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and any sudden shock."

I've heard that song.

Well, I'm sure that the men

who thought that one up

were just

blowing off steam, sir.

I'm only thankful my father

isn't alive to hear it.

Sir!

I knew the train

would be the best.

This is the first time he's

really slept since Pearl Harbor.

Mmm.

Good crowd. And it looks

like all the Australian brass

you want to talk to are out

there waiting for you, sir.

All I see is people.

Where are the kangaroos?

Well, I'm sure

we'll see some soon, dear.

What I'd like to have is a

public address system by the back there.

Hello, Dick.

Do you have a report for me?

Uh, yes, I do, but...

But there's a crowd waiting.

Why don't you go out, and

I'll brief you in the hotel?

Good news can wait, bad news can't.

Let's have it.

Well, sir...

I...

Nobody knows anything about a

Philippine relief expedition.

I'm sorry.

In the whole of Australia,

there is a grand total of

some 30,000 U.S. personnel,

mostly artillery and engineers,

scattered all over

the continent.

At present, there's no

American infantry.

Air units?

There are about 250 planes of all

types, more or less, in commission.

Sixty-five of them are

undergoing repairs, 122 of them

are being assembled.

There's almost no navy at all.

And no infantry.

God help us.

Well, there are approximately

300,000 Australian troops,

but they've been described as

under-trained and under-equipped.

You know what that means.

Not only is

the Bataan rescue mission

so much blue sky

over the horizon,

it is even open to question

if we can defend Australia.

Ready to go, Daddy?

Shh.

However, there is

one more thing, sir.

Headquarters here at Melbourne

has received a message for you

from President Roosevelt.

He has awarded you

the Medal of Honor.

Congratulations, sir.

MacArthur! MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

Congressional Medal of Honor.

MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

You know, my father was awarded

the same decoration

when he was only 19.

I had to wait just

a little bit longer.

MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

MacArthur!

MacArthur! MacArthur!

But at this moment, I would swap

it for just one trained division.

Excuse me, gentlemen. Would you

please shoot from a low angle?

The general likes

that effect very much.

The President of

the United States...

The President...

The President of the

United States ordered me

to break through

the Japanese lines

and proceed from

Corregidor to Australia

for the purpose of organizing the

American offensive against Japan,

a primary object of which is the

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