1:06:02
We've been humiliated.
1:06:04
We've had to avoid combat
and run away from the enemy
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when we've been aching
to knock them
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clean out of the sky.
1:06:10
We asked ourselves why
we're not permitted to fight,
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why we could not
avenge our dead,
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strike back in our defense.
1:06:17
Five minutes ago,
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I received a message which
answers all our questions.
1:06:22
After Pearl Harbor,
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our country was faced
with its greatest disaster.
1:06:26
The situation
was desperate,
1:06:27
and only a desperate and
brilliant strategy could save us.
1:06:31
Our navy pinned its hope
on one thing--
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theJapanese inability
to deviate from a plan
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once it had been made.
1:06:37
We knew their next move was
to capture Pearl Harbor,
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but first they'd
have to take Midway.
1:06:43
We deceived theJaps
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by making them think we'd
scattered over the ocean,
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that Midway
would be a pushover.
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In the meanwhile,
we secretly concentrated
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our entire naval strength
at Midway.
1:06:54
That was our trap.
1:06:55
You men, this carrier,
and her escort
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were the bait
to that trap.
1:07:00
It was a nasty job.
1:07:01
It has cost us heavily
in men and equipment.
1:07:05
TheJaps thought they saw
four of our carriers
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at widely separated places.
1:07:09
They only saw one.
That was us.
1:07:12
Three times Tokyo
reported us sunk.
1:07:14
Twice, we nearly were,
but we're still afloat.
1:07:18
I'm happy to tell you
the strategy has worked.
1:07:20
The trap has been sprung.
1:07:22
Believing us scattered
over the ocean,
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the mainJap fleet
is headed for Midway.
1:07:26
They're going in
for the kill. So are we.
1:07:29
We're through
running away.
1:07:31
We're through
pulling punches.
1:07:32
Our mission
is accomplished,
1:07:33
and from here on in,
we fight.
1:07:36
- Yay!
- Yay!