The Fighting Seabees Page #3

- Yeah, "finish" is right.

So don't forget,

we've got a date.

Gonna see you tomorrow

in Washington, 11:00.

- Captain Joyce's office.

- I'll be there, right on the pin.

Say, uh, what do you

two do for an encore?

Oh.

- Right on the pin. Ready to go?

- All set.

- What are you doing here?

- Waiting to join you two...

in a little celebration

at lunch time, I hope.

It's in the bag.

You can order the wine.

- Captain Joyce will see you now.

- Oh, thank you.

Don't you wish you could come

inside and hear what's going on?

Might make a front-page story.

- Want me to fix it up for ya?

- Don't bother.

I'll know more about it in

24 hours than you will.

- It's nice to see you, Bob.

- Thank you, sir.

- This is Mr. Donovan. Captain Joyce.

- Good morning, Mr. Donovan.

- Good morning.

- Your name is a familiar one to this bureau.

- Sit down, won't you, please?

- Thank you.

Commander Yarrow wanted you on hand

when he discussed some matter with me.

Mr. Donovan had a construction job on the

island when the Japanese attacked, sir.

- Most of his crew were killed.

- Yes, I know.

If these men had been in uniform,

they might still be alive.

They would be alive.

- And I submit, sir...

- No, thank you...

that every day this war makes

more and more demands...

for construction under

combat conditions...

airfields, roads,

beachhead installations.

The navy has been impressed by

that fact ever since pearl harbor.

We've been giving it

consideration in principle.

You have a definite

suggestion to offer?

I'd like to suggest the raising

of a model basic unit,

large enough to include the specialists

and machinery to do any kind of a job.

Say a 1,000 men, sir,

self-contained, self-sufficient.

- A battalion, a construction battalion.

- Right.

And I can get you the men for it:

bulldozers, blasters, drillers, cat-skinners.

Any men you want, and the

best in the country.

That would be a model basic

unit indeed, Mr. Donovan.

I'll take it up

with the Admiral.

In the meantime, you're

attached to my office.

I want you to prepare a

complete, detailed report.

- Concentrate first on a training program.

- Yes, sir.

Why waste time?

What training do they need?

Training to fight.

Training to fight? You might as

well start training them to drink.

I'm offering you construction

crews, not white-collar lads.

They know what it is to fight.

Every rock tunnel they

drill costs a man a mile.

And every steel span they

bridge costs another.

- They know that when they take the jobs.

- But, Mr. Donovan...

All they want is something in their

hands when the trouble starts.

That's not the navy's opinion, sir.

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