Wake Island Page #5

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Sir, I'm going to give you

a bit of advice.

Orders from the United States

Navy Department will be obeyed!

[ Engine Rewing ]

In trouble?

[ Both Laughing ]

Yes, and I want you guys

to push me out.

[ Laughing ]

Did I hear right?

- Yeah. But it ain't right.

- Come on. Get up outta there.

On your way, bubble puss,

or I'll pat ya with me shovel.

Are you gonna come out peacefully,

or do I have to drag you out?

You start swingin' right now, bud.

I'll be with you in a second.

No, no, no.

This one's mine.

I'll flip you for it.

- Well, okay.

- Hurry up. Make up your mind.

I got work to do.

Call it.

Heads.

Tails. Candy from a baby.

You ain't doin' so good,

Joey boy.

Well, the sun got in my eyes.

Yeah, I heard it hit.

Time was, Joe,

when you hit a guy, he stayed hit.

That's it, Joe. Attaboy.

Break his legs off!.

What are you wavin' at him for?

Grab a hold of him!

[ Vehicle Approaching ]

Watch it, Joe. The old man.

What's that truck doing here?

Well, sir, uh,

just passing through, sir.

Whose is it?

It's mine.

Oh, Mr. McCloskey.

Had an accident?

Yes, I had an accident, all right.

I tripped. Why?

Well, can I be

of any assistance?

No.

Carry on.

From Commander Roberts, sir.

"Special Japanese envoy

will arrive on the Clipper."

Gentlemen,

it is my great privilege...

to propose a toast

to that great executive...

of your great democracy...

whose lasting peace

it is my country's...

greatest wish to preserve.

Gentlemen, I give you...

the president of the United States,

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Hear, hear!

Thank you.

Gentlemen, I give you

His Imperial Majesty,

Emperor Hirohito of Japan.

As you all know,

I am on my way to Washington.

With me I carry

a message from my emperor...

to the president of your country.

Gentlemen,

it is a message of peace.

I regret very much to say...

that between my people

and your people...

there have been some

small misunderstandings.

But it is, therefore,

my emperor's desire...

that I show to your president

the heart of the Japanese people.

And I do solemnly swear...

that in that heart he will find

no thought of war...

but, rather, a yearning

for lasting peace.

Therefore, gentlemen,

I ask that you wish me Godspeed.

On this clear and peaceful

Sunday morning, December 7, 1941,

as countless thousands of you

are enjoying the security of your homes,

a great drama of U.S. Japanese relations

is moving swiftly to a climax.

In the State Department,

at this precise moment,

Mr. Cordell Hull is receiving

for a final interview...

Ambassador Nomura and

Special Envoy Saburo Kurusu of Japan.

It is understood that

Special Envoy Kurusu...

has brought with him

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