:34:00
I will not be the leader
of another lost cause.
:34:03
We are attacking, gentlemen.
:34:07
I am going to make
the fight for Australia...
:34:10
up here in New Guinea.
:34:23
Hey, Joe,
whatcha doing out here?
:34:26
You should be home on the farm
walking with your girl,
:34:29
getting your chores done
and sitting down to supper.
:34:33
Or maybe you should
be taking in a show,
:34:36
walking down Broadway,
sipping Coke.
:34:39
The jungles where we live.
It's where you die.
:34:45
Bob, I sent for you...
:34:46
because I don't think you like a stalemate
any better than I do,
:34:49
and that's what we've got
here in New Guinea.
:34:51
They tell me that American boys are actually
throwing away their rifles and turning tail.
:34:56
That hasn't happened since
the first battle of Bull Run.
:34:58
I want you
to relieve Harding.
:35:00
This isn't
the Civil War, General.
:35:02
Harding's a good man,
he's a good officer.
:35:05
- It's just that he's up against...
- I'm sending you in, Bob.
:35:08
I want you to remove
all officers who won't fight.
:35:10
If necessary, put sergeants
in charge of battalions...
:35:12
and corporals in charge
of companies.
:35:15
Anyone who will fight.
:35:17
I want you to take Buna
or don't come back alive,
:35:19
and that goes for
your chief of staff too.
:35:25
Yes, sir.
:35:28
Bob.
:35:33
If you come through this
all right,
:35:34
I'll give you
the Distinguished Service Cross,
:35:37
I'll recommend you
for a high British decoration...
:35:40
and I'll release your name
for newspaper publication.
:35:45
Yes, sir.
Thank you very much, General.
:35:58
I don't care how deep
the goddamn mud is!