1:51:01
Go ahead and read it. lt's for both of us.
1:51:04
''Doc, l've been aboard this destroyer
for two weeks now...
1:51:08
''...and we've already been through
four air attacks.
1:51:11
''l'm in the war at last, Doc!
1:51:14
''l've caught up with that task force
that passed me by.
1:51:17
''l'm glad to be here.
l had to be here, l guess.
1:51:21
''But l'm thinking now of you, Doc,
and you, Frank.
1:51:25
''And Dolan, and Dowdy, and lnsigna
and everyone else on that bucket.
1:51:30
''All the guys everywhere who sail
from Tedium to Apathy...
1:51:35
''...and back again,
with an occasional side trip to Monotony.
1:51:40
''This is a tough crew on here,
and they have a wonderful battle record.
1:51:45
''But l've discovered, Doc,
that the unseen enemy of this war...
1:51:49
''...is the boredom
that eventually becomes a faith...
1:51:53
''...and, therefore, a terrible sort of suicide.
1:51:57
''l know now that the ones
who refuse to surrender to it...
1:52:00
''...are the strongest of all.
1:52:03
''Right now l'm looking at something
that's hanging over my desk.
1:52:07
''A preposterous hunk of brass...
1:52:09
''...attached to the most bilious piece
of ribbon l've ever seen.
1:52:13
''l'd rather have it
than the Congressional Medal of Honor.
1:52:17
''lt tells me what l'll always be proudest of:
1:52:20
''That at a time in the world
when courage counted most...
1:52:24
''...l lived among 62 brave men.
1:52:29
''So, Doc, and especially you, Frank,
don't let those guys down.
1:52:35
''Of course l know that by this time
they must be very happy...
1:52:38
''...because the Captain's overhead
is filled with marbles.
1:52:45
''And here comes the mail orderly.
This has to go now. l'll finish it later.
1:52:49
''Meanwhile you guys can write too,
can't you? Doug.''
1:52:54
May l see that, Frank?
1:52:57
This one's from Fornell.