:42:01
It wasn't a book that kept those boys
coming through the lagoon in Tarawa.
:42:05
It's those men
with the rifles and the guts...
:42:08
...that's gonna win your war for you.
:42:11
We want that beachhead.
:42:14
Once upon a time, we used to think
you were a bright young man.
:42:18
There is such a thing
as insubordination.
:42:22
When I came to you, I knew
I'd leave here one of two ways:
:42:27
In command of my battalion
or by the brig.
:42:31
You might as well court-martial me, sir,
because I'm not going back to my boys...
:42:36
...and tell them that they're gonna carry
a broom and dustpan again.
:42:43
You stuck your neck out
a long way.
:42:49
Stand by until I can put through
a change in these orders.
:42:52
I'm sending your battalion in
on the exposed left flank of Red Beach.
:42:56
It's the hot spot
of the Saipan Campaign.
:43:00
You can be proud of your victory.
:43:04
That's all. Get out of here.
:43:12
Sam...
:43:14
Sometimes I think myself
it's a hell of a way to make a living.
:43:29
And so on June 14, 1944,
our task force of the 5th Fleet...
:43:34
...the mightiest armada ever assembled...
:43:36
...edged close
to the enemy bastion of Saipan.
:43:39
The dawn would bring D-day.
:43:41
Through the long night, more than
100,000 men made their peace with God.
:43:45
No longer orphans,
Huxley's Harlots were at last...
:43:48
...being given the chance
to prove themselves.
:43:50
The chance they'd worked for
since boot camp.
:43:53
We were to spearhead the invasion
that could tip the balance of the war.
:43:57
Then the most intricate
of all military operations...