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where is our Navy 3 months have past

since the tragedy at Pearl Harbor and

the people are at a loss to understand

why well die as submarines strike

near San Francisco committee demands

probe of Navy failure to

fight where is our Navy why doesn't it

fight we cannot answer that question we

must force ourselves not to listen to it

we do not intend to tell the Japanese

how badly our Navy was damaged at Pearl

Harbor since December the 7th our

pre-war strategy is useless the defense

of the uans and our Pacific Coast with

the highw as the apex of the triangle is

almost impossible with what remains of

our

Navy but we are not considering a

defensive

campaign you all realize that I'm

indulging in no false heroics when I say

our only hope of evading destruction is

to destroy the

enemy the Japanese have won a quick and

staggering succession of

victories they are aiming now at the

final knockout the capture of Pearl

Harbor to accomplish this they must

first take Midway if they are permitted

to choose the time and conditions of the

attack we hadn't much of a

chance but if we can trick them into

meeting us when they think we are weak

deceive them into splitting their Fleet

we then have a chance of cutting their

Navy down to our size and proceeding

with the rest of the Pacific

strategy we have learned that are heavy

concentrations of enemy carriers and

other feat units in the Marshall Islands

and a numerous transport Force making up

a

truck so our strategy is this

we shall concentrate our strength near

Midway in our effort to Spring a

trap one of our carriers is already at

Sea waiting to carry out the initial

phases of this strategy on April the

28th this carrier and its escort will be

off the Marshall Islands close enough to

be

detected on May the 3 it is to be seen

near the Gilbert Islands by the Japanese

on May the 8th it will be detected near

Ocean Island as if heading for the

feet of truck but it will not attacked

instead it will turn South be seen on

May the 15th at guad

Canal every time one of our Pilots

encounters a jaet

plane he will return to the carrier as

if he did not stomach a fight

by sending this one carrier on such a

mission we hope to convince the enemy

that our Fleet is scattered our fighting

morale

shattered actually we shall be waiting

for them in force near

Midway if they fall for this bait and

attempt an

invasion we shall then be able to answer

the question where is our Navy why

doesn't it fight

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Island the

crew there's mama

I here

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Commander pilot the

crew if you happen to need a toothpick I

know where you can find

one we only need half that space Mr

Scott just lower your wheels and drop

your hooks sir

like putting a baby to bed

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set condition one in the air Department

stand by the land Flames stand by the

land flames

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torpedo plane sighted broad on the port

quarter altitude

250 range 8,000 yd stand by for practice

run if those were only meatballs instead

of tbfs

okay hook

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take clear

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I'm odonald commanding bomber 6 welcome

aboard Molton commanding torpedo 5

what's the Scot about the pear where we

going what GES I don't know I thought

we'd find out when we got aboard not

from us I've had more action on the Aly

nightbook thought with you guys coming

aboard we'd have some action my name is

Shubert my name's Manning we're on our

Cook's tour your guess is as good as

mine fellas I'll see you around yeah

sure

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sir Lieutenant Commander Edward Molton

reporting for torpedo Squadron 5 glad to

have your boy thank you sir Mr mless

Commander Harper our air officer how do

you do sir good to see you I have a

message for you from SX thank

you hey what SE Oscar sure making a long

approach out there yeah he's building up

an entrance

just feel your way inser lightly and

politely

what do I have to do with that guy shoot

him

down what does he want a spotlight

it's coming into fast

can you see that wave off

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assemble your squadron in the ready room

all for a

while I thought I'd have to turn back

maybe you should

have didn't you see the wave off yes sir

I did what do you think the flagman was

doing waving bye-bye tell you the true

sir I couldn't

think I had my hands too full of

airplane at the

time

oh oh man this is our air officer

Commander

Harper man har this is Mr Brainard how

do you do Sir Mr Chisum Sir Mr markam

how do you do Sir Mr Jacobson how do you

do Sir Mr White Sir Mr Holloway how do

you do Sir Mr Scott how do you do sir

I'm glad to know you welcome you board

thank you sir thank you than you

sir you've been assigned the quarters

which I hope you find your

liking there are some pretty good men on

board I've been very proud of all of our

squadrons Torpedoes bombers and

Fighters I hope you equal their

record read that will you please Mr

Molton

allowed memorandum for Commander Air

Group 5 subject report of casualty which

occurred during Maneuvers September 19th

1941 Roy Cas Spangler number 4328 1112

Aviation machinist mate first class

United States

Navy died at 1600 while under anesthesia

for surgery following accident on flight

deck spangler's next of kin is Mother

Mrs Edward R Spangler 367 Lee Avenue

Minneapolis Minnesota sign JB golden

Commander senior medical

officer a hot pilot ignored a wave off

Spangler couldn't get out of the way the

prop cut him nearly in

half sorry sir so was the other pilot so

was spangler's

Mother well I'd like to explain so that

I I don't like explanations

secure sorry

sir well you and the others had to take

it on account of me just don't ignore

any more wave off Scott

I Mr Scott here's some mail for

you oh

thanks I see the movie fans haven't

forgotten you

sir coming in yes sir I just received

this letter from the Admiral I thought

perhaps you'd like to read it

congratulations gentlemen gentlemen I

give you Cookie Cunningham the man who's

made a study of Japanese mathematics and

found that you always get the right

answer by subtracting

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zero who says we don't know where we're

going who says we don't know where we're

supposed to do well I tell you what I'm

going to do I'm going to fly my little

old tvf clear to Tokyo I'll drag that

little monkey up to 15,000 and drop them

like a bomb right smack on the butt of

fug you know I can't stand the canned

vegetables you get on shipboard but our

Squadron is going to be different we're

going to have fresh vegetables how come

how what are you going to do plow up the

flight deck no I'm not kidding look

we'll have some nice fresh celery some

real juicy tomatoes green onions but

what are you going to use for dirt water

and chemicals oh listen that's the

agriculture of the

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future hey fellas look get a load of

this minute will keep

it you did you actually did it shows it

right there you kiss Betty gra if I

didn't see it I wouldn't believe it hey

did you ever kiss Garbo kiss her I've

never even seen her never mind that

never mind that Oscar what I want to

know is when you're in a picture with

Betty grael and you have to kiss her do

you listen to me have to when you kiss

her I mean what's it feel like oh little

wait will you I'm serious about this

Oscar I really mean it I mean do you

feel anything at all or is it all just

part of the day's work you know what I

mean does she breathe deep or something

does she kiss you or do you kiss her if

you do do she kiss back what I want to

know Oscar is how does it make you feel

the rest of us guys can only dream about

those girls but you

you've actually kissed him what's it

like well it's

U it's like nothing else in this

world oh I'll never forget that first

girl I kissed in a picture who was it

yeah yeah who who who was it do you

think I'm the kind of a guy that kisses

and tells in a

wardro well it's

um the night before the scene was to be

shot

I didn't get a wink of sleep I lay awake

all night just daydreaming about that

kiss how do you Daydream at night quiet

well I don't know go ahead ask her well

anyway the next morning I got to the

studio an hour earlier got into my

wardrobe got made up dashed right over

to the set I waited all day long just

for that one big moment when I'd get to

kiss

her finally it was time for the scene to

be shot we took out places oh she was

wearing the most beautiful beautiful

black

NE lovely revealing her hair was swept

back from a forend her eyes were partly

closed I took her into my arms go on go

on kiss her you do yeah well then the

hairdresser yelled out don't hold her so

close you're musing up a hair do the

director screamed hey take your arm

around the neck you're tilting a collar

the cameraman said you can't kiss her

squaring her lips like that I can't see

her nose so I just kissed her away off

center and smacked the air so you see

gentleman if you want to kiss a girl and

kiss her right you got to join the

Navy

with hey hey hey wait a minute gentleman

gather around I want to tell you

something your worries are over listen

to the voice of

Superman I tell you what I'm going to do

I'm going to fly my little old TBF clear

to Tokyo I'll throw a rope right around

tojo's neck the same way I used to rope

coyotes back in Texas I'll drag that

little monkey up to 15,000 and drop him

like a bomb right

smack all right all right all right I

wouldn't want to bore you guys with what

I'm really going to do yeah well that's

just fine it sure takes a load off armor

that's okay of course there's a guy

right there who might just possibly give

you a few pointers but then he's only

shot down three

zeros look cookie I'm just a big bag of

win from Texas and I know I must sound

pretty funny to a guy who's done the

things you've done hey how do you really

feel when those meatballs start coming

at you well I didn't have time to think

much I didn't see them until they're

pretty close how do they come at you

from above no From Below they missed

with their first pass yeah they tell me

those babies can dive at you pull out

turn and climb back for another dive

before you even know where they are slow

but with plenty of maneuverability is

that right cookie well uh I don't know

really you see hey they really fall

apart when you hit them on the way down

catch fire I'm sorry fellas I'm writing

my Memoirs for the Saturday evening post

you can read them after the war for a

dime all right all right break it up

fellas let's cut a record huh yeah yeah

hey you want me to make another one

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yeah boy I got knock that moon right out

of the sky leave it alone I'll need that

moon when I get home

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right on a beam kid

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what's your name Benjamin K O'Neal sir

Aviation radio man first class did you

come in with torpedo 5 that's right sir

haven't you served under me before well

I was in the KN of Pensacola sir I

thought I'd seen you before as you were

yes

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sir what's wrong Benny I've been ducking

that guy ever since I came on board what

for if he figures out how long ago he

saw me at Pensacola he'll ground me sure

ground you I'll come too old for air

combat Duty are you kidding there's no

law that's law easy that man's the whole

cocky Navy one pair of pants do you know

what kind of a guy he is he's the only

officer I ever knew whose men wouldn't

give him a nickname like that man is

the what's the matter kid what if he

finds out about me what about you

finny how old would you take me to be oh

I'd say about uh 20 21 thanks but if you

ever wants to see my birth certificate

I'm cooked you see when I joined the

Navy I made a little mistake about my

age you mean you weren't 17 no I won't

be 17 for 3 months oh so that's the way

it is we're either too old or Too Young

well kid we're in this together

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will be a

memory so away and

pray

each

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for

we again

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well

gentlemen we have our orders

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do it again I love

it come on Scott 30 minutes to flight

quarters okay okay come on come

on no wonder they gave you the Navy

cross going around waking people up in

the middle of the night you have to be a

hero your squadron off ahead of ours I'm

not flying right now I'm just shower

call things like that I was on the sick

list a few weeks after Pearl Harbor

still a bit wobbly on the pins wake chis

will you

good

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morning now look I'll need uh five empty

fuel containers uh some potassium

nitrate some calcium nitrate uh some

manganese sulfate manganese what sir

manganese sulfate and about uh 30 ft of

wire mesh and get a lot of excels here

you know you can get it from the engine

packings and um a big ball of heavy

string yeah very good sir may I ask what

all these things are for

sir Tomatoes oh tomatoes

come on

when your Men return from your search

you will notice the carrier will be t

a sled this isn't a sled really it's a

spar about the size of a telephone pole

as each plane comes in it will make one

pass dropping its bomb well a stern of

the sled now be certain you do not hit

it we don't want the flight deck

showered with bomb

fragments every hour we continue on our

present

course brings near the possibility of

contact with enemy

aircraft your orders are are

these when enemy planes are

encountered do not engage them return to

the carrier At

Once by do not engage sir I presume you

mean I mean avoid all contact with them

but sure that's running

away any other

questions but suppose the enemy attacks

us sir may we interpret the orders you

will not interpret the orders you will

obey them Pilots man your planes Pilots

man your planes that's

all let's go

pilot are radio man you got the dope on

the radio frequencies radio man a pilot

yes sir frequency 6970 secondary 6150

all set

sir pilot to

Gunner Gunner to Pilot all set sir maybe

I'll get my first meatball today Mr

Scott if you see any Jabs blow him a

kiss but don't show that's an

order

Pilots stand by to start

engines stand clear

propellers start engines

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oh

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oh

boy I Y A pop you on that that's

how Billy Tom knocked me out I was born

with a glass jaw but otherwise in the

Torso I'm invulnerable come on in

infinite testable fortitude that's what

I called

it rocket

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of hold

everything oh wasn't she

lovely

love out on dearest

ham I couldn't sleep a week thinking how

lucky the girl was in your picture I saw

last

night and thinking how wonderful it'd be

if I could have been her and feel your

strong arms around

me and your lips press close to

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mine hey get hello to this fellas dear

Hunker man H I'm a hep chick who thinks

you're a solid piece of I want to T

potassium phosphate potassium nitrate

magnesium sulfate and calcium nitrate

okay what are you going to use these

for tomatoes

Tomatoes Tomatoes

yeah for

I'm glad you dropped in Mr Cunningham

I've been wanting to congratulate you on

your citation thank you very much

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Commander sir the medical officer says

I'm completely all right again in every

respect that's great you agree with the

ammo yes sir and I'd like to be

reassigned to flight Duty as soon as

possible all right Cunningham as soon as

possible thank you

sir

okay torpedo Squadron 5 returning from

search

sir nice K that Cunningham yes sir

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the stars at night are big and

bright in the Heart of Texas the Prairie

Sky is wide and high in the Heart of

Texas what are you shooting at Mr

Scott a nothing I'm just testing my

guns all Personnel clear the after deck

during bombing practice all Personnel

clear the after deck during bombing

practice

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200 yd a St of the sled 10 yds to start

rob

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it moly

watch that slam

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here it is

all Flight Deck Personnel form line of

Warship clear deck of bomb

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Franks Lieutenant Commander M report to

airpl Lieutenant Commander M report to

airpl

Landing against W wolfs blowing up the

sled what are you trying to do kill half

the men on this carrier I'll have a talk

with him sir talk I want that man

grounded I want you to take that whole

Squadron in hand if you don't I will is

that clear quite clear sir that's all

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got a

match you men have gotten off to a bad

start on this

carrier there was very little excuse for

you Scott and none at all for you today

Brainard hitting that sled wasn't just

carelessness no sir I just wanted to see

if I could hit something well you're

going to you're going to hit the deck

you're

grounded grounded sir report to the

Squadron duty officer as his assistant

until further

orders yes

sir secure

attention all hands movies for tonight

Alice Fay and Betty gravel in Tin Pan

Alley the way this Navy operates we've

expected to take one look at their Gams

and

run oh um Cunningham I talked to your

commanding officer you go up tomorrow

thank you sir that's all

I'll be sure the plants get plenty of

Sun and keep this excelsor good and

moist at all times the chemicals in the

water will do the rest then in a few

weeks we'll have some nice fresh

tomatoes lettuce celery

onions yes

sir Arie dein was flying my wing he got

the first zero the rest of them D passed

and came up under my tail I got one of

them and two more of them came at me

head on I couldn't get out of their way

so I just opened up on them one of them

exploded and the other was falling in

Flames they got me too is it true they

bust up on their head they fall apart

there's so much magnesium in the jacke

that it just can't

take here's you made the M you notice

this type of has three stacks slight R

there very little super M

Shi got to watch look how wide they

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how about a lacy Dey

sure it goes through this little Gadget

that's the sounding side of that

Bottom's roocket there please we won't

get anywhere this way now will we now go

away go away go come on you command we

want to

see

uh-uh is there something wrong

look kid you're diving at 15,000 ft

angle of the grease 45 air speed 380 and

you release a 1000lb bomb at 2,000 ft

sure and all I've got to do is to figure

out the effect of gravity and air

resistance that's just it gravity's got

nothing to do with the forward motion of

a projectile say you're right I've been

right for 35

years dearest lover boy oh how I wished

we could meet in person I am very jolly

and we could have some swell times

together hey what are you doing come on

give me oh welterweight I can train down

can

I

beautiful beautiful a

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d yeah let's see the picture now shall

we yeah let's see

it all right all right pipe down pipe

down

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from to Daisy

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the she

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of his

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faithful film bro we can't help that can

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we stand by for emergency signal stand

by for emergency signal

now man patience patience I'm

ready look at that it's upside

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down notify the escort with changing

course 034 true speed 22 knots signal

Bridge send the following message course

034 true speed 22 knots

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you want to see this or don't you yeah

go

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on rollin R your Battle Stations

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All Hands PL of Battle Stations All

Hands PL of Battle Stations

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I guess this is it sir this is

it torpedo 5 ready room that you brard

yeah red all Pilots present

hey do you hear

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that yeah I heard it and I felt it

too our escort must be dropping depth

charges hey red give us the low down

were

you looks like we've hit the

jackpot we' picked up a submarine and

some n snoopers and submarinas and

planes yeah there must be a whole Jeff

task force out there someplace hey guys

this is what we've been waiting for well

why don't they brief us

ready wait a minute we're getting the

dope Now do

sir message from signal Bridge escort

reports submarine no longer detected on

sound screen CV to escort resume

formation CV to escort resume

formation by turning

around hey now we going to fight in this

Navy are you kidding hey what kind of a

war is this we can't shoot Jabs and now

we're running away all right man that's

enough

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good night

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Commander Hopper operations for

tomorrow six tbfs on intermediate Patrol

4 hours take off

0600 6 s SP2

C's 150 M

search takeoff 0600

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spe up P 31

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my full runers stop all engines

left full

run got to BU escort to pick up

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survivors continue launching planes

not that second fuel

line tough yeah too bad C cam wanted an

air plot cam wanted an air

plot probably

Harper it'll get tougher

what was the matter engine no sir me I'm

sorry about the plane sir that can't be

helped but we won't take any more

chances for the time being you can be of

more service at a Shore

base sir I know this may sound funny but

I'm all right I'm sure of it I think the

shock of the crash was just what I

needed and if you'll just give me one

more I'm sorry we can't take any more

chances that's all

yes sir

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Scott Zero's at

5:00 holder fired remember orders

need

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oh

the last thing I saw was a Japs diving

to strafe Gus after his plane hit the

water he didn't have a ghost of a

chance when the Japs dived at him each

of the three planes opened up with

everything the

head Gus's plane was still

burning I could see the flames never

mind then let's get back to the Jack

Plains did you see anything which might

have indicated the presence of an enemy

task

force I'm afraid I wasn't watching Sir

what was your approximate

position my area of search it was

possibly 150 Mi Southeast possibly I'm

pretty sure

got out of there as fast as I could

according to orders are you sure there

were only three enemy planes that's all

I saw could there have been

more how can I tell you what I didn't

see I'm telling you what I did see I saw

the three of them make a pass at Gus his

plane coming down out of the sun you

can't be certain whether or not they

were

zeros did you notice the the shape of

their wings or whether they had single

or multiple engines

can't remember exactly sir well come on

now Scott pull yourself together yes

sir I'm trying to tell you sir that this

one jab the first came in and made his

pass under Gus's tail then he rolled

over on his back and began to

shoot Gus's engine began to

smoke the plane went into a dive Scott

yes sir from what direction did the

enemy planes approach I told you sir

from out of the Sun that can mean

anything well I'm sorry sir that's the

best I can tell

you what was your

altitude I think it was about 2500 what

was the Japs altitude I don't know sir

they were diving when I saw

them only I could have gone back to help

Gus look Scott

let's forget about

Chism you understand

that very well

sir I'll

try come in sir a destroyer is coming

alongside all

right we go on with this later yes

sir is that all sir that's all

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for

the

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you

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now hear this the smoking lamp is out

throughout the ship the smoking lamp is

out throughout the ship hey puka smoking

lamp I heard it I heard it do you think

I'm deaf

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is that the best you can do yeah that's

the best I can

do of course I'm no hero and I haven't

got any citation from the Admiral I

haven't shot down any zero look here

Scott I'm sorry well then shut up wait a

minute you two take it easy what is

this sorry sir I guess we're all a

little jumpy all right just

relax as for you Scott there no stars

out here this isn't Hollywood when the

time comes for you to take the bows

we'll turn on the spotlights in the

meantime you're just a part of a team

and you'll play as the team plays is

that

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understood yes sir

la

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now hear this now hear this the captain

will address the Personnel of the

ship

men ever since Pearl Harbor our country

has been asking where is our Navy why

don't they fight because of the

unorthodox maneuvers of this carrier I

know you've been asking the same

question and I must confess so have I

we've suffered many casualties dead and

wounded we've been humiliated we've had

to avoid combat and run away from the

enemy when all the time we've been

aching to go Aloft to knock them clean

out of the sky we asked ourselves why we

were not permitted to fight why we could

not avenge our dead a strike back in our

own defense well 5 minutes ago I

received a message which answers all our

questions after Pearl Harbor our country

was faced with the greatest disaster in

its history the situation was desperate

and only a desperate and Brilliant

strategy could save us our Navy pinned

its Hope on one thing the Japanese

inability to deviate from a plan once it

had been made we knew their next move

would be an attempt to capture Pearl

Harbor but first they'd have to take

Midway our strategy was to deceive the

Japs into thinking we were scattered all

over the ocean that Midway would be a

pushover in the meanwhile we would

secretly concentrate our entire

remaining Naval strength at Midway that

was our trap you men this carrier and

her escort were the bait to that trap it

was was a nasty job a dirty job and that

has cost us heavily in men and Equipment

the Japs thought they saw four of our

carriers at widely separated places they

only saw one that was us three times

Tokyo reported us sunk twice we nearly

were but we're still afloat and I'm

happy to tell you the strategy has

worked the Trap has been sprung leaving

us scattered all over the ocean the main

Fleet is headed for Midway they're

going in for the kill and so so are we

we're through running away we're through

pulling punches our mission is

accomplished and from here on in we

fight

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the Fleet is headed from Midway in

three main columns one is here with the

carrier sawu one is here with the

carrier kaga and one is here with the

carrier hereu

now the rear is protected by a formation

headed by the Cruisers mikuma and Mami

our heavy ships are hopelessly

outnumbered the Fleet must never be

allowed to get within range of them the

Battle of Midway must be won in the air

by the planes from this carrier the two

that will join us and the fortresses on

Midway when the Japs find out what

they've run

into they're going to come after you

with everything they've got

but this is the battle we've been

praying

for we've got it on our own

grounds on our own

terms good luck

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Pilots stand by to start

engines stand clear

propellers start engines

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easy all

set ready sir

O'Neal got your recognition code

straight yes sir got one for this

morning and one for this afternoon

too we'll celebrate tonight with a nice

fresh vegetable salad the first for my

SE going Farm

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oh

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sir Last Enemy position bearing 215 true

150 MI

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all in the Squadron there's our Target

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B the Squadron remember when you think

you're in close go in closer before you

drop that fish

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M the Squadron join up come on join up

join up come on join up Jacobson rendo

join up do you hear I can't sker there's

a zero on your tail there's one on yours

too join up you all right back there Hil

yeah Mr mol relay this throughout the

ship

bot ready room the captain says to relay

these messages throughout the ship

Blossom's out like a flower stand by for

anything there ought to be

Fighters what's that zero up there I've

made two faints at him and he won't vge

he's an old timer what's that zero doing

up there H he ain't saying just hanging

up there they'll make a pass if we break

up they tagging our outfit are you

kidding shut up back there never mind

the crystal ball

gazing come on you

up 12:00 12:00 I M I'm coming through

the formation wait they come in whereit

they come in where's our Fighters give

me R of the ponies up there all right

all

right keep ryy there's another bat

coming 2:00 all right I've got him

around around you take him to go more at

2:00 I'll be your right way he get him

get him get

him got it shut

up everybody all right pilot a tail gun

11:00 11:00 cry off

Y 11:00 11:00 they're rolling under I

got give Mee team Christmas how many are

there smack him down Jeff let him come

around let him come around all right all

right swing around Skipper swing us

around got him got him got

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him they got in no I'm all right Ed Ed

is that you Ed yeah I got

Han gosh that where they go there's one

shoot two to go he's rolling over come

on you guys get out of there peel out of

there why don't they get out he's really

spinning come on you guys get out get

out there's one more out that's to 2: 2:

they're coming

in you Ben yo hold your hands I'm coming

around take take them coming out night

5:00 cing fishies from

fire how our sweetheart Mr h spt and oil

like our hearts bust up to my knees

close the inom watch out watch out zero

on your tail Blue Plate special coming

up in your P Quarter get him get

him thank

you goodbye him nice work H you got him

Square in the

belly radio man Pilot radio man are you

all right Mike are you all right I think

that first got him Mr

Jacobs better bail out Tommy we have

much time what about you Michael you hit

shut up you intercom Jacobson I can't do

it sir my equipment shot up Mike Mike

are you okay it's my leg sir can you

move

them Mike can you move your

legs

uhuh but burning back here you'd better

bail out sir haven't got the altitude

Mike we'll take this ride together

Jacobson Jacobson join up do you hear me

hands join up I tell you

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enemy planes approaching All Hands

standby enemy planes

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approaching hard left hard left

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all right brother

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sir the bomb that hit after the stared

side damage the hydraulic lines that

control the landing

gear how long would it take to repair

that it's hard to say Sir notify

Lieutenant Hazel when the planes return

they'll be almost out of gas and I want

that gear oping by time the group is in

sight report the damage to our shafts

and our maximum possible

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speed sir the engine room reports we can

only make 20 knots if this wind dies

down we'll need at least 25 knots l that

planes report that below

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I all out the after damage control party

20 men from the V3 division bear that

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damage hurry it up

oh

sir Flight Deck officer reports it's

impossible to repair the afterlight deck

in less than 45

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minutes listen given you got just 20

minutes to repair that flight deck I got

180 men out there and when they return

they're going to have a deck to land

on Sir escort has picked up enemy

submarine on the sound

detector we got a plane left aboard with

launch one sir just repaired

launcher launch catapult bomber launch

catapult bomber

launch

launch cover Gunners hold your fire

catapult plane being launched

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we going to be hit

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who was flying that

plane Enon cuningham sir that the one

they called

cookie yes

sir sir torpedo 5 and fighter escort

returning prepare the land

claimes prepare the land

claimes code this the other

carriers as soon as planes have landed

changing course 60° Southeast for cover

of rain Squall till repairs are

completed I

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red this is molon what now radar picked

up disturbances at 85 miles altitude

5,000 ft but they've settled down to a

single object we can hear it now red

sounds like one of our tbfs did you hear

that Molen they think it's a TBF any of

your boys straggling wait a

minute Oscar was just passing over the

kago when she blew

up

maybe Scott is the only one not

accounted for thanks red

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red this is Molton what now radar picked

up disturbances at 85 miles altitude

5,000 ft but they've settled down to a

single object we can hear it now red

sounds like one of our tbfs did you hear

that Molen they think it's a TBF any of

your boys straggling wait a

minute Oscar was just passing over the

Caro when she blew

up

maybe Scott is the only one not

accounted for thanks red

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Mr

Scott you figured to carry a duct into

that

soup maybe they weren't at the

rondevo keep your chin up I'm not afraid

of anything anymore Mr

Scott today is my

birthday how old are you today Bey 17

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sir did you hear that Benny hey Benny

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I'll get him down

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[Applause]

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St

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Mr Scott couldn't we break radio silence

just long enough for us to get a

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fix nobody would like that better than I

would Bey but there no

dice brother andlaw I could use a

spotlight now

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[Applause]

attention

Scot he doesn't know our new

course couldn't we break radio

silence you don't have to give him a

position the deps can check just say

we're right under you ceiling 50 ft come

on down

you think maybe the Jabs have a radar

fix on him let me go up I can lead him

down the presence of a second plane

would be as useful to the enemy as

breaking radio silence we can't take any

chances on risking this carrier chances

what about the chances that K that's

enough molon check your casual list

reform your squadron

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first there was Gus and

Brainard and Chuck and then

Hans but at least he had a fighting

chance but not Oscar he didn't have a

chance up there going back and forth and

back and forth and nobody made an effort

to help him down

do you know what these

are the Casual

deliss they're obituaries of a long list

of friends of

mine yes

friends if I seen too tough on the boys

at times it was because I was

responsible for them

and I didn't want to lose them anymore

than I wanted to lose those boys up

there you think I wanted to let Scott

fly around up there until he dove into

the

sea you think I want to dream about

those three men floating around on a

raft until their bodies

rocked I'm an air officer there are

things I can do and things I can't

do I can check casualty

lists and I can order more men up into

the air tomorrow to become new

casualties I can refuse to endanger the

lives of 3,000 men in order to save the

lives of three

men I can do all those things because

they're my job and I've got to do

them but to be accused of refusing to

save those men because I didn't want to

save

them po Peter ready room molon

speaking it's for you sir

yes very

good a destroyer picked up Scott and his

crew His Radio man was lost but he and

his gun are

okay they got him he's back

in back in the ball game

thanks

period secure

the

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Commander

Harper orders for

tomorrow 14

tbfs 19

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