A Guy Named Joe Page #6

I want you

To meet the boss.

You got a commanding

Officer up here?

Yeah,

And a good one.

Well, let's make it

Short and sweet.

Hey.

What's wrong?

That Dorinda girl.

She sure called

The turn on this one.

Oh, well,

That happens, too.

How is Dorinda?

Oh, she's fine.

Poor kid.

Why?

This is certainly

Gonna be tough on her.

For a while, but she'll get over it.

What do you mean,

She'll get over it?

The girl is crazy about me.

She was, but good-looking

Girl like Dorinda

Doesn't have any trouble

Making new friends.

I don't mind if she has

A couple of friends.

That's very

Generous of you.

I think she should have

A good time.

You know, nothing serious,

But I think she oughta

Have some fun

Once in a while.

She will.

Is he our

Commanding officer?

Sure.

One of the greatest

Flyers that ever lived.

Sure. We got 'em

All up here.

These guys know

I'm up here?

They will.

What a flyer he was.

Too bad he never

Had a chance

To fly any of

The modern stuff.

I'd like to give him a ride

In some of the real hot stuff.

You may

Go in now, sir.

Sir, this is

Major peter sandidge

Of the united states

Army air force.

At ease.

Glad to know

You, sandidge.

Thank you, sir.

We've been expecting

You here for some time.

Thank you, sir.

Is that so, sir?

Yeah. I've been

Studying your record.

Oh, it isn't much.

Well, I agree with you

About that.

You can fly fairly well

If you obey orders.

"fairly well"?

I do things

With a plane

The designer

Didn't even think of.

That's just

The point, sandidge.

We work here

On the general lines

Of trying to do things

With the plane

The designer

Did think of.

Well, I can

Do that, too, sir.

I hope so.

You know our work

Here, of course.

No, sir.

I don't think so.

It's pretty simple.

We operate

On the principle

Of helping

The other fella.

If a flyer down below

Needs a little assistance,

We assign a man

To ride with him.

Oh, I see. Sure.

Well, it's not much

Like the old days.

I'll never forget

The day I soloed.

30-mile

Cross wind blowing.

Motor wouldn't turn up.

I was just taking her off-

You're not under

The impression

That you learned to fly

All by yourself, are you?

Well, if I didn't, sir,

I'd like to know

Who helped me.

Well, I guess

I can tell you that.

You were helped by every man

Since the beginning of time

Who dreamt

Of wearing wings,

By pioneers who flew pieces of wire

And paste board long

Before you were born,

By every pilot that ever

Crashed into the ground

In order that others

Could stay up in the sky.

I see, sir.

Now it's your turn to pass

That along to the next man.

Yes, sir.

That'll be all for now.

Brumley will break you in

And stay with you for a while.

I think you'll like it

After you get the hang of it.

Yes, sir.

Well, good luck boys,

And do a good job.

Thank you, sir.

Don't they ever salute in these parts?

Not if they don't

See you, they don't.

Can't hear us

Either, huh?

No.

I got a hunch

You and I

Are going to get awful

Sick of our conversations.

Not if we keep busy.

Kind of makes you

Feel like nothing.

It's going to take a little

Time to get used to this.

Hey, buddy.

You realize there are

A lot of things

Going on around you that you

Don't know anything about?

You're a pretty silly-looking

Guy, you know that?

And don't answer me

Back, neither one of ya.

This thing has

Its points, at that.

I just hope I run across

Nails kilpatrick once

Before I die.

Well, I hope

I run across him.

What's the layout here?

Well, these boys

Have had

Their 9-weeks'

Ground work,

Their 9-weeks'

Primary training.

They're starting

Basic training now

So you can figure out they're

A pretty nervous bunch of kids.

We get the problem children

Of the outfit, huh?

Something like that.

How do we know

Which one of these

New-fangled flyers

We're gonna work on?

You'll see.

You

Wanted me, sir?

You realize you cleared

That water tower

By less than 6 feet?

I was trying to see

How accurately

I could judge

My distance.

Well, isn't that fine.

Well, when I want

A fool maneuver like that

I'll ask for it,

Understand?

Very well, sir. I was just remembering

That major sandidge

Sank a german flattop

With a maneuver

Like that.

Now, there's a great little

Kid and a great little flyer.

That will quite

Possibly go down

As the luckiest incident in

The history of world war ii.

Lucky?

Listen to that guy.

He reminds me of nails.

But he did sink

The carrier, colonel,

And they gave him

A d.s.c.

You hear that?

I got a d.s.c.

Unfortunately, it came

Too late for him to wear.

We're not training

You men to die.

We're training you

To live.

The first budding hero

I catch among you

Will be washed out.

I don't like

That guy's attitude.

Randall?

Yes, sir?

You and rourke seem to be

Having a little trouble.

Take your ships up, and maybe I

Can find out what's the matter.

Yes, sir.

That's all, boys.

Come on. Let's take a

Look at those 2 flyers.

I don't think I'm gonna

Be very happy here.

Strange feeling

That's my man.

Boy, you got trouble.

That's what

I'm here for.

What's he waiting for?

Give her the gun.

More, you dope.

Oh, no, no.

How can a guy do that

To an airplane?

Why don't he get it

Off the ground?

What's he afraid of?

That's your problem,

Not mine.

What do you mean

By that crack?

You picked him up.

He's your baby.

If I ever learn

To keep my mouth shut...

Have you forgotten

When you were having

Your first trouble

With a plane?

Say, listen-

The point is,

From here on out

The only way

You can fly a plane

Is through that man

Or somebody else like him.

From the take-off

I just saw,

There is nobody else

Like him. Look at him now.

What kind of a guy

Is he? Is he an idiot?

Aw, he's a nice guy.

So's mine.

Yours got his m.a. From boston

Tech in combustion engines,

And mine's an all-american

Guard from usc.

You mean to tell me a guy

Can learn all about engines

And do what he's doing

To one of 'em right now?

He knows what makes 'em tick.

He can't make 'em fly.

He's nervous. Might be the

Result of inheriting $4 million.

$4 million?

You know what I'd do with

All that dough if I was him?

I'd spend it all

On life insurance.

Oh, I can't

Watch this. Come on.

So, this is where

They sleep, huh?

Where do we sleep?

On the floor.

That's cozy.

One thing about our

Branch of the service,

We'll never go soft from

Good living, will we?

Well, here's your man.

Get a load of that.

Look at him-

All spread out

On that nice soft bed.

How can you sleep like that

After what you did today?

There's money bags.

He's not asleep yet.

Why don't you close

Those big blue eyes?

What's the matter

With ya?

Are you a worrier?

How do you like

This guy?

4 million bucks,

And he's got insomnia.

What'll I do, let him

Roll and toss like this,

Or shall I rock

Him to sleep?

Leave him alone.

He's the thoughtful type.

What are you

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