1:02:04
...while their courageous
country was armed...
1:02:06
...with not much more than pitchforks.
1:02:08
And it was, quote, "Condition Black,
enemy invasion anticipated, " unquote.
1:03:04
At Camp McKay, 30 miles outside
of Wellington, we set up for business.
1:03:08
From here on out, we would be
racing against the clock.
1:03:11
For on another island miles to the north,
the 1st Marine Division...
1:03:15
...had taken the first step
of the long road back.
1:03:20
Major, whoever drew up
this training schedule is wacky.
1:03:23
It calls for a hike tonight
and a 25-mile hike tomorrow.
1:03:26
That's right, I drew up that schedule.
1:03:29
But these boys have been
cooped up aboard ship for three weeks.
1:03:33
That's a bit rough.
1:03:34
It's gonna get rougher
where we're going.
1:03:37
First we're gonna
get this camp shipshape...
1:03:39
...then we're gonna work out the kinks
before anybody gets liberty.
1:03:48
High Pockets promised he'd work
the kinks out of us...
1:03:51
...and he kept his promise.
1:03:52
The field problems ran day and night.
1:03:55
We were on the move from dawn to dusk
and back to dawn.