1:41:01
I want him flown
to Washington tomorrow.
1:41:04
We're going to give Charlie a parade...
1:41:06
right down Pennsylvania Avenue...
1:41:08
and to the front lawn of the White House...
1:41:10
where the President himself
will decorate Charlie with a Navy Cross.
1:41:15
I'm not so sure we should involve
the President in this, sir.
1:41:18
The President's an old Navy man.
1:41:20
He's sympathetic to
our position throughout.
1:41:22
Yes, sir, but I just don't think
we should go that big.
1:41:25
Big?
1:41:27
We're going to make a brass-band hero
out of Charlie...
1:41:31
using every coarse theatricality...
1:41:33
the public relations office
is overpaid to think up.
1:41:37
When I walk into that Senate office
hearing on Monday or Tuesday...
1:41:41
I'll smile my crisp military smile
at all those senators...
1:41:45
and then, in a perfunctory way,
I'll introduce my two aides:
1:41:49
Capt. Ellender here, my technical advisor...
1:41:52
and Lt. Cmdr. Charles. E. Madison.
1:41:55
Gentlemen, the first American
on Omaha Beach. A sailor.
1:42:00
That, Bus, is what is known
as letting them have it in spades.
1:42:04
Doubled, redoubled, and vulnerable.
1:42:09
Sir, I'd better really tell you
what happened on D-day.
1:42:12
Is he alive? Is that what you're saying,
that he's alive?
1:42:16
Yes, Miss Barham, we think he is.
1:42:20
Oh, dear.
1:42:25
Miss Barham, we're almost as happy
about this as you are.
1:42:30
Thank you, sir.
1:42:32
Bus, I want you to drive this young lady
down to Southampton...
1:42:36
just as fast as you can make it.
1:42:37
- Yes, sir.
- Get going.
1:42:39
- Good-bye, Harry.
- Good trip, sir.
1:42:42
- Bus.
- Yes, sir?
1:42:45
You were going to tell me
something before about Charlie on D-day.
1:42:49
Nothing, sir. Have a good flight.
1:42:52
Don't forget I want him
in Washington tomorrow.
1:42:54
I don't care what brass
you have to throw off the plane.
1:42:57
I'll have him on the first flight
out of Southampton.
1:42:59
You'd better move back there, sir.