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we need you yong-joo balloon okay

Japanese you need oh do come you don't

know accent show Amoruso down should cut

you all body city

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why does any typhoons after come on baby

what's he saying

why don't you notice the Japanese to

herself my takashima wind velocity 85

miles per hour

well it looks like

maybe that's the reason they named

typhoons after Dame's baby come on let's

make a run boy

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morning bill morning Colonel forget

there's no change could be a little

worse okay thanks very much yes sir

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26 degrees 20 minutes north 123 degrees

27 minutes east Roger this is a Shia

airbase Hoshi yahiko Joe hi is Captain

Jim Anderson registered there

Anderson son kudasai Anderson son good

aside hi yeah

I do not know his real number cheeri my

sin show me never mind thank you very

much

don't be arrogant good morning gentlemen

I trust you slept well okay gents here

it is a Japanese freighter broke up in

typhoon Cathy right about here if you

have nothing better to do they'd

appreciate it if you flew down there and

pick them up trouble right here colonel

Captain Cook and his crew ready for

takeoff I'm trying to round up somebody

to fly cover what's the holdup

cap d2 still in the hospital what about

Carson Oh Carson Holmquist er marooned

up at the dam power lights out I've been

trying to run down Jim Anderson I said

he's still a thrill oh well nobody else

girl thank you well I'm still qualified

on the sa 1605 cover well I would

certainly help Leslie crew lieutenant

Greg is your co-pilot

captain summers navigator sergeant

garrison his flight engineer and airman

Dennis are on the radio paramedics are

Tagish Eamon Smith lieutenant Greg Koch

okay thanks a lot kisser Monica morning

morning colonel all other lieutenants

well seems will be flying together again

I'm flying cover yes sir it's been a

long time

yes sir it has

I'll start the pre-flight check sir okay

are you like that somebody had to fly

the mission

yeah but why Stephenson he works for the

Inspector General now he doesn't fly

missions OQ got no sweat with Stephenson

you've been flying as well as you ever

did

yes copilot and never with Stephenson in

the left seat

it had to happen sooner or later you'll

be okay yeah well I've got to start that

pre-flight check

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is that you count yeah let's go

I'll pick you up after school buddy boy

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good morning major good morning mister

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Oh

I don't smoke when I sleep

might stunt your growth

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take over I'm gonna get a cup of coffee

how's that boy doing colonel it'll be

okay

just a little jumping fly

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what are you doing in Germany colonel

studying rotor-wing operation how do you

like that no Glenn Stephenson fired

copilot for me

scapel prison cap shut down 19 Japanese

planes course you wouldn't know it sir

but you were my face sir

you know like milers faced each other to

break their own record and while I was

still a prince and I picked you

I even kept the press book on you to

keep myself on my toes and after I

enlisted I kept telling myself now

there's a man you have to beat

so how did you do my luck you want to

work before I had a chance to fight

yes that was a lucky break for me

client Boy Scouts on a vaccine for the

Red Cross

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down there sir on our right that's where

the trouble is

yeah you can see the avalanche is all

along there

getting hairy you're telling me now

you'll have a chance to see what these

coffee grinders can really do

high tension cables all through here

I think I'd better set it down and see

what we can do

again if there's a witness murder how

long do people be I don't know just as

long as it takes

well I guess I better save the fuel then

yeah

we are 28 from a village of 100 last

night we took refuge under Church stuff

below there was a woman

the baby comes too soon from shock pick

six or seven of the roughest cases

that's all we can take back

you take care of the others I'll clean

them later this one can't wait

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okay P here we go better lots of it this

is the first time for both of us

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what are you standing around for if

people are gonna take them all back how

can I tell them now look I told you to

pick the most critical look

I can't pick who's gonna live or die I'm

not god no you're not god you're an

aircraft commander responsible for this

mission now pick your people and get

them aboard while you've still got an

aircraft to command

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it's a boy

we mind taking care of the mother sir

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Loyola Japanese teacher to die in battle

for need of medical supplies so

understand that I could not in honor

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Japanese

what the hell are you staring at

get up Obon takashima

move

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break the news to him that's all we can

carry we'll try to get back that's all

tell him

come on tell him

we

I can't I can't

tell them we're taking off now our plane

can only carry eight people you have the

supplies we've left we'll make every

effort to get back go ahead tell them

when the earthquake is when Sabina

comment wounds are helpful

well don't just stand there looking at

me what the hell can we do they'll all

be dead by morning couldn't we take at

least one more we can't take one more

let's go we're overloaded as it is all

right stand back everybody stand back

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two more trips to do it sir look

lieutenant there's 20 people back there

you can carry eight we've already

evacuated two serious cases now there's

no active need for medical supplies

carry ten each trip buddy boy you've

been reading your Boy Scout man you'll

take a look at this whether it's closing

it you don't really think it's possible

to get this chopper up there and back

even if we only make it once we save ten

lives we lose all twenty if we don't try

well I just can't it look like you could

use a cup of coffee yeah we could miss

Carol Thanks

I think we'll need it because it looks

like we're going back yes sir hey

lieutenant welcome to the flying Boy

Scouts

well I'll stuck up on Dexter and

penicillin a big load of bouillon cubes

there's no room for you this trip were

trying to lighten the load to carry more

survivors I only wanted one-way ticket

the side of a corner drugstore and lunch

counter in case you get the lead on that

second trip

okay sighs and go ahead

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Takeshima I I want to apologize for what

happened up there at the church

no sweat colonel it was just something I

couldn't

I guess these things rot pretty deep

that's all so I'll get the supplies yeah

that's that's all sergeant

the landing fields gone I can find it

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thank you cut it out

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you're still in command of this chopper

lieutenant take the controls listen to

me take the controls

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Pinkham come on move take up

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now fly it

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take it easy

careful now watch it

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that was a pretty lousy landing son

let's take it up and try it again

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well come on let's go you wanted action

you got it

you're gonna take this thing up now I

gave you an order lieutenant

take it up

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don't eyeball this is still nine six Oh

colonel

- 96 still ahead Stevens standby gunnel

I've got a target dead ahead

right

grew from pilots put on your may with

binoculars Dennis

yeah I'll take it

engineer from pilot prepare to drop a

smoke bomb in 2003 find out what kind of

assay we have here

from zero six zero degrees at 20 knots

with a quartering crosswind of 30 knots

advice confused see

complex II went wrong an 8 to 10 foot

swell

our radio operator hasn't been able to

contact any surface craft in the area

near enough to pick them up

what is your boy report I'll let you

know

radio from pilot any luck before

negative sir I haven't been able to

establish radio contact with any

shipping in the area try Cooper this is

Stevenson we still have negative radio

contact Colonel I'm gonna drop in anyone

can attempt to land it right take it

easy and good luck will back you up

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laptop

something

put down in here logs

captain Cooper crashed into the sea

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crow take positions to scanning search

for possible survivors

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see anything correct no sir I don't see

anything

something

nothing sir

garrison

say anything now thinking of Cooper's

play sir nothing sir

Denis have you been able to raise any

surface craft negative sir no radio

contact

my customer yes what is it

sergeant Smith and I request immiscible

jump sir have you figured the risk and

jumping and landing in these conditions

yes sir only well that's just two of us

but twelve of them

all right it's up to you whatever to do

you want

we'll jump with a thousand feet are 1000

will do

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yeah

no this is garrison I'm prepared to drop

a smoke bomb if you want to attempt to

manic sir I'll tell you what I want to

do when I'm ready captain Cooper just

had a bad break sir I'll decide that

sergeant

colonel this is something I see

something what is it

what a consensus sir I'm sure I speak to

the entire crew we'd be quite willing to

attempt to land I take that for granted

it seems pretty lousy captain Cooper and

the others if somehow they got scratched

for nothing look son you just simmer

down and do your job

daddy daddy

okay

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mrs. Stevenson go ahead

I know this is my position

the situation here is critical you'll

have to do the best you can these people

who need utilization come on we're

trying to make radio contact with

shipping we'll send help soon as we can

the whole world nothing has changed in

our favor sergeant we'll have no better

chance that Cooper that's it

please things from deep

that

let's take a [ __ ] listen good

I will not risk the lives of my crew

just to prove I don't hate Japanese not

to you or myself or anybody else that's

your decision that's it that's my

decision

first they probably thought there was no

hope of being rescued they just get used

to the idea and we show up to give them

back hope

it isn't fair

it isn't fair we've just sacrificed

seven lives for those Japanese down

there

we don't know those people

don't hate Steve

because what we'll do to you

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bark down in the lawn nickel steel

Manila Maria Cristina Mindanao May 27

1941 that's right don't tell me you're

shoveling supplies to the earthquake

area at Lakeland now well I don't think

those people are in the mood for

sightseers at the moment I'm not a

tourist I'm a newspaperman and I don't

mean take me down for free you're a

newspaperman I didn't know reporters

came looking like you I also take you

you do well okay but you better get out

of those clothes and into slacks that's

rough country down there where do I

enter the pair of ladies pants around

here mr. Stevenson you just wait a

minute

follow me like squeeze

yeah try these

we're in from oh I knew I hadn't seen

you around Manila

I got a lousy memory for names but I

never forget a leg Hey no I didn't I

looked grab a seat and fasten a safety

belt

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I'll meet you back here in a week

I forgot to pay you that's okay you will

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stupid little drive where have you been

hello to you too I've been looking to

Helen God for you I've been right here

a lovely Lakeland now who's this I just

got adopted by an orphan child Oh fine

he's a Cuban don't you know what could

happen to you down here floods

earthquakes epidemics

it's bad enough even when you're used to

this climate

why mr. Stevenson you care yeah

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hey wake up come to wake up

where's the baby I gave him to the Red

Cross he's in good hands

thank you why didn't you send word you

were all right

i-i've been thinking all kinds of things

have you mr. Stevenson yes I have that

was the idea when I changed into B's in

front of you a cheap woman's trick I see

you know there were times when I was

very happy to meet you mr. students what

times when I tried to get some sleep

I could turn off those kids and turn you

watch you're very nice in my sleep mr.

Steele Oh No now don't go to sleep again

we're gonna fly back to Manila now

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do you have a house in Manila

are you married no are you no i'm glad

neither of us is married

so am I

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raise your house overlooking the bay

do have Bougainville all over the place

can I have a hot bath in your house when

we get to Manila you sure can

come on

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how do you come to be in Manila mr.

Stevenson I fly airplanes for a living I

know that why here

I run the airline one plane any more

questions I'm making small talk because

I'm a little embarrassed and I think you

should know something about the man

whose pajamas you're wearing I think so

too

anyway I'm curious to know why a nice

American male ends up as a lying [ __ ]

Coleman the Philippines

no I just like it here for the moment

I guess I'm a barnstorming

unreliable type are you trying to warn

rookie I'll take that drink now

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where do you go from here Hong Kong oh

why don't you hang around for a while my

plane doesn't leave until noon tomorrow

no I don't mean just but tonight we're

just beginning to know each other you

know something mr. Stephen what

what do you keep thinking that

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I'm a little frightened the spare

bedroom has a key just bring my dream

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please don't think I'm trying to act coy

he's just that I'm frightened because I

never felt frightened before

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I don't need that drink now

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I'm not fighting

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I don't know what I've gotten into it

this broad and I said hang around for a

while I meant it sure it didn't mean all

summer trouble is I like it

converters now don't get me wrong that's

the trap off she know she's been around

radios it was for kicks it and run for

both of us a lot of laughs off shocks

but they're all alike some on nature get

the hook in get married settle down kids

in place I gotta face it with this broad

right now especially after last night

parking brake you know it is sometimes

you get a few drinks boom lights you say

anything off all switches last night was

a killer not that I didn't mean it off

check complete check complete but this

one I got a face right now Carolyn

Lynne

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miss Gordon went out on flight 62 she

was in a hurry

flight 62 s the milk run she would get

to Hong Kong till Friday she wasn't in a

hurry to get to Hong Kong she was in a

hurry to leave Manila

so can I use your phone oh yes

give me the Stevenson hangar please

Stevenson wait that's right yeah sure it

was flight 62 yes sir

freckles roll it out we're flying to

Hong Kong tonight thanks very much

you're welcome sir

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what took you so long

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I can't marry you I love you you know

that's what I like about you you make

sense you don't want a wife Steve you

don't want roots with kids all that

routine you're beautiful

I'd like to

I'd really like to

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I just can't why why can't you okay here

goes I'm going to have a baby

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you can back out

so that's why you ran away

once a bride with a built-in baby that's

it that's roots settling down monotony

and reliability all in one package

darling our roots are ready each other

wherever we are together nah baby won't

be roots

maybe people and people are

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thank you

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goodbye father

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we'll see

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no next huh yes hold on me Steve isn't

yes this is mr. Stevenson did you bring

the medicine no medicine here demons

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I took you so long they kept me a

billeted military prisoner till they

found out I was just a reserve officer

didn't know any better secrets you need

a shave

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this is dr. Horton

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he helped me a lot

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I just have to make another one

it was a boy he made a son

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you make a wish

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she has a high fever some infection

probably pure parole

do something

please do something

I'm a doctor without medicines mr.

Stevenson your wife needs

hospitalization

will you stay with my hope this I've no

place to go

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appreciate you Chris thank you very much

speak English yes captain

my wife just lost a child she's running

a very high fever she has to have

medicine our supplies are extremely

limited damn it you have to give me

drugs for it no I do not have to give

you drugs my wife is dying all I ask is

that your help the way any human being

would help another loyal Japanese

teacher to die in battle for need of

medical supplies Japanese woman and

children are asked to sacrifice even

rice if necessary so then understand

that I could not in honor give any of

this medicine to an enemy that is all

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I'll get you some water

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that's a pretty lousy drink you're

mixing these days what would you like

I'll get you anything you want something

along and cool it's not surprising

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and a cigarette cigarette I think I know

where I could get a cigarette no don't

go

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don't hate Steve not because of them

because of what it will do to you I want

I'm scared

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everything's gonna be home

live

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don't

garrison drop a smoke bomb yes sir

crew from pilots prepare for an open sea

landing

Denis have you raised Ashiya no radio

contact no sir that I have a commercial

pilot on the moor alright I'll talk to

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captain Lee here bound for Hong Kong can

I be of any assistance

will you please contact Hong Kong ask

him to notify Ashiya rescue one of our

aircraft crashed at sea we're searching

for possible survivors Roger will do and

sir lots of luck this is rescue patch me

through director Hong Kong this is here

which one

why didn't they say which one Hong Kong

this is a [ __ ] request your attempt to

contact the rescue plane for

identification of the last aircraft over

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there's Greg's wife mrs. Cooper

Judy Victor that's it isn't it no one

else has anyone on either aircraft have

they no sir no one else has anyone on

either aircraft

I'm sorry

you feel so darn silly eating your heart

out about a guy who couldn't care less

good jumpers jumpers

they all count jumps he's jumped 128

times it's like a game of chicken

between him and his little jump gods

every time I die

poteete law that's what the French call

love a little death

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well

oh the ankle busted landing in North

Africa gin Campari amis you know English

well there's no problem maybe it's okay

I guess everybody understands okay

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thank you I mean mercy

merci beaucoup Gemma - that's it baby

you just heard all of it

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then your mother comes

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it's you again

not crazy ring

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merci beaucoup

you know no matter what I want to say

it's gotta come out Nessa beaucoup

chemistry how about a drink you know a

drink

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no mixing she wino

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Norrish by victory battle Ibiza

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what don't think about grant bear

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so that's what you've been hiding behind

that curtain

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yes sir Oh two beers please

beers that's impossible sir this young

lady is up alcohol is not permitted

oh thanks barely make it - coffee -

coffee yes sir

where to get that crazy face

boom yeah that's me hey team our

CrossFit that's right now you've got the

whole picture broken down lend-lease

paratrooper assigned to demolitions with

the French regiment oh that face

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merci machine

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hey you can't leave me now miss you

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messy can I be of service to you sir

you could do me a favor do you speak

French

why naturally would you tell the young

ladies my name is Mike Takeshima and I

would like to know her name but Monsieur

I don't think well the chivalrous of

arbitral Norman was Ed disobeyed my

takashima no yeah sure Jelena

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me what can I do for you sir oh I would

like some information would you ask her

if she might know where there is a beach

mr. reservoir see Picasa Oakland is a

plan she purchased a mimosa

- no mean havoc please the young lady

says that so happen she's on her way to

the beach

she'll be happy to take you there but

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that's it

can I interest you in a pair of

hello Michel

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wasn't just that face you are keeping

under wraps

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don't try to understand we're on the

magic carpet just don't try to

understand can you imagine such a thing

happened to me

mic the Kashima father Japanese mother

polish could somehow I come to North

Africa

and find you

I'm not going to try to understand

anything either

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okay understand time to go now where do

we dinner know I'm ashamed what you have

to eat no no why not read Bible me from

he family

that crazy ring look you're not married

married

Marsh no Michel no baby I like that no

Michel a lot better than the others

my mom's bye-bye compared honey but

they're me okay baby comprar but when do

I see you again I can't let you go now

once you put that mask on I'll never

find you again

Michel oh but how do the fly boys say

rendezvous when we rendezvous rendezvous

how do I explain this I come into town

only on weekends now next weekend

now look twice around the clock means

tomorrow tomorrow is Philip lash no no

no tomorrow tomorrow 7:00 tomorrow's

next week

- move - most mortified righty-right the

time what time he there ten o'clock

okay baby you got yourself a date

maybe the world goes small in wartime

even smaller the customs of one copped

the customs of another and so as you say

on the stage she wears the bedsheet on

the beach she wears a fig leaf but take

my advice don't be a soccer with you

sucker

may we don't be fooled by difficulty for

by her defiance of cantata with this

girl there is not a chance Monsieur not

that chance the way old our family here

very proud I know this one if it is

pleasure he won't miss you they tie can

arrange for you next time you come into

town I hear no thanks pal I've got a

date ten o'clock

next Saturday morning

hey hold it

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there's that crazy rain

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how easy sucker

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up

enter spa I'm sorry Feld

we miss you I did it Polly I need your

help

oh nice Monsieur and what type do you

prefer no no I want a girl Leila are you

out of your mind she's not of that sort

I told you just tell me where she lives

that's all I could not do that it's

where your family like you love

customers my job how much you could

never find a way alone just though the

taxi driver where to take come on give a

sucker an even break yeah come on

I am looking for Leila are you Leila's

mother please it's important I have to

talk to her

Leila

Leila where is she tell Leila rendezvous

important write down no no you don't

understand

the troops are leaving very soon lat

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Michelle

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oh Laila oh Laila where have you been

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I love you later represent

there was a mercy mission

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shut down shut that down

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are you you do you do love me

maybe someday

we'll do that

together we'll go everywhere

Italy

okay

perhaps

we mission that part

Spain

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America

lemme Hey

Japan

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there's Apple I'd like to see that too

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and then that will come back here until

the house a crazy big house just for us

to live in you

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she

we're going to be married now look the

troops will be moving out anytime any

day

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I want to marry right now

Oh brah

chuckle chuckle permissive CC why not

why not

Deborah Stephen share

no we have to talk about it now come

now I need your help please tell her

we're going to be married right away

they trigger certain perceive we shall

send it back receiving it is quite

impossible as you say we'll make it work

baby

tell her I'll do anything to make it

work no jelly get on the ball club

please put some more feeling into it

pretend you're selling a tie or

something no me shed to American Motors

real hard

I'll take out Arab citizenship American

decal

where's your car means American Amex a

torchon me if I mean it except Asia may

know she's quite right you know your

people will never accept it not hers

we're not marrying people we're marrying

each other which is huge in man Muslim

Muslim sure my father was a Buddhist my

mother a seventh-day Adventist does she

love me that's cool that's all of mass

here you break in the clouds we

explicate

the young lady loves you very dearly she

wants you to understand that but it can

never be that's why she do not come to

see you last weekend and this is what

she came to tell you today

voila

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Oh

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lela lela I know you can hear it

we're leading now but I'll be back

let's wait but you must wait for me

wait

Oh God sacred you know you can hear me

I love

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nah

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this'll hold him up for a while

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how many times the DPI has received your

life

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before landing checklist colors

RPF 2300 landing gear

hydraulic pressure check throttle

friction of

flaps

laughs 50

flaps 15

laughs 30 I'm starting

oh hi out here for high rpm

laughs 40 laps 40 checklist complete at

200 feet I'm gonna drag at 70 knots and

pick my spot warned me if I get below 70

69

sixty-eight

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got an airplane anymore sir we're up

[ __ ] engineer from pilot Phil check

garrison Jack the building

looks like we popped a couple of rivets

sir she's leaking Dennis Dennis send up

a green flare that Takas t---minus putty

no we've landed

let's celebrate Chinese in here

it is sometimes one

Oh

time's our problem now time and fuel you

better get back and health and load

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Colonel yeah

would you like me to take over I'll get

us in the air then you can take them I'm

sure I can handle it how to take it off

engineer from pilot we shape to take off

there's will ever be sir what's the

damage a little more than I realized

when we landed sir weights drawn out of

the left elevator

pick it up in three is holding its own

can I secure the hatchet pilot from

engineer garrison sent actuator the

flight deck I can see him up right back

tell you to be here

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my arm registered on a yoke

you're a broken arm colonel

well

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those people back there think they're

safe they're right we need a splint do

it late

lieutenant you'll have to get us in the

air and take us back yes sir

you'll need jet assist

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well even some brokers out

garrison yes sir attach the jato bottles

yes sir

Danno

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it is

secure the hatches

or takeoff checklist complete all the

flaps flaps 15 laps 15 start throttle on

orders

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I'm the Jade Oh Jade Oh arm

complete ready for firing

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guarded rattles

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eleven Aussies seconds of jet power

Gilmore if he's lucky if we're not out

of the water by then we'll never be

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max power

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we're not a boat anymore lieutenant

we're at airplane again

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Kathlyn something

give me a headache first year

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pretty good flier lieutenant thank you

sir but I wouldn't want to take any

credit I don't deserve but uh maybe the

pilots report could include high

commendation for lieutenant john gregg

and strong recommendation for

advancement

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I'm sorry Scoob I had to wait to see

for sure we save 12 lives

I'm glad

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my Randy do me a favor stole my gear

away sure

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but users cup of coffee now I just put

the kettle on I'll be right back baby

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[Applause]

phonetics got the examine you make sure

you didn't swallow any fish tell em I'll

come to see you got a medal depend on

him to save my life I said why do you do

whatever I say own it

okay jelly I'll tell you what I'll do

all right along with you there's a medic

see you're okay you're going on the town

and have the biggest message sukiyaki

you ever did see okay Charlie

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it happened in the North China Sea the

story of one rescue flight in three men

each in his own way seeking the answer

to personal tragedy and loneliness

through helping others at bases all over

the world tonight alert crews of the Air

Rescue Service wait for the scramble

realm ready to give their own lives if

necessary that others may live

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