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2. You're traveling
through another dimension-
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3. a dimension not only of sight
and sound, but of mind,
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4. a journey into a wondrous land
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5. whose boundaries
are that of imagination.
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6. Your next stop,
the twilight zone.
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7. Short.
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8. 5-0.
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9. 5-0.
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10. That's right, still.
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11. They say that's their limit.
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12. Hello.
This is baker company f.o.
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13. You've wrecked
some rice paddies,
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14. you've knocked down
a grove of palm trees.
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15. What we're trying
to figure out is
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16. if there's something
in your religion
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17. that says you're not supposed
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18. to send a shell
into a cave.
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19. How's that?
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20. Yeah, we can bypass it.
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21. Well, look, all
you've done so far
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22. is ruin some real estate
and kept some japs awake.
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23. Anybody back there
figure out how long
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24. it takes the enemy
to die of insomnia?
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25. Yeah.
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26. Yeah, all right.
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27. Okay. Well,
keep in touch.
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28. Hey, sarge, what goes?
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29. They're going to
fire for effect
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30. until late
this afternoon.
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31. If they can't
smoke them out,
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32. maybe we'll bypass it.
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33. Yeah.
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34. Well, that's what
I like to hear.
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35. Amen.
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36. Well, I feel
better already.
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37. I've got no big yen
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38. to run into
anything anymore,
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39. not at this
stage of the game.
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40. Let's go up.
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41. You don't think
they'd expect us
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42. to go at that
frontally, do you?
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43. When two air strikes
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44. and an afternoon
of lobbing shells
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45. doesn't accomplish anything,
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46. you better start
counting your cartridges
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47. because we are
the bottom of the barrel.
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48. When they can't move
an enemy with the big stuff,
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49. that's when they call out
the queen of battle-
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50. the everloving infantry.
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51. Yeah, well,
what do you think?
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52. A month? More? Less?
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53. I don't know.
We got them ringed.
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54. They're finished on okinawa.
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55. The trouble with these
little bandy-legged buzzards
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56. is that they just don't know
when to quit.
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57. Look at them.
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58. They're in there,
holed up in that cave,
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59. beaten, sick, starved...
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60. and yet there's no one in there
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61. to tell them that the war's
over for them.
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62. Those poor guys.
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63. It's august, 1945,
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64. the last grimy pages
of a dirty, torn book of war.
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65. The place is
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66. the philippine islands.
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67. The men are what's left of
a platoon of american infantry
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68. whose dulled and tired eyes
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69. set deep
in dulled and tired faces
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70. can now look toward a miracle-
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71. that moment when the nightmare
appears to be coming to an end.
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72. But they've got one more battle
to fight,
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73. and in a moment,
we'll observe that battle.
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74. August, 1945,
philippine islands.
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75. But in reality it's high noon
in the twilight zone.
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76. Which one of you is
sergeant causarano?
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77. That'd be me.
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78. I'm lieutenant katell.
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79. I'm taking over the platoon.
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80. What's your situation here,
sergeant?
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81. Well, we're observing
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82. for a mortar company,
lieutenant.
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83. That cave down there-
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84. a bunch of japs
holed up in it.
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85. We've been trying to
get them out of there
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86. for two days.
Nothing doing.
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87. Your binoculars, please,
sergeant.
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88. Tough little item.
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89. Looks like we'll have to do
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90. a little mopping up
by ourselves.
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91. Sir?
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92. We'll go at it frontally.
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93. Move right in there
and wipe them out.
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94. Hey, lieutenant,
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95. you sure you got
the right platoon?
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96. What about it, sergeant,
can we go it alone?
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97. Go it alone?
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98. Pardon me, sir,
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99. but you've just inherited
a pretty good outfit,
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100. but we're notthatgood.
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101. This is infantry,
not kamikaze.
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102. I told you he had
the wrong platoon.
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103. I think he's got
the wrong army.
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104. Your name is what?
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105. Watkins, andrew j. Watkins.
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106. Are you accustomed
to talking to an officer
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107. lying on your back?
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108. I'm not accustomed
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109. to talking to
an officer any way.
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110. We lost the last three
we had,
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111. and there's usually
a little space of time...
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112. well, you've been
assigned another one.
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113. You've got to learn
to live with him.
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114. We'll start off with
a little reminder.
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115. When you talk
to an officer,
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116. you stand up on
your two feet.
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117. We've been in
the line 33 days.
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118. We haven't had
much sleep.
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119. You have my sympathy,
sergeant.
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120. My job is to lead this platoon,
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121. and I intend to lead it my way.
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122. When I tell you to jump,
you'll jump.
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123. If I tell you to stand up,
you'll stand up.
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124. If I tell you to head
toward that cave,
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125. that's exactly
what you'll do.
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126. Begging the lieutenant's
pardon...
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127. sergeant?
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128. What are
your orders,
lieutenant?
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129. We'll have to go right
in there and wipe them out.
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130. What about it,
sergeant?
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131. Are you asking my opinion,
lieutenant?
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132. I'm willing
to discuss it.
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133. Well, chronologically,
lieutenant,
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134. first thing you should do
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135. is take that gold bar
off your helmet
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136. and take the one
off your collar
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137. and put it
in your pocket.
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138. The japs may be
half-beaten, half-starved,
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139. but they're not dumb.
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140. They're tough
and they're shrewd
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141. and they got eyes.
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142. We lost three platoon officers
because they made
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143. slight motions of commands
with their hands,
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144. and that's what
the japs look for-
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145. the guy in command.
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146. I intended to
remove the insignia.
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147. Now what about
attacking the cave?
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148. Well, maybe we'll
have to do it eventually,
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149. but the war
isn't going to end
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150. before dinnertime.
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151. I say we sit on it
the rest of the day
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152. and see what
some 105's can do.
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153. Maybe you're right.
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154. But it strikes me
we could move in there
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155. and wipe them out
inside of an hour.
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156. Lob grenades in
and pulverize them.
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157. Lieutenant...
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158. how long have you
been out here?
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159. What's that got to do with it?
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160. Not a heck of a lot, I suppose,
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161. but you talk like
it's a football game
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162. and this is no football game.
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163. It's one long, hard gut ache
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164. with a lot of torn-up,
mangled guys.
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165. It's going to take a long time
for us to forget it.
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166. You have to remember,
lieutenant,
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167. you haven't
been shot at yet.
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168. And you haven't
shot anybody either.
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169. You got here ahead of me,
I'll concede you that,
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170. but when it comes
to killing japanese,
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171. I think you'll find me a
pretty efficient officer.
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172. That's a filthy
piece, soldier.
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173. I want clean weapons
in this platoon
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174. because we're
going to kill japs.
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175. That's my job.
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176. This outfit
better shape up.
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177. This one is
bloodthirsty.
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178. You don't think
he'll want us
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179. to scalp them?
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180. No sleep or no guts,
which is it?
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181. You're tired of
killing japs, is that it?
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182. Or you just got
no stomach for it?
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183. Lieutenant...
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184. we're about
24 months up on you.
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185. Now we've seen enough dead men
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186. to last us for the rest
of our lives.
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187. The rest of our lives,
lieutenant, and then some.
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188. Now, you got a big yen
to do some killing?
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189. Okay,
we'll do some killing for you,
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190. but don't ask us
to stand up and cheer.
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191. Causarano.
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192. Those flamethrowers
arrive yet?
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193. Yes, sir.
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194. Figure we can move in
behind the next barrage
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195. and get within 50 yards
of the opening.
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196. Those flamethrowers can do
a lot of damage, can't they?
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197. They can, indeed, sir.
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198. What about
the phosphorous grenades?
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199. I'd hate to
be hit by one.
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200. Check with company
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201. about the time
of the next mortar barrage,
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202. and we'll move in there.
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203. You're going to have
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204. to double-time
this one, sergeant.
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205. That is, if you're going
to keep up with me.
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206. Yeah.
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207. Well?
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208. Nothing, lieutenant.
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209. I'm not your
cup of tea,
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210. am I, sergeant?
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211. You got a little bit
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212. too much vinegar
for me, lieutenant.
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213. Look, we could
bypass them.
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214. There aren't
20 japs in there,
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215. and they're sick
and half-starved.
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216. But they're japs.
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217. They're men,
lieutenant.
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218. You've got a funny
group here, sergeant,
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219. and you're the oddball
of the bunch.
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220. If I had to size you up,
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221. I'd say you've either
got battle fatigue
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222. or you're chicken.
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223. Well, maybe neither
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224. and maybe a little
bit of both.
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225. I don't know, but
the way I size you...
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226. go ahead, sergeant,
how do you size me up?
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227. All right. You're
a pea green shavetail
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228. just fresh
from some campus.
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229. You're afraid
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230. you won't bag your limit,
or worse, all shook up
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231. because somebody might spot you
as a johnny-come-lately
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232. instead of a killer of men.
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233. I think that
ought to do it.
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234. You asked me, you're
going to get it.
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235. You want to prove your manhood,
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236. but it's a little late
in the day,
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237. and there aren't many choices
left as to how to do it.
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238. It all boils down
to that lousy cave
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239. full of sick, pitiful,
half-dead losers
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240. and a platoon of
dirty, tired men
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241. that have their craw
full of this war.
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242. You're a lousy soldier,
and that goes
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243. for the rest
of these poor, sick boys
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244. you want me
to bottle-feed.
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245. When you fight a war,
you fight a war.
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246. And you kill until
you're ordered to stop.
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247. I got your message,
lieutenant.
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248. There's always someone like you
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249. that sneaks in
before they close the door
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250. to grind an ax before he gives
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251. that final order.
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252. What's your pleasure,
lieutenant?
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253. How many men have to die
before you're satisfied?
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254. Offhand, I'd say all of them.
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255. No matter who they are
or where they are,
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256. if they're the enemy,
they get it!
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257. First day of the war
or last day of the war,
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258. they get it!
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259. Lieutenant yamuri,
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260. you dropped
your glasses, sir.
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261. Lieutenant yamuri, sir,
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262. that was exceedingly
brave, sir,
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263. trying to get at
the americans that way
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264. and single-handedly.
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265. )
The americans?
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266. Those are americans
in the cave?
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267. Yes, sir.
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268. We figure there are
20 or 30 of them.
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269. Most of them wounded.
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270. Are you... are you
all right, sir?
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271. Where are we?
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272. Who are you?
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273. Who am I, sir?
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274. Sergeant yamasaki.
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275. Are you all right,
lieutenant?
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276. Are you...
feeling well?
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277. Where are we?
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278. I asked you a question.
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279. Where are we?
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280. Why... why...
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281. corregidor, sir.
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282. When?
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283. When, sir?
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284. You mean, what is
the day's date.
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285. May 4, sir.
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286. May 4, sir.
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287. It can't be may.
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288. It's august.
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289. August 6.
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290. I... humbly ask
the lieutenant
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291. to forgive me,
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292. but I must
correct him.
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293. The day is may 4.
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294. May 4, when?
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295. What year?
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296. The year 1942.
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297. Is...
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298. is the lieutenant
all right?
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299. Perhaps... perhaps
a touch of malaria.
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300. What did you call me?
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301. You called me
by a name.
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302. Lieutenant
yamuri, sir.
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303. I called you
lieutenant yamuri.
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304. I called you
by your name, sir.
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305. No.
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306. No!
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307. What happened to me?
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308. What's going on?
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309. What happened?
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310. Yamuri,
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311. are you sick?
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312. I require an answer,
lieutenant.
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313. I asked you
if you were sick.
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314. We shall be moving out shortly,
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315. and if you are too ill to move,
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316. we shall
leave you here.
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317. Leave me here?
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318. We have
no transport
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319. for the wounded,
lieutenant.
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320. We shall shortly move up,
and you shall remain here.
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321. My name is not yamuri,
I swear to you.
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322. Something's happened.
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323. My name is not yamuri.
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324. My name is...
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325. I'm all right.
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326. Forgive me, sir.
I'm all right now.
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327. You what?
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328. I was feverish for a moment.
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329. I'm all right now.
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330. You sure?
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331. Yes, sir.
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332. Very sure.
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333. Sergeant...
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334. we move out
in five minutes.
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335. Yes, sir.
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336. Be ready
in five minutes.
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337. Unfortunately, the artillery
was unable to do its job.
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338. We will attack the cave
in force.
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339. Prisoners, sir?
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340. What?
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341. Are we to take
any prisoners
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342. if any surrender?
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343. If any do, I suppose we can.
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344. Yamuri...
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345. take the first
section.
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346. Move forward
very quickly.
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347. Drop down 50 yards
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348. in front of
the opening.
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349. Watch for
my signal.
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350. We will cover you
with automatic fire
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351. before you make the attack.
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352. Then section
two and three
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353. will follow you in.
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354. Understood?
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355. Yes.
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356. I didn't hear you.
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357. I understand, sir.
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358. Your section, sir.
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359. You said
there were wounded in there.
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360. I think so,
lieutenant.
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361. When they ran inside,
they were carrying each other.
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362. There are no more
than 20 or 30 men inside.
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363. It shouldn't be
too difficult.
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364. Americans.
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365. 20 or 30 americans.
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366. I didn't hear
what you said, yamuri.
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367. What did you just say?
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368. There are wounded
in there, sir.
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369. Perhaps...
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370. perhaps what?
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371. Perhaps we can let them
surrender or perhaps...
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372. or? Or what?
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373. Or perhaps we can
leave them there-
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374. bypass them.
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375. Bypass them, lieutenant?
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376. Is that tactical?
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377. Or is that some sudden
nugget of compassion
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378. that you have unearthed
in your fever?
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379. But they-they
are wounded.
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380. They can't do
us much harm.
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381. Neither can they
sink a battleship,
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382. but nevertheless,
we have to destroy them.
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383. A reminder, lieutenant-
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384. the identity
of the men in the cave,
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385. they are americans,
they are enemy-
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386. healthy, wounded,
walking or lying,
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387. they are the enemy.
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388. The japanese army
does not bypass.
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389. The japanese army attacks.
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390. They japanese army
wipes out its opponents.
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391. But they are
wounded, sir.
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392. They are wounded
and beaten.
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393. Lieutenant yamuri,
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394. odd that you
should require this reminder,
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395. but the comparative health
and well-being of the enemy-
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396. his comfort
or his discomfort,
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397. the degree of his anguish
or his incapacities-
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398. have no more bearing
on a military action,
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399. a tactical move
or a decision of command
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400. than the fortunes
of an anthill
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401. that you step on
when we move out to attack.
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402. They are the enemy.
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403. They are american.
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404. If, when we enter the cave
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405. and they are lying
on the ground,
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406. I can assure you
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407. I will have
no more compunction
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408. about making them
a head shorter
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409. than I would stepping
on that anthill.
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410. But they are men.
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411. They are enemy,
and this is war,
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412. and in war, you kill.
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413. You kill, lieutenant.
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414. You kill until
you are ordered
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415. to stop killing.
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416. You kill until you
are ordered
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417. to stop killing.
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418. No!
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419. Sections, assemble.
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420. Sergeant yamasaki,
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421. you will handle
the first section.
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422. Sergeant hiro,
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423. you will take
the second section.
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424. Lieutenant ishimoto,
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425. yours is
the third section.
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426. All right?
We move out.
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427. I will take care of
you when we return.
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428. Captain!
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429. What you do to those men
in the cave...
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430. will it shorten the war
by a week,
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431. by a day, by an hour?
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432. May I ask the captain
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433. what is his pleasure?
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434. How many must die
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435. before
he's satisfied?
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436. Offhand, lieutenant yamuri,
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437. I would say all of them.
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438. I don't care where they are
or who they are.
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439. If they are the enemy,
they are to be destroyed.
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440. First day of the war,
last day of the war,
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441. we destroy them!
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442. Any time you say,
lieutenant.
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443. Any time you say,
lieutenant.
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444. Form lines for
the duck shoot.
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445. Causarano...
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446. something happened.
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447. Something...
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448. lieutenant katell.
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449. Orders, lieutenant.
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450. They want us
off the hill.
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451. Who says?
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452. Colonel hardin
at headquarters.
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453. The air force
dropped a bomb
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454. on japan
this morning.
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455. They call it
an atomic bomb.
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456. Hello. What's
all this about?
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457. They figure the bomb
will end the war
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458. in a of couple days.
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459. They want the units
to pull back
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460. and see
what happens.
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461. Let's get ready
to move out of here.
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462. You with us,
lieutenant?
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463. Yeah, I'm with you.
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464. Is it something,
lieutenant?
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465. Yeah, it's something.
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466. Well, I
wouldn't fret.
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467. There'll
be other caves
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468. and other wars,
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469. other human beings
you can knock off.
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470. I hope not.
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471. God help us, I hope not.
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472. "The quality of mercy
is not strained.
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473. "It droppeth as the gentle rain
from heaven
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474. "upon the place beneath.
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475. It blesseth him that gives
and him that takes."
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476. Shakespeare,
the merchant of venice,
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477. but applicable to any moment
in time
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478. to any group of soldiery,
to any nation
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479. on the face of the earth,
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480. or, as in this case,
to the twilight zone.
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481. Rod serling,
creator of the twilight zone,
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482. will tell you
about next week's story
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483. after this message.
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484. And now, mr. Serling.
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485. Next week, an excursion into the
shadowland of the hereafter.
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486. Miss gladys cooper
and mr. Robert redford
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487. combine sizeable talents
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488. to bring you a script
by george clayton johnson
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489. entitled, "nothing in the dark."
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490. The dark, in this case,
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491. being the little nooks,
crannies and closets
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492. of those regions
presided over by mr. Death.
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493. I hope you'll be with us next
week for "nothing in the dark."
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494. Our population's expanding
faster than our colleges.
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495. For more classrooms
and finest professors,
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496. help the college
of your choice.
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