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Man: We were all Americans.
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We had different religions,
different faiths,
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different political parties,
but...
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The most important thing of all
was being an American.
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We were unified in that.
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That gave us a lot of strength.
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We were one in those days.
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And, you know, now at 93,
having been through the war
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and a couple other wars since,
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I look back and I still feel
the same way.
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We had a strong belief
in this country.
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Man #2: I was studying
in Sunday school,
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and a mother came over
and informed us
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that the Japanese
had just bombed Pearl harbor
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at 9:30 on a
Sunday morning, 1941.
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Man #3:
I was in a movie theater,
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the strand theatre,
on 47th street and Broadway.
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So, I come out, and people
are screaming and yelling
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and saying, "what the hell?
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We were attacked by the japs."
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They were yelling,
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"we were attacked by the japs,
and we're at war."
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Man #4: I was in San Diego,
and I was seeing a girlfriend.
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And then they said
that the president
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had an announcement to make,
and he made the announcement.
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Man #5: As I was walking
down the sidewalk,
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the two men getting shoes shined
looked really shocked,
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and I heard it mentioned that
Pearl harbor had been bombed.
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It was very meaningful to me
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because it screwed my whole life
up from that moment on.
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Man #6: How could we
stand for that?
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Thinking, "well,
we'll be going to war",
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"and the draft could be
starting," and so forth.
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I said, "how soon is that gonna
be before they get to me?"
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Man #7: At 15, you really
don't understand
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what's going on
or anything like that.
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Most of the people that we
associated with thought,
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"no problem,
be over in six months."
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Man #8: I didn't think of them
as bad guys, I guess.
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I thought of them as someone
who was trying to kill me,
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and I'm just trying to prevent
that from happening
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and then, of course,
maybe kill them, you know?
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Man #9: Oh, they're
terrible people,
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horrible people.
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Of course, the marine corps
had to get you in the mood
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to kill or be killed, you know,
and think nothing about it.
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That was part of their
training, I suppose,
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that you you had to hate
these people
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to be able to go into battle
and kill them, I guess.
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Man #10: We all hated the japs,
or so they called them, japs,
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and we'd heard about
the cruelty.
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Captures of our boys,
it's a scary thing.
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When you stop and think.
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You have all those people
ahead of you that hate you.
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Man #11: Well, the japs,
they were not like us.
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They were some other
kind of religion,
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and they were a warlike people.
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Man #12: They were bad people,
so they deserved to get killed.
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To tell you the truth,
it's like a dream, yeah.
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But I know I was doing it,
and I was happy to do it
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because that's what
the bad people deserved --
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To get killed.
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Whether they were men,
women, or children,
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they were Japanese,
and they were not nice people.
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They started the war.
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We ended it.
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Man: I remember them telling us
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that we were going to a place
called Iwo Jima,
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and they told us the size of it
was 2 1/2 miles wide
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and 5 miles long.
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And most of us,
as we talked afterwards,
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"why would you take
such a little place?"
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Well, when they put us
aboard ship,
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you just go down to the ocean
and go aboard.
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They told us we were going
to disembark before daylight.
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We had our chow,
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had steak and eggs. [ Chuckles ]
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Haven't figured out
why they give you steak and eggs
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when you're going into
combat, huh?
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Anyway, they did.
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Man #2: I got on an lcvp.
That's a small landing craft.
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And so, they've got a net
that goes over the side.
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And, of course, you got all
your equipment on,
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your pack and your rifle
and your helmet and all that.
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You got that with you.
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Man #3: You're over the side,
and you step on this net.
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And you have to step in those to
get down to the landing craft,
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and that was scary because,
you know, the boats are
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so rough, you know.
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Man #4: Of course,
they didn't tell us much,
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the low rank that we had.
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We didn't even know
where we were going.
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But my squad leader
finally came out
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and told us we're
going to Iwo Jima.
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Man #3: You sort of have an air
of bravado about yourselves.
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You acquire it
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because the other ones
haven't had any experience.
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They're all scared to death.
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They act brave.
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A lot of tension in the air,
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a lot of cigarettes
being smoked -- crazy.
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And a lot of kids praying,
mostly.
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It's kind of a --
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Well, [chuckles]
Impending death is what it is.
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Man #1: General kuribayashi
issued this order.
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He said, "we're here
to defend this island"
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to the limit of our strength.
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We must devote ourselves
to that task entirely.
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Each of your shots
must kill many Americans.
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We cannot allow ourselves
to be captured by the enemy.
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"Long live the emperor."
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And, of course,
they followed that to a "t".
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Man: When the raft went down
on the Higgins boat
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and we ran out of there,
hit the beach there,
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there's still artillery
and mortars coming around.
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I looked down this beach
to my left
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and here are stacks of bodies.
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Man #2: Yeah, it was not
a friendly place. [ Chuckles ]
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A lot of thoughts going through
your mind, I know.
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Man: It was so chaotic.
Absolutely --
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There were jeeps blowing up,
tanks stalled.
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The thing that I've never been
able to eradicate from my mind
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are the dead.
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Man #3: It'd been a slaughter,
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because what kuribayashi
had done is
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crammed us up against the beach
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and also kept us
from going up over the top
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because when we get up on top,
it's flat.
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But on the other side
of that top
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are all the machine guns
and the pillboxes over there.
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You poke your head up over that,
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you're a dead person
right there.
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Man #4: It was horrible.
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All kinds of carnage,
guys with arms blown off
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and heads blown off
and everything.
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It was pretty bad,
but we just had to keep on going
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because we couldn't stop,
you know.
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We were thinking about
saving our asses.
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That is true because,
well, it scared us,
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it scared us tremendously.
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Man #5: It's a horrible feeling.
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It's a horrible feeling,
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like the end of the world
or something.
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Man #6: Many marines will say,
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"the bullet has never
been made yet
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that has my name on it."
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I think most of us were not
concerned about getting killed.
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I think most of our concerns
were about getting hit
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and losing an arm or half of
our face or something like that.
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That probably was mostly
in the back of the mind,
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but getting killed -- never.
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There's no way I would have
been killed there.
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Man $5: It took forever and
a day to get it off the beach,
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and I kind of blocked
all that out of my memory.
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I don't like to remember
a lot of that stuff.
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A lot of the boys were praying,
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18, 19-year-old.
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They were calling for...
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[ Voice breaking ] Sorry.
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I think about it.
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You're calling for their mother.
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Man #3: Pulling the bodies
out of the water,
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and the body parts,
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that was the first shock I had.
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Man #6: All we wanted to do is
leave there alive. That's all.
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There was no big, esoteric
reason why we were there.
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We just wanted to be alive,
that's all, stay alive.
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Man #7: One guy lost his foot,
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and he was the happiest guy
in the world at that time
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because he says, "I'm getting
off of this island."
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Losing a foot let him
get off of that island,
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00:20:02.502 --> 00:20:05.503
and he was real happy
that it had happened to him.
267
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Man: Well, the first one,
I remember very well.
268
00:20:12.245 --> 00:20:17.793
I saw some smoke coming out
of the top of this pillbox,
269
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so I just took my
flamethrower nozzle,
270
00:20:21.287 --> 00:20:23.766
began to pipe, and let it go.
271
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♪♪
272
00:20:30.597 --> 00:20:33.909
I'm told that death
is instantaneous
273
00:20:33.933 --> 00:20:36.278
because the flame just
envelops them,
274
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and there's no oxygen, so they
don't even have anything.
275
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♪♪
276
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The second thing
I remember vividly
277
00:20:48.948 --> 00:20:51.560
is I was approaching the pillbox
278
00:20:51.584 --> 00:20:55.965
and the enemy came out
charging toward me
279
00:20:55.989 --> 00:20:58.033
with rifles and bayonets.
280
00:20:58.057 --> 00:20:59.969
I'm lying on my belly,
281
00:20:59.993 --> 00:21:02.972
and here they come
charging around the pillbox.
282
00:21:02.996 --> 00:21:07.810
I just hit them
in the leg, you know?
283
00:21:07.834 --> 00:21:09.545
And that gets them.
284
00:21:09.569 --> 00:21:14.650
♪♪
285
00:21:14.674 --> 00:21:17.219
I'm laying there with
some kind of a hole,
286
00:21:17.243 --> 00:21:19.922
when marines around me
287
00:21:19.946 --> 00:21:22.491
began yelling something
about a flag.
288
00:21:22.515 --> 00:21:26.762
♪♪
289
00:21:26.786 --> 00:21:28.931
And I looked up,
and a couple of them
290
00:21:28.955 --> 00:21:32.757
were standing there shooting
their weapons into the air.
291
00:21:35.527 --> 00:21:39.108
So I fired my weapon in the air
a few times, too, you know.
292
00:21:39.132 --> 00:21:40.509
"Yeah, yeah, yeah."
293
00:21:40.533 --> 00:21:42.144
[ Laughs ]
294
00:21:42.168 --> 00:21:50.168
♪♪
295
00:21:51.711 --> 00:21:59.711
♪♪
296
00:22:01.354 --> 00:22:09.354
♪♪
297
00:22:10.897 --> 00:22:18.897
♪♪
298
00:22:20.406 --> 00:22:28.406
♪♪
299
00:22:29.949 --> 00:22:37.949
♪♪
300
00:22:39.525 --> 00:22:47.525
♪♪
301
00:22:49.035 --> 00:22:51.213
[ Sniffs ]
302
00:22:51.237 --> 00:22:59.237
♪♪
303
00:23:01.747 --> 00:23:09.747
♪♪
304
00:23:10.223 --> 00:23:18.223
♪♪
305
00:23:18.731 --> 00:23:26.731
♪♪
306
00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:35.240
♪♪
307
00:23:35.782 --> 00:23:43.782
♪♪
308
00:23:44.290 --> 00:23:52.290
♪♪
309
00:23:52.832 --> 00:23:55.778
[ Airplane engine whirring ]
310
00:23:55.802 --> 00:24:02.684
♪♪
311
00:24:02.708 --> 00:24:09.491
♪♪
312
00:24:09.515 --> 00:24:16.331
♪♪
313
00:24:16.355 --> 00:24:22.371
Man: Curtis lemay had no
reservations about killing crews
314
00:24:22.395 --> 00:24:24.873
and lemay's position was,
315
00:24:24.897 --> 00:24:27.609
and I heard him say this,
316
00:24:27.633 --> 00:24:32.314
"wars don't end until
enough people are killed."
317
00:24:32.338 --> 00:24:33.749
And he said,
318
00:24:33.773 --> 00:24:37.986
"this thing will end when we
kill enough Japanese."
319
00:24:38.010 --> 00:24:45.828
♪♪
320
00:24:45.852 --> 00:24:53.669
♪♪
321
00:24:53.693 --> 00:24:56.405
Man #2: Well, when you're
ready to take off,
322
00:24:56.429 --> 00:24:58.540
you're pretty busy up on top,
323
00:24:58.564 --> 00:25:03.779
while looking out the bomb bay,
tell a captain or whatever was.
324
00:25:03.803 --> 00:25:06.782
[ Airplane engine rumbling ]
325
00:25:06.806 --> 00:25:11.153
♪♪
326
00:25:11.177 --> 00:25:14.056
Man #1: You use every bit
of the runway [chuckles]
327
00:25:14.080 --> 00:25:17.960
And maybe a little bit of
the threshold at the other end.
328
00:25:17.984 --> 00:25:21.430
It's almost as dramatic
to get all these airplanes off
329
00:25:21.454 --> 00:25:23.632
as being over the target.
330
00:25:23.656 --> 00:25:25.634
[ Engines whirring ]
331
00:25:25.658 --> 00:25:33.658
♪♪
332
00:25:34.834 --> 00:25:42.834
♪♪
333
00:25:44.043 --> 00:25:52.043
♪♪
334
00:25:53.252 --> 00:26:01.252
♪♪
335
00:26:02.562 --> 00:26:10.562
♪♪
336
00:26:11.737 --> 00:26:19.737
♪♪
337
00:26:20.947 --> 00:26:28.947
♪♪
338
00:26:30.156 --> 00:26:38.156
♪♪
339
00:26:47.606 --> 00:26:50.352
Man #2: I swear, but now,
I think I remember Tokyo Rose.
340
00:26:50.376 --> 00:26:53.221
I think I remember
listening to that.
341
00:26:53.245 --> 00:26:55.324
And somehow, I seem to remember
342
00:26:55.348 --> 00:26:57.259
that they know when
we were coming
343
00:26:57.283 --> 00:27:00.162
and who we were at the time.
344
00:27:00.186 --> 00:27:01.663
I don't know how.
345
00:27:01.687 --> 00:27:09.687
♪♪
346
00:27:11.564 --> 00:27:14.309
Man #1: When you flew
to a target,
347
00:27:14.333 --> 00:27:18.213
you all flew separately
to the I.P.
348
00:27:18.237 --> 00:27:21.383
And you go around,
and these airplanes join you.
349
00:27:21.407 --> 00:27:25.120
And pretty soon, you have
a formation of 12 airplanes
350
00:27:25.144 --> 00:27:27.956
or 24 or 36,
351
00:27:27.980 --> 00:27:31.293
and then you all fly
from there to the target,
352
00:27:31.317 --> 00:27:33.762
which is usually about 50 miles.
353
00:27:33.786 --> 00:27:35.397
Everybody had a job.
354
00:27:35.421 --> 00:27:39.868
The gunners were at their
position and ready to attack,
355
00:27:39.892 --> 00:27:42.671
and the bombardier was
getting ready to bomb.
356
00:27:42.695 --> 00:27:45.073
Everybody was tense.
357
00:27:45.097 --> 00:27:52.347
♪♪
358
00:27:52.371 --> 00:27:56.251
When you had a frontal attack,
you had 12 airplanes,
359
00:27:56.275 --> 00:27:58.620
but the total number
of guns come to,
360
00:27:58.644 --> 00:28:04.793
I think, 92 forward-firing,
.50-caliber guns.
361
00:28:04.817 --> 00:28:07.596
Every fifth bullet is a tracer.
362
00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:09.598
[ Engine whirring ]
363
00:28:09.622 --> 00:28:14.536
♪♪
364
00:28:14.560 --> 00:28:17.272
[ Gunfire ]
365
00:28:17.296 --> 00:28:19.675
Man #2: Four guns in the top,
two in the back.
366
00:28:19.699 --> 00:28:21.565
It's just, "fire, fire, fire!"
367
00:28:24.202 --> 00:28:25.647
Man #3: They had balls,
368
00:28:25.671 --> 00:28:28.650
or they had plenty of sake,
either one.
369
00:28:28.674 --> 00:28:31.420
They'd come in at you
in the daytime.
370
00:28:31.444 --> 00:28:35.424
I used to wonder at them.
They had to be crazy.
371
00:28:35.448 --> 00:28:38.427
[ Gunfire ]
372
00:28:38.451 --> 00:28:43.098
♪♪
373
00:28:43.122 --> 00:28:47.969
Every mission was scary
because if we weren't attacked
374
00:28:47.993 --> 00:28:50.939
by fighter planes
before we hit Japan,
375
00:28:50.963 --> 00:28:53.341
we were attacked
at different spots,
376
00:28:53.365 --> 00:28:56.278
depending on where
we're going to bomb.
377
00:28:56.302 --> 00:29:01.216
Of course, the toughest place
to bomb was Tokyo, the capital.
378
00:29:01.240 --> 00:29:09.240
♪♪
379
00:29:09.849 --> 00:29:17.849
♪♪
380
00:29:18.491 --> 00:29:26.491
♪♪
381
00:29:27.099 --> 00:29:35.099
♪♪
382
00:29:35.708 --> 00:29:43.708
♪♪
383
00:29:44.316 --> 00:29:52.316
♪♪
384
00:29:52.958 --> 00:29:56.204
Man #2: Everything I did,
I enjoyed doing.
385
00:29:56.228 --> 00:30:00.609
I really shouldn't say
that I was killing people.
386
00:30:00.633 --> 00:30:03.311
But I really didn't mind
doing that it the time
387
00:30:03.335 --> 00:30:06.081
because the people
we was bombing, Japan,
388
00:30:06.105 --> 00:30:10.786
and they were not nice people,
so I didn't mind.
389
00:30:10.810 --> 00:30:13.188
♪♪
390
00:30:13.212 --> 00:30:16.191
[ Explosions ]
391
00:30:16.215 --> 00:30:24.215
♪♪
392
00:30:24.390 --> 00:30:32.390
♪♪
393
00:30:32.598 --> 00:30:40.598
♪♪
394
00:30:40.739 --> 00:30:43.018
Man #3: Personally,
and, of course,
395
00:30:43.042 --> 00:30:48.256
I did not say anything
to my fellow crew.
396
00:30:48.280 --> 00:30:53.161
I felt heartsick
to see the cities burning
397
00:30:53.185 --> 00:30:56.031
because we were
bombing with 1,000
398
00:30:56.055 --> 00:30:59.634
to 1,500 bombers at a time.
399
00:30:59.658 --> 00:31:04.706
♪♪
400
00:31:04.730 --> 00:31:09.678
♪♪
401
00:31:09.702 --> 00:31:11.746
Man #2: Tokyo was burning.
402
00:31:11.770 --> 00:31:15.183
I saw the parliament building
right there.
403
00:31:15.207 --> 00:31:18.720
Would you believe it?
I was counting the floors.
404
00:31:18.744 --> 00:31:21.923
One, two, three..
405
00:31:21.947 --> 00:31:24.392
Sometimes, I sit there
and I say,
406
00:31:24.416 --> 00:31:27.162
"I wonder how many people
were killed
407
00:31:27.186 --> 00:31:29.965
each time we dropped a bomb?"
408
00:31:29.989 --> 00:31:32.834
100? 300?
409
00:31:32.858 --> 00:31:35.503
I didn't mind doing it
at the time,
410
00:31:35.527 --> 00:31:37.572
but today I worry.
411
00:31:37.596 --> 00:31:41.710
♪♪
412
00:31:41.734 --> 00:31:43.278
Man #3: Did I feel sorry?
413
00:31:43.302 --> 00:31:44.512
Yes.
414
00:31:44.536 --> 00:31:46.514
I felt sad for the people,
415
00:31:46.538 --> 00:31:48.583
'cause you're not killing
all soldiers.
416
00:31:48.607 --> 00:31:50.040
You're killing people.
417
00:31:54.846 --> 00:32:01.696
♪♪
418
00:32:01.720 --> 00:32:08.536
♪♪
419
00:32:08.560 --> 00:32:15.343
♪♪
420
00:32:15.367 --> 00:32:17.345
[ Airplane engine whirring ]
421
00:32:17.369 --> 00:32:25.053
♪♪
422
00:32:25.077 --> 00:32:32.761
♪♪
423
00:32:32.785 --> 00:32:40.468
♪♪
424
00:32:40.492 --> 00:32:48.176
♪♪
425
00:32:48.200 --> 00:32:50.145
[ Indistinct chatter ]
426
00:32:50.169 --> 00:32:58.169
♪♪
427
00:33:00.012 --> 00:33:08.012
♪♪
428
00:33:09.922 --> 00:33:17.922
♪♪
429
00:33:19.765 --> 00:33:27.765
♪♪
430
00:33:29.608 --> 00:33:37.608
♪♪
431
00:33:39.451 --> 00:33:47.451
♪♪
432
00:33:49.294 --> 00:33:57.294
♪♪
433
00:33:59.104 --> 00:34:04.052
Man: I always wanted to fly,
and I guess because of that,
434
00:34:04.076 --> 00:34:06.688
I flew the airplane,
the airplane didn't fly me.
435
00:34:06.712 --> 00:34:09.023
[ Airplane engine whirring ]
436
00:34:09.047 --> 00:34:11.393
You always flew
with the same guys,
437
00:34:11.417 --> 00:34:13.617
so you're looking out
for each other.
438
00:34:15.887 --> 00:34:17.932
You're pretty much involved
439
00:34:17.956 --> 00:34:20.935
in doing what you're
supposed to do.
440
00:34:20.959 --> 00:34:23.271
[ Radio chatter ]
441
00:34:23.295 --> 00:34:26.508
We felt we were superior
when we were out there.
442
00:34:26.532 --> 00:34:28.176
We didn't worry about them,
443
00:34:28.200 --> 00:34:30.367
so much as being
a problem to us.
444
00:34:32.970 --> 00:34:36.851
[ Laughs ] We figured we're
indestructible.
445
00:34:36.875 --> 00:34:38.353
[ Chuckles ]
446
00:34:38.377 --> 00:34:44.125
♪♪
447
00:34:44.149 --> 00:34:46.183
[ Metal scraping ]
448
00:34:47.318 --> 00:34:50.353
[ Radio chatter ]
449
00:34:55.426 --> 00:34:58.973
♪♪
450
00:34:58.997 --> 00:35:01.543
[ Airplane approaching ]
451
00:35:01.567 --> 00:35:09.567
♪♪
452
00:35:10.442 --> 00:35:13.455
We'd go up and watch the
other guys land. [ Laughs ]
453
00:35:13.479 --> 00:35:15.623
Yeah, we'd go up
and watch everything.
454
00:35:15.647 --> 00:35:19.427
♪♪
455
00:35:19.451 --> 00:35:21.930
[ Airplane approaching ]
456
00:35:21.954 --> 00:35:27.569
♪♪
457
00:35:27.593 --> 00:35:33.208
♪♪
458
00:35:33.232 --> 00:35:35.643
Probably, if you were in combat,
459
00:35:35.667 --> 00:35:37.345
you'd have a good book
and read it.
460
00:35:37.369 --> 00:35:41.649
♪♪
461
00:35:41.673 --> 00:35:44.786
Man #2: Our bathrooms were
just a trough
462
00:35:44.810 --> 00:35:47.188
running down on seawater.
463
00:35:47.212 --> 00:35:50.592
And there were always some joker
that would come in
464
00:35:50.616 --> 00:35:53.595
and light a piece of paper
on this end of it
465
00:35:53.619 --> 00:35:56.531
and let it float down
underneath the buoys.
466
00:35:56.555 --> 00:35:58.366
[ Laughs ]
467
00:35:58.390 --> 00:36:01.603
The guy had to get out of there
fast or he'd have got killed.
468
00:36:01.627 --> 00:36:03.004
[ Laughs ]
469
00:36:03.028 --> 00:36:05.974
♪♪
470
00:36:05.998 --> 00:36:09.344
Man #3: I used to sit up
and look out over the sea,
471
00:36:09.368 --> 00:36:11.913
and I'd watch the flying fish
come aboard.
472
00:36:11.937 --> 00:36:15.016
The water could be like
a glass tabletop,
473
00:36:15.040 --> 00:36:16.451
just wonderful.
474
00:36:16.475 --> 00:36:20.788
♪♪
475
00:36:20.812 --> 00:36:25.026
Man #2: I was a fire controlman
on the USS intrepid,
476
00:36:25.050 --> 00:36:28.663
and my job was firing the guns.
477
00:36:28.687 --> 00:36:30.832
That's what the
fire controlman did.
478
00:36:30.856 --> 00:36:32.934
And they had charge
of maintenance
479
00:36:32.958 --> 00:36:35.737
of the radio equipment.
480
00:36:35.761 --> 00:36:39.240
♪♪
481
00:36:39.264 --> 00:36:42.210
The aircraft carrier
for the prime target
482
00:36:42.234 --> 00:36:45.213
because they were doing
the most damage.
483
00:36:45.237 --> 00:36:47.815
♪♪
484
00:36:47.839 --> 00:36:50.852
Man #3: They were kamikazes
were after the ships.
485
00:36:50.876 --> 00:36:52.487
They didn't care about us,
486
00:36:52.511 --> 00:36:55.823
they were there to sink
the ships, pure and simple.
487
00:36:55.847 --> 00:36:58.960
They weren't there to kill me.
That's not their reason.
488
00:36:58.984 --> 00:37:01.129
They're reason was
to kill the ships
489
00:37:01.153 --> 00:37:03.498
so that we would be
prolonged to a point
490
00:37:03.522 --> 00:37:05.700
that we'd say, "we're having
too much trouble,
491
00:37:05.724 --> 00:37:08.970
and so we'll go ahead
and declare a truce."
492
00:37:08.994 --> 00:37:13.575
♪♪
493
00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:17.078
Man: I was combat air patrol
over the Franklin.
494
00:37:17.102 --> 00:37:21.549
And Franklin was loaded,
their planes all gassed.
495
00:37:21.573 --> 00:37:23.551
[ Engine starts ]
496
00:37:23.575 --> 00:37:25.920
They hadn't launched yet.
497
00:37:25.944 --> 00:37:27.978
All the planes are gassed.
498
00:37:30.414 --> 00:37:33.361
Man #2: I saw this plane
coming in, and I thought he was
499
00:37:33.385 --> 00:37:35.964
coming to us when he turned
towards the Franklin,
500
00:37:35.988 --> 00:37:39.801
and I saw him come down,
and ka-boom.
501
00:37:39.825 --> 00:37:41.803
[ Explosion ]
502
00:37:41.827 --> 00:37:49.827
♪♪
503
00:37:51.603 --> 00:37:53.648
Went through the flight deck.
504
00:37:53.672 --> 00:37:55.750
Man: Between the conning tower
and the stern,
505
00:37:55.774 --> 00:37:57.407
some place in there.
506
00:37:58.943 --> 00:38:00.989
[ Explosions ]
507
00:38:01.013 --> 00:38:03.825
♪♪
508
00:38:03.849 --> 00:38:05.193
We watched it.
509
00:38:05.217 --> 00:38:08.896
It was just like a waterfall
of gasoline over the side.
510
00:38:08.920 --> 00:38:16.920
♪♪
511
00:38:18.330 --> 00:38:21.309
[ Indistinct shouting ]
512
00:38:21.333 --> 00:38:24.178
♪♪
513
00:38:24.202 --> 00:38:26.214
Man #2: People say,
"well, were you scared?"
514
00:38:26.238 --> 00:38:27.815
Well, no, you're busy.
515
00:38:27.839 --> 00:38:30.418
There's probably
two or three more coming in
516
00:38:30.442 --> 00:38:33.376
that you have to keep track of.
517
00:38:39.817 --> 00:38:47.817
♪♪
518
00:38:48.994 --> 00:38:56.994
♪♪
519
00:38:58.103 --> 00:39:06.103
♪♪
520
00:39:07.346 --> 00:39:15.346
♪♪
521
00:39:16.488 --> 00:39:24.488
♪♪
522
00:39:25.664 --> 00:39:29.243
Man: They'd come around
dropping their bombs.
523
00:39:29.267 --> 00:39:30.845
After the bombs were dropped,
524
00:39:30.869 --> 00:39:33.981
a lot of them was coming to
dive into the ship.
525
00:39:34.005 --> 00:39:36.484
[ Gunfire ]
526
00:39:36.508 --> 00:39:44.258
♪♪
527
00:39:44.282 --> 00:39:52.033
♪♪
528
00:39:52.057 --> 00:39:53.835
Man #2: We had
4,500 sailors killed
529
00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:56.270
with those things,
and when we were at anchor,
530
00:39:56.294 --> 00:39:58.339
we had a kamikaze
come right over.
531
00:39:58.363 --> 00:40:00.408
We were watching a movie
on the fantail.
532
00:40:00.432 --> 00:40:01.676
That was scary.
533
00:40:01.700 --> 00:40:03.978
Here you are sitting on
the fantail of your ship
534
00:40:04.002 --> 00:40:05.246
watching a movie,
535
00:40:05.270 --> 00:40:07.815
and then this plane
comes right over your head.
536
00:40:07.839 --> 00:40:14.589
♪♪
537
00:40:14.613 --> 00:40:16.824
Man #3: You hear the
five-inchers go off.
538
00:40:16.848 --> 00:40:20.628
It goes boom, boom, boom.
539
00:40:20.652 --> 00:40:23.364
5-inch shells, right?
You don't worry.
540
00:40:23.388 --> 00:40:28.469
Then you hear the 40-millimeters
going boom, boom, boom, boom.
541
00:40:28.493 --> 00:40:29.871
Then 200-millimeters,
and you hear
542
00:40:29.895 --> 00:40:31.672
boom, boom, boom,
boom, boom, boom.
543
00:40:31.696 --> 00:40:34.075
Uh-oh. [Chuckles]
It's coming closer.
544
00:40:34.099 --> 00:40:36.043
Then there's .50-calibers.
545
00:40:36.067 --> 00:40:37.712
And you hear brrr!
546
00:40:37.736 --> 00:40:39.769
[ Engine whirring ]
547
00:40:41.539 --> 00:40:43.573
[ Explosion ]
548
00:40:46.710 --> 00:40:51.426
Man: They had to be fanatics.
They were fanatics, in fact.
549
00:40:51.450 --> 00:40:58.099
♪♪
550
00:40:58.123 --> 00:41:01.002
Man #3: Oh, they're all
going to heaven. [ Laughs ]
551
00:41:01.026 --> 00:41:03.104
At least,
that's what they thought.
552
00:41:03.128 --> 00:41:11.128
♪♪
553
00:41:12.671 --> 00:41:14.348
Man: When they started
that stuff,
554
00:41:14.372 --> 00:41:17.552
boy, that's all they wanted
to do was crash into us,
555
00:41:17.576 --> 00:41:19.420
boom, so we were lucky
556
00:41:19.444 --> 00:41:23.257
'cause we could zigzag,
and that would screw the fire.
557
00:41:23.281 --> 00:41:25.760
[ Indistinct shouting, gunfire ]
558
00:41:25.784 --> 00:41:30.731
♪♪
559
00:41:30.755 --> 00:41:32.400
[ Engine roars ]
560
00:41:32.424 --> 00:41:37.605
♪♪
561
00:41:37.629 --> 00:41:42.777
♪♪
562
00:41:42.801 --> 00:41:45.012
Man #3: He's coming up
the fantail. [ Chuckles ]
563
00:41:45.036 --> 00:41:47.381
And the carrier turns.
564
00:41:47.405 --> 00:41:49.650
And when he gets right --
They'll let him have it.
565
00:41:49.674 --> 00:41:57.674
♪♪
566
00:41:58.550 --> 00:42:00.261
[ Gunfire ]
567
00:42:00.285 --> 00:42:01.629
Man: When you're firing,
568
00:42:01.653 --> 00:42:05.700
you got tracer bullets
that you see out there.
569
00:42:05.724 --> 00:42:09.704
You got to try to get ahead
of them and so forth,
570
00:42:09.728 --> 00:42:11.606
just like shooting pheasants,
you know.
571
00:42:11.630 --> 00:42:14.709
You got to give lead time
and so forth.
572
00:42:14.733 --> 00:42:18.980
And you'd think it wouldn't be
any trouble shooting them down,
573
00:42:19.004 --> 00:42:24.007
but they'd keep flying
until they'd crash.
574
00:42:27.411 --> 00:42:30.691
Man #4: They were different
than the Japanese zero fighters
575
00:42:30.715 --> 00:42:32.994
that were the
professional aviators.
576
00:42:33.018 --> 00:42:36.864
Kamikaze didn't seem
to take evasive action.
577
00:42:36.888 --> 00:42:38.922
[ Whistling ]
578
00:42:40.858 --> 00:42:43.838
[ Explosion ]
579
00:42:43.862 --> 00:42:46.407
Man: Sometimes,
they'd come in real high
580
00:42:46.431 --> 00:42:48.242
and come diving at you.
581
00:42:48.266 --> 00:42:50.266
[ Gunfire ]
582
00:42:52.236 --> 00:42:54.270
[ Explosion ]
583
00:42:56.140 --> 00:42:59.820
And sometimes, you're
right on the water, you know.
584
00:42:59.844 --> 00:43:03.591
Then they'd come up and down,
and they'd get close to you.
585
00:43:03.615 --> 00:43:05.593
[ Explosion ]
586
00:43:05.617 --> 00:43:13.134
♪♪
587
00:43:13.158 --> 00:43:20.775
♪♪
588
00:43:20.799 --> 00:43:28.316
♪♪
589
00:43:28.340 --> 00:43:35.890
♪♪
590
00:43:35.914 --> 00:43:39.026
[ Explosion, gunfire ]
591
00:43:39.050 --> 00:43:42.930
Whole time we were firing,
it was coming in on us
592
00:43:42.954 --> 00:43:47.168
and we had the thing
pretty well shot up,
593
00:43:47.192 --> 00:43:51.939
and it got just along
the port side of us and blew up.
594
00:43:51.963 --> 00:43:58.980
♪♪
595
00:43:59.004 --> 00:44:03.918
And then it spewed fire
all over the island
596
00:44:03.942 --> 00:44:06.821
and the hangar
and the flight deck,
597
00:44:06.845 --> 00:44:08.723
if you can imagine
all that stuff
598
00:44:08.747 --> 00:44:11.225
catching on fire and blowing up.
599
00:44:11.249 --> 00:44:15.162
It just raised havoc
to the whole hangar deck.
600
00:44:15.186 --> 00:44:18.566
I lost a couple good buddies
in that one.
601
00:44:18.590 --> 00:44:23.537
That's when I got hit,
and my clothes caught on fire,
602
00:44:23.561 --> 00:44:28.175
and my -- oh, my back was
burnt and so forth.
603
00:44:28.199 --> 00:44:31.545
♪♪
604
00:44:31.569 --> 00:44:35.349
Man #3: I lived in a 42-man bunk
right under the flight deck,
605
00:44:35.373 --> 00:44:38.486
and since they didn't have
a morgue, the dead bodies...
606
00:44:38.510 --> 00:44:41.922
I can remember walking in blood.
607
00:44:41.946 --> 00:44:43.958
Man: It's a terrible
sight to see
608
00:44:43.982 --> 00:44:46.649
these legs and stuff torn off.
609
00:44:48.619 --> 00:44:52.299
So then after everything
is settled down,
610
00:44:52.323 --> 00:44:57.226
you got all of these guys
that are dead.
611
00:44:59.496 --> 00:45:04.211
Then it comes time to Bury them,
and they put them in hammocks
612
00:45:04.235 --> 00:45:08.516
and put a 5-inch shell
in with them
613
00:45:08.540 --> 00:45:13.220
and take them out to the
elevator deck right at the edge.
614
00:45:13.244 --> 00:45:15.122
And line them up there
615
00:45:15.146 --> 00:45:18.726
and then play "taps" for them.
616
00:45:18.750 --> 00:45:25.666
♪♪
617
00:45:25.690 --> 00:45:29.236
It's so sad to have to
lose them that way.
618
00:45:29.260 --> 00:45:37.260
♪♪
619
00:45:42.339 --> 00:45:50.339
♪♪
620
00:45:50.982 --> 00:45:58.982
♪♪
621
00:45:59.691 --> 00:46:07.691
♪♪
622
00:46:08.466 --> 00:46:16.466
♪♪
623
00:46:17.142 --> 00:46:25.142
♪♪
624
00:46:25.850 --> 00:46:33.850
♪♪
625
00:46:34.559 --> 00:46:36.537
[ Explosion ]
626
00:46:36.561 --> 00:46:43.744
♪♪
627
00:46:43.768 --> 00:46:50.985
♪♪
628
00:46:51.009 --> 00:46:52.987
[ Gunfire ]
629
00:46:53.011 --> 00:47:01.011
♪♪
630
00:47:02.086 --> 00:47:10.086
♪♪
631
00:47:11.129 --> 00:47:19.129
♪♪
632
00:47:20.104 --> 00:47:28.104
♪♪
633
00:47:29.147 --> 00:47:37.147
♪♪
634
00:47:57.107 --> 00:47:59.353
Man: Well, if you talk to
any of the marines,
635
00:47:59.377 --> 00:48:02.656
they would eventually
do this way.
636
00:48:02.680 --> 00:48:08.429
"Golden gate in 48,
red line in 49."
637
00:48:08.453 --> 00:48:13.067
We all knew we couldn't possibly
win the war before 1948.
638
00:48:13.091 --> 00:48:20.040
♪♪
639
00:48:20.064 --> 00:48:23.966
Man #2: We had no idea how long
the war was gonna last.
640
00:48:27.204 --> 00:48:30.951
Most of us understood that
what we were doing is working
641
00:48:30.975 --> 00:48:35.589
our way toward the ability
to be able to bombard Japan
642
00:48:35.613 --> 00:48:39.793
for an eventual landing
on the Japanese homeland.
643
00:48:39.817 --> 00:48:41.562
That was in everybody's mind.
644
00:48:41.586 --> 00:48:44.732
"How long is it gonna take,
and how are we gonna do it?"
645
00:48:44.756 --> 00:48:52.756
♪♪
646
00:48:53.932 --> 00:49:01.932
♪♪
647
00:49:03.107 --> 00:49:11.107
♪♪
648
00:49:12.283 --> 00:49:20.283
♪♪
649
00:49:21.426 --> 00:49:24.171
We were fighting because
we were marines,
650
00:49:24.195 --> 00:49:26.774
and we were fighting because
we were Americans.
651
00:49:26.798 --> 00:49:29.343
Yeah, we cared a hell of a lot
about our buddies.
652
00:49:29.367 --> 00:49:32.513
They were watching our back.
We were watching theirs.
653
00:49:32.537 --> 00:49:34.715
And when you lost a buddy,
it hurt bad.
654
00:49:34.739 --> 00:49:38.118
♪♪
655
00:49:38.142 --> 00:49:41.488
The Japanese were
extremely fanatical,
656
00:49:41.512 --> 00:49:44.413
and there were lots of them
on okinawa.
657
00:49:46.917 --> 00:49:50.597
We couldn't stop them, you know.
There's nothing we could do.
658
00:49:50.621 --> 00:49:55.536
♪♪
659
00:49:55.560 --> 00:49:58.138
The caves and tunnels
that they had --
660
00:49:58.162 --> 00:49:59.640
Most of them were open.
661
00:49:59.664 --> 00:50:07.664
♪♪
662
00:50:09.607 --> 00:50:13.120
But our procedure
was to get a flamethrower
663
00:50:13.144 --> 00:50:18.459
and fire that flame in there
for eight or 10 or 15 seconds.
664
00:50:18.483 --> 00:50:26.483
♪♪
665
00:50:27.658 --> 00:50:29.303
Hopefully, that will go
back in there
666
00:50:29.327 --> 00:50:32.673
and keep the Japanese
from coming out.
667
00:50:32.697 --> 00:50:40.414
♪♪
668
00:50:40.438 --> 00:50:43.550
Man #3: And we were back to
shoot in at them running out,
669
00:50:43.574 --> 00:50:45.486
so they were better off
us shooting them dead
670
00:50:45.510 --> 00:50:47.421
rather than burn out that way,
671
00:50:47.445 --> 00:50:50.157
but that's something that always
struck in my mind, you know.
672
00:50:50.181 --> 00:50:52.192
You'd never dream
of something like that.
673
00:50:52.216 --> 00:50:57.464
♪♪
674
00:50:57.488 --> 00:51:02.770
♪♪
675
00:51:02.794 --> 00:51:06.573
Man #2: When they'd fire
that flamethrower into the cave,
676
00:51:06.597 --> 00:51:08.142
two or three japs would come
running out of there,
677
00:51:08.166 --> 00:51:11.333
totally burning,
trying to escape it.
678
00:51:13.537 --> 00:51:16.450
They could run about 20 yards,
and that was it.
679
00:51:16.474 --> 00:51:18.085
It was all over.
680
00:51:18.109 --> 00:51:19.308
Yeah.
681
00:51:21.244 --> 00:51:23.157
Man #3: The smell was terrible.
682
00:51:23.181 --> 00:51:24.958
Especially when
a flamethrower hits,
683
00:51:24.982 --> 00:51:27.327
and it's the smell
that you can remember.
684
00:51:27.351 --> 00:51:34.468
♪♪
685
00:51:34.492 --> 00:51:41.542
♪♪
686
00:51:41.566 --> 00:51:43.977
Well, it's something
I still, you know,
687
00:51:44.001 --> 00:51:45.779
I can't understand in my mind,
688
00:51:45.803 --> 00:51:48.649
but we had a job to do,
and we had to do
689
00:51:48.673 --> 00:51:50.984
what we had to do
to get them out of there.
690
00:51:51.008 --> 00:51:52.519
[ Explosion ]
691
00:51:52.543 --> 00:52:00.543
♪♪
692
00:52:01.986 --> 00:52:09.986
♪♪
693
00:52:11.362 --> 00:52:17.511
[ Explosions ]
694
00:52:17.535 --> 00:52:19.513
[ Indistinct shouting ]
695
00:52:19.537 --> 00:52:27.488
♪♪
696
00:52:27.512 --> 00:52:35.496
♪♪
697
00:52:35.520 --> 00:52:43.470
♪♪
698
00:52:43.494 --> 00:52:45.472
[ Explosion ]
699
00:52:45.496 --> 00:52:52.246
♪♪
700
00:52:52.270 --> 00:52:56.250
Man #4: We killed every one
of those Japanese soldiers.
701
00:52:56.274 --> 00:52:58.952
And then a couple of guys
started to walk over to them
702
00:52:58.976 --> 00:53:00.487
and look down at them,
and I joined in.
703
00:53:00.511 --> 00:53:02.389
We were all
looking down at them.
704
00:53:02.413 --> 00:53:05.692
And one guy said, "well,
this guy couldn't run very much
705
00:53:05.716 --> 00:53:08.462
'cause he had 40 pounds of lead
in his back."
706
00:53:08.486 --> 00:53:10.085
And everybody laughed.
707
00:53:12.489 --> 00:53:14.256
And I laughed, also.
708
00:53:15.492 --> 00:53:23.492
♪♪
709
00:53:25.069 --> 00:53:33.069
♪♪
710
00:53:34.679 --> 00:53:37.191
[ Voice breaking ]
I still can't forgive me,
711
00:53:37.215 --> 00:53:39.793
because there's no joy,
712
00:53:39.817 --> 00:53:43.697
there's no glamour
in killing someone.
713
00:53:43.721 --> 00:53:47.000
I don't give a damn who he is.
714
00:53:47.024 --> 00:53:48.435
And I'm 94 years old.
715
00:53:48.459 --> 00:53:51.371
That means I'm gonna be...
716
00:53:51.395 --> 00:53:53.062
I'm sorry.
717
00:53:55.865 --> 00:53:59.046
I'm gonna be standing
in front of god,
718
00:53:59.070 --> 00:54:01.136
and I have to answer for that.
719
00:54:02.539 --> 00:54:09.289
♪♪
720
00:54:09.313 --> 00:54:16.129
♪♪
721
00:54:16.153 --> 00:54:18.131
[ Engines rumbling ]
722
00:54:18.155 --> 00:54:26.155
♪♪
723
00:54:26.797 --> 00:54:34.797
♪♪
724
00:54:35.406 --> 00:54:43.406
♪♪
725
00:54:44.048 --> 00:54:52.048
♪♪
726
00:54:52.690 --> 00:55:00.690
♪♪
727
00:55:01.399 --> 00:55:09.399
♪♪
728
00:55:10.007 --> 00:55:18.007
♪♪
729
00:55:18.649 --> 00:55:20.627
[ Camera shutter clicks ]
730
00:55:20.651 --> 00:55:26.600
♪♪
731
00:55:26.624 --> 00:55:28.602
[ Engine starts ]
732
00:55:28.626 --> 00:55:36.626
♪♪
733
00:55:37.802 --> 00:55:45.802
♪♪
734
00:55:46.977 --> 00:55:50.090
Man: You always flew
with the same guys,
735
00:55:50.114 --> 00:55:52.626
so you're looking out
for each other.
736
00:55:52.650 --> 00:55:55.095
That's what you're doing.
737
00:55:55.119 --> 00:55:58.487
We were all fighting
to get in combat. [ Laughs ]
738
00:56:00.590 --> 00:56:03.603
It's like a ball game,
like a football game.
739
00:56:03.627 --> 00:56:08.375
♪♪
740
00:56:08.399 --> 00:56:13.146
Man #2: I went up six or seven
times to escort b-29s.
741
00:56:13.170 --> 00:56:14.815
They never showed up,
742
00:56:14.839 --> 00:56:18.785
so we had a secondary mission.
743
00:56:18.809 --> 00:56:20.554
We'd go down straight.
744
00:56:20.578 --> 00:56:23.023
Anything that moved,
we striked it.
745
00:56:23.047 --> 00:56:25.058
[ Gunfire ]
746
00:56:25.082 --> 00:56:30.597
♪♪
747
00:56:30.621 --> 00:56:36.136
♪♪
748
00:56:36.160 --> 00:56:40.040
Man #1: We were coming in --
That time, we drove down.
749
00:56:40.064 --> 00:56:43.210
We're really going,
and with a lot of throttle.
750
00:56:43.234 --> 00:56:48.014
We were going fast, and I think
they were shooting behind us.
751
00:56:48.038 --> 00:56:50.317
Man #2: Sometimes, you'd go down
to almost ground level.
752
00:56:50.341 --> 00:56:54.788
Trains would hit them guys
and blow up a bunch of steam
753
00:56:54.812 --> 00:56:57.157
and everything,
and go right on over
754
00:56:57.181 --> 00:56:58.992
and pull back up
and come back around
755
00:56:59.016 --> 00:57:01.194
and make another pass on them.
756
00:57:01.218 --> 00:57:03.196
[ Gunfire ]
757
00:57:03.220 --> 00:57:09.269
♪♪
758
00:57:09.293 --> 00:57:15.342
♪♪
759
00:57:15.366 --> 00:57:18.078
Man #1: You have to be careful,
because if you shoot a target
760
00:57:18.102 --> 00:57:22.949
that blows up, you're gonna be
caught in the middle of it.
761
00:57:22.973 --> 00:57:25.118
Man #3: Oh, accurate,
very accurate.
762
00:57:25.142 --> 00:57:30.891
If you picked a target
and you fired with the rocket,
763
00:57:30.915 --> 00:57:33.048
it's going to hit
whatever you aim for.
764
00:57:35.218 --> 00:57:37.631
I liked rockets --
No problem at all.
765
00:57:37.655 --> 00:57:41.668
♪♪
766
00:57:41.692 --> 00:57:44.671
Man #2: I strafed trains,
767
00:57:44.695 --> 00:57:46.907
I strafed water buffaloes,
768
00:57:46.931 --> 00:57:49.075
anything that was
on the ground and moving.
769
00:57:49.099 --> 00:57:52.746
♪♪
770
00:57:52.770 --> 00:57:56.049
Man #1: It was the exciting
time, of course, to dive down
771
00:57:56.073 --> 00:57:58.051
from that altitude.
772
00:57:58.075 --> 00:57:59.886
Once we get down
to a couple hundred feet,
773
00:57:59.910 --> 00:58:02.589
then we would get down,
sometimes, a lot closer.
774
00:58:02.613 --> 00:58:04.691
♪♪
775
00:58:04.715 --> 00:58:07.360
[ Engine whirs ]
776
00:58:07.384 --> 00:58:09.296
[ Gunfire ]
777
00:58:09.320 --> 00:58:10.931
Man #3: You'd come down.
778
00:58:10.955 --> 00:58:13.600
You'd go well over 400,
I'm sure.
779
00:58:13.624 --> 00:58:16.369
But I never looked at
a speedometer. [ Laughs ]
780
00:58:16.393 --> 00:58:23.343
♪♪
781
00:58:23.367 --> 00:58:30.317
♪♪
782
00:58:30.341 --> 00:58:32.986
[ Airplane engine whirring ]
783
00:58:33.010 --> 00:58:40.393
♪♪
784
00:58:40.417 --> 00:58:47.834
♪♪
785
00:58:47.858 --> 00:58:55.242
♪♪
786
00:58:55.266 --> 00:58:57.477
Man #2: The fighters,
every one of them,
787
00:58:57.501 --> 00:59:00.013
had a gun camera in the wing.
788
00:59:00.037 --> 00:59:04.184
♪♪
789
00:59:04.208 --> 00:59:07.087
It would be activated
by the same switch
790
00:59:07.111 --> 00:59:08.889
that you were firing
the guns with.
791
00:59:08.913 --> 00:59:12.692
♪♪
792
00:59:12.716 --> 00:59:15.295
Man #3: The gun camera takes a
picture of whatever you're
793
00:59:15.319 --> 00:59:19.599
shooting at, and if you shoot
a jap and you fire him,
794
00:59:19.623 --> 00:59:22.435
if he's on fire,
then you get credit for it
795
00:59:22.459 --> 00:59:25.205
'cause you're not gonna
stay around and watch him burn.
796
00:59:25.229 --> 00:59:31.044
♪♪
797
00:59:31.068 --> 00:59:36.917
♪♪
798
00:59:36.941 --> 00:59:41.454
Man #2: I had 20/10 vision,
and I could see the airplane
799
00:59:41.478 --> 00:59:43.823
before anybody ever thought.
800
00:59:43.847 --> 00:59:46.326
And I could put
myself in position.
801
00:59:46.350 --> 00:59:54.350
♪♪
802
00:59:55.326 --> 00:59:56.803
Man #3: It didn't take you long.
803
00:59:56.827 --> 00:59:58.371
You know, you just give him
a squirt.
804
00:59:58.395 --> 01:00:00.607
That .50-caliber just
rips things all apart
805
01:00:00.631 --> 01:00:02.409
when it hits. [ Chuckles ]
806
01:00:02.433 --> 01:00:05.434
It does a beautiful job,
I'll put it that way.
807
01:00:08.471 --> 01:00:10.150
Man #1: We could out-dive them.
808
01:00:10.174 --> 01:00:13.186
Our protection, mainly,
would be to dive away from them.
809
01:00:13.210 --> 01:00:16.089
If we tried to turn with them,
they could turn inside of us.
810
01:00:16.113 --> 01:00:17.757
Means they've got to make
a real tight turn.
811
01:00:17.781 --> 01:00:19.826
They could do that with a zero.
812
01:00:19.850 --> 01:00:21.828
[ Explosion ]
813
01:00:21.852 --> 01:00:27.934
♪♪
814
01:00:27.958 --> 01:00:34.074
♪♪
815
01:00:34.098 --> 01:00:37.310
Man #2: I just fired long enough
for that guy to, you know,
816
01:00:37.334 --> 01:00:40.180
catch on fire,
and then I release that
817
01:00:40.204 --> 01:00:41.681
and pulled up behind
that other one,
818
01:00:41.705 --> 01:00:43.483
and when I got it in my sights,
819
01:00:43.507 --> 01:00:46.553
upside down, I pulled
the trigger and blew him up.
820
01:00:46.577 --> 01:00:49.889
♪♪
821
01:00:49.913 --> 01:00:52.993
[ Gunfire ]
822
01:00:53.017 --> 01:00:55.662
Man #3: Four or five rounds and,
baby, she's coming apart,
823
01:00:55.686 --> 01:00:57.252
almost invariably.
824
01:01:00.156 --> 01:01:03.470
You never thought one iota
about the guy in it.
825
01:01:03.494 --> 01:01:04.771
At least, I never did.
826
01:01:04.795 --> 01:01:06.840
I don't think any of
the other guys did, either.
827
01:01:06.864 --> 01:01:11.311
♪♪
828
01:01:11.335 --> 01:01:13.346
It's very, very impersonal.
829
01:01:13.370 --> 01:01:21.370
♪♪
830
01:01:22.780 --> 01:01:30.780
♪♪
831
01:01:32.156 --> 01:01:40.156
♪♪
832
01:01:41.598 --> 01:01:43.543
[ Insects chirping ]
833
01:01:43.567 --> 01:01:51.518
♪♪
834
01:01:51.542 --> 01:01:59.492
♪♪
835
01:01:59.516 --> 01:02:07.500
♪♪
836
01:02:07.524 --> 01:02:15.475
♪♪
837
01:02:15.499 --> 01:02:23.416
♪♪
838
01:02:23.440 --> 01:02:26.419
[ Heartbeat ]
839
01:02:26.443 --> 01:02:33.159
♪♪
840
01:02:33.183 --> 01:02:39.899
♪♪
841
01:02:39.923 --> 01:02:42.958
[ Heartbeat intensifies ]
842
01:02:44.761 --> 01:02:46.795
[ Heartbeat stops ]
843
01:02:48.064 --> 01:02:50.565
[ Explosion ]
844
01:03:02.979 --> 01:03:10.196
♪♪
845
01:03:10.220 --> 01:03:17.359
♪♪
846
01:03:20.963 --> 01:03:28.963
♪♪
847
01:03:30.440 --> 01:03:38.440
♪♪
848
01:03:39.983 --> 01:03:44.130
My name is ittsei nakagawa.
849
01:03:44.154 --> 01:03:50.470
I was 15 years old when the bomb
was dropped on Hiroshima,
850
01:03:50.494 --> 01:03:54.040
August 6th,
851
01:03:54.064 --> 01:03:57.677
8:15 A.M., 1945.
852
01:03:57.701 --> 01:04:01.247
♪♪
853
01:04:01.271 --> 01:04:03.616
Our family, nakagawa family,
854
01:04:03.640 --> 01:04:08.888
lived in a little village area
called moroki ochiai,
855
01:04:08.912 --> 01:04:13.159
which is approximately 7 miles
away from the city of Hiroshima.
856
01:04:13.183 --> 01:04:20.867
♪♪
857
01:04:20.891 --> 01:04:24.971
I could only remember
what was a usual day.
858
01:04:24.995 --> 01:04:29.064
You just wake up and start
cleaning up to get to work.
859
01:04:32.101 --> 01:04:33.913
All the kids that go
to high school
860
01:04:33.937 --> 01:04:35.882
and above go to the city
861
01:04:35.906 --> 01:04:38.384
because that's where the
high schools are located.
862
01:04:38.408 --> 01:04:46.408
♪♪
863
01:04:48.352 --> 01:04:56.352
♪♪
864
01:04:58.295 --> 01:05:02.242
And the kids, all the students,
were trained to become
865
01:05:02.266 --> 01:05:04.277
lathe operators, driller.
866
01:05:04.301 --> 01:05:07.035
I mean, they were all
manufacturing something.
867
01:05:10.373 --> 01:05:14.487
Well, anyway, we were outside
walking toward our destination,
868
01:05:14.511 --> 01:05:17.357
and we heard the air raid go on.
869
01:05:17.381 --> 01:05:20.415
[ Siren wailing ]
870
01:05:24.120 --> 01:05:28.968
And they saw one b-29
flying over,
871
01:05:28.992 --> 01:05:32.594
so everybody took cover,
waited until something happened.
872
01:05:36.399 --> 01:05:39.879
But it seemed
like nothing happens.
873
01:05:39.903 --> 01:05:44.083
The air raid signal came back
and said it's clear.
874
01:05:44.107 --> 01:05:46.141
[ Clock ticking ]
875
01:05:48.978 --> 01:05:52.258
Everybody came out,
and this is when the b-29,
876
01:05:52.282 --> 01:05:54.627
I think, dropped something
like a parachute,
877
01:05:54.651 --> 01:05:57.030
and there were a lot of people
looking at it.
878
01:05:57.054 --> 01:05:59.087
[ Clock ticking ]
879
01:06:01.724 --> 01:06:07.607
And meanwhile, I was inside
the building then already.
880
01:06:07.631 --> 01:06:09.709
That's when the whole thing
just blew up.
881
01:06:09.733 --> 01:06:12.300
You know, just,
everything went black.
882
01:06:17.406 --> 01:06:19.441
[ Explosion ]
883
01:06:25.147 --> 01:06:27.794
[ Rumbling ]
884
01:06:27.818 --> 01:06:29.851
[ Wind whipping ]
885
01:06:44.100 --> 01:06:50.783
♪♪
886
01:06:50.807 --> 01:06:57.490
♪♪
887
01:06:57.514 --> 01:07:04.263
♪♪
888
01:07:04.287 --> 01:07:05.920
Dust.
889
01:07:08.257 --> 01:07:10.003
You can't see anything.
I mean, it was --
890
01:07:10.027 --> 01:07:11.771
I didn't hear anything.
891
01:07:11.795 --> 01:07:17.210
♪♪
892
01:07:17.234 --> 01:07:19.234
I didn't know it was a bomb.
893
01:07:21.303 --> 01:07:23.182
Nobody knew what it was.
894
01:07:23.206 --> 01:07:31.206
♪♪
895
01:07:31.948 --> 01:07:39.948
♪♪
896
01:07:40.657 --> 01:07:42.368
Only thing you can
look at is a person,
897
01:07:42.392 --> 01:07:44.370
and he's no longer
a person anymore.
898
01:07:44.394 --> 01:07:46.339
He's a...
899
01:07:46.363 --> 01:07:49.964
A burned person
with face swollen up...
900
01:07:51.033 --> 01:07:52.467
Hands swollen up.
901
01:07:55.704 --> 01:07:59.441
Only thing I could see is a
button hanging from the clothes.
902
01:08:04.080 --> 01:08:07.193
I mean, you can't help them.
You can't even touch them.
903
01:08:07.217 --> 01:08:11.664
♪♪
904
01:08:11.688 --> 01:08:13.800
And you know,
one thing about burn --
905
01:08:13.824 --> 01:08:16.124
You ever tend to
a burned person?
906
01:08:18.060 --> 01:08:21.140
It's not one time, you know,
907
01:08:21.164 --> 01:08:24.677
especially when your skin
is gone and so forth.
908
01:08:24.701 --> 01:08:26.479
I mean, it peels off every time.
909
01:08:26.503 --> 01:08:29.949
It's just like
new skin comes off.
910
01:08:29.973 --> 01:08:32.085
You have to take it off
and wash it down with --
911
01:08:32.109 --> 01:08:34.153
"what do we do?"
912
01:08:34.177 --> 01:08:36.856
And the first thing
you hear is, "water."
913
01:08:36.880 --> 01:08:40.326
That's the only thing
I could hear -- "water, water."
914
01:08:40.350 --> 01:08:47.066
But I couldn't even find myself
a water to keep me cool,
915
01:08:47.090 --> 01:08:48.668
to stay alive.
916
01:08:48.692 --> 01:08:53.039
♪♪
917
01:08:53.063 --> 01:08:55.641
And you know,
when I look back and I say,
918
01:08:55.665 --> 01:08:59.745
"I -- why did I survive
this thing here?"
919
01:08:59.769 --> 01:09:01.736
And it's very simple.
920
01:09:04.640 --> 01:09:08.521
Just nature is the only way
that you could describe it.
921
01:09:08.545 --> 01:09:10.389
But there's more than nature.
922
01:09:10.413 --> 01:09:12.258
It's there's other people
that are dying
923
01:09:12.282 --> 01:09:13.948
that becomes part of you.
924
01:09:16.685 --> 01:09:20.032
Yeah, but I should have still
tried to save those guys.
925
01:09:20.056 --> 01:09:25.671
♪♪
926
01:09:25.695 --> 01:09:27.673
[ Train clacking ]
927
01:09:27.697 --> 01:09:35.697
♪♪
928
01:09:37.107 --> 01:09:45.107
♪♪
929
01:09:46.516 --> 01:09:54.516
♪♪
930
01:09:55.959 --> 01:10:03.959
♪♪
931
01:10:05.335 --> 01:10:13.335
♪♪
932
01:10:14.778 --> 01:10:22.778
♪♪
933
01:10:24.187 --> 01:10:32.187
♪♪
934
01:10:33.630 --> 01:10:41.630
♪♪
935
01:10:43.006 --> 01:10:51.006
♪♪
936
01:10:57.052 --> 01:11:01.789
♪♪
937
01:11:12.568 --> 01:11:14.947
Man: I can tell you something
about that bomb.
938
01:11:14.971 --> 01:11:17.183
Every morning in my house,
they would say the same thing
939
01:11:17.207 --> 01:11:20.152
that I'm saying,
if they were still around.
940
01:11:20.176 --> 01:11:22.288
The most humane thing
the United States
941
01:11:22.312 --> 01:11:26.492
ever did in warfare was drop
those two atomic bombs.
942
01:11:26.516 --> 01:11:30.162
♪♪
943
01:11:30.186 --> 01:11:32.565
Man #2: I think the Japanese
should thank us.
944
01:11:32.589 --> 01:11:34.734
They should thank us
for dropping the atomic bomb
945
01:11:34.758 --> 01:11:36.669
because we probably
would have killed
946
01:11:36.693 --> 01:11:39.772
30 or 40 million of them
in the end, you know.
947
01:11:39.796 --> 01:11:47.796
♪♪
948
01:11:47.837 --> 01:11:49.782
Man #3: Oh, my goodness.
949
01:11:49.806 --> 01:11:52.952
That was like
you were carrying a load
950
01:11:52.976 --> 01:11:55.755
that you could hardly handle,
951
01:11:55.779 --> 01:11:57.623
and all of a sudden,
you dropped it off
952
01:11:57.647 --> 01:12:00.092
and you were completely free.
953
01:12:00.116 --> 01:12:05.197
♪♪
954
01:12:05.221 --> 01:12:09.168
Man #4: Those bombs, I think,
really caused the Japanese
955
01:12:09.192 --> 01:12:10.436
to stop fighting.
956
01:12:10.460 --> 01:12:11.804
That ended the war.
957
01:12:11.828 --> 01:12:13.072
Had that not happened,
958
01:12:13.096 --> 01:12:15.207
I wouldn't be talking
to you now.
959
01:12:15.231 --> 01:12:20.179
♪♪
960
01:12:20.203 --> 01:12:25.184
♪♪
961
01:12:25.208 --> 01:12:28.554
Man #5: I saw Nagasaki
and Hiroshima,
962
01:12:28.578 --> 01:12:31.624
and I was absolutely surprised
and astounded
963
01:12:31.648 --> 01:12:35.416
that we now had a weapon that
would do that kind of damage.
964
01:12:37.820 --> 01:12:41.100
Man #6: Lemay was against
dropping the bomb.
965
01:12:41.124 --> 01:12:44.737
And I'm against it. It's the
worst thing that ever happened.
966
01:12:44.761 --> 01:12:48.507
It put us in the position
of we've dropped atomic bombs,
967
01:12:48.531 --> 01:12:52.144
or anybody else in the world
and drop atomic bombs.
968
01:12:52.168 --> 01:12:55.114
Had we not dropped atomic bomb,
969
01:12:55.138 --> 01:12:58.918
we wouldn't have this
hanging over our head,
970
01:12:58.942 --> 01:13:01.987
that we did it,
so anybody else could do it.
971
01:13:02.011 --> 01:13:07.193
♪♪
972
01:13:07.217 --> 01:13:12.398
♪♪
973
01:13:12.422 --> 01:13:14.567
Man #7: Well, I met
frank Oppenheimer,
974
01:13:14.591 --> 01:13:16.969
who's the brother
of Bob Oppenheimer,
975
01:13:16.993 --> 01:13:20.806
who was the designer
for the Manhattan project
976
01:13:20.830 --> 01:13:23.131
for the development
of the atomic bomb.
977
01:13:25.667 --> 01:13:28.347
"Do you know the story of
a genie in a bottle?"
978
01:13:28.371 --> 01:13:32.118
I says, "yeah, I sort of
remember that story."
979
01:13:32.142 --> 01:13:36.344
"Well," he says, "the genie
is out of the bottle."
980
01:13:38.414 --> 01:13:41.327
You can't put it back
in the bottle again.
981
01:13:41.351 --> 01:13:46.632
There is no way that you can
get that guy in a bottle.
982
01:13:46.656 --> 01:13:48.189
This is it.
983
01:13:51.693 --> 01:13:58.978
♪♪
984
01:13:59.002 --> 01:14:06.419
♪♪
985
01:14:06.443 --> 01:14:13.759
♪♪
986
01:14:13.783 --> 01:14:15.261
Man: It's a good thing
they lost because
987
01:14:15.285 --> 01:14:16.951
I didn't like them at all.
988
01:14:19.221 --> 01:14:26.138
The United States won the war,
and the Japanese lost.
989
01:14:26.162 --> 01:14:28.774
But, you know,
later on, you find out
990
01:14:28.798 --> 01:14:35.648
as you get older that
the bad guys were not bad.
991
01:14:35.672 --> 01:14:38.050
They were just doing
what they had to do.
992
01:14:38.074 --> 01:14:42.955
♪♪
993
01:14:42.979 --> 01:14:46.192
Somebody told them
that they had to do it.
994
01:14:46.216 --> 01:14:49.528
The poor guys did like,
"who told me what to do?"
995
01:14:49.552 --> 01:14:52.420
The guys above me --
They tell me what I have to do."
996
01:14:54.890 --> 01:14:59.472
So I guess maybe all the
Japanese were nice people, too.
997
01:14:59.496 --> 01:15:04.142
They just had to do what the
idiots that started the war...
998
01:15:04.166 --> 01:15:08.180
♪♪
999
01:15:08.204 --> 01:15:11.050
Did you get all this stuff
from all other people
1000
01:15:11.074 --> 01:15:12.707
that you talked to?
1001
01:15:15.043 --> 01:15:18.357
Man #2: I'm a Christian, and I
believe in the ten commandments,
1002
01:15:18.381 --> 01:15:19.658
and I have a problem with this,
1003
01:15:19.682 --> 01:15:23.217
and this morning,
I was starting to cry because...
1004
01:15:25.387 --> 01:15:29.802
Because I did something
that's not me.
1005
01:15:29.826 --> 01:15:32.571
Because of my belief in the
ten commandments
1006
01:15:32.595 --> 01:15:35.207
that says,
"thou shalt not kill."
1007
01:15:35.231 --> 01:15:38.010
And I don't know of
any exception to that.
1008
01:15:38.034 --> 01:15:40.246
It just says,
"thou shalt not kill."
1009
01:15:40.270 --> 01:15:45.885
♪♪
1010
01:15:45.909 --> 01:15:48.420
Man #3: It's been said many
times by many people
1011
01:15:48.444 --> 01:15:49.955
that war is hell.
1012
01:15:49.979 --> 01:15:53.726
♪♪
1013
01:15:53.750 --> 01:15:56.996
It really is hell.
1014
01:15:57.020 --> 01:16:00.388
But I never visualized
hell being that bad.
1015
01:16:03.425 --> 01:16:05.404
[ Indistinct chatter ]
1016
01:16:05.428 --> 01:16:13.428
♪♪
1017
01:16:13.970 --> 01:16:15.648
Director: One last question.
1018
01:16:15.672 --> 01:16:17.983
Are you guys
the greatest generation?
1019
01:16:18.007 --> 01:16:23.923
Man: Yes, I believe that myself,
not because I'm part of it,
1020
01:16:23.947 --> 01:16:26.113
but...
1021
01:16:28.283 --> 01:16:30.829
Everything changed
after world war ii.
1022
01:16:30.853 --> 01:16:35.601
♪♪
1023
01:16:35.625 --> 01:16:38.037
Man #2: I think we were
the greatest generation
1024
01:16:38.061 --> 01:16:42.241
because some advertising man
decided it sounded pretty good
1025
01:16:42.265 --> 01:16:44.910
to say, and it was
a lot of damn propaganda.
1026
01:16:44.934 --> 01:16:47.713
But really, we were
a different generation,
1027
01:16:47.737 --> 01:16:49.804
not greater, but different.
1028
01:16:53.008 --> 01:16:54.653
Man #3: If you went through
the depression,
1029
01:16:54.677 --> 01:17:00.125
as I did from 10 years old,
going into the service at 19,
1030
01:17:00.149 --> 01:17:06.031
that was such a harsh period
in the life of American people.
1031
01:17:06.055 --> 01:17:10.502
♪♪
1032
01:17:10.526 --> 01:17:13.372
Man #4: No, I would say that
we were taught to get along
1033
01:17:13.396 --> 01:17:15.274
as best you could
with what you had,
1034
01:17:15.298 --> 01:17:18.544
and, probably, that's what made
American soldiers great,
1035
01:17:18.568 --> 01:17:21.246
because they improvised,
almost all of them.
1036
01:17:21.270 --> 01:17:25.384
♪♪
1037
01:17:25.408 --> 01:17:27.386
[ Horn honking ]
1038
01:17:27.410 --> 01:17:33.692
♪♪
1039
01:17:33.716 --> 01:17:40.032
♪♪
1040
01:17:40.056 --> 01:17:43.469
Man #5: We had democrats
and Republicans,
1041
01:17:43.493 --> 01:17:46.872
but they sure as hell worked
together well and cooperated
1042
01:17:46.896 --> 01:17:49.208
for the good of the nation.
1043
01:17:49.232 --> 01:17:52.645
Oh, how I wish we had
politicians like that now
1044
01:17:52.669 --> 01:17:54.513
that cared about the country
1045
01:17:54.537 --> 01:17:56.882
more than themselves
or their party.
1046
01:17:56.906 --> 01:18:02.721
♪♪
1047
01:18:02.745 --> 01:18:04.623
Man #6: You can talk to any
veteran you want to.
1048
01:18:04.647 --> 01:18:07.559
They don't understand
at all why.
1049
01:18:07.583 --> 01:18:09.995
The most divided nonsense
going on
1050
01:18:10.019 --> 01:18:12.464
in our country
between politicians.
1051
01:18:12.488 --> 01:18:14.299
It's crazy.
1052
01:18:14.323 --> 01:18:20.906
♪♪
1053
01:18:20.930 --> 01:18:23.909
Man #3: What do you think,
in terms of all that money
1054
01:18:23.933 --> 01:18:27.312
that we could use for medicines?
1055
01:18:27.336 --> 01:18:32.818
We have people
that have all the diseases
1056
01:18:32.842 --> 01:18:36.221
that we could accomplish
and conquer,
1057
01:18:36.245 --> 01:18:39.324
and they just aren't doing it.
1058
01:18:39.348 --> 01:18:41.694
All that money going to waste,
1059
01:18:41.718 --> 01:18:44.830
and all these guys
that caused the war,
1060
01:18:44.854 --> 01:18:48.033
how can they justify all that?
1061
01:18:48.057 --> 01:18:50.769
Just let them fight
amongst themselves,
1062
01:18:50.793 --> 01:18:53.338
and see how long it would last.
1063
01:18:53.362 --> 01:19:00.746
♪♪
1064
01:19:00.770 --> 01:19:08.120
♪♪
1065
01:19:08.144 --> 01:19:11.990
Man #7: If I could do it again,
I would, for this country,
1066
01:19:12.014 --> 01:19:13.559
I'd do anything
for this country.
1067
01:19:13.583 --> 01:19:16.295
I love this country.
1068
01:19:16.319 --> 01:19:19.198
I'm getting teared up.
Now, why are you making me...
1069
01:19:19.222 --> 01:19:21.667
[ Laughs ]
1070
01:19:21.691 --> 01:19:24.269
[ Crowd whistling, cheering ]
1071
01:19:24.293 --> 01:19:32.293
♪♪
1072
01:19:34.137 --> 01:19:42.137
♪♪
1073
01:19:43.980 --> 01:19:51.980
♪♪
1074
01:19:53.856 --> 01:20:01.856
♪♪
1075
01:20:03.699 --> 01:20:05.611
Director: Okay, have him clap.
1076
01:20:05.635 --> 01:20:07.279
Man: Let's just get all of them
right in here.
1077
01:20:07.303 --> 01:20:08.680
[ Clapboard clacks ]
1078
01:20:08.704 --> 01:20:11.617
Man: If you can just
tell me your name,
1079
01:20:11.641 --> 01:20:17.256
your age, and your rank in 1945.
1080
01:20:17.280 --> 01:20:19.858
My name is George n. Boutwell.
1081
01:20:19.882 --> 01:20:23.362
I was born July 19, 1924.
1082
01:20:23.386 --> 01:20:26.832
I'm a retired sergeant major,
United States marine corps.
1083
01:20:26.856 --> 01:20:31.136
My name is George vouros.
Born in 1925.
1084
01:20:31.160 --> 01:20:35.808
My rating in the Navy
was seaman, first class.
1085
01:20:35.832 --> 01:20:38.744
My name is James m. Blane.
1086
01:20:38.768 --> 01:20:41.680
I was a corporal,
U.S. marine corps.
1087
01:20:41.704 --> 01:20:44.516
Born November 18, 1924.
1088
01:20:44.540 --> 01:20:47.553
My name is Monroe ozment.
1089
01:20:47.577 --> 01:20:49.254
I was a corporal.
1090
01:20:49.278 --> 01:20:53.358
Born December 24, 1925.
1091
01:20:53.382 --> 01:20:55.594
I was a corporal in
the United States marine corps.
1092
01:20:55.618 --> 01:20:59.264
My name is
William m. Braddock Jr.
1093
01:20:59.288 --> 01:21:02.401
My name is abner m. Aust Jr.
1094
01:21:02.425 --> 01:21:08.140
I was a captain in
the army air corps on Iwo Jima,
1095
01:21:08.164 --> 01:21:10.042
and I'm 98 years old.
1096
01:21:10.066 --> 01:21:12.578
Delbert treichler.
1097
01:21:12.602 --> 01:21:16.815
I was a p.F.C.
In the marine corps.
1098
01:21:16.839 --> 01:21:23.455
My birth date is June 17, 1924.
1099
01:21:23.479 --> 01:21:27.025
Richard spooner. I'm 93.
1100
01:21:27.049 --> 01:21:29.161
And during world war ii,
1101
01:21:29.185 --> 01:21:32.231
we were on okinawa in 1945.
1102
01:21:32.255 --> 01:21:33.832
I was a private first class.
1103
01:21:33.856 --> 01:21:35.534
George puterbaugh.
1104
01:21:35.558 --> 01:21:37.603
I was a watertender,
first class,
1105
01:21:37.627 --> 01:21:39.438
acting chief, in the Navy.
1106
01:21:39.462 --> 01:21:41.640
Charles schlag.
1107
01:21:41.664 --> 01:21:44.076
Hold on a second. We got people
walking on these stairs.
1108
01:21:44.100 --> 01:21:45.377
Okay.
1109
01:21:45.401 --> 01:21:49.014
My rank is lieutenant commander,
and I'm 97 years old.
1110
01:21:49.038 --> 01:21:52.918
I was a sergeant
and b-29 top turret.
1111
01:21:52.942 --> 01:21:58.757
I was a sergeant at Iwo Jima
and 19 years old.
1112
01:21:58.781 --> 01:22:03.295
I was a buck private on okinawa
in the 184th division.
1113
01:22:03.319 --> 01:22:08.667
I was a gunner on a b-29.
I was the right gunner.
1114
01:22:08.691 --> 01:22:10.624
Just keep looking at the camera.
1115
01:22:13.528 --> 01:22:15.307
Al Nelson.
1116
01:22:15.331 --> 01:22:19.177
P.f.c. In 12-17-25.
1117
01:22:19.201 --> 01:22:22.848
Johnny Dean pace Jr.
1118
01:22:22.872 --> 01:22:25.617
My age is 93.
1119
01:22:25.641 --> 01:22:27.808
I'll be 94 in July.
1120
01:22:29.110 --> 01:22:32.658
My name is ittsei nakagawa.
1121
01:22:32.682 --> 01:22:35.160
Age 95.
1122
01:22:35.184 --> 01:22:36.962
I was a first lieutenant
1123
01:22:36.986 --> 01:22:40.599
in 1945 in the army air corps
at the age of 20.
1124
01:22:40.623 --> 01:22:45.704
I am 101 years old,
and I'm still kicking.
1125
01:22:45.728 --> 01:22:48.640
I expect to kick
another three years.
1126
01:22:48.664 --> 01:22:53.512
The government said
I'm gonna live to be 103.
1127
01:22:53.536 --> 01:22:58.784
I was on the USS intrepid
during world war ii
1128
01:22:58.808 --> 01:23:02.788
from 1943 to 1946.
1129
01:23:02.812 --> 01:23:06.091
What else would you
like to know?
1130
01:23:06.115 --> 01:23:08.927
Ralph c. Simoneau -- private.
1131
01:23:08.951 --> 01:23:12.364
My birthday is July 5, 1925.
1132
01:23:12.388 --> 01:23:14.099
My name is
hershel Woody Williams,
1133
01:23:14.123 --> 01:23:16.601
and I was a marine
in world war ii.
1134
01:23:16.625 --> 01:23:19.638
I participated, or took part,
in the campaign
1135
01:23:19.662 --> 01:23:23.275
at Guam and Iwo Jima,
and on Iwo Jima,
1136
01:23:23.299 --> 01:23:28.880
did an action that eventually
earned me the medal of honor.
1137
01:23:28.904 --> 01:23:31.350
My name is
Maurice Joseph Hubert.
1138
01:23:31.374 --> 01:23:35.420
I was a first mate --
Pharmacist's mate, first class.
1139
01:23:35.444 --> 01:23:39.191
I did five landings
during world war ii.
1140
01:23:39.215 --> 01:23:40.814
Director: Thank you
for your service.