:49:00
but ran into
Charlie Company.
:49:02
He says the men he left
behind--1 0 of them--
:49:04
Have been commanded to hold on
and fight to the death,
:49:06
but they're
pretty well gone now,
:49:08
and he rather guesses they'll
be willing to surrender.
:49:11
Where's the cave?
:49:12
The approximate position--
may I, sir?--
:49:14
Is-- Is here.
:49:17
What about the rockets?
:49:18
He knows nothing
about them,
:49:20
but he thinks
maybe his friends do.
:49:21
I've persuaded him
to guide a patrol for us.
:49:24
What do you think, Mac?
:49:27
Why, I rather think we
ought to take him up on it.
:49:28
I didn't ask you.
:49:29
Well, why not? I'm
an expert on theJapanese.
:49:31
That's the only reason
you're not in the brig.
:49:33
Well?
:49:35
Sir, to me it don't
look kosher.
:49:37
He's persuaded the Nip
to guide us to the cave,
:49:40
but remember
what happened
:49:41
1 2 August
on Guadalcanal.
:49:43
Remember Colonel Goettge's
patrol?
:49:45
He was informed someJaps
wanted to surrender, too.
:49:48
So he went out
to bring them in.
:49:50
25 marines
went with him.
:49:52
Only 3 came back.
:49:54
Colonel,
it's an ambush.
:49:55
It's a dead certainty,
and I mean dead.
:50:00
Joe?
:50:04
Well, it's
a big risk.
:50:05
What else is
there to do?
:50:09
Frank?
:50:10
Maybe we invest
6 men.
:50:12
Maybe we save
600.
:50:15
Lieutenant Butterfield?
:50:17
In my opinion, sir,
:50:18
they sent this Nip over
to suck us in.
:50:20
The lieutenant
doesn't make sense.
:50:22
Sergeant, you're
way off base.
:50:23
Sergeant, this war isn't
gonna last forever, and--
:50:25
It's a nice
thought, sir.
:50:27
Colonel?
:50:28
There may be an ambush.
I don't know.
:50:30
But this Nip
isn't in on it.
:50:31
He's tired,
and he's hungry,
:50:33
and, well, he wants
to live and go home,
:50:35
like the rest of us.
:50:37
Stinkin' cold!
:50:42
It'll take us
about 2, 2 1 /2 hours
:50:44
to get in there.
Anybody got a match?
:50:46
Sir, if there's
gonna be a patrol,
:50:48
I'd like to--
:50:49
Joe, you got some experienced
scouts in your company.
:50:50
Yes, sir. That's why I
asked Lieutenant Anderson
:50:53
to come over.
:50:54
Anderson?
:50:56
Well, it's
the same old question...
:50:58
gambling
the lives of a few