Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Page #5

How did we get in the clutches

of these Navy guys anyhow?

- Boy, that's an awful big ship.

- Yeah, let's take a look at her.

- So long, Spike.

- So long, Spike.

- Be seeing you, Spike.

- Goodbye, fellows.

Lieutenant Lawson, reporting aboard, sir.

- Bettinger, take Lieutenant Lawson to...

- 306, sir.

- 306.

- This way, sir.

See you guys later.

Lieutenant McClure, reporting aboard, sir.

These are your quarters, sir.

Mr. White and Mr. Felton are on shore leave.

Thank you.

Are you sure you'll be able to find

your way back up to the deck, sir?

Oh, sure. Thanks.

What are you doing down here?

Oh, just looking around.

What are you doing here?

Just looking around.

- Are you lost too?

- Am I lost? I'm trapped like a rat.

I've been walking for miles.

This is the biggest

cockeyed ship I've ever seen.

Yeah. And I wish the deck was twice as big.

The smoking lamp is out.

The smoking lamp is out.

Sir, "The smoking lamp is out" means

no smoking anywhere on the ship.

- Okay.

- Why is that?

Because they're refueling, sir. They'll

let us know when they're through.

Hello.

Well, you guys finally got on, huh?

Yeah, we've just been looking the tub over.

- How are your quarters?

- Perfect.

Nice room with two bunks and a cot.

A cot? Follow me, brothers. I'm

gonna show you real quarters.

And I mean quarters.

Hats. Hats.

- Well, look at what's here.

- Well, we have guests.

What's the idea of bringing people

up here from the tenement district?

This is jocularly known

as the admiral's cabin.

Looks like you guys are going

to have to start bathing.

This isn't all. There's

something else. Follow me.

I'd be glad to.

Careful of the rugs, please.

Now just inside, gentlemen, is something

to really feast your peepers on.

The first guy turns in after

dinner gets this bed for the trip.

You know who that'll be. Enter.

What dirty, lowlife... Come

out of there, you boll weevil!

Well, feed me corn and watch me grow.

How did all this scum get in?

And me in an Army cot.

That's where he'll end up,

before the night's over.

- Let's get out of here.

- Oh, Lieutenant!

When you guys go down to dinner,

would you mind bringing back

a roast beef sandwich, rare,

and a piece of huckleberry pie, Lieutenant.

- Well, are you still glad you came along?

- Sure. Aren't you?

- I've got a funny feeling about this job.

- Yeah?

I think maybe it isn't going to be

as much of a cinch as we figured on.

Yeah, I've been thinking the same thing.

Well, my ship's over there. I

think I'll go take a look at it.

Well, the Duck's up ahead.

I'll see you in the morning.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

Who's that?

- That you, Thatcher?

- Oh, yes, sir.

Oh, forget it, Thatcher.

Got her pretty well

lashed down, haven't they?

Yes, sir. They did a good job.

I was kind of worried about her,

so I thought I'd better

come up and have a look.

You lonesome?

I guess everybody is a little, sir.

Don't bother with the sirs,

Dave. Your quarters all right?

- Yeah. Fine.

- Grub's good, too, isn't it?

The best I've had in a long time, sir.

What are you going to do when

we get back home, Thatcher?

Oh, I have a girl in Billings, sir.

I'm going to marry her, if we get back.

Oh, we'll get back all right.

Oh, hello.

- Hello.

- Hello.

I thought I'd come up and shoot the stars for

a little while, but I guess it's too foggy.

Pretty foggy, all right.

- What are you guys doing here?

- Oh, just getting a little air.

- Yeah, it's pretty stuffy down below.

- Yeah, it sure is.

You guys worry over the ruptured

duck like a bunch of old maids.

Me, I'm going to bed.

- Goodnight.

- Goodnight.

Goodnight, Ted.

Wonderful air, isn't it?

The smoking lamp is lit.

The smoking lamp is lit.

- What's wrong? What happened?

- Just battle stations.

Around sunup and sundown the pig

boats give us a little trouble

so we always lay for them.

This is Jig White and I'm Bud Felton.

- Glad to see you.

- Glad to see you.

- How are you?

- See you later.

- Are we underway?

- For the last five hours.

Glad to have you aboard, Army.

General Quarters, man your battle stations.

Army personnel, man your planes.

Boy, the only way you're going to get

that thing off of here is with a crane.

Maybe so. But we kind of think

we can take off on our own power.

Hey, where'd they come from?

That's what's known as an escort.

They just slipped up on us during the night.

The Navy likes to do things quietly.

Looks like it's really going

to be a show, doesn't it?

Boy, did I hate to part skin from

sheet this morning. What a bed.

Oh, this is Shorty Manch.

Jig White and Bud Felton.

- Hello.

- Hi y'all.

This lucky stiff is sleeping in

the bedroom off the admiral's cabin.

Yeah. Wonderful accommodations,

but nothing much to do.

I thought there'd at least be a

poker game or something going on.

Oh, I guess they have

them every once in a while.

How about Seven-Toed Pete? Do you

ever play much of that around here?

What's Seven-Toed Pete?

Well, it's a kind of seven-card poker.

- I'd be glad to teach it to you some time.

- Never heard of it.

Attention, Army personnel!

Attention, Army personnel!

Assemble in Ward Room.

- See you later, fellows.

- Assemble in Ward Room.

Well, it's been a great pleasure, fellows.

We'll certainly have to get together soon.

Maybe we can get up that

little game of poker.

See you later.

You know, I believe that

boy wants to play poker.

I wonder if they got their

pay before they came aboard.

As you were.

For the benefit of those

who haven't already guessed,

we're going straight to Japan.

The Navy will take us within 400

miles of the Japanese mainland.

We're going to bomb Tokyo, Yokohama,

Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya.

It'll be a night job and

you will be given the opportunity

of choosing the city you prefer.

Now, this is going to be a tight squeeze.

The Chinese have prepared small fields

just outside of Japanese occupied territory

for us to land on after the raid.

They'll gas us up and we'll

take off for Chungking.

From now on we're in constant

danger of enemy attack.

If there should be a surface attack,

stand by your planes with fire extinguishers

and let the Navy handle it.

If there should be an attack by air,

take off and make for the nearest land.

The Navy will give all navigators

their bearings twice a day.

Now once more, I want to emphasize that if...

If any of you feel you're not up to this job,

it's perfectly all right for you to drop out.

We have a few spare men and I

think we can fill your place.

Get together with Captain York and

find out what to do with your planes.

We'll meet here tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.

Are there any questions?

Colonel, do you mind if we

smoke during these assemblies?

I have no objection to that if

the Navy hasn't. Anything else?

Dismissed.

48, 49, 50.

51, 52, 53, 54,

55, 56... Oh, sorry, Manch.

- Just getting a little exercise.

- Yeah? Well, I wasn't.

I'm measuring off this cockeyed deck.

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