1:21:03
Well, that's not my view of it.
1:21:06
I think you know I was never in favor
of you leading this operation.
1:21:09
So I can't say that I'm disappointed
in your performance.
1:21:12
Because the impression you made on
me was unfavorable in the first place.
1:21:17
You behave as if this
were a personal matter.
1:21:20
Let me assure you, it isn't.
1:21:22
What happens to you is something
to which I am indifferent.
1:21:26
But the nature of the operation
I am running is not.
1:21:29
Colonel Breed's report
on your unit's level of achievement. . .
1:21:32
. . .and general behavior at the parachute
training school is entirely negative.
1:21:36
It would in itself justify
my recommendation. . .
1:21:39
. . .that this operation be canceled.
1:21:42
Your men will be sent back
for execution of sentence.
1:21:46
Whether disciplinary action
should be taken against you. . .
1:21:49
. . .is a matter for General Worden here.
1:21:51
I take it you don't deny your
responsibility for the fact that. . .
1:21:54
. . .on the night of April 14-15, a military
establishment of the U.S. Army. . .
1:21:59
. . .was the scene of a drunken party. . .
1:22:01
. . .at which no less than seven
female civilians took an active part.
1:22:04
Oh, yes, sir, they took
an active part all right.
1:22:09
Excuse me, gentlemen.
1:22:11
Are you in a position to offer even
the remotest mitigating circumstances?
1:22:15
-Yes, sir.
-Oh, sergeant, more ice.
1:22:18
Yes, sir.
1:22:19
Well?
1:22:21
You offered those men a chance to get
off the hook, and they worked hard.
1:22:25
Now that they're just shaping up, you're
gonna say, "Sorry, the deal's off"?
1:22:29
You've only yourself to blame for that.
You brought those women to camp.
1:22:33
So I broke an Army regulation.
1:22:35
You're gonna kill five men
and send the rest to prison for life?
1:22:38
Because if you did that. . .
1:22:40
. . .you'd have to lock up half
the U.S. Army, officers included.
1:22:44
Anyway, you said it yourself,
it was my fault.
1:22:46
It's not gonna affect their ability
as soldiers.
1:22:49
Yes, well, we've heard about their
ability as soldiers from Colonel Breed.
1:22:53
That's his opinion.
1:22:55
My men have crammed six months of
intensive training into as many weeks.
1:22:59
As of this moment, I'd stack them
up against any men in the Army.