:56:04
My mother, all she ever says is,
''Stay away from Japan.''
:56:08
What's your news, Doc?
:56:11
My wife got some new wallpaper
for the living room.
:56:16
Pretty.
:56:21
Alabama.
:56:24
l shall read that one later.
:56:27
-Hey, Doc. This is from Doug.
-Yeah?
:56:29
What does he say?
:56:30
Hey, you guys. You want to hear a letter
from Mr. Roberts?
:56:39
''Dear Frank....
:56:41
''This will be short and sweet...
:56:44
''...as we're shoving off
in about two minutes.''
:56:47
This was dated three weeks ago.
:56:50
Does he say where he is?
:56:51
Yeah, he says, ''My guess about
the location of this ship is exactly right.''
:56:55
That means he's around Okinawa.
:57:00
He met Fornell.
:57:03
That friend of mine, guy named Fornell
l went to college with?
:57:05
This is what he says:
:57:07
''Fornell says that you and he used
to load up your car with liquor in Omaha...
:57:11
''...and sell it at an indecent profit
to the fraternity boys at lowa city.''
:57:15
''How about that?''
:57:16
We did, too!
:57:20
''This part is for Doc. l've been....''
:57:22
Go ahead and read it. lt's for both of us.
:57:25
''Doc, l've been aboard this destroyer
for two weeks now...
:57:29
''...and we've already been through
four air attacks.
:57:33
''l'm in the war at last, Doc!
:57:35
''l've caught up with that task force
that passed me by.
:57:38
''l'm glad to be here.
l had to be here, l guess.
:57:42
''But l'm thinking now of you, Doc,
and you, Frank.
:57:46
''And Dolan, and Dowdy, and lnsigna
and everyone else on that bucket.
:57:51
''All the guys everywhere who sail
from Tedium to Apathy...
:57:56
''...and back again,
with an occasional side trip to Monotony.