:14:01
Colonel Korn, I'd like you
to stay in the control tower.
:14:04
Stay on top of this. I'd like
to know when my boys make target.
:14:09
Yes, sir!
:14:11
What is it, Lieutenant Minderbinder?
:14:14
- An egg, sir.
- I know that, Lieutenant.
:14:18
- A fresh egg, sir.
- Where did you get the egg?
:14:22
In Malta, sir, where there are
enough chickens to lay fresh eggs
:14:27
for every officer in the squadron,
:14:30
at five cents apiece
from the mess fund.
:14:34
With a clear profit
of two cents per egg.
:14:38
For whom?
:14:41
For whomever sells the eggs
to the mess.
:14:46
And who may that be, Milo?
:14:50
- Oranges from Marrakech, pecans...
- Pecans?
:14:53
And in Palermo, ten thousand gallons
of the finest Italian olive oil.
:14:58
The Sicilians need blankets.
It would be a fair trade.
:15:01
There's an interested party
in Sardinia.
:15:04
All we need is the cooperation
of the countries we're dealing with.
:15:07
- What countries?
- The African nations, sir,
:15:11
in the Greater Mediterranean area.
:15:13
What we need is an additional
assignment of personnel,
:15:18
a little time and a plane.
:15:20
- What plane?
- One of ours, sir. If I had one,
:15:23
I could get the gasoline to Malta
and bring the eggs back.
:15:27
All right.
:15:28
And if I was taken off combat duty
until I get this into operation...
:15:33
But...
:15:34
I know I'm just
an acting mess officer, Colonel,
:15:38
but it requires my full attention.
It's to everyone's benefit.
:15:41
- Take whatever you need.
- Thank you.
:15:44
What I hope to do is to give the men
the finest cuisine in the world.
:15:49
- Isn't that something to shoot at?
- Yes, Milo, it certainly is.