1:45:01
It's out of season this time of year.
1:45:04
No one worth knowing was there,
I'm sure.
1:45:06
Very rough element
going to France these days.
1:45:11
Oh, Charlie.
1:45:15
- Careful, my leg.
- Shut up. Let me hold you.
1:45:31
Don't you get within a cane's distance,
you tried to kill me.
1:45:34
Come on, don't make
such a big dramatic deal out of this.
1:45:37
I've got a plane waiting
to take you to Washington.
1:45:39
We've got to be at the airport
in half an hour.
1:45:41
There are 20 reporters waiting
in the office...
1:45:44
more piling in every minute.
1:45:45
We'll have five minutes for photos
and a few questions.
1:45:48
- Let me brief you on what you're to say.
- I'm going to say the truth.
1:45:51
I don't know how much of my little hoax
you know.
1:45:53
Enough.
1:45:54
Your last words said
as you led the charge up the beach were:
1:45:57
"Okay, men, let's show them
whose beach this is."
1:45:59
Not quite the epic stature of
"We've just begun to fight."
1:46:03
Yeah, you know.
1:46:05
I'm going to tell them the truth, Bus.
1:46:07
I'm going to tell anyone who asks
the plain, unattractive, not epic, truth.
1:46:11
We don't have very much time.
1:46:13
I'm going to tell them a deranged admiral
had a demented idea for a lunatic movie...
1:46:17
whose only purpose was to juice up
the Navy's bid for military appropriations.
1:46:21
And my gallant wounds
were inflicted on me...
1:46:24
by my brother officer, the fink...
1:46:26
You've got a legitimate beef
against me. Okay.
1:46:29
And that my last inspirational words...
1:46:31
as I led the charge
away from the beach were...
1:46:33
"Let's get the hell out of here."
1:46:35
I've had a bad week, Bus.
1:46:37
I was in battle
and I've heard the horror of it again.
1:46:40
I will not contribute
to your wretched hoax.
1:46:42
I will not help you
preserve the wonder of war.
1:46:44
I want people to know I was a coward.
1:46:46
I want them to know
the whole shabby story about my heroism.
1:46:50
I don't understand you.
Do you know what'll happen...
1:46:52
I know what'll happen.
1:46:53
I'll embarrass my country,
dishonor my service...
1:46:55
disgrace my admiral,
and humiliate my family...
1:46:57
and get thrown in the brig
for a couple of years.