[Making airplane noises]
German bandits attwo o'clock!
Increase throttle! Power dive!
[Making machine gun noises]
DANNY: Spellit right,Rafe.
"Rudder" is spelled with two Ds.
-Thanks,wingman.
-Yeah, sure.
[Making airplane noises]
-[Cow moos]
-Whoa, bandits!
[Making machine gun noises]
Crack shootin', Danny.
Crack shootin', Rafe.
-Land of thefree.
-Home of the brave.
[Making airplane noises]
[Making machine gun noises]
RAFE: Greatflyin',Dad!
[Chuckles]
Come on.
I'm gonna teach you how tofly.
DANNY:lgetthe front!
RAFE: No, you take the back.
I'm bigger,
and I should be infront.
I'm older,
and I'm teachin', so no.
Wow.
It's like we're reallyflying.
Yeah, I did it lots of times.
Come on,you man the guns.
I'll give her some throttle.
We gotta getthose
dirty German bandits.
[Making airplane noises]
[Making machine gun noises]
-[Engine starts]
-Oh, gosh!
[Shouting indistinctly]
-Hang on!
-Make it stop, Rafe!
I've seen my dad
do this lots of times.
Don'tworry!
Rafe!
Oh, my gosh! We'reflying!
We'reflying!
Whoa! Uhh!
[Gasps]
Wow.
RAFE: My dad's gonna kill me.
[Panting] Come on.
Yes! Whoo-hoo!
Weflew!
DANNY: Weflew! Yes!
I'm a pilot!
-I know!
-Yeah!
Weflew.
-You no-account boy!
-Daddy--
I done told you,
you spend time playing...
with this stupid boy
can't read...
you ain't never goin'
to amountto nothin'!
He ain't stupid, Daddy!
Daddy!
Ohh!
DANNY'SFATHER: Come on!
DANNY: Uhh!
DANNY'SFATHER:
Getonbackhome. Now!
[Danny whimpering]
DANNY'SFATHER: Geton up.
You gotworkto do.
Come on! Come on, get on home!
[Grunts] Uhh!
You let him alone!
[Groans]
Daddy, no!
I will bustyou open,
you dirty German!
What'd you call me?
[Panting]
Ifoughtthe Germans in France.
And lfought 'em
in the trenches.
And I pray to God
no one ever has to see...
the things that I saw.
You're my bestfriend.
DANNY:Daddy, wait!
Daddy,wait.
NEWSREEL NARRATOR:
AdolfHitler...
NEWSREEL NARRATOR:
AdolfHitler...
builds the German
militarymachine...
anddrags
allofEurope into war.
Buteven while France
falls to Hitler...
Americastillrefuses
tojoin the fighting.
-Where's McCawley and Walker?
-Still training, sir.
RAFE:Allright,Danny.
Nowlet's show 'em how to fly.
We're gonna play chicken.
You ready?
DANNY: This ain'tthe farm,
andthese ain'tno cropdusters.
I'm not playing
chicken with you.
Now don't be a baby.
I'll tell you what--
-I'm not doing it, Rafe.
-Well, I'm coming right atyou.
You can turn, oryou can hit me.
It's upto you.
Whatthe--
Oh, boy.
Why you always
bustin' my ass, Rafe?
Which way you goin'?
I guess I'll go right.
No, uh, left. I'll go left.
OK,we're goin' left, right?
RAFE: Ri--uh, right. Right?
Right like we're goin' right,
or right like we're goin' left?
Well, now you got me
all mixed up!
I don't know.
Make upyour mind.
God, Rafe,we're going right!
Righty-tighty!
DANNY:Aah!
[Cheering]
-Whoo-hoo!
-Whoo-hoo-hoo!
Those are some smooth aces.
Did you say something?
'Cause let me tell ya,
thosefarm boys are grounded!
Yes, sir, an entirely
unacceptable use...
of m-m-military aircraft, sir.
-Get my hat.
-Yes, sir.
Getthose hedge-hoppers
in Doolittle's office.
Aftertwo years of training...
you believe that
a $ airplane...
is thereforyour amusement?
RAFE: No, sir.
I was justtrying...
to keep my edge, Major.
And when you did
the outside loop lastweek...
what did you thinkthatwas?
Honing your skills?
DOOLITTLE:
That's nottraining, McCawley.
That's astunt.
Andlpersonally
consideritto be reckless...
and irresponsible.
Major...
How could that be,
when you'refamous...
for being thefirst man
in the world everto do it?
Don't get cute with me, son.
No, sir, I don't mean
to be disrespectful.
I justthinkthat--
well, l--
It is reckless
and irresponsible...
if you're just doing it
to be a show-off.
But I was doing itto try
to inspire the men, sir...
in the way that
you've inspired me.
I believe the French
even have a wordforthat...
when the men gettogether
to honortheir leaders.
They call it an homage, sir.
-A what?
-An homage, sir.
That's bullshit, McCawley!
But it's very,
very good bullshit.
Thankyou, sir.
[Clicking teeth]
McCawley,you remind me
of myselffifteen years ago.
Which is why we need
to discuss this.
Have a seat, son.
The British have accepted you
into the Eagle Squadron.
You're on yourway
to England tomorrow...
if you still wantto go.
Huh. Wow.
Just afew British pilots
are all that stand...
between Hitler
and total victory in Europe.
They're gonna need
all the helpthey can get.
Yes, sir.
Well, I'm on my way.
Justforthe record...
I'm supposed to askyou
to reconsider.
Sir?
Sooner or later
we're gonna be in this war...
whetherwe like itornot.
And I'm gonna need
all of my best pilots.
So it's my duty
to askyou to stay.
Major,whatwould you do?
If itwas me...
I'd go.
Get out. Am I going bald
right back here?
Ooh!
Man, I am one good-lookin'
son of a bitch.
Don'tyou ever die.
[Snapsfingers]
Die. That's exactly...
the concept
you gotta worktonight.
You put a drop of this clove oil
underyour eyes...
and you let 'em sting
and well up.
You getyour nurse alone,
take a breath...
Iet her see your eyes glisten...
and say, "Baby,
they're training meforwar...
"and I don't know
what'll happen...
"but if I die tomorrow,
I wantto know...
"thatwe lived
all we could tonight."
Come on, guys!
We got nurses waitin'.
PILOT: Come on,before the rest
ofhis hair falls out.
How could you do this?
Well, Doolittle assigned me.
He wanted me to get some real--
real combattraining in.
Well, guess what?
It's nottraining overthere.
It's war.
Where the losers die,
and there aren't any winners--
just guys who turn
into broken-down wrecks...
Iike myfather.
Yeah, I understand that, Danny.
But lfeel like
I got a duty to go.
Don't preach to me
about duty, damn it.
I wearthe same uniform you do.
Now, if trouble wants me,
I'm readyfor it.
Butwhy go lookingfor it?
God, Danny, come on.
I'm gonna be twenty-five.
I might as well be an old man.
They're gonna have me bein'
aflight instructor.
I don'twanna teach
loops and barrel rolls.
I wanna be a combatfighter.
PILOT:Hey, come on!
The nurses can't
d-d-dance by themselves.
Let's go.
[Whistle blows]
WOMAN:lfthe callofduty
means seeing men...
in theirunderwearevery day...
we are here to serve.
[Giggling]
I can't believe it.
Saturday night
in New York City.
Do youknow whatthey're doing
where lcome from?
Nothing.
Cow-tipping.
Well,that's why
you joined the Navy, hon'.
To get out of that dusty
little town and see the world.
May I remind you, Barbara,
we're Navy nurses, nottourists.
I joined to do
my patriotic duty and...
to meet guys.
Me,too.
Girls,we're gonna have
so muchfun tonight in the city.
You've gotta tell them
the story, Evelyn.
What?
Oh, come on. Tell us.
Oh, it's such a long story.
We gottime.
I saw it happen.
EVELYN: Well, itwas
aboutfourweeks ago...
EVELYN: Well, itwas
aboutfourweeks ago...
What do you think
is b-b-better?
All in the one cheek,
or spreading them out?
OK.
Fusco,Anthony.
You all right, buddy?
Sweetie, do you really
have to do this?
I'm not gonna getyellowfever
in my barracks.
No? lf you'd rather,
she can do it.
[Inhales sharply]
Whoa,whoa,whoa.
Just gimme a minute.
[Sighs] Honey,the government
says stick 'em,we stick 'em.
Uh!
RAFE:Hey,Red, you allright?
EVELYN: Eye exam numberfour?
MAN: Listen, Doc, I have passed
a dozen medical checks.
You write that,
they won't let mefly.
Sorry, son.
I'm gonnafail.
They're gonna
take my wings away.
No,they won't. Just relax.
Read the bottom line, please.
Just keep practicin'
the bottom line.
And don'tworry.
I'm right behind you.
J-L-M-K-P-O--
[Muttering]
Next.
Ma'am.
J-L-M-K-P-O-E-T-X.
Eyes like an eagle, ma'am.
Slow down,flyboy.
And, instead of the bottom,
read the very top. Both eyes.
Yeah.
"C"--sorry, "J."
Ahem. "C"...
-[Whispering] "W."
-"W."
-"Q."
-Uh, "Q."
RAFE: Uh, "Q."
Read the bottom line
again, please.
But read it rightto left
and every other letter.
"E."
Heh. "X."
-[Whispering] X-E.
-X-E.
RAFE:X-E,ma'am.
Ma'am, I know how this looks.
I'm sorry, Lieutenant,
I really am.
ButArmy and Navy
requires / vision.
Oh, l--it's--it's not
a problem with my eyes.
I mean, I can see.
I mean, I can hit a running
rabbitwith a $ . pistol.
I got a problem with letters,
that's all.
Well, maybe after
some schooling...
you could come back
and take the test again.
No, I had schooling.
I mean, l--the teachers
just never knew...
whatto make of it.
It's just letters.
I mix 'em up sometimes.
That's all.
I mean, I just get 'em
backward sometimes.
L-look here. Uh, my--my math
and--and spacial reasoning...
and my verbal scores
are all excellent.
Butyou barely passed
the written exam.
Yeah, but he did pass it.
So, is it my turn now?
-No,you'll waityourturn.
-Yes, ma'am.
Ma'am, l-l'm never gonna
be an English teacher.
But I know why I'm here.
To be a pilot.
Andyou don'tdogfight
withmanuals.
You don'tfly withgauges.
I mean, it's all about
feeling and speed...
and lettin' that plane
become like a part...
ofyourbody.
Andthatmanual...
says that a guy who's a slow
reader can't be a good pilot.
Thatfile says I'm
the best pilot in this room.
Ma'am, please,
don'ttake my wings.
Well, lfelt so bad.
Evelyn, rotate to station three.
EVELYN:lhadno choice.
I passed him.
-Good.
-Uh-huh.
EVELYN: So, then this
cockypilotcomes back.
-Say,fella, are you enlisted?
-Yeah.
"Yeah"? Boy,
you're talking to an officer.
Yes, sir. Sorry, sir.
-Give me thatfile.
-Yes, sir.
-Parade rest.
-Yes, sir.
Ma'am, I didn't get
a chance to thankyou.
Dropyour skivvies.
Ah, oh, OK.
Just like this?
That'sfine.
EVELYN:He didhave
a very cute butt.
You know, I know
you didn't have to pass me...
and you did. And I just--
I didn'tthink
you'd understand, and you did.
You know,you still
haven't said thankyou.
Thankyou.
You're welcome.
Why'd you do it?
I mean, I'm just curious.
You're like my hero now.
Actually, myfatherwas a pilot.
And, um, I've seen
first-hand what happens...
when a pilot loses his wings.
Youknow what?
Yourfather's my hero,
then,too.
Infact, as an officer,
I think it'd by my duty...
to take mynewhero's
daughterouttonight...
Justto--aah!
Gosh, did I poke too deep?
I thinkyou hitthe bone there.
[All giggling]
You are so mean.
[Sighs]
What? So is--
is there any chance...
thatyou might,
kind of, sort of...
you know, like me, or...
Oh, how did you guess?
[Whispering]
They nevertaught us...
how to deal with this...
feeling.
Wh-whatfeeling?
Well, it's kind of like...this.
Ow!
Well, he was gettingfresh,
so I poked him again.
[All giggling]
All right, Romeo.
I wantto getthis overwith.
Hold on a second.
Miss...
I really, really lickyou.
[Gasps]
What did he mean?
Like you.
I didn't mean to say that.
And I just, um...
I justwantto askyou, please,
if I can donate dinner.
EVELYN:He started
to actverystrange.
Or,well, buy you dinner.
This isn'tyour chart.
Whoa.
No. That's the, uh,this,
uh,fellow over here's.
I think he left.
Have you already had this shot?
Yeah,well, once...already.
Well, I wanted--
I mean, can I askyou out?
-No!
-[Groans]
And he justwentwham!
Unh! [Groans]
Oh! What'd you do to him?
Oh! What'd you do to him?
-Poor guy.
-[Giggles]
[Chattering]
Hey!
Hey!
Oh, my God.
Are you OK?
Uh,yeah.
I'mfine. Ifeel great.
This is just standard
precautionary...thing.
Look, I got some, uh,
genuine French champagne...
from France.
I thought,you know,
maybe we could celebrate.
Celebrate what?
Oh, I don't know. Uh,well,
you being my hero,for one.
OK. Why not?
So, uh, ahem...
I wanted to thankyou.
And I justwanted to, uh...
putyour mind at ease
about passing me...
because I really do think
you did this country a service.
I mean, I'm--
I am a greatflier.
Andifyouhave afault,
which you obviously don't...
it's modesty.
No. If I have afault,
it's candor.
You are just so--
[Gasps]
Uhh. Corkjust got awayfrom me.
[Groans]
[Chuckles]
God, oh, it hurts.
It hurts somethingfierce.
I'm sorry.
-Ohh...
-Oh, it's bleeding.
-God.
-Oh!
-Ohh!
-Lay still.
I ruined everything.
-Lay still.
-Oh, it hurts.
-Ow! It's cold.
-It'll stopthe bleeding.
Yeah. I can't breathe.
-Lay still.
-[Sighs]
You are so beautiful it hurts.
It's your nose that hurts.
No. I think it's my heart.
EVELYN:Andthenlkissedhim.
MARTHA: Oh, Evelyn.
That's the most romantic story
I ever heard.
It's been the most romanticfour
weeks and two days of my life.
Oh, I'm so jealous.
[Giggling]
Hello, Lieutenant.
-It's good to see you.
-You,too, Lieutenant.
Pick a hand.
It's beautiful.
What's in your other hand?
Mine.
Well, ittook me six hours
tofold these.
Oh!
[Laughs]
I wantyou to meet myfriends.
Rafe,this is Martha,
Barbara, Sandra--
-Hi. I'm Betty.
-Hi.
Would you happen
to have anyfriends?
Huh. Take your pick.
Hi.
[Swing music playing]
[Laughing and talking]
Whoo!
We ever get in this war
and somethin' happens to me...
I can'ttell you how good
it makes mefeel to know...
that someone as sweet
as you will be there...
to nurse me backto health.
Good, butwe're not
in the waryet.
-Ahem.
-OK. Thatwas a bad line.
-Hi.
-[Laughing]
I'm--I'm Red.
Red--[Snorting]
S-s-s-s-strange.
Heh heh.
Your last name's Strange?
Yeah. She's all yours, soldier.
No. It--it's Winkle.
[Laughs]
Red is such a ladies' man.
Do you always stutter?
No. Only when I'm--
[Snorting]
She's totally buying it.
-Nervous?
-Yeah.
Why can't I get
something like that?
Hello.
Hi.
Danny seems kind of shy
around the girls.
Tsk. It's notthat he's shy.
He's just, ahem...
a little unsure of himself,
you know.
His old man used to
run him down a lot.
Gethim in aplane,
he's sure ofhimself.
He's like my brother.
He's like my bestfriend.
He's my right hand.
Which atthe moment is
a long way south of my waist.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I guess I lost
a little altitude.
Yeah, I guess you did.
Excuse me.
You and me,we gotto talk.
So,the rumor is the Navy's
shipping us to Pearl Harbor.
Well,won't be so bad.
It's about asfarfrom
thefighting as you can get.
You'll get a suntan.
So maybe the Army'll
postyou guys there,too.
You...are a super special woman.
And, and,well...
[Sniffs]
Well,they're--
they're training me...
to be a big bad warrior,
and,well...
So, I mean,you never know
what might happen tomorrow...
or...or any day
afterthat,you know?
So...
God,we need to make
tonight super special.
Why are you crying?
I guess it's the thought...
that I might not ever
getto see you again.
Dry your eyes,toots.
Tonight,you're mine.
I don'twantto be
with a crowd tonight.
I justwantto be
alone with you.
Well...
How does New York Harbor
by moonlight sound?
Ohh! Heh heh!
EVELYN:Are yougonnabe
abadinfluence?
Of course I'm a bad influence.
Let's see if we can
commandeerthis vessel...
'cause we're, uh, officers
of the U.S. Government.
Notfor long,we won't be.
One day,we'll take a trip
on a boat like that.
Would you like that?
We'llbe dressingforcocktails
andwalk into the grandsalon.
No one's talking aboutwar.
They're just dancing
to Cole Porter.
-I'll have to get a tux.
-Yeah.
Come on. There you go.
All aboard.
-You're out of your mind.
-Oh,yeah.
Careful now.
Here, sit down.
Now let's see here.
Ah! There we go.
See,this is as close as I
could getyou to your ship.
So, at least I tried, right?
Actually,you know what?
This is better.
Yeah, it is.
God,you're pretty.
What's gonna become
of us all, Rafe?
Well,thefuture's not
exactly in our hands, is it?
No. I guess you're right.
[Both screaming]
-Aah!
-Aah!
Oh, my God!
Are you all right?
Yeah, are you?
Thatwas not part of the date.
[Evelyn giggles]
RAFE: Watch yourstep.
[Laughs] Oh,thankyou.
BARBARA: Evelyn!
Guys, come up! Come on up!
Come up! We're in .
There's something
I gotto tell you.
Well,you got no secrets
from me, Lieutenant.
I've seen your medical chart.
Here we go.
[Sighs]
This can't be good, or it
wouldn't be so hard to say.
[Sighs] Yep.
I gotto go away.
We're all going away.
Yeah...
but I'm going to the war...
tomorrow.
I'mflying with
the Eagle Squadron.
It's an outfitthe British
startedforAmerican pilots.
I don't understand.
You're in the U.S. Army.
How could they orderyou to go?
They didn't order me.
I volunteered.
Huh.
But I passed you.
Iletyou through.
Andnow you volunteer...
forthe most dangerous place
you could go?
It's notyour responsibility,
notyour choice.
Flying's the only thing
I everwanted to do.
I mean, everything in my life
has led me upto this point.
Meeting you.
I love you.
[Sighs]
I love you so much.
RAFE: Let's go inside.
All right. Wait a minute.
Wait a minute.
Just--I--I can't do this.
This just--it's not right.
I'm sorry. I just--
See, I can't do this.
I mean, I mean, I can.
I--I wantto.
I'm nottrying to be noble,
you know.
Or not saying
I know whatwould happen...
orjust--
I need to stoptalking.
I just--I just don'twant--
I just don'twant it
to be like everybody else.
I don'twantyou to have
anything abouttonight...
thatyou regret.
I mean, it's been the most
incredible night of my life...
and I don'twantto ruin that.
Oh,you couldn't ruin it.
If I had one more nightto live,
I'd wantto spend itwith you.
[Sighs]
See,that's what I want
to come home to.
That's what I wantto have
to think about and dream about.
I wantto know that
the best part of my life...
is still ahead of me.
Look.
Don't, um...could you...
not come see me off?
Because, uh...saying good-bye
to you once is hard enough.
[Whispering] Here.
Take this.
Why?
You think it looks good on me?
[Sighs]
[Sighs]
I will come back.
I thoughtyou said
you told her notto come.
Yeah, I did.
Why you lookingfor herthen?
It's my test.
If I tell her notto come,
and she comes anyway...
then l--I know she loves me.
All aboard! Track !
If, uh, anything
happens to me...
I wantyou to be the one
to tell her.
All right?
You just make sure and come back
forthe both of us, all right?
OK.
RAFE: See you whenlgetback.
Yeah.
Good hunting, Rafe.
[Train whistle blows]
Evelyn!
Evelyn!
Evelyn!
[Train whistle blows]
Evelyn!
Evelyn.
Hey!
She loves me.
[Air raid siren]
[Air raid siren]
NEWSREEL NARRATOR:
The GermanLuftwaffe...
relentlesslybombards
downtownLondon...
while Churchill's
RoyaIAir Force...
is in a deadlystruggle...
to maintain control
ofthe Britishskies.
This is a real mess.
Lieutenant McCawley
reportingfor duty, sir.
Good.
We'll getyou settled
into your quarters.
And then introduce you
to the crate you'll beflying.
If y'all are patching up
bullet holes here...
maybe we ought
to skip housekeeping...
and get me in an airplane.
MAN: Two didn'tcome back,sir.
We counted only eleven.
Are all Yanks
as anxious as you...
to getthemselves killed,
Pilot Officer?
Not anxious to die, sir.
Just anxious to matter.
This is yours.
Good chap.
Didn't die till he'd landed
and shut down his engine.
Please be seated, gentlemen.
I'm afraid I'm in a bad mood.
Churchill and Stalin are
asking me what I'm asking you.
How long is America
going to pretend...
the world is not atwar?
We've increasedfood and oil
shipments, Mr. President...
and asfar as I know--
Whatthey really need
are tanks, planes...
bullets, bombs,
and men tofight.
Butourpeople think
Hitlerandhis Nazithugs...
are Europe's problem.
We have to do more.
Send the Brits and Russians
more of our ships...
and anti-aircraftweapons.
And keep cannibalizing
the Pacific Fleet?
What choice do we have?
We're building refrigerators
while our enemies build bombs.
This is so exciting.
You know there's about
one hundred ships on Pearl.
BETTY:
Howmanysailorspership?
It depends.
More on a battleshipthan a sub.
But say, on average... ?
Then there's the flyers,
the marines,basepersonnel.
I'm still working on
the sailors.
Girls, I thinkthe odds
are in yourfavor.
Yeah, like to one.
-It's paradise.
-[Sailors whistling]
See you on the beach, boys!
We're in Hawaii!
[Laughs]
EARL:Hey!
You're not supposed
to painttitties...
on the side of my airplanes.
Andifyou do,
don'tmake 'em lopsided.
They were lopsided, Earl.
JOE:
Look, itsays righthere.
"Never ride waves amongst
rocks or submerged pilings."
See, it says
you shouldn't do that.
How do you know they're
submerged if they're submerged?
Gooz,what in the hell
are you doing?
Justtrying tofix
this surfboard thing.
He keeps taking chunks off
his nose on the rocks.
On my day off, I'm working
on my new invention--
the Gooz Cruise Fin.
I'm gonna be a richfella.
Every surfboard in
the nation's gonna need one.
EARL: Yeah? Well,
you're gonnaneedabroom.
JOE:
Checkoutthese newrecruits.
Hi.
Aloha.
Y'all pilots?
We're working on it.
It's a lot of switches
and stuff.
[Chuckles]
Pride of the Pacific.
Who are you?
Terrors of the skies.
[Typing]
WOMAN: Welcome, ladies.
ALL: Hi.
I have to deal with
toasty sunburntfanny...
before I can show you around.
-[Smack]
-Ow!
RAFE:DearEvelyn.
It's differentthanlthought
itwouldbe here.
It's cold--
so colditgoes deep
into yourbones.
There is oneplace
lcango to findwarmth.
Thatis to thinkofyou.
Ijustwishlcouldbe
backthere with you.
RAFE:
It's noteasymakingfriends.
Two days ago,lhadabeer...
with a couple
ofthe RAFpilots.
Yesterday,
both ofthem gotkilled.
EVELYN:DearRafe.
Imiss youso much.
It's so strange to be
halfa worldawayfrom you.
RAFE:
I'm right on his tail!
Got one!
EVELYN: Everynight
llookatthe sunset...
andtry to draw the lastounce
ofheatfrom its longday...
andsendit
from myheartto yours.
Family?
Girl, sir.
The girl.
A lot of people
frown on the Yanks...
for not being in this waryet.
I'd just like to say...
if there are many more
back home like you...
God help anyone who goes
to warwith America.
[Bell chimes]
OFFICER:Atten-hut!
Attention on deck!
AdmiraIKimmel...
Commander-in-Chief,
Pacific Fleet, on deck.
KIMMEL:
Sharppresentation, Captain.
Thankyou,Admiral Kimmel.
Forfour months now Washington's
been blowing pink smoke...
aboutthe threatfrom Japan.
Could make us lose
ourfighting edge.
I'm determined
notto letthat happen.
[Ship's horn blows]
With your permission, Captain.
Admiral, urgent,
from Washington.
I'm supposed
to keepthisfleet...
battle-ready
to take on the Japanese...
cover half the damn globe.
Now they want me to transfer...
anothertwelve destroyers
to the Atlantic.
Don'ttheyknow what
we're facingouthere?
Theyfeel Europe
is the greater danger.
I'm assuming these risk
assessments include Hawaii?
Pearl Harbor is too shallow
for an aerial torpedo attack.
We're surrounded by sub nets.
All we need worry
about is sabotage...
so we bunched
our planes together...
to make them easierto protect.
Distance is our ally,Admiral.
You analysts got it
allfigured out, don'tyou?
The smart enemy hits you...
exactly where
you thinkyou're safe.
-[Air raid siren]
-Incoming!
[Shouting]
Ifixed the hydraulics
and electrics, sir...
butthe oil hoses
still need attention.
Just crank it, lan!
God speed you, sir.
Red section,take the bombers.
Blue section,
look outforthefighters.
Bombers dead ahead.
Let's dropin
andgive 'em areception.
Red Two,follow my lead,
high side.
Go right atthe lead bomber.
Following you, Red One.
[Gunfire]
Good hit! Good hit!
Red One, coming around,
resetforthe kill.
I have the middle bomber.
Hammer down!
We got him.
Nice shot, Red Two.
I gottwo M.E.s dead ahead.
RAFE:l'm onhim.
I'm onhis tail.
Hammer down.
RAFE:lgotone ofthem!
I got another one.
Red One,you gotfighters
all overyourtail!
I'm underfire!
I'm takingfire!
Red One, get out of there.
Pull up! Pull up!
Argh! I got an oil leak.
[Screams]
Can't see a damn thing!
I can't bail!
My canopy's stuck!
I can't bail out!
He's on my tail, Red Two.
I'm hit! I'm hit!
Mayday! Mayday!
Oh, my God.
BETTY:
I'm no goodatchurch.
SANDRA:
Whatdo youmean,sweetie?
When I'm upthere getting
my slate wiped clean...
I'm thinking how
to dirty it up again.
Wow,thisfrom a virgin!
I gotto inventory supplies.
Kill me now.
Could you be any more boring?
Don't bother.
Sunday, she writes Rafe...
tenpages instead
ofthe usualfive.
[Sighs]
Gosh, I wish I was in love.
[Honks]
Hey, sweetheart.
She hates me.
Good to see you, Red.
Good to see you,too, Betty.
You wanna comefor a ride?
Come on.
Yeah, I'll be your chauffeur.
[Cheering]
That-a-boy! Be a mad dog!
You hit pretty hard...
for a cook.
All right,Walker,
who you got?
I'll take the cook.
Why? You don't like money?
Come on! Get outthere now!
-I'll putfive on it.
-Done.
Against a mechanic?
Thatguy craps rivets.
How's itfeel up
from the engine room?
Sunlight botherin' you?
Ow.
Man, he's getting all busted up!
Move! Move!
[Bell rings]
Come here,we gotta talk.
Get down here.
He can't hurt us.
He can hurt us.
-He cut us. We bleeding.
-Bleeding?
That's a scratch. See this?
This is the hard-earned
greenbacks...
of every pot-scrubbin'
chop in thisfleet.
Now if we don'twin...
Teeny here has tofind
another battleship!
I'm not going back
to the Arizona empty-handed.
Don'tworry aboutthe money.
I'll send that
smug engine-fixin' snipe...
back belowdecks where he belong.
[Bell rings]
We the man!
He slapped your mama!
Be a son of a bitch!
Look atthis!
All right, Dorie!
REFEREE:
That's enough. That's enough.
[Cheering]
-Oh! Where's my money?
-Nah,fight's rigged.
We're rich! Ha ha ha!
EVELYN:How'dyougetthis?
Boxing.
Did you win?
Yes, ma'am.
What do you getforwinning?
Respect.
So,why do you have tofight
with yourfists to get respect?
I left my momma in Texas...
and joined the Navy
to see the world...
become a man.
They made me a cook.
Not even that.
I clean up after
other sailors eat.
Two years,they never even
let mefire a weapon.
Well, let's hope
you never have to.
Yes, ma'am.
You take care,
Petty Officer Miller.
You,too, ma'am.
DANNY: Youknow,
he taughtme to fly.
Ialways knew thatno matter
whattrouble lgotinto...
I'd never be in it alone.
He'd be there with me.
He was always pushing me
to be better andfaster.
He told me
you were a greatflier.
Itwas the same night
he told me...
he'd volunteered
to go to England.
Volunteered?
He...he told me
he'd been assigned.
He was always
trying to protect me.
Butyou know what?
I look at myself in
the mirror in this uniform...
and I still
don't know who I am.
I look like a hero...
but I don'tfeel like it.
Rafe...
he always looked the part,
didn't he?
He couldn'twaitto be one.
To Rafe McCawley.
The best pilot...
and the bestfriend
I ever knew...
or everwill know.
To Rafe.
[Shouting]
[Machines clacking]
THURMAN:Lookatthis.
The Japanese...
are floodingthe Pacific
withradio traffic.
Everywherefrom the Panama Canal
to southeastAsia.
There's no logical pattern,
Captain.
No. There's always logic.
Theyknow we readtheirmail.
They're trying to make us think
theirfleet is moving south.
I'm not buying it.
Something, something's up.
Otherwise,why would they take
the trouble to bullshit me?
[Crying]
Evelyn, I signedfor
these lettersforyou today.
They're from England.
They'refrom Rafe.
I'm sorry, Ev.
Youknowhowlong
ittakes mailto gethere.
Hurry up!
Show time, boys! Come on!
NARRATOR:Americastill
awaits Japan's response...
topeaceproposals.
AmbassadorNomura
arrives in Washington...
in whatcould
hopefullyguarantee...
continuedpeace in the Pacific.
On the Britishfront,
Churchill declares...
"Give us the tools,
andwe willfinish thejob."
The RAFhas fought
bravely against...
Hitler's ambition to rule
the skies overthe Channel.
Victory does notcome
withoutsacrifice.
Evelyn!
-Danny.
-Hey.
Some comedy, huh?
[Sighs] Yeah.
It's been a while.
I've been logging
a lot offlight hours.
I kinda been avoiding you,too.
Yeah.
-Look--
-Do you--
Do you wantto?
Sure,yeah.
DANNY:lremember
one time whenlwas...
Iike,seven years old...
Iwas always building
gadgets andthings.
He wantedme
to buildhim some wings...
so he couldfly like his daddy.
Itoldhim you can'tfly
withoutsome kindofengine.
But he wouldn't listen.
"Danny, never mind that,
just build 'em anyway."
So I did.
And I'm upthere...
strapping these big ol' wings
on his back...
thatwe made
from paper and glue...
and these massive silk bloomers
thatwe stole.
He looked so stupid,
and I told him...
"You can'tjump off the barn
in these."
And bam!
He busted his leg on a backhoe.
God, I miss him.
Yeah. But don'tyou think...
that Rafe wasn't
back upthere next day.
Cast and everything...
tellingme to make some
adjustments on those wings.
BILLY: Checkthis out!
Crossroads ofthe Pacific.
Tahiti-- miles!
All right!
Say, Betty...
W-wou...
-No, Betty! Get up!
-What's going on, Red?
-Stand up, please.
-What do you mean?
Just stand up.
Stand...
Oh! Ha!
Betty...
BILLY:Red, come on!
We got a dinner reservation.
Can I get a minute?
What's the matter,you sick?
Can a guy propose?!
Oh! Thankyou!
DANNY:Am ltalkingtoo much?
Sometimes I do that, I'm sorry.
BARBARA:Hold up!
Lookatthis.
Hello!
OK, let's getoutofhere.
OK.
I guess I should go.
Don't let it be three months
before I see you again.
I had a good time.
Yeah, me,too.
Do you want me
to walkyou home?
No, I'll befine.
No...of course.
-Good night.
-Good night.
I was justwondering if maybe
I could come by some time...
get a cup of coffee
or a piece of pie?
What am I doing?
OK.
Oh! You were asleep. I'm sorry.
Danny?
Is something wrong?
No! Nothing's wrong.
No problem. Hi!
It's just Danny.
I...just...you...
youforgotthis.
Oh...thanks.
Itwas good of you
to take the trouble...
to drop it over...now.
I...well, I thought
you might need it.
You know...
maybe tomorrow morning.
If...
notthatyou wearthis
to work, but...
No...it's a hankie.
Right, right. Yeah.
Listen, I was thinking maybe...
I could come by some time...
if I gave you a call,
could I come by?
Once, maybe...
if you're not busy?
Yeah, maybe.
-Maybe?
-Maybe.
OK, all right.
Thanks.
Good-bye. Good night.
You are such an idiot!
Did you havefun last night?
Itwasn't how it looked.
And if itwas,
it'd be all right.
It's been months.
It's time to move on.
I am moving on.
BETTY: Ev, don'tlie.
All I know is, I hearyou crying
when you think I'm asleep.
Whenmy dadleft...
I was too much
for my mom to handle...
so she sent me
to live with my aunt.
I thought my life was over...
Butyou don'tknow
where it's allgonnalead.
Iflhadn'trun away
andliedaboutmy age...
andenlistedin the Navy...
I wouldn't have met Red, and...
now he's myfiance.
Oh, God, I can't
get used to thatword.
-It's only been twelve hours.
-Oh, Betty!
Little Betty
beat us all to the post.
MARTHA:Andthis is wardthree.
As you can see, no patients.
Welcome to Hawaii.
Come on, I'll show you the bar.
Sandra, new recruits to torture.
Come on. Excuse me, ladies?
Hi!
We're gonna waittwo years
until I'm nineteen...
and Red can buy me a ring.
[Laughs]
Rafe sent his bestfriend
to tell you...
so you would be OK,
so you can move on.
You gotta go on living, Ev.
Red!
Whoo! Sorry!
[Whispers] Bye, Rafe.
VICEADMIRAL:
The Japanese Fleet is missing.
They're operating
underradio silence.
This footage was shot
fourdays ago on October th.
OFFICER: We're sending
scout planes in widervectors...
all overthe Pacific,
butthey get nothing.
They couldbe anywhere inhere.
I don't understand how
two whole carrier divisions...
can just disappear.
Clear!
Aw,we're all overthe page.
We gotone wall-eyed
andonepigeon-toed.
Anthony,tap in number six.
All right.
Gooz,tap in numberthree.
All right.
Hey. We got a visitor.
Oh...that ain't
no Navy issue uniform, eh?
BILLY:Danny, it's Evelyn.
Jesus!
You allright?
Yeah. Yeah.
No.
I think I'mfallin' for her.
Wow. You know,
I saw this coming.
[Chuckles]
I didn'twantthis to happen.
Itjust kind of did.
Can't help it.
Well, Danny,
she's gotta be with somebody.
It might as well be you.
You telling me
if you were dead...
and you saw your best buddy
doin' your girl...
you wouldn't come back and beat
the living crap outta him?
-Tony, back off.
-I'd be back sofast.
Danny's being a betterfriend
taking care of her himself.
I got a girlfriend.
That's great.
Come on, fellas.
Let's split.
Danny,whatever happens now
is just aboutyou and her.
Yougotta try
andforgetaboutRafe.
GOOZ:Be careful, allright?
Ladies...cloud the mind.
-Thanks, Gooz.
-You're welcome.
Hey, Danny.
Where's everybody going?
Just bein' discreet.
Does it seem like everybody's
acting a little strange?
No. Nah.
Right.
Well, maybe--maybe a little.
Yeah.
Well, people in this outfit...
have way too much time
on their hands.
Oh,yeah.
I just hope they don'tthink
there's been something...
goin' on between us,
that's all.
Oh, no. I mean, no.
Thatwould be...
embarrassing, right?
Forgot my wrenches.
Thatwould definitely
be embarrassing.
Yeah.
Ha. Forgot my wrenches.
Hey. He really
doesn't have to leave.
No.
I, uh, I'm just goin'
outwith the girls, so...
I guess I'll see you later.
-Yeah.
-All right.
Yeah, all right.
I'll see you around.
Shit.
Evelyn.
Have you ever seen
Pearl Harbor at sunset?
Of course.
Well...from the air?
You know, I could get kicked
out of the militaryforthis.
-Really?
-Yeah. Stay down.
DANNY: The Hawaiians called
this harbor WaiMomi.
It means "water of pearls."
It's so beautiful.
My dadtookme up
a couple oftimes.
Just don't do what he did.
What do you call it
when youflip over?
DANNY:A barrelroll?
EVELYN: Yeah.
I won't.
Aah!
-Oh!
-Ha ha ha ha!
-Oh, God.
-What do you think?
I like that.
MAN:Hey!
Thatplane was supposed
to be backhere anhourago!
Quick, hide
in the parachute hangar.
My heart is pounding.
Danny, last night...
No,that's terrible.
Danny,we need
to talk aboutthis.
Sir. Evelyn!
-Danny.
-Hey. Hi.
Hi.
I didn't sleep a wink
last night.
I had to see you.
Last nightwas crazy,
I know, but...
I'm not sorry. Are you?
I don't know.
Danny, I had a wonderful
time last night. I--
It's just all toofast.
Listen, Evelyn, I was just down
atthe beach this morning...
and I watched the sun rise...
and I knew that everything
was gonna be different.
Thatthis was the start
of something new.
In this place, in this moment.
And I don't care what
anybody else says,you know?
How can I notfeel this way?
I kinda like you.
Oh,you do?
You have yourtie on crooked.
Everything's
gonna be all right, OK?
Everything's
gonna be all right.
Do you have any airtours going
through the valley of Oahu?
You do?
MALERADIOHOST:Aloha.
This is KGMB inHonolulu...
on anotherbeautiful
fall dayhere inparadise.
SPY:
We have enough information.
We are returninghome.
EVELYN:Do you everwonder...
ifthis war's
gonna catch up with us?
DANNY: Nota whole lot.
Every momentwe're nottogether,
you're upthere trainingfor it.
Yeah,well, I'm training
for moments like these...
'cause I have no idea...
how I'm gonna getthis car
out of the sand.
Evelyn, can you please
come out of the bathroom?
You've been therefor an hour.
Evelyn! What are you
trying to do, look like me?
[Women giggle]
BARBARA:Are you OK?
Yeah.
What's the matter?
No,you--
D'oy.
They call itthe vacant sea.
None of the major sea lanes
go through it...
and you can bury the entire
land mass of Asia there...
andnobody wouldknow.
ADMIRAL: From there,
they could attack anywhere.
VICEADMIRAL:
Our last signals intercept...
indicate thatthe Japanese
taskforce is heading south...
towards the Philippines
orsoutheastAsia.
But Captain Thurman
of Naval lntelligence here...
has his own theory
aboutthe missing ships.
Sir, I believe
they'll try to hit us...
where it'll hurt us the most--
Pearl Harbor.
It's over nautical miles
from Japan to Pearl.
That's alongdistance
to steam anavy, Captain.
Yourtheory is based on what?
Well, it's what I would do.
ADMIRAL: That's notexactly
hardevidence, Captain Thurman.
Well,Admiral,
if I had hard evidence...
we'd already be atwar.
Sir,we can read
their diplomatic codes...
fasterthan they can type them.
But Captain Thurman's
cryptology team...
is still trying
to crackthe naval codes.
The intercepts have missing
words and garbled lines...
so to explain the decrypts,
we have to try to interpret...
whatwe think
they're trying to do.
Interpret?
You mean guess.
They use
their informed intuition, sir.
We guess.
It's like playing chess
in the dark.
Any rumor,troop movement,
ship movement...
spine-tingle, goose bump,
we pay attention to it.
When I was in
the Asiatic Fleet...
the locals used to try
to get outside of a problem...
to try to see the inside.
Well,lsee astrike onPearl.
It's the worstthing
that could happen.
A blow to Pearl
would devastate...
the Pacific Fleet's
ability to make war.
So, sir,you would have us
mobilize the entirefleet...
atthe cost
of millions of dollars...
based on this spine-tingling
feeling of yours?
No, sir. My job is to gather
and interpret material.
Makingdifficult decisions...
based on
incomplete information...
from my limited
decoding ability...
is yourjob, sir.
Then breakthe damn naval code,
Captain...
so I can make a better decision.
Aye, sir. We are trying.
I wonder if we shouldn't put
the Pacific Fleet onfull alert.
ADMIRAL KIMMEL:
ln case the optimism...
ofthe "HonoluluAdvertiser"
proves unfounded,gentlemen...
what are General Short
and the Army...
going to do
about protecting my ships?
Within a ten-mile radius
of your harbor...
we have fighterplanes
here at Wheeler...
bombers atHickam, and
a trainingstrip atHaleiwa.
[Ding ding]
We've recently established
a radar station here...
thatcan detectplanes
miles out.
Which is a month old,Admiral,
and untested.
I've seen
these new radar screens, Major.
There's no way of telling
whetherthey're ours,theirs...
or aflock of damn birds.
LISTENER:l'm intercepting
a callfrom Tokyo...
to somewhere close byPearl.
DENTALASSISTANT:
There's a callfrom Tokyo.
They say they don't know you.
Hello? Hai.
[Speaking Japanese]
[Speaking Japanese]
LISTENER:
It's alocaldentist.
He cansee PearIHarbor
from his office.
Are there many sailors around?
[Speaking Japanese]
LISTENER: Uh, the dentist
says thatthe flatships...
are not in port.
They're talkingabout
the weather.
He doesn'tseem to know
who he's talkingto.
-Hello?
-[Dial tone]
Hello? Moshi moshi.
Hello?
Thatwas a strange call.
Admiral,
may I speakto you in private?
ADMIRAL KIMMEL:
Why wouldaspy use aphone?
They know we tap
all international lines.
Our listenersfeel
it's probably not code talk.
It sounds like someone in Japan
is sneaking around...
asking a local citizen
the location of our carriers.
Well,that makes mefeel
all warm inside.
Getthe FBI on it immediately.
Have wefound
the goddamn Japanese Fleetyet?
No,Admiral. The bases are
looking all overthe Pacific.
So the entirefleet could be
rounding Diamond Head...
and we wouldn't know
a thing about it.
Get on it.
RAFE:l'm alive.
This is the first
lcouldgetwordout.
[Man shouts in French]
MAN:
Jepense gu'ilestmort!
Ilestencore en vie.
[Gasps]
I told you I'd come back.
Here, sit down.
Sit down. Come here.
RAFE: It's OK.
[Whispers]
It's all right.
You're real.
Yeah.
I wishedforthis every day.
I know. Me,too.
Every second. So did l.
I thoughtyou were dead.
They said you were shot down
in the sea.
Yeah, I was.
I was in the ocean.
Itwas so cold.
I missed you.
I got picked up
by a Frenchfishing boat...
and I was in occupied France,
and I couldn't getword out.
And I'm just--I'll tell you
all about it, I promise.
But I'mfine. I'm OK.
And I'm here now.
Evelyn...
I justwanted to see you.
You're so beautiful.
I love you.
Hey, it's OK. It's OK.
Evelyn, Evelyn. I'm back.
It's OK. I won't leave you
again, I promise.
Rafe,you died.
And so did l.
I know, but I'm--I'm--
It'sfine now. I'm back.
We're together.
I mean,we are together...
right?
I don't know where I am.
Rafe.
Rafe.
Stay away.
Rafe.
DJ:
This is Radio Honolulu...
playingthe sweetestmusic...
on the sweetestisland
in the Pacific.
It's abeautiful
December th...
withbeautifulmusic...
[Man sings in Hawaiian]
RED:Raaaaafe!
BILLY: Oh, Goddamnit.
There yougo.
A real live ace!
MEN: Whoo!
An ace is onlyfive.
I shot down six M.E.s.
And I gottwo smokers,too.
They don't countthem.
Of course, I got shot down
myself before they could pin me.
So you got back
from behind enemy lines, huh?
What's that combat like?
Were you scared?
Hey! One at a time.
Well,them Luftwaffe boys
canfly pretty good.
It's not like,
you know,training.
They're, uh...
ANTHONY:Danny.
You know,they're all about
tactics is what it is.
See,the Nazis, right,
they'refasterthan you are...
so they'll disappear and
they get up in the soup...
and they'll throw like
a roll or a hammerhead...
and they'll come around
on your high side...
shootyoufrom behind--
Iike some Americans will.
Hey...
[Snorting]
Gooz,you're lookin'
at a real live ace.
Well, let me give you
the shirt off my back!
ALL: Whoo!
Aloha! There you go!
I'll take itfrom you.
Icansee how y'allbeen
spendingyourtime outhere.
Hey, Rafe,
we gotta talk, all right?
I got nothin' to talk
aboutwith you. Here.
Why don'tyou have a drink?
I'll make a toast.
To returningfrom the dead.
Wasn't all I expected,
but,well,that's life.
To my bestfriend
and loyal buddy Danny...
for keepin' upthe war effort
back here at home.
Ahh.
You know,where I comefrom...
somebody makes a toastto you
and you don't drink...
that's sayin' something.
All right, Rafe.
That's how it's gonna be.
To you.
Hey,you guys need to spend
some time alone, I think.
Aw, hell, no, Red.
Come on.
No, no, no.
We're celebratin' here.
Me overtherefightin'...
almost gettin' killed...
myfriend Danny back here...
Iookin' after my interests
for me.
Y'all know Danny
was even good enough...
to look outfor my girlfor me
while I was gone?
We thoughtyou were dead, Rafe.
And it gutted us both.
And we were justtryin'
to get on with our lives.
Life is good, ain't it, Danny?
You know,you're a rotten drunk.
You always have been.
Well,you're a lousyfriend.
That's a new development.
You left hertofight
somebody else's war...
and you made damn sure
that I didn't go with you...
and we thought
thatyou were dead--
I almost did die,
you little son of a bitch!
And herface was the lastthing
thatwentthrough my mind...
so don't stand there and tell
me to act like it's all right!
Yeah, Rafe,well, I stayed.
I stayed,
and you made sure of that...
and some things changed.
And I hope
you can get used to that.
Oh, I have to get used to it?
All right. We'll see
how I can get used to it.
-Whoa!
-Hey!
Get used to that, boy!
Hey, hey!
And that's my left hand,too!
BILLY:
Hey, hey, hey! Hey, come on!
Melee atthe Hula-la.
Send M.P.s!
-Aah!
-Aah!
-You called me a lousyfriend?
-Getyour hands off!
WOMAN:Aah!
Ow! Shit!
Come on, Danny!
M.P.: Let's go get 'em.
[Blows whistle]
M.P.: Let's move out!
[Blowing whistle]
Oh, no. They're gonna
throw us in the brig.
Let's get outta here.
[Men shouting]
[Man sings in Hawaiian]
[Vomits and coughs]
Oh, shit.
Rafe...
you're the onlyfamily I got.
When you were gone...
itwas the loneliest
I'deverbeen.
The same forher, too.
Oh, boy, now you're really
breakin' my heart.
If you hadn't gone,
none of this woulda happened.
Oh, so it's myfault, I guess.
Damn it, Rafe.
I just know
there's gotto be some way...
we can workthings out
so that...
things could be right
between me and you.
I just don't see how
it could ever be the same.
PILOT:
Reveredfather...
Igo now to fulfillmymission
andmy destiny.
Ihope it is a destiny...
thatwillbringhonor
to ourfamily...
andifitreguires mylife...
Iwillsacrifice it gladly...
to be agoodservant
ofournation.
Hey...
we got a large haze.
That's too big
to be planes, right?
Is thatwhatyou wanna do?
Knightto knightfive?
Boom! Wrong move.
CLERK:Lieutenant,
radar'spickingup...
alarge return
movingin from the northeast.
Hang on.
Relax.
It's aflight of B- s
coming infrom the mainland.
Nothing to worry about.
A heckofalotofB- s.
Good shot, Hop.
This better be good, Commander.
One of our destroyers reports
havingfired and sunk...
enemy submarine attempting
to enter Pearl Harbor at .
It's : !
We had decoder delays,Admiral.
Relay this to Washington.
Recall the staff.
"Failure...
"Peace talks...
"useless."
Thurman here.
Tokyo transmitting...
to theirembassy
in Washington--
"Discontinue use
of your decoding machine...
"and dispose of immediately.
"Special emphasis
on destroying important parts."
Do you read that?
Acknowledge.
Admiral...
Naval lntel intercepted
a transmissionfrom Tokyo...
to the Japanese embassy
in Washington...
instructing them to break apart
all decoder machines...
and burn all secret documents.
The Japanese
are expecting a war.
Should we?
OFFICER:
Warningofpossible...
Japanese aggressive movement
in any direction.
"Broken relationship.
Hostilities imminent."
Butwhere?
Did you ever lose afight,
Miller?
I been lucky sofar, Captain.
From what I hear, it ain't luck.
Ship's proud of you, son.
[Laughing]
Ha ha ha. Yeah! Ha ha!
RAFE:
Why the hell's the Navy...
doing practice this early
on a Sunday?
-Aah!
-Get down!
Go, go, go, go!
I'm with Navy newsreel,
and I can tell you one thing--
them ain't Navy planes!
RADIO OFFICER:Allhands,
man yourbattle stations!
We're being bombed!
We're being bombed!
Get up! Get up!
Jesus Christ!
RADIO OFFICER:
Man yourbattle stations.
Another dumb drill.
RADIO OFFICER:Allhands,
man yourbattle stations.
-Whatthe heckwas that?
-It's a bomb!
[Men yelling]
Move,move,move!
Son of a bi--
MAN: From outside!
Get me the engine room!
My God.
Take cover!
MAN: Down! Down!
Report battle stations!
Manned and ready!
MAN:
Man your battle stations!
RADIO OFFICER:
This is no shit!
TheyjustsunktheArizona!
Generalguarters!
Generalguarters!
Allhands,
man yourbattle stations!
This is no damn drill!
MAN: Go! Go!
They look like Japs.
I didn't even know
the Japs were sore at us!
Danny,you just get me
to a goddamn airplane!
RAFE: Holy God!
NEWSREEL GUY: This is good
footage. Didyousee that?
Holy cow!
I hope
there's still an airfield left.
[Distant gunfire and explosions]
WOMAN: Hurry up!
What in the world?
Look! So many!
Everybody to the hospital!
[Urinating]
[Shouting and stuttering]
ANTHONY: Why's the Navy
always buzzin' us?
[Stammering]
BILLY: Shutup,Red!
[Stammering]
-Oh, man, come on.
-Red, it's too early.
The Japs are here!
PILOT: Whatthe hell?
Let's go!Let's go!
[Men shouting]
[Gunfire]
[Bombs whistling]
-Get corpsmen to the bridge.
-Aye, Captain!
OFFICER:Repairsays thirddeck
is floodingportside!
Yaah! Uhh!
[Gunfire]
OFFICER: Get up!
Get up,you cowards!
Get upthere andfight!
Move it!
SAILOR: Take cover!
[Shouting]
I gotyou, Captain.
You radiofor air cover!
Initiate damage control!
Find my X.O.
Tell him to assume command.
And you make sure the gunners--
Everyone's where
they need to be, Captain.
You trained us well.
You trained us well.
Captain...
[Explosion]
Aah!
Go, go, go, go!
Let's go! Let's go!
Everybody move!
Getthe ammo
forthatfifty cal!
Getthatfifty cal!
Let's go! We gotta get--
Come on, man,we gotta
getthis thing loaded up!
-Aah!
-Aah!
Let's go! Let's go!
Come on!
Let's go! Let's go!
Danny,
get me into a damn plane!
Come on!
Get some ammo up here!
We need some men on these guns!
Sir! The captain says
you're in charge, sir!
We need more ammo! Now!
OFFICER: Sendup ammunition
forthe five-inchguns!
SAILOR:Medic!
OFFICER:AIIof 'em,now!
Aah!
Aah!
Aah! Aah! Aah!
Come on!
Aah! Come on!
Come on,you sum'bitch!
Aah!
Aah ha!
Oh,yeah!
l need a doctor!
Somebody help me!
Getto the supply room!
Get everything out!
-Aah!
-Planes incoming!
Cut 'em down!
DOCTOR: Come on, come on!
Get 'em awayfrom the windows!
SANDRA: The mattresses!
Get 'em againstthe waII!
[Man shouting]
MAN: Take cover!
-[Coughing]
-ls everybody all right?
MARTHA:
Can youstand? Can youstand?
Hold yourfire!
MAN:
Getto the gun! Hurry up!
Get down, Danny!
Aah!
-Earl!
-This is Walker!
We need to getthose planes
fueled and loaded right now!
GOOZ: What's goingon
outthere?Huh?
Danny,
whatthe hell's that noise?
Youguys doin' targetpractice
orsomething?
l thinkWorld War ll
just started.
MAN: Go,go,go!
-Billy!
-Run!
-lt's gonna blow!
-lt's a dud.
lt's a dud!
PILOT: Come on,getdown!
Danny!
Danny, are you all right?
l'm all right!
Come on, let's go!
Come on, let's go!
Gooz, come on, man!
[Gunfire]
SAILOR:
We're sinking! We're sinking!
OFFICER: Stay together!
CIose the hatches!
[Screaming]
-l can't swim!
-Just hang on!
MAN:Let's move itnow!
Joe! Go! Go!
We're gettin' outta here!
Get in the car!
RAFE: Get in! Get in!
Come on, let's go! Go!
Get out of the way!
Get out of the way!
DANNY: Come on!
Where's this place we're goin'?
We got a small mechanic runway
aboutten minutes away.
Hasn't been hityet.
JOE:
We gotZeros on oursix!
Duck!
-[Men screaming]
-Help us!
Aah!
[Gasping]
We're trapped.
MAN:
Try it! Try the door!
Aah!
Oh, my God! l'm going under!
[Metal grinding]
lt's sucking me back!
The current's too strong!
[Muffled gunfire]
They're shootin' at us!
[Gasping] l don'twanna die!
l don'twanna die!
[Muffled thumping]
[Screaming]
This is it.
SAILOR:
Getus outofhere now!
[Gasps]
How bad?
[Gasping]
lt's still not over, sir.
An entirefleet at anchor.
My God, my God...
[Shouting and screaming]
Barbara,fill every syringe
you canfind with morphine!
Fill upthe kitchen!
Are you listening to me?
Fill upthe kitchen!
SANDRA:
Overthere! Overthere!
MAN:
We gotabadneckwoundhere!
Surgery! Move!
Get him to surgery!
Oh, God.
ln here!
DOCTOR:He's stiIIbIeeding!
Anotherhemostat!
Hurry!
Give me ahemostatnow!
[Shouting]
Damn it, hurry!
Gimme another hemostat!
Another suture! Hurry!
Gimme another hemostat!
Another suture! Hurry!
Give me a--
Oh, God, l'm so sorry!
[Doctor shouting]
Doctor!
Here! Aah!
Am l gonna die?
Nurse!
Don't leave me!
Doctor! Get over here!
Myfingers
are plugging his artery!
Doctor,what do you need?
Focus, look at me.
What do you need?
-Hemostat.
-Hemostat.
Here. All right, look at me.
You're going to be all right.
You're goingto be aIIright.
[Man speaking Japanese]
l need more ammo!
l need more ammo, ladies!
Ineedmore ammo!
Earl! We good to go?
-Mostly, but--
-Get down!
-Shit! Get cover!
-Jesus!
-Come on,you guys!
-Earl, get in here!
RAFE: Sergeant!
We needmore than ashotgun!
You got any otherweapons
for coverfire?
lnside that ammo locker!
-Come on!
-Move it!
-Go! Go!
-Getthe guns out!
You said the planes
are mostly ready, but...
butwhat?
She's down, she's broke,
she's shit.
l gotfour left.
One's good, two needammo,
one needs fueI.
Fall out
and load up in the bunker!
Let's go! Get down!
-Move!
-Get ready to roll this thing!
Get down! Now!
Anthony, Red,you stay here
and man thefifty-caliber.
Gooz, getto the next bunker
and lay down some coverfire.
Planes.
Should wefire?
Stay down! God damn it!
Hold yourfire!
Stay still! Nobodyfire!
Oh, God, oh, God, oh, God.
They don't know we're here.
-Stay down.
-Fire?
No, God damn it,
stay down, stay still.
Don'tfire.
Oh, God.
EARL:
Idon'tsee any ordnance.
Ithinkthey're goinghome.
No. They'll be back. We still
got planes on the ground.
Pilots, listen up.
GetaII the speed
you can on the runway...
don't get on the stick
till the very end.
In the air,stayIow
between the buiIdings.
Yousee anyZero
on yourtaiI...
wipe him off, don'tfreeze.
Just keep moving.
Try to separate 'em,
take 'em outone by one.
P- s can'toutrunZeros,
so don'ttry.
We have to outfly 'em.
We got high-level bombers!
They'll bustthis hangar
wide open!
EARL:
Grab the fifties!Let's move!
[All yelling]
Move! Move!
Go, go, go!
Zeros!
Take cover! Take cover!
Take cover! Take cover!
Aah!
-Get down! Get down!
-Let's go! ln the box!
Aah!
Danny!
Come on!
Come on, buddy!
Leave him, he's dead!
He's dead!
[Coughing]
They're kicking our butt.
Getto the airplanes!
Go, go, go!
[Shouting]
DANNY:
Run! Red,Anthony, let's go!
Come on, help me!
Goddamn belts!
Let's go! Come on!
Knock 'em dead.
Quick! Get in! Putthis on!
MAN: They're comingaround.
Bring 'em out!Let's go!
Red, get out of here,
God damn it! Go!
Come on, let's go.
Joe, get outthe way!
l'm rollin'!
Clear! Go!
Oh, God. Planes!
Come on, help me!
Hey, Joe! Yougotthree Zeros
behindyou!
Turn! Turn!
Oh, God!
Aah!
Oh, shit.
What are you doing? Get going!
Danny, startthatthing up
and get in the air.
l'm not much good without
a wing man. l need you!
l gotyou!
Let's do it!
lt's real tight, Rafe!
Real tight!
Hey,Rafe,I'm notsure
we have enoughrunway!
Getyour airspeed up
before you leave the dirt!
Don'tfreeze. Don'tfreeze.
DANNY:Idon'tthink
I'm gonnamake itover!
Come on! Come on!
We did it! l'm up!
We got Zeros behind us!
How many you see backthere?
We gotfive on our six!
Take it down to the deck, now!
[Yelling]
We gotta split 'em up.
You take left, l'll take right.
Earl, get some guns
in that goddamn tower!
OK! Let's go! lnto the truck!
Danny, l gotthree on my six.
Whoo!
EARL:
Stop! Stop!Let's go!
Let's go! Move it!
Move it, Red!
-Let's go!
-Gimme thefifty!
Let's go! All right!
DANNY:IstiIIgot
two behindme,Rafe.
Yaah!
Son of a bitch!
Whoa!
Earl, God damn it,
get some guns in thattower!
On the tower.
Going ten stories up.
lt's a long son of a bitch.
Rafe,they're all over me!
l can't getthem off me!
Danny,
l still gotthree on my tail!
Keepjinking it!
Don't letthem get a handle!
l can't shake 'em!
God damn it.
RAFE:Danny, Iet'spIay chicken
with these Japsuckers!
l'm with you.
Jesus!
-l'm coming right atyou!
-Don't brake till l tell you.
Notyet! Notyet!
Come on!
Go left! Now!
-Whoo! We got 'em!
-Ha ha ha!
Set up overthere!
GOOZ: Come on, Ioadit!
We're on the tower.
l got one on my tail.
l'll bring him right by you.
He's comin' around!
Let's getthis Jap sucker!
Hold yourfire. Here he comes.
You better be cocked and locked
when l come by!
Hold yourfire!
Fire!
Whoo! Good shootin', boys!
RAFE: Nice shot, EarI!
Let's head over
to battleship row!
l'm with you!
Let's go do some business.
l'm going after 'em.
Rafe! l got him!
[Cheering]
-P- 's!
-Yeah!
They're pulling
into the clouds!
We ain't gonna letthese
sons of bitches get home!
How do you like someone
shooting back atyou?
Oh, l'm on your ass now!
Yeah! l got one!
Come on!
God, come on!
Come on, stay in there!
Whoa!
l gotyou,you son of a bitch!
Who taughtyou how tofly,
Lieutenant?
He did.
[Shouting and screaming]
l have to amputate here!
l have to amputate!
You're not gonna die!
l gotyou.
Hold onto this...
Sandra,
we're running out of morphine.
Find some way to mark 'em...
So we cankeep track
ofwho's gotmorphine aIready.
Tell me aboutyour ship.
What ship are youfrom?
lt's not marking.
Have you got a marker?
Use my lipstick!
Put ''M'' for morphine.
-We need a tourniquet!
-Tourniquet!
Where are the clamps?
There's nothing left!
-Evelyn!
-Here, use this.
Go outside.
There's too many to help.
Sortthem out.
OnIy those thatcanbe saved
youbringin.
l can't...
No, please,
l need you to do it!
Go! Go!
Aah!
Don't look at anyone
without a mark!
GUARD:
ItoIdyou,standback!
Keep 'em outside!
MAN: Come on!Let's go!
[Crowd shouting]
Wait here.
Don'ttouch me,you Jap!
Getyour hands off me!
DOCTOR:
Gethim into criticaI.
-Get him off me.
-Critical,frontward!
How bad am l?
You're gonna be justfine,
sweetheart.
-l don'twanna die.
-You're not gonna die.
l've gotyour hand.
Do you have enough morphine
to make him comfortable?
He won't make it.
Line the critical up!
Get him morphine.
Take him overthere!
Burn victims by the tree!
l justfound her!
l don'tthink she's breathing.
No, she's dead. Take her--
Oh, God.
Are you sure, Ev?
Check her again.
She's dead.
Take her overthere!
Butyou've gotta be sure!
She's dead!
Go backto work, Sandra.
[Crying]
l don't know whatto do!
[Muffled yelling]
[Moaning and crying]
MAN: Overhere!
AIDE:AdmiraI?
From Washington.
''Attack by Japan
considered imminent.''
They're only an hour late.
[Screams and moans echoing]
[Screams and moans echoing]
How can we help?
We need blood. Come on.
Remember, son,
hold on to yourfaith.
cartons overthere.
PRIEST: ''Today you wiIIbe
withme inparadise...
''so fearnot.''
Fearnot,myson.
You are aman truIybIessed.
You wiII die
in astate ofgrace.
Remember,pain is temporary,
butgIoryis forever.
HoIdon to yourfaith,myson.
You'IIbe with God, the saints,
andthe angeIs soon.
IabsoIve you ofyoursins...
in the name ofthe Father,
the Son, the HoIy Spirit.
Innominepatris etfiIi,
etspiritus sancti.
Amen.
Go with God,myson.
[Footsteps]
We've got men trapped
everywhere in the harbor.
We need help
from anybody who can move.
[Grinding rumble]
[Shouting]
[Banging and yelling]
There's somebody in here!
Get somebody down here!
They're cutting through!
[Cheering]
MAN:Ihearsomebody!
Getsome guys uphere!
ALL: Pull!
MAN: [MuffIed] Getus out!
It's fiIIingwith water!
Get an airline in here!
[Screaming]
We need the air hose!
What can we do?
ltwon't cut anyfaster!
[Gurgling cries]
-Cut him out!
-Aah!
ROOSEVELT: Yesterday...
December ...
a date
which will live in infamy...
the United States of America...
was suddenly
and deliberately attacked...
bynavaIandair forces
ofthe empire ofJapan.
ROOSEVELT: It is obvious...
thatpIanningthe attack
beganmany weeks ago.
Duringthe interveningtime...
the Japanese government...
has deIiberateIysoughtto
deceive the UnitedStates...
byfalse statements...
and expressions of hope
for continued peace.
The attackyesterday
on the HawaiianIsIands...
has causedsevere damage
toAmericanmiIitaryforces.
Iregretto teIIyou...
thatover AmericanIives
have beenIost.
No matterhowIong
itmay take us...
to overcome
this premeditated invasion...
theAmericanpeopIe,
in their righteous might...
wiIIwin through
to absoIute victory.
[Applause]
Because of this unprovoked,
dastardly attack by Japan...
l askthatthe Congress
declare a state of war.
[Applause]
ls ittrue...
men are still trapped alive
inside the Arizona?
We can heartapping
from inside the hull.
We're doing everything we can
to getto them...
butthey're
fortyfeet below water.
We've been trained to think
thatwe're invincible.
Andnow ourproudestships
have been destroyed...
by an enemy
we considered inferior.
We're on the ropes, gentlemen.
That's exactly why
we have to strike back now.
We'll attackthe Marshall
and Gilbert lslands, sir.
l mean hitting the heart of
Japan the way they have hit us.
Mr. President...
Pearl Harbor caught us unawares
because we didn'tfacefacts.
This isn'ta time
forignoringthem again.
We have long-range bombers,
but no place to launch them.
Midwayis too far,
andRussia won'taIIow us...
to launch a raidfrom there.
Admiral?
Navy's planes are small.
They carry light loads
and have a short range.
We'd have to getthem within
afew hundred miles of Japan.
We'd risk our carriers,
and if we lose them...
we'll have no shield
against invasion.
Does anyone in this room
thinkvictory is possible...
withoutfacing danger?
We are atwar.
Of course there's a risk.
But considerthe risk,
Mr. President.
lf the Japanese
invade us right now...
they would reach Chicago
before we could stopthem.
Gentlemen...
most of you did not know me
when l had the use of my legs.
l was strong and proud...
and arrogant.
Now l wonder,
every hour of my life...
why God put me into this chair.
Butwhen l see defeat
in the eyes of my countrymen--
in youreyes,rightnow--
l startto thinkthat
maybe he brought me down...
fortimes like these...
when we all need to be reminded
who we truly are--
thatwe will not
give up or give in.
ADMIRAL:Mr. President,
with aIIrespect,sir...
whatyou're asking
can't be done.
-Mr. President!
-Get back, George!
Get back.
Do nottell me...
it can't be done.
NARRATOR:Japan continues
its miIitary conguest...
throughoutthe Pacific.
But,backhome...
miIIions ofAmerican workers
bandtogether...
bringingfactories to Iife
to avenge PearIHarbor.
Mr. President,we have an idea
how to bombthe Japanese.
MARSHALL:
Sir, it's risky...
but it's bold.
-Who are you?
-l, sir?
Captain Low, Mr. President.
He's a submariner.
He came upwith this idea.
l like sub commanders.
They don't have time
for bullshit, and neither do l.
Fire away, gentlemen.
[Playing ''The Last Post'']
MINISTER:
Andwhere is Godin aII this?
MINISTER: Ourenemies beIieve
a divine windprotects them.
Butwe see ourfriends
Iaidouthere before us.
Hey, Captain.
Lieutenants Rafe McCawley,
Daniel Walker.
Yes, Major?
You're both going stateside.
Fly out in two hours.
Whatfor, sir?
Ask Colonel Doolittle.
Yes, sir.
You're packing.
Orders.
What kind of orders?
[Sighs]
The top-secret kind.
The dangerous kind.
l can'tfind Danny.
ls thatwhy you're here?
Lookingfor Danny?
Probably saying good-bye
to his squadron.
We've been assigned
to Doolittle.
l wasn't lookingfor Danny.
l couldn't have you go away...
withoutyou
understanding something.
Yeah. You don't have
to explain anything.
Ido,because you're acting
Iike Ididn'tIove you.
Evelyn,
loving you kept me alive.
l should've died overthere.
When l was in thatwater,
l made a deal with God.
l told him l was sorry...
that l knew l'd been afool
for leaving you...
trying to go overthere
and be a hero...
and l promised l'd never ask
for anything again...
if l could just see you
one more time.
And you know what?
ltwas worth it.
You kept me alive, Evelyn.
You brought me home.
So l'm gonna stand by
my end of the deal.
l'm gonna walk away.
And l won't askyou
for anything.
But l justwantto know why.
Justtell me that,will you,
please? Justtell me why.
Rafe, l'm pregnant.
Oh, my God.
l didn't even know until
the day you turned up alive.
And then all this happened.
l haven'ttold Danny.
l don'twant him to know.
All he needs to think about...
is how to do this mission
and get back alive.
Rafe, all l everwanted...
wasfor us to have a home,
grow old together...
but life never asked me
what l wanted.
Now, l'm gonna give Danny
my whole heart...
but l don'tthink l'll ever
look at another sunset...
withoutthinking of you.
l'll love you my whole life.
l'll see you on board.
You know,the only thing
that scares me...
is thatyou might love him
more than you love me.
l love you, Danny.
And l'll be here waiting
foryou when you come back.
Follow me.
Colonel.
Congratulations
on your promotion, sir.
l heard whatyou did.
We can explain that, sir.
Explain what?
Whatever it is
you heard about us, sir.
You mean the hula shirts
you wereflying in?
Orthe seven planes
you shot down?
You're both being awarded
the Silver Star...
and promoted to captain.
ls thatthe good news,
sir, or...
You're just about
the only pilots in the Army...
with combat experience.
l need youfor a mission...
l've been ordered
to puttogether.
You know whattop secret is?
Yes, sir.
lt's the kind of mission
where you get medals.
Butthey send 'em
to your relatives.
Top secret means
you trainfor something...
never done before
in aviation history...
and you go without knowing
where you're going.
You do it on that basis
or not at all.
l'll go, sir.
l'll go,too, sir.
By the way,the Brits sent
overyour personal effects.
Thankyou, sir.
DOOLITTLE:
There's onIy one more thing.
Leave your goddamn hula shirts
at home.
EVELYN:DearRafe...
It's so strange
to be this farfrom you...
butyoushouIdknow this--
everynight...
l've been looking
all overforyou.
[Sighing]
Danny,this...
this ain't no time
to leave things unsaid.
Now,we gottafacefacts here.
Thefact is,we just both love
the same woman.
She's thefirst girl l ever
feltthis way about, Rafe.
[Sighs]
l couldn't helpwhat happened
any more than you could.
This is different,
though, Danny.
Evelyn already lost
the man she loved once.
l just don'twant itto see
that happen to her again.
Guys like us got no choice.
This is war.
She knows that.
Danny, don't do this.
Don't go on this mission.
You got nothing to prove.
You've been protecting me
since we were kids.
Yeah,well...
you do tend to need it
from time to time.
The mission l'm asking you
to volunteerfor...
is exceptionally dangerous.
Take aIookatthe man
beside you.
It's agoodbet
thatin the nextsix weeks...
you or he...
will be dead.
Everyone brave enough
to acceptthis...
stepforward.
Yourgrandmother
couIdtake aB- off...
on a mile-long runway.
Well, l'm gonna train you
to do it in feet.
Because at feet...
you're dead.
And once you get it up...
you'll learn tofly it
like afighter...
thirtyfeet off the ground.
l wantyou to say hello...
to LieutenantJack Richards,
Navy Aviation.
He'IIheIp us
Iighten these fatIadies.
Dumpthat ashcan.
Dumpthat ashcan.
See that bomb sight?
Get rid of it.
Colonel, he's crazy!
-The lady'sfat!
-Listen to him.
She'sfat.
We want a skinny lady!
Max power!
Get up, get up!
-Damn!
-How the heck--
Damn!
DOOLlTTLE: They just keep
rolling pastthat line.
RlCHARDS:
Maybe it's a bad idea.
No,they're too heavy.
We gotta get drastic.
This armored plating goes.
l'm sure, l'm sure.
Lose it like a skirt, son.
Release brakes!
Come on, come on!
-God!
-Put every man on the line!
Let's show these boys
how this thing is done!
Come on! Max power.
[Cheering]
Well, if he can do it...
[Laughs]
DOOLITTLE: WeII,gentIemen,
nowIcan teIIyou...
thatwe're going to Tokyo.
And we're gonna bomb it.
[Cheering]
That comes
as a special request...
directlyfrom
President Roosevelt.
The Navy'll sneak us about
miles off the coast...
and we'll launch
from the carrierthere.
Has that been done before?
Taking Army bombers
off Navy carriers?
-No.
-OK.
Any other questions?
Well, sir, is it even
possible to land...
a B-
on an aircraft carrier deck?
Thatwon't matter.
As soon as we're airborne,
the carrier headsfor Hawaii.
Butwithoutthem,
where do we land?
l have a phrase
l wantyou to memorize.
Wo shimeiguo ren.
lt means ''l am an American''.
ln Chinese.
Ain't gonna be any easier.
That's threefeet shorter
than our practice runway.
-Fellas?
-Sir.
Sir.
Secretary of the Navy
gave me these.
What are they?
Friendship medals
the Japanese gave us...
when they were pretending
to want peace.
What'll you do with them?
Wire them to the bombs
and give them back.
So what's going on?
Well, sir,
we only have sixteen planes.
So?
When the Japs hit us,
they had more than .
How much difference
can we make?
It's notthatwe're afraid,
sir.
Butwe might die, and
we wantto know what it'sfor.
You know, at Pearl,
they hit us with a sledgehammer.
This raid,
even if we make itthrough...
it'll only be a pinprick...
but it'll be straight
through their hearts.
VictorybeIongs to those
thatbeIieve in it the most...
and believe in itthe longest.
We're gonna believe.
We're gonna make
America believe,too.
RICHARDS:
CoIoneI?Ineedaminute.
-Excuse me, MajorJackson?
-Yes?
Do you remember me?
Oh, sure l do.
l'm sorry.
l've been meaning to thankyou.
Well, maybe you can.
When the news comes in
aboutthe Doolittle boys...
l wantto be
in the command post.
l'm sorry. l don't know
whatyou're talking about.
How the hell
do you know aboutthis mission?
Let's call it
an inadvertent disclosure.
Someflyboy you're dating
shot his mouth off.
Actually,
it's abouttwo pilots.
l know they're going
into great danger.
l justwantto be there
when the news tells us...
if they've lived or died.
Most officers would have
thrown you in the brig.
Most nurses
wouldn't keeptheirfingers...
plugged in your artery.
l can't promise you anything.
GOOZ:Hey,Red,
you thinktheypickedus...
to do this
'cause we're younganddumb?
Come on, Gooz,
we're the tip of the sword.
ln honor of ourtripto Japan...
Igotus some victory cigars!
-Yeah!
-There you go.
Putthatin yourinsidepocket,
nextto yourheart.
You know,Jack,
we may lose this battle...
butwe're gonna win this war.
-You know how l know?
-No.
Them.
DOOLITTLE:
'Cause they're rare.
Andattimes Iike these,
yousee them...
steppingforward.
There's nothing strongerthan
the heart of a volunteer,Jack.
Myfriends
in the war department...
don'twant me
to lead this raid...
because they say
l'm too valuable.
They don'twant me
up in the air...
flying with the men
that l've chosen...
that l've chewed out, cussed
out, pushed to the limit...
and that l've come to respect.
They wantme to stand
on the fIightdeck...
and wave you off.
Well, l don't see itthatway.
So l'm going with you.
We take off
tomorrow afternoon...
drop ourfire,
and headfor China.
Ourmission
is to hitmiIitary targets...
aircraftandtankfactories.
Colonel,you've given us
homing beacons...
butyou said China is
overrun with Japanese troops.
What if the beacons
are switched off?
Bring her down
any way you can...
and do your best
to avoid capture.
What if we have to bail out
overJapan?
Well, in that situation,
l can'ttell you whatto do.
Whatwould you do, Colonel?
l wasn't built
to be a prisoner...
so l would have
my crew bail out.
l'dfind the sweetest
military target l could...
and drive my plane right
smack into the middle of it...
and kill as many
of those bastards as l could.
Butthat's just me.
l'mforty-five years old.
l'm an old man.
You guys have yourwhole lives
ahead of you...
so whatyou do is upto you.
The mission will launch
in a couple of hours.
You'll stay right in here.
Here. Stay here.
Don'ttalkto them.
They won'ttalkto you.
Pretend to type
the information we pass you.
That's it.
RADIO: This is OrphanAnnie
from Radio Tokyo.
To aII the IoneIyboys
in the South Pacific...
watch out--
the enemy wiIIgetyou.
Maybe she's right.
[Music playing]
Japs transmitting!
Captain, radar reports
Japanese patrol boats.
-Range yards.
-How many yards?
yards and closing, sir.
Richards,Japs!
yards! Let's go!
Admiral Halsey's ordering
the cruisers to openfire!
We gotta sinkthese Jap boats
before they give us away.
Go to general quarters!
Go, go, go, go!
Oh, my God.
-[Alarm]
-This can't be good!
P.A.:AIIhands,
man yourbattIe stations.
Japs one mile away.
They reported our position.
Supposed to launch
miles away. Howfar are we?
miles.
-Jesus!
-What do you wantto do?
[Mumbling]
Colonel, l don't know
if the planes...
can carry enoughfuel
to make itto China.
Now. We launch now!
Army pilots! Man your planes!
Man yourpIanes!
[Explosions]
They're shooting at something.
-Let's go!
-lt ain't a drill!
[Shouting]
Colonel!
We're toofar outto make it!
They need morefuel,
butthey can't gettoo heavy!
Strip everything out of
this plane you don't need now!
Start pre-flight! Let's go!
Add ten cans offuel
for each plane!
EverypIane!
Let's go! Move!
Guys, get upthere!
Lose those suitcases now!
-What's yourfavorite gun?
-What?
You want off this deck,
give me a gun now!
lt's still too heavy!
Go to the kitchen,
get some broomsticks.
Cut 'em down, paint 'em black,
and bring them here.
We'll put a broomstick
where this gun was.
RED: Whatare you doing
to mypIane?
Tell your crew to take a piss
before they take off.
We got broomsticks
fortail guns.
Yeah.
Maybe it'll scare 'em.
You take care of yourself
upthere.
Yeah, l will.
Danny, be careful,you hear me?
l will.
l'll see you, Rafe.
Rafe!
We're the tip ofthe sword!
[Engines whine]
-Turning on one!
-Turning on two!
All right.
You readyforthis?
-Superchargers low and latched!
-Low and latched.
We'refull into the wind!
More speed! More speed!
Are you nervous?
No--yes, sir. Yes.
When did youfind religion?
When you assigned me
to this mission, sir.
Do me afavor.
-What's that, Colonel?
-Prayfor both of us.
Tell me when!
Let's go!
Max power!
Oh, please.
Come on! Come on!
Yeah!
Way to go!
Jesus,thatwas short.
Move 'em up!
Full power, here we go!
Pull back!
Ha ha ha!
[Crew cheering]
Come on, here we go, here we go!
[All cheering]
We made it!
ROOSEVELT:
From BerIin,Rome, andTokyo...
we have been described...
as anation ofweakIings
andpIayboys...
who hire British,
Russian, or Chinese soIdiers...
to do ourfightingforus.
Letthem repeatthat now.
Letthem tell thatto
General MacArthur and his men.
Letthem teII that
to the soIdiers who today...
are fightinghardin
the farwaters ofthe Pacific.
Letthem tell thatto the boys
in theflyingfortresses.
Letthem tell that
to the Marines.
That's Japan,fellas.
Tighten up backthere!
Man your guns!
We're in the enemy's backyard!
LookaIive backthere.
Isee coastIine.
Heads up, boys! Heads up!
Man your guns backthere.
l'm cocked and locked!
Get ready, suckers!
DOOLITTLE:Approaching
targets forbombingraid!
Open bomb bay doors.
RAFE: RipIey,
yougota targetinsight?
degrees!
Target in sight!
All right, boys,
let's knocktheir clocks off!
-Dropyour ordnance!
-Bombs away!
One away!
-Bombs away!
-Bombs away!
Two away!
Three away!
Four away!
DOOLITTLEONRADIO:
We caught 'em bysurprise!
-Droppingordnance!
-Bombs away!
[SignaIbreakingup]
...factory.
-Whoo!
-We got it!
DOOLITTLE: We hitourtargets!
Goodjob,raiders!
[Shouting and alarms]
God! Jesus--what? Shit!
We gotflak everywhere!
Go down there and get Gooz!
l want everyone to separate!
-Clean that up!
-Yes, sir.
Try and clean that up!
RAFEONRADIO:
They're shootingfIakatus!
[Static]
[lnaudible]
We gotta get out of this shit,
Gooz!
-We got afire!
-Tail's hit!
The eIectrics!
We gotafire backhere!
l gotta shortthis out!
RAFE: Getinto the cIouds,
Danny, rightnow!
God damn!
Red, go checkthat out!
We're getting covered!
Just hope they don't hit a prop!
Unh!
l'm hit!
They're tearing
this plane apart!
Red,take it up, feet.
Aah!
l thinkTheo's dead!
Theo,wake up!
Theo!
Get into the clouds,
Danny, right now!
Get up in that soup!
We're gonna pull out of this,
Gooz!
Thankyou, George.
What is it, General?
Colonel Doolittle had to
advance his execution order...
by twelve hours, Mr. President.
There will be no homing beacons.
The plane carrying them
crashed en route to China...
andourbombers
mayIackthe fueI...
to reach the mainland, sir.
So our boys areflying blind
on empty tanks.
God helpthem.
We're still not
getting a signal.
All ocean and no land.
Homing in on nothing.
Howmany cans offueI
we gotIeft?
These are all empty!
ls this all you got?
That's aIIwe got,Red.
Rafe! You better prayfor land!
Break radio silence.
l'm sorry, gentlemen.
You're all brave souls.
The bravestI've everhad
thepriviIege offIyingwith.
Butwe're on our own.
This really was
a suicide mission.
[Engine sputtering]
Engine one'sfluctuating.
We'll lose it any minute.
-Rafe,you gotta prime it.
-l am. How about now?
l see the coast.
l see the coast!
DANNY: Copy that,Rafe.
We're gonna make it.
Danny,follow me.
We can make this.
l can see the coast now.
We're onIy afewmiIes out.
We gottafind
a soft landing spot.
l'm pushing up on two.
RAFE:HoIdon
forahardIanding!
l see rice paddies.
We'IIbringit in righthere.
RED:
Oh, God, engine one's dead.
We'll lose engine two
any second.
We can make it in. Easy.
Pull it back, glide in onfumes.
Japs!
We gotJap patrols
all overthe place!
Japs!Landsomewhere eIse!
Strapyourselves in!
We're coming in hard!
RED: We're a deadstick.
Get outta the nose!
Hold on, boys!
We're going down!
Watch the trees!
[Engines sputtering]
[Screaming]
Everyone all right?
[Coughing]
l'm OK! l'm OK!
Where's RipIey?
RAFE:He's dead.
WatchforJaps!
[Coughing and gasping]
-Jap patrols!
-Take cover!
[Gunfire]
[Screams]
Who's got magazines?
Got em!
Gotta get up into those hills,
find the Chinese!
[Screaming]
They got us pinned down!
-Danny!
-Rafe! Rafe, no!
Danny!
Rafe,you don't have a chance!
God damn. Danny!
Come on!
[Groaning]
MAN: Gooz? You OK,man?
Danny? Aw, shit,Anthony.
RED: Gooz! Can youhearme?
-Yeah.
-Come on.
Danny.
Easy, easy, easy.
l've had better landings.
You saved us backthere.
l got something in my neck.
-Let me pull this out.
-Where's Gooz?
He'sfine.
He's right overthere.
[Shouting in Japanese]
Rafe!
[Shouting in Japanese]
Grenade!
Danny.
Danny!
Danny! Oh!
[Gasping]
-Hold on!
-Rafe!
Hold on, now. l gotyou.
You're all right.
You're all right.
l'm not gonna make it.
Oh,yes,you are.
Yes,you are. Now look at me.
Rafe, l'm so cold.
l'm so cold.
You're all right. Hey.
Hey, Rafe?
Can you do me afavor?
What?
Can you have someone else
write my name on the tombstone?
You're not gonna die.
Look at me, listen to me!
You ain't gonna die,
you hear me?
Danny.
Danny,you can't die.
You can't die. You know why?
'Cause you're gonna be afather.
You're gonna be a daddy.
[Crying]
l wasn't supposed to tell you.
You're gonna be afather.
Please.
No. You are.
Danny.
Danny?
Danny?
Please, please!
Please.
God.
RAFE: PIease,Danny.
[Rafe sobbing]
GOOZ:HoIdyourfire!
They're Chinese.
EVELYN: When the actionis over
andwe Iookback...
we understand
bothmore andIess.
This muchis certain.
Before the DooIittIe raid...
Americaknewnothing
butdefeat.
Afterit,nothingbutvictory.
JapanreaIizedforthe first
time thatthey couIdIose...
andbegan topuIIback.
AmericareaIized
thatshe wouIdwin...
andsurgedforward.
Itwas a war
thatchangedAmerica.
Dorie MiIIerwas
the firstbIackAmerican...
to be awardedthe Navy Cross.
Buthe wouIdnotbe the Iast.
Hejoined
abrotherhoodofheroes.
That'sfor all the raiders.
EVELYN: WorId WarIIforus
began atPearIHarbor...
and men
stiIIIie entombed...
in the battIeshipArizona.
Americasuffered...
butAmericagrewstronger.
Itwas notinevitabIe.
The times triedoursouIs...
andthrough the triaI,
we overcame.
Hey, Danny...
how'd you like to goflying?
[Laughs] Come here.
[Laughs]
FAITHHILL: WhenIthinkback
on these times
Andthe dreams we Ieftbehind
I'IIbe gIad
'cause Iwas bIessed
To getto have youinmyIife
WhenIIookbackon these days
I'IIIookandsee yourface
You were rightthere forme
Inmy dreams
I'IIaIways see you
Soarabove the sky
Inmyheart, there'II
aIways be apIace foryou
ForaIImyIife
I'IIkeep apartofyou
withme
Andeverywhere Iam
There you'IIbe
Andeverywhere Iam
There you'IIbe
WeII, youshowedme
howit feeIs
FeeIthe sky withinmyreach
AndIaIways wiIIremember
AII the strength
yougave to me
YourIove made me
make it through
Oh,Iowe so much to you
You were rightthere forme
Inmy dreams
I'IIaIways see you
Soarabove the sky
Inmyheart,
there'IIaIways be
A pIace foryou
ForaIImyIife
I'IIkeep apartofyou
withme
Andeverywhere Iam
There you'IIbe
'Cause IaIways saw
in youmyIight
Mystrength
AndIwantto thankyounow
ForaII the ways
You were rightthere forme
You were rightthere forme
You were rightthere forme
ForaIways
Inmy dreams
I'IIaIways see you
Soarabove the sky
Inmyheart,
there'IIaIways be
A pIace foryou
ForaIImyIife
I'IIkeep apartofyou
withme
Andeverywhere Iam
There you'IIbe
Andeverywhere Iam
There you'IIbe
There you'IIbe
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