1:29:15
First it was Gus,
1:29:18
then Brainard,
1:29:20
then Chuck,
1:29:22
and then Hans.
1:29:24
But at least he had
a fighting chance.
1:29:26
But not Oscar.
He didn't have a chance.
1:29:29
Up there,
going back and forth,
1:29:32
and nobody made an effort
to help him down.
1:29:53
Do you know
what these are?
1:29:57
They're casualty lists.
1:30:01
They're obituaries of
a long list of friends of mine.
1:30:04
Yes, friends.
1:30:08
If I seemed too tough
on the boys,
1:30:11
it was because I was
responsible for them.
1:30:14
I didn't want to lose them
1:30:15
any more than I wanted to
lose those boys up there.
1:30:19
You think I wanted
to let Scott fly
1:30:21
until he dove
into the sea?
1:30:23
You think I want to dream
about them on a raft
1:30:26
until their bodies rot?
1:30:28
I'm an air officer.
1:30:30
There are things I can do
and things I can't do.
1:30:34
I can check casualty lists,
1:30:36
and I can order more men
into the air
1:30:39
to become new casualties.
1:30:40
I can refuse to endanger
the lives of 3,000 men
1:30:44
in order to save the lives
of three men.
1:30:47
I do those things
because they're my job,
1:30:49
and I've got to do them.
1:30:51
But to be accused
1:30:52
of refusing
to save those men
1:30:54
because I didn't
want to save them--
1:30:56
[Ringing]