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Ouch. Ouch.
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- Fuck it. I'm out.
- Yeah. I'm gonna go write the missus.
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God knows what a girl will do
without reassurance1.
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Son of a bitch.
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Hey, looks like we got a coupla seats
opening up. You wanna come join us?
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Are you serious?
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What, Injun poker2?
Hey, how do you boys do that again?
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Card on the head,
only fool can't see it is you.
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You want to come on over, or what?
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Cut me in.
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I'm thinking Fiery3 Cross, high-low,
hoggers OK, ace4 plays both ways...
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I'm thinking Fiery Cross, high-low,
hoggers OK, ace plays both ways...
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Hey, don't let him scare you.
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If you've ever played a high-low game, it's
like any other. Waste of time and money.
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Well, ante up... Chief.
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How'd you know I was a chief?
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You must've seen me showering
with my war bonnet5.
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- Deal 'em up, deal 'em up.
- You know, we don't take wampum here.
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Beautiful.
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All right, then.
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Orders finally came through.
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We ship out tomorrow morning.
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Destination: the island of Saipan,
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which is one of the stepping stones
we gotta take on our road show to Tokyo.
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It's of strategic importance
that we capture this island.
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We can get ourselves
an advanced naval6 base
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and an airstrip to land and refuel B-29's
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and get our bombers
within range of Tokyo.
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Now, Saipan is Japanese soil,
and there's 30,000 of 'em dug in.
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They're gonna fight for every square inch,
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because it's their home,
but we're gonna take it away from 'em!
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Yeah! Kill me some Japs!
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We're gonna be in front
of the whole damn division.
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We're gonna be the eyes and the ears.
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We're gonna be
sniffing out enemy positions,
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coordinating the naval gunfire -
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exactly what we've been training to do
for the last four months. All right?
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Now, we got some new radiomen
from headquarters.
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There's a Private Whitehorse...
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and Yahzee...
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and a couple of sergeants,
Enders and Henderson,
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who, if I'm understanding
these orders correctly,
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will be covering our Navajos' asses7.
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Goddamn you, Joe Enders!
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..but I'm telling you, we'll be stepping
into our share of the shit nonetheless.
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Any questions?
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Sounds like you're dying.
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These might help get rid of the taste.
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Charlie and l, we both lost it
on the boat ride from San Diego.
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Not many bodies of water in Arizona.