Hell to Eternity Page #3

Want to build...

Good...

- Good...

- Foundation?

oh, hai, hai.

Good foundation.

For future.

Not many years left for

old people to build again.

Sons must build.

Kaz, George, Guy.

Must build home again.

Must build world again.

Must end mess.

All papa-sans,

mama-sans...

...all countries, all over the world is same.

This you believe?

What difference does it make

what one man believes or does?

one man must believe.

Must make difference.

Why else Kaz, George go

far away across ocean...

...to kill men look like brother they love?

Mama-san...

...are you saying that it's all right

for me to go to war against the Japanese?

oh, you big fellow.

- oh, not so big, Pop.

- Guy, what you do all this time?

No, never mind about me.

I want to know about you.

- How do you feel? You look great.

- I feeling great.

- Eat like horse.

- Horse?

oh, got plenty of hay around here, huh?

Horse, hay.

Mama-san eat a whole... Whole...

- Bale?

- So, so. Bale.

- What was that?

- Meal time.

Gong on every block hit same time.

Eating very punctual.

- Punctual.

- Punctual.

George teach. Good word?

oh, that's a great word.

Come, we eat three bales hay.

Three bales.

- Captain.

- Yes.

There's a man outside,

says he wants to enlist.

But he's been turned down by his own board.

What's he doing here?

Well, he says he speaks

and understands Japanese.

Send him in. We need interpreters.

Yes, sir.

The captain will see you now.

Captain Salter, Mr. Gabaldon.

- Sit down, please.

- Thank you.

Go left. Go left.

Right, back, ho!

Go left. Go left.

Step to the rear, ho!

Go left.

Go left, right, left.

Don't that joker know any

orders besides that one?

Left. Halt.

To the rear. Halt.

Left oblique, halt.

Halt. Halt.

order. Halt.

All right, let's fall in there on the double.

Move it. Gabaldon, front and center.

Gabaldon!

Now, can't you get it through

your head what oblique means?

- Now, look, sarge...

- You're at attention.

I came into this outfit to talk to

the enemy, not to footrace with them.

Now, let's go through it once more, boot.

In the Marines, it's

"sergeant," not "sarge. "

It is never sarge, you got it?

In the marines you

fight. F-I-G-H-T.

I don't care if you're a cook

or a typist or an interpreter.

I don't care if you got a busted back

or a busted eardrum. You'll fight.

Take my word for it.

Do I make myself clear?

Yes, sir.

Fall in!

Left.

These things don't weigh very much, do they?

You just kind of take it and throw it

like a football, put it on the target.

Right, isn't it, sarge?

That's not bad, Gabaldon.

That's not bad at all.

But next time pull the pin.

The idea is to kill the Japs.

Next man.

What's the matter with you?

There will be times when you'll find

that your hands are your only weapons.

Now, if I can have a volunteer, I'll

demonstrate the first jujitsu holds.

Is he gonna be surprised.

This is the first basic position.

And now for the second position.

Well, I guess I really

asked for that one, didn't I?

Hey, you want to try for the third position?

I don't know, I just don't know.

Three days and I get no place.

This filly won't post without

a slip from the preacher.

I tell this babe I'm being shipped

overseas just so I'll make out.

Didn't expect orders to break

camp for us the minute we get back.

How'd you do, Mac?

oh, mission accomplished.

Did you do all right, hero?

Are you kidding?

Got a different one every night.

It's a good thing the corps keep me in

shape or I'd be up for another Purple Heart.

Next time, buddy, I'm

taking my liberty with you.

Well, that's the way it goes.

Some guys got it.

Some guys ain't.

All right, saddle up, move out of here.

Anybody know where we're going?

Scuttlebutt has it

Hawaii. We're replacements.

- What for?

- You'll find out when the ship hits port.

Ship? I get seasick taking a bath.

Come on, let's move, let's get out

of here. Come on, let's go. Move it.

Intelligence Section,

2nd Marines, 2nd Division.

Is that a good outfit to be with?

The 2nd is one of the "bleedingest. "

Hey, Bill, is that your old outfit?

Yeah, right from the beginning.

- You mean the "Canal" beginning?

- Yeah. Guadalcanal until I got it on Tarawa.

Where'd you get it, Pete?

Some eager boot like you thought I was

a Jap and stuck his bayonet into me.

oh, that is sort of a running gag, Guy.

Actually, junior here got it

from a sniper on New Britain.

Where that hit, I don't

think it'll ever stop itching.

Where did it hit?

Where the hell do you think you

gotta get hit for a Purple Heart?

Well, I'm glad at least

I belong to something...

...even if it is an outfit

with a couple of tin heroes.

Hey, I didn't know they had

obstacle courses in the trucks.

This is it, you five.

Hey, are you sure this is the right

place? This looks like a beach club to me.

It's a club, all right.

very exclusive.

The members have fought in action

in every island of the Pacific, Boot.

Come on, let's go.

That must be our replacements.

They're fresh. Wonder if

they're seasoned, Lenny.

Two old men and three boots.

Kind of hard to know who

to salute around here.

You can forget about that. I'm Sgt. Leonard.

Private Gabaldon.

Don't get the wrong idea about that either.

We earn our pay.

Come on, I'll take you to the skipper.

You can leave your gear outside, men.

Replacements are here, sir.

Good. Bring them in, sergeant.

Sergeant Hazen reporting as ordered, sir.

Corporal Lewis reporting, sir.

Private Gabaldon reporting as ordered, sir.

Sir, Private Polaski reporting as ordered.

Sir, Private Martini

reporting as ordered, sir.

Stand at ease.

Glad to have you aboard, men.

Welcome back to the 2nd Division, Hazen.

- How was the vacation?

- Things got a little too quiet for me, sir.

I'm glad to be back.

Lewis? How's it going? Says

here you were shot in the ashcan?

Not bad, sir. Could have

been with a howitzer.

Gabaldon. Speak Japanese, eh?

I get only part of that, but

my Japanese is just so-so.

- Where'd you learn the language?

- Well, I learned it from my family...

...and neighbors when I was growing up.

Polaski, Martini. Fine boot records,

men. I need all the good men I can get.

Well, now, officially we're part

of Regimental Headquarters...

...R2 on the organization charts.

But in action, we're so far out in front

we don't have contact with headquarters.

Now...

...I make it loud and clear

that I've got the best...

...and toughest collection of

specialists in the whole corps.

Now, you make sure you don't

let anybody think differently.

Sergeant Leonard will fix

you up with 48 hours liberty.

Enjoy yourselves, men.

It might be your last time ashore.

- That'll be all, sir?

- Yeah, carry on.

Aye, aye, sir.

What a dirty slop joint that was.

It's worse than the last three.

Charge you a buck a

drink and nothing happens.

- I don't think they put booze in it.

- Say we get a bottle someplace.

Where are the dames? There's got

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