Beachhead Page #3

Three dead Americans.

Could be.

Breeze?

Don't count on it, sonny.

Let's open up the package

and see what we got.

Fletch...

if it isn't Bouchard...

The nips'll be waiting.

You're American?

Who are you?

Nina.

Nina Bouchard.

You did receive my father's message?

They didn't say anything

about a girl.

Is your father alive?

Yes.

Why did you

shoot at me back there?

You spoke Japanese.

You know you could've been killed?

Yes.

When I shot-

I did this?

No.

Where is he?

Where's Bouchard?

I'll take you to him.

Who asked her into this mess?

Who asked us into it?

Bouchard?

- You sent a message.

- The minefields.

The safe channel is clearly marked.

It is what I told them

on the radio.

My daughter.

She will be safe now.

We'll take you both

as far as we go.

The Japanese have searched

for us since the message.

I waited here. I knew that soon

they would find our trail.

They're good trackers,

those Japanese.

You're telling us.

Anybody else on this island?

A few natives.

And now you.

Today, when I heard the shooting

across the island, I hoped it was true.

The Americans had come.

They're not coming here.

We're gonna meet 'em

day after tomorrow.

We didn't figure on two guests.

We're not helpless.

Come on, or we'll have

the whole Japanese army on our tail.

Bouchard, we need

that radio of yours.

I have no radio.

You said you sent the message.

Yes. I did.

He did.

One day, a fleet of Japanese boats

came from Bougainville.

An important officer from the boat

carried some papers to the radio hut.

My father saw it.

That night, he went to the hut

and killed the sentry

and stole the map

that he's just shown you.

There's no reason

to point your gun at him.

How far is that radio hut?

- Not too far away.

- Heavily guarded?

Sometimes many soldiers,

sometimes fewer.

If we could get to the radio hut,

Bouchard could send a message.

They might pick it up.

Why don't we have a look?

She come with us?

I'm not afraid.

That solves everything.

Can't leave her here.

The message is

the most important thing.

Two men have already died, and

many more will if we don't get it through.

France is also at war.

My daughter understands.

I'll do what I can.

We'll try to get you all through alive.

Stinking country.

I'd go nuts here alone.

He's not alone.

Guys always talking

about their kids...

I was the only one

ever wanted a daughter.

I never knew you'd been married.

I wasn't. It was just talk.

Is that what it is now?

"Just talk"?

Don't kid yourself, sergeant.

How long ago has it been

since you saw a female?

She's just a kid.

We had one like that in school...

with black hair.

I always wanted to date her.

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