.
981
01:19:33,575 --> 01:19:35,275
I do not intend to fail.
982
01:19:36,444 --> 01:19:37,764
We're coming up
on the palace now.
983
01:19:39,647 --> 01:19:42,026
I wonder whether it wouldn't be a
good idea to summon the emperor
984
01:19:42,050 --> 01:19:44,090
to explain your policies.
985
01:19:44,119 --> 01:19:45,463
Show of authority
to the Japanese people.
986
01:19:45,487 --> 01:19:47,317
No. No.
987
01:19:47,355 --> 01:19:50,385
After a lifetime of studying
the Oriental mind,
988
01:19:50,425 --> 01:19:53,195
I can tell you that
I must not directly
989
01:19:53,228 --> 01:19:56,128
challenge the authority
of the emperor.
990
01:19:56,164 --> 01:20:00,944
He lives there in that palace across
that moat, half god, half king.
991
01:20:00,969 --> 01:20:03,939
His decrees limit the degree
of each man's freedom.
992
01:20:03,972 --> 01:20:05,472
His word is absolute.
993
01:20:07,475 --> 01:20:10,305
The time will come when
Hirohito, of his own volition,
994
01:20:10,345 --> 01:20:12,575
will cross that moat
and come to me,
995
01:20:12,614 --> 01:20:13,824
and that will mark the beginning
996
01:20:13,848 --> 01:20:16,988
of the end of his absolute power
over the Japanese people.
997
01:20:40,508 --> 01:20:41,920
Good morning, sir.
Good morning, Court.
998
01:20:41,944 --> 01:20:45,914
Morning, gentlemen. I've been going
over these additional suggestions
999
01:20:45,948 --> 01:20:48,518
from the State Department
on the occupation.
1000
01:20:48,550 --> 01:20:52,320
I have to work them in with our
own task force recommendations.
1001
01:20:52,354 --> 01:20:55,024
General Marquat, what's
happening with land reform?
1002
01:20:55,057 --> 01:20:57,401
The landowners are having difficulty
with their tenant farmers.
1003
01:20:57,425 --> 01:20:58,625
Oh, they are?
1004
01:20:58,660 --> 01:21:02,460
Well, I don't wanna ever hear
the word "tenant farmer" again.
1005
01:21:02,497 --> 01:21:05,467
I want these privileged landowners
stripped of their holdings.
1006
01:21:05,500 --> 01:21:07,040
We'll break up
these great estates.
1007
01:21:07,069 --> 01:21:08,339
Yes, sir, but...
1008
01:21:08,370 --> 01:21:12,370
They've been squeezing
the farmers dry far too long.
1009
01:21:12,407 --> 01:21:15,307
But, sir, they're very strong.
Are they strong, sir.
1010
01:21:15,343 --> 01:21:17,583
They may not be as
strong as they think.
1011
01:21:17,612 --> 01:21:19,682
And the right-wing
industrialists,
1012
01:21:19,714 --> 01:21:22,184
now, they are the fellows
who led this country to ruin.
1013
01:21:22,217 --> 01:21:24,387
I want them expunged.
1014
01:21:24,419 --> 01:21:27,389
Expunged, sir?
Don't you think that you...
1015
01:21:27,422 --> 01:21:30,062
All in the best possible
legal language, of course.
1016
01:21:32,294 --> 01:21:35,134
I want to see a labor
movement take root.
1017
01:21:35,163 --> 01:21:36,263
Labor movement?
1018
01:21:36,298 --> 01:21:37,568
That's right.
1019
01:21:37,599 --> 01:21:41,999
The workers must have a strong
voice in the means of production.
1020
01:21:42,037 --> 01:21:46,137
General, pardon me, but this
reminds me somewhat of...
1021
01:21:46,174 --> 01:21:47,214
Well, it's like...
1022
01:21:47,242 --> 01:21:48,312
Like what?
1023
01:21:49,211 --> 01:21:50,211
Like the New Deal.
1024
01:21:52,714 --> 01:21:54,124
Ah.
1025
01:21:54,149 --> 01:21:56,349
Well, this is Japan,
not America.
1026
01:21:57,485 --> 01:22:00,155
But considering
her fascist past,
1027
01:22:00,188 --> 01:22:03,428
it might be good to move her just a
little left of center, don't you agree?
1028
01:22:03,458 --> 01:22:04,688
Yes, sir.
1029
01:22:04,726 --> 01:22:06,037
Of course, we wouldn't
call it the New Deal.
1030
01:22:06,061 --> 01:22:07,061
No, sir.
1031
01:22:07,562 --> 01:22:08,632
Now,
1032
01:22:10,632 --> 01:22:11,772
Japanese women.
1033
01:22:11,799 --> 01:22:13,099
What about them?
1034
01:22:13,135 --> 01:22:14,245
They must be given the vote.
1035
01:22:15,603 --> 01:22:17,043
The men are not gonna like that.
1036
01:22:17,072 --> 01:22:18,316
Well, neither did
our men at first.
1037
01:22:18,340 --> 01:22:20,210
General, I'm sorry,
1038
01:22:20,242 --> 01:22:21,485
but I still think
it's too much to expect
1039
01:22:21,509 --> 01:22:23,109
a feudal country like Japan
1040
01:22:23,145 --> 01:22:26,245
to swallow a whole
new constitution in one gulp.
1041
01:22:26,281 --> 01:22:27,651
Their cabinet
will never go for it.
1042
01:22:27,682 --> 01:22:29,582
The old cabinet wouldn't,
1043
01:22:29,617 --> 01:22:32,487
but we've yet to hear
from the new prime minister.
1044
01:22:32,520 --> 01:22:34,120
And may I
congratulate you
1045
01:22:34,156 --> 01:22:35,686
on your appointment,
Mr. Shidehara.
1046
01:22:35,723 --> 01:22:37,333
Thank you.
1047
01:22:37,359 --> 01:22:40,399
General, I extend
to you my gratitude
1048
01:22:40,428 --> 01:22:44,798
for the penicillin your medical
services made available to me.
1049
01:22:44,832 --> 01:22:47,742
It aided me in recovering
from a serious illness.
1050
01:22:47,769 --> 01:22:49,639
Happy to be of assistance.
1051
01:22:51,839 --> 01:22:55,079
Diseases are conquered, sir,
1052
01:22:55,110 --> 01:22:58,150
even very old,
epidemic diseases.
1053
01:22:59,181 --> 01:23:00,721
Yes?
1054
01:23:00,748 --> 01:23:05,188
Sometimes, though, the
cure is slow and painful.
1055
01:23:06,654 --> 01:23:08,224
Yes, of course.
1056
01:23:10,225 --> 01:23:12,425
Is there some
particular difficulty?
1057
01:23:19,734 --> 01:23:23,644
General, our new
constitution must forbid
1058
01:23:23,671 --> 01:23:27,711
any military establishment
in Japan whatsoever.
1059
01:23:27,742 --> 01:23:31,582
There must not be an army,
a navy or an air force.
1060
01:23:33,548 --> 01:23:36,748
We must renounce now and forever
1061
01:23:36,784 --> 01:23:40,524
the use of force as an
instrument of national power.
1062
01:23:48,496 --> 01:23:49,826
Mr. Prime Minister,
I can only...
1063
01:23:49,864 --> 01:23:51,774
Please, hear me out.
1064
01:23:52,834 --> 01:23:54,374
Of course.
1065
01:23:54,402 --> 01:23:55,602
In this way,
1066
01:23:57,205 --> 01:23:59,865
and only this way,
1067
01:23:59,907 --> 01:24:03,847
can we eliminate forever
1068
01:24:03,878 --> 01:24:06,878
the power of the militarists.
1069
01:24:06,914 --> 01:24:12,154
Only in this way
can we reassure the world
1070
01:24:12,187 --> 01:24:17,287
that Japan no longer has warlike
design against any people.
1071
01:24:20,862 --> 01:24:26,532
We are a poor country, with 70
million person to feed and clothe.
1072
01:24:29,171 --> 01:24:31,741
We cannot afford armaments.
1073
01:24:31,773 --> 01:24:35,443
We cannot afford
the trapping of power.
1074
01:24:38,346 --> 01:24:42,516
And never, never again can we
suffer Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
1075
01:24:46,588 --> 01:24:48,518
Let us renounce war, sir.
1076
01:24:51,359 --> 01:24:55,599
Please, let us renounce war
in the new constitution
1077
01:24:57,232 --> 01:24:58,332
and forever.
1078
01:25:00,835 --> 01:25:02,435
Mr. Shidehara,
1079
01:25:05,340 --> 01:25:08,540
no man detests war
1080
01:25:10,278 --> 01:25:11,678
more than this soldier.
1081
01:25:12,980 --> 01:25:15,450
My abhorrence for it
reached its height
1082
01:25:15,483 --> 01:25:17,553
with the development
of the atom bomb.
1083
01:25:20,888 --> 01:25:23,688
No man, sir, could be
more moved by your offer
1084
01:25:25,493 --> 01:25:27,463
or more determined to accept it.
1085
01:25:28,696 --> 01:25:30,866
Well, it's damned embarrassing.
1086
01:25:30,898 --> 01:25:32,310
I've been telling
Congress for months
1087
01:25:32,334 --> 01:25:33,904
we need 400,000 men in Japan,
1088
01:25:33,935 --> 01:25:35,495
and MacArthur holds
a press conference,
1089
01:25:35,537 --> 01:25:37,637
says he can make do
with half that number.
1090
01:25:37,672 --> 01:25:39,450
Now, General, did he clear
this with you? No, sir.
1091
01:25:39,474 --> 01:25:40,384
There's been some
misunderstanding.
1092
01:25:40,408 --> 01:25:42,278
Not by me, there isn't.
1093
01:25:42,310 --> 01:25:43,610
I invited MacArthur
to come home.
1094
01:25:43,645 --> 01:25:45,775
I wanted to discuss
occupation policy with him,
1095
01:25:45,813 --> 01:25:47,683
and I expected him
to back up our position
1096
01:25:47,715 --> 01:25:49,775
before the congressional
committees.
1097
01:25:49,817 --> 01:25:50,928
So I held out
the big carrot to him.
1098
01:25:50,952 --> 01:25:52,492
I told him we'd set up a series
1099
01:25:52,520 --> 01:25:53,631
of welcome-home
demonstrations
1100
01:25:53,655 --> 01:25:55,515
and a joint session of Congress.
1101
01:25:55,557 --> 01:25:57,487
Well, you know what he
replied, Congressman?
1102
01:25:57,525 --> 01:25:59,270
He said he thought the situation
was just too dangerous over there
1103
01:25:59,294 --> 01:26:00,371
for him to come home right now.
1104
01:26:00,395 --> 01:26:01,725
Said he was too busy.
1105
01:26:01,763 --> 01:26:04,242
That's what he said to the President
of the United States. Damn it!
1106
01:26:06,000 --> 01:26:09,840
General Derevyanko,
I must say I've missed you.
1107
01:26:12,274 --> 01:26:15,814
Only short visit to Moscow.
A meeting with my superiors,
1108
01:26:15,843 --> 01:26:17,983
a holiday on
Caspian Sea with family.
1109
01:26:18,012 --> 01:26:22,422
Good, good. I was afraid
that Stalin had had you shot.
1110
01:26:22,450 --> 01:26:26,950
No, no, no, no. Why do you say that?
Would Truman have you shot?
1111
01:26:26,988 --> 01:26:28,688
Sometimes I wonder.
1112
01:26:31,659 --> 01:26:32,936
Now, General,
it's come to my attention
1113
01:26:32,960 --> 01:26:34,730
that several
hundreds of thousands
1114
01:26:34,762 --> 01:26:36,732
of Japanese prisoners
fell into your hands
1115
01:26:36,764 --> 01:26:39,534
in the closing days of the war.
1116
01:26:39,567 --> 01:26:41,567
You understand
that the Japanese authorities,
1117
01:26:41,603 --> 01:26:45,713
and my own superiors as well, are
pressing me for an accounting.
1118
01:26:47,542 --> 01:26:50,952
We have some small numbers of enemy
troops in our hands, that is true,
1119
01:26:50,978 --> 01:26:55,318
but I can assure you that,
in this matter, as you know,
1120
01:26:55,350 --> 01:26:58,520
my government will abide by the
decisions of the Potsdam Conference.
1121
01:26:58,553 --> 01:27:01,823
Yes, yes, yes. When
will they be repatriated?
1122
01:27:01,856 --> 01:27:06,586
Soon. In that connection,
my government is making plans
1123
01:27:06,628 --> 01:27:10,828
for the occupation
of Hokkaido Island.
1124
01:27:10,865 --> 01:27:13,735
Hokkaido Island is occupied.
It is under my command.
1125
01:27:15,703 --> 01:27:18,343
The Soviet Union
is a coequal ally.
1126
01:27:18,373 --> 01:27:20,743
It is my government's intention
1127
01:27:20,775 --> 01:27:22,775
to occupy Hokkaido
on its own behalf.
1128
01:27:25,413 --> 01:27:28,883
As the supreme commander,
I represent all Allied powers.
1129
01:27:31,519 --> 01:27:35,419
We are fully prepared to
commence our rightful occupation
1130
01:27:35,457 --> 01:27:37,757
whether you approve or not.
1131
01:27:37,792 --> 01:27:40,662
You see, the terms
of my command are absolute.
1132
01:27:41,563 --> 01:27:43,833
This is not Germany.
1133
01:27:43,865 --> 01:27:49,095
I will not countenance separate
spheres of influence or occupation
1134
01:27:49,136 --> 01:27:51,766
of the home islands of Japan
as long as I'm in command.
1135
01:27:53,741 --> 01:27:56,941
Well, then, sir, my government
1136
01:27:56,978 --> 01:27:58,848
will insist upon a new
supreme commander.
1137
01:28:01,616 --> 01:28:04,386
If the day comes
when Soviet troops
1138
01:28:04,419 --> 01:28:07,959
attempt to land on Japanese soil
without my expressed consent,
1139
01:28:10,558 --> 01:28:13,698
I will throw the entire Soviet
delegation in Tokyo into jail.
1140
01:28:15,963 --> 01:28:19,533
Including you,
General Derevyanko.
1141
01:28:22,970 --> 01:28:23,970
I believe you would.
1142
01:28:25,006 --> 01:28:27,066
And I believe
this is where you get off.
1143
01:28:38,586 --> 01:28:42,486
As the historic changes
continue to transform Japanese life,
1144
01:28:42,524 --> 01:28:45,434
it was becoming evident this
week that the women of Japan
1145
01:28:45,460 --> 01:28:49,160
were winning their fight to end
family contract marriages,
1146
01:28:49,196 --> 01:28:51,596
the right to equal
cigarette and sake rations,
1147
01:28:51,633 --> 01:28:55,643
and the right to vote.
1148
01:28:55,670 --> 01:28:59,410
Dress fashions are not the only
thing that have changed radically.
1149
01:28:59,441 --> 01:29:03,851
In the newly established election,
13 million women went to the polls,
1150
01:29:03,878 --> 01:29:07,918
and in an unprecedented sweep,
elected 38 women lawmakers
1151
01:29:07,949 --> 01:29:11,449
to the House of Representatives.
1152
01:29:11,486 --> 01:29:13,956
I regret to say
something terrible has happened.
1153
01:29:13,988 --> 01:29:15,688
A prostitute, Your Excellency,
1154
01:29:15,723 --> 01:29:17,693
has been elected to
House of Representative.
1155
01:29:19,494 --> 01:29:23,904
Prostitute? Well, how many
votes did she receive?
1156
01:29:23,931 --> 01:29:25,671
256,000.
1157
01:29:29,904 --> 01:29:32,644
She must have
an unusually loyal clientele.
1158
01:29:34,909 --> 01:29:37,649
Now, after two and
a half years of painstaking work,
1159
01:29:37,679 --> 01:29:41,079
the war crimes trial
in Tokyo comes to an end.
1160
01:29:41,115 --> 01:29:44,145
As America prepares for another
presidential election year,
1161
01:29:44,185 --> 01:29:46,685
Japan celebrates 1948
1162
01:29:46,721 --> 01:29:48,721
with the first anniversary
of its new constitution.
1163
01:29:50,525 --> 01:29:51,985
Mmm. Not these.
1164
01:29:55,262 --> 01:29:56,902
I think this one's the best.
1165
01:29:56,931 --> 01:29:58,831
I thought you
might like that one.
1166
01:30:02,804 --> 01:30:04,914
That's fine.
1167
01:30:04,939 --> 01:30:07,809
Court, what time is it
in Wisconsin?
1168
01:30:07,842 --> 01:30:09,186
Oh, heck,
I can never figure out...
1169
01:30:09,210 --> 01:30:10,650
Polls closed
an hour ago.
1170
01:30:10,678 --> 01:30:12,078
I wish I had been there.
1171
01:30:12,113 --> 01:30:14,024
I would have had one of these
on every lamppost for you.
1172
01:30:14,048 --> 01:30:16,748
No, you don't, Vic.
No electioneering
1173
01:30:16,784 --> 01:30:18,824
within 50 feet of the candidate.
1174
01:30:18,853 --> 01:30:20,663
Why, General,
you're not a candidate.
1175
01:30:20,688 --> 01:30:22,188
Just another available citizen.
1176
01:30:23,190 --> 01:30:25,660
Excuse me, General,
but I'm from Wisconsin,
1177
01:30:25,693 --> 01:30:27,933
and my folks are voting for you.
1178
01:30:27,962 --> 01:30:30,073
Matter of fact, I would be,
too, only I'm not old enough.
1179
01:30:30,097 --> 01:30:31,797
Well,
thank you, son.
1180
01:30:31,833 --> 01:30:33,673
All the precincts?
1181
01:30:36,704 --> 01:30:38,674
This just came in on the wire.
1182
01:30:45,246 --> 01:30:47,176
You only won eight delegates.
1183
01:30:54,722 --> 01:30:56,922
Eight delegates out of 27.
1184
01:31:00,595 --> 01:31:03,125
It's their loss, General. You would
have made a great president.
1185
01:31:05,933 --> 01:31:10,003
Well, what's on
the calendar for today?
1186
01:31:12,173 --> 01:31:13,316
Here's to four more years, Mr.
President!
1187
01:31:13,340 --> 01:31:15,040
Hear! Hear!
1188
01:31:16,578 --> 01:31:18,188
* Happy days are here again
1189
01:31:18,212 --> 01:31:21,252
* The skies above
are clear again
1190
01:31:21,282 --> 01:31:24,922
* So let's sing a song
of cheer again
1191
01:31:24,952 --> 01:31:28,722
* Happy days are here again
1192
01:31:28,756 --> 01:31:32,286
* All together shout it now
1193
01:31:32,326 --> 01:31:35,596
* There's no one
who can doubt it now
1194
01:31:35,630 --> 01:31:38,300
* So let's tell the world
about it now *
1195
01:31:43,237 --> 01:31:47,607
Roaring their approval
here in the 1949 Tokyo World Series.
1196
01:31:47,642 --> 01:31:50,112
The Giants are the heavy
favorites this year.
1197
01:31:50,144 --> 01:31:52,184
Meanwhile,
as the Japanese economy
1198
01:31:52,213 --> 01:31:55,083
continued its painful
but steady recovery,
1199
01:31:55,116 --> 01:31:58,916
the mood of the nation began to
reflect the growing cultural change.
1200
01:32:27,649 --> 01:32:29,079
Yes?
1201
01:32:29,116 --> 01:32:32,146
General, I'm sorry to
disturb you at this late hour.
1202
01:32:32,186 --> 01:32:34,386
We have a dispatch
from South Korea.
1203
01:32:34,421 --> 01:32:36,291
The North Koreans have
struck in great strength
1204
01:32:36,323 --> 01:32:39,793
across the boundary
at the 38th parallel.
1205
01:32:39,827 --> 01:32:41,197
In great strength?
1206
01:32:41,228 --> 01:32:42,228
Yes, sir.
1207
01:32:45,667 --> 01:32:49,037
Assemble the staff.
I'll be there presently.
1208
01:32:54,976 --> 01:32:56,936
Why, General, what's happened?
1209
01:33:01,983 --> 01:33:05,893
One last gift to an old warrior.
1210
01:33:10,224 --> 01:33:11,864
My fellow Americans,
1211
01:33:11,893 --> 01:33:14,433
tonight we face
a serious situation.
1212
01:33:14,461 --> 01:33:17,001
On the advice of the best
military minds I could muster,
1213
01:33:17,031 --> 01:33:21,971
I have decided to commit United States
ground forces to the Korean peninsula.
1214
01:33:22,003 --> 01:33:24,273
We are not at war.
1215
01:33:24,305 --> 01:33:26,965
Acting in concert with our
United Nations allies,
1216
01:33:27,008 --> 01:33:28,908
we are engaged
in a police action
1217
01:33:28,943 --> 01:33:30,853
to counteract a bandit
raid into South Korea
1218
01:33:30,878 --> 01:33:32,048
by North Korean Communists.
1219
01:34:10,217 --> 01:34:11,917
Would you like to
use my binoculars, sir?
1220
01:34:12,419 --> 01:34:14,159
No, thank you.
1221
01:34:14,188 --> 01:34:16,218
I've seen all I have to see.
1222
01:34:18,025 --> 01:34:19,425
General, what happens next, sir?
1223
01:34:20,995 --> 01:34:23,255
My father was asked
that same question
1224
01:34:23,297 --> 01:34:26,167
when he found himself
surrounded in the Civil War.
1225
01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:30,400
He said, "The situation is
simple and apparent.
1226
01:34:30,437 --> 01:34:33,067
"The enemy is closing
on me from three sides,
1227
01:34:33,107 --> 01:34:36,907
"and my plan is
to fight like hell."
1228
01:34:36,944 --> 01:34:39,914
Now with the threat of
annihilation temporarily forestalled,
1229
01:34:39,947 --> 01:34:43,377
MacArthur pays a worried visit to
Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek,
1230
01:34:43,417 --> 01:34:46,117
leader of the Nationalist
Chinese on Formosa.
1231
01:34:48,856 --> 01:34:51,186
Son of a bitch, that's
a goose step they're doing.
1232
01:34:51,225 --> 01:34:53,755
Here it is felt the foundation
is being constructed
1233
01:34:53,795 --> 01:34:56,995
for Sino-American
military cooperation.
1234
01:34:57,031 --> 01:34:58,208
Damn it!
Didn't we send MacArthur
1235
01:34:58,232 --> 01:35:00,532
to Formosa to do
just the opposite?
1236
01:35:00,567 --> 01:35:03,080
Call off Chiang and tell him he couldn't
send his troops into mainland China
1237
01:35:03,104 --> 01:35:04,444
or anywhere else?
1238
01:35:04,471 --> 01:35:06,483
We didn't send him over there to
forge his own personal alliances.
1239
01:35:06,507 --> 01:35:08,207
Hell, that sounds like
we're concluding
1240
01:35:08,242 --> 01:35:09,882
some kind of
mutual defense treaty.
1241
01:35:12,213 --> 01:35:14,974
Mr. Secretary, I want you to radio a
message to His Majesty MacArthur.
1242
01:35:16,517 --> 01:35:20,887
What's the matter with them back there?
Have they lost their nerve?
1243
01:35:21,488 --> 01:35:22,818
I know all about Chiang.
1244
01:35:22,857 --> 01:35:24,527
If he had two horns and a tail,
1245
01:35:24,558 --> 01:35:26,458
we should use him
as long as he's anticommunist.
1246
01:35:28,262 --> 01:35:29,432
We can reform him later.
1247
01:35:33,267 --> 01:35:35,497
It's my destiny to
defeat Communism,
1248
01:35:35,536 --> 01:35:38,206
and only God or those
Washington politicians
1249
01:35:38,239 --> 01:35:40,069
will keep me from doing it.
1250
01:35:40,107 --> 01:35:42,277
You didn't read
this one, did you?
1251
01:35:42,309 --> 01:35:45,279
It's a letter to
the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
1252
01:35:45,312 --> 01:35:48,252
"Nothing could be more fallacious
than the threadbare argument
1253
01:35:48,282 --> 01:35:52,222
"by those who advocate appeasement
and defeatism in the Pacific
1254
01:35:52,253 --> 01:35:56,093
"that if we defend Formosa,
we alienate continental Asia."
1255
01:35:56,123 --> 01:35:58,833
Signed, Douglas MacArthur.
1256
01:35:58,860 --> 01:36:01,504
You hear that? "Appeasement, defeatism."
That's me he's talking about.
1257
01:36:01,528 --> 01:36:03,168
Alvin, can you explain
why he's done this?
1258
01:36:03,965 --> 01:36:06,095
No, Mr. President,
I'm afraid I can't.
1259
01:36:06,133 --> 01:36:07,177
Well, did any of you
know in advance
1260
01:36:07,201 --> 01:36:08,481
this letter was
gonna be printed?
1261
01:36:11,105 --> 01:36:12,305
I want it withdrawn right now.
1262
01:36:31,092 --> 01:36:32,532
Good morning, General.
1263
01:36:32,559 --> 01:36:34,299
Whitney.
1264
01:36:34,328 --> 01:36:37,028
I haven't seen that
pipe in a long time.
1265
01:36:37,064 --> 01:36:40,904
In looking over your positions
this morning, General Walker,
1266
01:36:40,935 --> 01:36:43,935
I saw that plans are afoot to
conduct retrograde movements
1267
01:36:43,971 --> 01:36:45,471
and abandon the perimeter.
1268
01:36:45,506 --> 01:36:47,306
Effective immediately,
1269
01:36:47,341 --> 01:36:50,981
these plans will be scrapped.
The present line will be held.
1270
01:36:51,012 --> 01:36:52,455
We don't have
any perimeters, General.
1271
01:36:52,479 --> 01:36:54,919
Just a few scattered
strong points.
1272
01:36:54,949 --> 01:36:57,479
As soon as I put out one fire,
another two get started.
1273
01:36:57,518 --> 01:36:59,196
I know that you're
outnumbered in this thing,
1274
01:36:59,220 --> 01:37:01,390
but sending you more troops
1275
01:37:01,422 --> 01:37:03,892
so you can hang on to this
little corner of Korea
1276
01:37:03,925 --> 01:37:05,455
is not good enough.
1277
01:37:07,161 --> 01:37:09,931
Well, I'll settle for
a regimental combat team.
1278
01:37:09,964 --> 01:37:13,234
Can't do it, Walt. We
need every man we've got.
1279
01:37:13,267 --> 01:37:16,437
General Shepherd
is putting together
1280
01:37:16,470 --> 01:37:19,440
an overwhelming amphibious
assault on Inchon.
1281
01:37:19,473 --> 01:37:21,183
Inchon?
1282
01:37:21,208 --> 01:37:24,678
One stroke, it'll cut
across the enemy's rear,
1283
01:37:24,711 --> 01:37:28,351
sever his supply lines, and isolate
all of his forces south of Seoul.
1284
01:37:28,382 --> 01:37:31,092
Without munitions,
supplies, communications,
1285
01:37:31,118 --> 01:37:32,918
the North Koreans
will be paralyzed.
1286
01:37:32,954 --> 01:37:34,594
Inchon is the worst...
1287
01:37:34,621 --> 01:37:38,631
Then you can break out of that corner,
move north and overpower them.
1288
01:37:38,659 --> 01:37:42,429
I think that Inchon will
finish the North Koreans.
1289
01:37:44,565 --> 01:37:46,165
What?
1290
01:37:46,200 --> 01:37:48,240
It'll never be approved.
1291
01:37:48,269 --> 01:37:51,109
Inchon has some of the
highest tides in the world,
1292
01:37:51,138 --> 01:37:54,278
but only once a month do they
reach a height sufficient
1293
01:37:54,308 --> 01:37:56,578
for our largest
landing craft to go in.
1294
01:37:56,610 --> 01:37:58,680
There are maybe two
three-hour periods
1295
01:37:58,712 --> 01:38:01,452
when MacArthur
can put troops ashore.
1296
01:38:01,482 --> 01:38:04,322
Which is not enough time for
a major amphibious landing.
1297
01:38:04,351 --> 01:38:07,391
Exactly. This is little more
than a trench in the mud flats.
1298
01:38:07,421 --> 01:38:11,531
If every possible handicap were
listed, Inchon has them all.
1299
01:38:11,558 --> 01:38:13,358
However, gentlemen,
MacArthur claims
1300
01:38:13,394 --> 01:38:16,104
that these very handicaps
are what he's counting on.
1301
01:38:16,130 --> 01:38:18,270
He feels that the enemy
won't believe that anyone
1302
01:38:18,299 --> 01:38:21,399
would try to surmount
such obstacles.
1303
01:38:21,435 --> 01:38:24,535
The element of surprise will
be his most valuable ally.
1304
01:38:27,074 --> 01:38:28,634
What do you think of
His Majesty's plan?
1305
01:38:30,177 --> 01:38:32,407
It's daring, it's brilliant,
and it's dangerous.
1306
01:39:01,075 --> 01:39:05,005
Court, you remember I once said,
1307
01:39:05,046 --> 01:39:08,316
"The bullet has not yet been
cast with my name on it?"
1308
01:39:08,349 --> 01:39:09,579
I certainly do.
1309
01:39:11,485 --> 01:39:14,385
Inchon could be that bullet.
1310
01:39:17,091 --> 01:39:21,361
There's 70,000 men out there
waiting to hit Inchon.
1311
01:39:24,265 --> 01:39:26,625
As of this moment,
the president has not
1312
01:39:26,667 --> 01:39:29,597
personally approved
this mission.
1313
01:39:29,636 --> 01:39:33,036
The last communication I had
from the Joint Chiefs
1314
01:39:33,074 --> 01:39:35,414
said that
he'd been "informed."
1315
01:39:38,645 --> 01:39:40,405
He vacillated, delayed.
1316
01:39:43,117 --> 01:39:48,157
Finally gave begrudging
permission to proceed here.
1317
01:39:55,396 --> 01:39:57,326
Powerful enemies, Court.
1318
01:39:59,300 --> 01:40:01,340
Who advised Truman
that I was insubordinate
1319
01:40:01,368 --> 01:40:03,498
when I visited
Chiang Kai-shek?
1320
01:40:03,537 --> 01:40:08,107
Who persuaded him to force me
to withdraw my letters
1321
01:40:08,142 --> 01:40:10,112
to the Veterans of Foreign Wars?
1322
01:40:10,144 --> 01:40:13,654
Who are those who seek to humiliate
me and undermine my authority?
1323
01:40:16,150 --> 01:40:19,350
The Communists and their fellow travelers
in the British Foreign Office.
1324
01:40:22,756 --> 01:40:25,686
If Inchon fails,
they will have a jubilee.
1325
01:40:27,561 --> 01:40:29,861
The Joint Chiefs of Staff
approved this invasion
1326
01:40:29,896 --> 01:40:31,796
because your
arguments were valid.
1327
01:40:31,832 --> 01:40:34,142
Yes, they were valid,
1328
01:40:34,168 --> 01:40:37,268
but if the enemy is ready
with a superior force,
1329
01:40:39,140 --> 01:40:41,340
we will not be able to disengage
1330
01:40:41,375 --> 01:40:43,235
without suffering
enormous losses.
1331
01:40:49,150 --> 01:40:51,790
We could lose this entire fleet.
1332
01:40:54,188 --> 01:40:57,888
This date could be marked as one
of the greatest military tragedies
1333
01:40:57,924 --> 01:40:59,434
in American history.
1334
01:40:59,460 --> 01:41:00,760
General,
I don't think for one...
1335
01:41:00,794 --> 01:41:03,864
Are you surprised, Court?
1336
01:41:03,897 --> 01:41:07,697
I'm sharing my doubts with
you after all these years.
1337
01:41:09,336 --> 01:41:11,566
Did you think
I was invulnerable?
1338
01:41:13,574 --> 01:41:16,644
It just came in.
We've got Wolmido Island.
1339
01:41:17,311 --> 01:41:18,411
What?
1340
01:41:18,445 --> 01:41:19,745
Wolmido is ours.
1341
01:41:19,780 --> 01:41:21,520
It took my boys 58 minutes.
1342
01:41:26,820 --> 01:41:29,860
Good work,
General Shepherd. Good work.
1343
01:41:31,892 --> 01:41:34,632
I'll be the first to admit it.
1344
01:41:34,661 --> 01:41:36,273
He did a hell of a job,
and here's to him.
1345
01:41:36,297 --> 01:41:37,657
Hear, hear.
1346
01:41:41,468 --> 01:41:43,746
What's the matter, Alvin? Don't
you like the taste of victory?
1347
01:41:43,770 --> 01:41:46,340
Bourbon's not bad, either.
1348
01:41:46,373 --> 01:41:48,483
Yes, Inchon is a masterstroke.
1349
01:41:48,509 --> 01:41:50,879
Damn right it is. Now that's
what I call "generalling."
1350
01:41:50,911 --> 01:41:52,751
I've heard that
the North Koreans
1351
01:41:52,779 --> 01:41:54,524
have turned tail and are running for home.
Lickety toot.
1352
01:41:54,548 --> 01:41:55,858
It's not the North Koreans
I'm worried about.
1353
01:41:55,882 --> 01:41:58,352
Mr. Panika, the Indian
ambassador to Peking,
1354
01:41:58,385 --> 01:42:01,185
informs us that any American
troops above the 38th parallel
1355
01:42:01,222 --> 01:42:03,922
will provoke an intervention
by the Chinese.
1356
01:42:03,957 --> 01:42:07,627
Yesterday, we monitored this very
same warning over Radio Peking.
1357
01:42:07,661 --> 01:42:09,806
Yeah, well, we've heard that sort
of thing before, haven't we?
1358
01:42:09,830 --> 01:42:11,470
Now, how serious are they?
1359
01:42:11,498 --> 01:42:14,238
Frankly, we don't know.
1360
01:42:14,268 --> 01:42:15,778
Well, what's MacArthur say about it?
He's not worried.
1361
01:42:15,802 --> 01:42:17,242
He's calling it
political blackmail.
1362
01:42:17,271 --> 01:42:18,711
Well, he's probably right.
1363
01:42:18,739 --> 01:42:19,882
Mr. President,
let's watch our step.
1364
01:42:19,906 --> 01:42:23,636
If we expand the war in
Korea to include Red China,
1365
01:42:23,677 --> 01:42:26,277
we're up against the
Soviets, A-bomb and all.
1366
01:42:32,719 --> 01:42:38,559
Alvin, you go on ahead to Wake Island.
Make the usual preparations.
1367
01:42:38,592 --> 01:42:41,662
I think it's time I had a
talk with General MacArthur.
1368
01:42:41,695 --> 01:42:42,955
I never met the man.
1369
01:42:42,996 --> 01:42:43,996
Yes, sir.
1370
01:42:50,704 --> 01:42:52,614
Wake Island,
Mr. President.
1371
01:42:54,641 --> 01:42:56,811
By golly,
that was quick.
1372
01:42:56,843 --> 01:42:58,913
How about one of you
fellas radio on ahead?
1373
01:42:58,945 --> 01:43:01,575
See if the big general's there.
1374
01:43:01,615 --> 01:43:04,015
The president should be greeted.
He shouldn't be the greeter.
1375
01:43:12,626 --> 01:43:14,696
I don't see him,
Mr. President.
1376
01:43:15,862 --> 01:43:17,332
They probably had
a little trouble
1377
01:43:17,364 --> 01:43:18,634
getting him down off his cross.
1378
01:43:50,764 --> 01:43:52,904
Wait a minute.
There he is.
1379
01:43:52,933 --> 01:43:55,053
That son of a bitch isn't in
uniform, he's in costume.
1380
01:43:56,036 --> 01:43:57,996
I don't know why it is
an old man like that,
1381
01:43:58,038 --> 01:44:00,068
and a five-star general to
boot, has to run around
1382
01:44:00,106 --> 01:44:01,986
dressed up like a 19-year-old
second lieutenant.
1383
01:44:04,511 --> 01:44:06,623
I'll tell you one thing, if he
was an officer in my outfit,
1384
01:44:06,647 --> 01:44:09,347
I'd bust him so fast he
wouldn't know what happened.
1385
01:44:09,383 --> 01:44:10,823
And making me wait.
1386
01:44:12,486 --> 01:44:13,530
He can do that to Harry Truman,
1387
01:44:13,554 --> 01:44:14,874
but not to his
commander in chief.
1388
01:44:32,406 --> 01:44:33,916
General, I've been
a long time meeting you.
1389
01:44:33,940 --> 01:44:35,117
I hope it won't be
so long next time.
1390
01:44:35,141 --> 01:44:36,611
Why, so do I.
1391
01:44:36,643 --> 01:44:38,513
General Bradley.
MacArthur.
1392
01:44:38,545 --> 01:44:41,345
Oh, yeah. Bess sent along a
plum cake for the missus.
1393
01:44:41,382 --> 01:44:43,882
How very thoughtful.
Thank you, sir.
1394
01:44:43,917 --> 01:44:46,647
And how are Mrs. Truman
and your daughter?
1395
01:44:46,687 --> 01:44:48,857
Oh, they're fine.
Just fine, thank you.
1396
01:44:58,832 --> 01:45:01,402
General,
I've read a little
1397
01:45:03,804 --> 01:45:06,044
military history, and it's a
pleasure to congratulate you
1398
01:45:06,673 --> 01:45:07,943
on your success at Inchon.
1399
01:45:07,974 --> 01:45:09,814
Now, that was the work
of a master strategist.
1400
01:45:09,843 --> 01:45:14,783
Thank you, Mr. President. Coming
from you, that's a real tribute.
1401
01:45:14,815 --> 01:45:19,145
And I'd like to apologize for any
misunderstanding raised by my trip to Formosa.
1402
01:45:19,185 --> 01:45:22,455
Oh, don't think anything more about that.
I understand your feelings.
1403
01:45:22,489 --> 01:45:27,089
I was a captain in Battery
D in World War I,
1404
01:45:27,127 --> 01:45:29,038
and, well, that was the center
of the whole war effort for me.
1405
01:45:29,062 --> 01:45:32,472
Well, perhaps you should have
stayed in the army.
1406
01:45:33,767 --> 01:45:35,697
Nope, I don't think so.
1407
01:45:35,736 --> 01:45:40,536
I've heard it's a bad idea for
army men to dabble in politics.
1408
01:45:40,574 --> 01:45:44,984
Mr. President, you know that I'm not
involved in politics in any way.
1409
01:45:45,011 --> 01:45:49,781
I did let the politicians make a chump
out of me in the '48 elections.
1410
01:45:49,816 --> 01:45:51,886
If a general is going
to be running against you,
1411
01:45:51,918 --> 01:45:54,458
his name will be
Eisenhower, not MacArthur.
1412
01:45:54,755 --> 01:45:57,185
Eisenhower?
1413
01:45:57,223 --> 01:46:00,063
That man doesn't know as much about
politics as a pig does about Sunday.
1414
01:46:07,501 --> 01:46:12,171
General, I came over here
to listen to your ideas
1415
01:46:12,205 --> 01:46:14,805
on the rehabilitation
of postwar Korea.
1416
01:46:17,210 --> 01:46:19,610
Mind if I smoke,
Mr. President?
1417
01:46:19,646 --> 01:46:21,716
No, I suppose
I've had more smoke
1418
01:46:21,748 --> 01:46:23,678
blown in my face
than any man alive.
1419
01:46:29,756 --> 01:46:32,156
The formal resistance,
I believe,
1420
01:46:34,928 --> 01:46:38,128
should end in Korea
by Thanksgiving.
1421
01:46:40,200 --> 01:46:42,240
And now that we've authorized
military operations
1422
01:46:42,268 --> 01:46:43,738
above the parallel,
1423
01:46:43,770 --> 01:46:45,047
do you include North
Korea in that estimate?
1424
01:46:45,071 --> 01:46:46,541
Yes, I do.
1425
01:46:46,573 --> 01:46:51,043
By the time I'm finished, we should have
the entire peninsula under control.
1426
01:46:51,077 --> 01:46:53,047
General, you do
understand the limitations
1427
01:46:53,079 --> 01:46:56,519
on your directive from
the Joint Chiefs of Staff?
1428
01:46:56,550 --> 01:47:00,850
No military operations beyond
the Chinese and Soviet borders,
1429
01:47:00,887 --> 01:47:04,187
and no American troops
near those borders.
1430
01:47:04,224 --> 01:47:07,534
Yes, I believe I understand
that directive fully,
1431
01:47:07,561 --> 01:47:10,531
and our boys should be home
by Christmas, Mr. President,
1432
01:47:10,564 --> 01:47:14,544
provided that Red China
stays out of the conflict.
1433
01:47:15,969 --> 01:47:18,069
Well, I'm glad
to hear that, General.
1434
01:47:18,104 --> 01:47:21,214
I've got the whole
United Nations on my back.
1435
01:47:21,241 --> 01:47:23,285
Now, a couple dozen members have
got troops under you in Korea,
1436
01:47:23,309 --> 01:47:24,954
and the whole bunch
of them are scared stiff
1437
01:47:24,978 --> 01:47:26,978
that we're pushing them
into World War III.
1438
01:47:28,248 --> 01:47:31,018
Now, there's no doubt that
Stalin's pact with Mao Tse-tung
1439
01:47:31,051 --> 01:47:33,151
pledges that the Soviet
A-bomb backs the Chinese
1440
01:47:33,186 --> 01:47:35,186
if we should tangle with them.
1441
01:47:35,221 --> 01:47:37,191
You mentioned Chinese
intervention now.
1442
01:47:37,223 --> 01:47:39,093
Is there any chance
of that, do you think?
1443
01:47:39,125 --> 01:47:41,925
Mr. President,
you must have
1444
01:47:41,962 --> 01:47:45,672
more complete intelligence
on that matter than I have.
1445
01:47:45,699 --> 01:47:48,129
Anything that I would say
would be purely speculative.
1446
01:47:48,168 --> 01:47:49,298
Of course.
1447
01:47:49,335 --> 01:47:50,895
And I'm sure that
you also realize
1448
01:47:50,937 --> 01:47:53,807
that any question
involving China
1449
01:47:53,840 --> 01:47:58,550
requires a political evaluation,
not simply a military one.
1450
01:47:58,579 --> 01:48:01,979
Our intelligence on the
Chinese is limited.
1451
01:48:02,015 --> 01:48:06,145
They're believed to have about
300,000 men in Manchuria,
1452
01:48:06,186 --> 01:48:10,586
but I doubt they could get more
than 50,000 across the Yalu River.
1453
01:48:10,624 --> 01:48:14,734
They'd be highly vulnerable
to our air attacks.
1454
01:48:14,761 --> 01:48:21,271
So in my opinion, the chances of
Red intervention are minimal.
1455
01:48:21,301 --> 01:48:23,601
And if they were to try to
get down to the parallel,
1456
01:48:23,637 --> 01:48:26,107
they'd be walking into
disaster, a crushing defeat.
1457
01:48:37,784 --> 01:48:42,024
Well, I've never had
a more satisfactory conference
1458
01:48:42,055 --> 01:48:44,625
since I've been President.
1459
01:48:44,658 --> 01:48:47,336
General MacArthur is a member of the
government of the United States,
1460
01:48:47,360 --> 01:48:50,160
and he's loyal to that government
and to the United Nations,
1461
01:48:50,196 --> 01:48:52,666
and he's loyal to the president
and his foreign policy,
1462
01:48:52,699 --> 01:48:55,939
and he's confident that the fighting
in Korea will soon be over.
1463
01:48:55,969 --> 01:48:57,409
That's what he said.
1464
01:49:04,678 --> 01:49:06,878
Hey!
What the hell is this?
1465
01:49:07,748 --> 01:49:10,348
Turkey! Real turkey!
1466
01:49:10,383 --> 01:49:13,123
What'd you expect,
shithead? It's Thanksgiving.
1467
01:49:14,988 --> 01:49:17,288
Best thing about Thanksgiving
is eating white meat.
1468
01:49:19,960 --> 01:49:21,137
I tell you, if I had my way...
1469
01:49:56,029 --> 01:49:58,229
General Bradley called me
at 6:15 this morning
1470
01:49:58,264 --> 01:50:01,974
with a message from
General MacArthur.
1471
01:50:02,002 --> 01:50:04,942
He says there are 260,000
Chinese out there against him.
1472
01:50:05,972 --> 01:50:06,972
He says he's stymied.
1473
01:50:09,009 --> 01:50:11,239
Says he has to go
over on the defensive.
1474
01:50:11,277 --> 01:50:13,107
It isn't a matter
of a few volunteers.
1475
01:50:13,146 --> 01:50:14,786
The Chinese have
jumped in with both feet.
1476
01:50:16,817 --> 01:50:19,417
Well, what are they saying
about me in Washington?
1477
01:50:20,486 --> 01:50:21,416
Sir, to be candid about it,
1478
01:50:21,454 --> 01:50:23,424
they think you walked
into a Chinese trap.
1479
01:50:25,158 --> 01:50:27,458
That was a deliberate
misunderstanding.
1480
01:50:27,493 --> 01:50:31,063
The defeat of the North
Koreans was decisive.
1481
01:50:31,097 --> 01:50:34,737
In the face of this victory, the
Chinese Communists have committed
1482
01:50:34,768 --> 01:50:39,008
the most offensive act of
international lawlessness in history.
1483
01:50:39,039 --> 01:50:45,379
We are now facing a new,
fresh, highly-trained army.
1484
01:50:45,411 --> 01:50:50,951
What does Truman mean by calling
this a "police action"?
1485
01:50:50,984 --> 01:50:55,894
Isn't it a fact that the
casualties are mounting daily?
1486
01:50:55,922 --> 01:51:00,132
This "police action" has almost
destroyed the Korean nation.
1487
01:51:00,994 --> 01:51:02,234
For what?
1488
01:51:05,465 --> 01:51:06,976
Guess I've seen as much
blood and disaster
1489
01:51:07,000 --> 01:51:08,330
as any man now living.
1490
01:51:08,368 --> 01:51:10,698
Every time I come out of here,
1491
01:51:12,005 --> 01:51:15,205
I could just be sick.
1492
01:51:16,209 --> 01:51:18,879
It curdles my stomach.
1493
01:51:18,912 --> 01:51:21,822
Does he intend
to let this go on?
1494
01:51:21,848 --> 01:51:24,048
By what sophistry of reason?
1495
01:51:24,084 --> 01:51:28,054
Sir, he has the Russians to
consider, and our allies.
1496
01:51:28,088 --> 01:51:30,418
General Bradley
feels the same way.
1497
01:51:30,456 --> 01:51:33,786
He says that a war with China
would be the wrong war
1498
01:51:33,827 --> 01:51:37,327
at the wrong time, in the wrong
place and with the wrong enemy.
1499
01:51:37,363 --> 01:51:39,303
The Joint Chiefs of Staff.
1500
01:51:41,434 --> 01:51:45,944
I requested permission to bomb the
Chinese airfields in Manchuria.
1501
01:51:45,972 --> 01:51:47,942
The request was denied.
1502
01:51:47,974 --> 01:51:51,384
I requested permission for hot
pursuit of enemy aircraft
1503
01:51:51,411 --> 01:51:53,811
into their privileged
sanctuary above the Yalu.
1504
01:51:53,847 --> 01:51:55,877
That request was denied.
1505
01:51:55,916 --> 01:51:58,346
I requested permission
to bomb the Yalu bridges
1506
01:51:58,384 --> 01:52:00,924
to keep the Chinese
out of Korea.
1507
01:52:00,954 --> 01:52:06,364
They said, "You might bomb the
southern half of the bridges only."
1508
01:52:08,261 --> 01:52:10,531
In my 50 years of
military service,
1509
01:52:11,965 --> 01:52:16,195
I have never learned
how to bomb half a bridge.
1510
01:52:21,274 --> 01:52:23,994
It's the most imbecilic order ever
given to a commander in the field.
1511
01:52:29,082 --> 01:52:34,252
This is appeasement.
1512
01:52:34,287 --> 01:52:37,387
Unless some positive and
immediate action can be taken,
1513
01:52:37,423 --> 01:52:40,233
we should withdraw
our forces to Japan.
1514
01:52:40,260 --> 01:52:42,930
Forgive me, sir, but...
1515
01:52:42,963 --> 01:52:45,603
There are some of those back home
who believe that it's possible
1516
01:52:45,631 --> 01:52:47,901
to regain
the offensive without...
1517
01:52:49,302 --> 01:52:50,902
Well, without danger
of widening the war.
1518
01:52:51,304 --> 01:52:53,874
Without widening the war?
1519
01:52:58,311 --> 01:53:03,381
Well, the Eighth Army is Ridgway's now.
He can do what he likes.
1520
01:53:03,416 --> 01:53:05,216
It won't do any good.
1521
01:53:06,386 --> 01:53:10,516
For the first time
in military history,
1522
01:53:10,556 --> 01:53:15,226
a commander has been denied
the use of his military power
1523
01:53:15,261 --> 01:53:19,171
to safeguard the lives of his
soldiers and the safety of his army.
1524
01:53:20,466 --> 01:53:24,166
It leaves me with a sense
of inexpressible shock.
1525
01:53:30,010 --> 01:53:31,880
Well, hallelujah. Matt
Ridgway's retaken Seoul.
1526
01:53:31,912 --> 01:53:32,912
What'd I tell you?
1527
01:53:36,416 --> 01:53:38,376
I wish I could celebrate,
1528
01:53:40,620 --> 01:53:43,190
but the war hasn't been won.
1529
01:53:43,223 --> 01:53:45,933
The battle lines roll up
and down, up and down.
1530
01:53:47,060 --> 01:53:48,860
Victory nowhere in sight.
1531
01:53:50,430 --> 01:53:52,530
This isn't war.
It's half war.
1532
01:53:54,500 --> 01:53:56,870
It's an immoral
compromise with evil.
1533
01:53:59,973 --> 01:54:02,643
There's more than dust
settling in Korea, Sid.
1534
01:54:04,377 --> 01:54:05,607
It's American blood.
1535
01:54:06,512 --> 01:54:07,882
Yes, sir.
1536
01:54:09,415 --> 01:54:11,375
Oh, the head of
the United Kingdom
1537
01:54:11,417 --> 01:54:13,287
mission wants an
appointment with you, sir.
1538
01:54:13,319 --> 01:54:15,659
Well, what does he want?
1539
01:54:15,688 --> 01:54:19,028
He's worried that we're
getting desperate in Korea,
1540
01:54:19,059 --> 01:54:20,429
and we'll use the bomb.
1541
01:54:22,328 --> 01:54:25,028
Probably more worried about protecting
British profits in Hong Kong
1542
01:54:25,065 --> 01:54:26,695
than in saving lives in Korea.
1543
01:54:26,732 --> 01:54:28,572
I'll shift his appointment, sir.
1544
01:54:28,601 --> 01:54:31,641
Excuse me, General. We just got
word that Washington wants you
1545
01:54:31,671 --> 01:54:33,641
to stop all offensive
operations immediately.
1546
01:54:38,311 --> 01:54:40,151
What?
1547
01:54:40,180 --> 01:54:42,550
They want to affect a political,
1548
01:54:42,582 --> 01:54:45,622
rather than a military solution.
1549
01:54:45,651 --> 01:54:47,591
They're planning to draft
a cease-fire proposal.
1550
01:54:49,489 --> 01:54:50,699
They ask for any recommendations
1551
01:54:50,723 --> 01:54:53,593
you may have for minor adjustments
along your battle lines
1552
01:54:53,626 --> 01:54:55,571
to consolidate your position
for adequate defense.
1553
01:54:55,595 --> 01:54:59,095
Minor adjustments?
What are they talking about?
1554
01:54:59,132 --> 01:55:02,642
Why should I recommend anything?
This is total capitulation.
1555
01:55:02,668 --> 01:55:04,346
Well, sir,
in view of Truman's feeling,
1556
01:55:04,370 --> 01:55:06,370
you want to substitute
your policy for his.
1557
01:55:06,406 --> 01:55:09,236
I couldn't substitute
my policy for Mr. Truman's,
1558
01:55:09,275 --> 01:55:11,675
because Mr. Truman
doesn't have a policy!
1559
01:55:13,213 --> 01:55:14,453
Well, fine, sir.
1560
01:55:14,480 --> 01:55:15,791
Why don't you
let me notify them that
1561
01:55:15,815 --> 01:55:17,994
you're taking the proposals under
study, and that way, we'll be...
1562
01:55:18,018 --> 01:55:19,618
No. I have
a better idea.
1563
01:55:21,387 --> 01:55:24,417
We'll send a message
to the Chinese commander.
1564
01:55:24,457 --> 01:55:27,427
Put it on all the wire services.
I want maximum exposure.
1565
01:55:27,460 --> 01:55:29,530
Sir, you have been
specifically prohibited
1566
01:55:29,562 --> 01:55:31,102
from issuing any statements.
1567
01:55:31,131 --> 01:55:32,971
Sir, that is a direct
order from the president.
1568
01:55:37,137 --> 01:55:40,437
And that is part of
a dangerous concept,
1569
01:55:40,473 --> 01:55:44,643
that men of the armed forces
owe their primary allegiance
1570
01:55:44,677 --> 01:55:48,347
to these temporary occupants
of the White House,
1571
01:55:48,381 --> 01:55:52,291
instead of to the country and the
Constitution we're sworn to defend!
1572
01:55:55,521 --> 01:55:58,041
I ought to kick his insubordinate
ass right in the Sea of Japan.
1573
01:55:58,291 --> 01:55:59,631
The lousiest trick he's pulled.
1574
01:55:59,659 --> 01:56:02,459
I travel 14,000 miles to reach
an understanding face to face,
1575
01:56:02,495 --> 01:56:05,395
and he still thinks he can do
exactly what he damn well pleases.
1576
01:56:05,431 --> 01:56:08,601
Can you imagine? He
actually sent a message to the Chinese
1577
01:56:08,634 --> 01:56:10,474
threatening to
destroy their forces
1578
01:56:10,503 --> 01:56:13,173
unless they were to negotiate a
solution with him personally.
1579
01:56:13,206 --> 01:56:16,206
You know, there's a story
1580
01:56:16,242 --> 01:56:19,212
where Abe Lincoln was trying to
mount a horse that was skittish,
1581
01:56:19,245 --> 01:56:22,475
and the horse kicked a hind
hoof into the stirrup.
1582
01:56:22,515 --> 01:56:24,626
So Lincoln says to him, "If you're
gonna get on, I'll get off."
1583
01:56:24,650 --> 01:56:27,350
Well, I'm not getting off.
1584
01:56:27,387 --> 01:56:30,287
I think Roosevelt should have pulled
Wainwright out of Corregidor,
1585
01:56:30,323 --> 01:56:32,068
and left that five-star,
brass-hat MacArthur there
1586
01:56:32,092 --> 01:56:33,132
to be the martyr.
1587
01:56:33,159 --> 01:56:35,759
What shall I do with
the cease-fire proposal?
1588
01:56:35,795 --> 01:56:37,325
Scrap it.
I can't approach the Chinese
1589
01:56:37,363 --> 01:56:39,773
on any political basis,
not after this.
1590
01:56:39,799 --> 01:56:43,099
That man's trying to start World War
III, and I'm trying to prevent it.
1591
01:56:43,136 --> 01:56:45,766
I'll fire that brass-hat
prima Donna right now.
1592
01:56:45,805 --> 01:56:47,216
Who the hell does
he think he is? God?
1593
01:56:47,240 --> 01:56:49,651
What do you think Congress would
do if I relieve the big general?
1594
01:56:49,675 --> 01:56:52,445
Congress would flay you alive.
1595
01:56:52,478 --> 01:56:56,118
Fortunately for me, the navy
outfielder's throw was also wild,
1596
01:56:56,149 --> 01:56:58,479
over the third baseman's head,
1597
01:56:58,518 --> 01:56:59,848
and with those two wild throws,
1598
01:56:59,885 --> 01:57:02,355
I was able to dash around
the bases into home
1599
01:57:02,388 --> 01:57:05,288
with what turned out
to be the winning run.
1600
01:57:05,325 --> 01:57:07,255
Excuse me.
1601
01:57:07,293 --> 01:57:09,633
And the final score was
1602
01:57:09,662 --> 01:57:13,672
West Point 4, Annapolis 3.
1603
01:57:13,699 --> 01:57:17,439
I think that the loudest
cheers were led by my mother.
1604
01:57:17,470 --> 01:57:19,140
She was always there.
1605
01:57:21,641 --> 01:57:24,241
They used to say about us
that we were the first...
1606
01:57:24,277 --> 01:57:26,877
The only mother and son
ever to graduate
1607
01:57:26,912 --> 01:57:28,582
from West Point on the same day.
1608
01:57:32,352 --> 01:57:35,762
That was in Annapolis
in the spring of...
1609
01:57:49,302 --> 01:57:52,842
Well, Jeannie,
we're going home at last.
1610
01:58:05,918 --> 01:58:09,188
That was the first varsity
baseball game ever played
1611
01:58:09,222 --> 01:58:11,692
between West Point
and the Naval Academy.
1612
01:58:15,495 --> 01:58:19,365
Well, so much for
my baseball career,
1613
01:58:19,399 --> 01:58:20,869
and for happy memories.
1614
01:58:28,641 --> 01:58:31,811
And now will you
excuse us, please?
1615
01:58:55,000 --> 01:58:56,111
I've
never seen anything like it.
1616
01:58:56,135 --> 01:58:57,965
The entire city's
come out to celebrate
1617
01:58:58,003 --> 01:59:00,573
the return of
America's greatest hero.
1618
01:59:05,278 --> 01:59:08,778
Officials estimate from seven to 10
million people are here on hand,
1619
01:59:08,814 --> 01:59:10,224
and that surpasses
1620
01:59:10,250 --> 01:59:13,320
Lindbergh's and Eisenhower's
homecomings put together.
1621
01:59:13,353 --> 01:59:16,523
Schools are out,
the crowd is excited,
1622
01:59:16,556 --> 01:59:19,586
the office workers are...
Just have taken a holiday.
1623
01:59:22,828 --> 01:59:24,606
Meanwhile,
in our nation's capital,
1624
01:59:24,630 --> 01:59:27,800
the statement from the Joint Chiefs
of Staff said in part, quote,
1625
01:59:27,833 --> 01:59:30,643
"It is fundamental
that all military commanders
1626
01:59:30,670 --> 01:59:34,670
"must be governed by our laws and
the constitutional guarantee
1627
01:59:34,707 --> 01:59:37,637
"of civilian control
over the military."
1628
01:59:37,677 --> 01:59:39,288
When asked to comment,
President Truman said...
1629
01:59:39,312 --> 01:59:40,522
Well, people who think
they're God
1630
01:59:40,546 --> 01:59:42,846
are bound to get into trouble
sooner or later.
1631
01:59:42,882 --> 01:59:44,652
What you have to understand
1632
01:59:44,684 --> 01:59:45,694
is that the people
of this country
1633
01:59:45,718 --> 01:59:46,928
are men and women
of common sense,
1634
01:59:46,952 --> 01:59:48,564
and whenever anybody
gets too far out of line,
1635
01:59:48,588 --> 01:59:51,758
the people are gonna take charge
and put him out of business.
1636
01:59:55,861 --> 01:59:59,771
But once war
has been forced upon us,
1637
02:00:01,367 --> 02:00:04,737
there is no other alternative
1638
02:00:04,770 --> 02:00:09,280
than to apply every available
means to bring it to a swift end.
1639
02:00:12,478 --> 02:00:18,248
War's very object is victory,
not prolonged indecision.
1640
02:00:19,885 --> 02:00:20,985
In war,
1641
02:00:22,121 --> 02:00:26,331
there can be no
substitute for victory.
1642
02:00:31,364 --> 02:00:35,744
For history teaches us,
with unmistakable emphasis,
1643
02:00:35,768 --> 02:00:39,808
that appeasement but begets
new and bloodier war.
1644
02:00:40,973 --> 02:00:43,483
Like blackmail,
1645
02:00:43,509 --> 02:00:48,449
it lays the basis for new and
increasingly greater demands
1646
02:00:48,481 --> 02:00:51,381
until, as in blackmail,
1647
02:00:51,417 --> 02:00:54,387
violence becomes
the only alternative.
1648
02:01:02,395 --> 02:01:03,555
"Why?"
1649
02:01:04,964 --> 02:01:09,074
"Why," my soldiers ask of me,
1650
02:01:10,603 --> 02:01:15,983
"surrender military advantages
to an enemy in the field?"
1651
02:01:20,413 --> 02:01:21,813
I could not answer.
1652
02:01:25,818 --> 02:01:30,318
The magnificence of the courage and
fortitude of the Korean people
1653
02:01:32,958 --> 02:01:34,728
defies description.
1654
02:01:37,597 --> 02:01:43,667
They have chosen to risk death
rather than slavery.
1655
02:01:46,506 --> 02:01:48,406
Their last words to me were,
1656
02:01:51,577 --> 02:01:55,417
"Don't scuttle the Pacific."
1657
02:02:06,859 --> 02:02:11,129
I am closing my 52 years
of military service.
1658
02:02:14,700 --> 02:02:18,100
When I joined the army, even
before the turn of the century,
1659
02:02:20,039 --> 02:02:24,079
it was the fulfillment of all
my boyish hopes and dreams.
1660
02:02:27,146 --> 02:02:29,516
The world has turned
over many times
1661
02:02:29,549 --> 02:02:31,979
since I took the oath
on the plain at West Point,
1662
02:02:34,687 --> 02:02:37,787
and the hopes and dreams
have long since vanished.
1663
02:02:41,126 --> 02:02:43,456
But I still remember the refrain
1664
02:02:43,496 --> 02:02:47,726
of one of the most popular
barrack ballads of that day,
1665
02:02:49,101 --> 02:02:51,701
which proclaimed
most proudly that,
1666
02:02:53,172 --> 02:02:57,112
"Old soldiers never die.
1667
02:02:59,211 --> 02:03:02,921
"They just fade away."
1668
02:03:06,486 --> 02:03:08,816
Like the old soldier
of that ballad,
1669
02:03:10,923 --> 02:03:13,093
I now close my military career,
1670
02:03:15,961 --> 02:03:19,101
and just fade away.
1671
02:03:20,600 --> 02:03:22,030
An old soldier
1672
02:03:23,669 --> 02:03:25,709
who tried to do his duty
1673
02:03:27,172 --> 02:03:32,982
as God gave him
the light to see that duty.
1674
02:03:42,788 --> 02:03:44,018
Goodbye.
1675
02:04:00,272 --> 02:04:03,212
Goodbye, hell.
He's running for president.
1676
02:04:03,242 --> 02:04:06,682
I give you
the greatest war hero
1677
02:04:06,712 --> 02:04:10,652
America has ever known,
our finest leader of men,
1678
02:04:10,683 --> 02:04:12,953
our most brilliant strategist,
1679
02:04:12,985 --> 02:04:16,085
a man of inspiration
and a man of action.
1680
02:04:16,121 --> 02:04:19,991
I give you the next President
of the United States,
1681
02:04:20,025 --> 02:04:23,695
five-star General of the Army,
1682
02:04:23,729 --> 02:04:27,169
Dwight David Eisenhower!
1683
02:04:40,613 --> 02:04:42,653
What kind of president
do you think he's gonna make?
1684
02:04:47,286 --> 02:04:50,816
I think he'll make
a fine president.
1685
02:04:50,856 --> 02:04:53,626
He was the best clerk
who ever served under me.
1686
02:05:04,369 --> 02:05:06,309
The shadows are
lengthening for me.
1687
02:05:08,007 --> 02:05:09,137
Twilight is here.
1688
02:05:11,911 --> 02:05:16,121
My days of old have
vanished tone and tint,
1689
02:05:18,050 --> 02:05:21,820
they have gone glimmering through
the dreams of things that were.
1690
02:05:24,156 --> 02:05:30,126
Their memory is one
of wondrous beauty
1691
02:05:30,162 --> 02:05:36,202
watered by tears and coaxed and
caressed by the smiles of yesterday.
1692
02:05:36,235 --> 02:05:41,765
I listen vainly, but with thirsty
ear for the witching melody
1693
02:05:41,807 --> 02:05:45,647
of faint bugles
blowing reveille,
1694
02:05:45,678 --> 02:05:48,348
of far drums
beating the long roll.
1695
02:05:50,215 --> 02:05:52,345
In my dreams,
I hear the crash of guns,
1696
02:05:53,753 --> 02:05:56,393
the rattle of musketry,
1697
02:05:56,421 --> 02:06:01,131
the strange mournful mutter
of the battlefield.
1698
02:06:05,898 --> 02:06:08,668
But in the evening of my memory,
1699
02:06:09,769 --> 02:06:11,599
always I return
1700
02:06:13,873 --> 02:06:15,273
to West Point.
1701
02:06:17,977 --> 02:06:20,377
Always there
echoes and reechoes,
1702
02:06:21,881 --> 02:06:23,051
duty,
1703
02:06:24,316 --> 02:06:25,376
honor,
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02:06:27,186 --> 02:06:28,286
country.
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02:06:34,860 --> 02:06:41,030
Today marks my final
roll call with you.
1706
02:06:43,836 --> 02:06:47,366
But I want you to know
that when I cross the river,
1707
02:06:47,406 --> 02:06:50,976
my last conscious thoughts
1708
02:06:53,445 --> 02:06:57,175
will be of the Corps,
1709
02:06:59,852 --> 02:07:01,322
and the Corps,
1710
02:07:03,889 --> 02:07:05,189
and the Corps.
1711
02:07:12,397 --> 02:07:13,667
I bid you
1712
02:07:16,401 --> 02:07:17,401
farewell.
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