Everybody to the hospital!
Why's the Navy always buzzin' us?
shut up, Red!
- Oh, man, come on. - Red, it's too early.
The Japs are here!
What the hell? Let's go! Let's go!
- Get corpsmen to the bridge. - Aye, Captain!
Repair says third deck is flooding port side!
Yaah! Uhh!
Get up!
Get up, you cowards! Get up there and fight!
Move it!
Take cover!
I got you, Captain.
You radio for air cover!
Initiate damage control!
Find my X.O. Tell him to assume command.
And you make sure the gunners--
Everyone's where they need to be, Captain.
You trained us well.
Captain...
Aah!
Go, go, go, go!
Let's go! Let's go! Everybody move!
Get the ammo for that fifty cal!
Get that fifty cal!
Let's go! We gotta get--
Come on, man, we gotta get this thing loaded up!
- Aah! - Aah!
Let's go! Let's go!
Come on! Let's go! Let's go!
Danny, get me into a damn plane!
Come on!
Get some ammo up here! We need some men on these guns!
Sir! The captain says you're in charge, sir!
We need more ammo! Now!
Send up ammunition for the five-inch guns!
Medic!
All of 'em, now!
Aah!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Come on!
Aah! Come on!
Come on, you sum 'bitch!
Aah!
Aah ha!
Oh, yeah!
I need a doctor! Somebody help me!
Get to the supply room!
Get everything out!
- Aah! - Planes incoming!
Cut 'em down!
Come on, come on! Get 'em away from the windows!
The mattresses! Get 'em against the wall!
Take cover!
Is everybody all right?
Can you stand? Can you stand?
Hold your fire!
Get to the gun! Hurry up!
Get down, Danny!
Aah!
- Earl! - This is Walker!
We need to get those planes fueled and loaded right now!
What's going on out there? Huh?
Danny, what the hell's that noise?
You guys doin' target practice or something?
I think World War II just started.
Go, go, go!
- Billy! - Run!
- It's gonna blow! - It's a dud.
It's a dud!
Come on, get down!
Danny! Danny, are you all right?
I'm all right!
Come on, let's go! Come on, let's go!
Gooz, come on, man!
We're sinking! We're sinking!
Stay together! Close the hatches!
- I can't swim! - Just hang on!
Let's move it now!
Joe! Go! Go!
We're gettin' outta here! Get in the car!
Get in! Get in!
Come on, let's go! Go!
Get out of the way! Get out of the way!
Come on!
Where's this place we're goin'?
We got a small mechanic runway about ten minutes away.
Hasn't been hit yet.
We got Zeros on our six!
Duck!
Help us!
Aah!
We're trapped.
Try it! Try the door!
Aah!
Oh, my God! I'm going under!
It's sucking me back!
The current's too strong!
They're shootin' at us!
I don't wanna die! I don't wanna die!
This is it.
Get us out of here now!
How bad?
It's still not over, sir.
An entire fleet at anchor.
My God, my God...
Barbara, fill every syringe you can find with morphine!
Fill up the kitchen! Are you listening to me?
Fill up the kitchen!
Over there! Over there!
We got a bad neckwound here!
Surgery! Move!
Get him to surgery! Oh, God.
In here!
He's still bleeding! Another hemostat!
Hurry! Give me a hemostat now!
Damn it, hurry!
Gimme another hemostat! Another suture! Hurry!
Give me a-- Oh, God, I'm so sorry!
Doctor!
Here! Aah!
Am I gonna die?
Nurse!
Don't leave me!
Doctor! Get over here!
My fingers are plugging his artery!
Doctor, what do you need?
Focus, look at me. What do you need?
- Hemostat. - Hemostat.
Here. All right, look at me. You're going to be all right.
I need more ammo!
I need more ammo, ladies!
I need more ammo!
Earl! We good to go?
- Mostly, but-- - Get down!
- Shit! Get cover! - Jesus!
- Come on, you guys! - Earl, get in here!
Sergeant! We need more than a shotgun!
You got any other weapons for coverfire?
Inside that ammo locker!
- Come on! - Move it!
- Go! Go! - Get the guns out!
You said the planes are mostly ready, but...
but what?
She's down, she's broke, she's shit.
I got four left.
One's good, two need ammo, one needs fuel.
Fall out and load up in the bunker!
Let's go! Get down!
- Move! - Get ready to roll this thing!
Get down! Now!
Anthony, Red, you stay here and man the fifty-caliber.
Gooz, get to the next bunker and lay down some coverfire.
Planes.
Should we fire?
Stay down! God damn it! Hold your fire!
Stay still! Nobody fire!
Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
They don't know we're here.
- Stay down. - Fire?
No, God damn it, stay down, stay still.
Don't fire.
Oh, God.
I don't see any ordnance.
I think they're going home.
No. They'll be back. We still got planes on the ground.
Pilots, listen up.
Get all the speed you can on the runway...
don't get on the stick till the very end.
In the air, stay low between the buildings.
You see any Zero on your tail...
wipe him off, don't freeze. Just keep moving.
Try to separate 'em, take 'em out one by one.
P-40s can't outrun Zeros, so don't try.
We have to outfly 'em.
We got high-level bombers!
They'll bust this hangar wide open!
Grab the fifties! Let's move!
Move! Move!
Go, go, go!
Zeros!
Take cover! Take cover!
Aah!
- Get down! Get down! - Let's go! In the box!
Aah!
Danny!
Come on!
Come on, buddy!
Leave him, he's dead! He's dead!
They're kicking our butt.
Get to the airplanes! Go, go, go!
Run! Red, Anthony, let's go!
Come on, help me! Goddamn belts!
Let's go! Come on!
Knock 'em dead.
Quick! Get in! Put this on!
They're coming around. Bring 'em out! Let's go!
Red, get out of here, God damn it! Go!
Come on, let's go.
Joe, get out the way!
I'm rollin'!
Clear! Go!
Oh, God. Planes!
Come on, help me!
Hey, Joe! You got three Zeros behind you!
Turn! Turn!
Oh, God!
Aah!
Oh, shit.
What are you doing? Get going!
Danny, start that thing up and get in the air.
I'm not much good without a wing man. I need you!
I got you!
Let's do it!
It's real tight, Rafe! Real tight!
Hey, Rafe, I'm not sure we have enough runway!
Get your airspeed up before you leave the dirt!
Don't freeze. Don't freeze.
I don't think I'm gonna make it over!
Come on! Come on!
We did it! I'm up!
We got Zeros behind us!
How many you see back there?
We got five on our six!
Take it down to the deck, now!
We gotta split 'em up.
You take left, I'll take right.
Earl, get some guns in that goddamn tower!
OK! Let's go! Into the truck!
Danny, I got three on my six.
Whoo!
Stop! Stop! Let's go!
Let's go! Move it! Move it, Red!
- Let's go! - Gimme the fifty!
Let's go! All right!
I still got two behind me, Rafe.
Yaah!
Son of a bitch!
Whoa!
Earl, God damn it, get some guns in that tower!
On the tower. Going ten stories up.
It's a long son of a bitch.
Rafe, they're all over me! I can't get them off me!
Danny, I still got three on my tail!
Keep jinking it! Don't let them get a handle!
I can't shake 'em!
God damn it.
Danny, let's play chicken with these Jap suckers!
I'm with you.
Jesus!
- I'm coming right at you! - Don't brake till I tell you.
Not yet! Not yet!
Come on!
Go left! Now!
- Whoo! We got 'em! - Ha ha ha!
Set up over there!
Come on, load it!
We're on the tower.
I got one on my tail. I'll bring him right by you.
He's comin' around! Let's get this Jap sucker!
Hold your fire. Here he comes.
You better be cocked and locked when I come by!
Hold your fire!
Fire!
Whoo! Good shootin', boys!
Nice shot, Earl!
Let's head over to battleship row!
I'm with you!
Let's go do some business.
I'm going after 'em.
Rafe! I got him!
- P-40's! - Yeah!
They're pulling into the clouds!
We ain't gonna let these sons of bitches get home!
How do you like someone shooting back at you?
Oh, I'm on your ass now!
Yeah! I got one!
Come on!
God, come on!
Come on, stay in there!
Whoa!
I got you, you son of a bitch!
Who taught you how to fly, Lieutenant?
He did.
I have to amputate here! I have to amputate!
You're not gonna die!
I got you. Hold onto this...
Sandra, we're running out of morphine.
Find some way to mark 'em...
So we can keep track of who's got morphine already.
Tell me about your ship. What ship are you from?
It's not marking. Have you got a marker?
Use my lipstick! Put "M" for morphine.
- We need a tourniquet! - Tourniquet!
Where are the clamps?
There's nothing left!
- Evelyn! - Here, use this.
Go outside. There's too many to help.
Sort them out.
Only those that can be saved you bring in.
I can't...
No, please, I need you to do it!
Go! Go!
Aah!
Don't look at anyone without a mark!
I told you, stand back!
Keep 'em outside!
Come on! Let's go!
Wait here.
Don't touch me, you Jap! Get your hands off me!
Get him into critical.
- Get him off me. - Critical, frontward!
How bad am I?
You're gonna be just fine, sweetheart.
- I don't wanna die. - You're not gonna die.
I've got your hand.
Do you have enough morphine to make him comfortable?
He won't make it.
Line the critical up!
Get him morphine. Take him over there!
Burn victims by the tree!
I just found her!
I don't think she's breathing.
No, she's dead. Take her--
Oh, God.
Are you sure, Ev? Check her again.
She's dead. Take her over there!
But you've gotta be sure!
She's dead! Go back to work, Sandra.
I don't know what to do!
Over here!
Admiral?
From Washington.
"Attack by Japan considered imminent."
They're only an hour late.
How can we help?
We need blood. Come on.
Remember, son, hold on to your faith.
1,500 cartons over there.
"'Today you will be with me in paradise...
"so fear not."
Fear not, my son.
You are a man truly blessed.
You will die in a state of grace.
Remember, pain is temporary, but glory is forever.
Hold on to your faith, my son.
You'll be with God, the saints, and the angels soon.
I absolve you of your sins...
in the name of the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit.
Innomine patris et fili, et spiritus sancti.
Amen.
Go with God, my son.
We've got men trapped everywhere in the harbor.
We need help from anybody who can move.
There's somebody in here!
Get somebody down here!
They're cutting through!
I hear somebody! Get some guys up here!
Pull!
Get us out! It's filling with water!
Get an airline in here!
We need the air hose! What can we do?
It won't cut any faster!
- Cut him out! - Aah!
Yesterday...
December 7, 1941...
a date which will live in infamy...
the United States of America...
was suddenly and deliberately attacked...
by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan.
It is obvious...
that planning the attack began many weeks ago.
During the intervening time...
the Japanese government...
has deliberately sought to deceive the United States...
by false statements...
and expressions of hope for continued peace.
The attack yesterday on the Hawaiian Islands...
has caused severe damage to American military forces.
I regret to tell you...
that over 3,000 American lives have been lost.
No matter how long it may take us...
to overcome this premeditated invasion...
the American people, in their righteous might...
will win through to absolute victory.
Because of this unprovoked, dastardly attack by Japan...
I ask that the Congress declare a state of war.
Is it true...
men are still trapped alive inside the Arizona?
We can hear tapping from inside the hull.
We're doing everything we can to get to them...
but they're forty feet below water.
We've been trained to think that we're invincible.
And now our proudest ships have been destroyed...
by an enemy we considered inferior.
We're on the ropes, gentlemen.
That's exactly why we have to strike back now.
We'll attack the Marshall and Gilbert Islands, sir.
I mean hitting the heart of Japan the way they have hit us.
Mr. President...
Pearl Harbor caught us unawares because we didn't face facts.
This isn't a time for ignoring them again.
We have long-range bombers, but no place to launch them.
Midway is too far, and Russia won't allow us...
to launch a raid from there.
Admiral?
Navy's planes are small.
They carry light loads and have a short range.
We'd have to get them within a few hundred miles of Japan.
We'd risk our carriers, and if we lose them...
we'll have no shield against invasion.
Does anyone in this room think victory is possible...
without facing danger?
We are at war. Of course there's a risk.
But consider the risk, Mr. President.
If the Japanese invade us right now...
they would reach Chicago before we could stop them.
Gentlemen...
most of you did not know me when I had the use of my legs.
I was strong and proud... and arrogant.
Now I wonder, every hour of my life...
why God put me into this chair.
But when I see defeat in the eyes of my country men--
in your eyes, right now--
I start to think that maybe he brought me down...
for times like these...
when we all need to be reminded who we truly are--
that we will not give up or give in.
Mr. President, with all respect, sir...
what you're asking can't be done.
- Mr. President! - Get back, George!
Get back.
Do not tell me...
it can't be done.
Japan continues its military conquest...
throughout the Pacific.
But, back home...
millions of American workers band together...
bringing factories to life to avenge Pearl Harbor.
Mr. President, we have an idea how to bomb the Japanese.
Sir, it's risky...
but it's bold.
- Who are you? - I, sir?
Captain Low, Mr. President.
He's a submariner. He came up with this idea.
I like sub commanders.
They don't have time for bullshit, and neither do I.
Fire away, gentlemen.
And where is God in all this?
Our enemies believe a divine wind protects them.
But we see our friends laid out here before us.
Hey, Captain.
Lieutenants Rafe McCawley, Daniel Walker.
Yes, Major?
You're both going stateside. Fly out in two hours.
What for, sir?
Ask Colonel Doolittle.
Yes, sir.
You're packing.
Orders.
What kind of orders?
The top-secret kind.
The dangerous kind.
I can't find Danny.
Is that why you're here?
Looking for Danny?
Probably saying good-bye to his squadron.
We've been assigned to Doolittle.
I wasn't looking for Danny.
I couldn't have you go away...
without you understanding something.
Yeah. You don't have to explain anything.
I do, because you're acting like I didn't love you.
Evelyn, loving you kept me alive.
I should've died over there.
When I was in that water, I made a deal with God.
I told him I was sorry...
that I knew I'd been a fool for leaving you...
trying to go over there and be a hero...
and I promised I'd never ask for anything again...
if I could just see you one more time.
And you know what?
It was worth it.
You kept me alive, Evelyn. You brought me home.
So I'm gonna stand by my end of the deal.
I'm gonna walk away.
And I won't ask you for anything.
But I just want to know why.
Just tell me that, will you, please? Just tell me why.
Rafe, I'm pregnant.
Oh, my God.
I didn't even know until the day you turned up alive.
And then all this happened.
I haven't told Danny.
I don't want him to know.
All he needs to think about...
is how to do this mission and get back alive.
Rafe, all I ever wanted...
was for us to have a home, grow old together...
but life never asked me what I wanted.
Now, I'm gonna give Danny my whole heart...
but I don't think I'll ever look at another sunset...
without thinking of you.
I'll love you my whole life.
I'll see you on board.
You know, the only thing that scares me...
is that you might love him more than you love me.
I love you, Danny.
And I'll be here waiting for you when you come back.
Follow me.
Colonel.
Congratulations on your promotion, sir.
I heard what you did.
We can explain that, sir.
Explain what?
Whatever it is you heard about us, sir.
You mean the hula shirts you were flying in?
Or the seven planes you shot down?
You're both being awarded the Silver Star...
and promoted to captain.
Is that the good news, sir, or...
You're just about the only pilots in the Army...
with combat experience.
I need you for a mission...
I've been ordered to put together.
You know what top secret is?
Yes, sir.
It's the kind of mission where you get medals.
But they send 'em to your relatives.
Top secret means you train for something...
never done before in aviation history...
and you go without knowing where you're going.
You do it on that basis or not at all.
I'll go, sir.
I'll go, too, sir.
By the way, the Brits sent over your personal effects.
Thank you, sir.
There's only one more thing.
Leave your goddamn hula shirts at home.
Dear Rafe...
It's so strange to be this far from you...
but you should know this-- every night...
I've been looking all over for you.
Danny, this...
this ain't no time to leave things unsaid.
Now, we gotta face facts here.
The fact is, we just both love the same woman.
She's the first girl I ever felt this way about, Rafe.
I couldn't help what happened any more than you could.
This is different, though, Danny.
Evelyn already lost the man she loved once.
I just don't want it to see that happen to her again.
Guys like us got no choice. This is war.
She knows that.
Danny, don't do this.
Don't go on this mission.
You got nothing to prove.
You've been protecting me since we were kids.
Yeah, well...
you do tend to need it from time to time.
The mission I'm asking you to volunteer for...
is exceptionally dangerous.
Take a look at the man beside you.
It's a good bet that in the next six weeks...
you or he...
will be dead.
Everyone brave enough to accept this...
step forward.
Your grandmother could take a B-25 off...
on a mile-long runway.
Well, I'm gonna train you to do it in 467 feet.
Because at 468 feet...
you're dead.
And once you get it up...
you'll learn to fly it like a fighter...
thirty feet off the ground.
I want you to say hello...
to Lieutenant Jack Richards, Navy Aviation.
He'll help us lighten these fat ladies.
Dump that ash can.
See that bomb sight? Get rid of it.
Colonel, he's crazy!
- The lady's fat! - Listen to him.
She's fat. We want a skinny lady!
Max power!
Get up, get up!
- Damn! - How the heck--
Damn!
They just keep rolling past that line.
Maybe it's a bad idea.
No, they're too heavy. We gotta get drastic.
This armored plating goes.
I'm sure, I'm sure. Lose it like a skirt, son.
Release brakes!
Come on, come on!
- God! - Put every man on the line!
Let's show these boys how this thing is done!
Come on! Max power.
Well, if he can do it...
Well, gentlemen, now I can tell you...
that we're going to Tokyo.
And we're gonna bomb it.
That comes as a special request...
directly from President Roosevelt.
The Navy'll sneak us about 400 miles off the coast...
and we'll launch from the carrier there.
Has that been done before?
Taking Army bombers off Navy carriers?
- No. - OK.
Any other questions?
Well, sir, is it even possible to land...
a B-25 on an aircraft carrier deck?
That won't matter.
As soon as we're airborne, the carrier heads for Hawaii.
But without them, where do we land?
I have a phrase I want you to memorize.
Wo shimeiguo ren.
It means "I am an American".
In Chinese.
Ain't gonna be any easier.
That's three feet shorter than our practice runway.
- Fellas? - Sir.
Sir.
Secretary of the Navy gave me these.
What are they?
Friendship medals the Japanese gave us...
when they were pretending to want peace.
What'll you do with them?
Wire them to the bombs and give them back.
So what's going on?
Well, sir, we only have sixteen planes.
So?
When the Japs hit us, they had more than 300.
How much difference can we make?
It's not that we're afraid, sir.
But we might die, and we want to know what it's for.
You know, at Pearl, they hit us with a sledgehammer.
This raid, even if we make it through...
it'll only be a pin prick...
but it'll be straight through their hearts.
Victory belongs to those that believe in it the most...
and believe in it the longest.
We're gonna believe.
We're gonna make America believe, too.
Colonel? I need a minute.
- Excuse me, Major Jackson? - Yes?
Do you remember me?
Oh, sure I do.
I'm sorry. I've been meaning to thank you.
Well, maybe you can.
When the news comes in about the Doolittle boys...
I want to be in the command post.
I'm sorry. I don't know what you're talking about.
How the hell do you know about this mission?
Let's call it an inadvertent disclosure.
Some flyboy you're dating shot his mouth off.
Actually, it's about two pilots.
I know they're going into great danger.
I just want to be there when the news tells us...
if they've lived or died.
Most officers would have thrown you in the brig.
Most nurses wouldn't keep their fingers...
plugged in your artery.
I can't promise you anything.
Hey, Red, you think they picked us...
to do this 'cause we're young and dumb?
Come on, Gooz, we're the tip of the sword.
In honor of our trip to Japan...
I got us some victory cigars!
- Yeah! - There you go.
Put that in your insidepocket, next to your heart.
You know, Jack, we may lose this battle...
but we're gonna win this war.
- You know how I know? - No.
Them.
'Cause they're rare.
And at times like these, you see them...
stepping forward.
There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer, Jack.
My friends in the war department...
don't want me to lead this raid...
because they say I'm too valuable.
They don't want me up in the air...
flying with the men that I've chosen...
that I've chewed out, cussed out, pushed to the limit...
and that I've come to respect.
They want me to stand on the flight deck...
and wave you off. Well, I don't see it that way.
So I'm going with you.
We take off tomorrow afternoon...
drop our fire, and head for China.
Our mission is to hit military targets...
aircraft and tankfactories.
Colonel, you've given us homing beacons...
but you said China is overrun with Japanese troops.
What if the beacons are switched off?
Bring her down any way you can...
and do your best to avoid capture.
What if we have to bail out over Japan?
Well, in that situation, I can't tell you what to do.
What would you do, Colonel?
I wasn't built to be a prisoner...
so I would have my crew bail out.
I'd find the sweetest military target I could...
and drive my plane right smack into the middle of it...
and kill as many of those bastards as I could.
But that's just me.
I'm forty-five years old. I'm an old man.
You guys have your whole lives ahead of you...
so what you do is up to you.
The mission will launch in a couple of hours.
You'll stay right in here.
Here. Stay here.
Don't talk to them. They won't talk to you.
Pretend to type the information we pass you.
That's it.
This is Orphan Annie from Radio Tokyo.
To all the lonely boys in the South Pacific...
watch out-- the enemy will get you.
Maybe she's right.
Japs transmitting!
Captain, radar reports Japanese patrol boats.
- Range 400 yards. - How many yards?
400 yards and closing, sir.
Richards, Japs! 400 yards! Let's go!
Admiral Halsey's ordering the cruisers to open fire!
We gotta sink these Jap boats before they give us away.
Go to general quarters!
Go, go, go, go!
Oh, my God.
This can't be good!
All hands, man your battle stations.
Japs one mile away. They reported our position.
Supposed to launch 400 miles away. How far are we?
624 miles.
- Jesus! - What do you want to do?
Colonel, I don't know if the planes...
can carry enough fuel to make it to China.
Now. We launch now!
Army pilots! Man your planes!
Man your planes!
They're shooting at something.
- Let's go! - It ain't a drill!
Colonel! We're too far out to make it!
They need more fuel, but they can't get too heavy!
Strip everything out of this plane you don't need now!
Start pre-flight! Let's go!
Add ten cans of fuel for each plane!
Every plane!
Let's go! Move!
Guys, get upthere!
Lose those suitcases now!
- What's your favorite gun? - What?
You want off this deck, give me a gun now!
It's still too heavy!
Go to the kitchen, get some broomsticks.
Cut 'em down, paint 'em black, and bring them here.
We'll put a broomstick where this gun was.
What are you doing to my plane?
Tell your crew to take a piss before they take off.
We got broomsticks for tail guns.
Yeah. Maybe it'll scare 'em.
You take care of yourself upthere.
Yeah, I will.
Danny, be careful, you hear me?
I will. I'll see you, Rafe.
Rafe! We're the tip of the sword!
- Turning on one! - Turning on two!
All right.
You ready for this?
- Superchargers low and latched! - Low and latched.
We're full into the wind!
More speed! More speed!
Are you nervous?
No--yes, sir. Yes.
When did you find religion?
When you assigned me to this mission, sir.
Do me a favor.
- What's that, Colonel? - Pray for both of us.
Tell me when!
Let's go!
Max power!
Oh, please.
Come on! Come on!
Yeah!
Way to go!
Jesus, that was short.
Move 'em up!
Full power, here we go!
Pull back!
Ha ha ha!
Come on, here we go, here we go!
We made it!
From Berlin, Rome, and Tokyo...
we have been described...
as a nation of weaklings and playboys...
who hire British, Russian, or Chinese soldiers...
to do our fighting for us.
Let them repeat that now.
Let them tell that to General MacArthur and his men.
Let them tell that to the soldiers who today...
are fighting hard in the far waters of the Pacific.
Let them tell that to the boys in the flying fortresses.
Let them tell that to the Marines.
That's Japan, fellas. Tighten up back there!
Man your guns!
We're in the enemy's backyard!
Look alive back there. I see coastline.
Heads up, boys! Heads up!
Man your guns back there.
I'm cocked and locked!
Get ready, suckers!
Approaching targets for bombing raid!
Open bomb bay doors.
Ripley, you gota target in sight?
37 degrees! Target in sight!
All right, boys, let's knock their clocks off!
- Drop your ordnance! - Bombs away!
One away!
- Bombs away! - Bombs away!
Two away!
Three away! Four away!
We caught 'em by surprise!
- Dropping ordnance! - Bombs away!
...factory.
- Whoo! - We got it!
We hit our targets! Good job, raiders!
God! Jesus--what? Shit!
We got flak everywhere!
Go down there and get Gooz!
I want everyone to separate!
- Clean that up! - Yes, sir.
Try and clean that up!
They're shooting flak at us!
We gotta get out of this shit, Gooz!
- We got a fire! - Tail's hit!
The electrics! We got a fire back here!
I gotta short this out!
Get into the clouds, Danny, right now!
God damn!
Red, go check that out!
We're getting covered!
Just hope they don't hit a prop!
Unh!
I'm hit!
They're tearing this plane apart!
Red, take it up, 800 feet.
Aah!
I think Theo's dead! Theo, wake up!
Theo!
Get into the clouds, Danny, right now!
Get up in that soup!
We're gonna pull out of this, Gooz!
Thank you, George.
What is it, General?
Colonel Doolittle had to advance his execution order...
by twelve hours, Mr. President.
There will be no homing beacons.
The plane carrying them crashed en route to China...
and our bombers may lack the fuel...
to reach the mainland, sir.
So our boys are flying blind on empty tanks.
God help them.
We're still not getting a signal.
All ocean and no land.
Homing in on nothing.
How many cans of fuel we got left?
These are all empty!
Is this all you got?
That's all we got, Red.
Rafe! You better pray for land!
Break radio silence.
I'm sorry, gentlemen.
You're all brave souls.
The bravest I've ever had the privilege of flying with.
But we're on our own.
This really was a suicide mission.
Engine one's fluctuating.
We'll lose it any minute.
- Rafe, you gotta prime it. - I am. How about now?
I see the coast.
I see the coast!
Copy that, Rafe.
We're gonna make it.
Danny, follow me.
We can make this. I can see the coast now.
We're only a few miles out.
We gotta find a soft landing spot.
I'm pushing up on two.
Hold on for a hard landing!
I see rice paddies.
We'll bring it in right here.
Oh, God, engine one's dead.
We'll lose engine two any second.
We can make it in. Easy.
Pull it back, glide in on fumes.
Japs!
We got Jap patrols all over the place!
Japs! Land somewhere else!
Strap yourselves in! We're coming in hard!
We're a deadstick.
Get outta the nose!
Hold on, boys! We're going down!
Watch the trees!
Everyone all right?
I'm OK! I'm OK!
Where's Ripley?
He's dead.
Watch for Japs!
- Jap patrols! - Take cover!
Who's got magazines?
Got em!
Gotta get up into those hills, find the Chinese!
They got us pinned down!
- Danny! - Rafe! Rafe, no!
Danny!
Rafe, you don't have a chance!
God damn. Danny!
Come on!
Gooz? You OK, man?
Danny? Aw, shit, Anthony.
Gooz! Can you hear me?
- Yeah. - Come on.
Danny. Easy, easy, easy.
I've had better landings.
You saved us back there.
I got something in my neck.
- Let me pull this out. - Where's Gooz?
He's fine. He's right over there.
Rafe!
Grenade!
Danny.
Danny!
Danny! Oh!
- Hold on! - Rafe!
Hold on, now. I got you.
You're all right. You're all right.
I'm not gonna make it.
Oh, yes, you are.
Yes, you are. Now look at me.
Rafe, I'm so cold. I'm so cold.
You're all right. Hey.
Hey, Rafe?
Can you do me a favor?
What?
Can you have someone else write my name on the tombstone?
You're not gonna die. Look at me, listen to me!
You ain't gonna die, you hear me?
Danny.
Danny, you can't die.
You can't die. You know why?
'Cause you're gonna be a father.
You're gonna be a daddy.
I wasn't supposed to tell you.
You're gonna be a father.
Please.
No. You are.
Danny.
Danny?
Please, please!
Please.
God.
Please, Danny.
Hold your fire! They're Chinese.
When the action is over and we look back...
we understand both more and less.
This much is certain.
Before the Doolittle raid...
America knew nothing but defeat.
After it, nothing but victory.
Japan realized for the first time that they could lose...
and began to pull back.
America realized that she would win...
and surged forward.
It was a war that changed America.
Dorie Miller was the first black American...
to be awarded the Navy Cross.
But he would not be the last.
He joined a brotherhood of heroes.
That's for all the raiders.
World War II for us began at Pearl Harbor...
and 1,177 men still lie entombed...
in the battleship Arizona.
America suffered... but America grew stronger.
It was not inevitable.
The times tried our souls...
and through the trial, we overcame.
Hey, Danny...
how'd you like to go flying?
Come here.
When I think back on these times
And the dreams we left behind
I'll be glad 'cause I was blessed
To get to have you in my life
When I look back on these days
I'll look and see your face
You were right there for me
In my dreams I'll always see you
Soar above the sky
In my heart, there'll always be a place for you
For all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
Well, you showed me how it feels
Feel the sky with in my reach
And I always will remember
All the strength you gave to me
Your love made me make it through
Oh, I owe so much to you
You were right there for me
In my dreams I'll always see you
Soar above the sky
In my heart, there'll always be
A place for you
For all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'll be
'Cause I always saw in you my light
My strength
And I want to thank you now
For all the ways
You were right there for me
For always
In my dreams I'll always see you
Soar above the sky
In my heart, there'll always be
A place for you
For all my life
I'll keep a part of you with me
And everywhere I am
There you'llbe
And everywhere I am
There you'll be