Sands of Iwo Jima Page #4

What would you say if I suggested

we get some air?

I'd say I'm not supposed to leave the club

with servicemen, but to you I'd say yes.

Now what?

We know all about each other.

- You'll be missing your train.

- I'll float back on thin air.

Don't do that. You might catch cold.

Funny, I've just met you and I feel

I've known you all my life.

I feel that way, too.

- Ten thousand miles away.

- Not now.

I wanna see you again,

every time I get liberty.

I'll be here.

- Allison...

- Yes?

...l'm glad I met you tonight.

- The train...

- I know.

I'll walk you to the station.

I can get a taxi from there.

- No, I'll walk you home.

- No.

You might miss your train.

I might not see you again for a long time.

Any time I get liberty, she says, just call

her up. Man, what a barmaid!

- I'll finish the war right here.

- Drink any more and you probably will!

New Zealand ain't got rats because

they killed them all with that whiskey!

We'll drink worse before we get through.

They may bury me at sea tomorrow,

but tonight I got that nice, warm feeling.

I got a great future

for the next two hours.

You're bleeding!

Lipstick!

- Hey, fellas, look what I found!

- Hey, sports...

...look.

- Boy, he's really carrying a load!

- Gyrene!

Hey, Mac, you're a little off your course.

- Well, what do you know! Stryker.

- He's sure a mess.

Now I know what happened

to those stripes. Come on.

Shore Patrol.

- That's what it is. Give me a hand.

- You're going to help him?

If he cut my mother's throat five minutes

ago, I wouldn't let them get him.

What a break! He's all set to drop two

stripes and Shore Patrol shows up.

- But look what he done to me!

- Don't tell me he kissed you.

That's a great one!

Did I tell you about the guy on a train

and the funniest thing happened...

- I don't know why you're helping him.

- I'll take care of it.

- Where did you come from?

- Never mind. He don't need you guys.

- How do you like that?

- He must follow Stryker like a little dog.

What do you care?

At least he took him off our hands.

A day after our leave, we drew a 22-mile

hike over terrain carefully selected.

All uphill, and it was a weary bunch of

marines who pitched tents that night

and gratefully folded themselves inside.

Do you believe in love at first sight?

All kinds.

I never did before but I sure do now.

- Why do you have to tell me now?

- Because I'm thinking about it now.

- I'm gonna marry that girl.

- What girl?

- The girl I met last night.

- You'll feel better in the morning.

I couldn't feel any better

than I do right now.

I've been thinking, why do men

get married during a war?

- Don't know.

- It's the worst time.

Rate this script:0.0 / 0 votes