:36:02
Admiral Fletcher, Sir.
- Good morning, Sir.
:36:06
Welcome home, Jack. Congratulations
on bringing your cripple in.
:36:11
Well, we got lucky. - We haven't got
much time, so I'll make this fast.
:36:15
Halsey's beached, in the hospital.
Won't be leaving for a while.
:36:21
I'm sending you out again, Jack,
in 72 hours. In full combat readiness.
:36:26
That's impossible! It'll be 3 months
before the Yorktown's in commission.
:36:31
Spruance has replaced Halsey. He takes
Hornet and Enterprise to sea tomorrow.
:36:36
You follow him 48 hours later.
:36:38
Spruance is a cruiser commander!
- He knows carrier tactics.
:36:42
Yeah, but he can't fly.
- Neither can you.
:36:46
And he sure as hell
can't learn it by tomorrow, can he?.
:36:50
No.
:36:53
Congratulations, Ray.
- Well, I'm still in a state of shock.
:36:58
Nice seeing you again, Matt.
How's the hand?. - Coming fine, Sir.
:37:01
We could have used you at Coral Sea.
:37:04
He's on your Air Operations staff
on the Yorktown.
:37:07
Good.
:37:10
We face the biggest force the enemy
has ever sortied, over 200 ships.
:37:16
They've got 4-to-1 supremacy.
:37:19
Yamamoto himself is commanding.
:37:22
We know when
and from where he's going to sail,
:37:26
we know their original courses.
:37:28
We don't know their rendezvous point,
course changes or when they'll strike.
:37:34
They could hit from the northwest,
but intelligence doesn't support that.
:37:40
Ray, assuming
this isn't just an elaborate ruse,
:37:45
Washington thinks it is,
but assuming they're wrong,
:37:48
what kind of move do you suggest?.
:37:55
Well, I'd take my carriers here,
to a point northeast of Midway,