:08:02
''...and increase disharmony
aboard this ship.''
:08:05
How about that?
:08:08
''lt is therefore urgently requested...
:08:09
''...that l be ordered to combat duty,
preferably aboard a destroyer.''
:08:13
l've got a chance, haven't l?
:08:17
Listen, Doug....
:08:19
You've been sending in a letter
every week for goodness knows how long.
:08:22
Every week, the Captain screams
like a stuck pig...
:08:25
...''disapproves'' your letter and forwards it.
:08:27
That's just my point, Doc.
He does forward it--
:08:31
The captain of a Navy ship is the most
absolute monarch left in this world.
:08:35
l know that.
:08:36
lf he endorsed any letters ''approved,''
your orders would come through like that.
:08:40
But ''disapproved,'' you haven't a prayer.
:08:44
You're stuck on this old bucket. Face it.
:08:47
lt's still a chance, Doc. lt's still a chance.
:08:52
l'm sorry you ever saw that task force.
:08:59
l've got to go down to my hypochondriacs.
:09:13
-Good morning, Mr. Roberts.
-Good morning, Dowdy.
:09:20
lt's hotter up here than it is
down in that mess hall.
:09:27
Look at that cruddy island! Smell it!
:09:32
lt's so hot it already smells like a hog pen.
:09:36
Think we'll get out of here today?
:09:38
l don't know. There are three LCMs
coming alongside for supplies.
:09:41
Are they getting up yet?
:09:42
Yeah, they're startin' to stumble around
down there, the poor, punch-drunk....
:09:50
When are you goin' to the Captain again
and ask him to give this crew a liberty?
:09:54
These guys ain't been off this ship
for over a year except on duty.
:09:57
The last time l asked the Captain
was last night.