So Proudly We Hail! Page #4

Okay, you take my bed.

I'll try it for the night, anyway.

Thanks, pal.

Has she ever opened up? Ever

give you a hint of what's wrong?

There's nothing wrong. She's just

naturally a frozen-faced ghoul.

Are you asleep, Olivia? No.

Do you mind if I turn on the light? No.

Is it all right if I bunk in here? Yes.

What's the matter, Olivia?

Something's hurt you.

Why don't you talk about

it, get it off your chest?

You can forget I'm

your superior officer.

It's none of your business, so don't

forget you are my superior officer.

Maybe if I knew what was

eating you, I could help.

Nobody can. I don't want anybody to try.

I can do it myself.

Why did you lose your temper

when Joan... Put that down!

Do I go through your things?

I don't think we better talk anymore.

I'm beginning to get pretty sore.

All right, so you're beginning

to get sore, enjoy it,

but stop prying into things

that don't concern you.

Maybe it does concern me.

It concerns me that the morale

of this group remains high.

Until you joined up, it was.

But you're just a troublemaker.

But I don't really care

what's bothering you at all.

I don't like you any more

than the rest of the girls do.

I'm supposed to be a

nurse and that's all.

No, there's more than

that, now that we're at war.

Maybe you don't know what's up,

maybe you don't know

what we're doing here.

You think I don't know.

All right, I'll tell you.

I know what I'm doing.

I know why I'm here. I

know what I'm going to do.

I'm going to kill Japs.

Every bloodstained one

I can get my hands on!

Olivia.

That doesn't sound nice

coming from a nurse, does it?

We're supposed to be angels of mercy,

we're supposed to tend to the

wounded and take care of the sick.

We're supposed to be kind and tender,

and serve humanity in

the name of humanity.

What humanity? Jap humanity?

Olivia, be quiet.

No, you asked me. You wanted to know.

You pried into things

that didn't concern you.

You wanted to know what this is.

Look, look at that!

Do you know what it is?

I'll tell you, it's a boy!

Come in, both of you.

You wanted to know, too.

Today is Christmas, isn't it?

The time for cheer and good

fellowship and for peace.

Well, today's my wedding

day. You see that?

He and I were to be

married today in St. Louis,

and why weren't we?

Because he's dead. He

died that first morning.

They killed him. I saw him.

He was running across the field

to his plane and they killed him.

Sixty bullets! Sixty!

By the time I got to him, he was dead.

His face was gone! I

couldn't see him anymore!

Just blood! Blood all over!

Olivia! Don't.

Let me go! Let me go!

They must be punished and

I'm going to punish them!

Yes, dear.

He was dead. It was ended for him.

Livvie, darling.

I wanted him. He was all I had.

Yes, dear.

I loved him so much.

The next few days, we

really began to get jittery.

The Japs kept jamming our radio,

so we never knew what was going on,

and the rumor factory

was going full blast.

...all over Los Angeles.

Quiet, listen!

It seems Honolulu itself...

Say, Davy, we just heard on

the radio, we lost Honolulu!

Now, how could you hear

that? I heard it, too.

All it said was, "Blah,

blah, blah, Honolulu".

San Francisco's in flames. I know that.

Tony, turn that thing down.

You talk like a bunch of old

women. You know what I think?

I think you better all give

up thinking for the duration.

We haven't lost Honolulu,

and there's been no bombing either

in Los Angeles or San Francisco.

Who said so?

I just read the

communique the Captain got.

The truth is, Manila's

been declared an open city.

What does that mean?

It means we can't land there.

Well, then are we going back home?

We can't go back. The Army needs

what supplies we've got on board.

We've been ordered to a place

called Bataan, Bataan Peninsula.

It's in command of General MacArthur.

Well, if it's good enough for

a general, it's good enough me,

as long as they got plenty to eat.

I only hope it's got a decent

beauty parlor. My hair's a mess.

Hello.

Hello. Have you been trying to avoid me?

Frankly, I have.

Why?

Because...

Because I've been trying to avoid you.

Well, let's get away from here.

The noise of these engines...

I find the noise very reassuring.

Come on.

Now, I don't want to seem impetuous.

You don't?

All right, I do want

to seem impetuous, then.

But the point is, anything can happen.

Such as? The boat might sink.

It might.

If it does, we might

never see each other again.

That's possible.

Perhaps someplace in the hereafter,

but then I wouldn't have my body.

What's more important, you

wouldn't have yours, either.

That might be very interesting.

Well, I'll see you there sometime.

Wait a minute! I haven't

made my point yet.

After all, I'm not so bad looking.

I'm supposed to be very

intelligent, in fact.

I work hard. I make $5,000 a year.

Oh, you make $166 a month now.

Please, I mean this. I'm in

love with you, Lieutenant.

If only we'd met somewhere else before.

You'd have had a wonderful

time as I wooed you.

You think so?

I'm positive. I'd have

really been foolish.

I feel foolish enough now, but then

I would have spent sleepless nights,

bought flowers to lay at your feet,

flowers I couldn't

possibly have afforded.

I'd have been over meticulous

with you in taxicabs,

knowing, of course, you're

not that kind of girl.

At first, I think my dog-like devotion

would have made you pity me a little.

Then my fatal charm would

have snuck up on you,

and before you knew it, you'd be mine

in some dingy little French restaurant

where the wine wasn't too bad.

But with all that's happening,

I don't have to be

ridiculous for you to love me.

There's no time.

Out there this second, a torpedo

may be spinning its way toward us

and you've no time, either.

I think when you knew me, you'd

love me, but there's no time.

Don't you see, we haven't

got a second to waste.

You're right.

There's no time, no time

for anything personal.

Thanks for everything you said.

Maybe everything you say is true

and maybe you wouldn't have

had to do all those things.

I'd have stopped you the moment

I knew. You know now, don't you?

No, please, John,

don't make it difficult.

I've been trying to avoid you.

That ought to tell you something.

I can't love you, I won't

permit myself to. Why not?

Because I've got a job to do.

What's that got to do with

it? We've all got jobs to do.

I know, but our

responsibilities are greater now.

Nothing can stand in the way.

You do look a little foolish.

I wish we had met somewhere in

a dingy little French restaurant.

But maybe we will.

Good night.

Let me kiss you good-bye, then?

No. Just once?

Oh, no, please. Please.

What's the matter?

Listen, the engines have stopped!

Your life preserver.

Where's your life preserver?

I left it in the cabin.

Here, take mine, take it. No.

Darling, before anything

happens, tell me, do you love me?

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes