:12:00
A ship came for us.
:12:04
Our instructions were
to close the mission and go to Fiji...
:12:07
but Father Phillips wouldn't leave
without Father John Ryan...
:12:09
who was alone here at Tuasiva.
:12:12
It was against the ship's orders
to come for us...
:12:15
so Father Phillips prevailed
upon some natives...
:12:18
to bring us in a sailing craft.
:12:20
It required
all his eloquence and money.
:12:23
The crew was in terror
of the Japanese.
:12:26
But why'd you
come here, ma'am?
:12:28
I mean, why didn't you go
to Fiji with the others?
:12:30
Father Phillips was over 70...
:12:32
Too old to make the voyage alone.
:12:36
We landed here four days ago.
:12:38
Father Ryan wasn't here.
:12:41
No one was here.
:12:43
The Japanese
had come before us.
:12:48
Go on, ma'am.
:12:51
Father Phillips went
all about the island...
:12:53
calling Father Ryan.
:12:54
"John!"
:12:55
"John!"
:12:57
We climbed up the hill...
:12:59
and when we got
to the top...
:13:01
we saw our boat
sailing off.
:13:04
Poor souls.
:13:05
They had simply
lost courage.
:13:07
Father Phillips said,
"God, forgive them."
:13:09
Nothing more.
:13:11
Then we...
:13:13
came back down the hill...
:13:15
and sat here
on the verandah.
:13:17
He smoked his pipe...
:13:20
and it grew dark.
:13:22
I went inside and slept.
:13:26
Next morning I found him
on the beach.
:13:28
He had fallen.
:13:30
He couldn't talk.
:13:33
I gave him his crucifix.
:13:35
He kissed it...
:13:37
and he died.
:13:40
That's tough, ma'am...
:13:42
on you, I mean.
:13:43
Why, I'm sure it's nothing...
:13:45
to what you have been
through, Mr. Allison.
:13:49
We was on a sub...
:13:51
lying off some island
with a code name.
:13:54
My party was supposed
to go ashore...
:13:56
and do a recon.
:13:57
We had the rafts
over the side already.
:13:59
We was just getting in them...