The Real Glory Page #3

Chest out!

Stomach in! Raise shoulder!

(HARTLEY BARKING ORDERS)

Forward, double time, march!

Hurry it up. Hurry it up. Come on.

Over the wall. Come on.

Come on. Come on.

Come on, come on.

That was lovely, boys.

Left arm, cut and parry.

(MAN SOUNDING OFF)

LARSON:
Over the wall.

Come on. Come on.

Ready! Come on,

come on, come on, quicker!

Like a lot of old women in a sewing circle.

It's still too slow! Do it again!

YABO:
March, left. Hup, two, three, four...

That's it.

Left, right, left.

- One, two, three...

- Lieutenant Yabo.

Company, halt!

Why are these men drilling without shoes?

Tenyente Canavan, he said take them off.

Oh, he did, did he?

Have them put them on again.

(SPEAKING FILIPINO)

(SERGEANT SPEAKING FILIPINO)

Sergeant.

- Yes, sir.

- What's going on here?

Tenyente say we do this

one hour every day.

- Tenyente...

- Tenyente who?

Tenyente Canavan.

What do you mean by telling the men

they could drill without shoes?

Shoes? Oh, yes.

Well, it was just a suggestion.

I happened to be passing by

and they were having an awful time.

In agony.

They've got to get used

to shoes, sooner or later.

Well, don't you suppose

it can be done gradually?

After all, men weren't born with shoes.

Dr. Canavan probably meant it

as a health measure.

Is it a health measure to rig up a dummy

and have men standing around

pulling its nose?

Oh, that.

Oh, that was just

a little applied psychology.

The Filipinos are scared stiff

of this what's-his-name, Alipang.

They jump when you mention his name.

That's why I rigged up that dummy.

Stupid.

You wouldn't think it was stupid

if you'd seen the shaking lineup of men

at sick call

after Hatch was killed.

Sick call is a good excuse to avoid work.

Yeah, I know.

And it's true that there was nothing

organically wrong with those men,

but they were sick

just the same, sick with fear.

And when fear becomes

so deep and unreasoning, it's a disease.

It'll be cured

when they learn how to handle a gun.

You stick to your pills.

And I'll take care of the training schedule.

Captain, there's a man

who either has high blood pressure

or something on his mind.

Just as I've always dreamed it.

Taken me years to find, but here it is.

As green as Ireland,

not a snake in the place,

and a beach like powdered sugar.

Have you seen my fatigues?

Look, Bill,

10 miles south of there.

Mac, don't tell me

you've finally found your island?

Yeah. And as soon as

we finish up this job, I'm moving in.

That'll be the world of Terence McCool.

A darling of an island. A Garden of Eden.

You better start looking for an Eve.

Oh, no, I want peace and quiet.

Come here.

Where'd you find them?

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