:33:01
Okay?
:33:03
Okay.
:33:08
Where's Dolan with my letter?
l'm gonna go find him.
:33:10
Wait a minute, Doug.
:33:11
l wouldn't send a letter like that in
if l were you.
:33:13
You'll get yourself in trouble saying
things like ''disharmony aboard this ship.''
:33:18
You know, if you did say ''disharmony,''
or ''harmony'' or....
:33:22
-Where's that letter?
-l don't know.
:33:25
What's the big idea?
:33:26
l just wanted to talk to you
before you signed it.
:33:29
Please don't sign that letter, Doug.
Now, please don't.
:33:32
They'll transfer you.
You'll get your can shot off, boy.
:33:36
Doc, will you tell him what you told me
last night, about how stupid he is?
:33:43
Yes, Doc. Maybe you'd like
to tell me to my face.
:33:48
Yes, l would.
:33:49
You are stupid, Doug, and l can prove it.
:33:52
You quit medical school
just to get into this thing...
:33:54
...when you could be saving lives today.
Why?
:33:56
Has it ever occurred to you
that the guys fighting this war...
:33:59
...might also be saving lives?
:34:01
Your's and mine, for instance.
:34:03
l'd rather practice that kind of medicine.
:34:05
That's exactly what you're doing!
:34:07
Are you kidding?
:34:08
Look, whether you like it or not,
this sorry old bucket does a necessary job.
:34:13
And you're the guy
who keeps lumbering along.
:34:16
lt could be that right here on this bucket...
:34:18
...you're deeper and more truly
in this war than you'd ever--
:34:21
Doc, in a minute you'll start quoting
Ralph Waldo Emerson.
:34:24
That is a lousy thing to say.
:34:26
We've got nothing to do with the war.
:34:27
Maybe that's why we're on this ship,
because we're not good enough to fight.
:34:31
'Cause our glands don't secrete
enough adrenaline or...
:34:34
...our great-great-grandmothers
were afraid of the dark or something.
:34:37
What is it you want to be? A hero?
:34:39
Hero? You haven't heard a word l've said!
:34:42
Look, the war's way out there and l'm here.
:34:44
l don't want to be here.
l want to be out there.
:34:46
l'm sick and tired of being
a lousy spectator.
:34:49
l just happen to believe in this thing and
l want to feel l'm good enough to be in it.
:34:52
Good enough! Doug, you're good enough.
:34:56
lt's just that you haven't the opportunity.
:34:58
That's mostly what makes
physical heroism: opportunity.