Flying Tigers Page #4

Elements "a," "b" and "c."

Enemy aircraft in force

over mekong bridge. Tails up!

Get moving, you two guys!

I'm not through with you yet.

Okay, tom.

You know where I live.

Hear about jason?

He got another nippo today.

Yeah. It's too bad they

don't pay off on dead pilots.

Hey, wait a minute, fellas.

You can't pin this on me.

If blackie hadn't opened his parachute

so soon, it wouldn't have happened.

Maybe if you'd have followed blackie

down, it wouldn't have happened either.

You were nearest to him. What

happened? A mitsi got in my way.

I guess it's easier to see 500

bucks than a pal of yours in trouble.

Hey, you got five planes now.

That makes you an ace.

"ace"?

How do you spell it?

Mike, that ship gassed?

Yeah, him full to top. Okay.

Oh, jim, do you mind if I use that ship?

Where are you going? Up for some fresh air.

It's a little heavy

in the barracks.

Go ahead.

Thanks.

Woody.

I got to know the truth

about one thing:

Could you have prevented

blackie bales' death?

No, jim. I saw him fall, but I

didn't see him open his chute.

I was sure he'd wait

until he was safe.

If I thought he was in danger,

I'd have looked after him.

That's good enough

for me.

thanks, pappy.

I never saw anything like the

way he went after those ships.

It was something. First one

and then another and then-

None of us want to go,

mrs. Bales.

We'd all like

to live to be 108.

But few of us get a chance to go out...

In a blaze of glory

like blackie did.

H-he wasn't afraid.

Blackie wasn't afraid

of anything.

You know, we got a pretty

tough bunch of guys up there.

They've got to be for

what they're up against.

But when it came to real fighting

spirit, none could touch blackie.

D-did they like him? Oh,

they were crazy about him.

He was great

to be around;

Always making cracks and

keeping people's spirits up.

I'm glad.

I suppose you'll be

going back to the states.

This belonged

to blackie.

So much?

Oh, sure. He knocked a

couple down the week before.

He never wrote me. That shows

you what kind of a guy he was.

He wouldn't even tell his

wife how well he was doing.

Well...

I got to be going.

Good-bye...

And good luck to you.

Good afternoon, nurse. Good

afternoon, madam montier.

are those our children

laughing?

Yes. It's that wonderful young

man you sent to us. I sent you?

You were a saint

to think of it.

He's the first ray of sunlight

these children have known in months.

I think I'll take a look

at mr. Sunbeam.

Hurry, hurry, hurry. You're just about

to witness that great, that colossal,

That stupendous mystery known as

the disappearing half dollar or-

Or now you see it

and now you don't.

Now I need a young lady to assist me.

Will any young lady step up, please?

Some young lady,

any young lady?

You, come on.

Come on. Aw, come on.

Come on.

Aw, come on.

That's the girl.

thank you.

Oh, boy. This will amaze

you before your very eyes!

In my hand here I have

a brand-new half dollar.

It's brand-new. I made

it myself this morning.

you can still

smell the mint on it.

Uh, I will make it disappear

into my elbow. Watch very closely.

Here it goes. Don't take

your eyes off of my hand.

Well, now, watch me very closely.

Watch very closely what happens.

See? Oop, it slipped!

Watch it closely. You see?

Watch my hand. Everybody

watch it very closely.

Here it goes.

One, two, three.

Hocus-pocus, bowlegged locust.

What happens? It's gone!

What do you know about that?

How do you like that, huh?

I wonder where it is now.

I wonder where it could be.

I think I know.

Yes, I do.

I see it.

Here it is,

right behind your ear!

What do you know

about that?

How do you like that?

Isn't that wonderful?

Yes, well,

thank you very much, miss.

And now-

excuse me.

don't tell them, but that's

the only trick I know.

my public won't let me go.

If you persuade your public inside, I

might be able to change some bandages.

Absolutely.

Hurry, hurry, hurry!

Right this way to see the beautiful

nurse perform the greatest trick.

She is lovely, she is

beautiful... And she's mad at me.

Hurry, hurry.

come quickly.

well, I guess

they're going away.

I hope so.

Have the children get ready.

I'll change their bandages now.

Careful. She's slipping. They're pretty

tough to hold when they're this young.

Some of them

never get any older.

Where did you dig up

all these kids?

Most of them were "dug up," as

you put it, after the bombings.

Are they all orphans?

The little girl you're holding walked

almost 1,000 miles across china to get here.

She lived on roots or whatever

else she could find to eat.

How did she

find this place?

I don't know. Some

instinct brings them here.

Or, perhaps,

one child tells another.

But always after a bombing,

here they are:

Starved, patient, silent.

I had no idea.

Very few people do.

Well-

There you are,

darling.

What's she selling? She's brought

you these rice cakes as a tribute.

Tribute? For what? That corny

trick with the half dollar?

No, for your courage and loyalty

as a member of the flying tigers.

Oh.

What else did she say?

Um, we are humbly grateful and beg you

to accept these useless rice cakes...

Even though they are not worthy of

so honorable and so brave a warrior.

yeah, well,

tell her okay and thanks,

And I'll keep them flying.

Thank you.

Why don't you have dinner with me

tonight, and we can have these for dessert?

Sorry.

No?

I'm having dinner

with jim.

Hey, these are good!

You want I should come back

again or you want to order now?

What's good tonight?

We have special

american dishes:

Egg fu yung,

candied duck or chop suey.

Have you any roast beef

you can cut with a fork?

You surely have oysters

you can cut with a knife?

No floor show? No, sir. No floor show.

But music...

Very nice.

Can't you turn that record

over? Has it only got one side?

Oh, him turn over,

no music,

But him turn over.

never mind.

We're getting so we like it. Thank you.

Look, chin,

why don't you surprise us?

Bring us something new

like... Chow mein.

Ah, very nice. Very good

chow mein. American dishes.

Oh, I'm sorry, brooke. Sorry?

What are you talking about?

Well, you know,

all this.

If we were back in the states, we'd be

having dinner at some good restaurant,

Dancing once or twice,

might even go out to a show.

What's the matter with this?

The food here is excellent.

As for the music, there's a

wonderful orchestra on that record.

a little hoarse by now,

but we can still dance.

Ask me and see.

Miss elliott,

may I have this dance?

I've promised it to that dashing

lieutenant in the horse marines...

But I don't think

he'll mind.

What's wrong?

This came for you.

It's in code, so I thought

it might be important.

I hate to break in on

you two. That's all right.

I'll have to get back to the

field and decode this. Of course.

Sorry, brooke. I guess we can

never really plan anything-

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