:14:02
If you got the authority, I can't stop you.
But I ought to warn you...
:14:06
it's going to be very tough.
:14:07
Really? It sounded to me
just like a routine job.
:14:10
It won't be routine,
not even for the kids who are trained.
:14:13
I guess I can take it for a day or so.
:14:16
All right. Let's go get your equipment.
:14:21
Mr. Williams, it's your life,
so I'll give it to you straight.
:14:25
This isn't a job for you,
it's a young man's job.
:14:27
I'm not exactly decrepit.
:14:29
Maybe not. Do you know how old
the colonel is in there?
:14:32
Thirty-four.
:14:33
Do you know how old
our commanding general is?
:14:35
Thirty-seven.
:14:37
Young men, all of us. We've got to be.
:14:39
Do you know why?
I'll give you two good reasons:
:14:42
We jump out of planes,
and guys shoot at us.
:14:44
This isn't exactly healthy,
unless you're young enough to take it.
:14:47
Pardon my asking,
but how old are you, Mr. Williams?
:14:50
That's a military secret. Wait a minute.
Let me tell you something.
:14:53
You know what I did before the war? I sat
on a soft cushion in a pine-paneled office...
:14:58
I gave orders, people jumped
and I made a bucket of dough per week.
:15:01
Now I'm out here.
:15:02
I came here as I wanted to be here.
Because I wanted to do what I could...
:15:06
so the people back home would know
a little better what war is about.
:15:09
I'm making no dough, Capt. Nelson,
and I may wind up with...
:15:12
a bullet through my...
:15:13
typewriter.
:15:15
I know it isn't easy.
I didn't come here expecting it to be easy.
:15:18
And you're not fighting this war
from behind a desk, are you? No.
:15:22
I'm not writing it from behind one, either.
:15:24
Okay, Pop. Maybe you're a little old,
but you'll do. Glad to have you with us.
:15:28
I ought to be 20 years younger,
maybe in better condition.
:15:31
When you get back,
you'll be in a worse state...
:15:33
you won't be any younger,
I guarantee you.
:15:36
- Sergeant, I got a customer for you.
- Yes, sir.
:15:38
Everything from soup to nuts.
Complete jump outfit.
:15:42
Ever jump before, Williams?
:15:44
Yes. Several times.
:15:46
Did you like it?
:15:47
Doesn't bother me.
:15:49
- Bothers me.
- Here it is, sir.
:15:52
Thank you. There's something missing.
:15:55
What's that, sir?
:15:56
The jeep to carry it in.
:15:58
Everything's set, Nelson.
Stations, 3:45 a.m.