1:33:02
so you can hang on to
this little corner of Korea...
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is not good enough.
1:33:07
Well, I'll settle for
a regimental combat team.
1:33:10
Can't do it, Walt.
We need every man we've got.
1:33:13
General Shepherd...
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is putting together an overwhelming
amphibious assault on Inchon.
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- Inchon?
- In one stroke, it'll cut across the enemy's rear,
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sever his supply lines and isolate
all of his forces south of Seoul.
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Without munitions, supplies,
communications,
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the North Koreans
will be paralyzed.
1:33:32
Inchon is the worst... Then you can
break out of that corner,
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move north
and overpower them.
1:33:38
I think that Inchon
will finish the North Koreans.
1:33:43
- What?
- It'll never be approved.
1:33:47
Inchon has some of
the highest tides in the world,
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but only once a month
do they reach a height...
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sufficient for our
largest landing craft to go in.
1:33:55
There are maybe two
three-hour periods...
1:33:57
when MacArthur
can put troops ashore.
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Which is not enough time
for a major amphibious landing.
1:34:02
Exactly. This is little more
than a trench in the mudflats.
1:34:05
If every possible handicap were
listed, Inchon has them all.
1:34:09
However, gentlemen, MacArthur claims that
these very handicaps are what he's counting on.
1:34:14
He feels that the enemy
won't believe that anyone...
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would try to surmount
such obstacles.
1:34:19
The element of surprise
will be his most valuable ally.
1:34:24
What do you think
of His Majesty's plan?
1:34:27
It's daring, it's brilliant
and it's dangerous.
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Court, you remember
I once said,
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"The bullet has not yet been
cast with my name on it"?