Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Page #2

your wives what you see down here.

And if you think you've

guessed where you're going,

you're probably wrong. But

don't even talk about your guess.

If the slightest word about

this mission gets around,

you will endanger not only your own lives,

but the lives of thousands of other men.

Now I want to ask you a question.

Has anybody tried to talk to you about this?

Good. If anybody on the

field or off the field

tries to engage you in conversation

as to why you're here,

no matter how innocently,

I want you to get his name and give it to me

and I'll turn it over to the FBI.

This is going to be the toughest

training you've ever had.

You will have the same crew all

the way through and the same ship.

And the man or the ship

that fails will be dropped.

You're going to do things with a

B-25 you thought were impossible.

Now, if any of you have any doubts,

I'd like you to drop out right now

and I promise you that no one

will ever think the worse of you.

If you have wives or children

or any other considerations

that might get on your nerves in

a crisis, it's perfectly all right.

As a matter of fact, it's

your duty to drop out.

Very well. We'll have these talks

as often as possible. That's all.

We're going up this morning

for an orientation flight.

There are four auxiliary

fields. One, two, three, four.

Line them up and locate them all.

We don't know which we're going to

use for our confidential experiments,

so familiarize yourselves with all of them.

Look over the countryside,

and we'll meet here again

at 3:
30 this afternoon.

Are there any questions?

Sir, the plugs are being

changed in my engines.

To save time, may I go along in Jones' ship?

Right, Smith. All right.

You can go to your ship now.

It looks to me like it's

going to be a long time

before you swing down Main Street

of Billings again, Thatcher.

In Billings, sir, the main

street is Minnesota Avenue.

You know, that guy really means business.

- He had me sweating a little.

- Yeah, me too.

- Lieutenant Lawson?

- Yes.

Someone to see you out in front

of the PX at J Street, sir.

Thanks. I wonder who would...

I'll be right back.

Ellen!

- Where did you come from?

- I drove to Carolina to surprise you.

- And then they told me you're down here.

- Well, how are you?

I'm just fine, thank you.

And how are you bearing up?

Oh, great. You look just the same.

Well, of course I do. You can't

expect any change this soon.

- What's the joke?

- Nothing.

Except you're so funny.

Tell me, honey, were you surprised?

Oh, I couldn't believe my eyes.

Here, let me buy you a drink.

Gee, I'm glad to see you.

Come on, let's go around here.

Tell me, honey, how come you're so cute?

I had to be if I were going to

get such a good looking fellow.

You know, there's a lot of things

I want to talk over with you.

Go ahead. Were you really surprised?

Well, no, not exactly.

You know, you go into something

like this with your eyes open.

- Naturally you've got to take your chances.

- I see.

Isn't that kind of a

cold-blooded way to look at it?

Oh, now, don't get mad. You've

got to be cold-blooded about it.

This is the most important

thing that's ever happened to me.

- What about me?

- Well, you're in on it, too.

- That's why I want to talk it over.

- That's very generous. Go on, Ted.

Well, in the first place,

we've got to keep it a secret.

- I don't want you to tell a soul.

- You're not, I mean, you...

You don't wish it hadn't happened, do you?

Oh, no, of course not.

But it's a military

secret, I've got my orders.

Military... Say, what are you talking about?

Well, this job I volunteered

for. Didn't you get my letter?

- No. Didn't you get mine?

- No.

Well, I suppose it's very funny, but...

- Hey, Lawson! Ted Lawson!

- Here.

What are you hiding out...

- Ellen, when did you get here?

- Five minutes ago. How's my bridesmaid?

Great. Only I'm going

to have to break this up.

Doolittle came out to watch us take off.

Okay. I'll see you for dinner.

There's a hotel about a mile

and a half down the road.

I haven't seen it yet, but

they tell me you can't miss it.

- I'll find it.

- I'm sorry to have to rush off like this.

Don't forget dinner.

Say, did anybody pick up a letter for me?

Yes, sir. I did this morning.

I forgot all about it.

- Well, bring it up.

- Yes, sir.

I'm sorry, sir.

Okay. Thanks. Take over, will you, Davenport.

Sure.

Hey! I'm going to have a baby!

Hey, it's from Ellen.

She's going to be... I mean,

I'm going to be a father.

Hello, flyer.

Oh, I'm sorry I woke you up.

I wasn't sleeping, really. I

was just dozing and thinking.

I'm sorry I didn't get back for

dinner. We had a lot of checking to do.

You must've thought I was

an awful dope this morning.

But I didn't get your letter

until later, so I didn't know.

I know. Sit down.

- I think it's swell about the baby.

- I knew you would. I wasn't a bit worried.

You know, it's going to seem funny.

I don't care whether it's a

boy or a girl. Not that much.

I just want you to be

okay. It's pretty serious.

- Well, what's so funny?

- I was just thinking.

Here you're getting ready to go

off on something really tough,

and you're worrying about me.

If I were in your spot,

I'd be scared to death.

- But I guess I am anyhow.

- Purely routine stuff, flyer.

The kind of job every girl takes

on once or twice in her life.

Why don't you lie down?

You know, Ellen,

I'm kind of glad I got you.

I guess that's what I was

thinking about in my sleep.

It almost frightened me.

It seemed that I was thinking,

"What if I'd never met him?"

Well, for one thing

you wouldn't be traipsing around the country

from one airfield to another

trying to catch up with me.

And for another,

you wouldn't be having a baby

right in the middle of a war.

Oh, no, it wasn't that.

I was thinking that if I hadn't met you,

I'd never have felt really close

to anybody, never in my whole life.

Married six months and

together less than two weeks.

That's not being as close as I'd figured on.

Don't you see, Ted, that's just it.

If people can be close when

they're far away from each other,

well, that's what it should be.

Yeah, yeah, I guess so.

Cuddle me.

I was thinking about last Christmas.

The tree we set up in

that Portland auto court.

- Wasn't it an awful little room?

- Yeah.

And the Christmas dinner we were planning on.

And then you ran out of gas and

landed in the mud up in lllwaco,

Christmas Eve and Christmas were

all over before I saw you again.

Yeah, that was tough. But I

got a scarf out of it, anyhow.

Well, it wasn't exactly as we'd planned it.

It was our first Christmas,

and somewhere way off,

it didn't matter where,

I knew I had you. Oh, Ted, it was

the nicest Christmas of my life.

You were born to marry a flyer, Ellen.

I knew that the minute I first saw you.

As a matter of fact that's why I married you.

- You know, I've got a confession to make.

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