The Bridges at Toko-Ri Page #5

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You know your husband's at war,

but you can't believe

that he'd crash into the sea.

- Hasn't he told you what he's doing?

- He never talks about the war.

With the rest of them,

he's been doing a tough job well.

When we go back to sea,

he's got a tougher one ahead of him.

He's going to have to fly against

some... certain bridges.

- Ask him to tell you about them.

- I don't want to think about it.

I suppose to you

it's a sign of weakness.

Maybe not weakness.

Like most people at home, you're

protected, ignorant and defenceless.

- Harry doesn't want me to worry.

- That's the way my son George felt.

Harry reminds me of him.

The quick temper

and the thorough way of doing things.

In certain ways, you remind me

a little of George's wife.

She didn't want to think about it

either, is that it?

When George was killed at Midway,

she never recovered.

She tried to make love

with every man in uniform.

Thought he might die one day.

She grew to loathe herself

and attempted suicide.

I don't know where she is

or what she's doing.

Once she was... my son's wife.

And you think, if things go wrong

at those bridges, I might be like that?

Perhaps, if you don't let yourself

think about certain things.

If you refuse to acknowledge things,

terrible consequences can follow.

I shouldn't have come.

That's what you're trying to tell me.

No. In spite of all the regulations,

maybe you were right to come.

Perhaps when George was killed,

if my wife had joined me,

things might have been different.

But she stayed at home,

like a good Navy wife.

When our other boy was killed,

it was just too much for her.

- You lost two sons and your wife?

- No.

Margaret is still alive.

But all that was gentle and loving

about her slowly withered away.

Now she sits quietly alone in a room,

knitting a baby's sweater.

- Admiral, I'm so ashamed.

- Don't be.

Just be grateful for what you have.

Above all, be honest with yourself.

If I can't face the reality now,

there won't be much hope for me

afterward if anything should happen.

I have a feeling you'll be all right.

Let's get your little girls

and have dinner.

Come on, Nestor.

Major, I'm Lieutenant Brubaker.

You have a chief here called Forney.

- I'd like to get him out.

- I wish I could help you.

But your wild Irishman

just wrecked a dance hall.

He also saved the lives

of four pilots.

I got a lot of monsters in that cage.

Every one was a hero in Korea.

But here in Tokyo,

they're all monsters.

Forney's a helicopter pilot.

I had to ditch my plane at sea.

These two saved my life.

This man jumped into the ocean.

I suppose his face got chopped up

that way by the waves?

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