The Pacific (2010): Season 1, Episode 1 - Guadalcanal/Leckie - full transcript
Veteran Sergeant John Basilone ships out soon after Pearl Harbor for Guadalcanal while other young enlistees are sent to boot camp.
The Pacific Part I
( bell tolling )
( distant banging )
Oh, sorry.
Vera? Bob leckie.
I'm your neighbor from
across the street.
I know who you are, bob.
I thought I was going shopping,
but then I passed saint mary's
And thought I'd pray instead.
I joined the marines.
Thought I'd do my bit.
Fifth in line.
Well, if I don't see
you before you go...
Take care of yourself.
Um, wait, vera,
let me get that for you.
Oh, thank you.
Maybe I'll write you.
All right.
( all chattering )
Basilone! Over here.
Excuse me, folks.
- I miss anything?
- Nah.
The movie hasn't started yet.
Don't tell me I missed this thing.
- Chesty's come and gone.
- Yeah, just missed him.
Come on, did I fuck
this up or what?
- Oh, yeah.
- Man: Attention on deck!
Carry on.
Fuck you.
The uniform that you wear
And the globe-and-anchor
emblem that you have earned
Will make the difference between
the freedom of the world
And its enslavement.
December 7th was quite a day
In pearl harbor, hawaii.
On the same day, December 8th
On the other side of the
international dateline,
In places called guam, wake,
The malay peninsula,
Hong kong and the
philippine islands
Were also attacked by
the army, air force
And navy of the empire of japan.
The japanese are in the process
Of taking half of the world.
And they mean to keep it
With death from the air,
land and sea.
But here is what the
japs are not expecting:
The United States marine corps.
Now never mind europe--
The nazis, mussolini.
Hitler is not gonna be our job,
Not until they can't
whip him without us.
( all laugh )
The pacific will be
our theater of war.
The marines will do
battle with the japs
On tiny specks of turf that
we have never heard of.
You noncommissioned officers,
You are the sinew and the
muscle of the corps.
The orders come from the brass
and you get it done.
And whenever this war is over,
When we have swept upon
the main islands of japan
And destroyed every scrap
of that empire,
The strategy will have
been that of others.
The victory will have
been won by you--
You, the n.C.O.S.,
With the chevrons on your sleeves and
the instincts in your guts
And the blood on your boots.
Those of you who are lucky
enough to get home for christmas,
Hold your loved ones dearly
And join them in prayers
for peace on earth
And goodwill toward all men.
And then report back here
Ready to sail across
god's vast ocean
Where we will meet our enemy
And kill them all.
Merry christmas.
Happy 1942.
Man: Squad, atten-hut!
Carry on.
( all chattering )
- ( doorbell buzzes )
- ( woman speaks italian )
I got it, ma.
Man: Angelo? Angelo?
- Hey!
- Where you fellas been?
We had to walk from the station
and we took the wrong street.
Yeah, manny had the wrong street.
You believe that?
Get in here. Come on, come on.
Salute!
Come here. Hey, everybody!
- This is j.P. And manny!
- All: Hey!
Hey, everybody. How you doin'?
Nice to see you. Good to see you.
- ( speaking italian )
- thank you, sir.
J.P.
( all chattering )
Your wife is so beautiful!
I wish my sons could marry
someone this beautiful.
- Eh!
- Ma!
Manny: You sound like my mama.
She could not understand how I
could get through high school
- Without that wedding date set.
- I could.
- ( glass dinging )
- all right.
Everybody listen up, please.
J.P. Morgan,
Manny rodriguez,
welcome to our home.
We're happy you could
join us tonight.
Soon two of my brothers are
leaving to serve their country.
And george, we're
losing sleep wondering
What marine corps boot
camp is gonna do to you.
My brother john, you've been
there rough and ready for years.
You were in the philippines and
came back to join the marines
Because you wanted to be the
best and first in.
When all this is over,
Let's say a year from tonight,
We'll sit down at this table again
For a welcome-home feast.
To all of you,
Just get the job done
And come home to us.
- Salute.
- All: Salute.
- ( child laughs )
- oh!
Those cannoli for the guests!
- He won't catch him.
- Yeah, you know it.
Depot announcer: Bus to rochester
leaves in 20 minutes.
Please have your tickets ready.
Thanks for the ride, dad.
Must be a branch or something
stuck under the wheel.
It's pulling to one side.
Ech!
Thanks for the ride.
Oh yeah, sure.
You hardly packed a thing.
Final call for the 6:45 to newark.
Marine's outfit includes
everything from bayonets to socks.
I just wish I could have
brought my typewriter.
Can't see why you need that.
Oh, I thought I might fight by
day and write by night, dad.
Can't see a thing.
Oh, I hope I don't need a new axle.
No way I'll get one.
Yeah.
There's a war on.
Everybody's got to make sacrifices.
Your mother said I was a
fool not to buy a ford.
Hope she's not right.
Bus 45 and 73, direct service
to new york city,
Loading at depots 5 and 7.
Well, that's it, dad.
I gotta go.
Goodbye, son.
( sighs )
Son--
Eugene, I-- I'm sorry.
( door opens )
Murmur's still there.
The boy's disappointed, mary frank.
I'm his mother.
Churchill over radio:...
At pearl harbor
In the pacific islands,
in the philippines,
In malaya and the dutch
east indies,
They must now know the
stakes are mortal.
When we look at the resources
of the United States
And the british empire compared
to those of japan,
When we...
...We have so long valiantly
withstood invasion.
Gene, supper's ready.
Deacon, you stay!
You're 18, eugene. You don't
need your father's permission.
I can't go against him, sid.
When do you leave?
I'm on the 6:00 a.M.
Train to atlanta.
Uh, here.
Got you something.
"barrack-room ballads"
by rudyard kipling.
Thank you, gene, but I didn't--
It's just if you need something
to read on the train or...
When you ship out.
I wish we were going together.
Yeah, well, you take care
of yourself, greaser.
Oh. You don't have
to worry about me.
( explosions )
Get it while it's hot.
Get your plates out.
Get your ptates out.
Today's the day, marines!
- ( bombs whistling )
- this is it.
Today's the day!
Get moving. Don't wait for a seat.
A lot of marines to feed!
Move move move!
Release it up! The quicker we eat,
the quicker we get topside,
The quicker we get ashore.
Come on, marines.
Let's go go go!
Oranges coming through.
Hey, come on, guys!
I worked hard for these oranges!
- Dessert!
- Oh, hey!
Make sure you save
one of those for me.
( all grunting )
I just want off this goddamn rust bucket!
I can't hear myself think.
At least they give you a good
meal before your send-off.
Yeah, like the electric chair.
- But you, runner?
- Yes?
You have won a trip to
a tropical paradise.
Oh, "guadal kenel"... "guada..."
I still can't pronounce it.
Yeah, well, whatever it's called,
you guys are lucky I'm here
'cause I'm planning to take out an
entire jap regiment all by myself!
( all laughing ) - how you plan
on doing that, sergeant york?
Line 'em up, mow 'em down.
Real turkey shoot!
I got a feeling it's gonna be a
little more complicated than that.
No, it's gonna be a turkey shoot.
Can someone remind me
why we're here again?
We're here to keep the
japs out of australia.
- No, we're here to keep the japs-
- - something about...
( all arguing )
No, guys, guys, guys, guys.
Professor leckie, enlighten us.
Wanna know why we're here?
Mm-hmm.
"without a sign,
his sword the brave man draws
And asks no omen but
his country's cause."
Man: Drink up! Last chance
for fresh water!
- Give me back my smokes.
- Leckie, you gotta stop this.
Let's go, boys. Everybody on deck.
Let's move!
Topside right now!
Wrap it up now. Get your gear.
Evybody topside for a
pre-landing briefing.
Forget all the horseshit
you've heard about the japs.
They had their turn.
Now it's our turn.
The treacherous bastards
may have started this war,
But I promise you
we will finish it!
All: Yeah!
Slant-eyed monkeys want
to use that shit island
And its airfield to kill us!
We'll yank the surviving japs
Out of their shit-filled holes
by their yellow balls.
They'll go round-eyed when the
first american plane
Lands on their airfield!
Heads down in the boats!
Hit the beach. Keep moving till you
rendezvous point some primary objectives.
When you see the japs,
kill 'em all!
All: Yeah!
- Go!
- Let's go get 'em!
Move it, move it! Hands on the vertical,
feet on the horizontal.
Make it tight! Come on!
Hand on the vertical down there!
( shouting continues )
I could really use a
stiff one right now.
( bombs whistling )
Go get 'em, navy!
( man shouting, indistinct )
Hoof it up to the beach!
Spread out!
Man: All right, let's go! Now!
Go go go!
Hit shore, hit shore!
( bombs whistling )
Man: What took you so long?
Welcome to guadalcanal.
Man: Move it up the beach,
marines.
Ah, now I've got you,
you son of a bitch.
Hey, now what do I do?
I think the islanders
use a machete or a rock.
Try using your head, chuckler.
It's big and rocklike.
Hey, johnny reb.
Man: For what it's worth,
corporal dobson says
The japs might have
poisoned the coconuts.
They poisoned a billion coconuts?
Oh, shit! My hand!
- Excuse me.
- Son of a bitch!
What happened? Hey, doc!
( laughs )
Intelligence has it the japs
moved back into the jungle.
Clean the sand out of your weapons.
We move in three minutes.
Let's go find some japs.
( mosquitoes buzzing )
( wings flapping, bird calling )
( bird squawking )
( canteens clanking )
( birds calling,
mosquitoes buzzing )
Oh!
Gibson, you okay?
Fuck. I'm fine.
You all right?
Thanks.
( thwacking sound )
( birds singing )
Goddamn bastards.
Keep it moving.
( thunder rumbling )
Man: Take cover!
- Go go!
- Man: Cease fire!
Cease fire! Cease fire!
( digging )
Man: Son of a bitch.
He went to take a piss.
Somebody opened up.
Did he say the password?
I don't know.
Let's start walking.
We're moving to the top
of the ridge.
We're moving!
Jameson: Corrigan, stone,
get over here.
We've been chasing geese, boys.
That's the 5th marines
on the airfield.
Guess we took the airfield.
Well, let's go home.
L.P.S at 300yds, no fires,
two-hour watches.
Let's assume the japs
are watching right now,
Preparing to come at us.
Assume?
They are.
( man talking, indistinct )
Let the little
yellow bastards come.
- Jesus christ.
- Unbelievable.
( explosions )
Lord, can you imagine being
on one of those ships?
Looks like the 4th of July.
Guys? 30 cal ammo.
Thank you, thank you.
- Hope it was a fucking jap ship.
- It was-- it's gotta be.
That's admiral turner
blowing the whole jap fleet
To the bottom of the channel.
I love your optimism.
- ( marines laughing )
- oh, we're killin' 'em.
( rain pattering )
Son of a bitch. Where's the navy?
Gone.
We lost four cruisers.
Turner took everyone left
And headed for open sea.
We're it for now.
The elliot's with turner?
Zero crashed into heridship.
They couldn't control the
fire so they scuttled her.
Bon voyage.
Yeah, well, she went down with
half the battalion's ammo,
Most of our grub and
medical supplies
And all our ass-wipe.
Let's dig in, marines!
Start diggin' in.
( man calling out )
- Here.
- Hey, phillips.
Want some?
It's jap wine left behind.
It's made out of donkey
piss but it's not bad.
The jap navy is right over
the horizon, phillips.
If not now, then when?
If you can't fight 'em drunk,
don't fight 'em at all.
- ( coughing )
- there you go.
Man: Smoking lamps out!
Pass it down!
- Smoking lamps out.
- Smoking lamps out!
Smoking lamps out.
Smoking lamps out!
( snoring )
- What what?
- Stay low! Stay low!
They're just trying to spot our
position so hold your fire.
Hold your fire. They're just
trying to spot our position.
Hold your fire.
Keep your head down!
They're just trying to
spot our position.
Hold your fire.
Corrigan: Jesus christ.
There are thousands of them.
Man: The whole damn
japanese empire.
You four over here.
Coconut plantation used a
cove about 10 miles up.
They're probably headed there.
Don't get so comfortable
in your holes.
Set in along here.
Watch the opposite bank.
Let's go-- put the hole right here.
Man: That's good. Keep it coming.
Keep going.
Corrigan: "a" company made contact
Three miles east.
Destroy any letters you
have with any dates...
Or addresses.
( man barking orders )
Man: We got movement!
We got movement!
Hey, look look look!
( twig breaking )
( indistinct screaming, gunfire )
Get back to your positions!
- Man: Hanging!
- Fire!
( indistinct shouting )
( shouting orders )
- ( man shouting )
- fire!
They're flanking us! Stand back!
Oh, we gotta move! We gotta move!
We gotta move over to
the left flank!
Stand back!
Come on!
Come on, just a few more yards!
( muttering )
60, follow me!
Move into the forward position!
Skipper! Skipper, are you okay?
( panting )
God damn it.
He's lost it. Come on!
Keep moving, keep moving!
Get up here!
- Oh, get up!
- Move!
( shouting )
( indistinct shouting and orders )
Left, hold up! Get in there!
There!
- ( men shouting )
- we gotta move! We gotta move!
- We gotta keep moving!
- Yeah! Yeah!
Okay, let's go! Let's go!
Block them right,
god damn it! Block them right.
( shouting )
Get those bastards runnin'!
All right, ready? Go go go!
Clear!
Ahhh!
( men screaming )
( birds squawking )
Man: Ammo resupplies at the
collection point.
Smitty, resupply down the line.
Hey, ammo.
Look at 'em all.
I mean, we-- we-- we chewed 'em up.
They just kept on coming.
A real turkey shoot.
Lucky.
( panting )
Corpsman, we got a live one here.
( flies buzzing )
Stick a pin in him, doc.
( grunts )
( screaming in japanese )
- Shit!
- Fucking yellow monkeys!
- Shit.
- ( gunfire resumes )
( men shouting in japanese )
Man: Let's have some fun with
that son of a bitch!
- Ahh!
- Get that fucker!
- Whoo!
- Ahhh!
Ahhh! Ahhh!
( shouts in japanese )
( marines laughing )
( screams in japanese )
Where's your dojo now?
- Run, fucker!
- ( man sobbing )
Marine: Hey,
what'd you do that for?
Man: Gather any papers for s-2.
Jesus, the smell.
They got rivers,
Morley, abbott,
Marton, mcdougal.
Stanley's blinded.
Captain jameson's been relieved.
I better get started on the
letters to their families.
- Want a smoke?
- Thanks.
- Oh, and jeurgins?
- Sir?
That's a good job moving
around last night.
Sir. - Got you
promoted to corporal.
Well, we've lost lew.
"yes, ma'am, I am a corporal."
Oh, shit, these must be the
bastards who took guam.
I'll be damned.
Leckie's voice: "dear vera,
It seems a lifetime since we met
outside saint mary's.
This great undertaking for
god and country
Has landed us in a
tropical paradise
Somewhere in what jack
london refers to
As 'those terrible solomons.'
It is a garden of eden.
The jungle holds both beauty and
terror in its depths,
Most terrible of which is man.
We have met the enemy and have learned
nothing more about him.
I have, however, learned some
things about myself.
There are things men can
do to one another
That are sobering to the soul.
It is one thing to reconcile
these things with god,
But another to square it
with yourself."
How long you been
sitting on this one?
A week.
Wanted to get it
really ripe for you.
How kind.
Next time don't let
it wait so long.
Man: This is what they
call guadalcanal.
Runner: Finally,
our reinforcements.
- 'morning, boys.
- Shit, it's chesty puller.
Look at the 7th,
all dressed up for Sunday school.
Hey, you guys forget
to set the alarm?
- Yeah, where you been?
- Up with the sun in samoa
- Screwing your girlfriend.
- All: Oh!
Hoosier: I have a girlfriend?
Lucky me.
Filthy, just like you are.
Hey, colonel puller,
where you headin'?
Tokyo. Care to join us?
I don't know. It's a ways, sir.
Write us when you get there.
- I will!
- You guys step aside.
- The real marines are here now.
- And have been here for some time.
All: Yeah!
- 7th marines!
- Welcome to the war, fellas.
You seen those guys?
They look like they been
through the wringer.
That's one way of putting it.
"best wishes, father.
Ps: Your mother would like to know
If you want us to send you
your dress-blue uniform."
( men chuckling )
Must think we get a lot of
fancy-dress balls around here.
Hey, if we have one,
can I be your date?
You are ugly. I want hoosier.
Take a number.
Hey, johnny reb, it's your turn.
This one here is from a buddy
of mine back in mobile.
"dear sid, I hope this gets
to you before your birthday.
You wouldn't recognize home now.
Thousands of workers are
pouring into the shipyards.
The gulf is blacked out now
because of the u-boats.
Your sister and I went--"
- Sister?
- All: Aww!
"your sister and I went down to see
the wreckage of a ship they sunk.
She's worried about you,
of course, but I told her
A greaser like yourself is too
crafty for the japs.
Truth is, you're
the lucky one, sid.
You'll never have that
nagging thought
That you let your family,
your friends,
And your country down.
Because that's what
I'm afraid of."
Gear up! Gun patrol, on your feet.
- Let's go.
- Men: All right, that's it.
Hey, finish it.
"so I'll leave you knowing
that like the poem says,
'you're a better man than I am,
gunga din.'
Your humble and obedient servant,
eugene sledge."
So your friend wants
to be a marine?
Yeah, but his father won't let him.
He's got a heart murmur.
Ah, a murmuring heart.
Hey, when's your birthday, sid?
It was a couple weeks ago.
How old are you?
18.
Happy birthday.
* happy birthday to you *
All: * happy birthday to you *
* happy birthday, dear phillips *
* happy birthday to you. *
Runner: * how fucked are you now? *
All: * how fucked are you now? *
* how fucked are you now? *
Runner: * you're
surely fucked now. *
( bell tolling )
( distant banging )
Oh, sorry.
Vera? Bob leckie.
I'm your neighbor from
across the street.
I know who you are, bob.
I thought I was going shopping,
but then I passed saint mary's
And thought I'd pray instead.
I joined the marines.
Thought I'd do my bit.
Fifth in line.
Well, if I don't see
you before you go...
Take care of yourself.
Um, wait, vera,
let me get that for you.
Oh, thank you.
Maybe I'll write you.
All right.
( all chattering )
Basilone! Over here.
Excuse me, folks.
- I miss anything?
- Nah.
The movie hasn't started yet.
Don't tell me I missed this thing.
- Chesty's come and gone.
- Yeah, just missed him.
Come on, did I fuck
this up or what?
- Oh, yeah.
- Man: Attention on deck!
Carry on.
Fuck you.
The uniform that you wear
And the globe-and-anchor
emblem that you have earned
Will make the difference between
the freedom of the world
And its enslavement.
December 7th was quite a day
In pearl harbor, hawaii.
On the same day, December 8th
On the other side of the
international dateline,
In places called guam, wake,
The malay peninsula,
Hong kong and the
philippine islands
Were also attacked by
the army, air force
And navy of the empire of japan.
The japanese are in the process
Of taking half of the world.
And they mean to keep it
With death from the air,
land and sea.
But here is what the
japs are not expecting:
The United States marine corps.
Now never mind europe--
The nazis, mussolini.
Hitler is not gonna be our job,
Not until they can't
whip him without us.
( all laugh )
The pacific will be
our theater of war.
The marines will do
battle with the japs
On tiny specks of turf that
we have never heard of.
You noncommissioned officers,
You are the sinew and the
muscle of the corps.
The orders come from the brass
and you get it done.
And whenever this war is over,
When we have swept upon
the main islands of japan
And destroyed every scrap
of that empire,
The strategy will have
been that of others.
The victory will have
been won by you--
You, the n.C.O.S.,
With the chevrons on your sleeves and
the instincts in your guts
And the blood on your boots.
Those of you who are lucky
enough to get home for christmas,
Hold your loved ones dearly
And join them in prayers
for peace on earth
And goodwill toward all men.
And then report back here
Ready to sail across
god's vast ocean
Where we will meet our enemy
And kill them all.
Merry christmas.
Happy 1942.
Man: Squad, atten-hut!
Carry on.
( all chattering )
- ( doorbell buzzes )
- ( woman speaks italian )
I got it, ma.
Man: Angelo? Angelo?
- Hey!
- Where you fellas been?
We had to walk from the station
and we took the wrong street.
Yeah, manny had the wrong street.
You believe that?
Get in here. Come on, come on.
Salute!
Come here. Hey, everybody!
- This is j.P. And manny!
- All: Hey!
Hey, everybody. How you doin'?
Nice to see you. Good to see you.
- ( speaking italian )
- thank you, sir.
J.P.
( all chattering )
Your wife is so beautiful!
I wish my sons could marry
someone this beautiful.
- Eh!
- Ma!
Manny: You sound like my mama.
She could not understand how I
could get through high school
- Without that wedding date set.
- I could.
- ( glass dinging )
- all right.
Everybody listen up, please.
J.P. Morgan,
Manny rodriguez,
welcome to our home.
We're happy you could
join us tonight.
Soon two of my brothers are
leaving to serve their country.
And george, we're
losing sleep wondering
What marine corps boot
camp is gonna do to you.
My brother john, you've been
there rough and ready for years.
You were in the philippines and
came back to join the marines
Because you wanted to be the
best and first in.
When all this is over,
Let's say a year from tonight,
We'll sit down at this table again
For a welcome-home feast.
To all of you,
Just get the job done
And come home to us.
- Salute.
- All: Salute.
- ( child laughs )
- oh!
Those cannoli for the guests!
- He won't catch him.
- Yeah, you know it.
Depot announcer: Bus to rochester
leaves in 20 minutes.
Please have your tickets ready.
Thanks for the ride, dad.
Must be a branch or something
stuck under the wheel.
It's pulling to one side.
Ech!
Thanks for the ride.
Oh yeah, sure.
You hardly packed a thing.
Final call for the 6:45 to newark.
Marine's outfit includes
everything from bayonets to socks.
I just wish I could have
brought my typewriter.
Can't see why you need that.
Oh, I thought I might fight by
day and write by night, dad.
Can't see a thing.
Oh, I hope I don't need a new axle.
No way I'll get one.
Yeah.
There's a war on.
Everybody's got to make sacrifices.
Your mother said I was a
fool not to buy a ford.
Hope she's not right.
Bus 45 and 73, direct service
to new york city,
Loading at depots 5 and 7.
Well, that's it, dad.
I gotta go.
Goodbye, son.
( sighs )
Son--
Eugene, I-- I'm sorry.
( door opens )
Murmur's still there.
The boy's disappointed, mary frank.
I'm his mother.
Churchill over radio:...
At pearl harbor
In the pacific islands,
in the philippines,
In malaya and the dutch
east indies,
They must now know the
stakes are mortal.
When we look at the resources
of the United States
And the british empire compared
to those of japan,
When we...
...We have so long valiantly
withstood invasion.
Gene, supper's ready.
Deacon, you stay!
You're 18, eugene. You don't
need your father's permission.
I can't go against him, sid.
When do you leave?
I'm on the 6:00 a.M.
Train to atlanta.
Uh, here.
Got you something.
"barrack-room ballads"
by rudyard kipling.
Thank you, gene, but I didn't--
It's just if you need something
to read on the train or...
When you ship out.
I wish we were going together.
Yeah, well, you take care
of yourself, greaser.
Oh. You don't have
to worry about me.
( explosions )
Get it while it's hot.
Get your plates out.
Get your ptates out.
Today's the day, marines!
- ( bombs whistling )
- this is it.
Today's the day!
Get moving. Don't wait for a seat.
A lot of marines to feed!
Move move move!
Release it up! The quicker we eat,
the quicker we get topside,
The quicker we get ashore.
Come on, marines.
Let's go go go!
Oranges coming through.
Hey, come on, guys!
I worked hard for these oranges!
- Dessert!
- Oh, hey!
Make sure you save
one of those for me.
( all grunting )
I just want off this goddamn rust bucket!
I can't hear myself think.
At least they give you a good
meal before your send-off.
Yeah, like the electric chair.
- But you, runner?
- Yes?
You have won a trip to
a tropical paradise.
Oh, "guadal kenel"... "guada..."
I still can't pronounce it.
Yeah, well, whatever it's called,
you guys are lucky I'm here
'cause I'm planning to take out an
entire jap regiment all by myself!
( all laughing ) - how you plan
on doing that, sergeant york?
Line 'em up, mow 'em down.
Real turkey shoot!
I got a feeling it's gonna be a
little more complicated than that.
No, it's gonna be a turkey shoot.
Can someone remind me
why we're here again?
We're here to keep the
japs out of australia.
- No, we're here to keep the japs-
- - something about...
( all arguing )
No, guys, guys, guys, guys.
Professor leckie, enlighten us.
Wanna know why we're here?
Mm-hmm.
"without a sign,
his sword the brave man draws
And asks no omen but
his country's cause."
Man: Drink up! Last chance
for fresh water!
- Give me back my smokes.
- Leckie, you gotta stop this.
Let's go, boys. Everybody on deck.
Let's move!
Topside right now!
Wrap it up now. Get your gear.
Evybody topside for a
pre-landing briefing.
Forget all the horseshit
you've heard about the japs.
They had their turn.
Now it's our turn.
The treacherous bastards
may have started this war,
But I promise you
we will finish it!
All: Yeah!
Slant-eyed monkeys want
to use that shit island
And its airfield to kill us!
We'll yank the surviving japs
Out of their shit-filled holes
by their yellow balls.
They'll go round-eyed when the
first american plane
Lands on their airfield!
Heads down in the boats!
Hit the beach. Keep moving till you
rendezvous point some primary objectives.
When you see the japs,
kill 'em all!
All: Yeah!
- Go!
- Let's go get 'em!
Move it, move it! Hands on the vertical,
feet on the horizontal.
Make it tight! Come on!
Hand on the vertical down there!
( shouting continues )
I could really use a
stiff one right now.
( bombs whistling )
Go get 'em, navy!
( man shouting, indistinct )
Hoof it up to the beach!
Spread out!
Man: All right, let's go! Now!
Go go go!
Hit shore, hit shore!
( bombs whistling )
Man: What took you so long?
Welcome to guadalcanal.
Man: Move it up the beach,
marines.
Ah, now I've got you,
you son of a bitch.
Hey, now what do I do?
I think the islanders
use a machete or a rock.
Try using your head, chuckler.
It's big and rocklike.
Hey, johnny reb.
Man: For what it's worth,
corporal dobson says
The japs might have
poisoned the coconuts.
They poisoned a billion coconuts?
Oh, shit! My hand!
- Excuse me.
- Son of a bitch!
What happened? Hey, doc!
( laughs )
Intelligence has it the japs
moved back into the jungle.
Clean the sand out of your weapons.
We move in three minutes.
Let's go find some japs.
( mosquitoes buzzing )
( wings flapping, bird calling )
( bird squawking )
( canteens clanking )
( birds calling,
mosquitoes buzzing )
Oh!
Gibson, you okay?
Fuck. I'm fine.
You all right?
Thanks.
( thwacking sound )
( birds singing )
Goddamn bastards.
Keep it moving.
( thunder rumbling )
Man: Take cover!
- Go go!
- Man: Cease fire!
Cease fire! Cease fire!
( digging )
Man: Son of a bitch.
He went to take a piss.
Somebody opened up.
Did he say the password?
I don't know.
Let's start walking.
We're moving to the top
of the ridge.
We're moving!
Jameson: Corrigan, stone,
get over here.
We've been chasing geese, boys.
That's the 5th marines
on the airfield.
Guess we took the airfield.
Well, let's go home.
L.P.S at 300yds, no fires,
two-hour watches.
Let's assume the japs
are watching right now,
Preparing to come at us.
Assume?
They are.
( man talking, indistinct )
Let the little
yellow bastards come.
- Jesus christ.
- Unbelievable.
( explosions )
Lord, can you imagine being
on one of those ships?
Looks like the 4th of July.
Guys? 30 cal ammo.
Thank you, thank you.
- Hope it was a fucking jap ship.
- It was-- it's gotta be.
That's admiral turner
blowing the whole jap fleet
To the bottom of the channel.
I love your optimism.
- ( marines laughing )
- oh, we're killin' 'em.
( rain pattering )
Son of a bitch. Where's the navy?
Gone.
We lost four cruisers.
Turner took everyone left
And headed for open sea.
We're it for now.
The elliot's with turner?
Zero crashed into heridship.
They couldn't control the
fire so they scuttled her.
Bon voyage.
Yeah, well, she went down with
half the battalion's ammo,
Most of our grub and
medical supplies
And all our ass-wipe.
Let's dig in, marines!
Start diggin' in.
( man calling out )
- Here.
- Hey, phillips.
Want some?
It's jap wine left behind.
It's made out of donkey
piss but it's not bad.
The jap navy is right over
the horizon, phillips.
If not now, then when?
If you can't fight 'em drunk,
don't fight 'em at all.
- ( coughing )
- there you go.
Man: Smoking lamps out!
Pass it down!
- Smoking lamps out.
- Smoking lamps out!
Smoking lamps out.
Smoking lamps out!
( snoring )
- What what?
- Stay low! Stay low!
They're just trying to spot our
position so hold your fire.
Hold your fire. They're just
trying to spot our position.
Hold your fire.
Keep your head down!
They're just trying to
spot our position.
Hold your fire.
Corrigan: Jesus christ.
There are thousands of them.
Man: The whole damn
japanese empire.
You four over here.
Coconut plantation used a
cove about 10 miles up.
They're probably headed there.
Don't get so comfortable
in your holes.
Set in along here.
Watch the opposite bank.
Let's go-- put the hole right here.
Man: That's good. Keep it coming.
Keep going.
Corrigan: "a" company made contact
Three miles east.
Destroy any letters you
have with any dates...
Or addresses.
( man barking orders )
Man: We got movement!
We got movement!
Hey, look look look!
( twig breaking )
( indistinct screaming, gunfire )
Get back to your positions!
- Man: Hanging!
- Fire!
( indistinct shouting )
( shouting orders )
- ( man shouting )
- fire!
They're flanking us! Stand back!
Oh, we gotta move! We gotta move!
We gotta move over to
the left flank!
Stand back!
Come on!
Come on, just a few more yards!
( muttering )
60, follow me!
Move into the forward position!
Skipper! Skipper, are you okay?
( panting )
God damn it.
He's lost it. Come on!
Keep moving, keep moving!
Get up here!
- Oh, get up!
- Move!
( shouting )
( indistinct shouting and orders )
Left, hold up! Get in there!
There!
- ( men shouting )
- we gotta move! We gotta move!
- We gotta keep moving!
- Yeah! Yeah!
Okay, let's go! Let's go!
Block them right,
god damn it! Block them right.
( shouting )
Get those bastards runnin'!
All right, ready? Go go go!
Clear!
Ahhh!
( men screaming )
( birds squawking )
Man: Ammo resupplies at the
collection point.
Smitty, resupply down the line.
Hey, ammo.
Look at 'em all.
I mean, we-- we-- we chewed 'em up.
They just kept on coming.
A real turkey shoot.
Lucky.
( panting )
Corpsman, we got a live one here.
( flies buzzing )
Stick a pin in him, doc.
( grunts )
( screaming in japanese )
- Shit!
- Fucking yellow monkeys!
- Shit.
- ( gunfire resumes )
( men shouting in japanese )
Man: Let's have some fun with
that son of a bitch!
- Ahh!
- Get that fucker!
- Whoo!
- Ahhh!
Ahhh! Ahhh!
( shouts in japanese )
( marines laughing )
( screams in japanese )
Where's your dojo now?
- Run, fucker!
- ( man sobbing )
Marine: Hey,
what'd you do that for?
Man: Gather any papers for s-2.
Jesus, the smell.
They got rivers,
Morley, abbott,
Marton, mcdougal.
Stanley's blinded.
Captain jameson's been relieved.
I better get started on the
letters to their families.
- Want a smoke?
- Thanks.
- Oh, and jeurgins?
- Sir?
That's a good job moving
around last night.
Sir. - Got you
promoted to corporal.
Well, we've lost lew.
"yes, ma'am, I am a corporal."
Oh, shit, these must be the
bastards who took guam.
I'll be damned.
Leckie's voice: "dear vera,
It seems a lifetime since we met
outside saint mary's.
This great undertaking for
god and country
Has landed us in a
tropical paradise
Somewhere in what jack
london refers to
As 'those terrible solomons.'
It is a garden of eden.
The jungle holds both beauty and
terror in its depths,
Most terrible of which is man.
We have met the enemy and have learned
nothing more about him.
I have, however, learned some
things about myself.
There are things men can
do to one another
That are sobering to the soul.
It is one thing to reconcile
these things with god,
But another to square it
with yourself."
How long you been
sitting on this one?
A week.
Wanted to get it
really ripe for you.
How kind.
Next time don't let
it wait so long.
Man: This is what they
call guadalcanal.
Runner: Finally,
our reinforcements.
- 'morning, boys.
- Shit, it's chesty puller.
Look at the 7th,
all dressed up for Sunday school.
Hey, you guys forget
to set the alarm?
- Yeah, where you been?
- Up with the sun in samoa
- Screwing your girlfriend.
- All: Oh!
Hoosier: I have a girlfriend?
Lucky me.
Filthy, just like you are.
Hey, colonel puller,
where you headin'?
Tokyo. Care to join us?
I don't know. It's a ways, sir.
Write us when you get there.
- I will!
- You guys step aside.
- The real marines are here now.
- And have been here for some time.
All: Yeah!
- 7th marines!
- Welcome to the war, fellas.
You seen those guys?
They look like they been
through the wringer.
That's one way of putting it.
"best wishes, father.
Ps: Your mother would like to know
If you want us to send you
your dress-blue uniform."
( men chuckling )
Must think we get a lot of
fancy-dress balls around here.
Hey, if we have one,
can I be your date?
You are ugly. I want hoosier.
Take a number.
Hey, johnny reb, it's your turn.
This one here is from a buddy
of mine back in mobile.
"dear sid, I hope this gets
to you before your birthday.
You wouldn't recognize home now.
Thousands of workers are
pouring into the shipyards.
The gulf is blacked out now
because of the u-boats.
Your sister and I went--"
- Sister?
- All: Aww!
"your sister and I went down to see
the wreckage of a ship they sunk.
She's worried about you,
of course, but I told her
A greaser like yourself is too
crafty for the japs.
Truth is, you're
the lucky one, sid.
You'll never have that
nagging thought
That you let your family,
your friends,
And your country down.
Because that's what
I'm afraid of."
Gear up! Gun patrol, on your feet.
- Let's go.
- Men: All right, that's it.
Hey, finish it.
"so I'll leave you knowing
that like the poem says,
'you're a better man than I am,
gunga din.'
Your humble and obedient servant,
eugene sledge."
So your friend wants
to be a marine?
Yeah, but his father won't let him.
He's got a heart murmur.
Ah, a murmuring heart.
Hey, when's your birthday, sid?
It was a couple weeks ago.
How old are you?
18.
Happy birthday.
* happy birthday to you *
All: * happy birthday to you *
* happy birthday, dear phillips *
* happy birthday to you. *
Runner: * how fucked are you now? *
All: * how fucked are you now? *
* how fucked are you now? *
Runner: * you're
surely fucked now. *