You're crazy. He's too big.
You'll get murdered.
What's the fight about?
Fatso talks too much.
What'd he say?
Is Benson the reason
why you have to go to principal's office?
Guy, you in trouble again? You'll get clobbered.
He's got his Jap friends with him.
You want us to take 'em, Benson?
Nah. Leave 'em alone.
You stink.
Blabbing to the cops.
Me?
Me tell the law you're the jerk that broke into the market
just to steal a few lousy potatoes?
Why, that kind of action ain't worth talking to nobody about.
Hey.
How'd it go in the principal's office?
Come on, grab him! Get him!
Yeah, come on. Hit him in the face!
Hey, look.
A fight.
Hit him in the face!
Get up, Guy.
Hit him! Hit him!
Get him!
Cut it out.
I ought to murder you, you fat stoolie.
What's the matter with you two now?
Go on, get out of here.
You and your Jap friends.
Beat it, all of you.
Why'd you let him get into this?
Me? I didn't do nothing. I told him he'd get clobbered.
Go on home.
Holy cow. It wasn't my fault.
I'll see you at home. I wanna talk to you.
There's nothing to talk about.
Look, here, wipe the blood off your face.
Come with me while I change my clothes
and I'll drive you home.
I don't want no drive home.
I'll give you a choice, either home or juvenile hall.
I've seen juvenile hall before. It don't scare me.
It's a good start on something that can: San Quentin.
Now, come on.
Those your books?
Well, pick 'em up. They're city property.
Big deal.
I said, pick 'em up.
You can't tell me what to do.
Pick 'em up!
Thanks for the ride.
What's the trouble, Guy? Fighting all the time.
And some worse things I've heard about.
I don't care what you've heard.
I don't care what anybody's heard.
These are rough times for a lot of people.
Not enough jobs, people on relief.
Everybody's got problems.
Is that why you broke in the market last night?
Things so bad you have to steal?
I didn't say I stole. Benson said it.
What are you doing?
Going in with you. I've never met your folks.
I don't want you to go in.
I won't embarrass you.
I won't tell them anything about that market. Come on.
You stay out of my house!
Please, please. Don't go in.
Where's your mother?
In the hospital.
How long's she been there?
They took her away last Wednesday.
And your father?
I... I got no father. He's dead.
You living here all alone?
I can take care of myself. I do all right.
Come on.
You come with me.
You can't go on living this way.
Roaming around loose, stealing your food.
It's no good, Guy.
Now, go pack some clothes.
You'll bunk up with George for a few days.
I'm not taking anything from anybody.
You won't be taking anything from my family
that they don't want to give you.
Now, come on, pack some clothes.
Hi.
Guy's mother's in the county hospital.
He'll stay with us until she gets well.
Say, that's great!
Can he sleep in my room?
That's the idea.
Hey, we'll have a ball.
Except, uh...
I'm real sorry about your mother.
Come on.
See you in a minute, Guy.
Mama?
You have come here well.
My mother means you're welcome.
Yes. Welcome.
Thank you, Mrs. Une.
Our parents don't speak much English.
Guess you'll have to start learning Japanese, Guy.
Heck, I'm just barely getting by in seventh grade English.
Hey, come on, Guy. I'll show you our room.
Hey, hurry up. The breakfast ready.
Oh, is that what she said?
She said good morning to you.
What do you usually have around here for breakfast?
Raw fish and rice.
Chilled pigeon eggs.
Raw?
Yesterday it was octopus.
If we're lucky, there'll be some left.
Mm. Delicious.
Especially with that sauce made from fish eyes.
Fish eyes?
What did you think we eat around here?
Even if Papa and Mama aren't citizens, Kaz and I are.
We're Americans. All of us.
Yeah, not as dumb as me.
Osato.
Osato?
Oh, sugar is osato.
Gyunyu.
Make you all-America boy.
Ah... Ah-so.
Already all-America boy.
No need cereal.
Oh, tell your mom I didn't mean that.
I like this kind of cereal best of all.
Hai.
Pop says he hope you slept okay.
Oh, yes, sir. Just fine.
Jidousha.
Automobile is jidousha?
Is that for taxi too?
No, taxi is takushii.
Takushii.
What'd you say?
That means you're doing very well.
You're joto. Okay.
Joto. Okay.
I like that.
Yeah.
Hoki.
Broom is hoki.
A vacuum cleaner would be easier and better.
This is a carpet sweeper.
I know what it is in Japanese. You say it in English.
Carpet sweeper.
Carpet-o sweeper.
Yes, that's good.
Now, if we'd had a motor... Uh, mortar.
...it would be a vacuum cleaner.
Vacuum clean?
Er. Vacuum cleaner.
Er? Vacuum cleaner.
Yes.
Now, uh, this is...
In... In Japanese it's a hoki,
but in English it's a broom.
A broom.
Yes. You teach me.
That's a mado,
but in English it's a window.
Window.
Yeah.
Why didn't you ever help your mother learn English?
Gosh, I don't know.
Uh, this is a broom.
Oh, boy, you teach me.
George, uh, work's all done. How 'bout some basketball?
Sure. Let's go.
Oh.
Guy, come on.
His mother?
She's... She's dying.
Can this be his home?
Hai. Yes, his home.
Come.
I tell you story.
Very old.
It is...
An ancient legend.
All Japanese boy know.
You learn too now.
Once upon a time,
old woman go to river to wash clothes.
In river large peach come floating.
Old woman take peach home
and peach open up in two piece.
Out jump kawaii boy.
Beautiful boy.
Old woman and husband name him Peach Boy.
Peach Boy.
Hm.
Soon, Peach Boy grow big and strong.
He want to go...
He wants to conquer
Devil's Island.
Is there really such a place?
Mm.
So the legend goes.
Soon...
boy go to Onigashima.
And he see big chief
and fight.
And kill him.
They very scared. Give up.
And then Peach Boy bring all treasure
back home.
Make old woman and old man very happy.
What was that treasure that made 'em so happy?
Ai.
Aijou.
Ai.
Love.
Yes, love.
I do love you, Mama-san. I love you very much.
I've listened to that Peach Boy story a hundred times before
and never knew what treasure really was.
Because, my brother, you've always had it.
Come on.
That's it.
Come on. Hey, George.
Coming.
Like, this thing's still loose.
I think you'll have to take it to the filling station
to let Mike fix it.
What's the matter? Why aren't you dressed?
You'll be late.
Well, we'll skip coffee if we have to.
I thought you told me this is a very important morning.
It is.
But darn it, Guy, I'm afraid that she'll say no.
Oh, are you nuts?
All you have to do is take a look at her
when you're around, it tells the whole story.
I wish I were that sure.
Well, all you're gonna do is ask her to go steady.
But I can't get the words out.
I've tried a hundred times.
The words just stick in my throat.
Do me a favor?
Sure, I'll do you a favor. What do you want me to do?
Take the car to Mike's...
No. You take Ester to coffee and church.
Find out how I really stand, will you?
Well, now, I just might not come back.
I might take her to the preacher myself.
Thanks, pal.
Okay, here.
I'll, uh, wrap some wire around this while you change.
Yeah.
And take a fast shave while you're at it.
Oh, yeah. Gee, I can't go to bat for my brother
looking like a nothing, can I?
Yeah.
So that's why I came to pick you up instead of George.
He hasn't got a headache.
And you want my answer?
Yeah.
George is a big boy. Why can't he speak for himself?
Oh, well, you know George. He's shy, and he...
Oh, maybe you'll have a change of mind
when I ask you in church, huh?
Hey, how about a little breakfast?
Oh, fine.
Anything you want up to 40 cents.
You're really a big spender, aren't you?
Well, that... That date of mine last night
cleaned me out, you know.
So suffer.
That's what you get for going out with girls like that.
Oh, well, now that's a fine way for my future sister-in-law
to talk to me. Now...
One moment.
Ladies and gentlemen, we interrupt this program
to bring you a special news bulletin.
Yeah, that's me honking. How 'bout a little service, huh?
The Japanese have attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, by air...
Hey, Jap lover.
How's it feel being out with the enemy?
Are you talking to us?
Come on. Leave 'em alone.
What do you mean, leave 'em alone? That broad's a Jap.
Hey, punk. What are you doing out with a Jap broad?
Well, well, now just a minute.
No, no, no, Guy. Don't. Please. Let's just go someplace else.
Come on, Johnny, now, knock it off, will you?
Wait a minute, Johnny. Wait a minute.
Oh, please.
Come on, take it easy!
Stop it! Break it up!
Come on, now. Take it easy, will ya?
Take it easy? Did you hear what he said?
Well, what do you expect?
That's what I mean. This bum making cracks
at that girl for no reason.
Wait, listen to this, will ya?
At least 2000 Americans
have been killed by Japan's sneak attack.
The great fear of the moment
is that more Jap bombers may be even now on their way...
If you got any sense, you'll get that girl off the street
and out of sight right now.
From what meager information we've been able to get
from radio reports,
extensive damage has been wrought on Hickam Field.
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.
I ask
that the congress declare
that, since the unprovoked
and dastardly attack
by Japan
on Sunday, December 7th
1941,
a state of war
has existed
between the United States
and the Japanese empire.
We're at war for sure, men. What should we do about it?
I think we ought to join the Army as fast as we can.
Are you guys crazy?
Crazy? Didn't you hear the president?
Well, sure I heard him. So what?
Enlisting in the Army's nuts. We'd be fighting our own people.
They're not our kind.
Who knows? They might be coming here to L.A. next.
Sneaking up on us, just like at Pearl Harbor.
Freddy, where's the closest place to join up?
Fort MacArthur, I think.
Let's get going before the war's over.
Yeah.
Coming with us, Guy?
You don't think I'm gonna let you go by yourselves, do you?
Never passed up a good fight yet.
George,
do you fellas know what you're doing?
You heard her. She's asking if we know what we're doing.
Do we know what we're doing?
Just have the coffee ready for us when we get back.
Yeah, we might even be back in uniform.
Come on, Kaz, let's take off.
Where you going?
We're going to Fort MacArthur to join up.
You're wasting your time.
What do you mean?
I was down there yesterday.
I tried to enlist, and they laughed at me.
You'd think we're spies or something.
They don't want any of us.
They might accept Guy, but not you two.
Well,
they don't want my brothers,
than the hell with 'em.
I don't care what you say, it stinks.
The whole thing stinks.
Oh, Guy, please don't. Don't blame them.
They're only following orders.
Suppose they haven't told you where they're taking you?
Santa Anita, the assembly center.
Then a relocation camp.
No. Concentration camp's what you mean.
Whatever or wherever it is, we'll all be the same there.
And if they throw rocks in our window
or scream dirty names, it won't be because we're Japanese.
You're not, you're Americans. That's what I'm talking about.
Other Americans don't seem to think so.
Ester.
Goodbye, Guy.
Goodbye, Ester.
I don't want us to be lost, separated.
We may be sent to different camps.
We'll find each other.
We'll write.
Here we come.
Okay.
There we are.
Wow. We look like those refugees in the newsreel, huh?
Yeah.
Well, so long, Guy.
I'll be seeing you.
Sure, in a couple of weeks or so.
It's really been good bunking with you. You know that.
I know. Stay on the beam, buddy.
Okay. You too.
Well, this is it, Guy.
Hey, Kaz, let me ask you something.
Now, the wheels running this war gotta needle everybody
who once maybe came from someplace else.
Now how 'bout all the Germans, all the Italians in America too.
Can't answer that, Guy.
Right or wrong, our government's doing
what they think is right.
No one bats a thousand. Well, good luck, kid.
Good luck to you, Kaz.
Oh, I carry it.
Hai. Dozo.
I will miss my home.
I'll miss it too, Mama-san.
All-America boy,
you good son to me.
Oh, Mama-san,
how can I ever thank you for all you've done for me?
Sayonara, my son.
Sayonara.
You want a beer? I'll give you a beer.
Just take it easy. Take it easy.
All right, take it easy. Just take it easy.
Did you order me a beer?
You want a beer?
Sit down!
Who are you pushin', huh?
Sorry, son. You've got a perforated eardrum.
Dear buddy, by the time
you read this,
Kaz and I will be on our way to Fort Meade and overseas.
Address, A.P.O. 449, New York.
Kaz and I spent a couple of days
with the folks before being shipped.
They miss you very much, Guy.
Because of Pop's health,
the authorities are transferring them
to Camp Manzanar in California.
Everybody's on the move, huh? Better write, you bum.
We want to hear that everything's okay with you.
Your brother, George.
P.S. Phoned Ester to say goodbye.
I started to propose to her over the phone,
but got cold feet.
Konbanwa.
Son Guy. Oh!
Oh, Mama-san.
Oh, and I'm sure glad to be here.
You look wonderful, Mama-san. Wonderful.
How is Papa? Is the California sun helping him?
Oh, help much.
He work in field now. Soon be here.
Did you see camp?
Uh, yeah, a little bit of it.
What I saw looked better than I expected.
Not so nice at first.
All dirt and mud.
No flowers. Mm.
We worried about you.
Not hear from you.
We wait and wait. For letter.
For visit.
Yeah. I... I, uh...
Well, you know, I was traveling around here and there, and...
Well, now that you're a lot closer, why, it's...
Hey!
Are these two heroes anybody I know?
Oh, they fight in Italy now.
But daijoubu last we hear.
Daijoubu.
I wish to God it was over so they'd be safe.
Son Guy, safe?
Hm?
Oh, sure.
Sure, I'm safe,
but you must miss them awful much, Mama-san.
Oh, I cries at night,
but must be, to straighten out this mess.
Son George teach that word. It's good word, no?
That's a real good word.
Oh, it sure is a mess.
Sons, all-America boys.
And mess, no more mess ever.
We live happy.
Happy?
But how can you be happy?
Everything you and papa-san ever worked for is gone.
Oh, true...gone.
Once before we sit so.
Mmm, I know.
It was a long time ago, wasn't it?
Mother...
father of Une family work hard all lives.
Want to build...
good...
Foun...? Foundation?
Oh, hai, hai.
Good foundation...
for future.
Not many years left
for old people to build again.
Sons must build.
Kaz, George, Guy
must build home again,
must build world again,
must end mess.
All papa-sans, mama-sans,
all countries, all over the world
is same.
This you believe?
What...? What difference does it make
what one man believes it does?
One man must believe, must make difference.
Why else Kaz, George go far away across ocean
to kill men look like brother they love?
Mama-san...
are you saying that it's all right
for me to go to war against the Japanese?
Papa-san!
Ah, you big fellow.
Oh, not so big, Pop.
Guy-san, what you do all this time?
Oh, now, never mind about me. I wanna know about you.
How do you feel? You look great.
Oh, I feeling great.
Eat like horse. Horse?
Got plenty of hay around here, huh?
Horse. Hay. Ha-ha-ha!
Mama-san eat a whole... Whole...
Uh, bale?
Ah-so, so, Bale.
What was that?
Mealtime.
Gong on every block hit same time.
Oh.
Eating very punctual.
Punctual.
George teach. Good word?
Oh, that's a great word.
Come. We eat three bales hay.
Ha-ha! Three bales.
Captain? Yes.
There's a man outside, says he wants to enlist.
But he's been turned down by his own draft board.
What's he doing here?
Well, he says he speaks and understands Japanese.
Send him in. We need interpreters.
Yes, sir.
The captain will see you now.
Oh.
Captain Salter, Mr. Gabaldon.
Sit down, please.
Thank you.
Go left. Go left.
Right, back, ho.
Go left. Go left.
Step to the rear, ho.
Go left.
Go left, right, left.
Hurry up, ho.
Left, left,
left, for your left.
Don't that joker know any orders besides that one?
Left, ho.
To the rear, ho.
Left oblique, ho.
Halt. Halt!
Hold up. Halt.
All right, let's fall in there on the double.
Move it!
Gabaldon, front and center!
Gabaldon!
Now, can't you get it through your head
what oblique means?
Oh, now, look, sarge...
You're at attention!
I come into this outfit to talk to the enemy,
not to footrace with 'em.
Now, let's go through it once more, boot.
In the Marines, it's "sergeant,"
not "sarge."
It is never "sarge," you got it?
In the Marines you fight. F-I-G-H-T.
I don't care if you're a cook or a typist
or an interpreter.
I don't care if you got a busted back or a busted eardrum.
You're gonna fight. You can take my word for it!
Do I make myself clear?
Yes, sir.
Fall in!
Your left, your left,
your left, right, left.
Straight that barn out.
One, two. Ho!
Left!
Huh!
These things don't weigh very much, do they?
Well, you just kinda take it and throw it like a football,
put it right on the target.
That's right, isn't it, sarge?
That's not bad, Gabaldon.
That's not bad at all.
But next time, pull the pin.
The idea is to kill the Japs.
Next man.
What's the matter with you?
There'll be times when you'll find
that your hands are your only weapons.
Now, if I can have a volunteer,
I'll demonstrate the first jujitsu holds.
Is he gonna be surprised.
This is the first basic position.
And now for the second position.
Well, I guess I really asked for that one, didn't I?
Hey, you wanna try for the third position?
I don't know, I just don't know.
Three days and I get no place.
This filly won't go to post
without a slip from the preacher.
I tell this babe I'm being shipped overseas,
just so I'll make out.
Didn't expect orders to break camp for us
the minute we get back.
How'd you do, Mac?
Hmm? Oh!
Mission accomplished.
Did you do all right, hero?
Are you kidding?
Got a different one every night.
It's a good thing the Corps keeps me in good shape.
I'd be up for another Purple Heart.
Next time, buddy, I'm taking my liberty with you.
Well, that's the way it goes.
Some guys got it...
...some guys ain't.
Let's saddle up
and move outta here.
Anybody know where we're goin'?
Scuttlebutt has it Hawaii.
We're replacements.
What for?
You'll find out when the ship hits port.
A ship. I get seasick taking a bath.
Come on, let's move! Let's get outta here.
Come on, let's move!
Fall in!
"Intelligence section,
Second Marine, Second Division."
Pretty good outfit to be with?
Second is one of the "bleedingest."
Hey, Bill, isn't that your old outfit?
Yeah, right from the beginning.
You mean, uh, the canal beginning?
Yeah, Guadalcanal, till I got it on Tarawa.
Where'd you get it, Pete?
Some eager boot like you thought I was a Jap
and stuck his bayonet into me.
Oh, that, uh, is sort of a running gag.
Guy, uh... Actually Junior, here,
got it from a sniper on New Britain.
Where that BB hit, I don't think it'll ever stop itchin'.
Where did it hit?
Where the hell do you think you gotta get hit
for a Purple Heart?
Well, I'm glad at least I belong to somethin',
even if it is an outfit with a couple of tin heroes.
I didn't know they had obstacle courses for trucks.
This is it, you five.
Hey, are you sure this is the right place?
It looks like a beach club to me.
It's a club, all right. Very exclusive.
The members have fought in action in every island
of the Pacific, boot.
Come on, let's go.
That must be our replacements.
They're real fresh. Wonder if they're seasoned, Lenny.
Two old men and three boots.
Kinda hard to know who to salute around here.
You can forget about that. I'm Sergeant Leonard.
Private Gabaldon.
Don't get the wrong idea about that either.
We earn our pay.
Come on, I'll take you to the skipper.
Leave your gear outside, men.
The replacements are here, sir.
Good. Bring 'em in, sergeant.
Sergeant Hazen reporting as ordered, sir.
Corporal Lewis reporting as ordered, sir.
Sir, Private Gabaldon reporting as ordered, sir.
Sir, Private Polaski reporting as ordered.
Sir, Private Martini reporting as ordered, sir.
Stand at ease.
Good to have you aboard, men.
Welcome back to the Second Division, Hazen.
How was the vacation?
Things got a little too quiet for me, sir.
I'm glad to be back.
Lewis, how's it going?
Says here you were shot in the ashcan?
Not bad, sir.
It could have been with a howitzer.
Gabaldon. Speak Japanese, eh?
I get only part of that, but my Japanese is just so-so.
Where'd you learn the language?
Well, I learned it from my family
and kids in the neighborhood when I was growing up.
Polaski, Martini. Fine boot records, men.
I need all the good men I can get.
Well, now, officially, we're part of Regimental Headquarters,
R2 in the organization charts.
But in action, we're always so far in front,
we don't have much contact with headquarters.
Well, now...
I make it loud and clear
that I got the best and toughest collection
of specialists in the whole Corps.
Now, you make sure you don't let anybody think differently.
Sergeant Leonard will fix you up with 48 hours liberty.
Enjoy yourselves, men.
It might be your last time ashore.
That'll be all, sir?
Yeah. Carry on.
Aye, aye, sir.
Man, what a dirty joint that was.
It's worse than the last three we hit.
They charge you a buck a drink and nothin' happens.
I don't think they put booze in the booze.
What do you say we get a bottle someplace?
Where are the dames?
There's gotta be three broads lookin' to have a ball.
Here, chick-chick.
Are you kidding?
There are 10 guys for every dame in Honolulu.
Now, there's a gal who hopes the war will never end.
You know those swabbies. They'll kiss a snake
if somebody will hold it for 'em.
That's what old daddy's been looking for.
Oh, shake it, baby.
"Visit a genuine,
authentic Hawaiian village."
That bus doesn't leave for a couple of hours.
Let's take a taxi.
Yeah, let's take a taxi.
There's one right there.
Wait a minute,
wait a minute.
I'll go make a deal with him.
Okay, all you pretty little babies,
get your grass skirts on.
Hey, uh, buddy, you wanna take us
to that genuine Hawaiian village over there?
Sure, Mac.
Where can I get some whiskey, good whiskey?
Whiskey's hard to come by.
Shh. Not so loud.
That's a brand-new .45.
I stole it off the base this morning.
Interested?
Well you can get plenty for it.
Now, it's still got the Cosmoline and wax paper
wrapped around it.
I'll trade it for three quarts... And I mean good, now.
Three quarts of good whiskey.
Okay?
Only don't tell them guys 'cause they're square.
Hey!
Be my guest.
Hey, uh...
you mean this is the Hawaiian village?
Yeah. Look, you wait up there
and I'll see what I can do.
You mean this is the place?
What about the hula dolls?
Where are the broads with the skirts
shaking their gazoombas?
Hey, we've been took.
Hey, what's with the boot?
Watch your language.
What's with the bright boot?
Bonded, just like the Officers' Club.
Where's the pistol?
Oh, uh...
All right, you're both under arrest.
I warned you about this.
C.I.D. Criminal Investigating Division.
But...
We finally caught you with the goods, that right?
You've been trading booze for stolen property.
I didn't.
You know what we do to civilians who deal in contraband?
They get years, that's if we don't shoot 'em first.
This kind of guy, we hang.
I got a wife and kids. I didn't...
Look, we got the information that you're the top guy
in this outfit that's been receivin'
all this stolen property.
No, I just drive a cab.
Tell him. Please tell him it was your idea.
Oh, let him go. He don't know nothin' about it.
You got me. What more do you want?
Well...all right.
I gotta keep this as evidence.
Please let me go.
All right. Get outta here.
Hmm. Will you look at all the beautiful booze?
You know, buddy, not only are you a good buddy,
but you're also an A-number-one con man.
That's a very rare and valuable combination.
Thank you, sir.
And now,
for the broad department.
Thank you. Thank you.
Beachhead established, sir.
Right-o, sir.
Well, here's looking at...
At, uh...
Hello there, Madame Butterfly.
How would you like to, uh...
Sorry, no speak English.
Don't let her get away.
You talk her language, see if she talks ours, huh?
If he can handle the dames like he can get the liquor,
whoo-hoo!
We're gonna have a ball.
Yeah, the Iron Petticoat.
Do you know her?
Yeah, I know her.
Half the guys on the island know her.
Well, listen, I'm just passing through,
but how 'bout just a little introduction, huh?
Eh, Pete, you remember the football game
we played with Navy...?
Don't change the subject. Just introduce me...
I'm changing the subject. What was the score?
Nothing to nothing. There was no score.
That is my point.
She's a writer for a magazine back in the States.
She writes about how, uh,
everyone should give their all
to the serviceman.
She just doesn't practice what she preaches,
that's all.
What a waste.
Forget her. Half the guys in the Corps got a Purple Heart
from bumpin' their heads up against the Iron Petticoat.
Maybe it's time for, uh, her to get a Purple Heart.
How 'bout introducing me, huh?
What do you say? Introduce me. Come on.
No deal.
I'm not wasting a good liberty
on Operation Petticoat.
Get her for me.
Old Dad's got a technique that will cut through that iron
like it was tissue paper. Come on.
Please, for your buddy.
All right, buddy. I'll see what I can do.
Go, man.
For the last time,
will you please keep your clammy hands to yourself?
Baby, just one little kiss, huh?
Hi.
Sheila?
My name's, uh, Bill Hazen.
You did a story on me about a year ago,
then we went dancing.
If I know our Sheila, that's all you did.
Oh, yes, of course. How are you?
Just fine.
Okay, Marine,
I suppose you're gonna try to steal my date.
Ignore him, sergeant. He's drunk.
Well, I'm not gonna let you.
Well, look, eh, mister...
I'm going to give her to you as a gift.
Now, look here, you can't treat me as if I'm...
Temper.
A horrible thing to do
to one of our fighting men.
Iron Petticoat.
I'm so ashamed.
Uh...drink?
Yes.
Honey!
So, what we plan to do is,
when you get off work,
then it'll be about a half an hour...
That's my buddy.
What have you been doing, Sheila?
Oh, a great many things.
But I'm leaving shortly for Australia.
Australia.
Well, that's... That's nice.
Psst.
Oh, that's very nice.
Hey, what did you guys ever do before I enlisted?
Listen, tell me, what's up?
Well, she's gonna get off in a half an hour.
Then you and Bill are gonna flip for the roommate.
She got a roommate?
Yeah.
Oh, great. Well, uh, ahem, what's with the roommate?
Well, sounds great.
She's a dancer from San Francisco.
They've got their own apartment.
They got their own apartment?
And we're gonna meet 'em there.
We don't have to flip. Look, Bill's got his own date.
Yeah.
Well, I'll tell you what, you go tell him
that you and I are cuttin' out.
No, no, you go tell him
because Sono told me where to get some booze.
From the looks of things, we're gonna need it.
See you later.
Hey, Pete. Pete, this is, uh, Sheila Lincoln.
Sheila, this is Pete Lewis.
Hi.
You've heard me speak of Sheila.
I sure have.
Yeah, well, Sheila's magazine
is sending her to Australia.
Oh.
Well, that's if I can get a seat on the plane.
I have a very low priority though.
Oh, I wouldn't say that.
Yeah, well, what he means to say is
he's been dying to meet you, haven't ya, Pete?
Oh, yeah.
I'm sorry I can't stay and chat with you.
You see, Guy and I have a date
with a couple Japanese chicks, huh?
I'll see ya later.
Yeah, we're going...
Uh, we're going over to their apartment.
Well, I'll see ya later, Bill.
Yeah, uh, Pete, uh... Stay awhile.
Uh, look, uh, Sheila,
uh, why don't we go along?
Be a lot more fun than a bar or restaurant.
What kind of fun can you have in an apartment?
She serious?
Look at it this way, Sheila.
You can get a lot of local color for your magazine,
isn't that right, Pete?
Oh, yeah, yeah.
Yeah, I can see it now, a Sheila Lincoln exclusive:
"I Saw Our Fighting Men in Action."
No?
Hey, Pete, will you turn around?
I can look at youse any day.
Don't you ever think of anything else?
Not lately, honey.
Hey, Sono, honey,
you don't have to wait on us, honey.
I'm not.
Just want everybody to have a good time.
Okay, honey.
Honey.
Everybody is "honey" to you.
Oh, go, girls, go, go, go.
Don't you men realize all a girl wants is respect?
Well, excuse me, ma'am.
Hey, go, Pete! Go.
Hey, honey, go, go!
Hey, that's it, Pete!
Go, honey!
Never run out of ice as long as that dame's around.
Oh, you're mean.
I don't get it.
She's got all the standard equipment,
she's got the extras.
Comes off the line without a motor.
She's got the motor.
The man with the right key hasn't shown up yet.
I wouldn't mind.
Yeah, baby!
You'd leave little old Sono?
Oh, no, I wouldn't leave little old Sono.
I wouldn't want hara-kiri on my conscience.
Don't flatter yourself.
After all the trays I've carried tonight,
I want somebody as tired as me.
Like that one.
Let's go, soldier.
Oh, I've had it, honey.
What's the matter, Pete? Did you run out of...
I don't know. I don't know, honey.
But if I've got anything left,
I'm gonna save it for something important, okay?
Let's catch our breath, huh?
You catch your breath.
I ain't quitting while I'm ahead.
Go, baby!
Hey, let's go, Famika. Go, honey.
Oh, yeah.
Hey, now, that's what we're really fighting for.
Not Ma's apple pie.
Hey, she's the greatest, right, Gabby?
Great.
She should be.
She was the best stripper in San Francisco.
No kidding.
Stripper?
Hey, Peter!
Famika's a stripper!
What?
Famika's a stripper.
A stripper?
Yeah.
For real, baby?
Are you impressed?
Oh. I sure am, honey.
I'm glad.
Hey, Famika, honey, come on, come on.
Let's have a little show, huh?
Down, boy. It's my night off.
Besides, it might offend your lady friend.
Who? Sheila?
Oh, Sheila wouldn't mind.
You wouldn't mind, would you, honey?
Of course you wouldn't! I knew you wouldn't.
Ah, we're gonna have a little striptease.
No, you'll never attract customers that way.
Here, let me show you.
And now, folks,
may I present the queen of burlesque,
Famika.
Famika's going to shake it from the tips of her toes
to the tops of her tiny tassels.
Hey, move it, honey. Move it for me.
Come on, Famika.
Fire one! Ha-ha.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Come on, shake it, shake it.
Come on, Famika,
move it.
Go, baby.
Now, that is not a boy.
Hey, go, Famika, go.
Attababy.
Go, baby, go.
Go, honey.
Now, that's what I call art.
I've seen better.
Well, evidently you've been around a lot more than we have.
If anybody asks you, I went that way.
Hey, how 'bout that?
I've got a front row seat and I'm not even bald. Ha-ha.
You gotta change your seat, buddy.
Your girl's getting lonesome.
That's my girl,
the one over there catching cold.
Now, buddy, you're... You're forgetting.
Remember, "Get her for me, buddy"?
"I'll cut through that like tissue paper."
I was only kidding.
Yeah, well I'm not.
So if you wanna be a buddy, buddy,
change your seat, buddy.
Come on, honey, go!
Go.
Let's go, Famika, come on, honey.
Go, honey.
Hey, that's it, baby, come on, honey.
Go.
Hey, come on, honey.
Ooh, ooh, ooh.
Hey.
Yeah, baby.
Easy boy, you'll break our lease.
Well, you're breaking my heart, honey.
Come on, take off a little more.
You're cute, honey, but the show's over.
Oh, well, come on, honey, come on over here.
Yeah.
Well, did ya like the show?
You call that a show?
Well, yeah.
Come here.
Come here, honey.
Put on the record.
Not bad for a girl without a motor.
Hm. Yeah.
Hey, Marine,
your mouth is open.
It's watering too.
Yeah.
Want some advice from an old campaigner?
Deal the cards.
Oh, you're kidding.
You want that?
Then turn around and deal.
She can have anyone she wants, so she doesn't want them.
Show her someone she can't have.
Deal.
Come on.
She's coming.
Ignore her.
I'll try.
What's the matter?
Too much for you, baby boy?
Whose play?
Yours.
Nobody turns their back on Sheila.
Why don't you go back and finish your minuet.
I'm busy.
What a waste of good whiskey.
Why you dirty...
Come on, Sheila,
come on!
Hey, come on, Guy.
Come on, Guy.
Come on, Sheila.
Hey, go, Marine.
Come on, Guy. Pin her down.
Now you got her.
But...
She... She...
Don't you think it's a little warm in here?
Yeah, well, I think it's a little warm in here.
Two down and one to go.
Ah...
Gin rummy?
While those guys are...
There's a time and place for everything.
You're right.
We've got the time and this must be the place.
The time, yes.
Gin rummy.
At least let's make it interesting.
What'll we play for?
I wish I was smart enough to cheat.
Don't worry.
I'm always unlucky.
We're still dancing.
Don't you ever change the music?
Hm. Music.
Great bunch of Marines. Oh, boy.
Three gorgeous chicks and what do you got?
One guy's dancing,
other guy's playing gin rummy
and the other guy's out there picking flowers.
Oh, yes. Some picking, huh?
Hey, they got the right idea.
Oh, they sure have. Well, let's go back.
Sono. Hm?
Guess what.
What?
Gin.
Told you I was unlucky.
Keep your head down!
Still leave the dirty work
for the slobs on the ground, huh?
You're hit?
What's the matter?
Hey there!
Who're you feeling sorry for, your Jap friends
or your buddies out there getting slaughtered?
Look, boot, you're not the first one
that ever cracked up hitting the beach!
Damn it, we're all scared!
We need a satchel charge.
We gotta get close enough to use it first.
That gun's gotta be knocked out.
It's you and me, Lewis.
Cover us up.
Right flank.
What are you doing here, Gabaldon?
Gabaldon!
Go.
Scratch one pillbox.
They understood you just fine, Marine.
Go! Go!
Hey, um...
I'm sure sorry about what happened...
Forget it.
You can fight on my team any day.
I... You know, I...
Sounds crazy, but I don't know what happened to me, I...
You had a problem to solve, that's all.
Yeah, but I'm not sure it's solved yet.
My folks were, um...
Well, it's kill or be killed, I guess, huh?
Kill or be killed. That's all you have to remember.
Just don't forget it.
Your turn to play spy, Gabby.
Looks like we're going to have a rough night tonight.
Oh, Sono,
why did I leave you in Honolulu?
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, I see something.
Please, not while I'm eating.
Nellie Bly, go ahead.
Pass the word to the skipper. Here they come. Two tanks.
And half the Japanese army!
Sir, two tanks moving in on Hill 368.
Notify Black Jack Six. We're moving out.
We're moving out! On the double!
Black Jack? Give me Black Jack Six.
Come on, get the lead
out of your pockets!
Man, they're really moving it out.
Looks like they're loaded on sake.
Banzai attack for sure.
Yeah?
How we gonna see 'em?
Not bad. I tell you, the Navy thinks of everything.
We got no sweat!
No worry.
Here come our boys.
Aah!
Ugh!
Aah!
Argh!
Corpsman!
That's all there is to it.
Then everybody says a prayer it won't be him.
Hi, Gabby.
Hey, what do you say, buddy?
I thought I saw some movement up there about 10 minutes ago,
but I'm getting so bleary-eyed looking through these things
I'm not sure.
Where'd you get the fancy hat and popgun?
Oh, I traded a samurai sword for the pistol.
I picked up the baseball cap in a Seabee outfit.
Thought it'd help me pitch grenades a little better.
This is Gabaldon. I've been relieved by Martini.
Tell the admiral to put the coffee on.
I'm coming home.
This is Bird's Nest. This is Bird's Nest.
Enemy infiltration in Sector 4.
Three Japs just scooted into a cave.
Roger. Bird's Nest report infiltration
in Sector 4, sir.
Hazen, get your people and move out.
Third Squad, saddle up! Let's move!
Okay, number three, let's go!
Move!
What's up, Bill?
Activity at the O.P.
Ah, I knew I saw something.
You were just relieved Gabaldon.
Well, maybe you need somebody to yak at the enemy, huh?
Let's not push our luck too far, huh?
Hazen.
Hazen!
Get a grenade in there!
Uh, Gabby...
Shh. Shh.
She says her mother and her brother
and some other children are in there.
Get her a medic, will ya?
Watch yourself.
Corpsman!
Let's go!
I knew he'd get it. I just knew it.
Move in and blast 'em!
Well, some prisoners at last, huh?
Ricco, take 'em to interrogation.
Yes, sir.
Captain, these people have been holed up here
for three days without any food or water.
Ricco, feed 'em first, huh?
Right, captain.
Gabby, what was that shootin' all about in there?
Oh, I had to let one of 'em have it.
An Imperial Marine. He's the first one I've seen.
Uh, captain, where's the little girl?
There.
I was sweatin' you out in there.
Thanks.
How is she?
Arigato.
Hey, uh, captain?
There must be a lot of soldiers and civilians
left up in these hills, including women.
Most of them are starving.
What do you say that maybe I try
to talk them into giving up?
Heh. Gabaldon, are you out of your mind?
You're really lookin' to get your head blown off.
Yeah, but I'd still like to try, sir.
Better go with him, Polaski.
Go on.
You know, girls are nuts.
Imagine, she asks if I've been true to her.
How can I be anything else
with nothing but lousy trees, gyrenes and Japs?
Oh, what a guy.
Who?
George, my brother.
Y-you'd think he'd tell me himself? No.
Kaz has got to do it.
Kaz?
George?
Yeah, he made corporal.
He knocks out a tank
and discovers 1500 cases of wine in a cellar.
I'll bet you that whole 442nd went on a binge.
You got brothers in that outfit?
Oh, well, now, don't knock it, jarhead.
They'll wind up with more medals than any outfit in the service.
Our patrol got jumped, captain, but good.
Two wounded. Split us up.
Hazen's bottled up in a shell hole.
Polaski and Andrews are trying to keep a...
A mess of Japs off his back.
All you men move out. Lead off, Martini.
On the double!
All right, you men here.
Circle around, try to set up a crossfire.
Maybe that'll give him a chance.
Move! Move!
Hey, Bill!
Bill!
Gabby?
Bill, are you okay?
I took one in the leg!
Hang on, buddy, hang on!
Haven't got much to hang on with!
Get 'em with a grenade.
We'll cover you.
Move! Move!
Those guys are almost on him.
Gabby!
Bill!
Oh, you lousy bastards!
You rats!
Gabby! Gabby!
Want to fight?
Sir, you wanted to see me?
Yeah.
Cigarette?
No, thanks.
Smoke your own brand if you wish.
Gabby, you're a damn good Marine.
And I'm not saying that what you're doing is wrong.
But we have plenty of men around here who can kill Japs.
That's the general idea, isn't it, to kill?
That's right.
But you're the exception.
I'm sure the campaign here on Saipan has been shortened
because of the prisoners you've brought in.
Is that all, captain?
No, that's not all!
Look, you can't bring Hazen back, he's dead.
There's still a lot of live Marines on this island
and you can help 'em stay that way.
All right, that's all.
Gabby.
Every man killed in action
leaves behind him a friend like you...
who'll remember him forever.
Mail call!
Aaron!
Adams!
Davis!
What about me, handsome?
Gabaldon!
Gabaldon.
It's straight V-mail. It ain't special delivery.
Thanks.
Dear All-American boy:
Here you see I write English now.
Papa is fine.
Still work in fields.
Son George being sent home now for healing wound.
He be well soon, marry Ester.
They engaged by mail.
Son Kaz stay yet in Italy and be hero.
We very proud of you.
You hero too.
It is good what you write of the little girl.
And the old man and women.
To live in cave much worse than a camp.
Not so?
Let everyone pray.
Soon all war be over.
No more mess.
We be together again,
happy, laughing.
Sons give many grandchilds.
Nobody enemy anymore.
I now hug you with love.
Mama-san.
Gabaldon.
Jump in, I want to show you something.
That's a P.W. talking,
one of their own.
It was hammered into them
that we torture and butcher them.
They believe it.
Now they're killing themselves in wholesale lots.
Oh, not the kid.
You want to bet?
Wait!
Mama-san, wait!
No!
I was only gonna wing her.
We don't shoot civilians.
But we got to stop her.
I coulda stopped her.
No, Gabby.
Not with a rifle.
Gabby, we've been scouting out in the boondocks all night.
No prisoners, nothing.
It's daylight. Let's get some sack time.
Okay, there's some cover over there.
Hey, Lenny, look. Huh?
Jap rations and ammo.
With things
going so rough,
they wouldn't leave stuff.
That sounded close to the ground.
Yeah. A spider pit guarding those supplies.
Hey. Yeah?
Your eviction notice, buddy.
Here, I'll give you a hand.
Smells like a bunch of sick mackerel
crawled in here and died.
Yeah.
Well, they ought to be coming back for supplies.
Maybe we can pick up something.
I think I already have.
Who's that? Your wife?
Yeah.
That's a nice picture.
Thanks.
Think I'll get some shuteye.
Hey, Lenny.
Yeah?
Look out.
Hai.
He says General Matsui is coming.
Matsui? Yeah.
Something big must be going on.
He's one of the high mucky-mucks on this island.
He says they're running low on ammo
and the men are sick and starving.
They're out of food.
He says in death there is honor.
And American blood's gonna flow like a river.
They're going to attack, with one against one.
Arigato.
He says the attack's gonna start at 0700 hours.
They're gonna group at a point that's marked on the map.
That's only one hour away.
I'd sure like to get my hands on that map.
Watch it.
Hey, Lenny, look, he's going into a cave.
Hai.
Yeah.
We've got to get that map to headquarters.
A sudden banzai attack could wipe out thousands of our men
before they ever knew what hit 'em.
Okay.
All right. Get Back. Get back inside.
All clear.
Grab the Imperial Peacock and let's get out of here.
I will not go with you.
No?
Let's blast him right now and get it over with.
Shooting me will not serve your purpose.
Good soldiers prepare for any contingency.
Capture or death.
The orders have been given.
All right, we're just wasting time talking.
Take the map and get out.
What're you gonna do with him?
Oh, I'll play it by ear. Go on, get going.
All right. I'll catch hell for this, but...
Good luck, Mac.
Hey, Lenny.
Yeah?
You be back by 0700
or there ain't gonna be no Mac, okay?
Okay.
Soldier.
You're either a very brave man or you're mad.
In either case you are dead if you remain here.
You let me worry about that.
Those guys will be back before you know it.
And if I choose to leave, I'll do so.
You try it and I'll put a bullet through your head.
You better come off it, general.
To die in battle or a banzai charge, that's one thing.
To be shot in a lousy cave by a Marine PFC is something else.
There's no honor, no glory in that,
so you sit down and sweat it out.
You will permit me to smoke?
How do you figure you can get away with something like this?
Tanks, heavy artillery,
a thousand Marines waiting for you,
you haven't got a chance.
If but one American loses his life,
it shall be worth the effort.
One American for hundreds of Japanese?
That's pretty stinking odds, isn't it?
Isn't it?
Soldier,
surely you know our code of war.
That's not war, general, that's slaughter.
The slaughter of people who can't help themselves.
Well,
it is time to go to my men.
Sit down.
My soldiers will be ready by now.
We shall strike before the appointed hour.
I said sit down, damn it.
You see, soldier,
you believe you have captured me, hm?
It is not so.
Even with that gun in your hand, you are the captured.
It's over.
Soldier,
your sergeant failed to get through.
You have lost.
But because you have great courage,
I admire that.
I'll let you live.
For now.
Stay here if you wish.
Tell them to face the wall with their hands behind their heads.
Tell them!
Soldier, you have...
I understood that double-crossing speech.
These men died without any reason.
I didn't want to kill 'em. You killed 'em.
You and your code of war killed 'em.
You want to go to your army? All right,
I'll let you go, but I'm going with you
to keep you honest.
And you're going to tell those people that the war is over.
Now, let's move!
God, what a pathetic sight.
There is much strength left.
They will fight.
We will pursue our attack.
I'll lay you odds you'll be dead before you can give an order.
My order has already been given.
Even if I were dead,
they will obey just the same.
Shoot me if you will.
I'll never tell my men to surrender.
Let me give it to you straight.
Saipan is secured.
Do you know what that means?
Lost.
General, please take a look at your army, will ya?
They're sick, wounded, starving.
Civilians, women and children
throwing themselves into the sea.
Is this your code of honor? Is this what you mean by honor?
Well, what's the reason for all this?
Throw away human lives without any purpose?
Is that what you want to do? You want to destroy 'em?
They want to live just as much as I do.
Look, I was raised by Japanese.
Yeah.
And that's the only love I ever knew
and I want to go back to it.
Just like they do.
Now, I know the decision is up to you.
But if you'll tell 'em to lay down their arms
and surrender, I promise you nothing will happen to 'em.
Just give 'em a chance to go back when it's all over with.
It's your move, general.
This is not a pretty sight for me to see.
Neither was Pearl Harbor.
Pied piper of Saipan.
I asked for some prisoners,
he brings in the whole damn island.
Hey, Gabby. Gabby.
Hey, Gabby, what do you say?
Hey, gang.
All right, form a line to the left.
On the double!
Who is it?
I'm gonna take him home with me.
Gabby, you done gone and hit the jackpot.
Yeah? His name is Kioshi.