So Proudly We Hail! Page #11

It's time to get up

and go to work.

You've only got

five minutes.

Fine time to go to sleep,

on our honeymoon.

It was a wonderful

honeymoon.

Here. Finish that up.

No, you.

Go ahead.

As my grandmother used to say,

"It'll warm your stomach up."

To you, honey.

To us?

Here's your breakfast.

Thank you.

Lieutenant Summers.

Yes, sir?

Just want to wish you

good luck.

Thank you, sir.

So long, Lieutenant.

So long, Lieutenant.

So long, Davy.

Good luck, Chee.

Take care of him.

Don't worry, I will.

Wait for me here.

I'll be back.

I'll be right here.

What you doing?

This radio's

on the blink again.

What would you like better

than anything else in the world?

A tomato. I'd give

my left knee for a tomato.

Tomato and some Flying Fortresses,

wouldn't that make a lovely salad?

Yeah.

Why'd you ask me, Kansas?

Well, I got something for you.

Chocolate. Oh, gee,

Kansas, that's swell of you.

Where'd you get it?

Well, a raiding pile of Japs

tried to land last night,

and I got me a couple of them

and on one of them...

Kansas, how could you do

a thing like that to me?

I can't figure you dames out.

Chocolate is chocolate.

You're positively

disgusting!

And don't fiddle with that,

you'll get a shock.

Who me?

I never get shocked.

Look, don't you ever say

"don't" to me again.

There, you see?

Attention,

you fools on Corregidor.

This is the son of heaven's

birthday, our emperor Hirohito.

We wish you

to help us celebrate.

You will not object,

I am sure,

for you are the objector.

Banzai!

Air raid! Air raid!

Never a dull moment. This is

like living on a bull's-eye.

That was the worst

pasting we ever got.

I think they must have hit every

inch of the island that day.

Then suddenly, like magic, late

in the afternoon, it stopped

when they all went off to get drunk

to celebrate their god, Hirohito.

This quiet,

it's like the tropics you read

about in romance magazines.

They'll celebrate

all night long.

I hope they have the biggest

hangover the world has ever known.

Four thousand 100's,

$400,000.

I guess this is what

they call hot money.

Four thousand 20's.

$80,000.

Say, what goes on here?

They're destroying money.

Destroying money? Why, that's

the silliest thing I ever heard.

We ought to notify

the authorities or something.

They are the authorities. They're

from the finance department.

First time I ever even

saw enough money to burn.

All the nurses are wanted

at the mess hall.

Not for food.

Don't tell me.

No, right away.

Four thousand 20's.

That's $80,000.

Attention, everybody, please.

Colonel Clark has

something to tell you.

Thank you, Captain.

At ease.

This is a very

serious occasion.

It's not known how much longer

Corregidor can hold out.

I have here orders

from headquarters.

You nurses are to be

evacuated tonight to Australia.

You'll meet in front of the main

hospital tunnel at 9:00 tonight.

These orders are secret.

I want you to know

that in the name of General

Wainwright and myself,

there are no words high enough

to praise you all.

Good luck.

Captain.

Well look, Ma, couldn't another

one of the girls go in my place?

I haven't any family and...

Ma, I'd just as soon...

These are official orders!

I know what

you're all thinking,

but the entire nurse corps

has been ordered off.

You girls just happen

to be the first.

You can pack one handbag

or your musette, that's all.

There's just

one other thing.

These orders must be kept

secret, you're to tell no one.

I'll see you later.

What are you doing?

Nothing.

Just cleaning house.

Irma.

Yeah?

Do you know anybody that could

take a letter out to the States?

It's to my mother.

Yes, I think I know someone.

I'll give it to him.

Thanks, pal.

I've got to get some fresh

air. I'll see you kids around.

Here, George. I found another

fountain pen, so you can have this one.

Thanks, Joanie.

Here, Joe. You've had your

eye on this for some time.

Okay, Joe.

Okay, Joe.

I know we're short of

things to read here,

and I found some old

love letters of mine.

I'll just put them here, so you

have a kind of circulating library.

They're pretty funny. Maybe

they'll give you some laughs.

Who's there?

It's me, Kansas.

Hi, kid.

Can I talk to you

for a minute?

Sure.

Keep your mind on the gun, Chuck. Okay.

We've been

ordered off, Kansas.

I know. It's all over

the rock already.

Well, I came

to say goodbye.

Well, I'm glad

you did. Bye.

If you don't wait for me,

I'll break your neck.

Be sure you don't

break yours.

Give me a loan of your

handkerchief, will you?

And stop your sniffling!

Why don't you?

You know I can't help it.

It's a habit with me.

Well, I can't, either.

When you get back,

you should get some real ones.

I used to get mine

at the five-and-dimes.

Big red ones.

Remember? Bandanas.

Jeepers, what a place those five-and-dimes

are, everything in them, huh?

Yeah.

You might send me a dozen

of them when you get back.

Where, Kansas?

Here, where do you think? I'll

be here till Tokyo freezes over.

I suppose

if we were to surrender,

that you'd be

dumb enough not to.

Yeah, I'd be dumb that way.

Oh, Kansas!

We should have been doing

more of this in the campaign.

You and your wanting

to be pals.

I thought you were just

another guy on the make.

I was.

Gee, I'm glad I met up

with you, Kansas.

The pleasure's

been all mine.

You big blimp.

Well, so long, kid.

I'll be seeing you.

Goodbye and be careful,

don't get killed.

Who, me?

I never get killed.

There you are, O'Doul.

Well, I guess

that's everybody.

Good luck to you,

children, all of you.

Goodbye, Davy.

I'm not going.

You're not what? I'm not

going. I never intended to.

You heard the orders.

Now, I don't want any funny

business, get in that boat.

No.

Do you realize every

moment of stalling here

means that those planes

in the harbor are in danger?

That's not our artillery!

I can't go. I promised I'd be here

when he got back, he asked me to.

Now please, Ma.

I order you to go!

I won't take orders.

I'm not in the Army anymore.

When I married, I broke

regulations. It meant I was out.

You can't make me go.

Stop talking like

a hysterical schoolgirl.

I'm going to be right here

when he gets back.

He won't be back.

How do you know?

Tell me, how do you know?

There's been

no word at all.

They've considered them

officially lost for a week.

You're lying. You know

you're just saying...

Would I lie about that, Davy?

Would I?

No, you wouldn't.

But I know he's still alive.

He's out there somewhere.

I can't go, I can't!

Janet, if he's alive,

he'll find you!

Let me go,

I'm not going!

Down, everybody!

Davy!

Was she hit?

No, she's just stunned.

Get her in the boat!

She wasn't like the rest

of us. She never gave way.

But now everything

snapped at once.

When we got her on board the

plane, she never spoke again.

Maybe we should have

left her on Corregidor.

What's happened would have

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