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[Blows Whistle]
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Now hear this.
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Now hear this.
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The captain will address
the personnel of the ship.
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Men, ever since
Pearl Harbor,
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our country
has been asking,
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''Where is our navy?
Why don't they fight?''
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Because of our
unorthodox maneuvers,
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I know you've been
asking the same question.
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I must confess,
so have I.
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We've suffered many
casualties, dead and wounded.
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We've been humiliated.
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We've had to avoid combat
and run away from the enemy
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when we've been aching
to knock them
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clean out of the sky.
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We asked ourselves why
we're not permitted to fight,
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why we could not
avenge our dead,
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strike back in our defense.
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Five minutes ago,
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I received a message which
answers all our questions.
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After Pearl Harbor,
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our country was faced
with its greatest disaster.
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The situation
was desperate,
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and only a desperate and
brilliant strategy could save us.
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Our navy pinned its hope
on one thing--
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theJapanese inability
to deviate from a plan
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once it had been made.
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We knew their next move was
to capture Pearl Harbor,
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but first they'd
have to take Midway.
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We deceived theJaps
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by making them think we'd
scattered over the ocean,
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that Midway
would be a pushover.
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In the meanwhile,
we secretly concentrated
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our entire naval strength
at Midway.
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That was our trap.
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You men, this carrier,
and her escort
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were the bait
to that trap.