Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo Page #8

I'd feel a lot better on a night job.

Did you hear that left engine miss?

No, singing like a lark.

I must be hearing things.

Navigator to pilot.

Pilot to Navigator. Go ahead.

We ought to hit the

Japanese coast any minute.

Look.

- See that flag?

- Yeah.

- Saving bombs today.

- They're waving at us.

Those guys must be nuts.

Japanese coast straight ahead.

Fujiyama.

We'll be catching buckshot any second now.

Zeros.

- Pilot to...

- I saw them, sir.

- Shall I turn the power on for the turret?

- No, wait a minute.

I don't know what happened to them,

sir. I guess they didn't see us.

There she is fellows. Take a good gander.

When we get back home, the

folks will want to know what

Tokyo used to look like.

That must be Davey Jones

giving them the works.

Pilot to bombardier, bomb bay doors open.

- There we are, the big red smokestack.

- Pilot to bombardier,

- approaching smelter.

- I'm on it.

They've got our altitude.

One away.

Two away.

Three away.

Four away.

- Six fighters just above and to the right.

- Have you got them, Thatcher?

Ready for them, sir.

Why don't they dive?

They're going away.

We're not going to wait for them to

come back. We're getting out of here.

Well, I guess maybe we're in that lucky half.

Not yet. Not till we get to China.

Wow. What a headache.

- Were you scared?

- I'm still scared.

- McClure, on our course?

- On our course.

A hundred and sixty gallons. I hope

it's enough to get us to Changchow.

Yeah, and I hope the Japs

don't get there first.

What's the dope, McClure?

About 200 miles to Changchow.

- And we ought to hit the coast any minute.

- We'll never find it in the dark.

Pilot to crew.

We're going up and flying on instruments.

When the gas is gone we'll bail out.

We'll buzz it. Maybe we can land.

Keep a lookout for rocks or logs.

All set for landing.

McClure, get our guns out.

Take off chutes and be sure your

life jackets are on. Carry your guns.

Wheels down. Flaps down.

Air speed 135.

I lost my ship.

I lost my ship.

- You hurt bad?

- I don't... I don't know.

I can't move my arms.

Your leg, it's all busted up, sir.

Get Davenport.

Ted, Ted, look at me.

That baby and I...

We won't ever need anything but you.

We mustn't either of us

be scared about it, Ted,

because the baby, the baby's why

I know you're coming back to us.

Lawson!

Shall I shoot them, Lieutenant?

No, hold it.

- But they may be Japs, sir.

- Don't shoot, Thatcher.

Hey! Hey!

He says he's Chinese. What's

that word for American?

That leg's got to be sewn up, sir.

It's split wide open.

Me, Charlie.

Americans.

- We're Americans.

- American.

Americans.

We need a doctor, and some help

to get to Changchow.

Chiang Kai-shek.

- We're his friends. In Chungking.

- Chungking!

- Yes.

- That's right.

We go Chungking.

Chungking many, many days. Many.

Doctor. Doctor.

Charlie, go, go doctor.

Charlie, bring doctor here.

Charlie, bring doctor or we die.

Doctor, one li.

One li, that's a Chinese mile.

One li. Go.

Bring doctor.

Doctor, Japanese man. Japanese doctor.

Maybe Japanese man, Japanese soldier,

come here.

Japanese man no come at night.

Boat, you go boat.

Let's go.

Hey, cut that out.

I think he wants to trade

bullets with you, Thatcher.

Friend.

Charlie, friend.

Charlie, go. Charlie, friend.

Sure, Charlie, friend. Goodbye, Charlie.

The Japs must be all around us.

- I wonder where the rest of the gang is?

- Scattered all over the China coast,

if they're alive.

I think I'm going to pass out.

- I, Ted, take you, Ellen.

- To be my lawfully wedded wife.

To be my lawfully wedded wife.

- To have and to cherish.

- To have and to cherish.

Until death us do part.

Until death us do part.

Until death us do part.

Until death us do part.

Don't let them cut my leg off.

Please, don't let them cut my leg off.

- Don't let them cut my leg off.

- Lawson, stop it. Lawson.

- Don't.

- Lawson.

- What's the matter?

- You were yelling.

Thank you.

My name is Foo Ling.

Everything we have is yours.

We know what you have done

and we honor you for it.

Our navigator has both his shoulders broken.

Is there anybody who can set them for him?

No one.

But we hope that help

will soon arrive for you.

Thanks.

How are they?

We have washed them. They are bandaged.

But we have no medicines.

Not even aspirin.

What's that?

- This is Dr. Chung.

- How do you do?

We've come a long way

and we're going home now

and we've been hunting a doctor everywhere.

I understand.

Have you got anything that'll knock

them out, Doctor? They're in awful pain.

We hope to have some medical supplies by

the time we reach my father's hospital.

Hospital? Where's that?

In Lin Hai. About 60 li from here.

- I have come to take you there.

- It's a funny thing, Doctor.

There were a lot of planes

and we had to take off early.

- You see how it was.

- Of course.

They aren't in any shape to

make much of a trip, Doctor.

We'll have to move them at once.

The Japanese captured one of your

crews yesterday, not very far from here.

So many planes, and we don't

know what happened to the others.

All up and down the Chinese Coast.

My countrymen are seeking your countrymen.

We'll bring them through.

I have some money. I want to give it to you.

Please, Lieutenant, you

have given us enough already.

- What?

- The bombs you dropped on Japan.

Please, now try to rest.

The Japanese, they are in

the village we just left.

- Chan.

- Mr. Parker.

- Mrs. Parker.

- Doctor Chan.

- How are they?

- They are very, very sick.

- I'll need your help.

- How close are the Japanese?

They took Ching Ming three

hours after our departure.

One of the American crews has

already fallen into their hands.

Hadn't they better be taken

straight through to Hop Sai?

They couldn't stand the trip.

This is my father, Dr. Chung.

- The others, please, help them.

- Please, don't worry, Lieutenant.

We'll take care of everybody.

You won't have to take it off, will you, Doc?

We hope not. One cannot tell.

You've had a long journey. Now you must rest.

All we had at our Mission was a little

antiseptic fluid and some bandages.

But we've sent out runners for supplies.

Is there any way I could get a message out?

I'd like my mother to know that I'm okay.

The whole region's swarming with Japanese.

Well, do you think they've heard back

in the States what happened to us?

We've been listening in on short

wave. They know all about the raid,

but apparently they're

keeping the details secret

until the rest of your men have been saved.

Have they found any of the others?

We have word that one crew will be

coming through here pretty soon now.

I understand there's a doctor among them.

Oh, that must be Lieutenant

Smith's crew. Excuse me.

Lieutenant Smith's crew

has been rescued, sir.

Smith's?

They found Lieutenant Smith and

Doc White and they're coming here.

Don Smith's crew. The Doc

was flying with Don Smith.

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