:56:00
Of course, we could always
use more time.
:56:02
Time is something
we're not going to be able to buy.
:56:05
The reports from Guadalcanal
look very bad.
:56:08
Yeah.
:56:09
Well, get your working parties
organized.
:56:11
- Give 'em all the liberty they can handle.
- Right.
:56:14
I guess I ought to run in to
San Diego a few hours, see the wife.
:56:25
You better produce broads.
:56:27
You think I'm dishonest?
Don't worry about it, I'll get them there.
:56:32
The boys are really
gonna start celebrating.
:56:35
I wish I could go in
and get crocked with them.
:56:38
Sometimes I'd like to take off
these oak leaves and be a human being.
:56:48
Maybe you and I
could just shove off together, Sam.
:56:52
It's not the same thing as being
surrounded by your buddies.
:56:57
You know, Wellman,
this uniform is the only thing...
:57:00
...that's ever really meant anything
to me, except Jean.
:57:06
I haven't been able to give her
much of a life.
:57:08
She's married to a Marine, Sam.
:57:13
It's these last days I hate.
:57:16
The anticipation starts,
and we both get quiet.
:57:20
I'll come in, she'll set the table.
:57:25
We'll talk of small things,
pretending nothing's wrong.
:57:30
And then when the ship's loaded...
:57:33
...standing by...
:57:38
Every morning when I leave her...
:57:41
...neither of us knowing
whether maybe this is the last time.
:57:45
And then I go back again that evening.
:57:50
That look on her face
when I open the door...
:57:55
Then we start pretending
all over again.
:57:59
Pretending that nothing's happening.