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Get a hold of some of that fine Aussie scotch and get the guys together.

We'll have a wet down for Nick.

I'm in trouble. Felt the ammo. Give me some help.

Pass to the rear area!

I'm not gonna take a pacing for not getting here ahead of those zigs.

I'm doing everything I can. I'm fighting with lousy ammo.

He's gone crazy.

He picked a fight with three men.

Three times!

Beat him, beat him, annihilated him.

Come on, come on, boys!

Next on the Black Sheep Squadron.

We are poor little lambs Who have lost our way.

Ba ba.

The Marine Corps publishes its quarterly promotion list

A high-ranking staff officer gets a new star

General Thomas Moore, a veteran of World War I

And a career Marine has made the ultimate climb from

buck private in 1912 To the rank of two-star general

This fine career officer who knows what it's like to be a mud Marine

is flying to Washington to receive the plots of a grateful nation

Meanwhile fighting men all over the Pacific theater

anxiously wait to see if they will be promoted

Increased rank brings benefits and of course

those extra dollars sent to loved ones at home.

It's here it's here.

Oh Bob Bob it's here it's here. It's here.

What's your the list the list promotion list? Hey Greg.

Oh, he's on Donna. Are you saying Greg ain't my day to look after him

Well, hey the look look the list is here promotion list.

They're not gonna promote me and I wouldn't let him if they did

I got too much respect for this Marine Corps to allow mistake like that, excuse.

Hey, you guys seen Greg. I think he's over testing his guns.

What's up? All right. Well, the list is in no kidding.

Hey, I wonder if I made captain. That's what I was wondering

Well, thank you Larry, but I don't think I made it.

You know, I got a seniority 30 months as a first those guys would jump me up a grade

Yeah, I wouldn't count on a TJ. I don't think either one of

us gonna make captain. Maybe if we stop flying with hangovers.

Come to think about how to fly without a handle.

See jam just like this morning see what you mean, sir

Richards I want you to go through all those crates look for

condemned lot numbers that ammo is strictly for the 4th of July

You know, there's not enough power to knock coconuts out of those trees

Yeah, I checked all the boxes that came in

yesterday soon all the lot numbers checked out.

Yeah Well, I want you to go through it again

I'm not gonna send my boys up there depending on

Kentucky windage to knock Zeke's down. Yes, sir.

Hey Greg the list is in.

The list is in what list promotions. Oh, yeah.

Uh, I was a wonder and you know, I mean I'm in the promotion zone. No, kid. Uh, yeah.

They make they make it.

Not yet.

Since the warrants listed comes out separately.

Micklin made Warren officer.

That's that's really great.

Sure is The best line chief I ever had I wonder what happened

to that officers list. Well, I'll call Spritos Marcus

Maybe got hung up someplace Casey. Give me a favor get a hold of some of that fine

I see scotch and get the guys together. We'd have a wet down for me.

No, no We're gonna have a surprise for Micklin. I'm gonna promote him

and I'm gonna initiate that cranking mutton head into the unit.

Hey you

Are you talking to me sergeant Micklin? Well,

I don't see no other college boy around here

I got a message born don't want to see me.

I don't like having to drop everything come down

here So, where is he I got work to do, you know

I'll bet it's never occurred to you my pugilistic friend, but hey

you is not exactly the way you're supposed to address an officer.

However.

Concerning the fact that you are 70 pounds heavier than I am and twice as vicious

I will kindly tell you that our audacious leader resides within.

You got something wrong with you boy.

Hey boy, I beg your pardon, please He's a jolly good.

You guys know girl scout anthem relax Mick

when this party isn't your honor in my honor

What kind of garbage you trying to feed me now?

You made Warren officer.

Congratulations.

What did this come through hey Daniels made tech.

So we'll move him up to line chief that makes you ordinance and supply officer

You can start working on getting us some parts right

now. Now you want to choose someone up the line You got the rank to do it now Mick.

No, no, I got I got work to do French is playing

and I got across wires and rebuilt servo TJ.

I'll pull the silver head on that tractor you fly.

You got enough carbon and open a pencil factory

I got what I got to go now that can wait we're gonna celebrate now.

Oh.

What's wrong with him Oh, I know what was wrong with

him you think I would have walked into that right cross Let's nail him.

I think I punches hard. Yeah. Well, I punch hard to come on.

The French were cute, you know, you might help us you don't need a ticket here.

The guys going crazy absolutely crazy.

Oh.

Great.

Micklin micklin micklin's going crazy. He's slow down

slow down Mick micklin micklin micklin's going crazy

He started a fight with French Anderson and brag.

They hold out of it. He what he tore up the sheeps

And he knocked out two mechanics on the way. He started tearing

up tents everything to get his hands on. He's going crazy

Are you telling me that he picked the fight with three men?

Three guys he beat him beat him annihilated him Craig. You gotta do something.

You gotta do something. He's beating up everybody. He's going crazy. Yeah, well.

I'll uh, I'll take care of it.

Three guys.

That'll be all Larry, yeah.

The fellow has a punch like a rock.

Oh.

Watch out Dottie Greg.

He's gone.

Absolutely insane. He's like ten guys Greg.

He's taking on the whole camp and he's beating everybody, too.

Very encouraging.

Nothing to it. What got into him? He's drunk.

Well, he's been drunk before he never acted like this

Yeah, well a couple you guys take the storm lock him up till he sobers up.

Let's go.

Well, he has heard.

I told you guys to leave him alone.

morning.

Hope all you guys who lost teeth last night got

a present from the tooth fairy this morning.

Thank you very much What happened to your spirit.

Right here the grids are the same as yesterday we fly up the slot now

We had information the Japanese are moving to heavy carriers north

They were tracking him in the rear area, but they lost him in the fog last night

So they want us to find him and give him a party.

That's great We stopped hunting Zeke's and start going on a search mission

for large the phrase tojo will show up and give him a party

What's the matter Tj? I don't see anything wrong with trying

to locate two enemy carriers on the way to the rear area.

Hey, Larry, why don't you put that in a message?

Send it to the colonel might get your captain bars by lunch

Well, I don't think that stuff from you. What's the matter?

Didn't you guys have enough fun last night with Nicklin?

Maybe I should turn him loose give you guys

an early morning workout turn that guy loose

I go in the jungle forever. Anybody talked to the sergeant this morning.

Yeah, I tried upon that threshold disaster this morning

and slipped some eggs in there. He was just waking up

He's really cute. He's kind of like pawing at his pits.

He made absolutely no attempt to communicate.

Well, I think I'll drop it and talk to him We're flying in the half hour.

Hey Sarge.

How do you feel.

Well, what did you expect did you expect us to sit around

while you Bury this camp under a six-foot-high pile of junk.

Hey, might take a look them birds.

Somebody I'll make sure TJ's is ready. I.

Want to make sure it can stand the talking to get it.

If you promise not to Bury the squadron or their hats.

You're out of here who said I want to be let out of here.

Boy, I'm concerned. You can send me the brig and leave

me. I've had it with this chicken outfit. Keep that up.

I'm gonna try you out myself. Get out of here boy.

I'm Putting you in for a three-day pass. I think you need three

days away from here. Sure fine. They'll take a hike with you.

Hey, what is it with you?

You have to corner on the hostility market.

All those men were trying to do was give you a party

and be your friend. That's all they were trying to do I don't want no party

I don't want no college boyfriends if I'd wanted college boyfriends

out of going to the university son hits up in the Marine Corps

Now why can't you fraternity brass get it through

your head when you finish eating those bones?

Why don't you go outside and shimmy up the tree? Take a hint.

Join up at elements and check your guns Roger Pappy Roger.

Why not working Roger Pappy.

Okay here an email functions I want to hear about

it beat heads, okay, let's go find those flat tops.

We didn't find the flat top but we found the planes that were

flying off her they were speaking down the slot under the radar

At least 50 of them half were Kate's carrying

belly bombs top cover were Tojo's newest hot zeros bogeys nine o'clock low.

Casey take your flight go after the Kate's Roger Pappy big

flight hold altitude. We'll give you a ten

count Greg Roger Okay, you guys follow me down.

You know not a needle.

Okay, be flight, let's go.

Here we go again.

I'm in trouble.

Both the animal I got both the animals someone come up here. Give me some help.

Get up there Brian you stay with them Lawrence pull up I'll take it.

Happy by going to jail, too.

I'm with you Bob. I'm coming up.

Okay, black sheep break off break off you gotta do something about

this animal Pappy. We might as well be throwing marshmallows at him.

How do they expect us to fight this war we can't do it without God a mall.

Hello to speedos Marcos tell the field to scramble

everything they have we got a flock of them through

This mission was a bust so he packed it in headed for home

I knew when I got down I'd have a message from Colonel Lard

He hated to grab his helmet and dive into a foxhole and every time it happened

I heard about it This sort of thing has been happening off and on for the

last week bad ammo that ordinance bad replacement parts

And it wasn't just our squadron. We've been hearing

from the others the same thing was happening to them

Somebody in the rear area was dropping the ball and I had a

hunch that right about now. They were paying the price for it.

Didn't have anything to scramble we don't have any fighter cover here,

sir. Would you mind lowering your voice? You're breaking up on this end.

Well, you want to see this place with three quarters on fire

around here heavy damage everywhere even the officers club.

So, I'm sorry to hear that the enemy's causing you trouble I can't

understand why they'd want to hit the canteen down by the beach.

It seems to me the Japanese are losing the spirit of this thing. Don't you think sir?

One more smart remark like that boy.

I'll have you in the brig. Hey, that's fine with me

So, you know, I would rather be in the brig than up there

in the sky with half my squadron firing lousy ammunition

I don't want to hear that excuse again Boynton.

Yes, sir. I will send you my armors report, but just for the record

I want you to tell that supply captain that if this ever happens again,

I'm gonna find him and I'm gonna teach him the four-cornered waltz

What supply captain are you talking about Boynton? We don't

have one dancing was sent to Europe and is still there

We can't pull another supply captain Yeah, yeah, yeah

Well, then don't send me up with lousy ammunition and

complain about the officers club being hit

down by the beach I'll send you the report out.

Grant but you're gonna ask me about the officers list

a clean slip my mind don't make when I want to see him.

Oh.

I almost forgot Boynton wants to see you before you go.

He very good, but down a flight line. I'm getting on that transport.

I think he wanted you to go to his tent. I ain't going to

his tent or anywhere else. He wants except the rear area.

You take care of those birds Stan you got a lot of time invested in them.

You let one just one go down because of bad maintenance

I'm gonna flap myself up like a big angry bird and

come back here and tell you in the little strips

Hey, sorry, everything's gonna be fine. She's fine.

better.

You're just better.

Where's Mikman, you know, he missed the flight. No, sir. He's on board, sir.

I Wanted to talk to him. Didn't someone tell him come to my tent? Yes, sir.

I told him What's he doing leaving without talking to me?

What am I around here? The Queen mother? No, sir

When I tell a man to report he damn well reports.

Yes, sir, you know what's wrong around here. There's no discipline.

No discipline when you're nice people will step all over you. Sorry, sir.

You know how to do.

How to go up there out of shoot that tin can down.

That's what I ought to do. Yes, sir.

No, sir, sir I don't think such a micklin understood the order

sir. What do you mean? He didn't understand the order

He's been the Marine Corps for 20 years, sir. I'm a little worried.

I don't think such a micklin is planning on coming back, sir.

What do you mean he wasn't planning on coming back? He's been assigned here

He doesn't have word one to say about it. Yes, sir, but sir when I was in his tent

He was cleaning out everything sir. He even took his pictures.

It didn't seem to me who was going on any three-day passer.

Don yeah, baby.

I've seen guys wine soap that look better than

you lying under a Seattle bridge pick your pardon.

You know what I want you to do, huh? I want you

a marine issue in five minutes. I want you shaved

You understand that in five minutes. You're talking to me peppy.

Who do you think I'm talking to?

Does that sound like I'm talking to you? Does it

sound like I'm talking to him? Yes, sir.

Five minutes Do you understand that? Yes, and you better shower twice to

get that grime off you or I'm gonna give you you understand it five minutes.

What's eating him I don't try to figure out officers that's much too confusing.

Listen Stan got a great thing going here.

You see there's only one thing wrong with it

I'm not laughing which makes it instantly unfunny.

So why don't you just go over to your tool shed before I put you on report?

What's the matter with you.

Okay, you guys check your guns.

Oh Okay here.

Okay, Pappy, they fire but how do we know how long they're gonna

last maybe you should just throw your compass at him Bobby.

Is that Clark Kent clean-shaven deodorant king of the

South Pacific? That's who it is bozo pop off one more time

A little Bobby Boyle is gonna have a trip to the dentist.

Okay, you guys button it up.

We're The flat top had obviously moved down the slot.

It was hiding under the seasonal cloud cover

We couldn't hit what we couldn't see and that afternoon. We didn't see anything.

Espritos one to black sheep one black sheep one go

We just picked up some bogeys on the radar. It looks like the ETA

our field is 10 minutes. Can you understand one moment experience?

Negative yeah, I'm negative best I can do is intercept

on the way out the co here is looking for some air cover one moment.

Greg this is Colonel large you get those things off us

This is supposed to be a rear area rear area means safe now

I don't want to see any zeros today you intercept. Do you read Roger? Good?

I Get out of here, sir.

You're telling to 14 to land here and I want to see

plankton as soon as he hits the ground in my office

If it's still there.

You.

Are bordering on disrespect to a superior officer Boyington? No, I am NOT

I am NOT being disrespectful, but I sure as hell

I'm not gonna take a pacing for not getting here

ahead of those zigs you want to lower your voice major

I'm doing everything I can I'm fighting with lousy ammo.

I'm fighting ten miles of truly fog I am NOT interested in excuses Boyington

I've had a lot of high-ranking officers jumping into mud

holes around here, and they don't like it and I don't like it

Look at this place.

Admiral Tillotson actually left yesterday Oh, he was very nice about it

But the fact is he got back in his admiral's barge

and is not allaying someplace off point and

Rose What do you want me to do about it? Well?

I'll tell you I am pulling to 14 off lakava and giving

you a temporary assignment right here on this field

We need some protection around here general Moore

can do what he likes about it when he gets back

It's fair enough, but there are some conditions Boyington.

One your men will maintain flight ready status 24

hours a day that means no officers club and no canteen

I thought you said the canteen was hit.

We restore quickly here major. This is not the hooligan Marine Corps

What's the rest of it to your men will be restricted to perimeters a-16 and b-23

And will not be permitted to leave the designated

flight line barracks area without my permission

This is beginning to go downhill and three under no circumstances

will your pilots have any contact at all with Navy personnel.

Specifically nurses we don't want to repeat of last year's Christmas episode not do we?

Nurses are hard enough to come by as it is with no due

respect sir lieutenant Boyle and lieutenant Anderson

We're merely trying to find those nurses quarters as the

review board clearly indicated for you will be allowed

Alcoholic beverages on this base and will be subject to military

Inspection at odd hour intervals day or night without warning

you want us to march on this field or protect it Boynton

I don't want you here. I need you now no alcohol no misconduct no parties.

Anybody here care for a drink didn't think you'd ever make it.

Well here. We are ma'am sir. No. Thank you.

That's a prize. Happy Boyton, right?

You know half of us were pulled back here to help out with the

wounded for a rear area this place is certainly getting pasted

That's that's what they tell me I

See you smuggled in a few locals old friends from days gone by.

Hey boys wasn't that a good one.

The Benny Goodman quartet and I found a new baby

We like good music just like you do Joe and now a new song

He's my guy for all you fellas stationed on us Pritos Margot's.

We're sorry things have been so tough And we're playing this one for you.

Howdy, would you like to dance? I'd love to.

Thank you.

Anyway, they brought four in on the stretchers and two more on the

back of the six by no kidding. That's like a sweetheart of a brawl.

Texas you're from Texas. Mm-hmm. Oh, wait a minute. I'm really good with accents.

Midland no, I don't tell me.

Say something else, but don't tell me well, there's

one little arm image of us to team right, right

Let's say south of Dallas somewhere in Clark County Corpus.

Brownsville, that's right Brownsville. Well, he's close

about 20 miles the west now anybody who can get your hometown

Just by talking to him and also gets the college you went to just by kissing.

brother.

Bet you do a picture $10 a kid.

Did did you say that an army officer lost a tooth in a brawl?

Greg do you mind I'm playing a little home town here.

You take daddy and go for the walk You want to play down enough down? Who was.

Well rumor hood was that some maintenance chief from the front

area just wandered into the officers club took the place on

Sounds a little like micklin. Huh? It's not a lot like micklin. You know where he is

Last I heard it took six MPs to keep them down. It's gotta be in the bread.

Hometown.

We don't I'm going over the wire. I want to see if micklin is in the brick excuse me.

Home.

Well, if it ain't the king of college boy, I.

Guess I'm just supposed to fall down with y'all because you

come in to see me, right? I looked up your service record, sarge

You know something you got some strange things in there

It seems every time you're up for a promotion

Now you tear the paneling out of some officers

club somewhere and get busted back down to private

Now you did that in Norfolk you did it in Hawaii now. You've done it here

I really am interested in this conversation Boynton,

you know, there are easier ways of talking a promotion

I mean, you don't have to send a whole room of guys

to the hospital. You can say say no. Thank you.

You don't have to have a smoke.

Well, how about a sergeant Is that what this whole thing is about I felt

like busting some heads or busted some heads

I'm gonna try to make no big interpretation on it.

Yeah.

Well.

You happen to be the best lion chief I've ever had.

And I really don't want you to go to ports. I ain't going to Portsmouth.

They just ripped my stripes off like they always do.

We were really one stubborn jarhead.

Let me tell you something about the boys over here experience.

They're very tough on insubordination.

Unresisting arrest on assault

You know that you have a major over there in the hospital

wondering why his eye pan a smile is looking at him from a jar next

To his bed this time sergeant. You're in tough. I didn't ask for this promotion

Then you should have turned it down.

It ain't right for marine to turn down a promotion

My old man spent 30 years in the Marine Corps.

You just don't turn nothing down. That's the way it is

Well, and you better start thinking about 20 years at Portsmouth.

Because that's where you're hit unless of course you want my help

Then you better become real cooperative because this

thing's gonna take some very tight maneuvering. Well.

You do what you want. I'll take that to mean yes.

Morgan I don't like you I.

Spent most of the night trying to come up with a new way to spring Miklan.

I Knew I had to get some leverage.

I Get them out of the brig and then at 3 o'clock in the morning.

It came to me so clear.

It woke me up out of a sound sleep.

Sometime marine regs can get you into a lot of trouble.

But sometimes they can get you out.

It took me 10 minutes to find the reg.

I was looking for it turned out to be on page 43

Paragraph 3 under filed promotions. I signed a paper and sent it through.

I'm gonna let the Marine Corps bureaucracy pull this

200 pound maintenance chief through the eye of a needle.

Good morning lieutenant.

Good morning lieutenant. Hey lieutenant. Have you heard about

the supply and ordinance captain that got locked up in a break?

Come on

You've been trying to get a supply and ordinance captain out here for two weeks.

I'm telling you he's there and he has 20 years in supply and ordinance.

What are you talking about?

What I'm talking about lieutenant is that you have very guy the General

Moore's looking for locked up on the other side of the compound.

No, wait supply has been so messed up around here lately.

I just thought you'd like to know that's all.

Yeah, give me the morning roster and all

officers on this base I'm wearing in 10 minutes.

If you're right.

Now eat a drink.

If I'm right you owe me a new car

Do you fair enough the fuse was left now for the explosion?

I ain't putting on no captain's bars.

You gotta put them on or I'm gonna weld them on you

I'd truly like to see you try mister. Okay, Nicklin.

You're so tough. What about the black sheep? What about the black sheep?

Well, this may curl your stomach.

But we need you Putting a little junk on your collar is gonna save some lives.

Who's it hurting? I don't want to be no officer.

I know you don't want to be no officer

It is a temporary commission. It doesn't become

permanent until it's approved by Quantico and Quantico

We'll never approve it. In the meantime, you've got the rank and you've

got the experience and believe me micklin before you can say college boy.

You'll be sitting behind that desk and when you're behind the desk.

We've got some leverage.

You call it was always pulling this I don't like it. I don't like you

Are you captain micklin? He's captain micklin. What do you want?

Well, sir, it says on the duty sheet that you are a supply

and ordinance officer with the temporary rank of captain

Is that right? No, it ain't right college

boy. Now get the hell out of my cell, but sir.

He didn't hit she gave you a little shove he didn't hit

you why don't you go out and and wait for us for a moment

I have to have some further discussions with the captain.

Gentlemen, what say we step outside for a while?

I Had it with you you big ugly eight you've had it.

How long do you think I was gonna stand around and take your gas.

I'm gonna knock your teeth down your throat.

Well, well, well, this has been a long time coming just a minute.

I Thought they were gonna discuss it sounds like they're tearing up the place.

Well, sometimes they discuss things like that.

Well lieutenant, how are things in supply and ordinance were

they everything you were hoping for they're fighting in there

Can't you hear that? You know, I was thinking

about getting in supply and ordinance myself

There's nothing like knowing that you are the guy

getting the goods out there to the guys that need them Yes, sir.

You ought to be proud of yourself.

Yeah supply and ordinance I may get into it myself before this war is over.

Sounds like they stopped. Yeah, well, let's go see what they decided.

We've come to an understanding all right, Sarge.

You still got a service you're playing for a

week right Boynton for one week. I gotta see.

John's son. Ask him again.

You captain Micklin? Yeah, okay captain.

Well, sir, we got a job for you a very important supply

tab. Okay, get out of here. I'll be over a little while.

Who won I did no, no really who won.

He's wearing the captain's bars, isn't it? I ain't wearing them.

They're in my pocket and you still got a service you're playing.

Let's get out of here. I think this belongs to you.

Hey, man, this is it. Yes, sir.

I'll take this one.

I Don't want no lieutenant helpers. You give me two clerk

typist a decoder and then I'm above the rank of sergeant

Sir, I really don't think you understand. I'll run in this ordinance office.

Yes, sir. How come I ain't getting what I need college boy.

College boy. Did you go to college? Of course, then what's

the problem? Get out here before I throw you out. Yes, sir.

Don't worry fellas I'll take care of.

Well, I see you got him on the run.

Okay, Bonkton.

I'm your freaking supply officer. Now what now it's time to make some deals.

That's what I'm afraid of.

Colonel Sanderson on Guam is a big help in return for four carburetors

So was Red Buell once he got those two new Pratt and Whitney engines together

They put in a word with Admiral Tillison on Guadalcanal and there were others

The major with his teeth in a glass was really

looking forward to court-martialing Micklin

But when an admiral colonel and half a dozen flight

commanders asked you not to push it. You don't push it.

In the meantime, the war went on only with Micklin

running the supply train. It went on a lot smoother.

Not to say a few egos didn't get bruised.

I sent that unit two barrels of engine all a week ago.

Let's hear college boy. I ain't about to go drawing this

here thing out for you. You got all the way you gonna get.

You ask me for one more thing I'm gonna drop the

control tower in your head get off my phone.

I Never had much influence over Micklin

And lately I had none.

But that didn't stop tojo.

Okay, so you get up to 5,000 to bust up those dive bombers French

take your bombers up to 15,000 I'm going up after the top cover

Roger be pilot Roger Bambi taking her up to 15,000.

We were still looking for that flat top

So we had French's flight loaded with bombs and since micklin was running ordinance

We had no problems with the zeros the afternoon fog was

lifting as we chased them and there was the flat top.

Lying off the St. Alban Islands, so we hit her.

Let's drop these eggs we're cops.

We didn't sink her But we moved her

Expedos settled down to a nice succession of afternoon drinks

in the new beach cabana and so naturally we

were sent home And life went on for us as well.

Two days later micklin arrives still a captain but with a wrench in his hand.

It's here Listen to your let's go find Greg.

If micklin's a captain is a winner too much hope for you is that Lawrence?

But there's more to life than sitting around in your underwear

son and inflamed clarinet a sage and wonderful

observation large Now, please be gone from my presence.

Where's Greg.

Over in the mechanic shed with micklin a little old letter come in yet Larry.

Yes, sir You wanna go see if he made it you go with him TJ you go.

Hey, come on, don't you guys want me to make captain? Hey,

I've been leading B flight. I've been doing all paperwork.

Well, it's not that Larry.

Well, what? That's never since micklin made captain. Nobody cares much about rank anymore

micklin's just a temporary captain.

That's right.

Point.

That's as tight as you'll go How come you getting all that vibration?

I'm getting all that vibration because this thing is made

out of string and wire you kick a wheels level to

fall off I want you to check those mouths again now

Hey micklin, you know something. I don't have to take this.

This is my engine. Mr. Greg on the list.

Did I make it nope micklin lost it.

I can't understand what's going on with that list.

I wonder if i'm ever gonna make captain.

Here kid, you're gonna make it one of these days.

And two days later he did.