:29:03
Black gangs ain't supposed
to stand topside watches.
:29:06
- On this ship, everybody.
- What is our primary duty?
:29:11
- Fightin'.
- Who do we fight?
:29:13
Nobody. Probably never will. But, like
the skipper said, we're always ready.
:29:19
Look, Jake, we got it good here, huh?
:29:22
l didn't come all the way from the fleet
to have it good. l'm an engineer.
:29:26
Look, l told you. Let Chien handle the engine.
He'll keep it in shape. He knows it inside out.
:29:31
Relax, huh?
:29:37
Today we begin cruising to show the flag on
Tungting Lake and the Hunan Rivers.
:29:43
l want all honours rendered smartly.
:29:45
At home in America, when today
reaches them, it'll be Flag Day.
:29:49
For us who wear the uniform,
every day is Flag Day.
:29:53
lt is said there will be no more wars.
We must pretend to believe that.
:29:58
But when war comes, it is we who will take
the first shock, and buy time with our lives.
:30:05
lt is we who keep the faith.
:30:07
We serve the flag.
:30:10
The trade we all follow
is the give-and-take of death.
:30:15
lt is for that purpose that
the people of America maintain us.
:30:18
Any one of us who believes he has ajob like
any other, for which he draws a money wage,
:30:23
is a thief of the food he eats,
:30:25
and a trespasser in the bunk
in which he lies down to sleep.
:30:31
Mr Bordelles, make preparations
for getting underway.