The Bridges at Toko-Ri Page #3

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Group one, full throttle.

Group three, full.

Come in.

CAG wants to see you, Admiral.

Lee, Commander of the Air Group.

Send him in. Wait a minute.

What do you think of Lee?

He's a good man. Popular.

The pilots swear by him.

The personnel office are looking for

someone for higher-command training.

They want my opinion of Lee.

Send him in.

Group one, full throttle.

I received a dispatch

from COMFAIRJAP.

The replacement aircraft

are not available.

- I saw it.

- All we have is what's aboard.

The captain's burning up the engines.

- Have you talked to the captain?

- He wouldn't see me.

He's busy berthing the ship.

If he keeps doing it, sir, we won't

have any propeller planes left.

How would you berth a carrier

against the wind?

I wouldn't run a lashed-down engine

at top speed.

That's not fair to the pilots, sir.

The pinwheel operation

is necessary in this harbour.

There's no room for a tug. The planes

are the only way to hold us off.

He's been running those engines

since we hit the channel.

Engines are more valuable

than a carrier?

No, but they've only got

so many good hours.

- How long have you been in the Navy?

- 20 years, sir.

20 years. You're the commander

of the Air Group.

What if one of your pilots

went over your head and came to me?

The task-force commander

doesn't interfere with the ship.

But under circumstances

such as these...

You're coming up for promotion, Lee.

Captain Parker will have to turn in

a fitness report on you.

- Yes, sir.

- Suppose I did talk to the captain?

What kind of a fitness report

do you think he'd give you then?

It was only my point of view, sir.

I was thinking of what was best

for my pilots.

- Next time, think twice.

- Yes, sir, I will.

I don't like to see a young officer

going over somebody's head,

but I hate to see him back down

from something he believes is right.

He'll be all right for some job,

but as far as higher command goes...

I'll have to tell them so.

The uniform of the day for liberty

is dress blue.

Liberty will expire on board

at 0700.

- Looking for your wife, sir?

- Yeah. There she is!

Mrs Brubaker!

I got the same reception

waiting outside the gates.

- You married?

- Not yet. I may be after this leave.

Liberty party fall in. Muster

on the flight deck for inspection!

Lower away. Easy!

All right, men.

Open up, front and centre.

- Beer Barrel, what's your handicap?

- I only have two hands.

- I can't lift beer mugs fast enough.

- Do you need a caddie?

You bet. After the first nine steins,

they get heavy.

Permission to leave the ship, sir.

Darling, darling!

- Where are the kids?

- It was too long a trip for them.

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