None But the Brave Page #5

I wouldn't snow you on that.

A little honesty is refreshing.

Yeah.

Pardon me for testing yours.

It's perfectly all right. I was afraid

it was making you uncomfortable in there.

What else is bugging you, Lieutenant?

Why'd you call me out here?

I need the services of your doctor

for a soldier with a gangrenous leg.

In return you may fill your canteens

at the spring.

Now that's not much of a fee

for a man who's spent half his life

in medical college.

I will add 20 liters of potatoes.

- And fish?

- Ten kilos of dried fish.

All right, it's a deal.

I'll deliver my medic to you at the spring

in about, say, one hour from now?

Right.

Maloney!

You're kidding.

Like hell I am. I'm trading your services

for water and food.

But in Singapore I got real dough.

Yeah, but, they can't deport you here

for practicing without a diploma.

Oh, you got a big mouth.

And they'll probably also stick

a bayonet in my gut

if the patient comes up kaput.

Now don't be crass.

I gave him the impression

you're a highly educated M.D.

Oh, you're so good to me, Captain.

I'm also promoting you

to my Chief of Intelligence.

I expect you to scout their camp,

give me a report

on the materials and manpower.

Now you're giving me a chance

to get shot as a spy.

Well, nothing's too good for my boy.

That's what I mean.

Chokes me up right there. Oh, you...

And place the helmets from the graves

in front of the barracks,

pretend the owners are still alive.

- Fujimoto.

- Yes, sir.

Place a layer of hand grenades

on sand in this box.

We don't want our enemy

to know our real strength here.

If any of you has any ideas for two

plus two equal eight use your initiative.

Yes, sir.

- Ishii.

- Yes, sir.

- Is your malaria fever down yet?

- I feel all right, sir.

The physician is on the way, sir.

And that captain

is almost draining the well.

Did you find out the enemy strength?

I ordered you to count the canteens.

Yes, sir, I counted, but...

But what? Make it clear.

- He fooled me.

- Fooled you?

He brought only one canteen.

It's the world's biggest.

A fuel tank from the plane.

I can't do business with Yankee traders.

Maybe he has a lot more soldiers

than we estimated.

So do we here. Look.

It would look like lots of

soldiers resting in the barracks.

You couldn't have chosen better

window-dressing than that sluggard.

There he comes.

I have brought the doctor, sir.

I appreciate your visit, Doctor.

Everybody out of the barracks!

We have a visitor.

No, no. Let them rest.

As you were. Get your sleep.

You got a little problem here?

He wanted to turn out the troops

in your honor.

But they'll need their sleep

before they relieve the other units.

Oh, sure, don't let me upset anything, pal.

KUROKl:
Tokumaru.

- You take the doctor's case.

- Yes, sir, I will.

KUROKl:
This way, please.

After you.

Chills and fever? Malaria?

Quinine.

I'll take it.

Here, keep these. We've got plenty of them.

Thanks. If you please.

What fool left all this dangerous stuff

around here?

Put it out of the way.

One of the worst Japanese habits

is to waste materials

when they are plentiful.

And now to your patient, Doctor.

- Excuse me.

- Tamura!

Cup of water, please.

KUROKl:
Get him a glass of water.

Thank you.

This is sulfonmethane. It'll relax him.

This is a medicine, this will relax you.

Maybe even help kill the pain a little bit.

Some captain I got. He's crazy.

KUROKl:
I beg your pardon.

He's crazy. He thinks I can do surgery

with a first-aid kit.

Lieutenant,

the leg's got to be amputated

or otherwise this boy's gonna die.

And he might die anyway.

Hirano.

Your leg has to be operated on.

Otherwise your life may be at risk.

I would've broken it to you easier, son,

but I don't know how.

Did you take the malaria medicine

that guy gave you?

Could this be quinine? May be poison.

Hey!

That's right, throw them away.

It's a compound of arsenic, strychnine

and Spanish fly.

I doubt that, Doctor.

So do I, Lieutenant, because

that's tougher to get than quinine.

I'm fresh out of pharmacy antiseptic and

I've been hiding this from the children.

If any of you rockheads

don't trust me giving it to the kid,

just say the word

and you'll make me very happy.

Save it, please!

For the patient.

Lieutenant, I'm a Band-Aid man,

I'm not a surgeon.

I put Mercurochrome

on the scratches of the guys.

Please cut off my leg.

KUROKl:
He says for you to take off the leg.

No. No, I haven't even got a bone saw

in my kit!

We still have Ando's saw.

Sato.

Bring Ando's tool.

What the hell kind of a butcher

do you think I am, pal?

Save us, merciful Buddha.

- He's some kind of priest?

- Buddhist.

I hope he's got connections.

If I die without the operation

I might as well die with it.

He feels if he must die

without the operation,

he might as well die with it.

Sergeant.

Hold that over the flame and sterilize it.

Lieutenant,

when I tell you to make this tighter,

you tighten it up real good.

It's right over the main artery right there.

That's enough.

That's enough.

Don't just look down at me,

please help me.

Captain, you have

a most remarkable doctor.

Yeah, I know.

He, uh, pulled me through once.

Lieutenant, remember the anti-tetanus.

But be careful with that juice,

it can be rough.

Of course, if he starts bleeding again

use plenty of styptic.

And the pain-killers

and of course the sulfa drug.

Yes. Thank you for everything. Everything.

Why are we trying to kill each other?

Old tribal custom.

Our fight is just about that archaic.

You're so right.

I'm no longer of any military value

to Japan. Nor you to the United States.

I'm marooned up to my ears in greenhorns.

What happened to the seasoned veterans?

Well, after seeing some of your boys,

I figured I didn't need them.

Look, you and I are professionals.

We might just as well

level with each other.

Professional?

Well, perhaps I am, by heritage.

So, I think there's a next move, Captain,

which we should consider

with professional calm.

- A truce?

- Yes.

With one reservation.

If either of us again becomes part of the

war potential of his country, we fight.

Well, that goes without saying.

Then, a truce it is.

And all the water you can drink.

I have no delusions

about this uneasy peace.

It is a sleeping tiger

which could be aroused by trespassers.

And yet there is one

for whose visits I am thankful.

If the ship will not take a girl

I will cut my long hair

And put myself in military uniform

And follow you wherever you go.

Mayday! Mayday! This is Work Horse 2-9-8.

Mayday! Mayday! This is Work Horse 2-9-8.

Calling anybody. Come in, please. Over.

Come on, baby, come on.

Please, baby, you can do it.

I told you I could do

it, didn't I? I told you!

All right, you got the receiver working

fine, what about the transmitter?

Oh, don't you worry about that,

I'll fix that, too.

You just keep pumping. Sir.

Like I tried to tell you, sir,

this truce never did make sense.

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