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Rocky, you're a to report to the board

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of investigation immediately. Room 117.

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>> What's the uniform?

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>> Full dress. 50/50. Better make it on the

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double.

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>> Take over for me with you. Right.

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>> Mr. Denmore Raymond Denmore Jr. and I'm

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her attorney, L Proctor.

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>> Well, gentlemen, I see you're on time.

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This way, please. Thank you.

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>> General Bond, sir.

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How do you do sir?

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>> How do you do gentlemen?

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>> You remember Mr. Denmour's son? General.

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>> Yes, I do.

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>> And this is Mr. Proctor. He's

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representing Mr. Denmark.

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>> Mr. Proctor.

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>> How do you do, sir?

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>> If you gentlemen are ready to proceed,

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I'll notify Mr. Julian, the chairman of

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the board.

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>> Oh, we're quite ready. Then will you sit

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at this table here, please?

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>> Thank you, gentlemen.

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Hello. How are you?

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>> You sir,

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>> sir, Cadet Gilman reports to the

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superintendent as ordered. Your place is

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there. Mr. Julian, if it's agreeable to

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you, I believe everyone is ready to

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proceed. Our principal witness, Cadet

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Gilman, is here. Instead of using the

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term witness, we prefer to call him

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defendant. General,

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>> that is a question for the board to

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decide. In any event, he is ready to

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answer any questions you may care to

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>> I think before we attempt to interrogate

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Cadet Gilman, we should hear the

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background of the affair from Mr.

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Denmark, his attorney.

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>> Thank you, Mr. Julian.

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>> Very well.

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On the service, this matter would appear

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too insignificant to justify the

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convening of a group such as this, a

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congressional board of investigation

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under the distinguished chairmanship of

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My client's son, Raymond Denmar, Jr. was

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compelled to resign to the United States

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Military Academy for an alleged

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violation of something with a high

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sounding name of the Honor Code of the

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He was accused of lying by another

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member of the academy, the dead captain

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Rockwell Gilman. An apparently

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but we are going to prove that only at

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West Point could such a deplorable

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incident occur. We believe that the

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academy is undemocratic and therefore a

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misuse of the taxpayers's money. And we

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are going to prove this by an

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investigation of the character of one of

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the academyy's model cadetses. This same

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everything that's undemocratic about the

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A man whose unsupported testimony caused

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the dismissal of my client's son. That

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he's a bully. That he's unreliable,

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untruthful, and perhaps even criminal.

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inflammatory remarks. Cadet Gilman is

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not on trial. He was called as a witness

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in this proceeding. If council can prove

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these accusations and link them with the

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matter at hand, they are admissible.

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>> But gentlemen, this is not a doubt,

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>> Thank you, Mr. Julian. And now, to

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provide the background, I should like to

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call Mr. Denmour and Lenny's son.

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Mr. Denmoour, would you take the witness

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chair, please, and tell us about how you

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and Mrs. Denmo began to worry about

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Raven. Thank you.

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the academy. Now Ray is not the kind to

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complain, but we could read between the

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much. He sounded depressed to the point

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of desperation. So I took a plane and

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>> We received your letter, Mr. Denmark.

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The common the dean have furnished me

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with your son's records. He certainly

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>> No, he's a bright boy. Inherited that

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from his mother. Now, it's something

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>> I see the physical side. The police are,

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>> I'm reminded of a gentleman from

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Virginia who had a similar worry. Though

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brilliant academically, this boy never

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weighed more than 120 lbs while at the

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academy, and the physical grind had him

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down many times. But he had a set of

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determined teeth, and he hung on by the

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skin of them. His pictures over there.

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Cadet Roberty Lee, class of 1829 and the

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eighth superintendent of this academy. I

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wouldn't worry about your son, Mr.

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Denmir. It's natural for the cadetses to

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exaggerate the rigor of the training

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they undergo. Builds them up in their

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own eyes, but 16,000 graduates have

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managed to pull through. It isn't the

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normal course of training that I have in

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mind, General. It's this hazing, this

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bullying.

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>> Bullying. Of course, I know that new

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students of every college have certain

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rituals to go through. bowing down to

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the seniors, having the paddle applied

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once in a while. Went through it once

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myself.

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>> There is no physical mistreatment of

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fourthassmen at the academy, Mr. Demo.

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>> I'm afraid that's not what I heard,

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General. In several of his letters, Ry

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inadvertently mentioned the treatment he

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>> Can you supply me with a time and place

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of a particular incident or the names of

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the cadets involved?

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>> Well, Ry wrote there was one cadet

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especially. I suppose he'd be a senior.

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>> First classman. You know his name?

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because he didn't want to or was afraid

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to. But Ry knows the cadet and can give

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the time and the place.

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>> You've made a very serious charge

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against a cadet at the academy, Mr.

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Denmore. I'll have a member of my staff

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look into it immediately.

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>> This way, Mr. Denmore,

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>> I discovered this boodle behind his

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field equipment. Lucky for the company,

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it passed inspection.

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>> Sir, may I make a statement?

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>> You may not. And get a brace on those

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>> That's Harry's statement, Alice.

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>> Not statement. Alibi. I'll put it there

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after inspection, sir.

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>> Doesn't ever belong there, Mr. Dom John.

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It's the second time in a week. I intend

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to report it.

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>> No report will be necessary. We'll let

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Mr. Danmore repeat his favorite speech.

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>> Go ahead, pop off, mister. I'm not going

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to be pushed around by any hero fought

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the war at West Point. My father's just

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as as important as any general in the

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army.

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>> Ray,

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who made up that speech?

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>> Clees are always given speeches to

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provide entertainment, Mr. Denmark. A

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curious form of entertainment. Who's

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responsible?

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>> I am, sir. I'm responsible for

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everything that happens in this company.

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>> Then you made up the speech. Not the

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first time, sir.

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>> Ray,

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>> please aren't allowed to make up

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anything.

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>> Mr. Denmark, did you or did you not make

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that speech up yourself the first week

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you were here?

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>> No, sir. I didn't.

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>> That will be an official statement

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unless you wish to change it

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immediately.

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>> I won't change it.

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>> What difference does it make who thought

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it up? This is the honor committee's

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business, sir. Your son is lying.

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>> Honor committee. Cadets are required to

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report breaches of honor to the honor

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>> I'd like to talk to Raymond alone,

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Captain. May I take him outside?

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>> Very well, Mr. Denmark.

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>> Come along, Raymond.

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>> At ease, gentlemen.

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>> Ray, I want to know the truth.

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>> Did you make up that speech on your own?

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>> I flew home that night positive that

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everything would be all right. Later in

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the week, Raymond arrived. He'd been

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forced to resign from the academy,

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convicted on the unsupported testimony

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of the men who had been persecuting him.

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Cadet Gilman, I would like the officer

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responsible for discipline and training,

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to make an official statement concerning

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the treatment of new cadets by

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upperassmen. General Prescuit, Commandon

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of Cadets. Gentlemen, under no

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circumstances is an upper classman

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allowed to strike a plea or order him to

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do anything injurious to his health or

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repugnant to his conscience. There is no

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regulation of the academy more strictly

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enforced.

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>> I don't believe the cadets would be very

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eager to bring any infraction of that

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rule to the general's attention.

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>> Any cadet participating in nor

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witnessing an attempt on the part of an

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upper classman to physically mistreat a

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pleb is subject to dismissal.

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>> Yes, but there are many kinds of

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mistreatment, general, both physical and

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mental. Raymond, would you take the

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stand, please?

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Now, suppose you tell us about a few of

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your encounters with Cadet Gilman, so

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that the board may judge whether or not

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there's any bullying at West Point.

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>> Well, it began the uh first day we got

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here. That was the first Monday in July,

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and it was a scorcher. They had unloaded

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us from the train and made us carry our

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own bags up the stone steps and along

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Thea Road till we got to the place where

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we were to register.

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I guess some of the fellas were pretty

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scared. We'd all heard about the beast

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detail that would be waiting for us when

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we got inside the barracks area, but

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upperassmen in the detail were going to

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do. We found out soon enough. It was

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sort of a 5-minute preview of what we

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could expect for the next year. There

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were a lot of us, but they arranged

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things so we all got individual

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attention. See,

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>> old men a sign of the first company fall

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out here.

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Forward.

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Drop that bag. Drop it. Stand tall,

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mister. What's your name?

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>> Ray Denmore.

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>> No, it's not. It's New Cadet Denmore.

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You understand?

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>> Yeah.

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Now, what's your name?

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>> New Cadet Denmore.

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>> New Cadet Denmore, sir.

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>> New Cadet Denmore, sir.

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>> Pop, Mr. Muller. Move your chin in. Suck

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up your stomach. Pop out your chest.

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Make your shoulders retreat.

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>> Move your chest way up in there. Take a

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deep breath in. Now get that chest up in

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there. Suck up that stomach, mister.

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Suck up that stomach. You hear me

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talking to you?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Well, I'm not talking for my health. Now

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you pop that chest up. When I speak, you

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function.

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>> You will salute all upper classmen you

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see. You refer to them as sir. Do you

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understand?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Mr. Michaels, you've joined the best

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company in the core. Do you know who's

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going to make it that way?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> You are. That's right.

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>> Now roll out that sway. Suck up your

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stomach. Now reach for the sky with your

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top of your head. Now pop your chest way

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up in there, mister. Let's make

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something out of that puny chest. Move

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it up there. Pull up your tie. Hold on

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your sleeves. Exclude all members of the

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detail. You recognize them by the white

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gloves?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> You've been the double in this area at

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all times.

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>> You expect me to remember all of this?

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>> You didn't have permission to ask a

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question, mister. Let's hear you report

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to the first sergeant.

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>> Sir, Denmore reports to the first

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sergeant of the first company as

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ordered.

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>> Very well. Report to the first sergeant.

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>> It wasn't 4 hours later that he got me

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again.

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>> You man, h

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take care of this, please.

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Were you told to keep on the double in

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this area?

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>> Yeah, I guess I was.

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>> You don't guess either no you believe.

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It's yes or no, sir.

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Sloop when you spoken to.

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Help that chest. Moving that chin.

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>> You have to keep on the double as you're

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told.

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Where were you going?

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>> To the post office, sir.

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>> No, you're not. You're going to the

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barber shop. Get your haircut.

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> On the double?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Post.

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Hey,

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[Applause]

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[Music]

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take it easy, will you? That first day

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seemed to set the pattern. Every time I

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bumped into him, he found something

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wrong. Like the day we had a first class

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in boxing. Time. Now we'll try the left

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jab. Gentlemen, feet like this. Chin

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tucked under shoulder. Guard here. Left

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jab only. No slugging. Ready? Time.

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Weren't you told the left jab only,

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mister?

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>> I guess I forgot.

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>> Someday you're going to forget and get

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hurt leading with that phony high school

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right cross of yours.

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>> Don't you believe in my right cross,

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sir?

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>> No, I don't. Let me see it.

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>> I still don't believe it.

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>> And then there was a time my girl came

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up from New York. She'd never visited

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the point and I wanted to show her

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everything she'd heard about, including

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the famous flirtation walk.

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>> Mr. Denmar,

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>> excuse me,

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>> sir.

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>> Don't you know the flirtation walk is

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off limits to fourth classman?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> Report to me at first call for supper.

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>> Yes, sir. But I guess the worst trouble

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I had with them was on the firing range.

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Our whole group had been turned out for

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rifle instruction. Most of us had never

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fired a rifle before.

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>> Are you crazy? Could be a court marshal

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offense pointing a loaded weapon up

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range like that.

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>> One study might kill somebody. Would you

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like that, dumb, John?

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>> No, sir.

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>> We'll get back into firing position.

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>> Of course, he jumped me other times.

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Lots of times. But I guess that'll give

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you the general idea.

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>> How about the speech, Raymond?

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Well, um, there was no regulation I knew

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about against a man mentioning his

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father. Um, anyway, uh, all I said was

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that he'd done a right where we come

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from. I guess Gilman must have heard

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about it

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>> and made up the speech for you, eh?

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>> Yes, sir.

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>> It is not true.

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>> Your turn will come, Mr. Gilman. You

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see, gentlemen, Cadet Gilman's word was

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accepted without question. At a session

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close to Raymond, the honor committee

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determined that he was to resign. You

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must realize by now that the so-called

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honor committee was merely a secret

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group designed to perpetuate the

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autocratic army system. Now, we propose

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to show you how false and unfair that

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system can be by examining the character

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of the man it's championing. A man who

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came to the academy while this country

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was still fighting Japan.

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Mr. Chairman, this attack on the academy

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and on the character of Cadet Gilman is

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completely unexpected. We request an

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adjournment until tomorrow. I think

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that's fair enough. We will convene here

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tomorrow at 9:00.

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>> Just a moment, please. We are making

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very serious charges against Cadet

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Gilman. What guarantee have we that

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he'll be here tomorrow?

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>> I'll be here, sir.

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>> Shouldn't Cadet Gilman be placed under

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guard?

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>> He has given his word.

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>> I'm sorry. I should like something a

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little more positive than that.

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>> That is our concern, Mr. Proctor, not

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yours.

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>> However, we would like to ensure Cadet

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Gilman's appearance tomorrow, General.

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>> Very well. Gilman, you are hereby

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confined a barracks after evening meal

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formation and you will discuss this

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matter with no one.

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>> Yes, sir. The hearing is now adjourned.

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[Music]

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>> Been waiting long.

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>> I was about to give you up.

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I've got something to tell you that

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you're not going to like.

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I've got to break our date tonight.

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>> Why?

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>> I can't explain it.

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>> Rocky, there must be some reason.

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>> I I just can't be with you tonight,

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and I can't tell you about it.

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Thus, 24 first classmen are elected each

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year by the entire core to serve in the

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honor committee. The hearings are not

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open to the public, but they are not

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secret. For instance, Excadet Denmour

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was invited to testify, but he refused.

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Is this true, Re?

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>> You see, I didn't understand what they

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wanted. I thought it was some sort of

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hazing. Upper classmen never invite

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plebes to join them unless it is.

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>> I think you will agree, gentlemen, that

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a body of men elected by the vote of the

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core. Offering fair hearings on all

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cases is the essence of democracy and in

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full accord with the American tradition.

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We believe that West Point represents

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one of the true strongholds of the

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democratic system. Providing he meets

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the mental, physical, and moral

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requirements, any American, regardless

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of race, creed, or color, is eligible

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for appointment. Ulyses Grant was a son

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of a harness maker. Eisenhower, a Kansas

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farm boy. MacArthur's father was a

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professional soldier. As to Spartan

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initial training, well, it has been a

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custom of the academy for years. Since

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all incoming candidates do not

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necessarily meet the required physical

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condition, some method had to be devised

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to weed out the unfit. We maintain a

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very high scholastic standard. But in an

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army, there are other things as

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important as the intellect, courage,

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obedience, steadfastness,

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and the time to test these qualities,

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gentlemen, is before and not during a

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war. I believe this expresses the

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academy point of view.

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Thank you, General. But a point raised

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by Mr. Proctor was that young Denmour

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received especially unfair treatment.

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>> We are prepared to answer that point,

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Colonel Stalin.

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>> We would like to introduce Cadet

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Laughlin, a first classman, as a witness

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to Cadet Gilman's experiences when he

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was a plea.

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>> Permission granted, Colonel.

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>> Mr. Laughlin, take the stand.

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Laughlin was originally a year ahead of

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Gilman, but certain difficulties with

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mathematics turned him back at class.

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Mr. Laughlin,

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you saw a good deal of what Cadet Gilman

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went through as a plea, didn't you?

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>> Yes, sir. Of course, I was away at Camp

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Buckner that summer, but I know you

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received the standard treatment from the

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Beast Detail, and I saw a lot of what he

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took after that. By lucky break, we were

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seated at the same table in the messaul.

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Messaul is kind of a big place. 30

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minutes we feed over 2,000 cadets. So

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you concentrate on the men at your own

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table, especially the three plebes. The

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gunner who serves the rations, the

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coffee corpal who tends to the hot

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drinks, and the water corporal who

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handles the cold drinks. A pleb can't

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speak unless spoken to. So you get a

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good idea of what he can take. It's the

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duty of the table command who sits at

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the head of the table and the other

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upper classmen to ensure that plebs

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observe good table manners. At the

547
00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,880
beginning of each meal, a pleb is

548
00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:39,600
required to sit erect and watch his

549
00:20:36,880 --> 00:20:41,360
conduct very carefully. Before the food

550
00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:43,200
served, he's sometimes required to go

551
00:20:41,360 --> 00:20:45,280
through a certain ritual involving the

552
00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:47,760
answering of standard questions put to

553
00:20:45,280 --> 00:20:49,520
him by the upper classmen.

554
00:20:47,760 --> 00:20:52,320
First, I was afraid Cadet Yman might

555
00:20:49,520 --> 00:20:54,559
object to some of the customs. I needn't

556
00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,760
have worried. Sir, the cold beverages

557
00:20:54,559 --> 00:20:56,720
this table are water and lemonade. Is

558
00:20:55,760 --> 00:20:58,480
there anyone who doesn't care for

559
00:20:56,720 --> 00:20:59,360
lemonade? Send me water first, Mr. Dumb

560
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,400
John.

561
00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,760
>> Water for Mr. Milton, sir.

562
00:21:00,400 --> 00:21:02,799
>> Put your chin in, Mr. Dilly. You too.

563
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,159
Both of you bees get on the ball. What

564
00:21:02,799 --> 00:21:06,000
do you think this is? A tea party?

565
00:21:04,159 --> 00:21:07,360
Plebs. All set up. You've been dead

566
00:21:06,000 --> 00:21:09,039
beaten at this table long enough. Now

567
00:21:07,360 --> 00:21:10,720
put out like fourth classman should. Sit

568
00:21:09,039 --> 00:21:13,120
up, mister. Look and act like thieves.

569
00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:15,120
All of you move your shoulders back. Sit

570
00:21:13,120 --> 00:21:17,840
tall.

571
00:21:15,120 --> 00:21:20,159
Now, Mr. Gilman, let's have the days.

572
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,440
>> Sir, today is Tuesday, September 22nd.

573
00:21:20,159 --> 00:21:22,799
There's a hop Saturday night for the

574
00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:24,960
first and second class at Colum Hall.

575
00:21:22,799 --> 00:21:29,039
third class in South Gymnasium. There's

576
00:21:24,960 --> 00:21:31,280
a a football game this weekend with

577
00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:32,799
Columbia University at Mikey Stadium.

578
00:21:31,280 --> 00:21:33,039
There are 91 days left till Christmas

579
00:21:32,799 --> 00:21:34,400
leave.

580
00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:35,760
>> That'll do, mister. Think you'll ever

581
00:21:34,400 --> 00:21:36,720
make a soldier, Mr. Ducro?

582
00:21:35,760 --> 00:21:38,480
>> No opinion, sir.

583
00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,760
>> Form an opinion, Mr. Dukro.

584
00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,280
>> Sir, in the fullness of time and the

585
00:21:39,760 --> 00:21:43,440
benevolence of Providence, miracles may

586
00:21:41,280 --> 00:21:45,440
occur. Baky not only had more experience

587
00:21:43,440 --> 00:21:47,120
than any upper classman at the point, he

588
00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:48,880
had something else to cope with.

589
00:21:47,120 --> 00:21:50,559
Something pretty tough.

590
00:21:48,880 --> 00:21:52,080
Mister, don't you know you should come

591
00:21:50,559 --> 00:21:53,360
to attention, clear the way, and brace

592
00:21:52,080 --> 00:21:53,919
when upper classmen pass?

593
00:21:53,360 --> 00:21:55,280
>> Yes, sir.

594
00:21:53,919 --> 00:21:56,240
>> And why are you standing improperly?

595
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:58,400
>> No excuse, sir.

596
00:21:56,240 --> 00:22:02,000
>> Let's see the proper posture. Head high,

597
00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:04,080
shoulders flat. Both shoulders, mister.

598
00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,640
That's better. Now, spec that position.

599
00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:08,720
>> Hold it, Johnson. You can relax, mister.

600
00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:09,840
>> Hey, what goes on? He a special pet of

601
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,280
yours? Your son or something?

602
00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,960
>> I said you can relax.

603
00:22:11,280 --> 00:22:14,400
>> Now, just a minute. If there's been a

604
00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,240
special order making a privileged

605
00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:18,880
character out of Mr. Dumbflick here,

606
00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:20,559
nobody's passed me the word. Look, in 42

607
00:22:18,880 --> 00:22:21,840
we were together and

608
00:22:20,559 --> 00:22:23,520
>> well,

609
00:22:21,840 --> 00:22:25,120
>> I make myself responsible for his

610
00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:26,000
continued proper conduct for my own

611
00:22:25,120 --> 00:22:27,520
reasons.

612
00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:30,320
>> Well, it better not be. He has a

613
00:22:27,520 --> 00:22:32,880
good-looking sister.

614
00:22:30,320 --> 00:22:35,039
>> I told you you could relax. Rocky,

615
00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:36,080
relax.

616
00:22:35,039 --> 00:22:36,799
That shoulder you caught in North

617
00:22:36,080 --> 00:22:38,000
Africa.

618
00:22:36,799 --> 00:22:39,200
>> I'm doing all right.

619
00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:40,480
>> Are you crazy? You want to wreck

620
00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,760
yourself for good?

621
00:22:40,480 --> 00:22:44,159
>> No statement, sir.

622
00:22:41,760 --> 00:22:45,520
>> Oh, knock it off, Lieutenant. Don't go

623
00:22:44,159 --> 00:22:47,679
around bracing all over the place if

624
00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,880
it's going to hurt. The way I sit, it's

625
00:22:47,679 --> 00:22:51,200
like disobeying an order.

626
00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:52,799
>> You've got to learn when not to obey.

627
00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,159
>> I've learned that. All right.

628
00:22:52,799 --> 00:22:55,280
>> Well, anyway, you pull that shoulder

629
00:22:54,159 --> 00:22:56,799
apart and you'll be dismissed for

630
00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,159
disability.

631
00:22:56,799 --> 00:22:59,600
>> Sir, may I ask a question?

632
00:22:58,159 --> 00:23:02,880
>> Don't be stupid.

633
00:22:59,600 --> 00:23:05,120
>> Who did you whine to last year?

634
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,799
>> My guess is Cadet Gilman took as much or

635
00:23:05,120 --> 00:23:08,159
more than 99% of the men who have gone

636
00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:10,320
through the academy. But he never

637
00:23:08,159 --> 00:23:11,679
whimpered once. Of course, he didn't

638
00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:13,039
have a rich father to write home to.

639
00:23:11,679 --> 00:23:14,799
>> Mr. Chairman, I object.

640
00:23:13,039 --> 00:23:16,320
>> This is not a court of law, Mr. Proctor.

641
00:23:14,799 --> 00:23:18,240
In the last four years, we've had a

642
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,240
number of veterans in the fleet classes,

643
00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:22,320
including one major, seven captains,

644
00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:24,240
over 100 lieutenants. But we make no

645
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:26,080
concessions, not even to those who were

646
00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,440
decorated for conspicuous bravery, as

647
00:23:26,080 --> 00:23:28,559
was cadet Captain Gilman.

648
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:30,159
>> Oh, we are very interested in Mr.

649
00:23:28,559 --> 00:23:31,280
Gilman's war record. Perhaps he'd like

650
00:23:30,159 --> 00:23:33,840
to tell us something about it.

651
00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:39,159
>> If you want me to, sir.

652
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:39,159
>> Mr. Laughlin, you're excused. Mr. human.

653
00:23:41,679 --> 00:23:44,559
>> I would like to hear about every detail,

654
00:23:43,360 --> 00:23:46,000
but I warn you, we know a good deal

655
00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:47,280
about your history. So, I advise you not

656
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,640
to distort anything.

657
00:23:47,280 --> 00:23:50,080
>> I don't intend to, sir.

658
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,679
>> Suppose we start at the beginning. You

659
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,600
were drafted, weren't you?

660
00:23:51,679 --> 00:23:54,799
>> Yes, sir. I was drafted, but I never

661
00:23:53,600 --> 00:23:57,679
thought it was anything to be ashamed

662
00:23:54,799 --> 00:23:59,679
of. You see, it happened to quite a lot

663
00:23:57,679 --> 00:24:02,799
of us. I'll admit, I wasn't very happy

664
00:23:59,679 --> 00:24:04,799
about it. You see, I I had a job and

665
00:24:02,799 --> 00:24:07,039
there was a future in it. And I had a

666
00:24:04,799 --> 00:24:09,679
girl, and Christmas was coming on.

667
00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:11,279
Christmas of 1941.

668
00:24:09,679 --> 00:24:13,039
And I had a pretty good idea. I wasn't

669
00:24:11,279 --> 00:24:14,559
going to like the army. From the looks

670
00:24:13,039 --> 00:24:16,640
of this bunch, the draft boards must be

671
00:24:14,559 --> 00:24:18,960
scraping the bottom of the barrel. Boil

672
00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:22,960
them in in two columns, Sergeant. All

673
00:24:18,960 --> 00:24:24,400
right, fellas. All in over here.

674
00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:25,360
Get that gear in order, soldier.

675
00:24:24,400 --> 00:24:27,039
>> Yeah, let me give you a hand.

676
00:24:25,360 --> 00:24:28,720
>> Who told you to butt in? There's

677
00:24:27,039 --> 00:24:30,640
>> no law against helping someone, even in

678
00:24:28,720 --> 00:24:32,559
this outfit, isn't it? Oh, so you're

679
00:24:30,640 --> 00:24:34,080
going to try and run the army now, huh?

680
00:24:32,559 --> 00:24:35,440
>> No, but I'm not going to

681
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,120
>> I'd like to speak to you in the orderly

682
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:40,000
room. Yes, sir.

683
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:41,520
>> Sergeant, take charge of these men.

684
00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,760
>> My name's Wman. What's yours,

685
00:24:41,520 --> 00:24:44,799
>> Dr. Gilman? Thanks, Rocky. Okay, if I

686
00:24:43,760 --> 00:24:46,480
wasn't for that other lieutenant,

687
00:24:44,799 --> 00:24:48,320
>> you'd be in the guard house, Mac. Come

688
00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:48,720
on, fellas. Hold in over here with the

689
00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,159
others.

690
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:52,480
>> The next couple of weeks didn't change

691
00:24:50,159 --> 00:24:53,919
my opinion, though. Lieutenant Daniels,

692
00:24:52,480 --> 00:24:56,320
the one who chewed out the shave tail,

693
00:24:53,919 --> 00:24:58,240
seemed to be a good Joe, even if he was

694
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:59,760
a West Pointer.

695
00:24:58,240 --> 00:25:02,080
Then something happened that gave me a

696
00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:03,520
different slant. Lieutenant Daniels had

697
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,159
just been reading us the articles of

698
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:08,000
war. Any person subject to military law

699
00:25:06,159 --> 00:25:10,000
who on any pretense whatsoever strikes

700
00:25:08,000 --> 00:25:11,679
his superior officer or draws or lifts

701
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:13,679
up any weapon or offers any violence

702
00:25:11,679 --> 00:25:15,679
against him being in the execution of

703
00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:17,919
his office or willfully disobys any

704
00:25:15,679 --> 00:25:19,919
lawful command of his superior officer,

705
00:25:17,919 --> 00:25:21,360
shall suffer death or such other

706
00:25:19,919 --> 00:25:23,600
punishment as a court marshall may

707
00:25:21,360 --> 00:25:26,080
direct.

708
00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:27,279
Any questions, men?

709
00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,799
Lieutenant, does that mean we have to

710
00:25:27,279 --> 00:25:30,320
obey every order of an officer?

711
00:25:28,799 --> 00:25:31,600
>> That's the way it reads. As long as it's

712
00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:32,960
a lawful order,

713
00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:35,360
>> even when you know that officer is

714
00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:37,360
incompetent or inexperienced.

715
00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:39,039
>> Gilman, if you don't like the quality of

716
00:25:37,360 --> 00:25:40,400
the army's officers, that's your

717
00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:41,919
responsibility.

718
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,440
>> Why is it my responsibility?

719
00:25:41,919 --> 00:25:44,720
>> You can apply for officers candidate

720
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,159
school and improve it.

721
00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:48,640
>> No thanks, Lieutenant. This is your

722
00:25:46,159 --> 00:25:51,640
army.

723
00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,640
Harry

724
00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:58,799
>> men, we're at war. The Japanese have

725
00:25:56,559 --> 00:26:01,039
bombed Pearl Harbor. Remain in your

726
00:25:58,799 --> 00:26:02,559
quarters until further orders. Brown,

727
00:26:01,039 --> 00:26:05,679
you better report to the agent's office.

728
00:26:02,559 --> 00:26:07,200
Lieutenant. Yes, Gilman. How does one go

729
00:26:05,679 --> 00:26:08,720
about applying for Officer's Candidate

730
00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:10,159
School?

731
00:26:08,720 --> 00:26:11,520
The next three months were a scramble

732
00:26:10,159 --> 00:26:13,039
for a guy who had breezed through high

733
00:26:11,520 --> 00:26:15,200
school because things and books came

734
00:26:13,039 --> 00:26:16,799
easy to him, but who couldn't get it

735
00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:18,400
into his head that an order wasn't a

736
00:26:16,799 --> 00:26:20,720
term those army guys used when they

737
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,640
wanted to kick you around. I didn't

738
00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:26,679
think I was going to make it, but I

739
00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,679
finally did. Lieutenant Gilman.

740
00:26:28,320 --> 00:26:30,559
>> Congratulations, sir.

741
00:26:30,159 --> 00:26:35,360
>> Why?

742
00:26:30,559 --> 00:26:37,360
>> Why? These are special orders. Oh,

743
00:26:35,360 --> 00:26:38,799
>> Sergeant,

744
00:26:37,360 --> 00:26:40,799
where can I find the other commander?

745
00:26:38,799 --> 00:26:42,559
He's over by the dead, sir. Oh, thank

746
00:26:40,799 --> 00:26:46,360
you.

747
00:26:42,559 --> 00:26:46,360
>> Wood, your name.

748
00:26:46,400 --> 00:26:53,600
Step it up, man. Johnson, HJ 5624. 5624.

749
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,960
>> James Albert S4,

750
00:26:53,600 --> 00:26:57,440
>> sir. Lieutenant Gilman, reporting as

751
00:26:54,960 --> 00:27:00,080
ordered.

752
00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,600
>> Lieutenant, I mean, Captain Daniels

753
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,559
Gilman, it's good to see you. You're the

754
00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,080
one that requested me.

755
00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:05,440
>> I figured since I was responsible in

756
00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:06,880
sending you, the least I could do is ask

757
00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:08,240
for it. Mind, Lieutenant?

758
00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,640
>> Couldn't ask for a better break. Thanks

759
00:27:08,240 --> 00:27:10,240
a lot.

760
00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:12,240
>> Forget it. You may change your mind when

761
00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:13,120
you learn where we're going.

762
00:27:12,240 --> 00:27:14,400
>> Where's that?

763
00:27:13,120 --> 00:27:15,279
>> You get seasick?

764
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,120
>> I don't know, sir.

765
00:27:15,279 --> 00:27:19,760
>> You will. Sergeant.

766
00:27:17,120 --> 00:27:22,720
>> Yes, sir.

767
00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:24,240
>> Eddie. Rocky. Excuse me, sir. Look at

768
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:26,799
the rank on it. Captain, you better look

769
00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:28,480
your strung along the pair, sir. We're

770
00:27:26,799 --> 00:27:28,880
the best in the regiment now. We are,

771
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,360
Eddie.

772
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,200
>> We are. Rocky patent AF697.

773
00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:35,520
>> I was seasick. All right. Halfway to

774
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,440
England and on the next leg.

775
00:27:35,520 --> 00:27:40,240
>> Go on.

776
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:43,440
>> We We went into action against Raml's

777
00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:45,679
army at 4:00 one morning on a ridge just

778
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:48,159
outside of Tunis.

779
00:27:45,679 --> 00:27:50,240
>> Please continue, Mr. Gillan. A

780
00:27:48,159 --> 00:27:52,320
>> little after 4, what few of us were

781
00:27:50,240 --> 00:27:56,440
left,

782
00:27:52,320 --> 00:27:56,440
we're on our way to a field hospital.

783
00:27:56,559 --> 00:28:00,399
>> Like to tell us a little more about that

784
00:27:57,840 --> 00:28:05,399
engagement?

785
00:28:00,399 --> 00:28:05,399
No, I wouldn't. I thought you wouldn't.

786
00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:10,399
>> How long were you in the hospital?

787
00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:13,520
On and off for about 2 years. They let

788
00:28:10,399 --> 00:28:15,039
me go in March of 1945.

789
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,640
They said spring was just around the

790
00:28:15,039 --> 00:28:19,760
corner.

791
00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:22,240
I guess peace was too. The B29s had just

792
00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,679
made a shambles of a good part of Tokyo.

793
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,120
The Germans were backing up towards

794
00:28:23,679 --> 00:28:26,640
Berlin, and there were rumors that the

795
00:28:25,120 --> 00:28:28,559
Swiss had been asked to negotiate a

796
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:32,279
surrender. And this one's for the return

797
00:28:28,559 --> 00:28:32,279
of your personal property.

798
00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:38,640
Your discharge emblem, sir. Honorable

799
00:28:36,799 --> 00:28:40,799
discharge. It says here.

800
00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:42,480
>> Good luck to you, Lieutenant. Thanks,

801
00:28:40,799 --> 00:28:44,240
doctor. Thanks for everything.

802
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:45,440
>> Lieutenant, you forgot the most

803
00:28:44,240 --> 00:28:47,120
important thing. Your distinguished

804
00:28:45,440 --> 00:28:48,799
service card.

805
00:28:47,120 --> 00:28:51,799
>> No, I didn't forget it. Keep it for a

806
00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:51,799
souvenir.

807
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,000
>> They don't care who they hand those

808
00:28:54,000 --> 00:28:59,559
things out to. That'll be enough, Craig.

809
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,559
I'll take it, nurse.

810
00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:04,240
I fooled around New York a couple of

811
00:29:01,679 --> 00:29:05,760
days before I went home. I had a funny

812
00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,919
kind of dread that things wouldn't be

813
00:29:05,760 --> 00:29:10,480
the same. Or maybe I was afraid they

814
00:29:07,919 --> 00:29:11,760
would be, that I'd changed. The old

815
00:29:10,480 --> 00:29:14,000
neighborhood was a little dirtier than

816
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:16,399
I'd remembered, and Pop's place looked

817
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,760
smaller. But I suddenly had a warm

818
00:29:16,399 --> 00:29:20,000
feeling inside.

819
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:20,799
>> Look, I say we get the pitching and we

820
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,559
get the penants.

821
00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:24,880
>> What about space? Who's going to play

822
00:29:22,559 --> 00:29:26,240
third? Who you got for relief pitching?

823
00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:26,880
Kelly

824
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:27,919
>> Rocky.

825
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:28,640
>> Hello, Jim. Rocky.

826
00:29:27,919 --> 00:29:30,640
>> Hello, Bonnie.

827
00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,440
>> We thought you was dead or on the lamb

828
00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,440
or something.

829
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:35,200
>> Last we hear you were in the hospital.

830
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:37,120
>> They got tired of me, Bonnie. Give me

831
00:29:35,200 --> 00:29:38,960
the old ho.

832
00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,760
>> Well, this calls for a celebration. Give

833
00:29:38,960 --> 00:29:41,200
him a drink, will you?

834
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,120
>> Well, it be Rocky.

835
00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:44,159
>> Not a thing, Jim. You know that. Hey,

836
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:46,559
where's Cara?

837
00:29:44,159 --> 00:29:49,120
>> Cara?

838
00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:52,399
She's around.

839
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:54,480
Bonnie will know.

840
00:29:52,399 --> 00:29:58,720
How does it happen? You'll know.

841
00:29:54,480 --> 00:30:01,039
Well, it's it's just that uh just what

842
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,080
Well, look, Rocky, Cora didn't know

843
00:30:01,039 --> 00:30:11,200
what.

844
00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:14,399
[Music]

845
00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:16,399
>> Hello, Rocky.

846
00:30:14,399 --> 00:30:18,920
>> Hello, Car.

847
00:30:16,399 --> 00:30:20,000
>> When did you get back?

848
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,880
[Music]

849
00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:25,840
Pretty

850
00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:28,000
as usual.

851
00:30:25,840 --> 00:30:31,240
>> Why didn't you write?

852
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,240
>> I did.

853
00:30:32,399 --> 00:30:37,440
>> You didn't answer. Cara.

854
00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:39,360
>> I didn't get him. Not a one. Honest.

855
00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:42,240
>> Forget it.

856
00:30:39,360 --> 00:30:43,360
>> By the way, Barney, congratulations.

857
00:30:42,240 --> 00:30:45,520
>> You told him?

858
00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:47,840
>> No, I didn't. You two should have told

859
00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:52,360
me. I'd have sent you a wedding present.

860
00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:52,360
A nice brand new hand grenade.

861
00:30:54,030 --> 00:30:57,840
[Music]

862
00:30:56,240 --> 00:31:02,200
>> What a nerve. Are you going to let him?

863
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:02,200
>> Come on, Cora. Come on. Let's get out.

864
00:31:05,919 --> 00:31:09,159
>> Come in.

865
00:31:12,399 --> 00:31:15,600
>> Hello, Rocky.

866
00:31:14,399 --> 00:31:17,120
>> Hello, Pop.

867
00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:19,200
>> I've been expecting you. I've been

868
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:20,399
expecting you for a couple of days.

869
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:22,799
>> We'll let you know.

870
00:31:20,399 --> 00:31:25,120
>> The doc did.

871
00:31:22,799 --> 00:31:26,559
Doc White wrote me a letter

872
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:30,960
>> about what?

873
00:31:26,559 --> 00:31:33,600
>> Nothing much. He sent me this, too.

874
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:35,440
The Distinguished Service Cross. He said

875
00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:36,559
you didn't seem to want it.

876
00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:39,120
>> That's right.

877
00:31:36,559 --> 00:31:41,120
>> Mind telling me why?

878
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,880
>> Maybe sometime.

879
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:45,760
>> I never thought I could get a bang out

880
00:31:42,880 --> 00:31:48,960
of being next of kin.

881
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:52,080
Distinguished Service Cross, the kid I

882
00:31:48,960 --> 00:31:54,640
took out of St. Vincent 16 years ago.

883
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:57,120
>> I never told you, Pop, but I adopted

884
00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:58,960
you.

885
00:31:57,120 --> 00:32:03,279
>> Whoever did the adopting made no

886
00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:05,120
mistake. Now, what are your plans?

887
00:32:03,279 --> 00:32:07,760
>> I haven't any.

888
00:32:05,120 --> 00:32:09,440
>> You were kind of bright in school. You

889
00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:12,480
were good at the stuff that comes out of

890
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:17,360
books. You didn't go to work at it.

891
00:32:12,480 --> 00:32:20,720
>> So what? So, you put what uh you're good

892
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:22,960
at together and you uh

893
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,640
you want to go to college.

894
00:32:22,960 --> 00:32:26,399
>> Pop, do you know the difference between

895
00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,600
integral calculus and differential

896
00:32:26,399 --> 00:32:30,080
calculus?

897
00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:32,000
>> Which war do they vote in?

898
00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,279
>> I know the difference. Supposed to come

899
00:32:32,000 --> 00:32:36,240
in handy sometime.

900
00:32:33,279 --> 00:32:37,840
>> All right. All right. No college, but

901
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:40,320
the doc says you ought to find something

902
00:32:37,840 --> 00:32:42,320
to keep your mind off things. How about

903
00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:43,919
a job?

904
00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:46,320
>> Maybe you're right.

905
00:32:43,919 --> 00:32:49,640
with me like it was.

906
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:49,640
>> No, P.

907
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,960
>> Oh, well, there are plenty other places

908
00:32:53,039 --> 00:32:56,559
a guy can work.

909
00:32:54,960 --> 00:32:58,559
>> Let's see what we can do.

910
00:32:56,559 --> 00:33:00,960
>> He landed me a job. All right. Five of

911
00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:02,640
them altogether. In a bank, a couple of

912
00:33:00,960 --> 00:33:04,640
department stores, with a telephone

913
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,480
company, and finally in the accounting

914
00:33:04,640 --> 00:33:08,399
department of a mail order house.

915
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:09,279
>> Trouble, Mr. Gilman?

916
00:33:08,399 --> 00:33:11,120
>> Yeah, a little.

917
00:33:09,279 --> 00:33:13,120
>> I wouldn't bother about it. Takes time

918
00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:14,880
to get the routine.

919
00:33:13,120 --> 00:33:17,120
But I've already been here 2 weeks.

920
00:33:14,880 --> 00:33:18,720
>> Well, we're not worried. We know how

921
00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,120
difficult it is for you soldiers to

922
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:22,640
readjust. I want to tell you a little

923
00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:26,320
secret.

924
00:33:22,640 --> 00:33:29,600
I sat at that desk 35 years ago. Same

925
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:31,200
desk, same window, and I had trouble,

926
00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:33,039
too.

927
00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:35,279
I never dreamed that I'd be manager of

928
00:33:33,039 --> 00:33:37,840
the bookkeeping department someday. And

929
00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:39,600
in 6 months, I'm going to retire a

930
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:42,720
pension every month for the balance of

931
00:33:39,600 --> 00:33:45,200
my life. What do you think of that?

932
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:48,559
Congratulations.

933
00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:51,600
>> Oh, you'll get to like it. This desk and

934
00:33:48,559 --> 00:33:54,880
even that wall. They painted gray every

935
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:58,080
3 years. At first, I used to hope they'd

936
00:33:54,880 --> 00:34:01,519
pick some other color, white or yellow,

937
00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:03,360
but it was always gray. After a while, I

938
00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:05,440
wouldn't have wanted any other color. It

939
00:34:03,360 --> 00:34:06,960
was better for my travels.

940
00:34:05,440 --> 00:34:09,280
>> This company send you out?

941
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:11,599
>> They didn't have to. There are those who

942
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:14,000
just see the bricks in that wall.

943
00:34:11,599 --> 00:34:15,280
There are 2,264

944
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:19,280
in case you're thinking of counting

945
00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:22,240
them. But I see what there is to see.

946
00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:24,079
Berlin's tear garden in the spring. The

947
00:34:22,240 --> 00:34:27,200
finicular carrying me up to the

948
00:34:24,079 --> 00:34:30,320
widespread tops of the Alps. Paris with

949
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:32,639
its steep roofs. Sometimes on fine days

950
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:34,079
the weld of Africa.

951
00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:36,720
Let me get So you want to count the

952
00:34:34,079 --> 00:34:39,520
bricks in that wall. Mr. Gilman,

953
00:34:36,720 --> 00:34:42,480
see what there is to see. It's

954
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,480
magnificent.

955
00:34:47,119 --> 00:34:51,040
He was wrong about the views on that

956
00:34:48,720 --> 00:34:54,159
wall. I couldn't see Switzerland or

957
00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:55,919
Paris, and I'd already seen Africa. But

958
00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:58,079
he was right about the number of bricks.

959
00:34:55,919 --> 00:35:02,640
2,264.

960
00:34:58,079 --> 00:35:04,560
I I counted them, then walked out. By

961
00:35:02,640 --> 00:35:09,079
then, I was probably the most completely

962
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:09,079
unreadjusted soldier in New York.

963
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,640
Rocky.

964
00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:19,839
>> Yeah, Jim.

965
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:21,200
>> You need a drink?

966
00:35:19,839 --> 00:35:22,079
>> No thanks. It wouldn't do anything for

967
00:35:21,200 --> 00:35:24,320
me.

968
00:35:22,079 --> 00:35:26,880
>> Pops been looking for you. He said for

969
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:30,400
you to come up to his office. He wants

970
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:33,680
to talk to you.

971
00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:37,280
>> Tell him thanks.

972
00:35:33,680 --> 00:35:39,599
Tell him some other time I'm busy.

973
00:35:37,280 --> 00:35:42,400
But I guess the real blowoff came on B

974
00:35:39,599 --> 00:35:45,700
night. That cubby hole I'd rented in a

975
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:49,010
fire trap over on Broadway.

976
00:35:45,700 --> 00:35:49,010
[Music]

977
00:35:51,170 --> 00:35:54,800
[Music]

978
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:57,520
The racket outside was driving me half

979
00:35:54,800 --> 00:36:01,240
crazy and I decided to get some food

980
00:35:57,520 --> 00:36:01,240
sent up to the room.

981
00:36:01,359 --> 00:36:05,440
>> I'll be right with you, mister.

982
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:17,680
>> All right, sweet.

983
00:36:05,440 --> 00:36:20,640
[Music]

984
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:22,800
Come in.

985
00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:24,160
>> See, I told you. Isn't he pretty? You

986
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:25,119
like the type.

987
00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:26,720
>> What can I do for you?

988
00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:28,560
>> Come on down the hall, bud. We just

989
00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:29,200
started the celebration. I was sure of

990
00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:30,160
me.

991
00:36:29,200 --> 00:36:32,720
>> No thanks.

992
00:36:30,160 --> 00:36:36,240
>> No, mister. Don't be like that. Come on,

993
00:36:32,720 --> 00:36:38,720
be polite. I said, "No thanks."

994
00:36:36,240 --> 00:36:40,640
>> What's the matter, bud? You German?

995
00:36:38,720 --> 00:36:41,119
>> Of course he's not a German. He's coming

996
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,160
with us.

997
00:36:41,119 --> 00:36:45,040
>> I said, "No."

998
00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:48,960
>> I know. If he ain't a German, he's a 4F.

999
00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:50,400
And a phony 4F I ever saw.

1000
00:36:48,960 --> 00:36:52,160
>> Now, get him out of here.

1001
00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:55,510
>> Told you I didn't like his type.

1002
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:58,079
>> Fine thing. Offer a fella a drink.

1003
00:36:55,510 --> 00:36:58,560
[Music]

1004
00:36:58,079 --> 00:37:01,880
>> Rocky,

1005
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,880
>> come in, pup.

1006
00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:06,160
How long has this been going on?

1007
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:07,839
>> Not long enough to keep away from these

1008
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:09,359
victory celebrations.

1009
00:37:07,839 --> 00:37:10,079
>> They're all right. They're having a good

1010
00:37:09,359 --> 00:37:12,079
time.

1011
00:37:10,079 --> 00:37:13,119
>> A good time paid for by guys like Harry

1012
00:37:12,079 --> 00:37:15,440
Daniels.

1013
00:37:13,119 --> 00:37:17,680
>> Your captain.

1014
00:37:15,440 --> 00:37:18,880
You want to tell me about it?

1015
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:21,440
>> Didn't the doc tell you?

1016
00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:23,280
>> He said you'd do the talking.

1017
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,920
There's a time in every man's life when

1018
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:28,560
he has to get something off his chest.

1019
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:32,079
Bottling it up is no good. It just

1020
00:37:28,560 --> 00:37:33,040
fermentss until it busts. Like now

1021
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:34,640
>> could be.

1022
00:37:33,040 --> 00:37:37,839
>> If you don't want to tell me, how about

1023
00:37:34,640 --> 00:37:38,960
somebody else? How about the doc?

1024
00:37:37,839 --> 00:37:40,240
>> Not him,

1025
00:37:38,960 --> 00:37:43,240
>> but somebody.

1026
00:37:40,240 --> 00:37:43,240
>> Somebody.

1027
00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:51,720
There is somebody.

1028
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:51,720
>> Somebody you can find in the phone book.

1029
00:37:52,079 --> 00:37:56,800
It's Harry Daniels, 331 East 61st

1030
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,150
Street.

1031
00:37:56,800 --> 00:38:00,400
See you later, Paul.

1032
00:37:59,150 --> 00:38:03,599
[Music]

1033
00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:05,359
I went to see Mrs. Daniels. Then a few

1034
00:38:03,599 --> 00:38:06,560
weeks later, Mr. Ding got me an

1035
00:38:05,359 --> 00:38:08,079
appointment to West Point.

1036
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:10,160
>> Would you care to reveal to us what you

1037
00:38:08,079 --> 00:38:11,839
had to tell Mrs. Harry Daniels?

1038
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:12,560
>> That was and still is a personal matter,

1039
00:38:11,839 --> 00:38:14,079
sir.

1040
00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:16,320
>> And this personal matter anything to do

1041
00:38:14,079 --> 00:38:17,760
with your entering West Point?

1042
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:20,960
>> In a way, yes.

1043
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:23,280
>> Well, is that all you've got to tell us?

1044
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:24,320
>> Yes, sir. You realize your testimony

1045
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,839
leaves us with the assumption that you

1046
00:38:24,320 --> 00:38:28,400
entered West Point merely because you

1047
00:38:25,839 --> 00:38:31,839
were depressed, unsettled, a victim of

1048
00:38:28,400 --> 00:38:34,640
believe they call it uh combat fatigue.

1049
00:38:31,839 --> 00:38:38,240
>> The assumption is entirely yours, sir.

1050
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:39,680
>> You may step down.

1051
00:38:38,240 --> 00:38:41,520
>> Gentlemen, you've heard Cadet Captain

1052
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:43,760
Gilman's testimony. I shall now prove

1053
00:38:41,520 --> 00:38:44,960
that this paragan of West Point is

1054
00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:46,480
lacking in all essentials of

1055
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:49,119
responsibility, that he's unfit to take

1056
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:51,200
his place among normal, decent men. Uh

1057
00:38:49,119 --> 00:38:54,200
Mr. Craig, will you take the stand,

1058
00:38:51,200 --> 00:38:54,200
please?

1059
00:38:55,300 --> 00:38:59,119
[Applause]

1060
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,480
I should like to introduce Mr. John

1061
00:38:59,119 --> 00:39:02,240
Craig. Mr. Craig was medical core

1062
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:04,720
attendant at Walter General Hospital,

1063
00:39:02,240 --> 00:39:06,160
Washington, DC, during 44 and 45. Mr.

1064
00:39:04,720 --> 00:39:08,320
Craig, did your duties involve attending

1065
00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:10,560
on the then Lieutenant Rockwell Gilman?

1066
00:39:08,320 --> 00:39:12,880
>> Yes, sir. You don't get your choice of

1067
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:15,040
who you take care of. He was in a four

1068
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:17,200
bed ward. The other occupants of the

1069
00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:20,480
ward caused me no trouble. He had

1070
00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:21,599
nightmares. I say he deserved them. He'd

1071
00:39:20,480 --> 00:39:23,920
earned them.

1072
00:39:21,599 --> 00:39:25,359
>> Ordinarily, I could shake him awake, but

1073
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,400
one night I couldn't seem to make any

1074
00:39:25,359 --> 00:39:27,040
headway.

1075
00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:29,520
>> No.

1076
00:39:27,040 --> 00:39:31,839
>> Come on,

1077
00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:34,720
>> you snap out of it. Look,

1078
00:39:31,839 --> 00:39:36,320
>> let's have a little quiet around here.

1079
00:39:34,720 --> 00:39:39,200
>> What's the matter?

1080
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:40,960
>> He's at it again, Colonel.

1081
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:43,040
>> 3 minutes, Lieutenant.

1082
00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:44,320
>> 3 minutes.

1083
00:39:43,040 --> 00:39:47,440
>> We'll get him quiet now.

1084
00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:49,040
>> I should have been there.

1085
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:51,359
have him in the treatment room tomorrow

1086
00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:53,280
morning at 10:00.

1087
00:39:51,359 --> 00:39:54,880
>> Why do we have to go through all this?

1088
00:39:53,280 --> 00:39:57,200
>> You're going to feel a lot better if you

1089
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:58,400
can talk. And this is going to help you

1090
00:39:57,200 --> 00:40:00,560
talk.

1091
00:39:58,400 --> 00:40:02,560
>> I don't want to talk.

1092
00:40:00,560 --> 00:40:05,200
>> You're going to be a little drowsy, but

1093
00:40:02,560 --> 00:40:07,599
you will remain conscious. I don't want

1094
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:09,599
you to be afraid of anything. Just

1095
00:40:07,599 --> 00:40:12,320
relax.

1096
00:40:09,599 --> 00:40:14,000
Unclench your fist, Lieutenant.

1097
00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:16,720
Now, Lieutenant, start counting

1098
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:19,440
backwards from a 100. You start counting

1099
00:40:16,720 --> 00:40:22,480
backwards from 100.

1100
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:24,560
100 99

1101
00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:27,119
98

1102
00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:30,160
Start counting.

1103
00:40:27,119 --> 00:40:32,720
Start counting.

1104
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:35,720
100

1105
00:40:32,720 --> 00:40:35,720
998

1106
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:41,640
97

1107
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:44,680
96

1108
00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,599
95

1109
00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:53,520
>> Keep it up. 95

1110
00:40:49,599 --> 00:40:56,000
94 95

1111
00:40:53,520 --> 00:40:59,920
94

1112
00:40:56,000 --> 00:41:02,480
>> That's fine. Now we can begin our talk.

1113
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:05,680
You're going to remember everything just

1114
00:41:02,480 --> 00:41:08,319
as you saw it. Every detail as clearly

1115
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:10,079
as you can recall it. Just as you saw

1116
00:41:08,319 --> 00:41:11,359
it.

1117
00:41:10,079 --> 00:41:14,800
No.

1118
00:41:11,359 --> 00:41:16,480
>> Now relax. Don't fight it.

1119
00:41:14,800 --> 00:41:18,720
You're going to remember everything just

1120
00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:22,319
as you saw it. It was something that

1121
00:41:18,720 --> 00:41:24,720
happened in combat, wasn't it?

1122
00:41:22,319 --> 00:41:26,720
You were being fired at.

1123
00:41:24,720 --> 00:41:29,440
>> Yes, that's it.

1124
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:32,319
We were under fire.

1125
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:35,839
We were on a hill.

1126
00:41:32,319 --> 00:41:37,280
Wasn't really a hill though. It's just a

1127
00:41:35,839 --> 00:41:38,240
ridge. There were millions of those

1128
00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:40,720
ridges in Africa.

1129
00:41:38,240 --> 00:41:42,560
>> And you were being shot at.

1130
00:41:40,720 --> 00:41:45,359
>> Shot at

1131
00:41:42,560 --> 00:41:47,920
from an olive grove.

1132
00:41:45,359 --> 00:41:49,920
Tank kept spitting fire at us every few

1133
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,839
minutes.

1134
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:55,359
>> Go on.

1135
00:41:51,839 --> 00:41:57,440
>> We were holding the ridge. We

1136
00:41:55,359 --> 00:41:59,280
>> our company, what was left of it.

1137
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:00,240
>> Were you in command?

1138
00:41:59,280 --> 00:42:02,000
>> No.

1139
00:42:00,240 --> 00:42:05,800
>> Who was?

1140
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:05,800
Who was in command?

1141
00:42:08,079 --> 00:42:12,560
>> He was.

1142
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:15,680
>> Who was he?

1143
00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:17,119
>> Say his name. You know it.

1144
00:42:15,680 --> 00:42:19,920
>> Harry.

1145
00:42:17,119 --> 00:42:22,160
>> His full name.

1146
00:42:19,920 --> 00:42:23,440
>> Captain Harry Daniels. You didn't like

1147
00:42:22,160 --> 00:42:24,960
him, did you?

1148
00:42:23,440 --> 00:42:27,119
>> Yes, I did.

1149
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,640
>> Then he was your friend.

1150
00:42:27,119 --> 00:42:30,560
>> He was my friend.

1151
00:42:28,640 --> 00:42:33,520
>> Fine.

1152
00:42:30,560 --> 00:42:35,839
Now, let's talk about the tank.

1153
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:37,599
You feel like talking now, don't you?

1154
00:42:35,839 --> 00:42:40,560
>> I suppose so.

1155
00:42:37,599 --> 00:42:42,880
>> What did you do about the tank?

1156
00:42:40,560 --> 00:42:44,880
>> Harry

1157
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:47,440
took some men of it. Went down the right

1158
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:49,200
right ravine.

1159
00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,839
I

1160
00:42:49,200 --> 00:42:52,319
I

1161
00:42:49,839 --> 00:42:56,480
>> Go ahead. You're seeing it again just as

1162
00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:59,599
it was. What did you do?

1163
00:42:56,480 --> 00:43:02,319
>> I took the rest and

1164
00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:04,560
went down the lift.

1165
00:43:02,319 --> 00:43:05,760
He ordered me.

1166
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:08,720
He ordered me to

1167
00:43:05,760 --> 00:43:11,720
>> He ordered you to do what?

1168
00:43:08,720 --> 00:43:11,720
>> 4:15.

1169
00:43:11,920 --> 00:43:15,599
>> 4:15.

1170
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:18,400
>> What happened at 4:15?

1171
00:43:15,599 --> 00:43:21,440
He made a racket to attack the tank.

1172
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:22,560
>> You were to attack. Rush the tank.

1173
00:43:21,440 --> 00:43:25,920
>> But I didn't.

1174
00:43:22,560 --> 00:43:27,200
>> Why didn't you rush the tank?

1175
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,880
>> I don't know.

1176
00:43:27,200 --> 00:43:29,920
>> Yes, you do.

1177
00:43:28,880 --> 00:43:33,440
>> No, I don't. I don't know.

1178
00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:35,040
>> Yes, you do. Now, think. You knew if you

1179
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:37,040
didn't, it would keep firing on Captain

1180
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:38,160
Daniels till it knocked him out. You

1181
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:39,359
knew that, didn't you?

1182
00:43:38,160 --> 00:43:40,880
>> Yes.

1183
00:43:39,359 --> 00:43:43,440
>> There must have been a good reason why

1184
00:43:40,880 --> 00:43:45,920
you didn't obey. Try and remember.

1185
00:43:43,440 --> 00:43:48,160
>> There wasn't any reason. Perhaps you saw

1186
00:43:45,920 --> 00:43:49,839
another tank you hadn't seen before, or

1187
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:50,800
you saw there was a better way to go

1188
00:43:49,839 --> 00:43:52,000
after it.

1189
00:43:50,800 --> 00:43:56,240
>> No. No.

1190
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:59,440
>> But you did go after it.

1191
00:43:56,240 --> 00:44:02,400
>> I turned yellow.

1192
00:43:59,440 --> 00:44:05,200
Tank must have seen us, started firing

1193
00:44:02,400 --> 00:44:08,480
and it I turned yellow.

1194
00:44:05,200 --> 00:44:10,800
>> You got the tank, remember? You knocked

1195
00:44:08,480 --> 00:44:13,839
it out personally with a bazooka.

1196
00:44:10,800 --> 00:44:16,319
>> I disobeyed when I came out. When I came

1197
00:44:13,839 --> 00:44:18,319
out, Harry was gone.

1198
00:44:16,319 --> 00:44:19,920
I killed him.

1199
00:44:18,319 --> 00:44:24,200
I murdered my best friend.

1200
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:24,200
>> Easy, easy, lieutenant.

1201
00:44:24,240 --> 00:44:31,280
I disobeyed. I killed him.

1202
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,960
They don't give the DSC to murder his

1203
00:44:31,280 --> 00:44:35,839
lieutenant.

1204
00:44:32,960 --> 00:44:38,640
Now, there must be something,

1205
00:44:35,839 --> 00:44:39,920
some reason why you didn't come out.

1206
00:44:38,640 --> 00:44:42,240
Think

1207
00:44:39,920 --> 00:44:44,480
>> I disobey. I killed him.

1208
00:44:42,240 --> 00:44:48,400
>> All right.

1209
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:50,000
I think that'll be enough for today.

1210
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:52,160
>> The next day, they moved him to a

1211
00:44:50,000 --> 00:44:54,800
private room. I didn't see him again

1212
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:59,800
until he was discharged, which was all

1213
00:44:54,800 --> 00:44:59,800
right by me. Thank you, Mr. Craig.

1214
00:44:59,920 --> 00:45:02,880
And there, gentlemen, you have the

1215
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:04,640
academyy's model cadet, the man whose

1216
00:45:02,880 --> 00:45:06,240
word this institution accepts above that

1217
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:08,960
of my client's son, a man whose criminal

1218
00:45:06,240 --> 00:45:10,400
disobedience resulted in murder.

1219
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,920
>> You wish to amplify Mr. Craig's

1220
00:45:10,400 --> 00:45:14,800
testimony?

1221
00:45:11,920 --> 00:45:16,000
No sir. Serian, members of the board, I

1222
00:45:14,800 --> 00:45:17,520
think we've proven beyond question our

1223
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,800
case against the academy and this

1224
00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:20,960
Martinet who's walk.

1225
00:45:18,800 --> 00:45:22,880
>> Just a moment, Mr. Proctor.

1226
00:45:20,960 --> 00:45:24,880
>> Mr. Gilman, do you realize these

1227
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:26,000
charges, if substantiated, are very

1228
00:45:24,880 --> 00:45:26,880
serious?

1229
00:45:26,000 --> 00:45:29,760
>> Yes, sir.

1230
00:45:26,880 --> 00:45:33,079
>> And you will make no statement?

1231
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:33,079
>> No, sir.

1232
00:45:33,680 --> 00:45:37,920
>> Gentlemen, I think this young man should

1233
00:45:35,520 --> 00:45:41,599
be given a few hours to reconsider.

1234
00:45:37,920 --> 00:45:43,599
There may be mitigating factors.

1235
00:45:41,599 --> 00:45:46,599
We will reconvene at 9:00 tomorrow

1236
00:45:43,599 --> 00:45:46,599
morning.

1237
00:45:47,680 --> 00:45:49,839
Rocky say he's not showering any longer.

1238
00:45:49,200 --> 00:45:51,200
He'll drown.

1239
00:45:49,839 --> 00:45:52,319
>> Maybe he can wash off some of the mud I

1240
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,359
heard they slung at him today.

1241
00:45:52,319 --> 00:45:54,960
>> But the latest Brian,

1242
00:45:53,359 --> 00:45:56,400
>> I don't know. I'm not due to be called

1243
00:45:54,960 --> 00:45:58,800
back till tomorrow. And Rocky's dummy

1244
00:45:56,400 --> 00:46:00,560
up. Orders. Run. Old Rocky. The mud

1245
00:45:58,800 --> 00:46:01,200
won't stick. Special delivery for

1246
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:05,160
Gilman.

1247
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:05,160
>> Taking a shower. I'll sign for

1248
00:46:06,640 --> 00:46:09,119
>> Good night.

1249
00:46:07,119 --> 00:46:10,480
>> Good night.

1250
00:46:09,119 --> 00:46:11,520
No perfume, but it's from the one and

1251
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:12,960
only. Uh,

1252
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:13,359
>> there's no such animal as the one and

1253
00:46:12,960 --> 00:46:14,400
only.

1254
00:46:13,359 --> 00:46:16,000
>> How would you know?

1255
00:46:14,400 --> 00:46:18,000
>> The number of Dear John letters the guys

1256
00:46:16,000 --> 00:46:19,440
get each week. At least 500.

1257
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:22,079
>> Your own statistics?

1258
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:25,520
>> 10 or 12. Anyway,

1259
00:46:22,079 --> 00:46:27,200
dear John, although in that darling gray

1260
00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:29,680
suit, y'all will remain the cutest trick

1261
00:46:27,200 --> 00:46:31,359
I've ever seen. I feel I must tell you

1262
00:46:29,680 --> 00:46:33,760
the reason I'm returning your precious

1263
00:46:31,359 --> 00:46:36,160
old ring isn't because Mr. Maroyy's

1264
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:38,400
father owns a diamond factory. Because

1265
00:46:36,160 --> 00:46:40,400
Mr. Michael, I can devote more than

1266
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:41,200
three times a year to seeing little old

1267
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:43,119
me.

1268
00:46:41,200 --> 00:46:45,280
>> Think of little old me as your sister

1269
00:46:43,119 --> 00:46:46,160
always. Your ever loving friend, Susie

1270
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,880
Bry.

1271
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:51,200
>> Yes. Little old me just found out what a

1272
00:46:48,880 --> 00:46:52,240
second lieutenant's base pay is. That's

1273
00:46:51,200 --> 00:46:53,839
all, brother.

1274
00:46:52,240 --> 00:46:57,079
>> That's no dear John letter. Not from

1275
00:46:53,839 --> 00:46:57,079
Anne Daniels.

1276
00:46:57,599 --> 00:47:01,440
>> Special for you, Rocky.

1277
00:46:59,760 --> 00:47:05,720
>> Thanks. You almost didn't make it.

1278
00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:05,720
>> Yeah, abs to go any minute.

1279
00:47:06,800 --> 00:47:11,960
Anything wrong, Rocky? Something

1280
00:47:08,960 --> 00:47:11,960
happened.

1281
00:47:12,079 --> 00:47:15,319
There's taps.

1282
00:47:16,860 --> 00:47:26,400
[Music]

1283
00:47:25,119 --> 00:47:28,800
>> Anything I can do?

1284
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:32,640
>> 24. All right, sir.

1285
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:34,560
>> 23. All right, sir.

1286
00:47:32,640 --> 00:47:38,640
22.

1287
00:47:34,560 --> 00:47:40,160
All right. For room 22, Rocky, report.

1288
00:47:38,640 --> 00:47:44,839
>> All right, sir.

1289
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:44,839
>> 21. All right, sir.

1290
00:47:47,310 --> 00:47:53,429
[Music]

1291
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:17,039
[Music]

1292
00:48:22,480 --> 00:48:45,750
Amen.

1293
00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:45,750
[Music]

1294
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:58,000
Rocky.

1295
00:48:55,599 --> 00:49:01,319
Why aren't you going to ask me?

1296
00:48:58,000 --> 00:49:01,319
>> Why? Yes.

1297
00:49:01,380 --> 00:49:14,219
[Music]

1298
00:49:16,400 --> 00:49:20,960
5 after 2. Proc is going to love this.

1299
00:49:19,599 --> 00:49:23,760
Are you sure that's him?

1300
00:49:20,960 --> 00:49:27,260
>> I certainly am. Let's go.

1301
00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:27,260
[Music]

1302
00:49:31,359 --> 00:49:38,480
Gentlemen, the board is now in session.

1303
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,559
>> I see that Mr. Gilman is not here.

1304
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,119
>> Uh, Mr. Julian, we have someone looking

1305
00:49:40,559 --> 00:49:43,520
for him.

1306
00:49:41,119 --> 00:49:46,640
>> I wouldn't bother, General. I understand

1307
00:49:43,520 --> 00:49:48,079
that Mr. Gilman has left the academy.

1308
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:49,680
I believe permanently.

1309
00:49:48,079 --> 00:49:51,359
>> Well, that's impossible. It would have

1310
00:49:49,680 --> 00:49:52,800
been reported. I assure you he was in

1311
00:49:51,359 --> 00:49:56,119
New York last evening at a certain young

1312
00:49:52,800 --> 00:49:56,119
lady's apartment.

1313
00:49:56,559 --> 00:50:00,559
>> Gentlemen, that closes our case. I move

1314
00:49:59,119 --> 00:50:02,480
that you recommend the reinstatement of

1315
00:50:00,559 --> 00:50:03,680
Mr. Denmark's son and the immediate

1316
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:04,800
overhaul of the academyy's

1317
00:50:03,680 --> 00:50:08,079
administration.

1318
00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:09,520
>> Just a minute, Mr. Proctor.

1319
00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:11,520
>> Sorry to be late, sir, but I'll hear

1320
00:50:09,520 --> 00:50:13,359
your explanation later. Take your place.

1321
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:15,280
Yes, sir. I can give you the

1322
00:50:13,359 --> 00:50:17,920
explanation, and it's pertinent to this

1323
00:50:15,280 --> 00:50:19,280
investigation. Mr. Gilman, I'm amazed

1324
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,880
that you should have the terator.

1325
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,480
>> Mr. Doctor, the witness has appeared

1326
00:50:20,880 --> 00:50:24,960
voluntarily.

1327
00:50:22,480 --> 00:50:26,000
>> Mr. Gilman, you have decided to make a

1328
00:50:24,960 --> 00:50:27,280
statement.

1329
00:50:26,000 --> 00:50:29,839
>> Yes, sir.

1330
00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:31,599
>> Mr. Chairman, I object. This man has

1331
00:50:29,839 --> 00:50:33,200
proved his unreliability by leaving the

1332
00:50:31,599 --> 00:50:34,240
academy without permission. Whatever he

1333
00:50:33,200 --> 00:50:35,520
says is bound to be suspect.

1334
00:50:34,240 --> 00:50:36,960
>> Nevertheless, we will hear him, Mr.

1335
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:38,720
Proctor.

1336
00:50:36,960 --> 00:50:40,079
>> What have you to say about Mr. Craig's

1337
00:50:38,720 --> 00:50:42,880
story?

1338
00:50:40,079 --> 00:50:44,559
>> It's true, sir. It's exactly as he said.

1339
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:47,920
>> You are admitting your disobedience

1340
00:50:44,559 --> 00:50:49,599
caused the death of Captain Daniels.

1341
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:51,119
>> Yes, sir.

1342
00:50:49,599 --> 00:50:53,119
Mr. Gilman, you certainly have your

1343
00:50:51,119 --> 00:50:54,400
moments of honesty. While you're in your

1344
00:50:53,119 --> 00:50:55,680
present mood, why don't you tell us why

1345
00:50:54,400 --> 00:50:56,640
you were absent for the academy last

1346
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:57,119
night?

1347
00:50:56,640 --> 00:50:59,839
>> No.

1348
00:50:57,119 --> 00:51:01,119
>> Why not? It's still a personal matter,

1349
00:50:59,839 --> 00:51:03,040
sir.

1350
00:51:01,119 --> 00:51:05,200
>> General, as his commanding officer, I

1351
00:51:03,040 --> 00:51:08,640
suggest that you order him to testify.

1352
00:51:05,200 --> 00:51:10,319
>> Just a moment, please. My name's Ding.

1353
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:13,119
>> Mr. Gilman's guardian.

1354
00:51:10,319 --> 00:51:15,599
>> Yes, sir. I'd like to say a word for

1355
00:51:13,119 --> 00:51:17,920
Rocky, if it ain't out of order.

1356
00:51:15,599 --> 00:51:19,440
>> It's not a bit out of order. Puppy

1357
00:51:17,920 --> 00:51:21,680
status. No, I won't.

1358
00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:23,440
>> Mr. Dwing, you may take the chair.

1359
00:51:21,680 --> 00:51:26,240
>> I'll stand if you don't mind. You see,

1360
00:51:23,440 --> 00:51:28,960
I'm kind of angry. It seems to me this

1361
00:51:26,240 --> 00:51:31,920
has been a very one-sided deal with

1362
00:51:28,960 --> 00:51:33,599
nobody at all playing on Rocky's team.

1363
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:35,440
>> We've given him every opportunity to

1364
00:51:33,599 --> 00:51:37,839
make a defense, Mr. Dwey.

1365
00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:40,000
>> Yeah, sure. Rocky's too proud to call

1366
00:51:37,839 --> 00:51:41,839
for help. Well, he's going to get it

1367
00:51:40,000 --> 00:51:43,440
whether he wants it or not. I got two

1368
00:51:41,839 --> 00:51:45,599
witnesses who will be here any minute

1369
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:47,520
now. And another one right in the room.

1370
00:51:45,599 --> 00:51:48,559
This young woman here. Please, Colonel

1371
00:51:47,520 --> 00:51:49,599
Stoddard, don't bring her into this.

1372
00:51:48,559 --> 00:51:50,640
>> On the contrary, we want to have brought

1373
00:51:49,599 --> 00:51:51,839
him to this. Gentlemen, I'd like to

1374
00:51:50,640 --> 00:51:53,440
introduce the lady Mr. Gilman went to

1375
00:51:51,839 --> 00:51:54,640
see last night, Mrs. Harry Daniels, the

1376
00:51:53,440 --> 00:51:57,920
widow of the man whose death he's

1377
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:59,680
responsible for.

1378
00:51:57,920 --> 00:52:02,319
>> He isn't responsible for anybody's

1379
00:51:59,680 --> 00:52:04,559
death. I know Mr. Gilman too well to

1380
00:52:02,319 --> 00:52:06,000
believe anything like that.

1381
00:52:04,559 --> 00:52:07,440
I've known him for three years.

1382
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,559
>> Mrs. Daniels, may I ask you, did you

1383
00:52:07,440 --> 00:52:10,960
know him before your husband?

1384
00:52:08,559 --> 00:52:12,559
>> I will do, Mr. Proctor.

1385
00:52:10,960 --> 00:52:14,240
If you'll just let me tell you about

1386
00:52:12,559 --> 00:52:16,559
him,

1387
00:52:14,240 --> 00:52:19,599
how we first met,

1388
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:21,280
how and why he came to the point,

1389
00:52:19,599 --> 00:52:23,839
how he's done everything in his power to

1390
00:52:21,280 --> 00:52:24,880
make a perfect officer out of himself. I

1391
00:52:23,839 --> 00:52:26,319
think you'll see he can't.

1392
00:52:24,880 --> 00:52:28,319
>> But we know enough already about Mr.

1393
00:52:26,319 --> 00:52:29,760
Gilman's character. I suggest that the

1394
00:52:28,319 --> 00:52:31,359
young lady confineer testimony to the

1395
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:33,599
meeting with Cadet Gilman last night.

1396
00:52:31,359 --> 00:52:36,240
>> As Mr. Julian has repeatedly emphasized,

1397
00:52:33,599 --> 00:52:37,680
this is not a court of law, Mr. Proctor.

1398
00:52:36,240 --> 00:52:40,160
If it meets with the approval of the

1399
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:41,680
board, I think Mrs. Daniel should be

1400
00:52:40,160 --> 00:52:42,079
permitted to tell us anything she cares

1401
00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:43,280
to.

1402
00:52:42,079 --> 00:52:46,079
>> I agree with you, Carl.

1403
00:52:43,280 --> 00:52:50,680
>> Thank you, sir. Be seated, Mr. Gilman.

1404
00:52:46,079 --> 00:52:50,680
>> Mrs. Daniels, will you sit here, please?

1405
00:52:52,319 --> 00:52:56,280
>> Please proceed, Mrs. Daniels.

1406
00:52:56,480 --> 00:53:02,720
>> I first met Mr. Gilman on VE night.

1407
00:53:00,880 --> 00:53:04,240
The streets were crowded with people

1408
00:53:02,720 --> 00:53:06,700
celebrating,

1409
00:53:04,240 --> 00:53:09,850
but I didn't go out of my apartment.

1410
00:53:06,700 --> 00:53:09,850
[Music]

1411
00:53:11,599 --> 00:53:17,520
I understood how they felt and couldn't

1412
00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:19,200
blame them for wanting to celebrate.

1413
00:53:17,520 --> 00:53:21,599
They were happy and relieved that half

1414
00:53:19,200 --> 00:53:24,240
the war was won.

1415
00:53:21,599 --> 00:53:27,740
But for me, the war had ended long ago

1416
00:53:24,240 --> 00:53:38,079
on a hill in Tunisia.

1417
00:53:27,740 --> 00:53:39,680
[Music]

1418
00:53:38,079 --> 00:53:42,319
Yes.

1419
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:44,000
>> I I'm looking for Mrs. Daniels.

1420
00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:45,520
>> Which Mrs. Daniels?

1421
00:53:44,000 --> 00:53:47,920
>> Mrs. Daniels whose son was Captain

1422
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:52,240
Daniels. Does she live here?

1423
00:53:47,920 --> 00:53:53,599
>> Yes, she does. And so do I. I'm his

1424
00:53:52,240 --> 00:53:55,920
wife.

1425
00:53:53,599 --> 00:53:58,319
>> You look exactly like your pictures.

1426
00:53:55,920 --> 00:54:00,720
>> Where did you see my picture?

1427
00:53:58,319 --> 00:54:04,440
>> In Africa.

1428
00:54:00,720 --> 00:54:04,440
>> You were in Africa.

1429
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:12,960
Please come in.

1430
00:54:08,130 --> 00:54:14,720
[Music]

1431
00:54:12,960 --> 00:54:18,040
>> Won't you sit down?

1432
00:54:14,720 --> 00:54:18,040
>> No thanks.

1433
00:54:18,160 --> 00:54:21,520
>> What's your name?

1434
00:54:19,680 --> 00:54:24,160
>> You've never heard of me? It's It's

1435
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:26,960
Rocky Gilman.

1436
00:54:24,160 --> 00:54:28,559
>> Never heard of you.

1437
00:54:26,960 --> 00:54:31,839
Why? Harry's letters were filled with

1438
00:54:28,559 --> 00:54:33,359
stories about you.

1439
00:54:31,839 --> 00:54:36,400
He said you were the most valuable

1440
00:54:33,359 --> 00:54:38,319
officer he had.

1441
00:54:36,400 --> 00:54:40,319
>> When will his mother be home?

1442
00:54:38,319 --> 00:54:42,240
>> Not for a while yet.

1443
00:54:40,319 --> 00:54:43,920
>> But you'll have to do

1444
00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:46,800
>> to do what?

1445
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:49,040
>> Help me celebrate payday. Help me wind

1446
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:50,720
up some unfinished business.

1447
00:54:49,040 --> 00:54:52,160
>> I don't understand.

1448
00:54:50,720 --> 00:54:54,160
>> Mrs. Daniels, you think your husband was

1449
00:54:52,160 --> 00:54:56,480
killed by the Germans, don't you? Well,

1450
00:54:54,160 --> 00:54:57,680
he wasn't. I killed him. Subade a direct

1451
00:54:56,480 --> 00:54:59,760
order. When I got around to being where

1452
00:54:57,680 --> 00:55:02,160
I should have been, it

1453
00:54:59,760 --> 00:55:04,960
was too late.

1454
00:55:02,160 --> 00:55:07,520
Was dead.

1455
00:55:04,960 --> 00:55:09,839
Why don't you say something? I can take

1456
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,880
it. That's what I came up here for. Hear

1457
00:55:09,839 --> 00:55:14,590
someone say the things I've been saying

1458
00:55:10,880 --> 00:55:16,000
to myself. Bring it out in the open.

1459
00:55:14,590 --> 00:55:17,119
[Music]

1460
00:55:16,000 --> 00:55:18,400
Mrs. Daniels, maybe you didn't

1461
00:55:17,119 --> 00:55:20,480
understand me. I just said I killed your

1462
00:55:18,400 --> 00:55:23,200
husband. They've got words for people

1463
00:55:20,480 --> 00:55:25,119
like me. Maybe you need time in the

1464
00:55:23,200 --> 00:55:28,760
dictionary.

1465
00:55:25,119 --> 00:55:28,760
But you'll find them.

1466
00:55:29,520 --> 00:55:33,599
>> If you can't, maybe his mother can. When

1467
00:55:31,680 --> 00:55:36,599
she does, I'll be in Pop Doing's place.

1468
00:55:33,599 --> 00:55:36,599
Brooklyn.

1469
00:55:38,319 --> 00:55:43,520
>> Pop's place in Brooklyn. They were still

1470
00:55:40,800 --> 00:55:46,480
celebrating VE Day. I don't know what

1471
00:55:43,520 --> 00:55:48,319
made me go. My heart achd almost as it

1472
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:50,960
did the day the War Department telegram

1473
00:55:48,319 --> 00:55:53,520
came. But I knew Rocky needed comforting

1474
00:55:50,960 --> 00:55:54,550
even more than I did.

1475
00:55:53,520 --> 00:56:05,359
Could

1476
00:55:54,550 --> 00:56:09,000
[Music]

1477
00:56:05,359 --> 00:56:09,000
I speak to you, please?

1478
00:56:09,200 --> 00:56:13,280
>> I've been waiting,

1479
00:56:11,119 --> 00:56:13,680
marvelous, Mrs. Daniels. Mr. Harry

1480
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:14,880
Daniels.

1481
00:56:13,680 --> 00:56:16,799
>> Oh, excuse me. Excuse me.

1482
00:56:14,880 --> 00:56:19,599
>> Mighty glad to meet you, Mrs. Daniels.

1483
00:56:16,799 --> 00:56:22,240
Won't you sit down? I hope you'll excuse

1484
00:56:19,599 --> 00:56:25,880
me. I have to run an errand. I'll see

1485
00:56:22,240 --> 00:56:25,880
you later, Mr. Daniel

1486
00:56:26,880 --> 00:56:31,280
>> must have found your dictionary.

1487
00:56:28,640 --> 00:56:33,359
>> May I say something?

1488
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:36,480
>> Sure. Go ahead.

1489
00:56:33,359 --> 00:56:38,799
>> Even if you did disobey,

1490
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:41,599
you didn't mean to.

1491
00:56:38,799 --> 00:56:45,280
It was a mistake, wasn't it?

1492
00:56:41,599 --> 00:56:47,119
>> You don't make mistakes in the army.

1493
00:56:45,280 --> 00:56:50,760
>> People make mistakes everywhere. That's

1494
00:56:47,119 --> 00:56:50,760
part of being human.

1495
00:56:50,880 --> 00:56:55,319
You mustn't blame yourself too much.

1496
00:56:55,440 --> 00:57:00,160
>> I don't get it.

1497
00:56:57,200 --> 00:57:02,799
>> Didn't you love Harry?

1498
00:57:00,160 --> 00:57:04,160
>> I loved him very much.

1499
00:57:02,799 --> 00:57:05,760
>> Why are you concerning yourself about

1500
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:07,359
me?

1501
00:57:05,760 --> 00:57:10,000
>> Hey, Rocky.

1502
00:57:07,359 --> 00:57:11,760
>> War is over, fella. Why don't you and

1503
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:12,480
the lady have a drink with us? Huh?

1504
00:57:11,760 --> 00:57:14,240
>> No thanks.

1505
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,200
>> Maybe this is the reason you wrote so

1506
00:57:14,240 --> 00:57:16,480
little.

1507
00:57:15,200 --> 00:57:18,079
>> We just met tonight.

1508
00:57:16,480 --> 00:57:19,920
>> Why don't you and Barney run along?

1509
00:57:18,079 --> 00:57:22,400
Well, if that's the way you feel.

1510
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:23,920
>> Yeah, if that's the way you feel.

1511
00:57:22,400 --> 00:57:26,160
>> Watch where you're going.

1512
00:57:23,920 --> 00:57:27,680
>> I don't get it. What's the matter with

1513
00:57:26,160 --> 00:57:28,160
people? Millions of men died for this

1514
00:57:27,680 --> 00:57:30,079
day.

1515
00:57:28,160 --> 00:57:32,720
>> They're just relieved that it's over.

1516
00:57:30,079 --> 00:57:35,440
>> I don't get the dancing on coffins. And

1517
00:57:32,720 --> 00:57:37,520
I don't get your kind wording me. What's

1518
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:43,160
the matter with everybody?

1519
00:57:37,520 --> 00:57:43,160
>> Perhaps I can show you, but not here.

1520
00:57:46,100 --> 00:57:51,170
[Music]

1521
00:57:52,400 --> 00:57:57,839
I think he understood without my saying

1522
00:57:54,319 --> 00:57:59,440
anything that he wasn't alone. That all

1523
00:57:57,839 --> 00:58:02,900
over the world there were people who

1524
00:57:59,440 --> 00:58:17,839
knew the pain and cost of victory.

1525
00:58:02,900 --> 00:58:19,440
[Music]

1526
00:58:17,839 --> 00:58:21,359
like some coffee?

1527
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,400
>> No, I think I'll be running along.

1528
00:58:21,359 --> 00:58:24,799
>> Good night.

1529
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:25,920
>> Thanks for the new slant. I'll do some

1530
00:58:24,799 --> 00:58:28,000
thinking about it.

1531
00:58:25,920 --> 00:58:28,799
>> I hope you will.

1532
00:58:28,000 --> 00:58:31,960
>> Good night.

1533
00:58:28,799 --> 00:58:31,960
>> Good night.

1534
00:58:35,440 --> 00:58:40,640
I didn't sleep that night.

1535
00:58:38,160 --> 00:58:42,559
I couldn't.

1536
00:58:40,640 --> 00:58:45,920
Memories of Harry tumbled through my

1537
00:58:42,559 --> 00:58:49,200
head like leaves in a windstorm.

1538
00:58:45,920 --> 00:58:52,559
And in the loss, I thought of Rocky,

1539
00:58:49,200 --> 00:58:56,880
tortured by a a guilt complex that was

1540
00:58:52,559 --> 00:58:59,520
on the verge of unsettling his mind.

1541
00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:03,040
It was almost dawn when I realized what

1542
00:58:59,520 --> 00:59:05,920
I had to do. Realized that my obligation

1543
00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:08,319
was not only toward the dead, but toward

1544
00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:10,960
the living, too.

1545
00:59:08,319 --> 00:59:14,720
Two days later, with some help from Mr.

1546
00:59:10,960 --> 00:59:17,839
Dwing, I found Rocky again.

1547
00:59:14,720 --> 00:59:19,760
He was living like a hermit in a little

1548
00:59:17,839 --> 00:59:22,559
hotel room.

1549
00:59:19,760 --> 00:59:24,400
He wouldn't go out that day.

1550
00:59:22,559 --> 00:59:28,000
And in the first week, I I took enough

1551
00:59:24,400 --> 00:59:30,079
rebuffs to alienate almost anybody.

1552
00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:32,720
But by that time, I wasn't almost

1553
00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:35,960
anybody. I I was someone with a purpose

1554
00:59:32,720 --> 00:59:35,960
in life.

1555
00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:42,559
We had lunches and walks on the battery

1556
00:59:39,680 --> 00:59:44,480
and early movies

1557
00:59:42,559 --> 00:59:46,799
and finally he came to the apartment for

1558
00:59:44,480 --> 00:59:48,559
dinner.

1559
00:59:46,799 --> 00:59:53,359
At last he got up nervous enough to meet

1560
00:59:48,559 --> 00:59:55,520
Harry's mother and he liked her

1561
00:59:53,359 --> 00:59:58,319
and he began to talk about finding a

1562
00:59:55,520 --> 01:00:00,559
job.

1563
00:59:58,319 --> 01:00:03,440
And then one day mother and I received

1564
01:00:00,559 --> 01:00:06,640
invitations to attend a ceremony.

1565
01:00:03,440 --> 01:00:08,480
It was a very special kind of ceremony

1566
01:00:06,640 --> 01:00:11,520
and I thought it might complete the cure

1567
01:00:08,480 --> 01:00:13,760
if Rocky attended too.

1568
01:00:11,520 --> 01:00:15,920
>> In accordance with a custom established

1569
01:00:13,760 --> 01:00:17,760
nearly a hundred years ago, this plaque

1570
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:20,000
has been presented to the academy by

1571
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:25,240
Captain Daniel's classmates.

1572
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:25,240
>> Chapen York, will you say a few words?

1573
01:00:25,440 --> 01:00:30,160
>> This plaque is dedicated to the memory

1574
01:00:28,000 --> 01:00:32,240
of an academy graduate who gave his life

1575
01:00:30,160 --> 01:00:34,160
for his country.

1576
01:00:32,240 --> 01:00:37,359
But like the other plaques that adorn

1577
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:40,319
these walls, it is far more than a

1578
01:00:37,359 --> 01:00:42,960
memorial to an individual.

1579
01:00:40,319 --> 01:00:46,799
It is a memorial to a trying yet

1580
01:00:42,960 --> 01:00:50,000
glorious page of American history.

1581
01:00:46,799 --> 01:00:53,000
I see as I look around other pages

1582
01:00:50,000 --> 01:00:53,000
commemorated

1583
01:00:53,119 --> 01:01:00,799
San Juan Hill,

1584
01:00:55,440 --> 01:01:04,559
Bellow Wood, Chatau Tier, Pearl Harbor,

1585
01:01:00,799 --> 01:01:08,960
Corriador, a distinguished company.

1586
01:01:04,559 --> 01:01:10,960
But above all, I see commemorated here

1587
01:01:08,960 --> 01:01:12,880
the spirit of the men who did not

1588
01:01:10,960 --> 01:01:17,960
hesitate to make sacrifices when they

1589
01:01:12,880 --> 01:01:17,960
were needed. The American spirit.

1590
01:01:25,280 --> 01:01:29,119
>> What's the matter, Rocky?

1591
01:01:27,839 --> 01:01:30,559
>> When do we start? Be back.

1592
01:01:29,119 --> 01:01:31,680
>> The general wants us to have lunch

1593
01:01:30,559 --> 01:01:33,920
first.

1594
01:01:31,680 --> 01:01:36,880
>> Some other time.

1595
01:01:33,920 --> 01:01:40,839
>> Why did you include me in this?

1596
01:01:36,880 --> 01:01:40,839
>> You were one of his friends.

1597
01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:46,400
>> I'm sorry if being here has upset you.

1598
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:49,920
I guess it's just being around the army

1599
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:52,559
again. I've had enough of it.

1600
01:01:49,920 --> 01:01:54,960
Uniform saluting.

1601
01:01:52,559 --> 01:01:56,400
This place filled with toy soldiers.

1602
01:01:54,960 --> 01:01:58,799
Rich kids sneaking in on a political

1603
01:01:56,400 --> 01:02:00,559
pull sponging off the taxpayers.

1604
01:01:58,799 --> 01:02:01,839
>> Rocky

1605
01:02:00,559 --> 01:02:03,680
Eddie, what a surprise.

1606
01:02:01,839 --> 01:02:04,400
>> You're looking great. Oh, and it's

1607
01:02:03,680 --> 01:02:05,040
Sergeant Laughlin.

1608
01:02:04,400 --> 01:02:05,760
>> Used to be. Sergeant,

1609
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:06,880
>> how do you do?

1610
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:09,119
>> He was in our outfit, too.

1611
01:02:06,880 --> 01:02:12,400
>> That's right.

1612
01:02:09,119 --> 01:02:14,799
>> Oh, Eddie. An was Harry Daniel's wife.

1613
01:02:12,400 --> 01:02:16,640
I was in the captain's company and well,

1614
01:02:14,799 --> 01:02:17,920
we all thought he was tops.

1615
01:02:16,640 --> 01:02:19,599
>> Thank you.

1616
01:02:17,920 --> 01:02:20,880
>> Say, what's a guy like you doing in this

1617
01:02:19,599 --> 01:02:21,119
place? I thought you were tired of the

1618
01:02:20,880 --> 01:02:22,640
army.

1619
01:02:21,119 --> 01:02:24,000
>> Getting an education.

1620
01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:24,720
>> But you can get that in 100 other places

1621
01:02:24,000 --> 01:02:27,280
and much better.

1622
01:02:24,720 --> 01:02:29,040
>> Not an education like this, Rocky. Look,

1623
01:02:27,280 --> 01:02:30,880
I saw and so did you. What happens to

1624
01:02:29,040 --> 01:02:32,160
countries with second best armies? So

1625
01:02:30,880 --> 01:02:34,160
when I found out they were taking in a

1626
01:02:32,160 --> 01:02:35,359
group of enlisted men, I boned up on the

1627
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:37,359
exams.

1628
01:02:35,359 --> 01:02:38,319
>> Oh, there goes that trumpet again.

1629
01:02:37,359 --> 01:02:39,839
>> Mr. Lawren,

1630
01:02:38,319 --> 01:02:42,480
>> yes, sir. Don't you have a formation

1631
01:02:39,839 --> 01:02:44,319
before noon meal? Yes, sir.

1632
01:02:42,480 --> 01:02:45,280
I'm sorry. I have to go. Let me know

1633
01:02:44,319 --> 01:02:46,400
where I can get in touch with you,

1634
01:02:45,280 --> 01:02:47,920
Rocky.

1635
01:02:46,400 --> 01:02:49,430
>> Sure, Eddie. Goodbye, Miss D.

1636
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:54,270
>> Goodbye.

1637
01:02:49,430 --> 01:02:54,270
[Music]

1638
01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:59,000
>> Rich kids with political pool.

1639
01:02:59,280 --> 01:03:02,520
>> Come on.

1640
01:03:05,760 --> 01:03:09,200
>> I'm going out for a while.

1641
01:03:07,200 --> 01:03:11,839
>> But I thought Rocky was coming over.

1642
01:03:09,200 --> 01:03:13,280
>> He is. Would

1643
01:03:11,839 --> 01:03:15,839
you tell him that I have a date?

1644
01:03:13,280 --> 01:03:18,640
>> Who?

1645
01:03:15,839 --> 01:03:20,319
>> You don't have to tell him who is.

1646
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:22,319
Just that I I don't want to see him.

1647
01:03:20,319 --> 01:03:24,480
>> But why not?

1648
01:03:22,319 --> 01:03:27,119
>> I just don't.

1649
01:03:24,480 --> 01:03:29,920
>> Oh, you've had a quarrel.

1650
01:03:27,119 --> 01:03:31,839
>> No, we haven't quarreled.

1651
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:34,839
And

1652
01:03:31,839 --> 01:03:34,839
And

1653
01:03:35,440 --> 01:03:40,079
I've known all the time somebody was

1654
01:03:37,359 --> 01:03:42,160
bound to come along.

1655
01:03:40,079 --> 01:03:44,000
I'll miss you,

1656
01:03:42,160 --> 01:03:44,960
but I'm very happy for you.

1657
01:03:44,000 --> 01:03:46,480
>> But I can't.

1658
01:03:44,960 --> 01:03:47,920
>> Of course you can. Oh,

1659
01:03:46,480 --> 01:03:49,359
>> I can't fall in love again. I haven't

1660
01:03:47,920 --> 01:03:51,359
the right to.

1661
01:03:49,359 --> 01:03:54,359
>> Oh, darling, is that what you've been

1662
01:03:51,359 --> 01:03:54,359
thinking?

1663
01:03:56,240 --> 01:04:00,200
Let me show you something.

1664
01:04:02,720 --> 01:04:07,680
I suppose I should have read this to you

1665
01:04:04,559 --> 01:04:10,960
sooner, but well, like Harry, I wanted

1666
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:13,039
to wait for the proper time. This was

1667
01:04:10,960 --> 01:04:17,160
his last letter.

1668
01:04:13,039 --> 01:04:17,160
I'll read the part about you.

1669
01:04:18,340 --> 01:04:22,979
[Music]

1670
01:04:24,960 --> 01:04:28,559
And now, mother, I want to say something

1671
01:04:26,720 --> 01:04:30,960
very serious.

1672
01:04:28,559 --> 01:04:34,960
Things happen fast here and you never

1673
01:04:30,960 --> 01:04:37,599
know. If I'm unlucky, I want you to give

1674
01:04:34,960 --> 01:04:41,839
Ann a message for me.

1675
01:04:37,599 --> 01:04:45,119
Not right away, but when the time comes.

1676
01:04:41,839 --> 01:04:47,200
I don't want her to mourn me too long.

1677
01:04:45,119 --> 01:04:51,720
She's too young to spend the rest of her

1678
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:51,720
life living with a memory.

1679
01:04:51,920 --> 01:05:00,760
I wanted to have a normal life, to have

1680
01:04:55,200 --> 01:05:00,760
a husband and a home. And

1681
01:05:02,000 --> 01:05:06,559
well, darling, that's about all.

1682
01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:10,200
And you must believe that Harry meant

1683
01:05:06,559 --> 01:05:10,200
every word to him.

1684
01:05:13,839 --> 01:05:18,119
That's probably Rocky now.

1685
01:05:24,160 --> 01:05:27,200
Hello, An.

1686
01:05:25,280 --> 01:05:28,640
>> Hello, Rocky.

1687
01:05:27,200 --> 01:05:31,640
Won't you come in?

1688
01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:31,640
>> Sure.

1689
01:05:32,240 --> 01:05:35,760
>> I can't stay very long.

1690
01:05:33,920 --> 01:05:37,599
>> Why not?

1691
01:05:35,760 --> 01:05:39,920
>> Oh, I've got things to do. Come over

1692
01:05:37,599 --> 01:05:42,079
here and sit down. Hello, Miss Daniels.

1693
01:05:39,920 --> 01:05:44,079
>> Hello, Rocky.

1694
01:05:42,079 --> 01:05:45,680
>> I've got news for both of you.

1695
01:05:44,079 --> 01:05:47,520
>> You found a job?

1696
01:05:45,680 --> 01:05:49,119
>> Well, maybe you'll call it a job. It

1697
01:05:47,520 --> 01:05:50,559
only pays a couple of bucks a day. And

1698
01:05:49,119 --> 01:05:52,799
keep

1699
01:05:50,559 --> 01:05:55,280
>> Where did you find a job like that?

1700
01:05:52,799 --> 01:05:57,119
>> At West Point.

1701
01:05:55,280 --> 01:05:58,559
>> West Point?

1702
01:05:57,119 --> 01:06:00,480
>> Yes. Pop's getting me an appointment

1703
01:05:58,559 --> 01:06:01,520
through one of his congressman friends.

1704
01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:02,880
Of course, I'll have to do a lot of

1705
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:05,039
studying.

1706
01:06:02,880 --> 01:06:06,720
>> Rocky, you're not serious.

1707
01:06:05,039 --> 01:06:09,520
>> What's the matter with West Point?

1708
01:06:06,720 --> 01:06:13,119
>> Well, nothing except

1709
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:15,760
I didn't think you like the army.

1710
01:06:13,119 --> 01:06:17,440
>> That trip you took me on started me

1711
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:18,960
doing a lot of thinking. Oh, Rocky,

1712
01:06:17,440 --> 01:06:19,920
we're both so proud of you. There isn't

1713
01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:21,039
a finer thing.

1714
01:06:19,920 --> 01:06:23,200
>> Oh, wait a minute. Don't start blowing

1715
01:06:21,039 --> 01:06:26,000
the bugles yet. I figured it out on a

1716
01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:27,359
strictly cash basis. It's a free ride.

1717
01:06:26,000 --> 01:06:29,839
The taxpayers are putting all of the

1718
01:06:27,359 --> 01:06:31,839
bills. They say it's one of the finest

1719
01:06:29,839 --> 01:06:33,359
engineering courses in the world. The

1720
01:06:31,839 --> 01:06:35,440
graduate can get a job any place he

1721
01:06:33,359 --> 01:06:38,480
wants. And I've always had a secret

1722
01:06:35,440 --> 01:06:40,480
ambition to be an engineer. So, well, I

1723
01:06:38,480 --> 01:06:43,039
can work in South America or Africa

1724
01:06:40,480 --> 01:06:44,240
building bridges. In four years, I'm in

1725
01:06:43,039 --> 01:06:46,720
business.

1726
01:06:44,240 --> 01:06:50,079
>> Rocky, it's wonderful.

1727
01:06:46,720 --> 01:06:53,720
Isn't it? An

1728
01:06:50,079 --> 01:06:53,720
>> Yes, it's wonderful.

1729
01:06:54,079 --> 01:06:58,160
I tried to pull the pieces together that

1730
01:06:56,240 --> 01:06:59,839
night.

1731
01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:01,760
Of course, I knew his talk about a free

1732
01:06:59,839 --> 01:07:04,960
education was a blind to cover up the

1733
01:07:01,760 --> 01:07:07,119
truth. I knew he was trying to pay the

1734
01:07:04,960 --> 01:07:09,280
debt he thought he owed by taking

1735
01:07:07,119 --> 01:07:11,599
Harry's place.

1736
01:07:09,280 --> 01:07:14,000
But what I thought about was the army

1737
01:07:11,599 --> 01:07:16,720
regulation which said that if a cadet

1738
01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:20,000
married before graduation, he would have

1739
01:07:16,720 --> 01:07:22,880
to resign from the academy.

1740
01:07:20,000 --> 01:07:25,520
4 years and I didn't even know if he

1741
01:07:22,880 --> 01:07:28,880
cared. The only thing I had to cling to

1742
01:07:25,520 --> 01:07:32,119
was a date 7 months off. The pleb dance

1743
01:07:28,880 --> 01:07:32,119
at Christmas.

1744
01:07:42,710 --> 01:07:50,269
[Music]

1745
01:07:52,160 --> 01:07:55,920
enjoying yourself?

1746
01:07:53,200 --> 01:07:57,359
>> Fine, but I wish it were more often.

1747
01:07:55,920 --> 01:07:58,880
>> Only three and a half more years till

1748
01:07:57,359 --> 01:08:00,559
graduation.

1749
01:07:58,880 --> 01:08:05,079
>> Then what?

1750
01:08:00,559 --> 01:08:05,079
>> When I get my commission. May I?

1751
01:08:05,500 --> 01:08:22,140
[Music]

1752
01:08:46,640 --> 01:08:51,480
There goes Army Blue.

1753
01:08:48,159 --> 01:08:51,480
>> Last day.

1754
01:08:56,159 --> 01:09:00,319
>> I'll be back Easter.

1755
01:08:57,839 --> 01:09:03,319
>> Do you want me to? You know, I want you

1756
01:09:00,319 --> 01:09:03,319
to

1757
01:09:11,760 --> 01:09:19,149
[Music]

1758
01:09:21,199 --> 01:09:25,120
gentlemen, let me remind you, you have

1759
01:09:23,359 --> 01:09:28,359
only 1 hour to get back to the barracks.

1760
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:28,359
Thank you.

1761
01:09:33,679 --> 01:09:37,839
That night set the pattern of our lives

1762
01:09:35,359 --> 01:09:40,239
for the next 3 years.

1763
01:09:37,839 --> 01:09:43,279
Minutes of happiness separated by months

1764
01:09:40,239 --> 01:09:46,880
of waiting.

1765
01:09:43,279 --> 01:09:49,279
I saw him for half a day on Easter.

1766
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:51,679
I remember we tried to find a place

1767
01:09:49,279 --> 01:09:53,520
where we could be alone. The only

1768
01:09:51,679 --> 01:09:57,390
trouble was that every other cadet at

1769
01:09:53,520 --> 01:10:01,280
the point was trying too.

1770
01:09:57,390 --> 01:10:03,120
[Music]

1771
01:10:01,280 --> 01:10:06,640
And then there were a few afternoons

1772
01:10:03,120 --> 01:10:08,560
during the summer, mostly Sundays, when

1773
01:10:06,640 --> 01:10:10,880
we could walk. And then there were the

1774
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:13,440
football games. We couldn't always sit

1775
01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:16,480
together, but we saw each other at the

1776
01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:18,400
halves and after the games were over. Of

1777
01:10:16,480 --> 01:10:21,120
course, I realized Rocky was finding

1778
01:10:18,400 --> 01:10:23,600
himself at the point. He'd pushed the

1779
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:25,600
dark thing in his mind out of sight. He

1780
01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:28,320
was a normal, integrated human being

1781
01:10:25,600 --> 01:10:31,120
again. The only trouble was I'd begun to

1782
01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:33,920
disintegrate. After 3 years, I still had

1783
01:10:31,120 --> 01:10:36,480
nothing to cling to. No understanding,

1784
01:10:33,920 --> 01:10:39,120
only hope. Then out of the blue, and

1785
01:10:36,480 --> 01:10:41,440
apparently for no reason, he broke a

1786
01:10:39,120 --> 01:10:44,560
date I've been living for since July.

1787
01:10:41,440 --> 01:10:47,920
Then you have to tell me.

1788
01:10:44,560 --> 01:10:51,600
>> I can't see it tonight,

1789
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:53,920
and I can't discuss it.

1790
01:10:51,600 --> 01:10:56,080
That was the last straw. I could think

1791
01:10:53,920 --> 01:10:57,600
of only one thing to do. Send him a

1792
01:10:56,080 --> 01:11:00,080
letter telling him that I decided to

1793
01:10:57,600 --> 01:11:03,040
break it off and go away.

1794
01:11:00,080 --> 01:11:06,239
I planned to leave the next morning.

1795
01:11:03,040 --> 01:11:08,800
That night, I packed my things. I was

1796
01:11:06,239 --> 01:11:10,719
too upset to sleep.

1797
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:13,199
You break off short what you know is

1798
01:11:10,719 --> 01:11:15,679
your last chance at happiness. You can't

1799
01:11:13,199 --> 01:11:18,320
close your mind on it. Can't shut the

1800
01:11:15,679 --> 01:11:21,540
door on your memories.

1801
01:11:18,320 --> 01:11:21,540
[Music]

1802
01:11:24,890 --> 01:11:30,719
[Music]

1803
01:11:28,159 --> 01:11:33,440
Rocky.

1804
01:11:30,719 --> 01:11:35,980
>> Well, aren't you going to let me in?

1805
01:11:33,440 --> 01:11:40,560
>> Oh, yes.

1806
01:11:35,980 --> 01:11:43,440
[Music]

1807
01:11:40,560 --> 01:11:46,719
Why are you in civilian clothes?

1808
01:11:43,440 --> 01:11:49,679
>> I picked them up at Pop's place.

1809
01:11:46,719 --> 01:11:52,159
>> How did you get leave?

1810
01:11:49,679 --> 01:11:52,320
What's happened?

1811
01:11:52,159 --> 01:11:55,640
It

1812
01:11:52,320 --> 01:11:55,640
>> doesn't matter.

1813
01:11:56,000 --> 01:12:01,159
>> The only thing that matters is it would

1814
01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:01,159
go away.

1815
01:12:01,360 --> 01:12:04,159
>> Rocky, answer me. Do they know you've

1816
01:12:03,199 --> 01:12:05,280
come to New York?

1817
01:12:04,159 --> 01:12:07,520
>> What difference does it make if they

1818
01:12:05,280 --> 01:12:10,239
know?

1819
01:12:07,520 --> 01:12:11,520
>> You're deserting.

1820
01:12:10,239 --> 01:12:15,040
>> Saving them the trouble of firing a

1821
01:12:11,520 --> 01:12:17,440
misfit. That's all.

1822
01:12:15,040 --> 01:12:20,560
Rocky, I don't understand, but you have

1823
01:12:17,440 --> 01:12:23,440
to tell me. You must be in trouble.

1824
01:12:20,560 --> 01:12:26,560
Please tell me what it is.

1825
01:12:23,440 --> 01:12:29,280
>> There's nothing to tell except

1826
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:31,040
I just realized today

1827
01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:33,040
I'm just not for the point. I'll never

1828
01:12:31,040 --> 01:12:35,280
be the soldier I should be. So, I beat

1829
01:12:33,040 --> 01:12:38,239
them to the punch and resigned.

1830
01:12:35,280 --> 01:12:39,920
>> You resigned?

1831
01:12:38,239 --> 01:12:41,600
>> Yes. There's a phrase that says for the

1832
01:12:39,920 --> 01:12:42,880
good of the service.

1833
01:12:41,600 --> 01:12:44,880
>> But it isn't for the good of the

1834
01:12:42,880 --> 01:12:46,640
service. For 3 years, you

1835
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:48,960
>> For 3 years, I've been pretending to you

1836
01:12:46,640 --> 01:12:50,800
and to myself and to the point that well

1837
01:12:48,960 --> 01:12:53,199
that I can make up for a mistake. It

1838
01:12:50,800 --> 01:12:55,920
just can't be done.

1839
01:12:53,199 --> 01:12:59,120
>> Perhaps you made a mistake.

1840
01:12:55,920 --> 01:13:00,880
Isn't that the way everybody learns?

1841
01:12:59,120 --> 01:13:03,520
It's only cowards and weaklings who

1842
01:13:00,880 --> 01:13:05,679
can't rise above a mistake. Who are the

1843
01:13:03,520 --> 01:13:08,400
better for having made one? Can't you

1844
01:13:05,679 --> 01:13:10,480
see, Rocky?

1845
01:13:08,400 --> 01:13:13,040
>> I can see you're making a good try, but

1846
01:13:10,480 --> 01:13:14,159
it's not good enough.

1847
01:13:13,040 --> 01:13:16,080
Where are we going?

1848
01:13:14,159 --> 01:13:18,159
>> We're not going anywhere. You're going

1849
01:13:16,080 --> 01:13:19,760
back to the point.

1850
01:13:18,159 --> 01:13:23,679
>> Didn't you just write me and tell me

1851
01:13:19,760 --> 01:13:25,600
that you couldn't stand being apart?

1852
01:13:23,679 --> 01:13:26,800
>> Yes, I did.

1853
01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:29,199
>> Well, don't you see? We're not going to

1854
01:13:26,800 --> 01:13:31,120
be apart any longer. Isn't that what you

1855
01:13:29,199 --> 01:13:35,239
wanted?

1856
01:13:31,120 --> 01:13:35,239
>> Yes, I I thought it was.

1857
01:13:35,280 --> 01:13:40,880
But now that it's here,

1858
01:13:38,000 --> 01:13:43,280
all I can think of is how hard you've

1859
01:13:40,880 --> 01:13:44,800
worked for 3 years.

1860
01:13:43,280 --> 01:13:46,800
The things you've made yourself go

1861
01:13:44,800 --> 01:13:48,400
through.

1862
01:13:46,800 --> 01:13:51,440
The times you must have been twice as

1863
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:55,600
disappointed and discouraged as I was.

1864
01:13:51,440 --> 01:13:58,480
>> Look whose side are you on? Ours?

1865
01:13:55,600 --> 01:14:00,960
>> There's Rocky.

1866
01:13:58,480 --> 01:14:02,719
I won finally.

1867
01:14:00,960 --> 01:14:04,640
I think perhaps because he wanted me to

1868
01:14:02,719 --> 01:14:06,320
win.

1869
01:14:04,640 --> 01:14:08,880
>> So early this morning, I I drove him

1870
01:14:06,320 --> 01:14:10,640
back to the point in time for him to

1871
01:14:08,880 --> 01:14:12,080
tear up his letter of resignation.

1872
01:14:10,640 --> 01:14:13,360
>> This is very touching. I'm sure we all

1873
01:14:12,080 --> 01:14:14,880
sympathize, but aren't we getting away

1874
01:14:13,360 --> 01:14:16,239
from the original point? This man's

1875
01:14:14,880 --> 01:14:17,679
flagrant disobedience caused the death

1876
01:14:16,239 --> 01:14:19,600
of his commanding officer. What does the

1877
01:14:17,679 --> 01:14:20,880
army do in such a case? I think it calls

1878
01:14:19,600 --> 01:14:23,440
for a general court marshal.

1879
01:14:20,880 --> 01:14:27,719
>> Look, friend, we're not through yet. I

1880
01:14:23,440 --> 01:14:27,719
have my other witnesses here.

1881
01:14:28,560 --> 01:14:33,040
Will you speak your peace, Doc? Of

1882
01:14:30,480 --> 01:14:34,640
course. Would it be too much to ask the

1883
01:14:33,040 --> 01:14:36,239
doctor's name? Dr. Joseph White,

1884
01:14:34,640 --> 01:14:36,960
formerly a psychiatrist at Walter Reed

1885
01:14:36,239 --> 01:14:38,000
Hospital in Washington.

1886
01:14:36,960 --> 01:14:39,199
>> We've heard the medical testimony

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already, Mr. Chairman.

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>> From an orderly who don't know a

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psychosis from a shorttoe.

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>> We'll hear Dr. White. Mrs. Daniels, will

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you sit over here, please?

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>> Take the chair. Doctor,

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>> be seated. Mr. Proctor.

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>> Gentlemen, our department had a great

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deal of experience with combat neurosis,

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perhaps 5,000 cases. Usually I could

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spot the source of trouble, real or

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imagined, in a very short time, and

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quickly affect a cure.

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>> We're interested in Cadet Gilman,

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doctor, not in lectures on psychiatry.

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>> Yes, I know. Gilman's case was one of

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the few that I had trouble with. There

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01:15:14,080 --> 01:15:17,760
seemed to be something missing

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somewhere, a gap in his experience I was

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never able to uncover. Finally, I

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discharged him, hoping that contact with

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the outside world would enable him to

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cure himself.

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Last night, after Mr. doing called me. I

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01:15:28,239 --> 01:15:33,440
looked over Cadet Gilman's case history

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up to the present time and then I had an

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idea.

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>> Yes. What was that, doctor?

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>> I would like to introduce another

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witness before I tell you.

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>> Mr. Laughlin.

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>> Yes.

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Will you be seated, please?

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>> Will you tell the board exactly what you

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told me concerning the incident in

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Tunisia?

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>> Yes.

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>> From the start.

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What there was left of our company was

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on a ridge.

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It was about 300 yd from an olive grove.

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We all knew what was in that grove.

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Something that was due to come out at

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daybreak and stalk us. Stalk us and

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pounce. It's the way that brand of tank

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worked. That's why it was called the

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Tiger.

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[Music]

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Two ravines cutting through this ridge.

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I'll take four men and go through the

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one on the right. We'll get as close to

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the grove as I can without being

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spotted. You take five men in the

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bazooka and go around to the left. At

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01:16:32,080 --> 01:16:37,199
exactly 4:15, I'll attract his attention

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by making a lot of racket. As soon as he

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traverses to me, you move up with the

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bazooka. If you get close enough with

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it, we'll be in business.

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>> I got you. Have to move fast. We can't

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take more than one or two shots. You

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01:16:47,040 --> 01:16:50,719
must be there at exactly 4:15 or it's

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01:16:48,960 --> 01:16:53,719
curtains for us. I must check our

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watches,

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right? Let's get going. Good luck.

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[Music]

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It was the first time any of us had come

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face to face with a tank. And the ravine

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suddenly seemed about as private as

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Fifth Avenue on an Easter Sunday. Seemed

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like the tiger felt that way, too.

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[Music]

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I heard a moan from Whitey behind me and

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I turned back. A shell fragment just

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below the collar bone.

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Rocky moved on ahead while I practiced a

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little first aid.

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[Music]

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Get ready to fire.

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Commence firing.

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01:18:04,159 --> 01:18:08,080
When I caught up with Rocky, I thought

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01:18:05,760 --> 01:18:10,800
for a second he had got it bad, but it

1969
01:18:08,080 --> 01:18:12,159
was just concussion from a near miss. He

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01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:17,480
apparently didn't know he'd been out

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cold. He was still dazed, groggy.

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[Music]

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What's wrong, Rocky? What time have you

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got?

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>> 4:18.

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[Music]

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You got him.

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Come on. Let's see. Captain Daniels.

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[Music]

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3 minutes. 3 minutes late.

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[Music]

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I wondered what he meant 3 minutes late.

1983
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I just figured he must have been hit

1984
01:19:59,760 --> 01:20:03,920
pretty hard. I never knew until Dr.

1985
01:20:01,920 --> 01:20:05,760
White told me today that Rocky thought

1986
01:20:03,920 --> 01:20:07,679
he spent those 3 minutes getting up his

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01:20:05,760 --> 01:20:09,199
nerve to go after that tank.

1988
01:20:07,679 --> 01:20:09,760
>> You mean I was out for 3 minutes in that

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gully?

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>> That's right,

1991
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>> gentlemen. That was the link which was

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01:20:11,600 --> 01:20:14,880
missing. The link I failed to find.

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During those critical 3 minutes, Gilman

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was not clinging to the ground, numbed

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with terror as his combat shattered

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01:20:17,600 --> 01:20:20,719
nerves later convinced him he was

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unconscious and therefore not

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responsible.

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>> Why didn't you tell me this before? You

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01:20:26,159 --> 01:20:28,400
never would let me talk about it, Rocky.

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Remember,

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>> it's a gentleman. I I should

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01:20:29,440 --> 01:20:36,120
>> shut up. What?

2004
01:20:30,640 --> 01:20:36,120
>> I said shut up and you come with me.

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01:20:37,840 --> 01:20:42,239
I want you to face this young man and

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01:20:39,360 --> 01:20:44,719
tell him that he's a liar.

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01:20:42,239 --> 01:20:46,960
So that's it. Go down and wait for me in

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the car.

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I guess I was all wrong about everything

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here, General, and I want to apologize.

2011
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I'm sorry, Mr. Gilman.

2012
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>> You should be

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>> chosen to devote yourselves in the

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military service of the nation. You help

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man the fortress for which freedom still

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01:21:03,280 --> 01:21:08,560
finds need.

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This your immediate mission is one upon

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which the very existence of our nation

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01:21:11,199 --> 01:21:18,480
may depend. The fortress must be strong,

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its garrison the embodiment of military

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efficiency.

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So long as West Point's graduates

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continue one in spirit with the men they

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lead, that long shall this school live

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in the proud boast that it serves

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America faithfully and well.

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