The Fighting Seabees Page #5

while he's withdrawn

his force up the hill.

Until he knows where the

main attack is coming from.

Enemy sighted, sir.

Two destroyers.

Bearing 2-7-0 degrees.

Very well.

Bronson!

- Relay that message to Lieutenant Kerrick.

- Aye, aye, sir.

- We'll be shovin' off now, Murphy.

- Aye, aye, sir.

All right, let's go.

We're moving back.

All right, Donovan, get going.

And take it easy up that dirt road.

Enemy gunners don't ask for a better

target than the dust cloud from a truck.

Okay, we'll stay put, as long as

the navy keeps the Japs off of us.

You'll stay put as long as the

navy tells you to. That's an order.

That's one way

to win an argument.

Connie!

We have most of the women and

children down at the bomb shelter.

Donovan!

Take her with you!

McClory! Load up on

those trucks, men!

Bring those trucks in!

Get aboard there, men.

Come on, let's get outta here.

According to specifications,

score one for the navy.

Get inside.

Stay back, away

from the entrance.

- What's goin' on, Wedge?

- We got visitors.

The Japs figure on

taking over the island.

- You mean they're comin' ashore?

- Right.

We took some of

this before, Wedge.

- We ain't sittin' it out again.

- You bet your life we ain't.

They're not knockin' us

off like Ryan and Olson.

And Evans, and Buttons.

And Long Louie.

How far is it from here to

where these "Japanesers" will be?

They might be a stubborn race,

but they come apart easy.

Kerrick and his sailors are

waiting for them at the airfield.

Then what are we waiting for?

Come on, let's get going!

All right, gents! This war is reserved

for the boys in the little white hats.

We're to stay here where we're safe.

Navy orders.

Oh, them navy.

- You got him, Wedge?

- Yep.

I know some first aid, Wedge.

Maybe I can help him.

Can't help him.

Take care of him.

- Eddie?

- Right here, Wedge.

- Where'd you stash those guns?

- In the covered truck, next to the crane.

Look out.

Run to your right, Wedge!

Here you are, boys.

Help yourselves.

Range 1-5, double-oh.

Range, a thousand yards.

They're walking right into it.

Shall we let 'em have it?

Why don't you wait a couple

minutes longer, Tom?

Let 'em get their necks

really stuck out.

The crazy fools.

Now we'll have to attack.

Fix bayonets.

Take to cover!

Take to cover.

Get in the underbrush.

Take to cover.

For the first time in my life,

I'm sorry I'm in a uniform.

What did you want us to do? Stay

and get picked off like clay pigeons?

We had 'em cold. No human could have

lived in that cross fire for five seconds.

You mashed it by bringing

your civilians in here.

We couldn't fire

without killing you.

All right, go on. Look around.

See what you've done.

Every civilian here was wounded or killed

because a fool wouldn't obey orders.

Wedge.

Wedge!

- Find a doctor!

- Yes, the doctor.

Oh, Connie, why didn't you

stay in the bomb shelter?

- I was running to f...

- Anything I can do, sir?

She does look pretty bad, sir.

Get out of here.

Do I?

Do I look bad, Wedge?

Yeah, your lipstick's

on crooked.

Wedge, I'm frightened, I...

I don't want to die.

Oh, cut it out, crybaby.

Wedge, hold on to me!

I can't see you.

It's your hair.

Don't run out on me now, Connie.

Who'd get me my slippers?

Or fill your pipes.

Or put a flower

in my buttonhole?

- Cook... cook...

- Corned beef and cabbage.

I loved it!

You called it an act.

Oh, that was double-talk.

I'll trade you...

for plain English.

Shoot.

I love you.

Well, wh-what am I...

supposed to say?

Only...

only what you feel.

I love you.

Connie?

Connie?

Connie, I love you.

Did you hear what I said?

I love you!

Doctor!

Please hurry.

Step outside, please.

A little rough.

Yeah.

You did a lot of talking

in there, Wedge.

I'd have done the same thing

for anyone in that condition.

What difference

does it make?

She might live.

Stretcher!

- How is she?

- She's resting easily.

She has

a 50-50 chance.

Hey, Chico.

Chico, please.

Hey, Chico.

My leg.

The bandage

is too tight.

Underneath there... Oh!

Hiya, boss.

Who won?

Looks like our team

got in over our heads.

Preposterous.

Our team won, didn't it?

- Did you see Johnny there in action?

- Yeah.

And that monkey with things on his

collar, the one Whanger got hold of.

Did you see how he fell apart?

Aw, snap out of it, Wedge. Ain't we

been tangled with tough jobs before?

And ain't we always licked 'em?

Well, we'll lick

'em this time too.

We won't get the chance.

Navy's ordered this

island evacuated.

Ridiculous.

So we'll square accounts on

another island. You'll see.

Something you

fellas oughta know.

Go ahead, Yarrow.

Spill it.

Donovan made a mistake today.

But that's one of the most

terrible things about war.

You gotta think instantly, make

your moves almost without thinking.

And yet, what you think or do preserves

or destroys what you value the most...

your men.

And when it's over, you can't

think too much about that.

You can't take it too hard...

because you have to

keep right on going.

I'm ordered back to Washington.

The first man I'm gonna see when

I get there is Captain Joyce.

And you're going with me.

I'm here with my hat in

my hand and no alibis.

I was wrong.

Rotten wrong and everything.

But I had to learn

it the tough way.

I suppose Bob told you that his

plan for a construction battalion...

has been approved.

Commander Yarrow has had no

other subject of conversation.

Mr. Donovan helped me with the organization

of some of the specialist platoons.

Our first barracks at Norfolk are building.

Recruiting is about to open.

Oh, that reminds me, Donovan.

You once offered to help us

find the right sort of recruits.

That's right.

How many men do you need?

A full battalion to begin with.

We'll need 1,100 men.

Ten hundred and

ninety-nine, sir.

I thought you'd say that.

I'm in this thing any

way you can use me.

Pushing a barrow, if

that's the best I can get.

Sit down, Lieutenant

Commander Donovan.

- Lieutenant Commander?

- I suppose I'm a little premature in...

addressing you that way, but I feel

sure your papers will go through.

Congratulations, Wedge.

Yes?

Oh, I, uh, beg your

pardon, Commander.

Congratulations, sir!

Yes, Admiral Scott.

A name for the new

construction battalions?

Well, what's the matter with

"construction battalions"?

"No oomph," sir?

Well, a name like that would

hardly be on my desk, sir.

Hold hard, sir.

I do have it.

It's the initials of the words

"construction battalion."

C.B.'s.

Spelled s-e-a-b-double e-s.

How do you like that?

Right, sir.

Right.

The Seabees they'll be.

We're the Seabees

of the navy

We can build

or we can fight

We'll pave our way

to victory

And guard it

day and night

And we promise

that we'll remember

The 7th of December

We're the Seabees

of the navy

Bees of the Seven Seas

Donovan, the way you want this job

done will take three days longer.

I don't care if it takes

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