Air Force Page #9

- Hey, sarge, your guns loaded?

- Sure they are. Keep a coming.

- Any bombs in?

- No, not yet. Come on.

- Get down, sarge.

- Get away from here.

- Get down. We're gonna burn this junk.

- What?

A couple of you get in there

and get the live ammunition out.

Hey, wait a minute.

You said you gonna burn this plane?

The colonel said to burn it so she's gonna.

Get your stuff out.

Okay, boys. Bring in the gas.

Wait a minute.

Get this gasoline away from that airplane.

- Hey, Butch.

- Weinberg.

I thought you still was

on a streetcar in Jersey.

- I wished I was.

- Lieutenant Williams.

- You ain't gonna burn that airplane?

- I got orders.

- I never enlisted to be no fireman.

- Go on.

If you know this firebug,

get him out of here before he gets hurt.

I don't wanna, but orders is orders.

- What orders?

- To burn the plane.

- Who gave them to you?

- The CO.

Yeah? Well, you tell that CO to take a...

Take a look at this airplane.

- I am.

- Sorry, I didn't see you.

- Apparently not.

- There's no reason to burn this airplane.

- She's gonna be good as new.

- We're gonna rig a tail gun.

- Been working all night.

- She'll fly when we get through.

- We'll have her in the air in 24 hours.

- We won't have this field.

- I know, but...

- Now, look.

I appreciate what you're trying to do.

But our job's to destroy everything

that'll be of use to those Japs.

Excuse me, but we can't move any gas.

- The trucks have all been wrecked.

- Scare up drums. Get it here.

- You can't get that ready in time to...

- We can.

- The bomb sight still in this airplane?

- Yes, sir. The one we "borrowed."

- We won't let...

- Give us a chance.

- I'd like to, but...

- Excuse me, sir.

I've been in this Army 20 years.

I've never asked a favor.

- We'll get her out. I give you my word.

- We'll burn her ourselves if we can't.

You're crazy. You know what'll happen

if the Japs move in?

- We do, sir.

- All the rest?

- Yes, sir.

- You'll burn her?

Yes, sir.

All right. It's your funeral.

Forget it, corporal.

- Yes, sir.

- Thank you, sir.

- Come on, boys. Let's...

- Excuse me, sir.

That observation plane is patched up

and ready to go.

But I'm gonna need a gunner.

- Lieutenant.

- Yes?

I'll need one of your gunners.

Which one can you spare?

- Well...

- I can go.

- Wait a minute.

- He shouldn't go.

- He's more useful here.

- He's right, sir.

- All right. Go ahead.

- Yes, sir.

- That kid's awfully green, lieutenant.

- I know.

- Come on, give us a hand.

- Okay.

Don't like him leaving Mary Ann

this way. Ain't good luck.

Be back in a couple of hours.

Swing it wide.

- Put some muscle into it.

- Will I!

Where'd you find

that little beast, sergeant?

Beast?

He's a Marine Corps dog, lieutenant.

Yeah, I know. Hiya, Moto.

Hey, Moto, cut it out.

Cut it out.

Get him away, sergeant.

I've had enough trouble with Jap snipers

without getting hydrophobia.

- His name ain't Moto, it's Tripoli.

- What?

Yeah, Tripoli. Maybe he don't

like to be called Moto.

That's it. Cute trick, ain't it?

Yeah, very cute.

- How's it going, Rader?

- Not good. They're withdrawing to Bataan.

All I could get was a foxhole view

with my face in six inches of dirt.

I thought if I came back

I could get an airplane.

You've got a fat chance for that.

We got one 0-47 left.

We might get you to Batavia

or Port Darwin.

- They've got airplanes.

- We're getting out too.

- How about that B-17 I came in with?

- What? That crazy outfit?

They're working on it.

They've been up all night.

- Robbing the other wrecks for spare parts.

- Haven't got a chance getting it to fly.

- Forget it.

- But can I help them?

What kind of lunatics have we got

in this Air Corps?

- Don't you know what's impossible?

- Thank you, sir.

- Hey.

- Excuse me, colonel.

- What?

- Can't I lend a hand too?

- You can go straight to...

- Help, sir? Thank you, sir.

Come on, stay with me. Come on.

- Hello, Weinberg.

- Gee, it's the pursuit pilot.

- We thought you was in the infantry.

- It's too hard on the feet.

- Hi, fellas.

- Hi, Tex.

- Things get too tough for you?

- I came to see if I could give you a hand.

How you making out with Moto there?

I'm getting along fine, Tommy,

with Tripoli.

- I knew it all along, you morons.

- Sure, sure.

Looks like you guys got yourself a job.

- How about me and the Marine Corps?

- Listen to who's talking.

You asking to join this crew?

I'd rather fly than walk.

Even in this crate.

- Changed your mind, haven't you?

- No, but I'm willing to work my way.

Stop grinning and tell me what to do.

- Are you serious?

- Why, sure.

What we need is gas. I don't know

how you're gonna get it, but get it.

Take the Marine with you

so you can find your way back.

Okay, Callahan.

- Watch it now. Watch it.

- Pick up. Pick up the end.

All right. That's got her. Now, give me that.

Where's Weinberg?

- Left for oil. He'll be back.

- Okay.

Hey, those are Jap planes.

Get going, men.

Get on the guns.

Bring some more ammunition.

Good work, Robbie.

- Don't talk. Shoot.

- There's another one for you.

You dog!

Look, they're after the kid.

- They're gonna get him on the way down.

- Look out, kid.

Stay here, Weinberg.

Dirty...

I guess we'd better get him back now.

Yeah.

All right, now, boys, get on this lift.

Come on now.

Let's go. All together. Come on, heave.

- Well, there she is, sir.

- Think there's room in there to work a gun?

I'll show you.

Hand me the gun when I get in.

Okay.

It looks like it'll work all right.

The Japs are gonna get a surprise

when they come on the tail of this B-17.

What about the tail wheel?

- I can get through if you leave it down.

- Okay.

Got a full bomb load?

To the gills. Don't know

what we're gonna do with them.

Well, we can always drop them out.

- Hey, lieutenant?

- Yeah?

- Hand me a can of ammunition, will you?

- Coming up.

- Lieutenant, give us a hand here.

- Sure, let's go.

- Pull it in again. Here we go.

- How's that?

That's got her.

Now, get a couple of planks

across here, will you?

- Sounds like they're getting closer.

- We'll have to be out by daylight.

- We will.

- It's almost 5 now.

Weinberg just finished Number 3.

Yeah, but if Rader doesn't get back

with that gasoline soon we might as well...

- Who is it?

- Me, sir, Peterson and Callahan.

We got your gas, plenty.

- A whole truckload.

- Good.

- How we gonna get it out?

- Cans and buckets.

- Rader's bringing a bunch of soldiers.

- Here they are now.

- Where do you want it?

- Right where it is.

- Okay, men, let's get these drums out.

- Come on, snap into it.

Some of you get around behind.

Get around behind.

Good work, boys. Keep them going.

Step on it. Don't slop it.

Handle those cans careful.

Don't slop it around the plane.

Keep them level, keep them level.

Come on up here.

Okay, sarge. Number 4 will run.

- Fitter, get the cowling on.

- It's going on.

- Lieutenant, lieutenant.

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